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Belated New Year greetings to all! May your 2019 be another year of challenging games, wonderful places, great friendships, and unforgettable travels!
The NSWBA started the year with the Summer Teams on 6 January 2019. The atmosphere was great for this first get-together! Team Gumby (Warren Lazer, Pauline Gumby, Peter Livesey and Peter Gill) came first, followed by Team Bloom (Martin Bloom, Les Grewcock, Peter Jeffery and Wayne Zhu) and Team Rew (Fraser Rew, Nick Rodwell, Kim Morrison and David Weston).
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A great kickstart by the NSWBA Summer Teams! (Left) Team Gumby (Peter Gill, Peter Livesey, Warren Lazer and Pauline Gumby) came first, followed by (Middle) Team Bloom (Martin Bloom, Peter Jeffery, Wayne Zhu and Les Grewcock) in second and (Right) Team Rew (Fraser Rew, David Weston, Nick Rodwell and Kim Morrison) in third position.
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The World Bridge Federation has announced that a Mixed Teams Event will be added to the Open, Women's and Seniors' divisions at the World Teams Championships in odd numbered years. The playoff to select the 2019 Australian Mixed team was held at the NSWBA on 25-28 January 2019. Congratulations to David Beauchamp and teammates Jodi Tutty, Renee Cooper and Ben Thompson who won the inaugural Australian Mixed Team Playoff over the Australia Day weekend.
This team with the addition of a third pair, yet to be ratified, together with the teams below will represent Australia at the Australia Pacific Bridge Championships (APBF) in Singapore in June and at the World Team Championships in Wuhan in September:
Open
Sartaj Hans – Peter Gill – Nabil Edgtton – Andy Hung – Tony Nunn – Liam Milne
Women
Helene Pitt – Helena Dawson – Giselle Mundell – Avril Zets – Lorna Ichilcik – Rena Kaplan
Seniors
Bruce Neill – Avinash Kanetkar – Pauline Gumby – Warren Lazer – Andrew Braithwaite – Arjuna De Livera
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Helena Dawson, Lorna Ichilcik, Helene Pitt, Avril Zets, Giselle Mundell and Rena Kaplan are going to represent Australian Teams in the Women's division.
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Winners of the Australian Mixed Teams Playoff - (Left) Jodi Tutty, David Beauchamp, Renee Cooper and Ben Thompson. (Middle) Runners Up Leigh Gold, Kim Frazer, Kitty Muntz and Jamie Ebery. (Right) ABF thank you from Kim Frazer to convenor Marcia Scudder.
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The NSWBA Matchpointed Swiss Pairs was a one-day congress running parallel to the ABF Mixed Teams Playoff semi-final on Sunday 27 January 2019. The event recorded 50 pairs entries.
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The NSWBA Matchpointed Swiss Pairs was held parallel to the Semi-Final of the ABF Mixed Teams Playoff. (Left) Winners Lavy and Tomer Libman. (Middle) Ella Pattison and Jamie Thomson came second. (Right) Therese Tully and Richard Ward came third.
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There is no expiry date for playing bridge. The following articles missed the deadline of the last issue but they still tell a good story:
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The Schaufelberger Teams concluded the 2018 year at the last Monday night event at the NSWBA. (Left) Winner Team Foster - Andrew Peake, Julian Foster, Jessica Brake (sub for Liz Adams) and David Weston. (Right) Runner up Team Ranson - Nico Ranson, Maurits van der Vlugt, Lakshmi Sunderasan, Andre Korenhof and John McMahon.
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The 2018 John Arkinstall State Open Teams was won by (Leftmost)Team Bloom - Warren Lazer, Pauline Gumby, Peter Gill, Tony Nunn and Martin Bloom (absent). (Left) Runner up Team Giura - Tony Ong, Nicoleta Giura, Helena Dawson and Nick Hughes. (Right) Country Teams was won by Team Hurley (Norther) - Eric Hurley, Gary Lynn, William Powell and Marjorie Askew.
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Running along side the State Open Teams is the Summer Swiss Pairs on 16th December 2018. (Left) Winners Axel Johannsson and Arthur Ramer (Right) George Fleischer and Mathew Vadas came second.
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The results of the 2018 Under Hundred Masterpoints Championship have been finalised. Detailed results can be found here.
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Events highlights from 25 February to 31 March. Click HERE to view all congresses in the whole year.
CONGRESSES IN NSW LOCAL CLUBS
Mar 2 - 3 (Sat - Sun) Griffith Ex-Servicemens Bridge Club
Wine Country Congress Swiss Pairs and Teams
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Mar 3 (Sun) Forbes Bridge club
Swiss Pairs
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Mar 3 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre
March Teams
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Mar 8 - 10 (Fri - Sun) Batemans Bay Bridge Club
Welcome Pairs, Swiss Pairs and Teams
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Mar 9 - 10 (Sat - Sun) Armidale Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs
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Mar 9 - 10 (Sat - Sun) Wellington Bridge Club
Annual Congress - Pairs and Teams
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Mar 16 - 17 (Sat - Sun) Ballina Bridge Club
Swiss Cross IMP Pairs and Teams
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Mar 16 - 17 (Sat - Sun) Port Macquarie-Hastings Bridge Association
March Congress Swiss Pairs and Teams
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Mar 17 (Sun) Kiama and District Bridge Club
Novice Pairs
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Mar 17 (Sun) NSBC@Lindfield
Swiss Pairs
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Mar 23 - 24 (Sat - Sun) Inverell Delvyn Bridge Club
Pairs
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Mar 30 - 31 (Sat - Sun) Tamworth Bridge Club
Teams
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NSWBA EVENTS
Feb 25 - Mar 11 (over 3 Mon nights) NSWBA Open ITS Stage II
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Feb 25 - Mar 11 (over 3 Mon nights) NSWBA ITS Swiss Pairs
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STATE EVENTS
Mar 23 - 24 (Sat - Sun) State Novice and Restricted Pairs
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NATIONAL (ABF) EVENTS
Mar 28 - 31 (Thu - Sun) Tasmanian Festival of Bridge
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BRIDGE HOLIDAYS
Mar 18 - 21 (Mon - Thu) Bridge with Beauchamp Fairmont Resort Leura
Holiday Details >
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