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ANC 2023 concludes, off to Orange in 2024

The 2023 Australian National Championships (ANC) concluded in Perth a couple of weeks ago. South Australia was the big winner this year, reaching the finals of all 4 interstate teams events and winning 3 of them!

NSW results:
  • Open Team - finished 4th in the qualifying rounds (finalists were SA and ACT, SA won).
  • Seniors Team - first in the qualifying rounds, losing to SA in the final.
  • Women's Team - finished 3rd (oh, so close to qualifying) (finalists were SA and VIC, SA won).
  • Youth Team - had a great experience (finalists were VIC and SA, VIC won).
Open Team
Lavy Libman, Tomer Libman, Warren Lazer, Pauline Gumby, Tony Nunn, Paul Dalley. David Fryda (Captain).

Seniors Team
Nigel Rosendorff, Nazife Bashar, Paul Lavings, Kinga Moses, Peter Buchen, Avril Zets. Matthew Thomson (Captain).

Women's Team
Anita Curtis, Ruth Tobin, Judy Mott, Cathryn Herden, Lynn Kalmin, Lorna Ichilcik. Marcia Scudder (Captain).

Youth Team
Alex Heller, Magnus Eadie, Duncan Lai, Ellena Black, Tamara de Mel, Adrian Le. Mitch Dowling (Captain).

The full ANC results are here:
https://abfevents.com.au/events/results/results.asp?yr=2023&dir=anc

Open Team in Perth: Paul Dalley, Lavy Libman, Warren Lazer, Tomer Libman, Pauline Gumby, David Fryda (Captain) and Tony Nunn.

Women's Team in Perth: Cathryn Herden, Anita Curtis, Ruth Tobin, Marcia Scudder (Captain), Lynn Kalmin, Lorna Ichilcik and Judy Mott.

Youth Team in Perth: Mitch Dowling (Captain). Duncan Lai, Ellena Black, Tamara de Mel, Adrian Le, Magnus Eadie and Alex Heller.

Here's why you should come to Orange next year!

2024 ANC in Orange
All states and territories take turns to host the ANC. Next year, NSW is the host for the ANC and in a major initiative, this important event will move from the city to the country – specifically to beautiful Orange. Orange has so much to offer - wineries, fine dining, ballooning, parks, markets and galleries. Why not make a holiday of it? The full ANC program will be released soon. 

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
Jul 29 (Sat) NSWBA (BBO)
State Individual

Aug 1-4 (Tue-Fri) The Tomaree Bridge Club (F2F)
State Veterans Championships - Pairs and Teams

Aug 1-7 (Tue-Mon) At Your Own Club (F2F)
State Wide Pairs

Nov 11-12 (Sat-Sun) Central Coast Bridge Club (F2F)
State Novice & Restricted Teams

Nov 18-19 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
State Open Pairs Championships

Nov 24-26 (Fri-Sun) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Open Teams Finals (online)

Nov 27-Dec 3 (Mon-Sun) NSWBA (F2F)
State Under 100MP Finals

Dec 9-10 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (TBA)
State Youth Pairs and Teams Championships


NSWBA EVENTS
Aug 5-6 (Sat-Sun) NSWBA (TBA)
GNOT Metropolitan Final

Aug 21-28 (over 2 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
Tim Seres National Pairs

Sep 4-18 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
NSWBA Matchpoint Swiss Pairs

Oct 9-30 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Mixed Teams

Nov 6-20 (over 3 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
State Swiss Pairs

Nov 27-Dec 18 (over 4 Mondays) NSWBA (RealBridge)
Schaufelberger Teams


CONGRESSES
Jul 30 (Sun) North Shore Bridge Club (RealBridge)
Winter Online Teams

Aug 5-6 (Sat-Sun) Orange Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Aug 18-20 (Fri-Sun) Wagga Wagga Bridge Club (F2F)
Welcome Pairs, Swiss Pairs and Teams

