Well I just got back from the Morganton Sectional/District 7 GNT finals. We had a pretty good weekend. There were 12 teams from across District 7 competing for the right to represent our District in the National GNTs, which will be held just prior to the Summer Nationals in New Orleans. There was a Swiss teams held on Saturday that would qualify 4 teams for knockouts on Sunday. With one round to go, our fate was in our hands. If we won the last match, we were sure to qualify for Sunday. If we lost, it would be a long drive back home.

Well we played well and won.  On Sunday, in the semi finals, we faced a good team from Western North Carolina. The match came down to a single hand. Our opponents had this auction:

West                North               East                 South

                                                                        2

Pass                2 NT                  Pass                  3

Pass                6                   Pass                   Pass

Pass

2 NT was a Modified Ogust and 3 denied any feature.

I was on lead with 743 82 A873 KJ73

With bad holdings in the majors I expected a running suit or possibly even two in dummy. Needing to establish a trick to go with my trump Ace, I led a low club. Our opponents were down 1 when partner was nice enough to hold the Q.

We held on in the finals and hope to do well in New Orleans. This is a team event, so let me thank my partner Mike Kovacich and teammates Jeni and Tom Carmichael for the great results they put up all week.