NEWSLETTER AUSTRALIAN BRIDGE FEDERATION INC. EDITORS: David & Sue Lusk NO. 115 SEPTEMBER 2005 Approved for Print Post S65001/00163 ABN 70 053 651 666

Opinion The ANC Women’s Teams

Australia hosted the World Youth Teams By Pele Rankin Championships in Sydney last month. Having observed 2005 ANC was the first one I had participated in. I the event first-hand for some of the time and also found it a very different experience representing my keeping up with it on the website for the rest, I would State from playing in any other teams event. Less have to say that the whole exercise was impressive. sleep and more pressure which alas meant fewer bottles of wine during post mortems. Other than There is a massive expense in running such events, minimizing errors, we didn’t do anything not only in a financial sense but also in the time extraordinary. Having veterans Margaret, Greer, Toni expended by both paid staff and a very large number and Sandy certainly made for a solid foundation. The of volunteers. The fact that national bridge bodies keep following hands in the final against NSW were worth volunteering to accept this kind of responsibility says noting. much about how they see themselves as members of a wider bridge community. It was not only pleasing that Round 3, : 5 Australia took on the responsibility; it was a revelation to observe just how well it could be done. Dealer: N North Vul: NS l 10 So what is so complicated about running an event over k 98532 ten days for a field of 18 teams? j AQ854 West i Q7 East The infrastructure required for a modern international l 97 l AKQJ6543 event is enormous. The WYT included three matches k Q1074 k A broadcast on-line by BBO and an almost instantaneous j J1063 j 9 results service on-line. The information available i K102 South i 9865 included massive detail with score cards, datums and l J82 even the play of the board during the finals. Hand k KJ6 records were also available. A quality bulletin was j K72 released daily, also available on-line. There was a i AJ43 hospitality desk and an excursion was organised for all players, captains, coaches and visitors (about 150 West North East South people, all up). In addition, each overseas team was Rankin Watts Lachman Folkard provided with a host or guide to see to any details which Pass 4l All Pass may have been a problem on foreign soil. Lead: k6 This all underpinned a well-run tournament with four directing staff on the floor and an event manager plus Looking at all four hands, 4l has no play. The play, scoring staff behind the scenes. however, demonstrates how timing and pressure can Members of the ABF and the international bridge cause a good player to misdefend. Rosa quickly community owe a vote of thanks to the convening panel identified that the club situation was hopeless unless of David Stern, Peter Gill, Kim Neale, Nick Fahrer, the Ace was on-side and they broke 3/3 or Ace on-side Pauline Gumby and Matthew McManus, plus a host and an honour smothered by the King, promoting her of other volunteers, for putting together an international pips. At trick 2, Rosa played a club towards the King event of which we can all feel justifiably proud. and Folkard rose with the Ace. Troubles over and 10 IMPs in as 4l was down one in the open room. David Lusk

1 Round 6, Board: 19 It was a tough but enjoyable week. Hope to see you Dealer: S North again for more “fun??!!” Vul: EW l K9 k QJ952 Thanks to our fantastic captain Jill Broad who j 62 pampered us all week with jelly beans, coffee and West i A1084 East water. Special thanks to Bill Hunt who prepped us for l A82 l 107653 weeks leading up to the ANC to the point of making k K87643 k A us practise with screens and bidding boxes because j A83 j KQJ94 “you’re going to need it, girls”. i K South i 65 l QJ4 k 10 The ANC Seniors’ Teams j 1075 By Neville Moses i QJ9732 According to the bookies there were just four chances for this year’s Seniors’ Teams Championships – West North East South Victoria the favourites, SA and NSW equal second Rankin Watts Lachman Folkard picks, Queensland a chance and write your own ticket 3i about the rest. 3k X All Pass However, as is the case with many of the horses I back, Lead: iA the starters hadn’t read the form guide. Victoria stumbled out of the barrier languishing at the bottom Folkard got her own back on this hand with ‘that pre- of the field for most of the first half and when they did empt’ and could have won the match on this board but hit form it was “too little too late.” Meanwhile fortunately for Queensland, it was played in 5l going neglected outsiders WA (John and Ruth Hansen, Sue one down in the open room. A redouble from either of and Richard Grenside, Sathi Moses and David us was undiscussed as it normally means “pull this Schokman, npc Dennis Yovich) shot away with a big partner & you’re dead meat!” 9 IMPs out. lead and were only overtaken by Queensland, spearheaded by Tony Jackman and Richard Wallis, after a surprise loss to Northern Territory in the second Index round. Articles Of Interest & Information ABF Calendar 19 Meanwhile our NSW team (Ruth and Peter Jamieson, Bridge Teachers Association 10 Mike Hughes and Ted Griffin, Steven Bock and I, npc Contact Details 2, 8, 16, 18 Tina Zines) plugged away in third place, our Copy Deadline 15 momentum halted twice by ACT whose leading pair Country Congress Calendar 21 Len Dixon & George Riszko topped the datums for Letter to the Editors 11 the event. McCutcheon Trophy - 31 August 2005 22 Playoff Qualifying Points as at 15 August 2005 20 Despite the best efforts of Tina to inspire us, we were Major Tournament Reports handicapped by the early form of Mike and Ted who The ANC Open Teams 5 were no doubt suffering a hang-over from their fine The ANC Seniors’ Teams 2 efforts in South Korea for the Australian Seniors in The ANC Women’s Teams 1 the Pacific-Asia Championships and whose mind was The Butler Did It Again 7 on other things (see later.) It was the steady play of Tournament Results 14 Ruth and Peter which kept us in touch with the leaders Regular Features and they showed their flair on this hand against WA: Bridge into the 21st Century 16 Book Reviews 12 Coaching Cathy at Contract 18 Opinion 1 The Director’s Chair 10 ABF Website http://www.abf.com.au

