Let Autumn bring Red & Gold to your Masterpoints
After two stages' qualifying over 7 Monday nights, 8 top pairs went through all the hurdles and proceeded to The Open Interstate Teams Selection Finals over the weekend of 17th – 18th March. Congratulations to Peter Buchen – Matthew Thomson, Johnno Newman – Nye Griffiths, David Weston –
Julian Foster, who are going to represent NSW in the Australia
National Championship (ANC) in Hobart in July/August this year. Read the
results with Julian Foster's article on the Final match.Open ITS Finals
– Learn from the state representatives how they made their decisions
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2018 Open ITS Winners — Peter Buchen, Matthew Thomson, Johnno Newman, Nye Griffiths, David Weston, Julian Foster |
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The Women's Interstate Teams Selection
has a new structure this year. A one-day qualifying event was held on
Friday 6th April, followed by a two-day Final over the weekend of 7th –
8th April. 8 pairs reached the Final, salutes to Susan Humphries –
Sophie Ashton, Frances Lyons – Heather Cusworth, Lorna Ichilcik – Lynn
Kalmin.
The Seniors' and Youth Teams will also be selected this month. The Seniors' ITS Qualifying and the Finals will
be held over two weekends — a one-day qualifying will be held on Sunday
22nd April and the Finals over the weekend 28th – 29th April, while the
Youth ITS will be held on the same Sunday 29th April. Enter now and earn the honour to represent NSW.
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For novice and restricted players, don't miss the State Novice and Restricted Pairs Championship
hosted by Southern Highlands Bridge Club on 28th – 29th April.
Mittagong should look spectacular with the Autumn leaves! We hope you
will collect a lot of red masterpoints from this State event while
enjoying your weekend escape. The winning Restricted pairs will also
receive a subsidy from the ABF in the form of an allowance and
entry to the ANC Restricted Butler Pairs in Hobart on 4th – 5th August 2018.
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A lot of clubs have been running their Club Qualifying events for the State Mixed Pairs Championships over the last few months. If you missed out on the chance to get qualified via club heats, you may want to consider the NSWBA State Mixed Pairs Qualifying
over 3 Monday nights on 30th April, 7th and 14th May. Players can
choose to play 2 or 3 sessions, the best two sessional results will be
calculated. Or you can enter directly to the Finals which will be held over the weekend of 26th – 27th May.
The
World Bridge Federation has announced that a Mixed Teams Event will be
added to the Open, Women's and Seniors' divisions at the World Teams
Championships in odd numbered years. The ABF is currently running a
survey asking players for their opinions on how best to select the
Australian Mixed Team. If you want to have your say, complete the survey HERE.
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The
Youth Team is the overall winner in the Batemans Bay Congress (Left)
Sebastian Yuen, Nico Ranson, Lakshmi Sunderasan and Zachary Neulinger.
(Middle) The Afflick Team came 2nd in the Open Division – Trish
Affllick, Sharon Danhel in the uniform (Soldiers Club presenter) ,
Richard Prickett, Richard Bodell and Chris Fader. (Right) The De Livera
Team came 3rd in the Open Division – Arjuna De Livera, Tony Marinos,
Elizabeth Havas and Peter Grant.
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The
top 3 pairs in Wellington Congress are from different regions, it could
have been an Interclub Challenge! (Left) Open winners – Anne Tonna and
Gwenda Bunworth from Orange. (Middle) Open runners up – Janet
Ruskin-Rowe and Penny Meers from Dubbo. (Right) Restricted winners –
Jean and Ronald Moran from the Central Coast.
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It
is heart-warming to see novice players having a good time in the Kiama
Congress. Congratulations to (Left) 1st place Wining group. Back row
Phillip Barker and Maria Christensen (winners), Conny Szenczy and Graham
Jones (third); Aileen O’Brien and Christine Yates (second) all from
Illawarra club. (Middle) Under 50 MP winners Carol Wett and Christine
Mahler with Kiama President Jeannette Horrocks. (Right) Under 10MP
winners Lorna O’Leary and Judy Sheehan with President Jeannette.
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Peninsula
Bridge Club has successfully initiated and hosted the Interclub
Challenge. Trumps Bridge Centre won the Club Teams Challenge this year.
