LATEST NEWS
The State Open Teams Championships were held online on the RealBridge platform on November 29 - December 1.
The winners were: BRIDGE NSW 1 Warren Lazer, Pauline Gumby, Bruce Neill and Peter Buchen.
The Country Teams winners were: HUNTER CC 2 Sharon Mayo, Sally Clarke, Jan Clarke and Di Coats.
The State Open Pairs Championships were held at the Sydney Bridge Centre on November 16-17.
The ABF Board considered the feedback from the player survey that was issued to all GNOT players (including non-finalists) immediately after the first round of the finals, the Tournament Committee and other avenues and have decided to continue with the same format for the GNOT in 2025 as was run this year.
The Online Qualifying event will take place from September 19 to 21, 2025 and the Face-to-Face Final will be on November 22-23, 2025 in Sydney.
Players who wish to enter for the 2025 Australian Open Team Playoff are reminded that entries close Friday 8 November at 6pm AEDT.
The October 2024 issue of Bridging NSW, the Bridge NSW’s newsletter has been published.
Don Clilverd, a councillor and treasurer of the NSWBA for many years, passed away on 26 September.
Don captained the NSW Seniors team at the Australian National Championships multiple times and was made a Life Member of the NSWBA in 2000. He also played an instrumental role in managing the Randwick Bridge Club and the Federation of Affiliated Bridge Clubs. He was married to the late Eilis Magner, who served as the ABF General Council.
Don's funeral will be held tomorrow (9 October) at Our Lady of the Angels, Armidale, at 2pm.
The second issue of Bridge NSW’s newsletter (as yet untitled) has just been published.
There were 452 pairs competing this year, fractionally below the pre-pandemic maximum of 464. The number of participating clubs was 26 – we lost a few but picked up some new ones.
The winners were Paul Lavings and Helen Lavings from the Illawarra Bridge Association with 73.33%.
The first issue of Bridge NSW’s newsletter (as yet untitled) has just been published. A link to have future issues delivered straight to your inbox is included, as is a call for editorial team members and a name the newsletter competition
The first edition of the (as yet untitled) Bridge NSW Newsletter will be issued soon. It will be sent to all club secretaries. However, to secure your copy direct to your inbox you can fill in the form you will find at the link below.
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