2 Dealer: N North West North East South Vul: NS l J Ruth John k J 1l Pass 2i Pass j KJ9654 2NT1 Pass 4j2 Pass West i AQ652 East 4l3 Pass 7l All Pass l Q853 l A964 k 73 k KQ108652 1. 15-18 j 72 j 10 2. RKC for l i K10873 South i4 3. 1 or 4 (can’t be 1) l K1072 k A94 Only one other pair in the event bid the “granny” - j AQ83 11 IMPs in! And again on this freak: i J9 Dealer: E North West North East South Vul: All l AKQJ986 Peter Ruth k — 1j 3k X j Q108754 Pass 5i Pass 6j West i — East All Pass l 2 l 10754 k A10753 k KJ64 Single dummy this is not a great slam but the odds of j AK92 j — the iK on-side improve greatly after the 3k bid and, i Q83 South i AKJ54 after East rose with the Ace on the first round of spades, l 3 the slam rolled home for a 12 imp swing. k Q982 j J63 With one round to go things looked like this: i 109762 Queensland 184.2 to play WA 152.3 NSW 137.3 to play SA 83.6. Most North-Souths (including Sue and Richard Grenside) played in 5lX and all made it except at the Mike and Ted had now hit form and Tina instructed Hansens’ table when John refused to pitch a diamond them that we needed a good win – we had to score 16 on the run of the trumps – 3 light – a mere 17 IMPs! more against SA than WA managed against Qld. A win (In the NSW/SA match Mike and Ted took the dive in k by 25 looked promising but WA had other ideas: 6 ; -200 for a valuable swing.)

West East When the smoke cleared WA had won by a max and it l AK843 l Q9762 was WA v NSW in the final. k A87 k Q2 j AJ j 8 We started off with a handicap – Mike and Ted were i J83 i AKQ97 absent for the first 20 boards. They were playing in a

Bridging the Gap between Sessions

3 semi-final of the bronze section of the NSW Croquet 3. Becoming aware of the mistake and hoping to Championships. (I kid you not!) sign off but systemically showing iA singleton. Fortunately for us, WA were suffering the sort of 4. Suspecting what has happened but following letdown that often occurs after their outstanding the system with a cue. performance the night before. And, as usual, when 5. Partner please get the message. you’re feeling flat the luck goes against you. For k example Steven and I bid this hand as follows: 6. Well if you do have you can always correct. Needless to say the Q dropped doubleton and West East the club honours were split – 11 undeserved IMPs to l l K2 A74 NSW. k 4 k AKJ108 j j AK952 J87 Another lucky 6j came along later: i AQ965 i 108 Dealer: E North West North East South Vul: All l QJ932 Steven Neville k J 1j Pass 1k Pass j 764 3i1 Pass 4k2 Pass West i AKJ5 East 5i3 Pass 5l4 Pass l AK84 l 7 6i5 Pass 6j6 All Pass k 4 k AK98652 j 1032 j AKQJ 1. Systemically a “mini-splinter” for kand so i Q10874 South i 6 alerted by me but in fact intended as natural. l 1065 2. Accepting the “invitation.” k Q1073 j 985 i 932

4 West North East South the iJ gets ruffed and you go off with a deep club Steven Neville loser or a shortage of trumps. 2i1 Pass 2l2 X3k Pass Ted began on line 2 by ruffing the heart lead and leading 3NT Pass 4j Pass a diamond to the King; when neither J nor 10 appeared 5j3 Pass 6j4 All Pass the 3/2 split became more likely and, after the club produced the 9 from South, Ted read the cards 1. Game force correctly and reverted to line 1. 2. 3 controls; A + K or 3K 3. Expecting partner had a 5 card suit. At the other table Richard Grenside pushed to 6j in 4. “ “ “ 4 card support. view of the state of the match. He also read the cards well but an attempt to squeeze South in the majors After the expected Spade lead the club loser went away failed because North could hold the kA and the master and with the friendly trump break the hand is cold. club. Steven showed his class by ruffing a heart low in dummy at trick 4. Why? Suppose North holds 4 trumps In the end then, NSW had a comfortable win but if – the hand cannot be made unless he can be induced to WA has a similar team next year you will look in vain over- and thus give up trump control! for the fancy odds available in 2005!

