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TGIF

Years ago, on the last Friday of every month, our fearless director would distribute entries into a bidding contest: the current problems from the "It's Your Call" article in the latest Bulletin. He would score the entries, a time-consuming process to be sure, and award the announced winners with a free play.

I miss TGIF, and for years I have been thinking about putting this feature on the VBC web page.  It is finally here.

All entrants are welcome!  The top two local scorers will each win a free play.


Rules

Bidding conventions are Bridge Bulletin Standard, which is loosely based on Standard American.
All scores are copied from the It's Your Call column of the ACBL Bulletin.
The top quartile of entrants in each category make the overalls.
Pseudonyms are not permitted.

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Latest Contests:

 July 2024    Polling until 2024-07-18.

Scored Contests:

 June 2024     Michael Dimich (460)      Shahar Zack (Israel) (500)     
May 2024     Kai Zhou (470)      Shahar Zack (Israel) (490)     
April 2024     Stephen Vincent (460)
Christopher Diamond     
Steve Anderson (Canada) (470)     
March 2024     Larry Pocock (480)
Christopher Diamond     
Shahar Zack (Israel) (490)     
February 2024     Kai Zhou (500)
Aban S Gerrie     
Kf Tung (China) (490)
Diane Bolton (Canada)
John McAllister (United States)
Tim Margolian (Canada)     
January 2024     Jack Qi (460)      Diane Bolton (Canada) (470)
Hendrik Sharples (United States)     
December 2023     Robert Sauve (420)      Shahar Zack (Israel) (460)     
November 2023     Brad Bart (450)      John Mac Gregor (Canada) (500)     
October 2023     Eurydice Nours (460)      Kf Tung (China) (440)
Hendrik Sharples (United States)
Leo Weniger (Canada)     
September 2023     Larry Pocock (470)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (500)     
August 2023     Stephen Vincent (480)      Louk Verhees (Netherlands) (500)     
July 2023     Rod Coote (440)
Jack Qi     
Chris Galbraith (Canada) (470)     
June 2023     Kai Zhou (470)      Alex Wang (Taiwan) (480)
Sandy McIlwain (Canada)     
May 2023     Sam McIlwain (500)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (500)
Mike Tanner (Canada)
Gareth Birdsall (Uk)
Sandy McIlwain (Canada)
Shahar Zack (Israel)     
April 2023     Bill Angus (480)      Lilly Justman (Usa) (480)     
March 2023     Robert Sauve (440)      Peter Qvist (Denmark) (450)     
February 2023     Christopher Diamond (420)      John McAllister (United States) (470)     
January 2023     Brad Bart (460)
Michael Dimich     
Bob Todd (Canada) (490)     
December 2022     Zoran Peca (460)      Gareth Birdsall (Uk) (470)     
November 2022     Kai Zhou (460)      Bob Todd (Canada) (460)     
October 2022     Kai Zhou (470)      John Mac Gregor (Canada) (460)     
September 2022     Stephen Vincent (460)
Joel Martineau     
Louk Verhees (Netherlands) (490)     
August 2022     Larry Pocock (440)      Louk Verhees (Netherlands) (500)     
July 2022     Joel Martineau (490)      Bob Todd (Canada) (460)     
June 2022     Brad Bart (460)      Earle Fergusson (Canada) (440)     
May 2022     Christopher Diamond (460)      John McAllister (United States) (500)     
April 2022     David Waterman (460)      Bob Todd (Canada) (460)
John McAllister (United States)     
March 2022     Eurydice Nours (460)      Steve Anderson (Canada) (460)     
February 2022     Joel Martineau (460)      Lars Erik Bergerud (Norway) (470)     
January 2022     Larry Pocock (480)      Mike Tanner (Canada) (480)     
December 2021     Stephen Vincent (470)
Zoran Peca
Christopher Diamond
David Hooey
Sam McIlwain     
Gareth Birdsall (Uk) (500)
Leo Weniger (Canada)     
November 2021     Christopher Diamond (470)      Mike Tanner (Canada) (460)
Bob Kuz (Canada)     
October 2021     Larry Meyer (500)      Tim Margolian (Canada) (480)     
September 2021     Zoran Peca (470)      John McAllister (United States) (480)     
August 2021     Joel Martineau (500)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (480)     
