Results 17th March 2010

Today one table did not record the score after playing the hand; and one board was unplayable by another table after it was found that the curtain cards had been replaced in the wrong slots during the previous round. The blame for this second error is not to be laid wholly at the door of North - it was clear that the board had been removed from the table during the play of the hand, which is against the rules, and E/W could have objected to this, or at least made certain that the curtain cards were replaced properly. In both cases a small matchpoint fine was imposed.

Unfortunately it was discovered that the traveller for Board 1 could not be found. A thorough search has been carried out without success, and so Board 1 could not be scored. If anyone finds the traveller amongst their papers, etc, I would be glad to have it. Needless to say, there would be no penalty, just gratitude that the event could be scored properly.

This is not a unique occurrence - many years ago, at another club, a traveller went missing and it was generally believed that a player who had got a bottom had taken it home with him, ensuring he and his partner would get at least an average score for that board.{\ ==================================================================================
\par OVERALL RANKS
\par Rank Pair Names Total Max Score
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\par 1 8 Peter Rowlett & Phyllis Spratt 101.84 160 63.65%
\par 2 9 Audrey Blouet & Ray Blouet 93.17 160 58.23%
\par 3 1 Danny Keating & Jean Kendall 87.87 160 54.92%
\par 4 4 Rita Goldhawk & Stan Goldhawk 84.70 160 52.94%
\par 5 5 George Hutter & Pam Lightfoot 81.33 160 50.83%
\par 6 2 Pam Fellowes & Tom Fellowes 80.87 160 50.54%
\par 7 6 Harry Ruffell & Geoffrey Fry 72.25 160 45.16%
\par 8 11 Diana Biddlecombe & Alan Biddlecombe 70.58 160 44.11%
\par 9 12 Tanya Macandrew & John Streeter 69.83 160 43.64%
\par 10 7 Kate McGhee & Janet Poll 69.30 160 43.31%
\par 11 10 Fred Harris & Mo Harris 66.95 160 41.84%
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