Round 25 (Women):
FRANCE v WALES
Board 4 ª 7 4
Game all © K 8 7 6 3
Dealer West ¨ 6 2
§ A K 5
ª A K Q 10 7 ª 9 4 3
© 9 4 © A 10 5
¨ K 10 ¨ A Q J 9 7 3
§ 9 7 6 3 § 8
ª J 5
© Q J 2
¨ 8 5 4
§ Q J 10 4 2
1ª1 Pass 2¨2 Pass
2ª Pass 4§3 Pass
4¨4 Pass 4©5 Pass
4NT6 Pass 5©7 Pass
6ª All pass
1. Natural, 4+ cards.
2. Natural, forcing for one round, 4+ cards.
3. Splinter showing a losing singleton.
4. Cue bid
5. Cue bid
6. Roman Keycard Blackwood
7. Two of five keycards, without the queen of trumps.
In the other room, the bidding was as follows:
1ª 2© 3¨ 3©
Pass Pass 3ª Pass
4ª All pass
I’d better not comment on Daphne’s 2© overcall and Betty’s 3-card raise, which took up bidding room and made it more difficult for France to reach the slam; suffice it to say that it is unlikely North-South interfered at all of the 56 tables at which the slam was not bid.
We lost the match by 64-27 IMPs, or 23-7 in VPs, which prevented us from gaining a hat-trick against the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal-winning teams of France, Italy and Spain.