O Volume 17 O Issue 07 O August O 2017

Australian National Bridge Championships

Congratulations to you all Renee Cooper, Kirstyn Fuller, Megan O’Reilly, Jack O’Reilly, Francesca McGrath, NPC Allison Stralow, Rebecca O’Reilly with Deidre Greenfeld presenting the Greenfeld Cup

(Photos courtesy of Allison Stralow)

Lily Lim and

Australian National Bridge Championships Scoring up in Canberra (Photos courtesy of Jan Blight)

WA Youth Team with NPC Allison Stralow WA Open Team with NPC Allison Stralow

WA Women’s Team with NPC Robina McConnell WA Seniors’ Team with NPC Allison Stralow ANC Victory dinner

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President’s Report By Nigel Dutton Very pleased to see, with a Fuller, Jack O'Reilly, Rebecca O'Reilly and Megan week to go, the Daytime Open O'Reilly, who played exceptionally well for the Pairs has 18 tables. That is an entire qualifying rounds only to be overwhelmed excellent turnout; if you want to play quality state by a very strong NSW team in the final. The WA level bridge but are reluctant to play at night then Women’s team, Jan Blight, Joan Touyz, Deana these events are for you. Also pleased to see, for Wilson, Cynthia Belonogoff, Doreen Jones and the first time, that our premier congress event Catherine Hood, were very unlucky not to make the Swan River Swiss Pairs is full with 60 tables. the final as they were comfortably in second spot If you want to play keep your eye on the for most of the qualifying rounds only to suffer page for a late withdrawal. Even with the building the “perfect storm” in the last round suffering a extensions at Mandurah BC the Golden West is big loss to NSW and Queensland leap frogging also full; this year with 54 tables. As happened them with a big win over Victoria. In the last year I will run a Reserve List for the Golden Restricted Butler the winners of the WA West starting approximately a month out from Restricted Butler event, Bhavna Patel and Nilesh the event. The Provincial / Restricted GNOT heat Patel finished a very creditable 4th in the national has also substantially improved table numbers final. from last year; eleven teams this year up for five Apart from the Swan River Swiss August has the in 2016. three week State Mixed Pairs event; this popular Welcome back to our Canberra ANC teams; I was event starts on the 17th so you should have watching not only the results but also the plenty of time to enter. The state’s premier teams Canberra weather which produced a number of - event starts early September; it is a 6 week event, 5 degrees overnight lows during the if that is more than you can commit to why not championships. Congratulations to the WA Youth start planning a six person team now. I note that Team, Renee Cooper, Francesca McGrath, Kirstyn the calendar until the end of November is packed with weekend congresses and Gold Point events REGULAR FEATURES: so get busy and get your entries in. ∎ Around the Clubs by Linda Bedford-Brown ...... 6 To Ask or Not to Ask … from Di Brooks ...... 16 Test Your Slam Play by Bill Jacobs ...... 17 2017 WABC M in T of 3 from John Beddow ...... 18 Results ...... 21 Diarize Now ...... 22

SPECIAL FEATURES: New Bridge Laws ...... 4 Geraldton Congress from Robina McConnell ...... 14 ANC Daily Bulletin No 6 Maximise Your Chances by Ron Klinger ...... 19 Thursday 20th July Page 7 (Editor: Keith Ogborn) EDITORS: “Paul Brayshaw and Chris Mulley of the WA Linda Bedford-Brown Open Team play a system when not (08) 9386 1349 vulnerable. One of the opposing team captains [email protected] has mentioned to me that Paul and Chris, knowing that the pair they were playing was

relatively inexperienced at this level, offered to Beata Bieganski just play Standard. We thought that, given the Production and Web Editor seriousness of the competition, this was a pretty (08) 9300 5460 nice gesture that reflected well on them and [email protected] deserved a mention here.”

