Bridge | 4 May 2017

Janet likes to tease me that whenever it’s my turn to write this column, it ought to be renamed The David Gold Experience. Well, maybe I do write about him a lot, but then again, he is one of the best players in the world. Anyway, this week I’ve decided to give David’s regular partner Mike Bell an airing. Mike is also a superb player, and I’m lucky enough to be on his Nicko team. ‘Nicko’ stands for national inter-club knock out — and we’re one of several teams representing London’s Young Chelsea. It’s the first time I’ve played in the event, and I’ve had great fun driving up and down the country with my teammates for our ‘away’ matches. Last week we played against Chislehurst, and knocked them out partly because of Mike’s inspired defence on this deal (he was West):
 
(2♦ showed diamonds and a major.) Mike led a trump.