clubs. diamonds. hearts. spades

For those of you do not know what contract bridge is, let me give you a brief intro to this spectacular game. It is not like an ordinary game of bridge. It is far more complicated! It requires you and your partner to communicate through bids, in certain orders and responses, in order to come out with the final bid to trash your opponents. The bids allow you to find out how good your partners cards are, and which suit he is strong in.

Yewee reading up on the game tactics on the way to hall 8
So let’s get down to today's games. Hall 4 competed against Hall 12, 7 and 1. The team consisted of 7 people, 4 of which were freshies, and thus, noobs in the sense. The games were challenging and it required much concentration.

Round one- yehwee and isabelle

At each time, 2 players from one hall will be playing north south against another hall's east west. The cards are prearranged before hand. The red colour in this picture stands for vulnerability round. This means you will lose double the points if you fail to meet the bid.

A game of four players- north south east west

To our disadvantage, Hall 12 and Hall 1 had many experienced players. After 3 rounds (24 sets altogether), guess what!

Hall 4 did not make it into the quarter finals. But, no sweat. It is not about winning, it is the spirit of learning. I'm sure the ohmers had a lot of fun defending and attacking their opponents.

Well done hall 4!