And The Winner Is ... Sidney

In yesterday's column about the Victor Champion Cup we saw Justin Howard take a worthwhile sacrifice at the seven-level even though he held an ace and his partner had opened with a normal one-bid. Another impressive save occurred on the following deal, which arose in the semi-finals of the 2007 United States Trials to select the team to represent the USA in the Bermuda Bowl (World Open Teams) later this year.

Practice Makes Imperfect

In the final of the playoffs to select the Australian Open Teams for 2007, Pauline Gumby - Warren Lazer, Murray Green - Andrew Peake, Richard Jedrychowski - Bruce Neill defeated the OzOne team of Peter Gill - Paul Gosney, Sartaj Hans - Tony Nunn, Zoli Nagy - Bob Richman by 121 Imps to 120. The former team will play for Australia at the Bermuda Bowl (World Open Teams) in Shanghai in September-October, while the Ozone Team is currently in Indonesia, competing in the Pacific Asia Open Teams. You can ...