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New Bridge Laws (Taken from ANC Daily Bulletin No 2: Sunday 16th July – with appreciation)

The new laws of bridge take effect from 1 August Claims in Australia. They are a result of a process that began around five years ago. There was a need to For non-expert competitors, the main change is refine the laws in the light of recent experience about claiming. Under the current laws, once a but a principal driver was concern that the player has claimed, the hand can no longer be current laws were in parts too difficult to played and the Director must be called – who will understand. then adjudicate on whether the claim is correct. Under the new laws, if all players agree, the hand THE PROCESS can be played out without the need to call the Director. However, if the hand is played out, the The process was driven by the Laws Committee non-claiming side cannot claim any redress if of the , of which Laurie they are disadvantaged by this (for example, Kelso is Secretary. To get as much input as opposition to a claim may alert declarer to the possible, the Committee invited submissions fact that a is still out). from bridge players both at the initial stages and for comments on the penultimate draft. To avoid any suggestion that proposals were not dealt Insufficient Bids with on their merits, the author’s identity was There have been improvements to the removed from submissions before being insufficient bid rules, particularly the considered by Committee members. Richard Hills introduction of a ‘comparable call’ concept as a created the index for the new laws (as he did for basis for allowing the auction to continue as the current version). normal. This better covers the complexities sometimes involved in changing a bid to a higher OVERVIEW level without altering the meaning. It is probably fair to say that most players will notice in day-to-day play, very little, if any Mistaken Bids/Incorrect Explanations change. This is partly because much of the work has been to make the wording reflect more There has been some clarification of the laws in clearly current interpretation of the laws and relation to mistaken bid and incorrect partly because many of the changes deal with explanation situations. This includes explicitly situations that are not everyday occurrences. stating that an incorrect explanation is an There has been a particular emphasis on making infraction of the laws but also providing a player it easier for Directors to allow play to continue who realises he has made an incorrect when a problem has arisen and for penalties to explanation the option of correcting it at the time reflect the actual need for redress for the non- or at the end of the auction. offending side. Some of the changes may look a little esoteric or even obvious. For example, the Preventing Irregularities new definitions section specifies that a person ceases to be dummy when play ends. However, all All players, including dummy, can try to prevent of these things, if left undefined or ambiguous, any irregularity by opponents as well as partner. have potential ramifications. What follows is a Players can now also inform opponents as well as brief summary of the main changes as they may partner that they have a trick turned the wrong appear to players. way.

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Cheating There are some additional measures related to possible cheating, including requirements to use fully symmetrical patterns on fronts and backs of ABN 70 053 651 666 ABN 82 057 199 126 cards and more Director discretion where boards may have been fouled in suspicious BAWA in association with the ABF presents circumstances. the

Misconduct Extraneous actions are now specifically included in possible misconduct and, in cases of misconduct during an event, a Director will be able to suspend or expel a single player rather than the entire team.

Scoring Errors 2017 SWAN RIVER It will be possible to correct scoring errors beyond the normal cut-off point if the error is OPEN SWISS PAIRS beyond reasonable doubt. a PQP (32, 24, 16 & 8) Disclosure of Methods and GOLD POINT event The new laws remove the current impossibly high standard for full disclosure of methods in all 1st - $1000 per pair and 2nd -$500 per pair situations and instead allow the level of detail Saturday 19th August at 10.00 am that is appropriate to be determined by and governing bodies. Sunday 20th August at 9.30 am Unauthorized information at the The code has been revised to remove anomaly in West Australian Bridge Club, Odern the laws related to unauthorized information to Crescent, Swanbourne ensure that all plays and bids that might have been suggested by the authorised information are Directing Team barred where there is a logical alternative. Matthew McManus and Bill Kemp FURTHER INFORMATION Tournament Organiser Laurie Kelso will be preparing a series of articles for the ABF Newsletter on the new laws in Hilary Yovich – 0409 082 920 or coming months. (Thanks to Richard Hills for the [email protected] information on which this article is based). Entry Fee $80 per player payable at the table or on the BAWA web site (Account BAWA BSB 016464 Acc No 255674541) Lunches from Kirkwood Deli may be ordered before play

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Around the Clubs By Linda Bedford - B r o w n

Bunbury Bridge Club A great community effort and a great attribute to our club. F r o m J a n M o r g a n In and around all clubs there are unsung, unofficial and largely unknown, volunteers who Melville Bridge Club actively further the game of bridge and in our From Lyndie Trevean club JUNE KEIL is one such person. It is hard to believe more than half of 2017 has gone and our AGM is next month. Our new committee members’ nominations are all in and now we have only one position left to fill. We are all looking forward to another great year with Salim Songerwala at the helm as President. Congratulations, to two of our favourite members, Bhavna Patel and Nilesh Patel. After winning the local finals of the ANC Restricted Pairs they flew off to Canberra for the National competition. Watch this space for further details of their success.

