The Ireland Imp roars and squeals May 20th 2020

Last night we had some roars and squeals in the Ireland Imps Pairs.

May 20th results Tranmers again

Another power packed performance from the Tranmers tonight. This format of bridge really seems
to suit their game. No matter what hands I throw up the Tranmers are doing well.
They also crushed the Sandy Millership game in the afternoon but that was more of a bunny bash as most of the pairs were intermediate. Thus a powerful player like Paul Tranmer is able to feed on the minnows. However last night he picked on a shark and the shark was not very happy as we will detail below.

Reverse Tranmer opened a normal 1C and thegarve as is his wont applied some pressure with a weak 2H jump overcall. The stronger Tranmer made the normal takeout double. Holding 11 high card points he knows its probably game contract for their side as his partner either has a strong No Trump or a long club suit with a lesser hand ..A stop in Hearts would have them on their way but double caters for a 4-4 spade it which on this hand is not there.

3D from the Caz who feels invited to this auction. Penalty double from the lesser Tranmer...sent back to Caz who trembles as she places 3H on the table. That is passed back to the stronger Tranmer who decides he will take the money. Two off double dummy pipes up the GIB ..small gain for garvey against 3NT/5C which might make from the North side. So 3HX it is with garvey at the helm.
So Club King lead from South Tower and North Tower signals for a spade with the club 7.
South Tower spins the spade 4 and thegarve plays low and North Tower wins Spade Queen.
Now its going 4 off and thegarve is unhappy but he takes it like an optician. He starts a diatribe about glasses and specs and magnifying glasses. When the steam clears its MINUS 800 and the Tranmers grab in 9 imps and move to plus 65 imps for the night.
The Tranmers also had some good success on the afternoon Wednesday as they turned their collective skills to matchpoints and whipped ass in the Midweek Northern Ireland event. I wish I could play as good as the Tranmers. I am going to study their defensive signals so I can improve.

Northern Ireland is a funny place for bridge ... One chap called Fearghal who is Inter B on their masterpoints got to play on the National team in the Camrose.