Finally fired by his success on the croquet lawn Ted Griffin found his way through this tricky number: The ANC Open Teams

Dealer: W North By Paul Lavings Vul: EW l K k AJ54 The Open Interstate Teams is Australia’s oldest th j J103 national bridge event and the 66 in 2005 was just West i Q10654 East as keenly contested as the first in 1933. Fancied l AJ1096 l 32 teams to reach the final after a double round robin k 10972 k — each of 7 x 24 board matches were ACT, Victoria j K5 j AQ9862 and NSW. But Queensland put up a strong showing i 82 South i AKJ73 in the second round robin, and played for a place in l Q8754 the final in the last round. However NSW defeated k KQ863 ACT and Victoria defeated Queensland by 23 VPs. j 74 Final placings were: i 9 NSW 252.2 West North East South ACT 178.7 Mike Ted QLD 166.3 Pass Pass 1j 2j1 X3k 5i Pass VIC 112.3 5j All Pass SA 20.4 TAS -132 1. 5-5+ in the majors WA -144.4 NT -463 With South holding at least 5-5 in the majors declarer can make if he can pick the position in the minors- if NSW, Ted Chadwick (npc), Sartaj Hans - Tony Nunn, diamonds are 3-2, draw trumps hook the iQ and take Pauline Gumby - Warren Lazer, Paul Lavings - Chris two in spades. If South has a singleton Sundstrom started the 60 board final vs. ACT, Arjuna diamond draw one round of trumps and finesse the De Livera (npc), Khokan Bagchi - David Lilley, David club, then ruff the suit good losing one spade and one Hoffman - David Wawn, Peter Reynolds - Michael diamond. Smart with a 7 IMP carryover, and won the first set of 10 boards 50-19. This was one of three double digit Unfortunately there is no way to get the best of both swings to NSW: worlds since if you try line 2 and South has 2 trumps 5 Session 1, Board: 9 trick, NSW were -200, and ACT -800, a healthy 12 IMPs Dealer: N North to NSW. Vul: EW l 52 k KQ10764 In the second set NSW piled on another 19 IMPs, helped j 2 by this NSW effort in both rooms: West i AQJ3 East l 87 l AKJ109 Session 2, Board: 16 k J95 k A Dealer: W North j 1098764 j AQJ Vul: EW l A752 i 54 South i K962 k AK9 l Q643 j 84 k 832 West i A1032 East j K53 l K1093 l J6 i 1087 k J7 k 8643 j K1076 j 92 The bidding was the same in both rooms up to this point: i 654 South i KQ987 l Q84 West North East South k Q1052 Smart Hans Reynolds Nunn j AQJ53 Sundstrom Wawn Lavings Hoffman i J 1k X2k Pass 4k 4l X Both Norths played 3NT, and both Easts led the iK, ducked, and switched to a heart. How typical is this! You double intending to bid your suit later, but the bidding comes back to you at the four or five North won the kA and finessed the diamond. In the open level. Lavings - Sundstrom had a firm agreement that room the ACT West won the jK, returned a club to East’s takeout doubles were “pattern doubles”, showing typical 7, and East now switched to the l6, Q, K, 2. West played takeout shape, so Sundstrom bid 5♦, whereas Smart passed. his third club, and Tony Nunn won the iA, and ran his Even though the contract could be made, and failed by a heart winners:

6 North Closed Room: l A75 West North East South k — Lazer Wawn Gumby Hoffman j 8 Pass 1l X West i 10 East 2l Pass 4l 5k l 109 l J X All Pass k — k 8 j 1076 j 9 In the open room Nunn got it right when he passed out 4l. i — South i Q9 He had already bid his long suit, plus he had good defence l 8 to 4l. At the other table it was a different story. Maybe 5k k 10 was a make, maybe it was a good save against 4l. In fact j AJ5 5k doubled was down four doubled for -800, a handy 9 i — IMPs to NSW, who ran out winners by 36 IMPs, 143-107.

