More exciting events, more excellent results
The Gold Coast Congress
just came to an end last Saturday after accommodating more than 8,300
tables in 8 days! There were only 6 teams out of 206 which made to the
Finals of the Open Teams Championship and it is exciting to see our
NSW players in these top 6 teams competing with international
guests. After 12 rounds of qualifying, the Open Teams championship was
won by the NSW team KANETKAR (Bruce Neil, Avi Kanetkar, Pauline Gumby and Warren Lazer) and the runners-up title was taken by the GOLD
team (Vanessa Brown, Leigh Gold, Wil Jenner-O'Shea, Mike Doecke and Jo
Haffer). Well done NSW and congratulations to all the winners! More
interesting stories, RESULTS and daily BULLETINS can be found in this official website.
Team
up with their Melbourne mates, the NSW players also shone in the
Australian Open Teams playoff at Canberra from 6 - 11 February.
Congratulations to the NUNN team who will represent Australia in the Open division of the World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland in September: Andrew Peake, Peter Gill, Sartaj Hans, Tony Nunn from Sydney and Ben Thompson and Bill Jacobs from Melbourne. More pictures and reports can be found in this official website.
Why not start your congress lifestyle with local tournament? Here is a report from the Trumps Bridge Centre:
Trumps Bridge Centre Summer Teams
– 16 teams contested on this one-day tournament
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The Gold Coast Congress Open Teams Champions: Avi Kanetkar, Bruce Neil, Warren Lazer and Pauline Gumby.
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The Gold Coast Congress Open Teams Runners-up: Will Jenner-O’Shea, Mike Doeke, Vanessa Brown, Joe Haffer and Leigh Gold. |
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Congratulations
to the Nunn team who will represent Australia in the Open division of
the World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland in September: Andrew Peake,
Peter Gill, Sartaj Hans Tony Nunn, Ben Thompson, Bill Jacobs with
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(Left) Congratulations to the
Trumps Summer Teams winners: Margaret Foster, Helen Lowry, Julianne
Rocks and Liz Quittner. (Right) 2nd place went to George Bilski, Sue
Ingham, Terry Brown and Peter Buchen.
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Upcoming Events
Events highlights from 5th March to 3rd April. Click HERE to view congresses in the full year.
Congresses In NSW Local Clubs
Mar 4 – 6 (Fri – Sun) Batemans Bay Bridge Club
Walk-in Pairs, Swiss Pairs and Teams
Event Details > Mar 5 – 6 (Sat – Sun) Griffith Ex-Servicemens Bridge Club
Wine Country Pairs and Teams
Event Details > Mar 6 (Sun) Forbes Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
Mar 6 (Sun) Kings & Queens Sydney Autumn
Autumn Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
Mar 12 – 13 (Sat – Sun) Armidale Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
Mar 13 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre
Autumn Teams
Event Details >
Mar 19 – 20 (Sat – Sun) Ballina Bridge Club
Swiss Matchpoint Pairs
Event Details >
Mar 19 – 20 (Sat – Sun) Wellington Bridge Club
Pairs and Teams
Event Details >
Mar 20 (Sun) Kiama and District Bridge Club
Restricted Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
Mar 19 – 20 (Sat – Sun) Wellington Bridge Club Pairs and TeamsEvent Details > Mar 19 – 20 (Sat – Sun) Wellington Bridge Club Pairs and TeamsEvent Details >
Mar 19 – 20 (Sat – Sun) Ballina Bridge Club Swiss Matchpoint PairsEvent Details >
Mar 25 (Fri) Trumps Bridge Centre Good Friday Pairs
Pairs
Event Details >
Mar 27 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre Easter Teams
Teams
Event Details >
Apr 1 – 3 (Fri – Sun) Central Coast Bridge Club Super Congress
Pairs, Swiss Pairs and Teams
Event Details >
Mar 27 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre Easter Teams TeamsEvent Details > Mar 27 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre Easter Teams TeamsEvent Details >
Mar 25 (Fri) Trumps Bridge Centre Good Friday PairsEvent Details >
Apr 2 – 3 (Sat – Sun) Tamworth Bridge Club
Teams
Event Details >
NSWBA Events
Mar 7 – Apr 4 (Mons) Open ITS Stage II
Event Details >
Mar 7 – Apr 4 (Mons) NSWBA ITS Swiss Pairs
Event Details >
National (ABF) Events
Mar 12 – 17 (Sat – Thu) ABF 2016 Seniors' & Women's Playoffs
Event Details > Mar 31 – Apr 3 (Thu – Sun) TBA Tasmanian Festival of Bridge
Event Details >
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Featured Articles
After talking about bidding minor contracts last month, Rakesh Kumar ran into a congress featured with 4S contracts. Will it be less tricky? Let's read the full story "Shovelling the Spades".
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 Year
Your Association is pleased to acknowledge this 2015 Award. There will be four categories.
• Open
• Intermediate < 750 MPs
• Restricted < 300 MPs
• Novice < 100 MPs
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
The eCongress
is a monthly newsletter published by the NSW Bridge Association. It
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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