Congratulations also to the following members: Some years ago we were asked to deliver our Dorothy Kitching Handicapped Pairs beginners’ course at the Eaton Library. At the end of the six weeks, June continued with this group and now provides a happy meeting place of 3-4 tables of people interested in learning more about the game. Most of those attending have completed our six week course of and some come along to our supervised duplicate evening session, but are not quite ready to face the sometimes intense competition and time requirements of our regular club sessions. June is a retired teacher, who is a Joan Butts devotee, having attended the Joan Butts workshops. She is well organised, has a kind and friendly nature, a good sense of humour and is endowed with vast patience – therefore wonderfully suited to once a week hosting a President Salim Songerwala with Lyndie Trevean group of would-be bridge players who enjoy and Julie Parsonage playing the ‘game’ as a game whilst strengthening their basic bridge skills. 1st Lyndie Trevean and Julie Parsonage 2nd Jay Wongphasukchot and Mavis Koay Well done June Keil. 3rd Mayilyn West and Johanna Thwaites

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MBC Open Pairs 1st Laurel Lander and Rachel Shave 2nd Jeanne Hey and Salim Songerwala 3rd Pamela Smith and Chris Lawrence Club Team Championships Peter Gill, Jeanne Hey, Merwyn Menezes 1st and Leon Ref Rachel Shave, Bridget Cooke, Laurel 2nd Lander and Elizabeth Cooke

Joan Valentine, Helen Arendts, Valerie 3rd Isle and Barbara Frost Congress winners were Viv Wood and Ron Cooper Mandurah Bridge Club From Ian Jones The winners of Friday’s Best 3 out of 4 competition were Mike Mulholland and Frances Darnborough. Runners-up were Doug and Vera Hardman.

2nd Anton Pol and Andrew Swider

The Daytime Open Pairs Championship was won by Kathy Power and Phil Power 3rd Dave Munro and David Schokman Runners up were Doug and Craig Hardman, 3rd Jean McLarty and Kimberley Zhao Winter Congress July 2017 The Congress was held over the weekend 8th and 9th July 2017. Sixty pairs took part in five matches of 10 boards each day and the event was run by State Director Neville Walker, assisted by Directors Robina McConnell and Brain Wade from Bunbury. Club President Jim McNamara conducted the prize-giving, and thanked our Sponsors for their continuing support and Club members for their 4th Stella Steer and James Steer tremendous help in organising and coordinating the event.

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5th Tim Munro and Gerry Daly The Best Country Pair: Alan Dundas and Eugene Wichems 6th Laurie Money and Mary Johnston

The Best Under Life Master Pair: (Peter Cameron and) Joanne Payne 7th Florence Maltby and Di Brooks

The Best Mandurah Under Life Master Pair: Denise Sampson and Gudrun Kemmer 8th Tad Bieganski and Beata Bieganski

The Best Mandurah Under State Masters: Warwick Jones and Isobel Jones The Best Mandurah Pair: Jan Howell and Sheryl Coates Best Pair Under State Master: Colleen Skipsey and Colleen Long

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Nedlands Bridge Club F r o m Linda Bedford - B r o w n A record 64 pairs competed in the Ranjit Gauba Memorial Swiss Pairs.

5th Tad Bieganski and Beata Bieganski

1st David Matthews and Chris Ingham with Life Member Trish Hunter

6th Dave Munro and David Schokman 7th Jan Blight and Joan Touyz 8th Barbara Kaye and Julia Odes

9th Julie Short and Debbie Chappell 2nd Helene Kolozs and Ann Youngs 10th Therese Garbutt and Viv Zotti

3rd Viv wood and Gerry Daly

 Fiske Warren Beginners’ course 29th Aug 2017- Watch out for details on the club web page  Fiske Warren lecture 27th Sept 2017 - Watch out for details on the club web page COMING UP on August 13th is the Sunday Congress – the waft of cheese scones will greet you!

4th Deana Wilson and Cynthia Belonogoff

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Northern Districts Bridge Club South Perth Bridge Club From Anne Hooper From Dave Munro The Winter Pairs Red Point was held on 17 July 2017. This was well attended and everyone enjoyed a splendid afternoon tea in the break. Thanks to Merilyn Summerville, Jackie Mc Cormick, June Dawson and Jeanne Lambert who prepared the food and all who helped on the day. Thanks also to David Cowell who directed.

