My friend Nick Sandqvist says that coaching the England juniors is a joy; so great when someone enthusiastic and creative is found to train the next generation. Shame the same can’t be said about the choice of Convention Card monitor, a gentleman who seems to think that a meticulously filled out CC is the most important thing for the survival of bridge.
Today’s hand is from the recent OCBL Swiss on BBO. Two Junior teams played each other:
At the first table, South played in 2NT. He had won the Heart lead and played a Club to the Jack and Queen. East shifted to a small Spade and a simple defence led to one down.
At our featured table, the stakes were higher. West led the ♥J and East showed out. It would be normal to take this trick; East is void and West can’t play them again without costing a trick, but the young declarer from Germany’s junior team pulled out the very rare ‘Junior Bath Coup’ — and ducked the first trick!
Nothing happened for a while, and then, after a minute, nothing continued to happen.
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