On the last heart West was squeezed in spades and NSW were fortunate to have Ted Chadwick as their captain. diamonds. He proved a shrewd judge, provided a little coaching where necessary, and was just as keen as the members of his team In the other room, Warren Lazer ducked the jQ when to be first over the line. declarer finessed, and declarer returned to the kK, and finessed the diamond again. The Butler Did It Again Lazer won jK and returned a club, and Gumby won the i7, and played a third heart. In desperation Lilley cashed By Bruce Neill j l the fourth heart and the A, and exited with the A and This year the Butler (aka the Australian Butler Pairs another, hoping to find East with the doubleton king of Championship) started on Saturday morning instead of l j spades. Lazer cashed the K and the 10, to set 3NT by Friday night. No need to take Friday off work! one trick, 10 IMPs to NSW. It also started a few weeks later than normal, to provide ACT fought back, winning the third set 24-2, and the fourth warm up options for competitors arriving for the World 25-4, and NSW led by a slender 14 IMPs, 90-76. The fifth Youth Championships in Sydney the following week. It set went to NSW 28-11, relieving the pressure, and NSW was nice to see some NZ players in Stage I – and to see won the last set 25-20. Polish pairs sweep the pool in the ANC Swiss Pairs later in the week! No surprise to see the Poles in the World Youth On this deal an immediate fared better than a Final 10 days later. (as it normally does): As well as the usual PQP rewards, this year the first two Session 6 Aussie pairs in the Open Butler get the chance to be Board: 57 members of the Australian Team for the Commonwealth Dealer: N North Nations Bridge Championship in Melbourne in March l Vul: Nil 532 2006. k 8 j K932 I used to think the Open Butler is the toughest event in the i West J10832 East calendar. Seven days, no breaks – just keep on counting l l A97 KJ10864 down the days. k Q9763 k 2 j j 104 AQJ65 Now I know the solution – agree to convene the tournament i i 654 South K and you won’t know what day it is! Sitting down to play l Q bridge becomes a rest cure. k AKJ1054 j 87 Still, we’re defending last year’s title – better give it a go. i AQ97 Bad luck, partner …

Open Room: Here are a few hands that stand out from the blur. West North East South Bagchi Hans Lilley Nunn This deal from Stage III featured two contending pairs. l k Pass 1 2 Cover the South and West hands and plan your defence 2l Pass 4l All Pass against 6i by South …

7 Dealer: S North Opponents vulnerable Vul: EW l A65 No opposition bidding k AQJ West East j Q92 l K964 l A West i KQ74 East k AK7 k 2 l KQ972 l J83 j 104 j AKJ952 k 1082 k K53 i J643 i AKQ85 j J10854 j 763 i — South i J853 Klinger Neill l 104 1i1 2j2 k 9764 3i3 4i4 j AK 4k5 4NT6 i A10962 5i7 5NT8 7i9 Lead: lK South opened the bidding and showed clubs and hearts after 1. Most often a weak notrump. partner overcalled 1l. 2. Forcing to game with both minors. 3. Confirming a weak notrump with club support. Declarer wins the spade lead with dummy’s ace, cashes 4. Asking for key cards. the iK on which partner shows out. Declarer then cashes 5. Slam interest, with one key card in clubs. his jAK, and crosses to dummy to throw a spade (obviously 6. Asking bid in diamonds. (4l would ask for the his last) on the jQ. trump queen.) 7. No king or queen of diamonds. He then finesses the i10 and leads a heart to dummy’s 8. Repeat ask in diamonds – “do you have anything?” queen. What’s your defensive plan? (Lower bids would be asks in other suits.) 9. Is a doubleton enough? Yes! Your only chance is to the first heart. This leaves declarer to decide whether to finesse again, or to play for hearts 3-3. BRIDGE TRAVEL

If declarer comes back to hand with a club and then does Thredbo Bridge Holiday finesse again, win and play a spade! Declarer has to ruff with his last trump, leaving the hearts blocked, and the January 7 - 13 contract goes one off. for only $619 Special 21st Birthday Program In practice the first heart trick went four-ten ( count)- queen-king, and declarer quickly took the rest of the tricks. Daily card play and bidding training sessions: For Advanced Players: Handling artificial bidding. The defenders were sharper in the post-mortem than in the For Developers: using doubles in duplicate play. West, an ebullient type, shot across the table, “you Walk-in afternoon duplicates and evening should duck the first heart! If he finesses again, he goes championships (Open and Restricted ) off.” Welcome and Farewell dinners and 21st birthday party. East, just as quickly, glanced at declarer’s nine-high heart The Thredbo Alpine Hotel was a 2005 finalist for suit and shot back, “not after you play the heart ten on the the NSW AHA awards for excellence first round. Now he knows he doesn’t need to finesse for best regional hotel, and its restaurant, again!!” Cascades, for best restaurant. On the bidding front, Ron Klinger did well to figure out Thredbo Village is the perfect holiday location what I was up to on this auction. How would you bid these at a never to be repeated low price! hands with your favourite partner? Phone Samantha at the Alpine toll free on 1800 026 333 for accommodation ABF Secretariat Bridge Travel PO Box 397, Fyshwick ACT 2609 Phone: (02) 9888 3903 Ph: (02) 6239 2265 Fax: (02) 6239 1816 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.bridgetravel.com.au

8 The datum was 1150, so bidding this one was worth +7 IMPs. Bridge Holidays Finally, one of those hands that makes you wonder why with you got out of bed that day. RON & SUZIE KLINGER You hold l2 kA65 jAK1096 i8763. 2005

Partner is dealer and opens the bidding 1l. RHO, vulnerable Marina Resort, against not, bids 2i. You bid 2j, LHO passes, and partner Nelson Bay bids 2k. What now? 25th-30th September Backed into a corner, you decide a non-forcing 2l is the least atrocious choice. As long as partner scrapes up another bid, you will be in good shape. But, sure enough, partner passes. Sigh!