July 2021     Craig T. Wilson (490)      Lars Erik Bergerud (Norway) (500)     
June 2021     David Waterman (480)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (470)     
May 2021     Michael Dimich (470)      Beverley Candlish (Canada) (450)     
April 2021     Dave Gabel (430)      Lars Erik Bergerud (Norway) (460)     
March 2021     Larry Pocock (450)      Louk Verhees (Nederland) (470)
Tim Margolian (Canada)     
February 2021     Brad Bart (500)
Michael Dimich
Christopher Diamond     
Kf Tung (China) (460)     
January 2021     Larry Meyer (470)      Lars Erik Bergerud (Norway) (490)     
December 2020     Martin Henneberger (500)      Qiang Wu (China) (500)
Louk Verhees (Nederland)     
November 2020     Michael Dimich (460)      Leonid Bossis (Canada) (460)
Leo Weniger (Canada)
Louk Verhees (Netherlands)     
October 2020     Brad Bart (470)      Gerard Laquerriere (France) (470)
Peter Qvist (Danmark)     
September 2020     Jack Qi (440)      Beverley Candlish (Canada) (440)     
August 2020     Brad Bart (460)
Martin Henneberger     
Qiang Wu (China) (470)     
July 2020     Kai Zhou (500)
Gary Gilraine     
Gerard Laquerriere (France) (470)     
June 2020     Lisbet Soda (500)      Hendrik Sharples (Usa) (480)
Douglas Avis (Canada)     
May 2020     Christopher Diamond (490)      Louk Verhees (Netherlands) (490)     
April 2020     Daniel Lyder (460)      Allan Simon (Canada) (430)     
March 2020     Michael Dimich (500)
Stuart Carr
Arun Chopra     
John Gillespie (Canada) (490)
Allan Simon (Canada)     
February 2020     Martin Henneberger (460)
Larry Pocock     
John Gillespie (Canada) (490)     
January 2020     Brad Bart (460)
Martin Henneberger     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (500)     
December 2019     Kai Zhou (480)
Gustav Axen     
Bob Todd (Canada) (470)
Bob Kuz (Canada)     
November 2019     Daniel Lyder (490)      Leonid Bossis (Canada) (490)
Hendrik Sharples (Usa)     
October 2019     Daniel Lyder (490)      Joel Forssell (Sweden) (490)
Hendrik Sharples (Usa)     
September 2019     Michael Dimich (450)
Kai Zhou     
Mike Tanner (Canada) (470)     
August 2019     Christopher Diamond (490)      Joel Forssell (Sweden) (500)     
July 2019     Anssi Rantamaa (450)
Larry Pocock     
John Gillespie (Canada) (480)     
June 2019     Rod Coote (480)
Jack Qi     
David Gordon (Canada) (490)     
May 2019     Martin Henneberger (460)
Ernie Dietrich     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (460)     
April 2019     Dave Gabel (490)      Leonid Bossis (Canada) (480)     
March 2019     Martin Henneberger (500)      Qiang Wu (China) (460)     
February 2019     David Waterman (500)      Perry Khakhar (Canada) (470)
David Gordon (Canada)
Mike Tanner (Canada)     
January 2019     Christopher Diamond (420)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (460)     
December 2018     Kevin Contzen (460)      Ig Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands) (470)     
November 2018     Brad Bart (500)
Laurence Betts     
Qiang Wu (China) (500)     
October 2018     Dave Gabel (470)      Leonid Bossis (Canada) (440)
Hendrik Sharples (United States)     
September 2018     Christopher Diamond (455)      Gerard Laquerriere (France) (440)
Hendrik Sharples (United States)     
August 2018     Brad Bart (480)      Mike Roberts (United States) (460)     
July 2018     Stephen Vincent (470)      Bob Todd (Canada) (490)     
June 2018     Christopher Diamond (470)
Joel Martineau     
Leonid Bossis (Canada) (490)     
May 2018     Brad Bart (460)      Diane Bolton (Canada) (420)
Bjarne Andersen (Denmark)     
April 2018     Gustav Axen (480)
Ron Corber     
Dennis Caswell (Canada) (460)     
March 2018     Andrew Krywaniuk (460)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (450)     
February 2018     Martin Henneberger (490)      John Gillespie (Canada) (470)     
January 2018     Martin Henneberger (480)
Christopher Diamond     
Mike Tanner (Canada) (470)
Ig Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands)     
