Every country has different alering rules. In NZ, no need to alert Key Card. But kind of nice to let your opponents know what's going on after the bidding has finished.
Christchurch, New Zealand
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This is me with Brian Mace, one of my team mates at the World Championships. And that's my partner Ian Berrington in the background acting the goat as usual.
Good guys and great team mates.
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Every match at the Bermuda Bowl has been played in good spirits. Our opponents have all been pleasant, just the way it should be.
But my favourite match so far has been against these guys from Tunisia. That's Wissem on the left and Anas on the right.
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Between matches at the Bermuda Bowl or when I'm 'benched' I like to walk down to the 'Aroma' cafe, near the playing venue. It's good to take a break from the bridge to recharge the batteries.
No rest today, though, because Tim Schumacher ( New Zealand mixed team captain ) and Daniel Puerto ( coach for Korea ) were there and after quick introductions the conversation turned to...
...bridge. Of course.
Me on the left, Daniel in the middle, Tim on the right.
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I had a fight with my bridge partner. We were defending 5H doubled, Ian led a spade which I won. I returned a spade. If I had switched to a diamond we would have defeated the contract.
We didn't say anything to each other at the table. The fight came later.
After the match I said 'sorry, Ian, I should have switched to a diamond.'
'No, no, it's my fault' he said, 'I should have led a diamond in the first place.'
'No, no, it's may fault' I said. 'There's no way you knew to lead a diamond, I definitely should have switched'.
That went on for a while.
That's a big deal. To have a partner who supports, encourages, doesn't try to make you feel bad when you make a mistake is a wonderful thing.
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Which hand number, Helen?