The Lockdown League is an online competition for teams of
four.
The teams are arranged into 12 divisions of up to 16 teams.
We play an 8 board match against each of the other
teams in the division, over a season of four weeks.
At the end of the season, the top 4 teams are promoted, the
bottom 4 are relegated.
Woodberry initially entered 4 teams. The EBU placed them in
a division which reflected the average NGS score of the team members.
As there are 4 scheduled matches per week, we decided to
register 6 players in each team. The maximum permitted number of players is 8.
Some teams have subsequently added extra players.
- Woodberry A were placed in Division 6, promoted to division 5 at the end of season 1, but then finished 14th in division 5 and were relegated to division 6.
- Woodberry B were placed in Division 5, relegated to division 6 where they finished 10th.
- Woodberry C were placed in Division 7, promoted to division 6 where they finished 11th.
- Woodberry D joined in Season 2. They were placed in Division 9 where they finished 7th.
This probably means that the A, B and C teams will play one
another in season 3.
These are the players in each team (the first name is the
captain):
- A: Andy Conway; Kevin Robins; Chris Dee; Matt Hendrickson; Sam Nim; Mahender Pal; Lindsay Scandrett; Karen Sloan
- B: Paul Lamford; Stef Rohan; Paul Thornton; Gerry Weston; Ivan Helmer; David Taylor; Milo Brett
- C: Dominic Flint; Pamela Reiss; Dean Swallow; Carlos Dabezies; Steve Foster; Barrie Gilbert
- D: Steve Coulter; Harvey Fox; Maria Essen; Derek Essen; Nic Madge; Mike Klein; Saamir Mahmood.
On this board we missed a grand slam:
On reflection, I think I would have been better advised to
respond 2NT (Jacoby) to Kevin’s 1 heart, instead of 4D (splinter). Perhaps
readers could suggest a suitable bidding sequence to reach 7H. Fortunately, our opponents
also played in 6H . No swing.
I don't like the splinter on this hand and would bid 2NT as you suggest, a game-forcing heart raise. There are two ways of progressing now. South should probably bid 4D, which should be played as 5-5 in the reds. North can now bid 4S which is a cue for hearts but the key is to find out that South has the magic Kx in spades. Opposite Qx KQxxx AKJxx x then you don't want to be in grand as North, and I would probably content myself with 6H as you did.
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