National Championships – Pairs Finals and More

Partner O Partner - Whither art thou?

Priya Balasubramanian

Lebensohl, Stayman, Bergen is a breeze
When compared to finding a partner who is patient please

Elimination, End plays and did you say Squeeze?
There are books to help you take the crease

And when I pass the artificial bid as I focus on my nachos and cheese
I am happy if my partner doesn’t call the police

So many websites to find a life partner , Oh Jeez
How about some help to find a bridge partner please

Just like trouble, my mistakes comes in threes
Thank god my partner is online or the only solution will be to run for the trees.

Finding a partner is hard enough as it is
Building a partnership is tougher than learning Chinese

But the secret is simple and it is this
Treat your partner as you would a golden chalice
Only with mutual respect will your partnership burn brighter than aurora borealis

Note from editors

The advent of online bridge has triggered an entirely new class of bridge writers. While most columnists write about bridge hands featuring good bidding, play or defence or some combination of the three, we now have a budding wave of contributors who write about the game in prose and in verse and bring a lot more feeling into what used to be otherwise dry articles attracting the attention of just the bridge afficionados. We welcome all such contributions from all of you

 

 

Tolani Nationals Mixed Pairs Championships

 

We are pleased to report that, with around 5 days left to go for the start of the event, 61 pairs have already registered for the event. Also, taking a closer look at the entries, we note that  4 or 5 entries are definitely coming up.

Therefore, contestants should be expecting that the second of the options suggested by the BFI, i.e. a start on Friday, July 2 seems more or less certain.  Participants should be gearing themselves up for this option and making their schedules accordingly.

For those who have yet to register may do so by clicking here.

We have this observation to make which is not an epiphany so to speak. For every mixed pairs event, we receive plenty of calls from gents requesting us to pair them with suitable partners for the event. While the ladies use the skew to the hilt, all of them have the same complaint. We want a partner who will play with us more often than just specific events.

Gents would do well to bear this in mind and work towards building up partnerships with ladies and play with them in events other than mixed pairs as well.

Hoping to see 100 pairs in the event!!!!!