Aug 20 (Sun) North Shore Bridge Club (Online)
Winter Online Swiss Pairs - Open and Restricted

Aug 20 (Sun) Parkes Bridge Club (F2F)
Mini Congress Teams Day (Muriel Waddell Day)

Aug 20 (Sun) Toronto Bridge Club (TBA)
Teams

Aug 27 (Sun) NSBC@Lindfield (TBA)
Lindfield Swiss Pairs 

Sep 9-10 (Sat-Sun) Cowra & District Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams - Open and Novice

Sep 9-10 (Sat-Sun) Mollymook Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Sep 9-10 (Sat-Sun) Port Macquarie-Hastings Bridge Association (F2F)
Pairs and Teams

Sep 10 (Sun) Hunters Hill Bridge Club (F2F)
Teams

Sep 16-17 (Sat-Sun) Central Coast Leagues Club Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Sep 16-17 (Sat-Sun) Glen Bridge Club (F2F)
Pairs

Sep 23-24 (Sat-Sun) Cootamundra Bridge Club (F2F)
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Sep 24 (Sun) Illawarra Bridge Association (F2F)
Swiss Pairs Congress

Oct 2 (Mon) NSBC@Lindfield (TBA)
Labour Day Matchpoint Pairs

Oct 7-8 (Sat-Sun) Muswellbrook Bridge Club (F2F)
Pairs and Teams

Oct 8 (Sun) Kiama and District Bridge Club (F2F)
Novice Swiss Pairs

Oct 8 (Sun) NSWBA (TBA)
Jacaranda Teams

Oct 14-15 (Sat-Sun) Dubbo Bridge Club (F2F)
Pairs and Teams

Oct 15 (Sun) Pennant Hills Bridge Club (F2F)
Teams

Oct 28-29 (Sat-Sun) Tomaree Bridge Club Inc
Swiss IMP Pairs and Teams

Nov 4-5 (Sat-Sun) Southern Highlands Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Nov 5 (Sun) Parramatta Bridge Club
Foundation Day Teams

Nov 11-12 (Sat-Sun) Armidale Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Nov 11-12 (Sat-Sun) Mudgee Bridge Club
Swiss Pairs and Teams

Nov 12 (Sun) Wollstonecraft Bridge Club
Pairs

Nov 19 (Sun) NSWBA
NSWBA Spring Pairs

Npv 25-26 (Sat-Sun) Grafton Bridge Club
Swiss Bulter IMP Pairs

Nov 26 (Sun) Trumps Bridge Centre
Spring Teams

Dec 16-17 (Sat-Sun) North Shore Bridge Club
Festival Season Online Congress

Dec 26-Jan 1 (Tue-Mon) Trumps Bridge Centre
Festival of Bridge


NATIONAL EVENTS (F2F)
Aug 8-13 (Tue-Sun) Coffs Habour
Coffs Coast Gold Congress

Sep 6-10 (Wed-Sun) Alice Springs
Territory Gold Bridge Festival

Sep 16-17 (Sat-Sun) Perth
HGR Memorial Congress

Sep 29-Oct 2 (Fri-Mon) Canberra
Canberra in Bloom Bridge Festival

Oct 18-25 (Wed-Wed) Sydney
Sydney Spring Nationals

Nov 11-12 (Sat-Sun) Mandurah
Golden West Swiss Pairs

Nov 11-16 (Sat-Thu) Canberra
2024 Australian Open Team Playoff

Dec 1-4 (Fri-Mon) Brisbane
Grand National Open Teams Final

Dec 9-14 (Sat-Thu) Canberra
2024 Australian Mixed Team Playoff
FEATURED ARTICLES
Congress Stories by
Rakesh Kumar
A couple of delayed columns from face-to-face and online events in May, plus a report on the Zonal event recently held in Mollymook.

Sapphire Coast Congress
Pushy competitive bidding

State and Country Mixed Pairs
Catch 'em if you can …

Southern Zonal Championship
Now improved for Improvers!
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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