Congratulations to my old pal Lou Hobhouse, who has just been appointed the new editor of the English Bridge Union magazine. I’ve known Lou for 20 years and can vouch for the fact that she’s as devoted to bridge as anyone I’ve ever met. She even played on her wedding night — she and her husband Robert invited me and a friend to make up a four and we played until dawn (Lou still in her wedding dress).
Many years and many children later, Lou is now a successful bridge teacher based in Somerset. I don’t see as much of her as I’d like to, but she was in London recently for the magazine interview, and we managed to fit in a game at the Young Chelsea afterwards. The following deal shows just what a shrewd player she is.
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