Author Archives: Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 19th June 2025. Last week, the City session was playing a GNOT qualifier (scored by imps) and the CBC session was playing regular pairs (scored by matchpoints). Because the two forms of scoring … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 12th June 2025. You frequently hear the term “it’s a bidders game” in bridge. Very often that’s true. You tend to gain more by bidding more – not only do you reach makeable … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 5th June 2025. So often in competitive hands, one side has hearts and the other has spades. The side with spades of course has an advantage because they can outbid the other side … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 29th May 2025. Stayman over 1NT is probably the most common bridge convention used in the entire world. But what happens after it gets far less attention. Board 17 last week is an … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 22nd May 2025. After a 1NT opening and a transfer response, the opener may have a good fit and there are ways they can announce that by not simply completing the requested transfer. … Continue reading →