Author: lederertrophy

Here’s an interesting hand from the first match. In principle, 6 clubs goes down on the lead of the spade ace. In practice, it’s so tempting to lead a top heart from the north hand that it will usually make. Of the 6 pairs who played in clubs all made 12 tricks. 2 pairs reached 6 clubs: Peter Bertheau & Simon Hult, Ben Norton & Stefano Tommasini. Well done to them.

The Norton-Tommasini auction was:
1C-(1H)-X-(2H)
3NT-(P)-4C-(P)
4D-(P)-4NT*-(P)
6C
* this is not keycard but a sort of last train general slam try

I’ll try and find out how Bertheau-Hult auction went.

Ireland take the lead after match 3, de Botton in second, Crockfords third.

Match 3 scores in detail

De Botton now in the lead, Crockfords second, Ireland third.

Match 2 scores in detail

Early lead for Crockfords with a big win over Gillis. De Botton second, London third.

Match 1 scores in detail

We’ve kicked off with this year’s competition. In action on BBO for Round 1 are the holders Edmonds against Periculo.

Less than two weeks to go before this year’s Lederer kicks off. As always there’s a glittering lineup – check out the Teams.

You can come to watch in person if you’re in London (though please be mindful of the RAC’s dress code) and we’ll be broadcasting some matches on BBO.

Well done to Zatorski / Klukowski who topped the Butler IMPs.

Very well done to Team Edmonds on their first appearance at the event. They were never behind in the event and won by a margin of 28 Victory Points.