2023 Halloween Pairs.

Martin Johnson, Hope Tomlinson, Dasha Brandt and David Bowerman.

Ten tables of intrepid players faced the ultimate challenge.

For the experts it was just another day, for the not so clever, it was a day of deception and intrigue.

Almost every hand had a real problem to solve.If it wasn't all the trumps being in the one opposition hand, it was one opposition hand having all the points while their partner had none. Truly a day to test the metal of all and sundry.

The North/ South winners were:-

Points % Players Red Points

1 253.0 58.56% David Bowerman - Dasha Brandt 0.45

2 235.0 54.40% Lorraine Lindsay - Bernard Davidson 0.28

2 235.0 54.40% Christine Hadaway - Maria Rose 0.28

4 223.0 51.62% Judy Wulff - David Adams 0.15

5 209.0 48.38% Kerry-Anne Durrant - Coral Erikson

6 203.0 46.99% Peter Hume - Laurie Powell

7 201.0 46.53% Ann Snow - Edith Marshall

8 197.0 45.60% Margaret Driscoll - Stephen Calcroft

9 188.0 43.52% Graham Woof - Caroline Nichols

The East/ West winners were:-

1 277.0 64.12% Hope Tomlinson - Martin Johnson 0.45

2 271.0 62.73% Lynne Rainford - Hilary Owen 0.32

3 244.0 56.48% Karen Ody - Jim Routledge 0.23

4 236.0 54.63% Barry Foster - Sylvia Foster 0.15

5 206.0 47.69% Meg McGregor - Robyn Serra

6 193.0 44.68% Elaine Hume - Maureen Lockwood

7 191.0 44.21% Kathryn Ivits - Alma Van Der Walt

8 177.0 40.97% Joan Walsh - Jenny Buckley

9 149.0 34.49% Susan McCall - Pamela Joseph

Congratulations to all the winners and those who tried so valiantly.

Martin Johnson, Hope Tomlinson, Dasha Brandt and David Bowerman

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