3O Volume 20 O Issue 02 O March 2020
Congratulations to WA Country players Colin Saunders and Esther Saunders (Bunbury Bridge Club) WINNERS of Match Point Swiss Pairs 0-500 mp’s
Jane Henderson, Joan Butts and Helen Cook Jonathan Free and Linda Coli
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President’s Report
The ABF Legal Council has brought to the attention The correct procedure is to call the director and of the ABF the risks associated with Tournament state in a polite tone that you believe a break in Organisers being responsible for large amounts of tempo has occurred and you may have been cash collected as entry fees for ABF events. This damaged. In my view, the director should have includes all BAWA licenced events such as the immediately and severely sanctioned the player Western Seniors and Swan River. These monies who made such an offensive comment. often amount to many thousands of dollars and Secondly and more importantly, let me state pose a significant risk to the organiser should the categorically that breaks in tempo, or hesitations, monies be taken away from the venue. These risks by a player DOES NOT prevent their partner from involve the personal safety of the organiser and bidding. Are we clear? This is one of the biggest insurance issues. Consequently, the ABF and misconceptions held by many club and congress BAWA are moving towards cashless (EFT) players. Yes, it does add conditions to whether or payments for all events. For BAWA licenced events not the player may or may not make a specific bid encouragement will begin in 2020 and 2021 will but it’s not the job of players at the table to decide see ALL BAWA events cashless. Following the ABF ANYTHING. Directors are trained to deal with current practice winners will be issued with a these matters. form requesting BSB details for direct deposit of prize monies. In the short term, a cheque may be Nigel Dutton requested; although the Reserve Bank is already planning for the demise of the cheque. The bank BAWA NEW P.O. Address also notes that 80% of retail sales are now tap- BAWA and-go. Provision will be made for players who PO BOX 335 can demonstrate an inability to play Melville 6956 electronically; email applications welcome.
As an incentive for both the Western Seniors and the Swan River Swiss Pairs the Tournament Organisers are offering an 11% discount for early REGULAR FEATURES: Around the Clubs by Linda Bedford-Brown ...... 4 bird electronic payments. This may also be the Mixed Results by Ron Klinger ...... 29 case for the HGR and the Golden West as the Test Your Slam Play by Bill Jacobs ...... 29 organisers have not yet had a chance to indicate Teams Tactics v IMP Scoring by Di Brooks ...... 32 Results ...... 36 their position. Full details will be on the BAWA Diarize Now ...... 38 web site shortly, but, in a nut shell, the entry fee for both will be $90 or $80 for EFT payment. SPECIAL FEATURES: APBF Program ...... 21 A very disturbing issue has been brought to the ABF 2020 Australian Teams ...... 23 ABF Marketing Bulletin ...... 24 attention of BAWA who is, unfortunately, limited Deep-and-Meaningful #12 from Paul Brayshaw ...... 26 in what action it can take as the issue arose at a Luck from David Schokman ...... 30 club green point session. BAWA has ceded responsibly for such sessions to our affiliate clubs. EDITORS: The discussions are on-going and I only want to make a couple of general points. Linda Bedford-Brown - 2003 A hesitation had occurred, there was subsequent (08) 9386 1349 [email protected] bidding including by the partner of the player who had broken normal tempo. The director was called and the player who hesitated was accused of, and Beata Bieganski - 2011 I paraphrase, “of hesitating to provide partner Production and Web Editor with information.” This type of statement is, quite (08) 9300 5460 frankly, outrageous and quite possibly libellous. There is no place in our game for such comments.
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Around the Clubs By Linda Bedford - B r o w n
Bunbury Bridge Club She was a well-respected local medico who enjoyed her game of bridge. Fairly forthright but From Jan Morgan with a droll sense of humour. REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS! We shall miss her and will remember her well. Pam Balloch and Alec Balloch became members of our club some 30 odd years ago round about which time they built their own yacht and sailed it around the world three times. Not satisfied with this achievement they recently celebrated 65 years of married life still partnering each other at the bridge table. Remarkable indeed!
Hot Winners of our most recent Red Point event were Colin Saunders and Esther Saunders Esther recommences her popular Bridge lessons on March 9th.
Maccabi Bridge Club F r o m L u b a K l e i n
SAPPHIRE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Long time member Fay Woods (R) died recently – Congratulations to Sandy Machlin and Chris Ross pictured with one of her regular bridge partners winners of the Fan Goldblatt Trophy – pictured and friend – Judy Clarke. (centre) with President Luba Klein
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Maccabi Bridge Club continues to have 10 to 12 tables and only play on Mondays at the Gordon Bloomfield Hall in Woodrow Avenue at 11.30am. We would welcome any bridge players who belong to another bridge club to become an Associate Member for the cost of $15. Maccabi Bridge Club began over 45 years ago with people who already knew something about the game and others who wanted to learn this fabulous, life-changing game called bridge, which not only stimulates the mind, but also enables you to meet people from all walks of life, young and old – it’s irrelevant when you play bridge. We have had a very good turnout with Fiske Elise Criddle, Bryan Baldock, Maureen Knight, Warren giving 5 lessons to help bridge players Barbara Allen, Jeanette Day, Norma Lodge and improve their bridge. We hope to have lessons for Richard Bailey Beginners as well in the very near future.
Geraldton Bridge Club F r o m Heather Cupitt Our bushfire appeal was held on Saturday and was well supported. An auction was held and John Potter did a splendid job as auctioneer, turning modest objects into good hard cash. Over $900 was raised, and then two people who were absent on the day, rounded the sum up to a neat one thousand dollars. New Players Simone Ward, Lea Smith and Suzanne Day
Kalamunda Bridge Club From Betty Roberts Joan Andrews celebrated her 95th birthday on Monday 23 December 2019 with a cake and surrounded by her bridge friends. Congratulations Joan.
John Potter in action, Lesley Watson and Doug Gavinsson The 11th anniversary of the Club's move into our own premises was celebrated on Thursday the 13th, with a red point event and a luscious cake.
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The gate keepers - money please, raffle and A BLAST FROM THE PAST - This is a photo from bushfire donations! the 1999 Kalamunda Congress On Wednesday 22 January Fiske Warren presented a session at the club on Standard American. 33 members attended and feedback was very positive. Fiske always provides clear and concise information. On Wednesday 22 January Fiske Warren presented a session at the club on Standard American. 33 members attended and feedback was very positive. Fiske always provides clear and concise
information. INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION Once again, this competition was well supported with 34 members competing over two sessions based on the standard Acol system. 1st John Ewing 2nd Stephen Thyer 3rd Cora Brown
DAYTIME PAIRS (<300 MPs) AUSTRALIA DAY 1st Joanne Payne/Dianne Dwyer Members came together on Saturday 25 January nd to celebrate all the things we love about Australia, 2 Jacqueline Keir/Jim Steel our history, its achievemens, the freedoms we 3rd Jane Pike/Margaret McRobbie enjoy and the multicultural nation we have become. There was of course delicious food provided by members followed by a good game of Mandurah Bridge Club bridge. The day also raised $1,500 for the bushfire From Ian Jones appeal. Well done to all club members. We had a full house with 22 tables on our annual Winners on the day Charity day in January and the Club raised $1221 for the Australian Red Cross in support of the N/S Elizabeth Brazen/Denise Borger Bushfire appeal. A big thank you to everyone who E/W Jenn Tedeschi/Carole Daxter supported this cause.
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Marsha, Eugene, Mark, and the bar servers. We also thank all the members who came along to what was a very enjoyable afternoon.