Dave Munro (President), Wendy Harman (Vice President) and Jeanne Hey (Director) taken with 8 ladies from the Tanglin Club in Singapore who played bridge at South Perth on Tuesday 11th July. The Browning Cup was held on Sunday 25th June.

Winners Ken Partridge and Barbara Partridge, Trevor Peters and Lyn Fakira. Congratulations to all. Our free raffle was drawn during the month with Basil Weren and Anne Hooper the winners - always a pleasure to win a prize. It's good to see some of our winter travellers returning from their journeys.

We love having visitors but you need to be a member to play in Red Point events. The hall is The outright winners were Sue Shadbolt and Mei on Seacrest Drive, Sorrento in the middle of Huang sports ovals. We play Monday and Thursday at 12.30pm. Please arrive early and be seated by 12.15 so the Director can select the movement. You will find further details on our website ndbc.bridgeaustralia.org

BAWA AFFILIATED BRIDGE CLUBS

Focus will print details of your congress or red point events. All you have to do is email the full details before the 20th of each month to be included in the The handicap winners were Hilary Stilling and following month’s issue. Rebecca Cooper. Send to Linda Bedford-Brown Winning the TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP - Marnie [email protected] Leybourne, Nick Cantatore, Trevor Fuller, Leone Fuller.

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Rockingham Bridge Club From Jean Dance

Winners of the Anniversary Pairs Jean McLarty and Eugene Wichems

Winter Pairs Winners Jean McLarty and Kimberley Zhao with Director, Eve Dethlefsen (left).

Celebrating the Rockingham Bridge Club Anniversary are Life Members, (L-R) Ian Oldham, Miriam Garbutt, Bob Garbutt, Diane Brooks and Ron Philpot.

Under State Masters: Yvonne Mathews (Centre) West Australian Bridge Club (Elena Olson) with Director, Eve Dethlefsen and F rom Margaret King President Roz Davey. The Inaugural Swiss Pair Championship for club ANNIVERSARY PAIRS members only was held at the club on Saturday 24th June. It proved to be very popular and hugely successful. During a tea break someone asked of the origin of Swiss Pairs, so I searched Wikipedia and here are a few of the opinions. 1. "It originated in Chess, as far as I know, and President Roz Davey then was adapted by bridge. It is a means of with the Anniversary pairing of opponents with similar scores at Cake. each stage." 2. "I cannot verify this right now, but I have a vague memory that in Eric Jannersten memoirs ( or in some other Swedish book / magazine) the Swiss Etymology was described as being originally Swedish and got shortened to Swiss."

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3. "The internet tells me that the system was Winning the June Novice Pairs developed by Julius Muller, a meteorologist and teacher in Brugg, for use in the Swiss Chess Congress, starting in 1889 and recorded in its modern form for the 1901 tournament." Whatever the origin it is a super fun event in bridge and we hope next year to have a greater number of entrants. Congratulations to our inaugural Swiss Pair winners:

1st Karen Moller and Andrea Gaff

1st Jill Keshavjee and Shelley Allen

2nd Helen Hyde and John Hyde

2nd Deana Wilson and Cynthia Belonogoff

3rd Anne Salter and Richard Collis

EDITING OF MATERIAL

Contributors should note that the right to modify submitted material is retained 3rd Clive Hunt and Inga Hunt by the Editors

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WABC Masters in Teams of 3 Esperance Bridge Club's Photos courtesy of Sheenagh Young 40th Anniversary

Come and help up celebrate this special

occasion. 1st Bruce Mason, Master Tim Munro, Carol

O’Grady and David Wheaton WHEN: Saturday 26th of August 2017 WHERE: Senior Citizen’s Centre Forrest St, Esperance TIME: Bridge 12:45pm for 1pm start (Please let us know if you require a partner)

2nd Sarita Singh, Mark Hughes, Rachel Shave and Master Chris Bagley Finger food super, drinks and celebrations start at 5pm.

