Come What May
The
NSW Seniors' and Youth Teams were selected last weekend, the 4 teams
are all ready and set to go. We are proud to have these top players to
represent us in the Australian National Championships in Canberra this
July. They will also support the coming fun event Teams of Three on 21st May as captains. Don't miss the chance to learn from them. This year our NSW Open Representative Teams are:
- Open: Maurits van der Vlugt, Andre Korenhof, David Hudson, Warren Lazer, Pauline Gumby and Paul Lavings
- Women's: Sophie Ashton, Kim Neale, Linda King, Anita Curtis, Helene Pitt, Ruth Tobin
- Seniors': Mike Hughes, David Beauchamp, Peter Buchen, Terry Brown, Rena Kaplan and Lorna Ichilcik
- Youth: Chris Rhodes, Nico Ranson, Ailsa Peacock, Matt Smith, Charles and John McMahon
The youth players have demonstrated some talents in defending, let's read their stories:
Youth Interstate Teams Selection
– How are you going to defend to make the best out of your penalty?
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2017 Youth Team – Chris Rhodes, Nico Ranson, Ailsa Peacock, Matt Smith, Charles and John McMahon |
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The
month of May provides a lot of varieties, your choice of game. If you
are looking for some fun event with learning opportunities, Teams of Three
on 21st May should be on your radar. This fun event is one of the most
popular events which attracts a full hall every year. Form a team of
three players, and a Captain will be allocated to your table. Check out the details and enter now!
If you are looking for a more competitive game, you should pencil the State Mixed Pairs Championship on 27th – 28th May in your diary. Direct Entries
are welcome, so if you miss the qualifying event at club level, you can
still participate for the championship title. The event runs Saturday
27th May as the State & Country Qualifying and Sunday 28th May
as the State & Country Finals. A one-day congress The Autumn Swiss Pairs
will run along side on Sunday 28th May, for those who drop out from the
previous day. This one day Swiss Pairs Congress is OPEN to the public,
with a supply of good players, a good game is guaranteed. Take the
challenge and enter now!
The ANC Butler Pairs
will be held over 4 Monday nights from 15th May – 5th June. We have
invited Paul Lavings to be our expert speaker on the first night, you
don't want to miss that.
We
are pleased to see more players travelling and bridging around, click
on the names of the congresses to read some feature reports from April:
Peninsula Bridge Club Swiss Teams
– Can you find this grand slam?
Kiama & District Bridge Club Novice Swiss Pairs
– The event has become a popular one, so much so that there were pairs on the waiting list!
Wellington Bridge Club 2017 Congress
– Players came from all over Australia
Tilligerry Bridge Club Swiss Pairs Congress
– The catering in Tilligerry Bridge Club congress never disappoints you
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Winners
of the Hawkesbury Congress – (Left) Pairs: Glen Prichard and Jeff Pugh.
(Right) Teams: Ernie Newman, Denis Raymond, David Priol and Peter
Lameks.
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Applause to the winners of the Kiama Novice Swiss Pairs – (Left) Overall winners Carolyn
Githens, Marie Pickering. (Middle) Under 50MPs category winners Graham
Bradley and Janet Heenan. (Right) Under 10MPs category winners Jacky and
Brad Dobson.
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Winners
of the Peninsula Swiss Teams – (Left) The winning team: Andrew Peake,
Peter Gill, George Fleischer and Matthew Vadas. (Middle) Placed second
overall was the Kaplan team of Tony Leibowitz, David Beauchamp, Anita
Curtis and Rena Kaplan. (Right) The A. Baker team came third: Helena
Dawson, Colin Baker, Ann Baker and Susan Humphries.
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Winners
of the Tilligerry Swiss Pairs – (Left) NS winners Rachel Rich and
Johnno Newman. (Middle) EW winners Greg and Sharon Mayo. (Right)
The Best Local Pairs Bey Cleary and Sandra Dean, came 5th EW overall in
the Restricted Section.
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Congratulations
to the titlists of the Wellington Congress (Left) Winners of Open Pairs
Helene & David Lander. Winners of Super Novice Kate Courts and
Maureen Milgate. (Right) Winners of the Open Teams: John Mottram, Helen
Christie, Jane North and Ian Lincoln.
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Upcoming Events
Events highlights from 29th April to 4th June. Click HERE to view congresses in the full year.
Congresses In NSW Local Clubs
May 6 – 7 (Sat – Sun) Bathurst and District Bridge Club Congress
Swiss Pairs and Teams
Event Details > May 16 – 7 (Sat – Sun) Yamba Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs
Event Details > May 7 (Sun) Maitland Bridge Club
Teams
Event Details >
May 20 – 21 (Sat – Sun) Coffs Harbour Bridge Club
Teams
Event Details >
May 20 – 21 (Sat – Sun) Leeton Soliders Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs and Teams
Event Details >
May 21 (Sun) The NSWBA Teams of Three
A fun event to learn from expert players!
Event Details >
May 28 (Sun) Canberra Bridge Club Southern Tablelands
Teams
Event Details >
May 28 (Sun) The NSWBA Autumn Swiss Pairs Congress
Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
May 28 (Sun) Twin Towns Bridge Club Birthday Congress
Event Details >
Jun 3 – 4 (Sat – Sun) Illawarra Bridge Association Chris Diment Memorial Congress
Pairs and Teams
Event Details >
Jun 4 (Sun) Bathurst & District Bridge Club
The Bathurst Teams Day playing for the Harley Antill Trophy
This event has just been upgraded to be a congress!
Event Details >
Jun 4 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre Winter Teams
TeamsEvent Details >
NSWBA Events
May 1 – 8 (over 2 Mondays) NSWBA State Mixed Pairs Qualifying
NEW for
this year. You can play any 2 or 3 sessions for qualifying, so you
still have a chance to enter this event now and play in the remaining 2
sessions!
Event Details >
May 15 – Jun 5 (over 4 Mondays ) NSWBA ANC Butler Pairs
Event Details >
National (ABF) Events
May 4 – 8 (Thu – Mon) SABF Autumn Nationals
Event Details > May 20 – 21 (Sat – Sun) BAWA Western Senior Pairs
Event Details > World Events
May 28 – Jun 7 (Sun – Wed) APBF Championships
Event Details > Bridge Holidays
May 18 – 25 (Thu – Thu) Holiday Bridge Alaska Cruise
Event Details > Jun 3 – 25 (Sat – Sun) Finesse The Best of Italy Italian Riviera Pairs
Event Details >
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Featured Articles
Distributional
hands have a lot of trick taking potentials... if you are the declarer.
If your opponents have an unbalanced hand, that means you are facing a
challenge of bad breaks. Let Rakesh Kumar shows you how to cope with or take advantage of these hands in "Breaking badly".
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 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 28th February 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
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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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