Euro Teams Round 30 DENMARK

Board 17 North Deals None Vul	♠ K ♥ A K 10 7 6 5 ♦ 7 2 ♣ 7 5 4 2
♠ Q 3 2 ♥ 4 3 2 ♦ A Q 5 ♣ Q 10 9 8	N W E S	♠ A 9 8 6 5 4 ♥ Q 8 ♦ 8 ♣ K J 6 3
	♠ J 10 7 ♥ J 9 ♦ K J 10 9 6 4 3 ♣ A

EW 2♠; NS 3♦; NS 1N; EW 2♣; NS 1♥; Par +100: EW 3♠×−1

Here our lads tossed 8 by going down at both tables .. Carroll Garvey in 5 ♦ NS and Hanlon McGann in 4 ♠ EW. Room contract seems to be 4 ♠ down or 3 ♠ making a few times.

Board 19 South Deals E-W Vul	♠ 9 8 6 5 4 2 ♥ 8 7 6 5 ♦ Q ♣ J 4
♠ A J 10 ♥ Q 2 ♦ K J 8 5 ♣ A 6 5 2	N W E S	♠ K Q ♥ 9 4 3 ♦ 9 7 6 ♣ Q 10 9 8 7
	♠ 7 3 ♥ A K J 10 ♦ A 10 4 3 2 ♣ K 3

NS 2♠; NS 2♥; EW 1N; EW 2♣; EW 1♦; Par +110

Seems to be lots of 2 ♠ contracts here .. our lads defended that in one room but in the other room defended 1 NT making so add the 2 together and lose 6 imps .. Garvey up North was having a kit kat instead of bidding his 6 bagger.

Board 21 North Deals N-S Vul	♠ A Q 7 2 ♥ K 8 6 2 ♦ K 8 6 5 ♣ 5
♠ K 9 8 5 ♥ A 5 ♦ A 10 2 ♣ 9 7 4 2	N W E S	♠ J 6 4 ♥ Q J 10 3 ♦ Q 7 4 ♣ A Q J
	♠ 10 3 ♥ 9 7 4 ♦ J 9 3 ♣ K 10 8 6 3

EW 2N; EW 2♠; W 2♦; W 1♥; W 1♣; Par −120

Here Carroll Garvey defended well to down 3 NT while Hugh McGann managed to gather in 9 tricks in the other room .. 10 imps to Ireland.

Board 24 West Deals None Vul	♠ 7 6 5 ♥ A K 3 2 ♦ Q 7 3 ♣ 9 8 5
♠ Q 10 8 ♥ 10 9 7 ♦ 8 6 5 4 ♣ K 7 6	N W E S	♠ A K ♥ Q J 8 6 5 ♦ A 10 9 ♣ A J 4
	♠ J 9 4 3 2 ♥ 4 ♦ K J 2 ♣ Q 10 3 2

E 3N; EW 3♥; W 2N; EW 2♦; EW 1♣; Par −400

7 more imps for Ireland when Hanlon guided this close 3 NT home ... 19 high opposite 5 was no problem for Irelands 2nd best player.

Board 25 North Deals E-W Vul	♠ Q 9 6 5 3 ♥ J 2 ♦ 7 ♣ A K Q J 7
♠ K 8 7 4 ♥ A K 9 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ 6 3	N W E S	♠ A J 10 ♥ 10 6 5 4 ♦ Q J ♣ 10 9 8 5
	♠ 2 ♥ Q 8 7 3 ♦ 10 9 8 6 5 3 ♣ 4 2

EW 3♠; EW 3♥; EW 2N; EW 1♦; EW 1♣; Par −140

This time Hanlon tries his luck at a 17 high opposite 8 ..3 NT ... It says in the book 25 hcp might be enough for game ... One Dane led and the other Dane took his ♣ AKQJ7 .. Not even the new phenomenon "LOSER ON THE FLOOR " works here ...
The loser on the floor idea is if you are gone down 1 say in 4 ♠ .. you drop a loser to the floor and quickly show .. LOST 3 tricks ... so MAKING ..

We lost 7 imps when Garvey played in 3 ♣ the other way also going down .. Kept them out of 3 NT he will proudly say ..

Board 28 West Deals N-S Vul	♠ J 10 9 6 ♥ A 5 ♦ J 4 3 ♣ K 10 4 3
♠ K 8 5 ♥ 10 9 7 6 2 ♦ 2 ♣ A 9 7 2	N W E S	♠ A 7 ♥ — ♦ A K 9 8 7 6 5 ♣ Q J 8 6
	♠ Q 4 3 2 ♥ K Q J 8 4 3 ♦ Q 10 ♣ 5

EW 5♦; EW 4♣; W 2N; E 1N; NS 1♠; NS 1♥; Par −400

Carefully avoiding the 4-4 ♣ fit Hanlon made 4 ♦ while the Danes were defeated by Carroll Garvey in 5 ♣ .. 6 imps to Ireland..

Ireland win 27-21 ..getting our 13th win .. Not bad after losing 11 out of first 12 . After getting 71 out of first 240 .. a total of 292 out of 600 is respectable .. Matches 13-30 yielded 61%

61% over the whole tourney was top 5 performance and as we have seen there was plenty of IMPS chucked in matches 13-30 ..

Back in 2001 when the Coen Trophy (Mixed Pairs National ) was confined to above Intermediate I played first session with 19 teams and was 19th place out of 19.. Session 2 was better and we rose to 13th place. Session 3 was out of this world as we got 5 maximums and 1 score of 23/25.
A total of 148 VPs out of 150 .. I am still waiting for Hanlon to outdo that. It happened in Mullingar where Hanlon used to rule all in his youth being from up the road in Rockfortbridge.
They built a road around it since ..A big road ..
I followed my Sat nav from Rochfortbridge filling station once to the N6. I ended up in a bog with the N6 towering over me....The Sat Nav was for the birds I guess ..