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TRUMPS PLUS 9 2 8 4 4 1 4 4 7 O D E R N C R E S C E N T March 2015 VOLUME 8 Issue 1 Published Quarterly SWANBOURNE CONGRATULATIONS Jan Blight and Heather Williams WOMENS PAIRS CHAMPIONS TWO YEARS IN A ROW! Also inside: Articles from Matthew McManus, Peter Smith, Richard Fox. Womens Pairs results; Restricted Congress results New Members Party and photos. CONTENTS Editorial You may have no- BRIDGE ARTICLES ticed that editions To Alert or Not To Alert Part 2 6 of Trumps Plus Matthew McManus have seasonal vari- Bidding 5 of a Major—What’s the 10 ations. Your edito- point? rial team certainly Peter Smith has. The March edition, for exam- Card Plays from Canberra 20 ple, reflects a thin Richard Fox season in the When the President Dropped by. 24 bridge world, that Richard Fox of late summer. Bit like the famers I guess – late summer early autumn is a lean season for both of us. Nonethe- EVENTS less there have been a few competi- tions at the Club that we report on Womens Pairs Championship 12 herein, including the Women’s Pairs. This is perhaps the premier competi- tion at the Club and Heather and Jan Restricted Swiss Pairs Congress 14 were back to back winners for 2014 and 2015. Well done Heather and Jan, and in particular well done Jan, New Members Party 16 who has three wins and a third over the past five years. At such a time we note once again the CLUB NEWS AND REGULAR moribund state of the Men’s Pairs. FEATURES Moribund! Let’s hope that it is not like Monty Python’s parrot and maybe this year we can rustle up a competition. Library Notes 26 Now let me turn to a very serious mat- Val Krantz ter. And that is parking. As we are all Membership Notes - Date Diary - 32 aware we are not overly blessed with Solutions on parking and we need to make the most of what we have. Why then do so many of us ignore the bays and park across two bays? Please! Let’s have consideration for other members. I know that the bay markings need work, and hopefully we can get the Council to remark them, but surely there is sufficient paint on the ground for us to be able to distinguish one bay from another. Editor: Publisher Printing Well, that’s my harangue for the edi- Chris Lynne and Records tion. Now for the reminders. The busy Bagley Errington Sheenagh part of the year is starting and we need Young to look to our dance cards to make 2 sure we are not left standing without a home, 9447 5224, or on my mobile 0422 partner for the upcoming events. In par- 381 253, or you can email me at ticular, in the next three to four months [email protected] we have two major events, our Winter Congress starting Friday 29th May, and the Australian National Championships in July. Time to start thinking about these, if you have not done so already. And if you are wondering what is coming up and can’t find your handbook remem- ber that the list of forthcoming events is available on our web site. Once again, if you would like me include Actual Picture changed to protect anything please give me a call either at the guilty. President’s Report This year (Past President and Life Member). Already started in however some signs of the wear and tear somewhat on the clubroom imposed by the sheer chaotic fash- traffic of up to 300 players per day are be- ion with the sudden illness of our Ex- ginning to show. We plan to carry out a re- ecutive Officer but we are all very paint of part of the interior as well as rust pleased that our lovely Sheenagh has treatment and repaint of the exterior made a full recovery, is back on deck gates. This will take place before winter and order has been restored. sets in and hopefully will cause minimum I would like to thank so many of you disruption. who offered and gave of their time to The new audio/visual equipment is work- help out in the office. I would espe- ing well and has been often used in Peter cially like to thank John Beddow who Smith’s classes and post game seminars. took over the time consuming task of A highlight of our teaching year was of dealing our boards. Thanks also to course the much anticipated series of lec- the Management Committee who tures with Paul Marston – I hope we are were rostered over the lunch periods all still refraining from overcalling 5 over 5 to process the subscriptions. We when a kiss would be better! coped – but how good it is to have Players have also appreciated the A/V dis- you back Sheenagh! plays in congress events where it has It seems incredible that we are now saved time and avoided the tight cluster into the eighth year at Swanbourne. around the notice boards. Our Anniversary celebrations in Janu- We have recently purchased 4 new chairs ary saw a record turnout for the Anni- for the playing area. As these have arms versary Cup and it seemed fitting that they have been appreciated by those play- the winners were John Ashworth ers needing a little more support both at (Club Patron) and Toby Manford 3 the table and as extra leverage when ris- our need to rethink. ing from the chair. The car park of course needs major at- The Bridge year is now picking up pace tention and to that end I am continuing and we have just finished perhaps our the submissions to Nedlands City Coun- most prestigious championship, the cil first initiated last year by Gwen Wiles. Women’s Pairs and with a record turnout I met with the Mayor in early March as a of players. Congratulations to Heather follow up to my last submission in No- Williams and Jan Blight who were most vember and raised the issue with him worthy winners. Special congratulations again. It appears that a sum had been are also due to Deana Wilson, winner of set aside for remedial works to be car- the Australia-wide McCutcheon Award ried out this financial year. However the for the most masterpoints earned in amount allocated proved to be insuffi- 2014 by a player ranked in the National cient and it seems work will not progress category. until the shortfall is found. If any mem- Unfortunately the Individual Champion- bers who are ratepayers in the Swan- ship scheduled for February was post- bourne Ward feel they may be able to poned but we will soon advise you of the “pressure” their Councillor we would be new date. This is a fun event with all par- most grateful for any assistance that will ticipants required to play the same sim- further our cause. plified system. I urge you to put your name down – no partner required! A major preoccupation of the Manage- Our first Congress was held on March ment and Finance Committees these 22nd and was won by Eileen Reilly and past few months has been the finalisa- Judith Wilson. You will find photos from tion of our Investment Policy and the ap- this most enjoyable day on following pointment of Peter Fisher of Fisher GT pages. This is an opportune time for me Financial Group Pty Ltd as our Financial to remind players in both Championship Advisor. As an accredited member of and Congress events that substitutes FPA Professional Practice the business must be pre-approved by the Director at is recognised as a leader in financial least 24 hours prior to commencement planning professionalism. Peter holds of the event. The only exception to this is Bachelor Degrees in Science and Com- where extenuating circumstances have merce, a Diploma of Financial Planning occurred later than this and permission and is a Certified Financial Planner. The may be sought on the day. Should you business has its own licensee through have cause to cancel an entry in either a ASIC. Peter will be operating at all times Congress or Championship event and within our Investment Policy Guidelines you are unable to do this on-line and/or it and any investments will be held in the is within 48 hours of the start of the Club’s name. We will all need to be event you must contact the event Direc- mindful that there will be good times and tor. This is your responsibility and if at all “not so good” times but research shows possible should not be assigned to an- that over a 10 year period a diversified other. investment portfolio will yield better re- There are lots more congresses to come turns than our current “cash only” prac- and one that will certainly have a place tice. We have in the past enjoyed very for you is the expanded Winter Congress favourable interest rates from these cash on the June long weekend. Deborah investments which has allowed us to, in Greenway has secured a sponsorship effect, subsidise membership fees by ap- for this event allowing us to offer gener- proximately $50 pa. Bank rates now no ous prize money.You can play all day longer will give us this return and hence every day from Friday to Monday and 4 get in heaps of practice for the big event TIM SERES: of the year – the Australian Nationals.