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Twenty Twenty Three

The year has got off to a flying start, with a full return of face-to-face national events. In January and early February, most local congresses have been held online. 

The Summer Festival in Canberra was a great success. Notably, the youth events were finally able to be held after 3 years.
 
The upcoming Gold Coast Congress has been fully booked since last October! Many NSW players will be competing in the GCC: we wish them all good luck.

Major NSWBA online events

The battle to select the NSW team for the Australian National Championships in July has commenced, with  the Open Interstate Teams Selection Stage I having recently been completed on RealBridge. Twenty-four pairs qualified to OITS Stage II, which will be held from 27 February to 13 March. In parallel, the ITS Swiss Pairs will also be held on RealBridge. This event is open to all, so join in to have your chance to play in a strong field from across the state! Please enter the ITS Swiss Pairs via MyABF.

The summer season of the NSWBA Online Pairs League is well under way – if you missed out, make sure you get your entry in for the autumn season via MyABF.

The next NSWBA Monday Night Championship is the GNOT Direct Qualifier from 20 March - 24 April, also online on RealBridge. Please enter via MyABF

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
Apr 6 - May 25 (Thu) NSWBA (RealBridge)
NSW Online Pairs League - Autumn 23

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


NSWBA EVENTS
Feb 27 - Mar 13 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
Open ITS Stage II

Feb 27-Mar 13 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
ITS Swiss Pairs

Mar 18-19 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
Open ITS Final

Mar 20-Apr 24 (over 5 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
GNOT Direct Qualifier

Mar 31-Apr 2 (Fri-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
Women's ITS

Apr 21-23 (Fri-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
Seniors ITS

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


CONGRESSES
Mar 11-12 (Sat-Sun) Armidale Bridge Club (F2F)
Pairs

Mar 12 (Sun) NSBC (RealBridge)
Online Swiss Teams

Mar 18-19 (Sat-Sun) Central Coast Bridge Club (F2F)
Super Congress - Swiss Pairs and Teams

Mar 25-26 (Sat-Sun) Port Macquarie-Hastings Bridge Association (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams 

Mar 26 (Sun) NSBC@Lindfield (F2F)
Pauline Evans Swiss Pairs

Apr 7 (Fri) Trumps Bridge Centre (F2F)
Good Friday Pairs

Apr 9 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre (F2F)
Easter Teams

Apr 16 (Sun) Taree Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs

Apr 16 (Sun) Wollstonecraft Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs

Apr 22-23 (Sat-Sun) Ballina Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs 

Apr 23 (Sun) North Shore Bridge Club (RealBridge)
Autumn Online Swiss Pairs 

Apr 29-30 (Sat-Sun) Peninsula Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams 

Apr 29-30 (Sat-Sun) Sapphire Coast Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams 

Apr 30 (Sun) Newcastle Bridge Club (F2F)
Novice / Restricted Teams

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)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

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


NATIONAL EVENTS (F2F)
Mar 23-26 (Thu-Sun) Hobart
Tasmanian Festival of Bridge

Apr 28-May 1 (Fri-Mon) Cairns
Barrier Reef Congress

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


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
FEATURED ARTICLES
Congress Stories by
Rakesh Kumar
There is always fun to be had with strong distributional hands, but sometimes the distribution around the table is dangerous!

NSBC Online Summer Teams
Big hands, big swings
 
NSBC Australia Day Weekend Swiss Pairs
More deals of doom …
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.
ABOUT eCONGRESS
eCongress News is a monthly newsletter published by the NSW Bridge Association. It updates you with the latest congress info, interesting hands and analysis from events, as well as reviewing newly published bridge books.

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