Bidding: most complicated and most important
Bidding is our only way to communicate with our partner, and as opponents, our way to size up the competition. As a partnership, we need to determine if we have a fit and enough points for game. If there are not enough points for game, rule one is keep the bidding as low as possible. There is no incentive to bid 3 of a suit if one or two will do. A bid of 1 making 3 scores the same but getting too high unnecessarily, gives points to your opponents. Again, it is important to be aware of vulnerability. If early on, no fit is found, 1NT may be fine but higher could be risky.
Another challenge is finding a partner. To help with this problem, our Unit has added a Partnership Desk function to their website. Go to www.CCBAUnit169.org, click on Partnership Desk and follow instructions. Enter 7NTxxx and continue. Sign up for the function. When you get to the “create a post,” list your name, number of MPs, game place and time, your e-mail and phone so prospects can contact you. Keep checking and good luck.
Our Friday, April 27 Rufty-Holmes Evergreen Club Championship game was well attended. Winners were: N/S 1st Mack Brown and Marvin Jones (3rd overall), 2nd Ruth Bowles and Marie Pugh (4th overall), 3rd Pat Featherston and Dick Brisbin, 4th Judy Hurder and Pat Macon; E/W 1st Fern Albracht and Judy Weber (1st overall), 2nd Patsy Reynolds and Lawana Ford (2nd overall), 3rd Becky Creekmore and Patty King (5th overall), Fred Weber and Mike Strothers.

Featured is board #8 from the April 27th game no one vulnerable West dealer

NORTH:
S 9 8 4 2
H Q T 9 4 2
D —
C K 9 3 2

WEST:           EAST:
S A 6               S Q J 3
H A J 8          H 6 5
D 8 6 2          D A 9 5 4 3
C Q T 6 5 4   C A J 8

SOUTH:
S K T 7 5
H K 7 3
D K Q J T 7
C 7

Mack Brown and Marvin Jones defeated their opponent’s 4CW 3 tricks for best N/S score while best E/W score 3NW+1 was made by Judy Weber and Fern Albracht.
Tuesday, May 1 winners at the Women’s Club Grass Roots FUNd game were: N/S 1st Pat Macon and Becky Creekmore (2nd overall), 2nd Nancy Stanback and Fern Albracht (4th overall), 3rd Shirley and Ron Jeffers (5th overall); E/W 1st Margaret and Chuck Rimer (1st overall), 2nd Dick Brisbin and Myrnie McLaughlin ( 3rd overall), 3rd Lawana Ford and Betty Bills.