Inquiries and RSVP:

Ian Letts on 90720313 or 3rd John Nelson, Master David Matthews and Jan Archer on 0420638851 Kath Negus (Lorna Good)

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Geraldton Congress F r o m Robina McConnell

MID WEST TRICKS exciting it was to be playing as she is usually in the kitchen! Anyone contemplating the trip north to Geraldton WELCOME PAIRS to play in the Congress would be strongly encouraged to do it. It was a wonderful weekend of bridge, hospitality and fun. The sun shone for the weekend and at night we sat around the camp fire with the most amazing scenery. A couple of wines and a table of food launched the event on the Friday evening and it was great to catch up with our old Kalgoorlie adversaries who took a train and bus and arrived in Geraldton two days later for the bridge. Players also arrived from the south west and the metro area. The welcome pairs were won easily by Denis and Chris Lawrence with a creditable 70%.

A big day of bridge followed on Saturday with the st Open Pairs decided in the morning and then 1 Chris Lawrence and Dennis Lawrence straight into the Teams. Eugene and I were lucky enough to win this event (and the raffle but that is another story) with Laurie Money and Lyndall Steed second and Wilma Coloper and Jennifer Simpson third. The Teams was a tight event played over six rounds with all teams scoring at least one win and the first three place getters having members from the home club. With only .73 separating them it was well done to the Cupitt team. The Knight team second with Brian Baldock’s team in for third. The weekend finished with a BBQ lunch, a few more wines and a quiet afternoon nap! It was a 2nd Robina McConnell and Eugene Wichems sensible decision to drive home the next day! And the story of the congress goes to the beautiful lady from Geraldton who finally got to play a hand in the team’s match and remarked how

ON- LINE PAYMENT Convenient Payment Easy Price Lookup Safe and Secure www.bawa.asn.au 3rd Val Norman and Geza Sulykos with President Events>Event List Brian Baldock

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CONGRESS PAIRS 1st Robina McConnell and Eugene Wichems 2nd Laurie Money and Lyndall Steed

3rd Yvonne Dymond, Bryan Baldock (President), Elise Criddle and Jeanette Day

KALGOORLIE Bridge Club 3rd Wilma Coloper and Jennifer Simpson CONGRESS TEAMS 25th Anniversary Congress DATE: Long Weekend in September 22nd 23rd and 24th WHERE: Goldfields Art Centre Cheetham St Kalgoorlie DIRECTOR: Peter Holloway ACCOMMODATION: Recommended the Railway Motel 90880000 ask for Sarah

PROGRAMME 1st Esther Saunders, Wayne Cupitt, Heather Cupitt and Colin Saunders Friday 22nd Welcome Pairs $30 Light supper included Saturday 23rd Open Pairs $40 Lunch included Sunday 24th Teams $40 Lunch included After Teams event - Awards and Presentation with afternoon tea All day tea-coffee and water provided ENQUIRIES Sue Lia 0418215308 or 90214707 Mary Williams 0400681608 or 90214258 2nd Chris Knight, Bob Prince, Joan Prince and ENTRIES: www.bawa.asn.au Maureen Knight

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To Ask or Not to Ask … From Di Brooks

It doesn't matter what system you play, it is usual flowing, even with a few glitches. (The computer to have Stayman in your tool bag. Another handy threw a wobbly and the weather did too) gadget is the use of Transfers. So let's look at an Masters who have represented State and Inter- example;- State bridge championships gave their time to North opened an 1NT, East passed and South play in this great event. To name drop - Peter invited with 2NT. North, having the full 13 points Smith, Fiske Warren, Chris Mulley … to name but accepted the invitation and bid 3NT. The C3 hit a few, added spice to the mix. the table and Dummy's hand was exposed. Special mention to the two teams from Northam Declarer knew they were in trouble, as both who came along to join the fun. hands held a doubleton club. Sad to say the contract was doomed. South had a five card heart Well done to everyone involved, whether on the suit and had focused on his point count rather playing, tournament or catering side, you all did a than show the major holding. great job. Dlr N ♠ Q953 To my three team mates, congratulations for Vul ♥ A976 playing so well. I had a ball, even if I had to play ♦ AK9 Acol. (Tongue in cheek girls.) ♣ 109 Not everyone can win. But the old adage of It's ♠ A84 N ♠ J107 not whether you win or lose, but how you played ♥ QJ4 ♥ 2 W E the game' flowed through the day, making it a ♦ 1042 ♦ J53 great event. ♣ KJ54 S ♣ Q8632 ♠ K6 Hopefully we will see you all next year. 13 ♥ K10853 11 4 ♦ Q876 12 ♣ A7 A handy tip to remember - No Shape, No Stayman. This also applies to transfers or Rescue bids. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY TO Another point of note, 9 tricks in No Trumps BAWA COMPETITIONS brings in 400 or 600, but 4Hearts collects 420 or Attendance: 620, depending on the vulnerability. Entry to an event entails a commitment to Happy Bridging ☺ play every session. Penalties may apply to pairs failing to arrive or failing to give 24 WABC Masters in Teams of 3 hours notice to the Tournament Director. Should unforeseen circumstances prevent Congratulations to W.A.B.C for their Masters attendance, it is the players' responsibility to Teams of 3 held on Sunday 2nd July. Twenty two arrange a suitable substitute. teams were scheduled to play. (Unfortunately one team was a No Show.) The dreaded Devil's Substitutes: Triangle had to be put into place - always a night Proposed substitutions should be notified to mare for the directors. the Director at least 24 hours prior to the John Beddow, Convenor, along with Director, Bill session. Penalties apply to players who play with unapproved substitutes. Kemp and trainee, Brian Wade, kept everything

