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Bridge by Albert Benjamin

The first European Junior Championship will be played in Delft, Holland from July 30^thto August 6^th. Twenty countries including Britain will take part and players must not be above 27 years of age.

Britain will be represented by P. D. Alder and C. Evans (London); M. Pomfrey and D. Kendrick (London); B. J. Shenkin and G. Cuthbertson (Glasgow). Non-playing captain A. L. Benjamin.

At an unofficial championship held last year Britain finished last. It should not be too difficult for my team to improve on this. I should perhaps point out that the captaincy has no age restrictions!

The team was selected after a junior Camrose event of which Scotland and England were joint winners. Some wild results are not unexpected at junior events. This was the wildest:

Dlr: East Vul: Both	N K 10 6 4 8 6 K q 10 8 7 6 4
W 5 3 A J 10 7 6 5 A 7 6 4 2 -		E - Q 4 Q J 10 9 5 3 A J 5 3 2
	S A Q J 9 8 7 2 K 9 3 2 K 9

Shenkin and G. Cuthbertson:

East	South	West	North
1	2	3	4NT
5	Double	5	5
-	-	Double	-

Not realizing that the declarer was off three aces, West underled the ace of diamonds hoping East would gain the lead and play a club. However Cuthbertson had the king and made the contract, 850 points to Scotland.

Scotland East-West, D. Shenkin and C. McClatchie:

East	South	West	North
-	4	4NT	5
5NT	-	6	-
-	6	-	-
6NT	-	-	Double
7	Double	-	-
-

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