The Individual competition in February involving 32 players was won by June Mulholland, pictured centre with Director Neville Walker and President Josephine Dundas. Runner up was Trish Anderson and Mike Mulholland was third. Bill Symons on duty as sausage sizzler. The special Teams event in February was won by Winners of the event were Dave Sloan and Di Brooks, Corrie Davis, Florence Maltby and Tomoko Nakamatsu. A few weeks later they also Denise Sampson. Runners up were Robina won the WABC Anniversary Pairs in a field of McConnell, Jean McLarty, Kathy Power and eighty-seven pairs. Eugene Wichems.
Melville Bridge Club From Richard Fuller 50TH ANNIVERSARY 2020 is a special year for our club: it’s our 50th anniversary, which we will celebrate in October. We’ve come a long way since about twenty members began playing rubber bridge in the committee rooms at the City of Melville Chambers. Duplicate was introduced on Monday nights in President Mark Hughes with Dave Sloan and 1971 and the Club affiliated with the W.A. Bridge Tomoko Nakamatsu. Association in that year. When membership grew, Our first Championship event for 2020 was the the Club moved to the hall at Tompkins Park and Swiss Pairs Championship that was held in we played there until we were able to build a new February, with thirty-six pairs competing. clubhouse in Applecross in 1982. We stayed there Congratulations to the leading players: for thirty-seven years and then moved to our magnificent rooms at LeisureFit Melville last year. EVENTS We finished the holiday season by celebrating Australia Day with a sausage sizzle and an afternoon of bridge that attracted twenty-two tables. In between the sausages and bridge, members enjoyed lamingtons and other goodies with afternoon tea. Very Australian!
We thank all those who arranged the event and helped with the preparation and cooking, including (but not limited to) Jackie, Heather, Bill, Winners of the Swiss Pairs Championship: Merwyn Menezes and Bill Symons.
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Albany Bridge Club From Pam Goodman On Saturday 8th February we had a fundraiser for the Bushfires Appeal. After an enjoyable afternoon of Bridge we shared a wonderful spread of delicious dishes provided by members we have some great cooks! With table fees and contributions $1611 was raised.
Winners of the day were Sybil Davies and Marian 2nd John Clarke and Gordon Dunlop Preparation for the upcoming Congress is in hand. It should be a great weekend and there are still a few vacancies for any late registrations.
Northern District Bridge Club From Anne Hooper The Club Pairs Red Point was held on Thursday 13 February 2020. Peter Wilson was our Director for a successful afternoon of bridge.
3rd Gwyneira Brahma and Cassie Morin MEMBERSHIP We welcome the following new members whose membership was confirmed by the Management Committee on 14th February: Chiko Ikeda, Nobby Ikeda, Vikki Stone, Angela Frigger, Neville Walker, Ian Bailey and Arianna Yusof. We look forward to seeing them often at the Club. We now have 367 members. LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS Winners N/S were Susan Sharland and John Sharland. E/W Anita Johnson and Robyn Strom. Bill Symons ran a series of lessons for beginners Thanks to those hard working folk who during February, with twenty-six active contributed to afternoon tea – yummy as usual. participants – a record for our Club. We look forward to seeing many of these people playing at The AGM was held on Monday 17 February 2020. one of our supervised sessions after the lessons. Ross Blakey was announced as the Club Champion followed very closely by Susan and John Sharland. COMING EVENTS The Committee for the next year is: We will hold the Oakwood Melville BC Congress on President - Graham Woodard 6th – 8th March 2020. Friday 6th March is a Welcome Pairs event, Saturday 7th March is Swiss Vice President – Anita Johnson Pairs, and Sunday 8th March is Teams. Bookings Secretary – Dick Sudweeks are made through the BAWA website. Treasurer – Trevor Peters On Tuesday 17th March we are holding a special Committee Members – Angie Stepatschuk, Merilyn St Patrick’s day event with 30% more green Summerville, Lesley Smith and Barbara Partridge points. This promises to be a very entertaining Tim Cornwell continues as our Masterpoints afternoon. Come along and wear something green! Secretary as well as out computer 'go to' person.
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It was noted at the AGM that five members had Nedlands Bridge Club celebrated their 80th birthday during the year. From Linda Bedford - B r o w n We then celebrated another one.
Congratulations to Phil Power and Kathy Power Winners of the BLENNERHASSETT PAIRS BIRTHDAY SWISS PAIRS
Trevor Peters was presented with a lovely cake to share with us. Our website www.ndbc.bridgeaustralia.org has all the information you will need if you wish to visit us.
West Coast Bridge Club F r o m Hilary Heptinstall The results of our Monday Pairs Competition were: - 1st Alan Harrop and Jonathan Pynt
1st Shirley Bloch and Wence Vahala 2ndSally Brittliffe and Robin Cordin 2nd Richard Grenside and Sue Grenside 3rd Barbara Martin and Michael Smith
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3rd Kaiping Chen and Fiske Warren 6th Phil Power and Kathy Power
4th Nigel Dutton and Marie-France Merven Best Nedlands Pair Jan Blight (Doreen Jones)
5th Viv Wood and Simon Brayshaw Best Restricted Dianne Dwyer and Lina Zampichelli AUSTRALIA DAY PAIRS N/S 1st Jonathan Pynt and Alan Harrop 2nd Linda Bedford-Brown and Caroline Gardiner 3rd Corinne Monteath and Patricia Rosser
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E/W trophy was donated and presented by Peter 1st Frank O’Connor and May Schonwolf Miller. 2nd Nic Matich and Terri Garbutt 3rd Chris Cullen and Richard Cullen BUSHFIRE RELIEF WEEK NBC and Village BC members donated $1,246.50 to the bushfire relief cause during the appeal week. The money has been split between two funds - one focussing on assisting people and the other aiding wildlife. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The AGM is scheduled for Saturday 28 March at 1pm. Bridge will follow immediately after the Trevor Young, Jean Marks and Para Padmanathan meeting. receiving ABF Certificates from our Vice President Peter Miller Willetton Bridge Club From Noel Daniel The Willetton Bridge Club has settled in very well at the RSL Club in Willetton. We have Bridge sessions on Monday and Friday Afternoons and have started a Supervised Session on Wednesday Evenings from 6.30 pm to 930 pm and will conduct further Lessons on Wednesday Evenings. We have just completed a 4-week Beginners Jean Marks celebrating a special birthday with her Lesson and anticipate about 6-8 will come into the newly found bridge family and friends at the Supervised session. Willetton Bridge club. We have also just run and completed the Joan We welcome new members and visitors to our Butts Competitive Bidding Course. Members have Club. learnt about Michaels Cue Bid, Cappelletti and Please feel free to visit our website Takeout Doubles. I am sure this will help our www.willetton.bridgeaustralia.org for more Members improve their level of play and information and details of the Club. enjoyment of the game. South Perth Bridge Club F rom Jan Howell We have had two walk-in red point events recently. AUSTRALIA DAY HOLIDAY OPEN PAIRS Section A winners: N/S Margaret Mackenzie and Evelyn Tay E/W Lyn Toft and Sue Bailey Section B winners:
Carol Daniel Won the Most Improved Player 2019 N/S Clive Youdell and Alan Roberts at our Christmas function held in December. The E/W Alan Cransberg and Kimberley Zhao
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BUSHFIRE CHARITY DAY on 4th February Undercroft Bridge Club from which donations and table money were sent to Blaze Aid. From Graham M i l w a r d Section A winners: The big news at Undercroft is that after 17 years teaching club members, N/S Peter Gill and Gwyneira Brahma Allan Doig has drawn E/W John Nicholas and John Finlay-Jones stumps and retired from the Section B winners: task. Allan was totally dedicated to the job, putting Madeline Radestock and Nada Clastres in long hours of preparation CLUB RESTRICTED PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP and running his Saturday for members with < 50 master points which was morning session so won by last year's winners – successfully that, for many years, it has been the best attended of all sessions, which now number 13 per week. Allan will be sadly missed but, fortunately, Christine Jenkins has come forward to fill the breach and is doing a great job, ably assisted by long term helpers Joanna Tennyson, Jenny Skinner, David Cowell and Tad and Beata Bieganski and new volunteer Debbie James. Allan has not cut ties altogether, however, and will be on deck when there are vacancies to fill. Our first RPE for the year was the New Year Pairs, Frances Hammond and Ian Hammond the winners of which were Tad Bieganski and Andrew Swider. The minor placings were taken by Peter McCann and Trevor Burr, and Ted and Noriko Sakashita.
