Nevertheless, the food
was good Saturday in the Social Hall at the Main-Transit Fire Company in
Amherst. You can’t go wrong with Weidner’s roast chicken, which is also the
centerpiece of the picnic menu. Paul Zittel, who was all over the room as host,
came around with second helpings. Resistance was futile.
The business end was
pretty painless, too. The balance sheet was $2,000 ahead of where it was a year
ago. The election for the board of directors was no contest – three seats,
three candidates: Sue Neuberger, Gay Simpson and Denise Slattery.
Membership stands at
437, despite the departure of more than a dozen players who were honored with a
moment of silence. And attendance at this affair was vigorous – 25 tables.
It felt like a game in
St. Catharines. Two boards a round. But not as fast. Director Brian Meyer did
his best to get people to finish quickly, but half the time partner Judie
Bailey and I found ourselves standing and waiting.
It was a good day for
us East-West players, as the North-Souths repeatedly told us, but Judie and I
did not convert our good cards into good fortune.
We started off by
missing a 3 No Trump game, thanks to interference by Judy Kaprove sitting North,
who bid Spades on a J-10-9-8-7-3 suit after I opened my 19-point hand with 1
Club. Later on we missed the grand slam on Board 18. Would Judie have lost a
trick and made only 6 Spades if we bid 7? Hard to say.
Still, I had hopes of
finishing around 50%. Looking at the hand records, it didn’t seem so bad. But
it wasn’t even close. 36.5%. Hand records and commentary (!) can be found at
TheCommonGame.com. But scores from Saturday’s game aren’t up yet here on Sunday
night
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