2026 National Teams - Match 3
Saturday, 21 February 2026
| BOARD 18 Dealer: E Vul: NS | ← Board 17 Board 19 → | ||||||||
| N–S Team | E–W Team | Contract | Lead | Tricks | Score NS | Score EW | NS | EW | |
| 1 Reale * | 2 Matthews * | 3NT W | 3H | 9 | 400 | 2 | -2 | ||
| 2 Matthews * | 1 Reale * | 3NT W | 3H | 11 | 460 | -2 | 2 | ||
| 3 Coutts | 17 Kruiniger | 5♣ E | KH | 9 | 100 | 2 | -2 | ||
| 4 Curnow * | 5 Wright * | 3NT W | 3H | 10 | 430 | -11 | 11 | ||
| 5 Wright * | 4 Curnow * | 4♠ W | 3H | 8 | 100 | 11 | -11 | ||
| 6 Scott * | 30 Cooper | 4♠ W | 3H | 9 | 50 | 13 | -13 | ||
| 7 Thirtle | 27 Downward | 4♠ W | 3H | 10 | 420 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 Seal | 19 Noye * | 3NT W | 3H | 11 | 460 | -11 | 11 | ||
| 9 Buckland * | 28 Francks | 3NT W | 3H | 10 | 430 | 2 | -2 | ||
| 10 Hawkins | 22 Solomons * | 3NT W | 3H | 9 | 400 | -11 | 11 | ||
| 11 Alexander * | 20 Henry | 5♦ E | KH | 11 | 400 | -6 | 6 | ||
| 12 Meier | 13 Wu | 5♦ E | KH | 11 | 400 | -10 | 10 | ||
| 13 Wu | 12 Meier | 4♠ W | 3H | 9 | 50 | 10 | -10 | ||
| 14 Smith * | 36 Lennon | 3♥ S | AD | 7 | 200 | 6 | -6 | ||
| 15 Tibble | 35 Gregory | 5♦ E | KH | 11 | 400 | -10 | 10 | ||
| 16 Gurney * | 23 Hannaway | 3NT W | 2C | 10 | 430 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 Kruiniger | 3 Coutts | 4♦ E | KH | 9 | 50 | -2 | 2 | ||
| 18 Jones | 31 Jacob | 5♣ E | AH | 10 | 50 | 10 | -10 | ||
| 19 Noye * | 8 Seal | 5♦ E | KH | 10 | 50 | 11 | -11 | ||
| 20 Henry | 11 Alexander * | 4♦ E | KH | 11 | 150 | 6 | -6 | ||
| 21 Fenwick | 29 Alabaster | 4♥X S | QC | 8 | 500 | -11 | 11 | ||
| 22 Solomons * | 10 Hawkins | 5♣ E | AH | 9 | 100 | 11 | -11 | ||
| 23 Hannaway | 16 Gurney * | 3NT W | 3H | 10 | 430 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 Terry | 25 Solomon | 5♦ E | KH | 11 | 400 | -10 | 10 | ||
| 25 Solomon | 24 Terry | 5♣ E | AH | 10 | 50 | 10 | -10 | ||
| 26 Grant | 33 Miao | 4♠ W | 3H | 9 | 50 | 11 | -11 | ||
| 27 Downward | 7 Thirtle | 3NT W | 3H | 10 | 430 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 Francks | 9 Buckland * | 4♥X S | AD | 8 | 500 | -2 | 2 | ||
| 29 Alabaster | 21 Fenwick | 5♦ E | KH | 10 | 50 | 11 | -11 | ||
| 30 Cooper | 6 Scott * | 3♥X S | AD | 6 | 800 | -13 | 13 | ||
| 31 Jacob | 18 Jones | 5♦ E | KH | 11 | 400 | -10 | 10 | ||
| 32 Tuffnell | 34 Pelkman | 5♦ E | AH | 10 | 50 | 10 | -10 | ||
| 33 Miao | 26 Grant | 4♥X S | QC | 8 | 500 | -11 | 11 | ||
| 34 Pelkman | 32 Tuffnell | 3NT W | 3H | 10 | 430 | -10 | 10 | ||
| 35 Gregory | 15 Tibble | 5♦ E | KH | 10 | 50 | 10 | -10 | ||
| 36 Lennon | 14 Smith * | 3NT W | 3H | 10 | 430 | -6 | 6 | ||
| FREQUENCIES FOR BOARD 18 | |||
| Contract | Result | Score | Frequency |
| 5♣ by EW | 9 | 100 | 2 |
| 4♠ by EW | 8 | 100 | 1 |
| 4♠ by EW | 9 | 50 | 3 |
| 4♦ by EW | 9 | 50 | 1 |
| 5♣ by EW | 10 | 50 | 2 |
| 5♦ by EW | 10 | 50 | 4 |
| 4♦ by EW | 11 | -150 | 1 |
| 3♥ by NS | 7 | -200 | 1 |
| 3NT by EW | 9 | -400 | 2 |
| 5♦ by EW | 11 | -400 | 5 |
| 4♠ by EW | 10 | -420 | 1 |
| 3NT by EW | 10 | -430 | 7 |
| 3NT by EW | 11 | -460 | 2 |
| 4♥X by NS | 8 | -500 | 3 |
| 3♥X by NS | 6 | -800 | 1 |
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| BD: 18 | ♠ Q83 ♥ 3 ♦ Q872 ♣ 95432 |
Dlr: E Vul: NS |
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♠ KJT75 ♥ Q95 ♦ A9 ♣ QJT |
♠ A ♥ 74 ♦ KJ6543 ♣ AK86 |
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♠ 9642 ♥ AKJT862 ♦ T ♣ 7 |
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