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NSW Teams getting ready for the ANC

The Australian National Championships (ANC), to be held in Perth this year, include a prestigious interstate teams competition. The NSWBA runs Interstate Teams Selection (ITS) events for all categories of the competition. Following the Finals of the Open ITS in April, the Women's and Seniors Teams to represent NSW in the Australian National Championships (ANC) have now been selected.
Congratulations to:

Women's Team
Anita Curtis - Ruth Tobin
Judy Mott - Cathryn Herden
Lynn Kalmin - Lorna Ichilcik

Seniors Team
Paul Lavings - Nigel Rosendorff
Avril Zets - Peter Buchen
Nazife Bashar - Kinga Moses

Full results of both selection events can be found on the NSWBA website. We wish all of the teams success in their respective contests in July!

Women's Team: Anita Curtis, Ruth Tobin, Judy Mott, Cathryn Herden, Lynn Kalmin and Lorna Ichilcik.

Seniors Team: Nigel Rosendorff, Nazife Bashar, Paul Lavings, Kinga Moses, Peter Buchen and Avril Zets.

State Championships for clubs and individual players

The Finals of the State Mixed Pairs Championship will be held F2F on 20th - 21st May. Some clubs have already run qualifying events and selected their representatives for the Final. However, there is still time for clubs to schedule a qualifying event, so don't miss out.

The NSWBA is running its qualifying event online over 2 Monday nights on 1st and 8th May. Casual pairs are also allowed to play!

Note that the State Mixed Pairs Final allows direct entry, so any pair who can't make it to a club qualifying event can enter directly via MyABF.

A one-day F2F congress, the NSWBA Autumn Swiss Pairs, will be held in parallel with the State Mixed Pairs Final on Sunday 21st May.

The State Seniors Championships will be hosted by the Central Coast Leagues Bridge Club, with the Pairs on 30th - 31st May and the Teams on 1st June - 2nd June. Please enter via MyABF.

NSWBA also runs a very enjoyable event to bring together top-level and less experienced players. The Teams of Three will be held on 4th June. Form a team with 3 players and have an experienced player assigned as the team Captain on the day. Each player will have the chance to play at least 2 matches partnering the Captain.

Upcoming Events

The NSWBA Tournament Calendar now allows you to filter the list of congresses so that you can see which are face-to-face and which are online - the online congresses can be filtered by platform.

STATE EVENTS
May 20 - 21 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
State Mixed Pairs Championships

May 30-31 (Tue-Wed) Central Coast Leagues Club Bridge Club (F2F)
State Seniors Championships - Pairs and Teams

Jul 6 - Aug 24 (Thu) NSWBA (RealBridge)
NSW Online Pairs League - Winter 23

Jul 29 (Sat) NSWBA (BBO)
State Individual

Aug 1-4 (Tue-Fri) The Tomaree Bridge Club (F2F)
State Veterans Championships - Pairs and Teams

Aug 1-7 (Tue-Mon) At Your Own Club (F2F)
State Wide Pairs

Nov 11-12 (Sat-Sun) Central Coast Bridge Club (F2F)
State Novice & Restricted Teams

Nov 18-19 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
State Open Pairs Championships

Nov 24-26 (Fri-Sun) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Open Teams Finals (online)

Nov 27-Dec 3 (Mon-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
State Under 100MP Finals

Dec 9-10 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (TBA)
State Youth Pairs and Teams Championships

NSWBA EVENTS
May 1-8 (over 2 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Mixed Pairs Qualifying

May 15-Jun 5 (over 4 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
ANC Butler Pairs

Jun 19-Jul 3 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
City of Sydney BAM Teams

Jul 10-17 (over 2 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Open Pairs Qualifying

Jul 24-Aug 14 (over 4 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Open Teams Qualifying

Aug 5-6 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (TBA)
GNOT Metropolitan Final

Aug 21-28 (over 2 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
Tim Seres National Pairs

Sep 4-18 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
NSWBA Matchpoint Swiss Pairs

Oct 9-30 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Mixed Teams

Nov 6-20 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Swiss Pairs

Nov 27-Dec 18 (over 4 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
Schaufelberger Teams

CONGRESSES
May 13 (Sat) Bathurst & District Bridge Club (Stepbridge)
Bathurst Online Pairs

May 13-14 (Sat-Sun) Coffs Harbour Bridge Club (F2F)
Teams

May 21 (Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
Autumn Swiss Pairs

May 28 (Sun) Maitland Bridge Club (F2F)
Teams

Jun 3-4 (Sat-Sun) Gunnedah Bridge Club (F2F) - CANCELLED

Jun 4 (Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
Teams of Three

Jun 10-11 (Sat-Sun) Nambucca Valley Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs

