Author Archives: Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 5th December 2024. Board 3 last week saw many East West pairs going off in 1NT but they had a much better spot available in diamonds. Let’s see why, and how they might … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 28th November 2024. On board 10 last week I suspect several Wests were faced with something that comes up all too frequently – a hand which seems to have no good bid. On … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 21st November 2024. Each side had 20 points on board 27 last week. As is so often the case, however, the pairs that competed more aggressively to win the part score tended to … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 14th November 2024. Board 11 last week had almost all East West pairs playing in 4♠. That’s the normal contract but how they got there may well have varied. The hand shows how … Continue reading →

City and Canada Bay – Monday Morning 28th October 2024. A very common theme when declaring a hand in a trump suit is the need to set up a side suit (usually by ruffing losers in it to make the … Continue reading →