Team de Botton needed a big win on the last match against Ireland and they came out swinging on the first board of the set.
South (Team de Botton’s Nicolai Heiberg-Evenstad) didn’t open his hand. Instead North (Thor-Erik Hoftaniska) started with 1C. East (Adam Mesbur) bid 2D which showed both majors and the auction continued as shown below to 6C.
At the other table the Ireland South opened a weak 2D and they stopped in 5C for a swing to de Botton.
2 other pairs reached 6C on this hand: Patrick & Oliver Lawrence and Dennis Bilde & Zia. Well done to them.
Team Ireland did lots of great stuff or they wouldn’t have won! Here’s an example from board 23 in match 8 against Black Adders. Ireland pair Tom Hanlon and Frederic Volcker were the only ones in the field to reach the good 6C despite the opponents’ (David Gold and Andrew Black) good efforts to keep them out.
Lederer Trophy 