2nd were Gabrielle Bastow and Shane Brown Tad Bieganski and Andrew Swider with vice- president Nick Jackowyna. This event was followed by the Syd Noakes Trophy which saw Stella Steer and Gwyneira Brahma victorious, followed by Ken Smith and Christine Shawcross, and Ted and Noriko Sakashita. Recently completed was the 1-day J and I Sanderson Pairs. Ted Sakashita took on a different partner in Fusaka Hashimoto and came up with first as a different result!! Stella and Gwyneira, and Satish Bedekar and Peter McCann took the minor places. 3rd Denise Pass and Kevin Pass 2019 saw the successful introduction of a Sunday afternoon session, thanks to the dedication and persistence of directors Gwen Kremer, Willy
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Dadour and Ted Roscoe who weathered the initial FINALS few weeks with very few clients. A supervised Thursday morning session is in an embryonic state and hopefully will give birth to something grander before too long. Sadly, the very competent, popular and greatly respected Chris Price has decided to take a break from playing and directing, to take on some other activities. We wish Chris the very best, but would be more than happy to see her grace the Undercroft Clubrooms again sometime in the 1st John Beddow and Egmont Melton future.
Rockingham Bridge Club F r o m D i B r o o k s As usual, the entry list fills very quickly for both the Pairs on Saturday and Teams on Sunday. The Convenor, Janice Hawker, had a long waiting list with pairs ready to fill any cancellations. The Congress of 2020 was no different. Director, Neville Walker kept us all to time. 2nd Ross Blakely and Gill Blakely (There's nothing worse than following a slow pair all day). As always, the food was magnificent, a banquet fit for royalty. Prize winners: - BEST QUALIFYING:
3rd Bill Maley and Jenny Maley Best Rockingham Pair Alan Cransberg and Kimberley Zhao
N/S Jessica Chew and Rez Karim with President Roz Davey
Best Rockingham Understate Masters
Rita Hood and Janet McKay E/W Steven Rogoysky and Hugh Probert
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PLATE
3rdMarie-France Merven, Viv Wood, Gerry Daly and Nigel Dutton 1st Alan Dundas and Eugene Wichems
2nd David Cowell (and Lilia Male) Best Rockingham Team 3rd Anita Davis and Brian Davison Janice Hawker, Robin Aplin, (Ron Philpot and Betty Philpot) SUNDAY TEAMS
1stJohn Beddow, Tad Bieganski, Egmont Melton and Andrew Swider
2nd Di Brooks, Jane Henderson, Florence Maltby and Jo Sklarz
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West Australian Bridge Club From Jan McNab (Photos courtesy of Sheenagh Young) Players attending the Australia Day Holiday sessions at WABC were welcomed with a spectacular floral arrangement set up in the foyer. Special thanks to Sue Broad for this wonderful gift. Of course, the traditional cream lamingtons during the coffee break were enjoyed by all. Congratulations to the N/S winners of the day, WABC President, Dee Sinton and new member, Deborah Haynes. 2nd Susan Evans and Janaki Chandraratna 3rd Rona Barton and Gail Warrilow
The winning pair E/W were Margaret Baker and Dymphna Elsey. January is always exceptionally busy as a number 2nd Kate North and Chris Pawley with 64.35% of players are on holiday and free to play. 3rd Kate Nadebaum and Gwenda Williams February kicked off with a 3 week Swiss Pairs session on Wednesday evenings. Thirty two pairs RED POINT ANNIVERSARY PAIRS entered this competition and was won by Deana An impressive 87 Pairs entered this event to Wilson and Sue Gammon with 8 wins from 9 celebrate a memorable 12 years at the nd matches. Trevor Fuller and Gerry Daly were 2 Swanbourne site. The field was seeded and scored rd followed by Doreen jones and Dave Munro in 3 across the room, with David Burn as the Director. place. NEW MEMBER’S PARTY We have welcomed many new members to the Club over the past year, including those who have graduated from Andy Hung’s lessons, together with more experienced players, and those transferring from other clubs. The New Member’s Party was held early in February. Following introductions, a welcoming glass of sparkling wine and an address from the President, Dee Sinton, partners were randomly assigned so that new members and invited guests, including the Management Committee, partnered up for the game. Patron, Helen George and Club President Dee Sinton cut the Anniversary cake
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The winners, by a very narrow margin, were WABC NOVICE/SUPER NOVICE CONGRESS Tomoko Nakamatsu and Dave Sloan with 64.17%. This open, one day combined event took place on Winning this event was well deserved considering Sunday 16 February and attracted a great deal of their excellent percentage. interest. It catered for players with fewer than 150 Masterpoints in the Novice section and less than 50 Masterpoints in the Super Novice section. The Tournament Organiser was Kitty George with David Burn as Director. Red points and cash prizes were awarded, with drinks and nibbles supplied at the completion of play. NOVICE PAIRS Best Qualifying N/S
Father and daughter combination, Jodie and Richard Basham finished a close second (64.15%)
1st Diane Dwyer and Mavis Koay FINAL WINNERS
3rd John Nelson and Kath Negus
Congratulations to the Novice Congress Winners –
Jackin Clare and Eamonn McCabe. 4th Sue Gammon and Ann Youngs
2nd Andrew Peretti and Mark O’Connor 6th Ziggy Morawiec and Helen Ross
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3rd Lorraine Vanyai and Keith Cramond 2nd Beverly Hunt and Faye Shelton NOVICE PLATE SUPER NOVICE CONGRESS 2020 WINNERS
Congratulations to the overall winning N/S 1st Colleen Webb and Peter Knight combination in the Super Novice Congress, Marie Finegan (Brian Taylor) with 118.75 MPs.
2nd Roslyn Varkevisser and Gary Wood David Martino and Ian Moustaka was a close second with 115.05 MPs. 3rd Al McDonell and Kathy McDonell UPCOMING EVENTS AT WABC The WABC Restricted Pairs Congress will be held on 17 March and is open to all players with less than 300 MPs as at 1/1/20. The congress will be directed by Dave Parham. Cash prizes will be awarded at completion of play and players can enjoy drinks and nibbles. st E/W 1 Alfred Leung and Dianne Smith EASTER BRIDGE AT WABC – There will be morning and afternoon green point sessions on Good Friday 10 April but the bar will be closed.
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The normal Saturday afternoon Duplicate Pairs will be held and also the regular two sessions on Monday. ANZAC Day, Saturday 25 April, will be a Red Point event commencing at 1.30pm. Time to attend ANZAC Services in the morning before the game. On the Monday public holiday we will have morning and afternoon red point sessions. CHARITY DAY is a Red Point event and will be held on Friday 1 May starting at 1.15pm. The selected charity for 2020 is Zephyr Education. They are a 2nd Fiona Han and Denis Gimblett Not for Profit organisation run by volunteers 3rd Catherine Hood and Pauline Collett whose sole purpose is to help children whose lives and education have been disrupted by domestic violence. They help the children return to school (usually a new school) as quickly as possible, by supplying school equipment such as uniforms, shoes, text books, stationery, school bags, lunchboxes. At present, nine Refuges based in Perth receive this valuable assistance from Zephyr. We encourage players from all clubs to come along as all table monies, minus the directing fees, from the session will be donated. th WINTER SUPER CONGRESS 4 Susanne Gammon and Kimberley Zhao Our major congress of the year will run from Friday 29 May to Monday 1st June and will have events catering for all players so make sure to keep your calendar free for those days. For further information regarding upcoming events consult the WABC or BAWA websites.