But wait – RHO backs in with 3i! “Double,” you say, delighted.

You lead a high diamond and lick your lips as you inspect dummy, then switch to your singleton spade. This should be brutal!! Norfolk Island Dealer: E North 26th November - 3rd December Vul: NS l K83 k 10842 j Q853 West i J2 East l 2 l A9654 k A65 k KJ973 j AK1096 j J4 i 8763 South i 10 l QJ107 k Q For each of these, numbers are j 72 very limited. Please book early i AKQ954 Brutal indeed! Partner, unable to believe your 2l bid In planning for June - July 2006: showed a singleton, wins the spade switch (declarer false- carding with the jack), and returns a heart to your ace. Alaska Cruise

Oh no – two spade ruffs missed! -670 instead of +500: -13 IMPs instead of +10.

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9 The Director’s Chair feeling aggrieved, appealed but was unable to convince the committee that the unauthorised information was DID PARTNER FORGET? not the prompt for the pass instead of responding to What happens when you suspect that partner has the convention. forgotten a convention and your next action is taken (correctly) with this view in mind? One reader presents Whilst I am not suggesting that this was the same in this precise situation. your case, perhaps there was a hint that you had forgotten and because of this your partner passed your Richard’s “mistaken bid vs mistaken explanation” has 2k. A second scenario could be that you frequently prompted me to write about a ruling at a recent forgot your agreement, in which case there is no competition at my club. infraction other than you have an obligation to know and remember your agreements. This aspect is seldom Dear Richard, referred to in terms of penalties as players cannot be My partner and I play “transfers” over RHO opening expected to play perfectly and the odd occasion of bid of 1i or weak 1NT. ‘forgetting one’s agreements’ is part and parcel of the game (see the examples referred to in Law 75). My RHO opened 1NT (weak, 12-14 HCP) and I, being Another possibility is that partner’s hand is unlikely asleep, overcalled 2k (I had a genuine 2k overcall) to hold the necessary cards for the agreement and the which my partner alerted and when asked by my LHO pass is a risk the player is prepared to take (very unlikely stated that it was “according to our system it is a transfer in your case). to spades but it is possible that he may have forgotten”. My LHO passed and my partner correctly guessed that Summarising your query, the director has the authority I meant a genuine overcall and passed. The hand was to adjust the score, but only if there is an element of passed out. I played out the hand and made the contract. unauthorised information. To adjust on the basis of misleading opponents would not conform to law. Immediately my LHO called for the director and the Regards ruling was that we had misled our opposition and Richard Grenside awarded our opponents a trick penalty which gave our opponents top board and maximum points. Evidently my LHO had 5 spades and was waiting to double the Bridge Teachers Association transfer. By Lorraine Harkness SYDNEY SEMINAR IN OCTOBER It seems as though we have been penalised even though The Bridge Teachers Association will be holding a my partner told the exact truth! Teaching Seminar following the very successful meeting at the Gold Coast last February. Needless to say our opponents won the competition and we came a close second. This time Sydney will host guest expert teachers and Directors over the weekend of October 22nd/23rd. I would be grateful if you could give me your opinion on the ruling. Discussions will vary from teaching approaches to Yours in Bridge, Beginners and then supervised sessions to retain new David players. Cost of the weekend will be $50 and travel subsidies will be available for country teachers currently Dear David, teaching or interested in teaching. Thank you for your query to The Director’s Chair. A very similar situation occurred a couple of years ago Flyers with more details will be available in August. For enquiries, ABTA email addresses are shown: at the NOT in Canberra where a player made a natural Secretary: call whereupon his partner alerted and because of the Pam Reeves - [email protected] speed of the natural response suggested that his partner President: had forgotten their agreement that the call was Lorraine Harkness - conventional. The directing staff were all in agreement [email protected] that unauthorised information was present due to the Bulletin Editor: speed of the call and adjusted the score. The player, Nick Hughes - [email protected]

