Well, we ventured forth again on Monday & last night (weds) to try our luck at the bridge club. Monday was tough, & we didnt do very well - 2nd to last amongst EW, 3rd to last overall - a mixture of some forgetfulness from Kat as to significance of bids, and some very sloppy play on my part, missing a couple of contracts.
Wednesday was quite an improvement! there were only 7 couples there (with the Director & his friend, making 8, or 4 full tables). The way they handle this, it means you play all the NS positions, then all (or in this case 75%) of the EW positions. We started brightly, altho I missed a slam that perhaps should have been bid (altho it turns out noone else bid it either), then just kept improving.
Kat was bidding more freely, and remembering better, and her cardplay was pinpoint accurate - just brutal to the opposition sometimes: at least three contracts, we took down before they ever came on lead, so basically those opponents never had a chance. Kat seemed to be finding exactly the right leads to pick out their weaknesses, or to find my voids. As a result, we finished clear winners overall, with about 78%, which earns us our first matchpoints (well, 0.35 points each, but it's a start). Admittedly, this is very much the duffers' club, but it's definitely good for morale, and after only a fortnight of starting, a great step.
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