Mandurah Summer Congress From Ian Jones The Summer Congress was held over the long 5th Kaiping Chen and Fiske Warren weekend in January and directed by Neville Walker, assisted by Brian Wade. A total of 78 pairs and 28 teams took part.
6th Tom Burton and Colin Payne
The Pairs winners were James and Stella Steer
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7th Egmont Melton and John Beddow Teams Winners were Joanna Tennyson, Lynne Errington, Valerie Broome and Martin Broome
Best Pair under 500 MPs were Martin Broome and Valerie Broome 2nd Kaiping Chen, Fiske Warren, David Matthews (Chris Ingham)
Best Pair <300 MPs were Corrie Davis and Denise 3rd Tad Bieganski, John Beddow, Egmont Melton Sampson and Andrew Swider
4th Simon Brayshaw, Chris Mulley (Mimi Packer and Jonathan Free) Raffle Winners were Alfred Dupont and Sheelagh Dupont
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5th Doug and Vera Hardman, Di Brooks and Florence Maltby BAWA Country Bridge 6th Ros Warnock, Helen Arendts, Jan Howell and Cassie Morin Championship April 4 -5, 2020
Best Country Team were Robina McConnell, Phil Power, Kathy Power ( Michael Turner)
Bridgetown Town Hall ──── Saturday 6 - 9:30 am MP pairs
$40.00 per player Best Mandurah Team were Peter Knight, Trish Anderson, Gerald Merven (Colleen Webb) ──── Sunday 7 - 9:00 am Swiss Teams $40.00 per player ──── SATURDAY BRIDGE Director Peter Holloway West Australian Newspaper Convener - Mike Trafalski Ed Note: The Bridge Column is back in the West Email: [email protected] Australian Saturday Weekend 2 Telephone 0898428576 BAWA President Nigel Dutton is writing a weekly column – it doesn’t matter Entry via BAWA Website what level your game is this will be informative, educational and instructive http://www.bawa.asn.au/ - and at times tongue in cheek! Tea and Coffee available all day
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APBF 2020 PROGRAM
Date Event Details Start time Tue 14 Apr Delegates Meeting & Dinner Delegates only, venue to be advised Wed – Thurs Packer & Co Swiss Imp Open entry 10.00 am daily 15 – 16 Apr Pairs 5 x 12-board matches on Wednesday 4 x 12-board matches on Thursday $200 per pair entry $7500 + winning pairs, category prizes Wed 15 Apr Mandurah BC Pairs Open entry 2.00 pm
Minimum 24 boards, $20 per player entry Thu 16 Apr City of Melville BC Pairs Open entry 10.00 am
Minimum 24 boards, $20 per player entry Thu 16 Apr South Perth BC Pairs Open entry 2.00 pm
Minimum 24 boards, $20 per player entry
Fri 17 Apr Welcome to APBF 2020 All participants are encouraged to attend. 9.00 am At the venue. Fri – Mon APBF Teams Championship Open entry 10.00 am daily 17 - 20 Apr Comprising 16 x 14-board matches (4 matches per day) Open: $1600 per team. Women: $1600 per team. Mixed: $1600 per team. Seniors (born before 1 Jan 1959): $860 team. Youth (age at 31 Dec in previous year determines category): u/26 $600 per team, u/21 $600 per team,
u/16 $300 per team Fri 17 Apr Nedlands BC Pairs Open entry 10.00 am
Minimum 24 boards, $20.00 per player Fri 17 Apr WABC Pairs Open entry 2.00 pm
Minimum 24 boards, $20.00 per player Sat 18 Apr All Day Swiss Pairs Open entry 10.00 am
Ursula & Ross Harper & 6 x 9 board matches, $40 per player entry Linda Coli Sun 19 Apr All Day Swiss Teams Open entry 10.00 am
Alan Cransberg & Chris 6 x 9 board matches, $40 per player entry Ingham Mon 20 Apr The Rose Moore Pairs Open entry 10.00 am
Minimum 24 boards, $20 per player entry Mon 20 Apr WABC Pairs Open entry 2.00 pm
Minimum 24 boards, $20 per player entry Tue 21 Apr APBF Semi Finals Qualifiers only 10.00 am
4 x 12 board matches
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Date Event Details Start time Tues- Wed APBF Pairs Open entry 10.00 daily 21 – 22 Apr Open: $200 per pair (free for Open Team participants) Women: $140 per pair (free for Women Team Participants) Senior: $140 per pair (free for Senior Team participants) Mixed: $140 per pair (free for Mixed Team participants) Tue – Wed TBIB & WABC Swiss Pairs Open entry 10.00 am daily 21– 22 Apr Restricted Event Restricted event for players with less than 500 MPs, less than 300 MPs and less than 100 MPs as at 1 Apr 2020 WABC members will receive additional prizes $80.00 per player entry
Wed 22 Apr APBF Teams Final Qualifiers only 10.00 am
4 x 12 board matches
GERALDTON BRIDGE CLUB INC GERALDTON CONGRESS 12TH JUNE 2020 - 14TH JUNE 2020 Catholic Centre – Cnr Cathedral Avenue & Maitland Street Director - Bruce Penhey
Day Time Event Cost Included Friday Evening 6.30 pm Welcome Pairs $20.00 per/p Drinks and nibbles Saturday Morning 9.30 am Pairs $20.00 per/p Light lunch – soup and sandwiches Saturday Afternoon 1 pm approx. Teams $40.00 per/p Sunday Morning 9.30 am Teams BBQ LUNCH
MAXIMUM 20 TABLES Convenor: Maureen Knight Email: [email protected] Phone: 0499 555 647 ENTER via BAWA www.bawa.asn.au Generous Prizes (60% of table money)
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Announces the 2020 Australian Teams
The ABF Management Committee is pleased to Phil Markey has been appointed as captain/coach announce the Australian Mixed Team for 2020 is for the three youth teams for the APBF. Trevor Fuller, Leone Fuller, Stephen Fischer, For the World Teams’ events in Italy, the Open Pele Rankin, Hugh Grosvenor and Tania Lloyd. Team will be joined by Michael Courtney, Paul The Australian teams will contest the APBF Open Wyer and David Wiltshire (NPC). Congress in Perth in April and the World Bridge The Youth Team will be Renee Cooper – Andrew Teams & World Youth Teams Championships in Spooner – Jamie Thompson – David Gue – Bertie Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy later in the year. Morgan – George Bartley. Other additions to the The ABF is supporting seven teams to play in the teams for Italy are Peter Buchen (NPC Seniors Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Open Congress Team); Mike Doecke (NPC Women’s Team) and which will be held in Perth from April 15 – 22: Julian Foster (NPC Mixed Team). The NPC for the youth team is to be announced soon. Sophie Ashton, Lauren Travis, We wish the team success in their respective Jessica Brake, competitions in the year ahead. Women’s Team: Susan Humphries, Marianne Bookallil, Jodi Tutty. Robert Krochmalik, Paul Lavings, Stephen Burgess, Seniors’ Team: Gabi Lorentz, George Kozakos, George Smolanko. Calling on all youth! Sartaj Hans, Nabil Edgtton, APBF OPEN CONGRESS Open Team: Andy Hung, Calling all children and grandchildren - looking for Peter Gill. work in the April School Holidays? Trevor Fuller, We are in need of caddies and BBO Operators for Leone Fuller, the APBF Congress to be held at the Perth Stephen Fischer, Mixed Team: Convention Centre. Pele Rankin, Hugh Grosvenor, A minimum $120 per day is being offered with Tania Lloyd. training in the work you shall be required to Andrew Spooner, perform. Renee Cooper, Under-26: To register interest please contact – Alex Phillips, Jane Reynolds - Floor Manager: James Palmer. [email protected] or Tomer Libman, Robina McConnell - Tournament Organiser: Lara Topper, Under-21: [email protected] George Bartley, Jack Luke-Paredi. Jade Wilkinson, Lincoln Davey, EDITING OF MATERIAL Fletcher Davey, Under-16: Dev Shah, Contributors should note that the right to Diya Shah, modify submitted material is retained by Taydon Gold. the Editors
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the surrounding area so we can grow bridge nationally together. The ABF will cover Peter’s costs for running the workshop and any travel or accommodation required so it is free to you. All you need to provide are the attendees, a venue and some refreshments.
