Nice defence from Richard Fedrick (E for London) on board 5 from match 6. Richard opens a lightish 1S, south bids 2D and north bids 3D. Richard now bids 3H, S bids 3NT and W (Mike Scoltock) doubles. The final contract is 3NTX.
Mike leads the 6 of spades which is covered by the queen. Declarer needs to duck this or the spades are basically set up so Richard is allowed to win with the king of spades. After a bit of thinking Richard decides partner has to have values in clubs and a good diamond card to take this down. So he grits his teeth and plays the queen of clubs. 800 in for London. Meanwhile at the other table Sally Brock makes 3NT+1 for another 630 in.
Lederer Trophy 