Board 7 (Dealer S) - 24 April 2007

NS	EW	Bid	Decl	Made	Vul	Score NS	Score EW	Pts	Max Pts
1 Geoff Smith & Fred Hotchen	21 Ann White & Jill Small	3N	S	11	Both	660		18 - 0	18
2 Emma & Peter Croune-Payne	12 Betty Weeks & Carolyn Endicott	3N	S	9	Both	600		11 - 7	18
3 Sheila Stubbings & Jeremy Baker	14 Carol Bradshaw & Pauline Morrod	3H	S	9	Both	140		8 - 10	18
5 Janet & Roland Richardson	20 Jean Lovegrove & Jessie Baker	3N	N	9	Both	600		11 - 7	18
6 Wini Meikle & Ray Marsh	22 Lorna Fewtrell & Betty Forster	5C*	N	9	Both		500	0 - 18	18
7 Jo Barnwell & Joan Thomson	13 Jan Whitehouse & Shirley Rashbrook	3N	N	10	Both	630		15 - 3	18
8 Anna Dreaper & Jill Hickson	15 Sheila Mathers & Carole Remington	4H	S	9	Both		100	5 - 13	18
9 Tricia Palmer & Andrew Marshall	17 Ray Crawford & John Wheeler	3N	N	10	Both	630		15 - 3	18
10 Jim Finch & Nigel Whiteman	19 Barbara Foulkes & Peter Miller	5H	S	10	Both		100	5 - 13	18
18 Clare Podger & Audrey Lee	4 Jane Bolwell & Pat Dixon	5H	S	8	Both		300	2 - 16	18

Board 7 S will normally play 3N on a spade lead and communications are tricky. At trick 2 declarer could try CJ, which E should refuse. The play now becomes very complex, but I imagine most declarers will scrape home.				A T9 K984 AKJT94
		J86432 KJ5 AQ63		Hand 7		T5 632 T52 Q8763
				KQ97 AQ874 J7 52