December 2017     Dave Gabel (470)      Janet Galbraith (Canada) (470)     
November 2017     Gilbert Lambert (490)      Franco Masoero (Italy) (460)     
October 2017     Monica Angus (500)
Christopher Diamond     
Qiang Wu (China) (460)     
September 2017     Andrew Krywaniuk (500)      Bjarne Andersen (Denmark) (500)     
August 2017     Stephen Vincent (490)
Andrew Krywaniuk     
Chris Galbraith (Canada) (450)
Joel Forssell (Sweden)
Gerard Laquerriere (France)
Bob Zeller (Canada)     
July 2017     Brad Bart (500)
Elaine Sutton
Andrew Krywaniuk     
Susan Julius (Canada) (480)     
June 2017     Larry Pocock (490)      Bob Todd (Canada) (460)     
May 2017     Rod Coote (480)      Bjarne Andersen (Denmark) (460)     
April 2017     Brad Bart (490)
Julien Levesque
Martin Henneberger     
David Gordon (Canada) (490)     
March 2017     Jack Aaron (500)
Norma Doucette
Elliott Burnell     
Sam Aaron (England) (500)     
February 2017     Julien Levesque (470)
David Waterman     
Leonid Bossis (Ca) (490)     
January 2017     Michael Dimich (480)      Paul Mcmullin (Usa) (490)     
December 2016     Ernie Dietrich (490)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (500)
Janet Galbraith (Canada)
Bob Todd (Canada)     
November 2016     Anssi Rantamaa (500)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (500)
Leo Weniger (Canada)     
October 2016     Christopher Diamond (490)      Roy Bolton (Canada) (480)     
September 2016     Martin Henneberger (460)
Kai Zhou
Larry Pocock     
Leonid Bossis (Canada) (490)     
August 2016     Rod Coote (480)
Yue Su
Silvana Trotter     
John Gillespie (Canada) (490)
Mike Tanner (Canada)     
July 2016     Eurydice Nours (500)      Dan Cecchelli (Canada) (500)     
June 2016     Gilbert Lambert (440)
Michael Dimich     
Janet Galbraith (Canada) (460)     
May 2016     David Walker (480)
Larry Pocock
Jack Aaron     
David Gordon (Canada) (500)     
April 2016     Brad Bart (480)      Claude Vogel (United States) (460)     
March 2016     Martin Henneberger (490)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (490)     
February 2016     Larry Pocock (470)
Laurence Betts
Jim Garnier     
Bob Todd (Canada) (480)     
January 2016     Kevin Contzen (480)      Claude Vogel (United States) (430)
Bob Todd (Canada)     
December 2015     Brad Bart (500)
Stephen Vincent     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (500)     
November 2015     David Waterman (460)      Ig Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands) (480)     
October 2015     Jake Grabow (500)      Timothy Wright (Usa) (500)
Roy Bolton (Canada)     
September 2015     Andrew Krywaniuk (490)
Laurence Betts     
David Gordon (Canada) (460)
Nader Hanna (Canada)     
August 2015     Brad Bart (376)      John Gillespie (Canada) (388)
Bob Kuz (Canada)     
July 2015     Andrew Krywaniuk (470)
Ian Greig     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (470)     
June 2015     Andrew Krywaniuk (470)      John Gillespie (Canada) (500)     
May 2015     David Waterman (460)      Bob Zeller (Canada) (440)     
April 2015     Eugene Chan (490)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (480)     
March 2015     Michael Dimich (490)      Bob Kuz (Canada) (480)
Nader Hanna (Canada)
Chris Diamond (Thailand)     
February 2015     David Walker (490)      John Gillespie (Canada) (460)
Bob Todd (Canada)
Bob Kuz (Canada)
Leonid Bossis (Canada)
Timothy Wright (Usa)
Ig Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands)     
January 2015     Stephen Vincent (490)
Yue Su
Andrew Krywaniuk     
Mike Roberts (Usa) (500)     
December 2014     Stephen Vincent (490)
Larry Meyer
Andrew Krywaniuk     
Gareth Birdsall (Uk) (500)     
November 2014     Joel Martineau (490)      Kf Tung (China) (500)
Claude Vogel (United States)
Timothy Wright (Usa)     
October 2014     David Walker (480)      Bob Kuz (Canada) (460)     
September 2014     Steve Ottridge (470)      Claude Vogel (United States) (470)
Ig Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands)
Chris Diamond (Thailand)     
