At 07:36 24/12/2004, you wrote:
>Honours were done away with in tournament bridge some years ago although
>some social players still hang onto the concept in social rubber bridge.
>To claim honours you need to be declarer and have them in your hand.
>Tim=20
>
>Tim Nunn MBChB(UCT) DTM+H(Wits) DOH(Wits)
>Medical Officer
>Ubombo Sugar
>Big Bend
>Swaziland
alternatively
Honors -- a score (100 or 150 pts.) awarded when _declarer_ holds 4 or 5 of
the top honors in his trump suit or all 4 aces in a notrump contract. These
are only counted in rubber-bridge scoring.
http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/glos.htm
Julian
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