10 Letter to the Editors other words, playing by the rules and freely giving your opponents everything to which they are entitled. ON THE SUBJECT OF PSYCHES Arguably, one of the things to which your opponents David & Sue, are entitled is the toughest competition of which you I’ve penned a reply to the letter you printed in your are capable - throwing the game deprives them of July 2005 issue. No doubt others have too. their fun. The game is definitely easier for your opponents if they know they can believe everything Diane Brooks wrote: you say; therefore it is unsporting to play that way The action of a psyche bid is to take away the natural when you are capable of doing otherwise. bid of an opponent. Keith Wignall Any artificial bid takes away an opponent’s natural bid. Perth Pre-emptive bids take away whole swathes of natural bids. Should these be outlawed too? It is recommended to call the director after a psyche - ANC - yet nothing is done. Psyches are recorded so that a pattern of persistent Adelaide 2006 psychic bids (i.e. a concealed agreement) can be detected. That is not the same as doing nothing. Logo Competition Bridge is a gentleman’s game. So is snooker, whose very name means giving your The SA Bridge Federation will be hosting the ANC opponent no chance. So is croquet, which is full of in Adelaide in 2006 and is keen to engender interest the most dastardly and despicable tactics imaginable. from all of the others states and players. So is cricket, but the bowler of a googly is lauded, not vilified. There is nothing ungentlemanly about In order to get the ball rolling, we are throwing deception and bluff in a game, unless it is failure to out a challenge to all of you bridge players who congratulate the opponent who successfully are budding designers. perpetrates it. We need a unique logo for this event – something It’s time the ABF outlawed psyches [...] that will readily identify that the ANC is in ABF events are played under the Laws of Duplicate Adelaide – something that lends itself to the promulgated by the World Bridge wonderful facilities, landmarks, or characters that Federation. These laws (notably 73E and 75B) make up this wonderful state of ours. clearly and specifically permit psyches. To outlaw psyches would be to require ABF members to play The successful designer will not only have the a different game from the one played in the rest of privilege of seeing his/her logo appear on all the world. Even if that didn’t cost us our WBF forms and advertising material; table cloths and affiliation, it would place us at a disadvantage in shirts, but will also receive for their efforts international events, as we would be unused to a Sharp Mini Home Entertainment Centre. defending against psyches. So, get your thinking caps on, sharpen your pencils Under the WBF laws, players are entitled to an and send your design (in colour and pdf format) to accurate description of their opponents’ agreements, Dianne Marler, Convenor of the 2006 ANC at but they are not entitled to an accurate description email: [email protected] to reach her no of their opponents’ cards. If you want the latter later than close of business on Friday 2nd entitlement, you could play with all the cards face- December 2005. up on the table. But it would have to be your kitchen table. The winner will be notified by email on Friday 23rd December and the winning logo will appear [...] and put the sportsmanship back into bridge. in the 1st Quarter ABF Newsletter in 2006. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines sportsmanship as fair and generous behaviour. In 11 Red Points for Free Book Reviews 52 GREAT TIPS IN DECLARER PLAY BY DAVID BIRD are going to waste (B.T. BATSFORD, LONDON, 2005) Every movie worth its salt has a sequel, maybe two or three, and bridge books are heading in that direction. Nationwide Pairs David Bird’s 52 Great Bridge Tips was very well received, and now we have a book on declarer play The thought behind this event originally was to tips that will appeal to intermediate to advanced enable clubs from remote regions to earn red Master players. points without using their B4c vouchers. The 52 tips each have two or three pages devoted to Nationwide Pairs has not been embraced very well them, plus two, three, or four deals. The themes are by many of the clubs in the outlying regions with a familiar ones and you could well expect to see two or very few exceptions. The poor numbers participating three of these situations in your next game. The advice may be due in part to the lack of advertising. is simple and practical, and Tip 46 “ an ace even in a suit contract” may help you bring home a The format is to play a session of duplicate with a few more close contracts: set of computer-generated hands within your club Dealer: N North during every second week or thereabouts, initially l 9853 designed to play on either every second Saturday or k A2 Sunday. If your club doesn’t run Saturdays or j A764 Sundays we are quite happy to allow you to run a West i AJ3 East session during the week. The hand records and l 7 l A4 personal summaries will not be displayed however k Q9853 k J1074 until midnight of the advertised date. The event is j QJ108 j K2 scored across all clubs and red master points are i 754 South i K10962 awarded to the top 50% of the field, with you also l KQJ1062 earning green master points within your own club. k K6 j 953 If you wish to participate in this event, just register i Q8 your details on the following website: www.nationwidepairs.com.au and your club will West North East South receive a password to log in. Once you receive your 1j Pass 1l password, you just register your intention to play Pass 2l Pass 4l and then you will gain access to a hand record in All Pass dealing formats or in PDF format. This will allow you to set the hands using a dealing machine or How should you play 4l when West leads jQ? If you manually. There are HELP files on the website. win jA, then a competent East will unblock the jK, and the defence will score two diamonds, a club, and After your club has played the session you log back the ace of trumps for down one. on to the web set and score your session on line. At midnight of the session’s advertised date. this site If, however, declarer takes the precaution of ducking will provide you with a large assortment of detail the first diamond, then the defence’s communications for session. are cut. In the fullness of time South will discard a diamond on dummy’s third club. The cost to clubs is $1 per player, with all profits going to the ABF. The ABF pays for all the red points 2006 Daily Bridge Calendar (ASHLAR HOUSE, and the administrative costs of running and CANADA, 2005) maintaining the website. Every year the popularity of the Bridge Calendar grows, So why not give it a try? and the daily hand or quiz is an integral part of many players’ lives. The DBC is also handy to record bridge