August 2014     Michael Dimich (490)
Monica Angus     
Bob Todd (Canada) (490)     
July 2014     Joel Martineau (490)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (480)     
June 2014     Gilbert Lambert (500)
Norma Doucette
Diana Jing     
Ig Nieuwenhuis (The Netherlands) (500)     
May 2014     Brad Bart (480)
Laurence Betts     
Kf Tung (China) (500)
Bob Todd (Canada)     
April 2014     Brad Bart (500)      Plarq Liu (United States) (500)     
March 2014     Peggy Lacasse (500)      Ranjan Bhaduri (Usa) (500)
Richmond Williams (Canada)     
February 2014     Jacky Wang (450)
Jack Qi     
Ig Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands) (490)     
January 2014     Ian Greig (490)      Bob Kuz (Canada) (490)     
December 2013     Gilbert Lambert (500)
Norma Doucette
Larry Meyer     
Leonid Bossis (Canada) (500)
Nader Hanna (Canada)
Ig Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands)     
November 2013     Michael Dimich (500)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (450)
Claude Vogel (United States)
Nader Hanna (Canada)     
October 2013     Kai Zhou (470)
Jim Garnier     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (470)     
September 2013     Rod Coote (460)
Norma Doucette     
Leonid Bossis (Canada) (500)     
August 2013     Chris Diamond (500)      John Gillespie (Canada) (480)
Carol Frank (Usa)     
July 2013     David Schmidt (500)
Joel Martineau     
Amiram Millet (Israel) (480)     
June 2013     Gilbert Lambert (380)
David Walker
Stuart Carr     
Bob Todd (Canada) (400)     
May 2013     Andrew Krywaniuk (500)
Joel Martineau     
David Gordon (Canada) (500)
Claude Vogel (United States)     
April 2013     Brad Bart (500)      Mike Roberts (USA) (490)     
March 2013     Brad Bart (490)      Bob Kuz (Canada) (500)
Leonid Bossis (Canada)     
February 2013     Stephen Vincent (490)      Mike Roberts (USA) (480)     
January 2013     Stephen Vincent (500)      Dennis Caswell (Canada) (440)     
December 2012     Dave Gabel (490)      John Gillespie (Canada) (490)     
November 2012     David Schmidt (500)      Dennis Caswell (Canada) (500)     
October 2012     Joel Martineau (490)      Joel Forssell (Sweden) (490)     
September 2012     Kai Zhou (500)      Perry Khakhar (Canada) (440)     
August 2012     Michael Dimich (470)
Kai Zhou     
Paul Janicki (Canada) (440)     
July 2012     Gilbert Lambert (480)
Barry Yamanouchi     
John Gillespie (Canada) (460)
Richmond Williams (Canada)
Bob Todd (Canada)     
June 2012     Brad Bart (500)      Leonid Bossis (Canada) (500)     
May 2012     Eugene Chan (485)      Merv Adey (Canada) (480)     
April 2012     Gilbert Lambert (500)      Merv Adey (Canada) (500)     
March 2012     Michael Dimich (480)      John Gillespie (Canada) (480)
Bob Kuz (Canada)     
February 2012     Yue Su (470)
Paul Sontag     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (460)     
January 2012     Brad Bart (500)
Michael Dimich     
Paul Mcmullin (Usa) (470)     
December 2011     Stephen Vincent (490)      Susan Julius (Canada) (470)     
November 2011     Stephen Vincent (500)      Chris Diamond (Canada) (500)     
October 2011     Barry Yamanouchi (480)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (450)     
September 2011     Joel Martineau (500)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (500)
Kees Schaafsma (Netherlands)     
August 2011     Brian Stone (480)      Merv Adey (Canada) (490)     
July 2011     Susan Peters (410)      Richmond Williams (Canada) (380)     
June 2011     Michael Dimich (470)      Dave Vestal (Usa) (500)     
May 2011     Susan Peters (500)      Bob Todd (Canada) (490)     
April 2011     Yue Su (480)      Chris Diamond (Canada) (460)
Kees Schaafsma (Netherlands)
John Gillespie (Canada)     
March 2011     Kai Zhou (500)      Bob Todd (Canada) (460)     
February 2011     Aidan Ballantyne (500)      Mike Roberts (Usa) (480)     
January 2011     Yue Su (470)      John Gillespie (Canada) (480)
Paul Janicki (Canada)     
December 2010     Michael Dimich (465)
Rock Yan     
Chris Diamond (Thailand) (480)     