Perth Convention Centre Western Australia Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Congress In very exciting news for the Asia Pacific Bridge Congress 15-22 April a great international team is coming to Perth. All have won many National and World Open, Senior and Mixed Championships including: The content includes: SABINE AUKEN from Germany has won two Women’s World Championships, a World Open, a 1) Understanding the Bridge Market World Mixed Team Championship playing with 2) How to acquire new players Zia Mahmood and she has written a popular book 3) Local marketing and promotions “I Love This Game.” Her partner is ROY WELLAND 4) Social Media and Facebook Advertising who has won many US National Championships. 5) Welcoming new bridge players JACEK PSZCZOLA, or PEPSI, is ranked 30 in the 6) How to retain beginners with The Buddy world and is very well known in Australia having System played here a number of times and his wins include a Open World Championship and a Mixed 7) Bridge On Demand – bridge coaching all year World Championship. Playing with Pepsi is JACEK round KALITA of Poland, ranked No 2 in the world. 8) How to write Press Releases REESE MILNER of the USA is World No 1 Senior 9) How to apply for ABF Marketing Grants and his partner HERMANT LALL is No 2 Senior The full presentation takes a day with one 2-hour and father of leading international prodigy, 25- session before lunch and a two-hour session after year-old JUSTIN LALL. lunch. A condensed session can be provided if part EVERYBODY WELCOME of a conference. The whole APBF is open to everyone so come to Please contact Peter at [email protected] Perth. There are pairs and team’s events in Open, or on his mobile on 0413 676 326. Women, Senior and Youth Categories as well as a Otherwise he will be on the ABF Marketing stand Bridgefest on the side for experienced or newer at major congresses if you would like to discuss players. holding or attending a workshop. GOLD POINT EVENTS Packer & Co Swiss Wed - Thu 15-16 Apr Imp Pairs Fri – Mon 17-20 Apr APBF Teams Tue – Wed 21-22 Apr APBF Pairs MARKETING WORKSHOPS Open ANC Restricted Butler Peter Cox is conducting Marketing Workshops Open event for all players less than 300 MPs as around Australia to help Clubs grow members. He at 1 January 2020. would like to visit your club or state body to SUNDAY 24 MAY 2020 - 10.00 AM START conduct a Marketing Workshop with your members. You are encouraged to invite clubs from $30.00 per player
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DEEP-AND-MEANINGFULS #12 Paul Brayshaw taps into the innermost thoughts of Deep Finesse ®…
“Good luck,” says partner, as they put down (Hand rotated for convenience) dummy… “Say I play the ♠ the right way for one loser and ♠ K92 then ensure that the East hand is stripped of ♥ 9752 everything except ♣, how can I be prevented from ♦ T43 making nine tricks?” you complain. “By ducking a ♣ Q43 ♣ and throwing East in, they will be forced to lead away from their king, which additionally gives ♠ QT83 access to the good ♥9. That’s nine.” ♥ KQ “Perhaps West doesn’t cash their ♥J and exits ♦ AKJ6 ♣ A85 safely in ♠,” suggests partner. You are playing in round 6 of the BAWA APBF “That’s no good either. If West doesn’t set up their Pairs Challenge to try to get a subsidy for the fifth ♥, I can just concede the ♦ to them.” monstrous entry fee for that upcoming event. You Whatever you try, there doesn’t seem to be any have reached an ambitious 3NT on this deal after way the defence can prevail. You think about your your RHO showed a weak hand with at least six ♣ new friend, DF, in her funny little world, and The opening lead is the ♥6, to which East follows wonder how she has come up with this strange with the ten. Right, so that’s almost certainly two result. You suddenly smile and perk up, as you ♥ tricks, then. Three ♠ tricks are yours if you can realise that she might summon you there tonight guess the location of the ♠J, and three sure tricks in your dream to analyse this one with you! So far in the minors makes a total of eight. Then, surely, you have only met her the one time and you have East can be end played in their ♣ suit once their been keenly waiting for the next chance. hand is stripped of all other cards, and they will Sure enough, that night you once again feel have to yield a trick to your ♣Q. yourself descending down the long, mysterious You consider that the ♠ length (and hence the jack) staircase towards the purple glow below. This is most likely with West, so you try a ♠ to the nine. time, you rush towards DF when you see her in the Bzzzzt! East wins this with the jack and, with the misty distance and give her an enormous hug. ♦Q offside, that was the end of that. You enquire of “I’ve missed you so much, but I’ve thought about East if it was a doubleton ♠J. “It was, sweetie,” is you a lot,” you say “Especially today when I got the reply, naturally. frustrated by a hand! Did you hear? Were you Reaching this hand in the post-mortem with your there somewhere?” partner, you are not unhappy with the line you “Yes I was,” she replies in her lovely, soft voice. “I took, but you puzzle over the DF analysis, which am sorry you didn’t make your 3NT.” states that 3NT cannot be made by NS: Before you speak, you suddenly notice that the Brd 19 ♠ K92 cloud of playing cards are not dancing around Dlr ♥ 9752 your friend as they were on your first visit, and Vul ♦ T43 you express your surprise. ♣ Q43 “Oh, they come and go,” she explains. “I have no ♠ A654 ♠ J7 N idea what they get up to when they are not around. ♥ AJ865 ♥ T4 W E Sometimes I think they must sleep somewhere. It ♦ Q852 ♦ 97 is frustrating because I do occasionally need them. ♣ S ♣ KJT9762 They would be very useful now, for example, to ♠ QT83 demonstrate that hand to you.” 5 ♥ KQ 11 5 ♦ AKJ6 “Don’t worry, I know every pip on that deal and am 19 ♣ A85 unlikely to forget for some time,” you say with a
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grimace. “Please tell me how you propose to avert her a little time to gather her thoughts, then probe the endplay and defeat 3NT.” subtly with, “Well, what do you play?” “I don’t know what you mean by ‘endplay’,” she “I am waiting for you to play something,” she begins, “but if South is playing this hand in 3NT, replies in her soft voice, somewhat cryptically. ♥ West can beat it by leading a small .” You very nearly laugh out loud in appreciation of “All right - I win that with the queen and play a ♠ – this joke but stop yourself, remembering that DF I presume West ducks?” takes everything literally and at face value, and at no stage has she demonstrated a sense of humour. “What is ‘duck’ - does it quack?” she asks. She may not appreciate being made fun of, and you You keep forgetting that she is not on top of the are not yet at a stage of friendship where you can lingo! “Oh, I’m sorry,” you say, “it means they play take such liberties with her. You decide to break a small card – yes?” the situation to her more gently – “I’m afraid it’s Yes, she confirms. traditional to play a card when you’re on lead.” “So, the ♠K wins in dummy and a second spade is “But I am not on lead.” led to the jack and queen. Does West win this Oh dear. This is going to be difficult to handle. Just one?” as you are about to point out to her the cards “No, they quack,” she says innocently. You try to comprising the last