The school bridge club has a good group of final year S6 pupils and younger S3 pupils - enough to have a short pairs championship. We had three tables playing ten boards, along with a couple of younger groups playing Minibridge.
There were lots of well bid and played boards, including two in a row where every table made 3NT.
Our more experienced pairs ran into trouble when they overbid to failing games, or just got unlucky with good contracts bid against them. That paved the way for Michael and Eunice to win the event, followed by Sam and Elliot.
Here is one where the winning pair got a bad result which turned out to be a good result:
On her table Isla bid the East hand to 3NT and quickly claimed 10 tricks. Niamh and Rachel may have recognised the hand, they played it as part of the HSOG Junior Christmas Party in 2021! They won that event (see here).
Eunice played 4S from the West seat. To make it you need a bit of luck - trumps 3-2, Diamond 3-3, and the defence to not lead trumps. Only out of those three things happened and so she finished down one. On another table Artem played 4Sx-1, doubled by North.
On the final table both sides bid Hearts and in the end Sam played 3Hx from the South seat. This could fail with repeated Spade leads as you lose trump control, but made today for a great score.
2026 HSOG Pairs champions (in shirts)
The final board proved expensive for some:
On the final table both sides bid Hearts and in the end Sam played 3Hx from the South seat. This could fail with repeated Spade leads as you lose trump control, but made today for a great score.
2026 HSOG Pairs champions (in shirts)
