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Tournament Information

Bridge NSW runs events at the Sydney Bridge Centre and online on the RealBridge platform and in its affiliated bridge clubs around the state (See below for details.)

Congresses run by Bridge NSW and its affiliated clubs are held throughout the year. The dates of these events are available on the Congress Calendar.

Congress Calendar

STATE EVENTS

In 2024 State Championship events are being run by Bridge NSW, Central Coast Leagues Club BC and Illawarra Bridge Association. Players from all clubs may play in any of the State events.

All clubs are invited to participate in the State Mixed Pairs, State Open Pairs and State Open Teams Championships and also the State Wide Pairs and State Under 100MP Pairs Championship conducted by Bridge NSW each year.

State Events

EVENTS RUN BY BRIDGE NSW

INTERSTATE TEAMS SELECTION (ITS) - 2024

The NSWBA will send 4 teams to the Australian National Championships in Orange, 6-11 July to compete in the Open, Women's, Seniors' and Youth Interstate Teams.

The Interstate Teams Selection events run in four separate divisions - Open, Women's, Seniors' and Youth. Seniors must be born before 1/1/1961 and Youth must be born on or after 1/1/1999.

Sessions are to be played at either the NSWBA or online on the RealBridge platform. See the Supplementary Regulations for further details.

Open I.T.S.

Qualifying: Mondays 29 January, 5, 12 & 26 February, online on the RealBridge platform
Final: Saturday 9 March & Sunday 10 March

Women's I.T.S.

The Women's I.T.S. will be held over a single weekend:
Friday 5 April, Saturday 6 April & Sunday 7 April
If more than 18 pairs enter the event will be played in 2 stages:
Qualifying: Friday 5 April
Final: Saturday 6 April & Sunday 7 April

Seniors' I.T.S.

The Seniors’ I.T.S. will be held over a single weekend:
Friday 19 April, Saturday 20 April & Sunday 21 April
If more than 18 pairs enter the event will be played in 2 stages:
Qualifying: Friday 19 April
Final: Saturday 20 April & Sunday 21 April

Youth I.T.S.

Sunday 14 April

The full ITS Supplementary Regulations (when available) can be found at: Tournament Regulations.

STATE MIXED TEAMS

A 4 week Swiss teams event commencing Monday 18 March, online on the RealBridge platform. Each partnership must contain one female and one male player. Non-mixed teams may enter as non-contending teams.

TIM SERES NATIONAL PAIRS

A 2 week matchpoint pairs event Mondays 29 April & 6 May, online on the RealBridge platform.

STATE BUTLER PAIRS

A 4 week Butler pairs event commencing Monday 13 May, online on the RealBridge platform. Entry fees to the Australia Butler Pairs Championship, which will be held in Orange in July, 2024, will be awarded to the pairs that come first and second.

CITY OF SYDNEY TEAMS

A 3 week Board-a-match teams event commencing Monday 17 June, online on the RealBridge platform. Every team scores either 0, 1 or 2 on each board.

GNOT NATIONAL FINAL QUALIFYING EVENT

A 5 week knock-out teams event (28 board matches) with Swiss repechage (14 board matches) Mondays 22 & 29 July, 5, 12 & 19 August, online on the RealBridge platform. Two teams qualify directly to the National Qualifying Final, held online on 20-22 September. One seventh of the field will qualify for the GNOT Metropolitan Final to be held on 7-8 september. Gold masterpoints.

JOHN ARKINSTALL STATE OPEN TEAMS QUALIFYING

A 4 week teams event commencing Monday 26 August, online on the RealBridge platform. Two teams will qualify directly to the State Finals to be held online on the RealBridge platform on 29 November - 1 December. Up to 3 teams will receive free entry to the Pennant Hills Teams Congress on 13 October. Teams from the affiliated clubs, representing the metropolitan and country regions also qualify for the Finals.

STATE MATCHPOINT SWISS PAIRS

A 3 week Matchpointed Pairs event with matchpoints converted to VPs commencing Monday 14 October, online on the RealBridge platform.

STATE SWISS PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

A 2 week Swiss pairs event with Butler scoring Mondays 11 & 18 November, online on the RealBridge platform.

SCHAUFELBERGER TEAMS

A 4 week Swiss teams event with scoring based on a combination of IMPs and board-a-match commencing Monday 25 November, online on the RealBridge platform.

OTHER EVENTS

GRAND NATIONAL OPEN TEAMS

The Grand National Open Teams is an Australia-wide event conducted by the Australian Bridge Federation Ltd (ABF). It is the only opportunity for players to earn Gold Masterpoints in their local club. The National Qualifying Final will be held online on 20-22 September. 4 teams and 8 country teams will qualfiy to the National and Country Finals respectively on November 23-24 in Sydney. The NSWBA is the organising body for all regions in NSW and will send 22 teams to the finals, 7 of the teams coming from the Sydney Metropolitan region and the remaining teams from elsewhere in NSW. More details can be found on the GNOT page.

TEAMS OF THREE CONGRESS - 2 June

Three players enter and randomly draw a Master player as their fourth for the day. Only simple bidding systems may be used and no Grand Masters may enter (except as team captains). The captain will play two matches with each of the team members.