trick, you think about them keep a straight face. yourself. And then you stop. Your face falls. You realise that, once again, your analysis has taken “Now I play a third round of ♠. I assume West wins you to the very crux of the problem, only to be this one?” surpassed by this lovely, softly-spoken, mild- “Yes,” she says, “and then they play ♥A, followed mannered card-crunching machine. The problem by ♥J.” is, you have not been on the same wavelength. When you envisioned the critical position above, “That’s fine. I discard a ♦ from hand. What next?” you realise that DF had a different picture in her “West leads the ♠6.” head: So far; so good. You quickly visualise the layout at Brd 19 ♠ this point: Dlr ♥ 9 Vul ♦ T43 Brd 19 ♠ ♣ Q43 Dlr ♥ 9 ♠ 6 ♠ Vul ♦ T43 N ♥ 86 ♥ ♣ Q43 W E ♦ Q852 ♦ 97 ♠ 6 ♠ N ♣ S ♣ KJT92 ♥ 86 ♥ W E ♠ 8 ♦ Q852 ♦ 97 ♥ ♣ S ♣ KJT97 5 11 5 ♦ AKJ ♠ 8 19 ♣ A85 5 ♥ One seemingly irrelevant pip has changed, but 11 5 ♦ AKJ what a world of difference! Of course, she will not 19 ♣ A85 be on lead if you ‘duck’ a ♣. As someone with a “OK,” you continue, “I discard a ♦ from dummy and good grasp of the game once said ducking only win with the ♠8 in hand. I cash the two top ♦ to works if you lose the trick. She has found the one leave East with ♣ only. Now I simply play a small way to ensure that she avoids the endplay by ♣ from both hands. East has no safe exit card and retaining the ♣2 and saving it for this trick. By I take the rest of the tricks!” conceding one cheap trick to your ♣5, she has Deep Finesse is strangely silent. You glance at her prevented herself from handing you two. With no blank face but can’t make anything of it. Is she path now to nine tricks, shame is the only thing brooding? Have you hurt her feelings? Is she that lies ahead. worrying about her analytical ability? You give “I see,” you concede with a generous mumble as you look at the ground. “I’m sorry I doubted you
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once again. I know it offends you more than anything.” “Well,” she replies gently, “I am rather hurt by it, Swiss Pairs but nothing offends me more deeply than watching people play their cards. I just can’t do it. It’s so horrible.” She lets out a sigh, and then looks towards you contentedly. “But I do just love talking to you about hands.” Speaking of hands, you gaze once more at hers, with those ephemeral displays of diamonds, and smile to yourself. Surely, you have the most peculiar friend in the world, and you wouldn’t trade her for anything. Found an intriguing analysis? Unsure of how DF Kendenup Open Swiss Pairs got to a particular number of tricks? Or,
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Mixed Results Test your declarer play against that of a Polish world champion here. By Ron Klinger Contract: 6. by South. Lead: 5. Plan the play. http://www.RonKlingerBridge.com Improve Your Bridge Online SOLUTION on page 35
Maylands Bridge Club Inc. WEST Dealer | BOTH Vulnerable ♠ J987643 One Day Novice ♥ 9543 ♦ 9 ♣ 7 Pairs Congress ♠ K2 ♥ AQ106 ♦ 862 RED POINT EVENT ♣ AQJ3
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 1NT (1) 2H! (2) Pass 4S All Pass (1) 1NT (2) transfer to spades West leads the CA: seven – ten – five. What should West do at trick 2?
SOLUTION on page 35 Restricted to 150 Masterpoints as at 30 June 2020 Test Your Slam Play
By Bill Jacobs FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER 2020 [email protected] Two sessions 10.00 am and 2.00 pm Director: David Burns Convenor: David Croft Dlr W ♠ A6532 Vul Nil ♥ AK10 BYO LUNCH ♦ Q10 ♣ A104 Table Money $25.00 ♠ N ♠ ♥ ♥ W E ♦ ♦ Enter via the BAWA website or ♣ S ♣ contact 0419 386 271 ♠ Q10 17 ♥ J ♦ A8643 13 ♣ KQJ93
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Luck F r o m David Schokman
If we are being perfectly honest with ourselves we This was from the match point pairs. We were should admit that winning bridge is mainly a game using MYXI’s so I will leave our bidding out, but my of luck. Now before the lynch mob of experts and partner Cynthia Belonogoff (North) took control, winners descend on number 35, Towerhill road, and when she discovered that I had a balanced 21 please let me elucidate/clarify. Yes bridge is really, points bid quickly to 7NT. These were the hands. really a game of skill, and you have to play good Brd ♠ K5 bridge to be a regular winner. What happens if 100 Dlr ♥ J53 of the best players in the world compete against Vul ♦ KQJ each other? The final result is likely to be decided ♣ KQJT9 by very accurate bidding and the right decision ♠ N ♠ made on the difficult hands. What happens to you ♥ ♥ W E at your club on a Saturday afternoon? You ♦ ♦ probably win because some of your opponents did ♣ S ♣ not bid their games, or made some simple error, ♠ A3 one that you would never make! 16 ♥ AKQT9 What about Swiss Pairs. Now more luck is ♦ A65 involved. First a favourable draw always helps, but 21 ♣ A73 most of all when you get more than your fair share Out of 60 pairs eight bid to 7NT. Three bid to 7H. of cards to bid games and slams, giving your 36 were in 6H or 6NT and the rest in contacts short opponent little chance of being competitive – of the grand slam. however good they are. Many Swiss events are decided on the last round when pairs sitting in the The second deal was probably a little more wrong direction are like United Nations observers, difficult. After I opened the north hand with game people who usually do nothing at all – can do force, and then showed 25 points, Dave Munro nothing - just observe! (South) took control, and with the queen of spades in his hand decided to bid 7NT, as we were playing Now Team’s bridge is the only pure form of the in a Match Point event. game where each team plays the same cards and the better team, (almost always,) wins Brd ♠ AKJT4 Dlr ♥ K3 So where is the column going as I have seriously Vul ♦ AKT digressed. It was to be about bidding your Grand ♣ AK6 Slams, when you get the chance, as you can really ♠ N ♠ pile on the points in team’s and Swiss events. ♥ ♥ W E Playing pairs a Grand Slam it is most likely to be a ♦ ♦ top, or a joint top, unless you bid seven in a suit ♣ S ♣ when you should be in 7NT. Then you get a ♠ Q6 bottom, despite bidding a grand slam. 25 ♥ AQT5 Playing at the WABC congress in December there ♦ 63 was a grand slam, in each of the three events that 8 ♣ 87543 I played in. In all the events I had a smart partner Yes, we were a little lucky on this one as we and each one of them adroitly directed the bidding received the lead of the diamond queen, but the to the lay down grand slam in 7NT. Too many knave of hearts also fell in three. Obviously 7S is a failed. I will show you the hands and you can safer contract. The statistics showed that out of 64 decide on what to do next time or pat yourself on pairs 7NT was bid twice and 7S once. 26 were in the back, if you were one of the very few smart 6NT: Six in 6S and the rest in of the field in game. ones who bid them. There was one interesting score where the