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Test Your Slam Play

By Bill Jacobs [email protected]

Dlr N ♠ A Vul NS ♥ A108 IMPs ♦ Q104 ♣ AKQ763

♠ N ♠ ♥ ♥ W E ♦ ♦ ♣ S ♣ ♠ J5 19 ♥ QJ9754 ♦ A62 8 ♣ 105

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 1C 2S* 3H 3S 4NT Pass 5D Pass 6H All Pass *weak jump West leads D5. What do you play from dummy? Whether your play from dummy works well or poorly, what do you do next? SOLUTION on page 20

VALE Dr Malcolm Smith

ANC Open 1967-1968-1976 Winter Teams 1993 Men’s Teams 1977

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2017 WABC Masters in Teams of Three F r o m John Beddow

This year M in T of 3 was held on Sunday 2nd July. Twenty-Two teams entered, but unfortunately one team did not turn up requiring the Director, ALBANY Bill Kemp to run a triangle. We had a late start due to problems with the Bridgemates which RESTRICTED CONGRESS eventually resulted in a manually scoring For Country Bridge Players with less than procedure and the loss of one round. 300 master points Nevertheless, Bill soldiered on under very trying conditions and we eventually managed to get five (As at 1/7/2017) rounds in. The winning team with four wins and one loss was: David Wheaton, Carol O'Grady and Bruce Mason all from BAWA’s newest club Joondalup. They were ably captained by Tim Munro. We were also delighted to see that two teams from Northam made the journey to take part. Well done. Both the Northam teams recorded two wins.

Apart from the unfortunate Bridgmate problems, judging by the number of players who SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH 2017 approached me at the end, it would seem that Registration: 9.00 am most of you had a good time. Bridge: 9:30 am and 1.30 pm (approx) We look forward to seeing you next year. The names of the ‘Master’ that generously gave ENTRY FEE: $35.00 up their time for the event were: Light lunch and refreshments will be served. Chris Mulley; Fiske Warren; Jan Blight; Stella Steer; Peter Holloway; Viv Zotti; Tim Munro; Bob Prince; Peter Smith; Deana Wilson, David DIRECTOR: Mike Trafalski Matthews; Chris Bagley; Cynthia Belonogoff; Noeline Law; Annabel Booth; Lynne Milne; 98428576 Pauline Hammond; Doreen Jones; Di Brookes; Jo [email protected] Sklarz; and Chris Boylson. Also, a special mention to Robin Paterson who, turned up but, didn’t have a team to Master. CONVENOR: Winning Masters over the years are: Mike Trafalski 2010 Pauline Hammond 2011 Eddie Mandavy 2012 Peter Smith 2013 Chris Mulley Cash Prizes 60% of entry fees 2014 Viv Zotti ENTRIES: 2015 Elizabeth McNeil 2016 Cynthia Belonogoff via BAWA website www.bawa.asn.au or 2017 Tim Munro

contact Mike Trafalski

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Maximise Your Chances By Ron Klinger http://www.RonKlingerBridge.com Improve Your Bridge Online

