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The October 2024 issue of Bridging NSW, the Bridge NSW’s newsletter has been published.
Don Clilverd, a councillor and treasurer of the NSWBA for many years, passed away on 26 September.
Don captained the NSW Seniors team at the Australian National Championships multiple times and was made a Life Member of the NSWBA in 2000. He also played an instrumental role in managing the Randwick Bridge Club and the Federation of Affiliated Bridge Clubs. He was married to the late Eilis Magner, who served as the ABF General Council.
Don's funeral will be held tomorrow (9 October) at Our Lady of the Angels, Armidale, at 2pm.
The second issue of Bridge NSW’s newsletter (as yet untitled) has just been published.
The ABF is seeking the services of an experienced IT Project Manager to join the My ABF Project team on a part time basis.
There were 452 pairs competing this year, fractionally below the pre-pandemic maximum of 464. The number of participating clubs was 26 – we lost a few but picked up some new ones.
The winners were Paul Lavings and Helen Lavings from the Illawarra Bridge Association with 73.33%.
The first issue of Bridge NSW’s newsletter (as yet untitled) has just been published. A link to have future issues delivered straight to your inbox is included, as is a call for editorial team members and a name the newsletter competition
The first edition of the (as yet untitled) Bridge NSW Newsletter will be issued soon. It will be sent to all club secretaries. However, to secure your copy direct to your inbox you can fill in the form you will find at the link below.
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As they say in making movies, "that's a wrap". With 690 individual players from 95 clubs in 19 competitions across 13 days, the Australian National Championships and Central West Festival have been an enormous achievement. I extend thanks on behalf of the entire bridge community to the organisers, Rob Ward, Murray Paterson, Anne Tonna and the clubs who hosted the events.
Rob and the team have provided a masterclass on undertaking such a massive task and set the foundation for a future major event. The Central West Festival returns next year as a National Gold Points event in April. The Central West Festival has engaged a lot of clubs and players of all levels around Orange and across NSW. This will contribute to building our event player community and local clubs.
The Central West Festival will be a unique event on the annual Australian bridge calendar for its inclusivity and because it offers players and their partners quality side activities. The event brought new approaches to increasing enjoyment and participation and provided interesting options for other major events. We hope further promotion will deliver growth and attract even more interstate players.
Bridge NSW is enormously grateful to the many volunteers who have helped make this a success. We hope this event and other coming changes will help revitalise the game we love.
I also want to congratulate the victorious NSW teams in the Open, Seniors and Women's categories of the interstate teams.
Catherine Chaffey
Chair
Bridge NSW
Congratulations to the NSW Open, Women's and Seniors teams who all won their respective finals at the ANC in Orange.
The Youth team finished 4th in the qualifying.
