Bridge Club News

The winners of the 2017 Rosemary's Row year long competition on Mondays were Heidi Colenbrander and Ray Hurst.

This competition was restricted to those players with less than 150MP.

In 2018 the event is being reformed to play over four Mondays in July and will be restricted to less than 100MP (as at 1 Jun 2018) - the best three scores will count. Ray Hurst will be convener.

2017 was the second year for the year-long individual competition for those with less than 50MP. Played on the first Friday of each month this competition allowed eligible players to play with the same or different eligible partners and aggregated their best sessions scores over the year.

 The 2017 winner was Sue Evershed, ahead of her regular partner John Simmonds.

In 2018 this Friday competition is changing its eligibility to players with less than 20MP (as at 1 Jan 2018) and will be played on the first Friday of each month from March through November. The best 7 scores will be counted. This complements the newly established Rookie section on Fridays (restricted to those with less than 20MP).

I am travelling, but just tried posting some info on NSWBA and was blown away with the results of the 2017 NSW <100MP Pairs Championships - has anyone else see it? Fantastic - so proud (again), congrats!

Results

Congratulations to our Marieta Borthwick and Heidi Colenbrander for winning the top prize of free entry and an ABF grant to attend the Restricted Butler Pairs at the Hobart ANC (5-6 Aug 2018). They earned the top non-handicapped score, with an amazing 76.79 in the second session.

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Suzanne Cole is quite rightly looking as pleased as punch as she held the winning ticket for the Christmas raffle.

Susan Jensen managed to post this on our Club Facebook Group - and I have placed it here for the wider audience.

Lynn Baker received her Australian Bridge Federation accreditation as a teacher in October 2017.

She follows in the footsteps of members Cath Whiddon, Sue Falkingham and Vickie Busteed who have also received accreditation.

There was some uncertainty about whether the Club will be open on New Year's Day. The answer is yes!

Cassandra Mitchell has kindly volunteered to direct the session, so if you wish to start the year on a bridge note please come along.

So you have a burning question or suggestion about the way the club works and players interact? Why do we turn over the contract after the opening lead? Why don't we turn it over until the opening lead? Why don't we all wear name tags. Are players allowed to stop the play and claim the rest of the tricks?

Ask the club guru! Simply send you suggestion or question to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - or drop a note to the guru and place it in the Suggestion Box to be found soon outside the office.

The questions and answers will be published on this site as an ongoing resource of frequently asked questions. Some may also lead to other responses such as a director pre-session chat, an informative article or even a suggestion to the Committee regarding a change of operating procedure or playing rule.

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Vivien Eldridge and Alan Davies triumphed in the 2017 Sloman Competition, ahead of Beryl Dawson and Yvonne Perkins.

This annual competition is held on Mondays across the whole year.

No-one took a photo on the day so this photo is repurposed from one taken a couple of weeks earlier when they won the November Swiss Pairs.