West Coast Bridge Club

2017 CONGRESS th PROBLEM 50 Anniversary Dealer | East; East-West | Vulnerable 1967 – 2017 NORTH ♠ AJ32 CIVIC CENTRE ♥ AJ102 33 TEMPLETONIA CRESCENT, CITY BEACH ♦ 92 th ♣ Q42 SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 10.00am SOUTH DIRECTOR – BILL KEMP ♠ K76 ENTRIES via BAWA (www.bawa.asn.au) ♥ Q87 ♦ AK6 PRIZES ♣ A1063 Prizes will be awarded to pairs placed first, South is in 3NT, no East-West bidding. West leads second and third in the Final; first and second in the H4: two – king – seven. East switches to the the Qualifying Round; and winners in the Plate D10. Plan the play. and Consolation events, depending on the number of participants. If a pair wins two prizes SOLUTION on page 20 they will be awarded the prize having the greater monetary value and the other prize will be awarded to the next placed pair in the July 70%+ relevant section of the Congress. SCHEDULE (June – sorry Kathy Power it was you and Clyde England that took the 79.6% - not Phil Power) Arrive 09:30 Qualifying round 10:00 Albany Bridge Club Lunch (bring your own) 13:00 to 14:00 71.88% Robert McLaughlin and Kay Thompson Busselton Bridge Club Final round 14:15 74.4% Barry Witham and Pip Witham Refreshments 17:30 Bunbury Bridge Club 72.3% Kate Boston and Murray Webber Rockingham Bridge Club ENTRY FEE $30 PER PLAYER 71.2% Eugene Wichem and Jean McLarty RED MASTER POINTS South Perth Bridge Club 72.5% Susan Collinson and Lorna Good Each player must have a system card Undercroft Bridge Club th 72% Judy Clear and Joan Rosemeyer Entries close 6 SEPTEMBER 2017 73.7% Noriko Sakashita and Fusako Hashimoto CONVENOR: PATRICK GARNETT

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pitched a diamond and a club. Now South had a Test Your Slam Play dilemma: club or spade finesse? South played a club to the ace, no luck, then the SK and By Bill Jacobs a spade to the jack. No luck there either. East had SOLUTION begun with: ♠ Q9 Dlr N ♠ A ♥ K5 Vul NS ♥ A108 ♦ Q10853 IMPs ♦ Q104 ♣ KJ95 ♣ AKQ763 After taking the SQ, East was able to cash a ♠ Q874 N ♠ K108632 diamond and a club for one down. That was E-W ♥ 3 ♥ K62 W E +100 and 12 Imps. ♦ K853 ♦ J97 ♣ J982 S ♣ 4 After East wins the HK and shifts to a diamond, ♠ J5 why not take this and test the spades first? Play 19 ♥ QJ9754 SA, SK. When the SQ drops you have nine tricks. If 6 7 ♦ A62 the SQ has not dropped, you can still play a club 8 ♣ 105 to the queen and later a club to the ten. You should play DQ at trick 1. If this is covered Dlr E ♠ AJ32 by the king, then the odds are very good that the Vul EW ♥ AJ102 heart finesse is working – East is not likely to ♦ 1074 make a weak jump overcall with two side kings. ♣ Q42 ♠ N ♠ If the DQ is covered with DK, win DA and take the ♥ ♥ W E heart finesse. ♦ ♦ S If the DQ holds, as shown in the diagram, cash SA ♣ ♣ and play a low trump from dummy (not the ace: ♠ K76 take a look at what happens if you do). If 12 ♥ Q87 someone wins HK and gives their partner a , ♦ AK6 you can count yourself extremely unlucky. If that 16 ♣ A1063 doesn’t happen, you can ruff a spade and claim soon after. The moral: The bidding can help guide the play.

Maximize Your ANC Final Results OPEN Chances South Australia 105.1 - New South Wales 104 By Ron Klinger WOMEN’S SOLUTION New South Wales 135.1 - Queensland 74 From an Interstate Teams match. SENIORS Both South’s were in 3NT, no East-West bidding. New South Wales 124 - ACT 99.1 One South had no trouble after West led a club. At the other table West led the H4, ducked to East’s YOUTH HK. East switched to the D10, ducked. South won the next diamond and played a club to the queen New South Wales 272.1 - Western Australia 68 and king. Back came a diamond. South cashed the hearts. West followed throughout and East