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POSITIVE DECLARER PLAY AT BRIDGE & withwith GregGreg QuittnerQuittner POSITIVE DEFENSE AT BRIDGE BY TERENCE REESE & JULIAN POTTAGE, 2005 at Here are two books of bridge problems for the intermediate to advanced player. These revised and expanded second editions contain new material from The Imperial Hotel Pottage, Reese having died in 1996. Each book contains 78 problems, based in a or teams setting (overtricks do not matter). in the beautiful

Each problem with its opening moves is presented on one page, and the answer and analysis is on the reverse, BlueBlue MountainsMountains so the reader does have time to think before peeping. Wed 25th to Fri 28th October

Try this defensive problem: Affordable prices from $345 (twin share) EW Vul: North optional Tues arrival from $395 (twin share) l A84 single accommodation can be arranged k J1076 ………………………………………. j AQ872 i 5 East …. The Imperial, built in 1878 was the first of the l J2 Grand Hotels of the Blue Mountains. Although k 84 modernised, The Imperial has retained j J543 i A9872 its original appeal with its leadlight windows and aura of charm and gentility. West North East South …. Rooms are provided with king, queen and single j k 1 Pass 1 beds with electric blankets and X2k 3i 3k doonas and range from single rooms to the 4i 4k All Pass Imperial Suite and Princess Victoria room. Lead: i K …. Your price includes full breakfast, dinner Defensive prospects are poor due to wasted club values. each night, continuous tea/coffee and The chance of a diamond trick seems slim so you aim quality prizes for winners and others. for two hearts and a spade. Overtake the iK and then …. The bridge programme includes pairs and play a low spade (not the J!). South plays low and captures the 9 with the Ace. The kJ runs to West’s teams, set hands with records, analysis Queen, and a low spade is continued (that is why it of hands with Greg, red points and was important for East to lead a low spade from his Friday morning lesson. doubleton). Eventually West gets back in to cash the …Enquiries/bookings to Pamela Reeves setting spade. 02 4759 3008 These are interesting problems. The amount of analysis [email protected] and explanation is about right for the target audience – the reader will need to patiently work through the Springtime in the Mountains problems to gain understanding. John Hardy ™ don’t miss it ™

13 Tournament Results TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS: OPEN FINAL: NSW 143 Sartaj Hans, Tony Nunn SWAN RIVER SWISS PAIRS: 1 John Ashworth - Terry Piper 168 Paul Lavings, Chris Sundstrom, Warren Lazer, Pauline Gumby 2 Cynthia Belonogoff - David Matthews 164 defeated 3 Debra Majteles - Viv Wood 161 ACT 107 Khokan Bagchi, David Lilley, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: David Hoffman, David Wawn, BUTLER PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIPS Michael Smart, Peter Reynolds OPEN: WOMEN’S FINAL: 1 Ron Klinger - Bruce Neill 226 QLD 130 Rosa Lachman, Pele Rankin, 2 Neville Francis – Magnus Moren 222 Toni Bardon, Sandra Johnson, 3 Paul Wyer – Richard Jedrychowski 216 Margaret Millar, Greer Tucker 4 Martin Bloom - Peter Gill 216 defeated 5 Arjuna De Livera - Ian Robinson 215 NSW 127 Nazife Bashar, Rasma Liepins, 6 Michael Chen - Jin Li 213 Carolyn Molloy, Nevena Djurovic, WOMEN’S: Marlene Watts, Berenice Folkard 1 Sue Lusk - Therese Tully 235 SENIORS’ FINAL: 2 Rena Kaplan - Paula Schroor 230 NSW 155 Neville Moses, Steven Bock, 3 Cathy Lachman - Cathy Mill 222 Peter Jamieson, Ruth Jamieson, Michael Hughes, Edward Griffin 4 Judy Snow - Helen Borman 217 defeated 5 Marcia Scudder - Inez Glanger 209 WA 109 John Hansen, Ruth Hansen, 6 Vivienne Goldberg - Stefania Gerdan 208 Richard Grenside, Sue Grenside, SENIORS’: David Schokman, Sathi Moses 1 Margaret Bourke - Eric Ramshaw 254 YOUTH FINAL: 2 Ross Stuart - Gary Lane 235 ACT 149 Christy Bridgland, Nye Griffiths, 3 Barry Noble - George Bilski 208 Daniel Geromboux, Griff Ware, 4 Robert Gallus - Michael Dilks 207 Anatoli Lightfoot, Michael De Livera 5 Graham Atkinson - Janet Kahler 206 defeated 6 Leslie Lowe - Peter Kahler 206 SA 56 Arian Lasocki, Justin Williams, ANC SWISS: Andrew Morcombe, Nicolas Croft, 1 Konrad Araszkiewicz - Krzysztof Buras 233 Phil Sellars, Joel Gue 2 Jacek Kalita - Krzysztof Kotorowicz 231 ABF YOUTH TRIATHLON 3 Warren Lazer - Pauline Gumby 226 TEAMS: PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1 Erik Eide, Petter Eide, OPEN: Espen Lindqvist, Allan Livgaard 1 Al Simpson - Theo Antoff 2 Nye Griffiths, Justin Howard, 2 John Horowitz - David Cherry Ally Morris, Lucy Stevenson 3 Robert Krochmalik - Ron Klinger 3 Adam Edgtton, Nabil Edgtton, WOMEN’S : Haakon Kippe, Jorn Ringseth 1 Julianne Rocks - Judy Marks PAIRS: 2 Inez Glanger - Marcia Scudder 1 Andrew Morcombe - Christy Bridgland 3 Nazife Bashar - Rasma Liepins 2 Justin Willams - Daniel Krochmalik SENIORS’: 3 Anthony Newman - Nick Rodwell 1 Andrew Struik - Brian Thorp INDIVIDUAL: 2 Barry Noble - George Bilski 1 Peter Wilsmore 3 Frank Budai - Jim Fitz-Gerald 2 Nabil Edgtton YOUTH: 3 Damien Czapnik 1 Adam Edgtton - Nabil Edgtton OUTRIGHT: 2 Griff Ware - Nye Griffiths 1 Nabil Edgtton 3 Paul Gosney - Andy Hung 2 Nye Griffiths 3 Adam Edgtton MIXED: 1 Carolyn Molloy - Peter Gill BEST AGGREGATE BY A PAIR ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN 2 Lynn Lovelock - Kieran Dyke THE 2005 YOUTH BUTLER: 3 Jane Tyson - Robert Tyson Adam and Nabil Edgtton