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opponents were in 2S doubled for 2300, but I cannot find more detail. It is possible that the person holding the 987xx of spades decided that WA COUNTRY 2020 the suit was worth bidding! ABF/BAWA GOLD POINT And this one surely was the easiest of them all. You are dealer and hold 1086: KQ3: Q52: A852. Do you open the bidding? I would certainly not as I GRAND NATIONAL OPEN come from the old octogenarian school and like to TEAMS have an honest re-bid available. Yes there are many players who would open 1C, and rebid 1NT. (Qualify as one of the first two Country Now with using two-way check-back players are often able to stay out of trouble and cover up their Pairs to form the WA Country Team) lie. So I have to assume that you pass and then see that your partner has placed a game forcing bid on Venue: Mandurah Bridge the table. Your response is easy. It will be 2NT showing a balanced hand with possibly 8-11 (Corner Bortolo and Murdoch Drives, points and no five card suit. 3D by your partner. Greenfields, Mandurah) My response would be 4D, which in this case is unlikely to be Minor suit Keycard. Your partner SATURDAY 30th May 1:00pm will now find out about the one ace that you have, and much more importantly, the queen of SUNDAY 31st May 9:30 am diamonds. How now could the opening bidder not bid to 7NT. This was the north hand. AKQ: A9: MONDAY 1st June 9:00 am AKJ93. KQ. 10 pairs bid to 7NT, 52 in 6NT: one in 6D and one in 3NT. In this case it was Cathy Hood who took control of the bidding and went to 7NT, SWISS PAIRS: 8 x 14 Board so as you can see it is quite important as to whom you select as a bridge partner – get bold bidders! Matches, Cross Imp’s to VP’s I am aware that some pairs did open the bidding Entry Fee: $70.00 per Player and where Fiona Han bid 1C, Dave Munro bid 7NT. The bidding may not have been adroit, just very rational and practical. (Based 10 Tables - Please BYO Lunch Sunday) ENTRIES via BAWA Website, Payment on Day
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Teams Tactics vs IMP Scoring By Di Brooks
TEAMS SCORING Whereas three pairs on the same score would When entering any event, check out the basis of receive the middle of the three lots of points. In the scoring, whether it's based as a Swiss this case 10. Movement, (Sounds like a clock) or with IMP In a Mitchell, there are two fields, North-South and scoring. Teams’ competitions are scored with East West, so it stands to reason if N/S get a top, Head to Head matches, so each pair participating the E/W pair get 0. in the match need to know the tactics for Teams In a Howell, there is only one winner, so your play. performance is based on the E/W and N/S scores. 1. Bid your games. When you miss out on the good hands, there is no 2. Make your contract. reason to feel blighted. Your scores will be based 3. Be aware of the vulnerability versus non on your performance as defenders and you can get vulnerable. (If you overbid and get doubled, a healthy percentage by just defending better than when vulnerable, the result can be the other players in the field. catastrophic.) Now we see the reason to make the best of every 4. If in the wrong contract, minimise the losses. hand. For every zero you receive, you need a top DON'T PANIC. on the next board, or 100% to bring you up to
5. After getting a bad score on one board, 50%. concentrate on the next board. 6. Be supportive of partner and team mates. We all Contract bridge is the only game (in my opinion) make mistakes. Learn from them and move on. where you can win by losing. PAIRS SCORING People new to the game, have difficulty understanding this, but it's true. So, whenever you Now we come to IMP scoring: this is the usual get poor results, don't worry. There's always method of scoring club green point sessions and another game- another day. IMP scoring for Red Point events. The points are allocated thus: Add the number of pairs playing the board. Teams Tactics #2 Multiply it by 2, and then take off 2 points. Playing teams has to be the best challenge in Someone has to score a zero, hence the deduction Bridge – a Head to Head match where two teams of 2 points. The total will be the number of points of four players pit their wits to score the best on given out to the people playing the board. each board. Therefore: Team Tactics are necessary, so if you are thinking 7 full Tables, each board will have 7 scores written of giving Teams Events a go, please take note - on the score sheet, or entered in the Bridgemate. 1. Make your contract safely. Although it matters The computer will then award the points to the about the overtrick, you never put your contract at best score and then allot the remainder as per the risk. scores 'sit’. So, a TOP will be 12 points, second top gets 10, third best score gets 8, etc, 2. Bid your games. The difference in scores can make a HUGE swing. One pair plays 3D for +110; Scores of 12,10,8,6,4,2 and 0 amounting to 7 the other pair plays 3NT for 400, or +600 if scores. vulnerable. If two pairs have an equal top, they share the 12 3. Be aware of the vulnerability if you Pre-empt. and 10, which makes 11 each. Use the Rule of 2 and 3. The basis of this rule; If
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vulnerable, you can only afford to go down by two Bidding your slams tricks, doubled, for 500, if the opponents have game on for 600. Going down by three tricks Playing Precision, I find it easier to find Minor Suit doubled, is -800. Slams. Florence and I had a great bidding sequence using our asking bids.... 4. If you are in a hopeless contract, minimise the result. DON'T Panic. The other team might have a WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH similar bidding sequence. Florence Di 5. Be supportive of your partner and Team Mates. 1♣ (1) They are on your side. Pass 2 ♦ (2) Pass 2 ♠ (3) Pass 2 NT (4) Pass 3 ♦ (5) Take a look at this hand from the Sunday Teams Pass 4 ♣ (6) Pass 6 ♦ competition during the Rockingham Congress. All Pass Match 6 1) 1C = 16 pts + Board 19 South Dealer 2) 2D = 8+ pts 5 plus Diamonds WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 3) 2S =asks for support 1NT (16-18) 4) 2NT = less than 4 controls, hates spades (and Pass 3NT All Pass controls, Ace = 2, King =1) 5) 3D=asks for the length, strength in D Lead 4S 6) 4C = 6 card suit with 1 top honour Dlr S ♠ 872 Lead; Jack Diamonds Vul EW ♥ J62 ♦ 5 Dlr W ♠ J7 ♣ AK9654 Vul Nil ♥ K42
♠ A654 N ♠ 93 ♦ QT5432 ♥ A85 ♥ Q943 ♣ KT W E ♦ JT94 ♦ Q876 ♠ KT2 N ♠ Q98 ♣ Q2 S ♣ 873 ♥ QT7 ♥ J9653 W E ♠ KQJT ♦ 87 ♦ J 8 ♥ KT7 ♣ QJ954 S ♣ 8762 11 3 ♦ AK32 ♠ A6543 17 ♣ JT 9 ♥ A8 8 4 ♦ AK96 Personally, I would lead the JD, a good forcing 19 ♣ A3 card, rather than small from the Spade Ace. But the lead was won in South's hand and the CJ was advanced. West covered with the CQ and this was ducked all round.
The end result was 9 tricks, although Deep Finesse says plus two as the maximum score. Not the best way to start a match, but at score-up time, the other team made only 8 tricks with plus 500 and 11 IMPs in. BAWA AFFILIATED Playing safely for your contract brings in a good BRIDGE CLUBS score for your team. No heroics. Just play steady Focus will print details of your congress or red bridge and enjoy a good game. point events. All you have to do is email the Happy Bridging ☺ full details before the 20th of each month to be included in the following month’s issue. Send to Linda Bedford-Brown [email protected]
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South Pacific National Tournament Directors’ Development Course As the sun rose over Zenith Bay, Nelson Bay on 31st January 2020, it shone brightly on the start of the 1st South Pacific National Tournament Directors’ Development Course.