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RESULTS

TEAMS of FOUR ANC Congress Results From John Beddow Wagga Wagga Bridge Club OPEN ANC Prelude Open Swiss Pairs Club Played Won VPs 1st Philip Lagrange and Jonathan Free WABC A 4 3 50.50 2nd Sophie Ashton and Anita Curtis MANDURAH 4 2 44.78 3rd Tim Munro and Gerry Daly NEDLANDS 3 2 42.75 4th Rena Kaplan and Lorna Ichilik SOUTH PERTH 4 2 34.75 5th Ruth Tobin and Helene Pitt WABC B 2 1 26.07 6th Pauline Gumby anmd Warren Lazer UNDERCROFT 2 1 21.02 7th Chris Mulley and Paul Brayshaw MELVILLE 3 1 12.83 8th Stephen Williams and Matt Smith MACCABI 2 - 7.30 9th Richard Ward and Neville Francis INTERMEDIATE BLUE 10th Ramanan Rajkumar and Hong Pui E Lee Club Played Won VPs

KALAMUNDA 5 4 75.84 WEST COAST 5 4 72.17 SOUTH PERTH 5 3 60.07 UNDERCROFT 5 2 44.73 MAYLANDS 4 2 38.26 MACCABI 4 1 28.06 KENDENUP INTERMEDIATE GOLD RESTRICTED Club Played Won VPs WABC B 5 4 64.92 CONGRESS NEDLANDS 4 3 52.83 UNDERCROFT 4 2 33.68 (under 300 pts) MELVILLE 3 1 28.29 SOUTH PERTH 2 - 11.65 WHEN: WABC A 2 - 8.63 Saturday the 4th on November @9.30 NOVICE GOLD start Club Played Won VPs WHERE: SOUTH PERTH B 3 3 45.63 WABC B 1 1 20.00 Kendenup Town Hall MELVILLE 4 - 18.88 DIRECTOR: UNDERCROFT 2 1 17.79 KALAMUNDA B 2 1 17.70 Neville Walker COST: NOVICE Played Won VPs $40 (lunch and afternoon tea) WABC A 3 2 34.74 ACCOMODATION: SOUTH PERTH A 2 2 29.60 camping sites nearby SWAN DISTS 2 1 20.00 KALAMUNDA A 3 - 15.66 CONVENOR: GOSNELLS - - - Heather Fergie 98514168 [email protected]

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Diarize Now

Upcoming BAWA & Club Events Aug Wed 2nd BAWA Daytime Open Pairs 1/3 Venue: Nedlands Bridge Club 12.30pm Fri 4th –Sun 6th TBIB South Perth Bridge Club Congress Sun 13th Nedlands Bridge Club Sunday Congress-see flyer Thu 17th BAWA State Mixed Pairs 1/3 Venue: South Perth Bridge Club 7.30pm Sat 19th -20th Swan River Swiss Open Pairs PQP/Gold Points Venue: WABC – see flyer Sep Thu 7th BAWA State Open Teams Championship 1/6 Venue: South Perth Bridge Club 7.30pm Sat 9th Albany Bridge Club Restricted Congress Sun 10th West Coast Bridge Club Congress – see flyer Sat 16th –Sun 17th HGR Memorial Congress PQP/Gold Wed 20th Pharmacy 777 South Perth Open Red Point Fri 22nd –Sun 24th Kalgoorlie Bridge Club Congress- see flyer Oct Fri 13th - Sun 15th Nedlands Bridge Club Congress Fri 20th –Sun 22nd Denmark Bridge Club Congress Sat 28th –Sun 29th Undercroft Bridge Club Congress Nov Thu 2nd Grand Master Restricted Pairs Sat 4th Kendenup Restricted Congress- see flyer Sun 5th BAWA State Open Championship Final Venue Nedlands Bridge Club Sun 5th Super Vets Gold Point Event Sun 12th BAWA Masters in Teams of 3 Sat 18th –Sun 19th Golden West Gold Point Event - Mandurah Fri 24th – Sun 26th WABC Super Novice Event Mon 27th GNOT finals Dec Fri 1st – 3rd WABC Xmas Congress Thu 7th BAWA AWARD NIGHT Venue: Nedlands Bridge Club

**NOTE** Times and venues are subject to change: substitutes must be confirmed by the director: read conditions of entry for the event on the BAWA website. VENUES AND STARTING TIMES Unless otherwise advertised all BAWA daytime and weekend events are held at the Nedlands Bridge Club, 14 Melvista Ave, Nedlands, All Thursday evening events are held at the South Perth Bridge Club, corner of Brittain Street and Barker Street, Como. Commencing 7.30 pm. **NOTE** BAWA/Congress Events Entries www.bawa.asn.au unless other specified.

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