Our Evergreen Fridays have been full of fun, friendship, food and fantastically distributional hands.
Players are frequently heard verbally asking,” where do these hands come from?” I have to admit it is I who is guilty.
The decks are shuffled seven times and dealt. It’s that simple. No computers enter into the picture. Many times I wish they did — then there would be a print out for players to study.
Friday Nov. 22, we had six tables in play.
Winners were: First, Chuck and Margaret Rimer; second, Pat Featherston and Dick Brisbin; third, BettyBonner Steele and Betty Bills; fourth, Ruth Bowles and Marie Pugh; fifth, Ron Jeffers and Loren Parkinson.
The featured board is getting harder to pick. The scores are typically in the same direction making a comparison of N/S-E/W impossible.
Board No. 9 is highlighted. The Bryant/Bare pair had the best N/S score bidding and making 3NS+1, while the Lowder/Hill pair had the best E/W score bidding and making 1NE. It’s not clear why the N/S pair didn’t bid in that instance.
The South hand could have doubled making partner bid but South could have figured he would set vulnerable E/W making a better score.

E/W vulnerable North dealer
NORTH:
S 3 2
H 8 6 4 3 2
D A
C A 8 7 6 5
WEST: EAST:
S 7 6 5 4 S Q T 8
H J 9 7 5 H A Q
D J T 9 8 D K 6 5 3 2
C 9 C K J 4
SOUTH:
S A K J 9
H K T
D Q 7 4
C Q T 3 2

Women’s Club winners: First, Judy Gealy and Pat Macon; second, Gloria Bryant and Wayne Pegram.