Almost a Clean Sweep
Congratulations to all the NSW State teams for the best NSW performance at the Australian National Championships in many years. In
fact we were within 2 imps of a clean sweep! All 4 teams qualified
for the finals. The Women's, Seniors and Youth teams all won their
division and the Open came about as close as possible getting pipped by
South Australia in their final by just 1.1 imps. Well done! All results
can be found HERE.
Warren
Lazer who represents in the Open Teams and Julian Foster, the
NSWBA Chairman who played in the Butler Pairs shared some stories
behind the triumph:
North Shore Bridge Club Super Congress– North Shore Bridge Club generously gave a free entry to any pairs who were representing NSW in the ANC.
ANC Butler Pairs — A Wild Ride
– A large number of crazy distributional hands and some wild scores
ANC Butler Pairs — Problems, Answers & Discussions
– Test yourself see how you would cope with these hands and sequences
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The ANC Teams — Open, Seniors', Women's and Youth.
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Congratulations to the winners
of State Individual! (Left) State Individual 1st Cath Whiddon
(Middle) The Best Youth Lakshmi Sunderasan (Right) The Best
Restricted Lavy Libman |
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Applause to the champions of the State Veterans Pairs — (Left) Winners Ian McKinnon and Virgina Dressler (Middle) Runners Up
Rosa Lachman and Bill Hunt (Right) Third John Brockwell and Richard Douglas |
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Upcoming Events
Events highlights from 12th August to 10th September. Click HERE to view congresses in the full year.
Congresses In NSW Local Clubs
Aug 12 – 13 (Sat – Sun) Wagga Wagga Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs and Teams
Event Details >
Aug 20 (Sun) Kings and Queens Sydney
Nearly Spring Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
Aug 20 (Sun) Toronto Bridge Club
TeamsEvent Details >
Aug 26 – 27 (Sat – Sun) Tamworth Bridge Club Spring PairsEvent Details >
Aug 27 (Sun) NSBC@Lindfield East
Lindfield Teams
Event Details >
Aug 27 (Sun) Tweed Bridge Club
Birthday Congress Teams
Event Details >Sep 2 – 3 (Sat – Sun) Blue Mountains Bridge Club Inc
Bygone Beautys Bridge Congress
Event Details >Sep 9 – 10 (Sat – Sun) Port Macquarie-Hastings Bridge Assoc
Teams
Event Details >Sep 10 (Sun) Hunters Hill Bridge Club
Teams
Event Details >Sep 10 (Sun) Lismore Bridge Club
Teams
Event Details >
NSWBA Events
Aug 28 – Sep 25 (over 5 Monday nights) NSWBA State Open Teams Qualifying
Event Details >
Sep 13 & 27 (over 2 Wednesday nights) NSWBA Women's Teams of Three
Event Details >
National (ABF) Events
Aug 19 – 20 (Sat – Sun) Swan River Swiss Open Pairs
Event Details > Sep 6 – 10 (Wed – Sun) Territory Gold Bridge Festival
Event Details >
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Featured Articles
After a series of articles, Rakesh Kumar is taking a break this month. Sure there are articles worth reading again and again.
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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' column HERE >
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Congress Player of the YearYour Association is pleased to acknowledge this 2017 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 30th April 2017.
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 Chairman 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
The eCongress
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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NSW Bridge Association
+61 2 9264 8111
office@nswba.com.au
www.nswba.com.au
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East Sydney 2010
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