The aim of the course was As the sun set over Nelson Bay on Sunday 2nd twofold: firstly, to develop February, we all had to say goodbye to all our re- the knowledge and skills of newed and new found colleagues. One of the main Tournament Directors; and trusts of the weekend was “networking” and this secondly to help create a was a huge success. Achieved partly through network of directors group dinners where we enjoyed each other’s around the region. A total company. We started with Tapas style on the of 28 National Directors Thursday evening, Italian cuisine on Friday and and aspiring ones from buffet at the local Bowling Club on Saturday. each State (& Territory) Special mention and thanks must go to our plus New Zealand attended presenters, Laurie Kelso, Matthew McManus & this NEW venture in terms Peter Marley without whom we would not have as of an educational process for and of directors at successful as this course turned out to be. Also, to National Events. The Course was fully supported our observers John Brockwell (chairman) & Jon and sponsored by our Australian Bridge Federation Free (member) of the NDAC. In closing, this and NZ Bridge. In addition, there were our venture would never have got off the ground presenters, our three leading (and International) except for the total support and financial Directors, plus members of the National Directors commitment of the Australian Bridge Federation Accreditation Committee (NDAC) to oversee all the and NZ Bridge Organizations. To you, thanks from development of the participants. It was a gruelling all the directors who attended and benefitted so 3 days of intense study and work. All participants much from your investment in this training, were given “homework”, on movements / claims / educational and personal development course. We revokes - to “get them in the correct mind-set” for are all better for the experience. the start of the course. John McIlrath, So, for three days now, the structure was: - ABF National Director Development Officer. Component 1. An entry test – to see what we February 2020 knew or didn’t as the case may be, Component 2. Lectures on “Polling” (new in Australia from 1st January) and “Procedures and Pitfalls” (Good procedure, consistently applied, leads to better rulings) Component 3. Table Simulations, where we had to RULE under live conditions in front of the facilitator and observer and our peers. We remained in the same three (3) groupings and went through 12 different simulations.
Component 4. An exit test – to see how we had Attending the ABF Director’s Development developed with all new found information. Workshop held in Port Nelson, NSW David Burn, Everyone gathered on the Thursday evening Neville Walker, Ian Rowlands, Dave Parham and having flown into Williamtown / Newcastle Jonathan Free airport. There are direct flights from Canberra / (Photo courtesy of David Burn) Melbourne / Brisbane / Auckland. From any other city one needed to change flights.
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Test Your Slam Play Mixed Results By Bill Jacobs By Ron Klinger SOLUTION SOLUTION Dlr W ♠ A6532 From a World Mixed Pairs: Vul ♥ AK10 Nil Dlr W ♠ J987643 ♦ Q10 Vul All ♥ 9543 ♣ A104 ♦ 9 ♠ J874 ♠ K9 N ♣ 7 ♥ 6532 ♥ Q9874 W E ♠ K2 ♠ 10 ♦ 72 ♦ KJ95 N ♥ AQ106 ♥ K82 ♣ 876 S ♣ 52 W E ♦ 862 ♦ J753 ♠ Q10 S ♣ AQJ3 ♣ 109642 17 ♥ J ♠ AQ5 1 9 ♦ A8643 1 ♥ J7 13 ♣ KQJ93 16 4 ♦ AKQ104 This is one of those deals where the presence of an 19 ♣ K85 unnecessary honour card can distract you from The auction given was as it occurred. Few would the right play. In this case, it’s the Q. find a bid over 1NT with the North cards. Imagine dummy’s diamonds were actually 10x. Against South’s 4S, West began with the CA, which You would win the lead and duck a diamond. Upon gave the defence a good chance to take 4S one getting the lead back you would play A, diamond down via one spade, two hearts and the CA. Alas ruffed with the .10. Return to hand and ruff for the defence West shifted to a diamond at trick another diamond with the .A. Return to hand, 2. South captured East’s DJ and discarded all of draw trumps, live happily ever after. dummy’s hearts, one on the CK and the other three on the diamond winners. All you need is diamonds dividing no worse than 4-2 and trumps 3-2. West could ruff the fourth diamond, but only at the expense of the normal trump trick; South thus The world champion declarer (from the semi-final made eleven tricks for a top result. of the 2015 Bermuda Bowl, an event they eventually won) tried to make use of the Q. He East was not pleased. “I did play the C10 at trick ruffed a heart at trick 2 and led a diamond from 1,” she said. Quite right too - that was a suit hand towards the Q10. East won and returned a preference signal, asking for a switch to the higher trump. outside suit, hearts. Whether West shifts to the HA and another heart or to a low heart, the defence Declarer was doomed. He could win, play A, will prevail. diamond ruff, but he needed to get back to hand two more times: once to ruff, and once to enjoy the When partner leads a winner and dummy has a last diamond. But the earlier ruff at trick 2 meant singleton, it is a good idea for third hand to use the he had to trump three times in hand, and this left opportunity to give a suit-preference signal. If East him with a trump loser. had nothing in hearts and wanted a diamond, the The Englishman at the other table found the right C2 would carry that message. With no interest in line: ducking a diamond at trick 2. either red suit, East could play the C6, neither the highest, nor the lowest. The moral: You too can play better than a World Champion.
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Results
BAWA New Year Pairs 70% Results (Random search) (Photos courtesy of Catherine Hood) Kalamunda 72.5 Sandra Hoffman and Carole Sexton 71.3 Gerry Daly and Stephen Thyer 70.8 Kit Lemann and Tom Lemann 70.4 Alan Harper and Stephen Thyer Rockingham 70.8 Jane Ophorst and Nicky O’Connell Willetton 74.3 Carol Daniel and Noel Daniel 70.5 Anne Dickerson and Kath Jaques
Bayswater 1st Cynthia Belonogoff and Jonathan Pynt 74.2 Arianna Yusof and Victor Dent Bunbury 72.7 Colin Saunders and Esther Saunders Melville 71.9 Adele Patterson and Heather Watts Undercroft 72.3 Jairo Giraldo and Robyn Giraldo 71.6 Angela Newton and Jennifer Skinner 70.8 Brian Fensome and Margaret Szymakowski Mandurah 74.5 Bill Maley and Doug Hardman West Coast 2nd Gerry Daly (and Trevor Fuller) 71.1. Peach Partis and Elizabeth Bennett
WABC 70.2 Jonathan Free and Mimi Packer 71.7 Gwen Wiles and Mira Erskine 70.3 Kate North and Deirdre Doepel Nedlands 73.5 Dadie Greenfeld and Deb Frankel South Perth 72.7 Robert Prince and Val Biltoft 71.5 Jan Kochmanski and Karol Miller 70.8 Sue Gammon and Cynthia Belonogoff 3rd Jan Blight and Joan Touyz 70.1 Doreen Jones and Robert Prince
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2020 Gold Coast Congress
Match Point Swiss Pairs ( 6 4 ) 0 - 5 0 0 M P ’ s WINNERS Congratulations to WA Country players Colin Saunders and Esther Saunders (Bunbury Bridge Club) and 5th Colin Payne and Robert Stick (Denmark Bridge Club)
Open Final I 2nd Val Biltoft and Cynthia Belonogoff
Intermediate Final A Pairs 8th Gwyneria Brahma and Vicki Taylor 9th Mark Doust and Belinda Taranto 16th John Aquino and John McMullan
Intermediate Final B 3rd Martin Broome and Valerie Broome 13th Janet King and Linda Watson 15th Gwen Wiles and Lynne Milne
Intermediate Final C 2nd Jane Henderson and Karen Wallwork
Restricted Final B 8th Pauline Coulter and David Coulter
Restricted Final G Interstate Seniors’ Selection 2nd Ross Blakely and Chris Blakely Starts Thursday, March 26th Novice Final B Entry Fee: $75.00 per player 15th Ian Hammond and Frances Hammond Autumn Swiss Pairs Butler Swiss Pairs (146) N/S 4-week event 4th Jill del Piccolo and Kate Smith 7th Ron Cooper (and Bruce Neill) Starts Thursday, April 30th
M o n d a y – A M W a l k - I n P a i r s Entry Fee: $40.00 per player 1st Gerry Daly and Trevor Fuller Interstate Women’ Selection M o n d a y - PM W a l k - I n P a i r s N/S Starts Saturday, May 23rd 2nd Rose Moore and Jane Reynolds Entry Fee: $50.00 per player
Venue: City of Melville Bridge Club
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**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 ***New regulations come into effect Nov 6th 2019*** BAWA/Congress Events: www.bawa.asn.au unless other specified.
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