Hand 1
Dlr South
Vul Both

................ North (dummy )
................S.AKQ
................H.843
................D.85
................C.A9764

.................................East (you )
.................................S.J1092
.................................H.A10
.................................D.Q4
.................................C.QJ1082

South..............West...............North...............East
1D...................Pass................2C..................Pass
2D...................Pass................2S..................Pass
2NT..................Pass............... 3NT..............All Pass
Opening lead: 5H

You play AH and return 10H. Declarer plays the 7 and then the Q from Partener.
Partner returns 9H what do you discard? And why

Hand 2
Dlr: South
Vul: Both

......................................North (dummy )
.......................................S.Q
.......................................H.A
.......................................D.A7532
.......................................C.AQJ1032

..........West (you )
..........S.J64
..........H.9654
..........D.KQ
..........C.K874

South....................West.............North...............East
1S.........................Pass..............2C..................Pass
2S.........................Pass..............3D.................Pass
3NT........................Pass..............4C.................Pass
5C.........................Pass...............5S.................Pass
6S All Pass (Phew!)

You lead KD to dummy's ace and partner's Jack. Declarerclears the QS and AH from dummy, partner playing2H, count.
Declarer exits from dummy with a diamond,partner playing the8 to your Q. On the 2 diamond plays, declarer has played small diamonds. What now?

is there any chance somekind person could eplain the bidding on hand 2?
I am not familiar with 5cM an was wondering what all the bids meant.

Hand 2
Bidding
1S = I have opening bid with 5+S
2C = I have probebly 5C with 11+ points ( assuming not 2/1 GF )
2S = I have 6S
3D = I have atleast 5C and 4D =GF NB responders reverse is forcing to game in anyones system!
3NT = I have Hs stopped and no primary support for your suits eg 6322 or 6331
4C = slam try in C
5c I have dobleton C and minimum hand
6S I have S honour and may fill your 6card S suit possibly a try for 7C

When Partner plays JD then 8 he is showing J1098, when he plays 2H heis showing count, probibly 5 on the bidding
Hope this helps!
Good luck

when do the answers to the bridge problems need to be in?

you couldn't post the leaderboard could u?

Hi Craig/Alex.

The competition entries need to be emailed to Catherine by Sunday night. The answers and marks are posted on a Monday.

The leaderboard is posted in the 'general discussion' forum and updated each week when I get a chance.

This may be totally irrelevant but i'll ask anyway:

On the first trick in hand 1 what heart does declarer play? the 6 or the 2?

i think it is totally irrelevant to the problem to be honest Phil, though I may be wrong