Jun 11 (Sun) Wollstonecraft Bridge Club (F2F)
Teams

Jun 17-18 (Sat-Sun) Illawarra Bridge Association (F2F)
Chris Diment Memorial Congress - Pairs and Teams

Jun 17-18 (Sat-Sun) Newcastle Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Jun 17-25 (Sat-Sun) NSBC (F2F)
Bridge Festival

Jul 2 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre (F2F)
Winter Teams

Jul 8-9 (Sat-Sun) Central Coast Bridge Club (F2F)
Novice & Restricted Congress - Pairs and Teams

Jul 15 (Sat) Grafton Bridge Club (Stepbridge)
Online Swiss Butler IMP Pairs

Jul 22-23 (Sat-Sun) Brisbane Water Bridge Club (Woy Woy) (F2F)
Super Congress - Pairs and Teams

Jul 30 (Sun) North Shore Bridge Club (RealBridge)
Winter Online Teams

Aug 5-6 (Sat-Sun) Orange Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Aug 18-20 (Fri-Sun) Wagga Wagga Bridge Club (F2F)
Welcome Pairs, Swiss Pairs and Teams

Aug 20 (Sun) North Shore Bridge Club (Online)
Winter Online Swiss Pairs - Open and Restricted

Aug 20 (Sun) Parkes Bridge Club (F2F)
Mini Congress Teams Day (Muriel Waddell Day)

Aug 20 (Sun) Toronto Bridge Club (TBA)
Teams

Aug 27 (Sun) NSBC@Lindfield (TBA)
Lindfield Swiss Pairs

Sep 2-3 (Sat-Sun) Blue Mountains Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Sep 9-10 (Sat-Sun) Cowra & District Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams - Open and Novice

Sep 9-10 (Sat-Sun) Mollymook Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Sep 9-10 (Sat-Sun) Port Macquarie-Hastings Bridge Association (F2F)
Pairs and Teams

Sep 10 (Sun) Hunters Hill Bridge Club (F2F)
Teams

Sep 16-17 (Sat-Sun) Central Coast Leagues Club Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Sep 16-17 (Sat-Sun) Glen Bridge Club (F2F)
Pairs

Sep 23-24 (Sat-Sun) Cootamundra Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Sep 24 (Sun) Illawarra Bridge Association (F2F)
Swiss Pairs Congress

Oct 2 (Mon) NSBC@Lindfield (TBA)
Labour Day Matchpoint Pairs

Oct 7-8 (Sat-Sun) Muswellbrook Bridge Club (F2F)
Pairs and Teams

Oct 8 (Sun) Kiama and District Bridge Club (F2F)
Novice Swiss Pairs

Oct 8 (Sun) NSWBA (TBA)
Jacaranda Teams

Oct 14-15 (Sat-Sun) Dubbo Bridge Club (F2F)
Pairs and Teams

Oct 15 (Sun) Pennant Hills Bridge Club (F2F)
Teams

Oct 28-29 (Sat-Sun) Tomaree Bridge Club Inc
Swiss IMP Pairs and Teams

NATIONAL EVENTS (F2F)
May 4-8 (Thu-Mon) Adelaide
Autumn Nationals

May 20-21 (Sat-Sun) Perth
Western Senior Pairs

May 27-28 (Sat-Sun) Brisbane
River City Gold Mixed Pairs

Jun 8-12 (Thu-Mon) Melbourne
Victor Champion Cup

Jun 13-Dec 12 (Tue-Tue) RealBridge
Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout

Jun 8-9 (Sat-Sun) Perth
Joan Prince Memorial Swiss Pairs

Jun 9-20 (Sun-Thu) Perth
Australian National Championships

Aug 8-13 (Tue-Sun) Coffs Habour
Coffs Coast Gold Congress

OTHER
May 11-Jun 15 (over 5 Thursdays) North Shore Bridge Club (RealBridge)
NSBC GNOT DIrect Qualifier

Jul 23 (Sun) Mollymook Bridge Club (F2F)
Southern Zone Teams Championship

Jul 25-26 (Tue-Wed) Ballina Bridge Club (F2F)
Northern Zone Teams Championship

FEATURED ARTICLES

Congress Stories by
Rakesh Kumar

This month Rakesh has tales from both a face-to-face and an online congress, with a focus on bidding methods.

Trumps Easter Teams
System design and slam bidding

NSBC Autumn Online Swiss Pairs
System, judgement and aggression

Directors Course

For Clubs
If you represent a club and would like to host a Directors Course, please contact NSWBA for further details.

For players
To better understand situations that arise when a director is called, Matthew McManus has explained several of them in detail, together with the reasons behind the rulings. His articles are written from the perspective of players - you may find them helpful in your quest to be a better congress player. Review his columns here >

CONGRESS PSYCHE REGISTER

The NSWBA has established 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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