November 2010     Martin Henneberger (500)      Tim Francis-Wright (Usa) (470)     
October 2010     Rock Yan (500)      Mike Roberts (USA) (440)     
September 2010     Rock Yan (410)
Andrew Krywaniuk     
Bob Todd (Canada) (460)     
August 2010     Ronald Kuiper (470)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (420)     
July 2010     Rock Yan (500)      Chris Buchanan (Canada) (500)     
June 2010     Michael Dimich (480)      Chris Diamond (Canada) (490)     
May 2010     Mike Hamilton (460)
Andrew Krywaniuk
Rock Yan     
Chris Galbraith (Canada) (500)     
April 2010     Ivy Pye (500)      Chris Diamond (Ca) (500)     
March 2010     Mike Hamilton (490)      Chris Diamond (Ca) (490)     
February 2010     Brad Bart (480)
Stephen Vincent
Pam Ottridge     
Merv Adey (Canada) (470)     
January 2010     Stuart Carr (480)      Merv Adey (Canada) (480)     
December 2009     Michael Dimich (500)      Mike Roberts (Canada) (420)     
November 2009     Larry Meyer (420)
Michael Dimich     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (470)     
October 2009     Adam Melzak (500)
Gilbert Lambert     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (500)
Chris Diamond (Canada)     
September 2009     Joel Martineau (500)
Aidan Ballantyne
Eugene Chan     
Chris Diamond (Canada) (490)     
August 2009     Michael Dimich (490)      Bob Todd (Canada) (480)
Chris Diamond (Canada)     
July 2009     Michael Dimich (480)      Merv Adey (Canada) (500)     
June 2009     Stephen Vincent (470)      Bob Todd (Canada) (450)
Merv Adey (Canada)     
May 2009     Brad Bart (495)
Mike Hamilton     
Bob Todd (Canada) (475)
David Gordon (Canada)     
April 2009     Stephen Vincent (450)      Bill Camp (Canada) (430)
Kevin Strangway (Canada)     
March 2009     Martin Henneberger (480)      Bob Todd (Canada) (500)
Amiram Millet (Israel)     
February 2009     Aidan Ballantyne (445)
David Breton     
Mike Roberts (USA) (495)     
January 2009     Brad Bart (450)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (500)     
December 2008     Rod Coote (470)      Chris Galbraith (Canada) (440)     
November 2008     Rod Coote (450)
June Pocock
Anssi Rantamaa     
Paul Mcmullin (Usa) (500)
Leo Weniger (Canada)
Chris Diamond (Canada)     
October 2008     John Hurdle (460)      Mike Roberts (USA) (465)     
September 2008     Stephen Vincent (460)
Michael Dimich     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (460)     
August 2008     Kai Zhou (500)      Mike Roberts (USA) (470)     
July 2008     Martin Henneberger (480)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (480)     
June 2008     Kai Zhou (465)
Gilbert Lambert     
Chris Diamond (Canada) (475)
David Gordon (Canada)     
May 2008     Aidan Ballantyne (470)      Chris Diamond (Canada) (460)     
April 2008     Aidan Ballantyne (500)      Chris Diamond (Canada) (440)     
March 2008     Stephen Vincent (390)      Bob Todd (Canada) (470)     
February 2008     Joel Martineau (450)
Martin Henneberger     
Mike Roberts (US) (440)
Lea Gaboury (Canada)     
January 2008     Stephen Vincent (480)      Leo Weniger (Canada) (500)     
December 2007     Dave Gabel (500)
Dave Waterman     
Mike Roberts (USA) (460)     
November 2007     Brad Bart (440)
Stephen Vincent     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (470)     
October 2007     Ronald Kuiper (470)      Judi Carter (Canada) (420)
Mike Roberts (Botswana)
Janet Dunbar (Utopia)     
September 2007     Joel Martineau (460)      Perry Khakhar (Canada) (480)     
August 2007     Kai Zhou (360)
Mark Eddy
Dave Gabel
Norma Doucette
Ronald Kuiper     
Bob Todd (Canada) (380)     
July 2007     Stephen Vincent (470)      Mike Roberts (U S A) (440)
Leo Weniger (Canada)     
June 2007     Kai Zhou (490)      Perry Khakhar (Canada) (490)
Chris Buchanan (Canada)
Chris Diamond (Canada)     
May 2007     Julie Smith (485)      Chris Diamond (Canada) (450)     
April 2007     Kai Zhou (430)
Aidan Ballantyne     
Leo Weniger (Canada) (490)     

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