Today Joe P provided us with a box of individually packaged chips! Thank you Joe!. Today we had a very noisy 11 tables full game of 3 rounds comprising 27 hands and 33 sets of boards. Perhaps please instead of being quiet, bring earplugs for those whom the noise bothers or turn down your hearing aides. 5 or 6 tables were finished and 1 or 2 had not finished the first hand. Please play in tempo. I've had multiple requests to set a clock. When you finish the hands please do not kibbittz. Just put the cards in the boards and move along, that actually might help with the noise. Even those who complained of the noise at other times were the noisiest in the room. The room echoes a lot, and the ACs are difficult to hear over so our voices get louder. Its very difficult to control the noise especially with the winds in the music rooms!
The top pair overall were in the NS were Darrell and Brent with a 63%. The top couple in NS were Ed and Nick (57%) followed very closely by MaryLynn and Claire with a 55%. NS was tightly group with 4 pair in the 50-54%, and similarly EW was tightly grouped with 5 pair between 53 and 55%.
Next week Carl or Skip will be running the show. Please sign up on line at RSVP, but if you don't have a partner, please show up anyway, you might find another lonely sole, who has not heard of RSVP. We had a few people both on Wednesday and Thursday who showed up at the last minute.
Thank you very much for attending our game in North Hampton!
Suzanne
We had 10 full tables on a gorgeous sunny afternoon for our Charity event. You all played well and only a handful of easy director calls. Today we were surprised by a group of children with a piano that stayed on the floor until 10:45. Apparently they have rented the room until 10:45 and will do so for the foreseeable future on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Perhaps we should start all our games at 12 Noon so that we can set up the room and not interfer with their lessons and vice versa.
The top scorers NS were no surprise Larry and Vince followed by Linda and Pat, and then followed by Leslie and Claire
The top scorers EW and overall were the Lapierre brothers (63%) followed by Cliff and Carl.
We had 2 C ranked partnerships earn some points In NS Paul and Jack, and in EW Collette and Toni.
Thank you for coming.
The game will be run by either Carl or Skip Next week. but I am running it again tomorrow.
Suzanne
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Tuesday 23 June 2026
We had 3.5 tables in our lesson on strong 2 club open and responses. Next week we will have a lesson on Ace asking.
We also had 3.5 tables in our pupil game. The winners were Sue Hills and Martha Rives with a 65%! Harriet and Melissa were in second place with 61.67%. Congrats!
See you next week! ---Carl
Thursday Open Game 18 June 2026
Wow, we had 15-1/2 tables today for our sTac silver point game. Congratulations to Lesley/Carole for the first place finish in both the A and B strats playing great defense. Linda/Nancy were first place in the B and C strats EW. Alan/Ken, Jim/Joe and Toni/Colette also earned silver points in the C strat. I can't wait to see if Lesley/Carole earned 8 silver points for their performance today after all the regional results get accumulated.
Tuesday 16 June 2026
We had a lesson on pre-empts and weak twos today. Next week we will cover strong 2 Clubs opening and responses.
There were 3.5 tables in our pupil game today. The winners today were Dianne and Melissa with a whopping 75%! Second place went to Harriet and Carol with a huge 70%! Third place went to Wynne and Betty with a very nice 63%.
See you all next week! ---Carl
Tuesday 9 June 2026
We had 17 students in our lessons on reverses today. Next week we will have a lesson on weak 2s and preempts.
We had 4 full tables for the pupil game as two students had to leave. Welcome back from Florida, Connie! And welcome back Kay and Kate as well.
The instructor was helped along by Paul for a first place 75%. There was a tie for second place between Connie-Kate and Kay-Dianne. See you next week!--Carl
Thursday Open Game 4 June 2026
We had 13-1/2 table today for our NAP game. Congratulations to Brent/Darrell for the first place honors in the A strat along with the Lapierre brothers. Paul/Mike did well in the B strat. Dave/Margaret, Paul/Joe, Donna/Peter and Linda/Bill all also qualified for the C strat NAPs.
Tuesday 2 June 2026
We had a lesson on Takeout and Negative doubles as well as a mention of Stolen Bid doubles and Lead directing doubles. Next week we will have a lesson on reverses.
We had three full tables (including the instructor) and welcomed back John Safford after a long time away. The winners today were Wynne Griffin and Betty Lewis with a whopping 70%. Second place went to Jean and Elizabeth with 57.5%.
Next week we will review reverses. ---Carl
