Day 4 - Halfway Point
Day 4 - Halfway Point
The end of today marked the halfway point of the qualifying rounds in all of the categories. Our Australian Teams are currently 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th and have a bit of work to do in the remaining four days.
Click below for Pete's Day 3 report
Our Open team started the day with a loss to Chinese Taipei (15-51), but followed up with wins against India (7-24) and China Hong Kong (37-9). The team is in 3rd place, but only 14 VP's behind first placed China.
The Women's team lost to New Zealand (28-38), Indonesia (47-58) and Japan (15-50) and had a small win against China Hong Kong (21-20). The team is in 8th place. China is leading the event and is 28 VP's ahead of second placed, Chinese Taipei, and 70 VP's ahead of 4th place. It will be very difficult to chase down the leaders.
In the Seniors, our A team had big wins against Korea (63-12) and Singapore A (57-11) and small losses to India (27-30) and to New Zealand (14-23). They are in 7th place. Our Senior's B team had three wins, against Thailand (33-14), Chinese Taipei B (32-19) and China Hong Kong B (32-26) and lost to Chinese Taipei A (21-40). China is also leading in the Seniors and is 30 VP's ahead of second placed Chinese Taipei. New Zealand is 3rd and Australia B is in fourth place, 3 VP's behing New Zealand.
Today, our Mixed team had a win against New Zealand (46-16), a loss to India (31-45) and a Bye. They are currently in 5th place. The top 4 teams are very close with Thailand in first place and Indonesia in second place. Australia is 16 VP's behind 4th place, but only 20 behind first. Some strategic wins will see our team well placed.
Board 27 in Round 11 was interesting. Our Open Team sitting EW bid to 7♠ after North had overcalled in hearts. A heart was lead to the Q, K and Ace. Seeing all four hands declarer can make on the squeeze as North holds the ♦K and the ♣Q. However, declarer played for the ♣Q to come down within 4 rounds. Sadly it didn't, and declarer went one off. It's not often that you pick up 5 imps going one off in a grand slam, but Australia did when the EW pair at the other table were on different wave-lengths and played in 6♣ which went five off for +250 to Australia.
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Posted by Sheila Bird on Friday, 14 June 2019 at 23:59