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The
top 3 scores were very close in the NSBC@East Lindfield Swiss Pairs
Congress! (Left) Sally and Gary Clarke came first, with the club manager
Mike Prescott on the right. (Middle) In second place were Jessica Brake
and Paul Dalley, (Right) with George Finikiotis and Liz Fanos finishing third.
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Congratulations to the winners
of the Trumps Easter Festival: (Left) The Easter Sunday Teams was won
by Witold Chylewski, Mark Kolodziejczyk, Cevat Emul and Titus Ling.
(Right) Swiss Pairs winners – Peter Gill, Elliott Kaplan (runners-up),
Yumin Li, Wayne Zhu (winners).
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Upcoming Events
Events highlights from 14th April to 6th May. Click HERE to view congresses in the full year.
Congresses In NSW Local Clubs
Apr 14 – 15 (Sat – Sun) Sapphire Coast Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs and Teams
Event Details > Apr 15 (Sun) Kings and Queens Sydney Autumn Congress
Swiss Pairs
Event Details > Apr 21 – 22 (Sat – Sun) Inverell Delvyn Bridge Club
Pairs
Event Details >
Apr 22 (Sun) Peninsula Bridge Club
Teams
Event Details >
Apr 22 (Sun) Tilligerry Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
Apr 28 – 29 (Sat – Sun) Yamba Bridge Club Tenth Annual Congress
Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
Apr 29 (Sun) Taree Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
May 5 – 6 (Sat – Sun) Bathurst and District Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs and Teams
Event Details >
May 6 (Sun) Maitland Bridge Club
Teams
Event Details >
May 6 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre Autumn Congress
Teams
Event Details >
NSWBA Events
Apr 22 (Sun) 28 – 29 (Sun – Sun) NSWBA Seniors' ITSQualifying and Finals
Event Details >
Apr 29 (Sun) NSWBA Youth ITS
Event Details >
Apr 30 – May 14 (Mon) NSWBA State Mixed Pairs Qualifying
Event Details >
State Events
Apr 28 – 29 (Sat – Sun) Southern Highlands Bridge Club
State Novice and Restricted Pairs
Event Details >
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National (ABF) Events
May 3 – 7 (Thu – Mon) Autumn Nationals
Event Details >
May 14 – 18 (Mon – Fri) Barrier Reef Congress
Event Details >
May 19 – 20 (Sat – Sun) Western Senior Pairs
Event Details >
Others
Apr 26 – May 31 (Thu) North Shore Bridge Club GNOT Direct Qualifier
Event Details >
Holidays
May 1 – 4 (Tue – Fri) Trumps Bridge Centre Leura Waldorf Resort May
Event Details >
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Featured Articles
There are a lot of strategic thinking and scoring consideration behind bidding decision. Let Rakesh Kumar tell you more about it in "NSBC@East Lindfield Swiss Pairs – on bidding 4 (or more) spades".
Read the full article >
Thank you for sending the topics you are interested in. We appreciate it and Matthew McManus will filter these queries and answer them in his column later on. In the meantime, please follow Matthew McManus's column HERE >
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Congress Player of the Year
Your Association is pleased to acknowledge this 2018 Award. There will be four categories.
• Open
• Intermediate < 750 MPs
• Restricted < 300 MPs
• Novice < 100 MPs
Click HERE for our current "interim" list, as at 28th February 2018.
This award is based on masterpoints earned at NSW Congresses held under the auspices of NSWBA during the year.
So how are masterpoints updated? Why haven't they been processed yet? Julian Foster, the former Chairman and current Treasurer of NSWBA, answers players' common question "Why haven't I got my masterpoints yet?"
Read the full article >
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Congress Psyche Register
The NSWBA has decided to establish a central psyche register for all congresses held in NSW.
The
laws permit players to deviate from their systemic agreements so long
as the partner of the player who does so has no greater reason to be
aware of this deviation than the opponents. Once your partnership has a
history of deviating from its agreements in a certain situation you are
required to inform your opponents of this tendency.
If you feel that your opponents have psyched against you, please email details of the hand to the psyche register
– no action will be taken against players who are reported to the
psyche register but once a pair has multiple entries in the psyche
register, congress directors will be informed so that they are aware of
this history when making their rulings.
A form which can be used for submissions is available HERE.
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About the eCongress
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is a monthly newsletter published by the NSW Bridge Association. It
updates you with the latest congresses in the month, interesting hands
and analysis from events, and tips regarding the bridge laws.
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