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15 Bridge into the 21st Century

New gear TEST YOUR OVERCALLING ON STRONG HANDS What do you bid on these hands, after your RHO deals in disguise and opens 1k (5 card majors) at Pairs, nil vul: 1) lAKJ83 kK8 jK9 iQJ82 2) lAKJ54 k4 jAQ75 iA82 3) lAKJ109 kA jAQJ iK962 4) lAK10983 k3 j3 iK8765 5) lKQJ10876 k2 j2 iQ962 6) lAKQJ862 kK3 jA2 i86 7) lAK97642 k62 jAK6 i2 8) lAKJ10986 k— jA109 iKJ9 9) lAKQJ986 k— j— iQ98653 10) lQ854 k— j8 iAK1087652

1) 1l. Doubling with 16+ HCP and then bidding your suit later has gone out of style in a big way. The problem is that opponents are more streetwise than yesteryear, and when the bidding comes back to the doubler, the enemy will have bid their fit to It might look the same on the surface, but under the maximum, which may be the four or five level. the hood we have an entirely new gear. A simple 1l puts your side in a strong position. The software is also new. So, without exagge- Your partner has a variety of bids available, with ration we may say that Duplimate Australia is now or without a fit, and it is far more flexible to bid working in overdrive. your suit, and then double for takeout later, than double first and hope the situation doesn’t get Why wait? Join the crowd and discover why the out of hand. See the report this issue, 2005 Open Duplimate is called the duplicators’ best mate. Interstate Teams, for two hands on this theme. But remember the rule: OVERCALL THEN Duplimate Australia DOUBLE = TAKEOUT. 2) 1l. There are hands that are too strong to make a For details please contact Nick Fahrer simple overcall, but this isn’t one of them. Again, Phone:(02) 9967 0644 Fax:(02) 9967 0444 overcall then double is far more flexible. The Email: [email protected] plaintive call is that partner may pass 1l and we or surf to www.duplimate.com/au miss a game. Those who have been around a while also realize there are hands opposite where 1l is ABF Newsletter Editors the partnership’s limit. Send contributions and 3) Double. OK, 22 HCP and a semi-solid 5 card suit correspondence to: is too strong to make a simple overcall. Partner is David & Sue Lusk not going to say anything with, say iQJ only, or 6 Vincent Court jK and lQ. But even so, when this hand came up Campbelltown SA 5074 in the recent Interstate Teams Final, if you double Phone: (08) 8336 3954 first, then you must decide what to do over 4k at Email: [email protected] your next turn, and if you bid 4l you will be doubled and down three. Club Secretaries Please advise any changes to delivery addresses 4) 1l. With two suits start by bidding the longer, and directly to the editors. hope to get a chance to complete the picture later. Maybe you make 5i, but fare poorly in spades.

16 Nor is it a good idea to Michaels with 2k, because lkijlkijlkijlkijlkij you have a six-card spade suit and the spades are so much better than your other suit.

5) 4l. A tough call between 3l and 4l, but I prefer 4l because of the solid suit and 7-4 shape. Even so, if you bid 4l you could fetch a remarkably poor Held under the Auspices of dummy, with enough red honour cards that neither side can make a contract. The Australian Bridge Federation 6) 3NT. The make-up of your hand indicates 3NT may SYDNEY SPRING be successful, but not 4l. Imagine a heart lead in 3NT and all partner has is i Q109x. You have nine easy tricks. Now imagine you are in 4l with NATIONALS the same dummy, and you have no play for your contract. What do you do if you are doubled in Womens Teams Tournament 3NT? Stick the double and pass, opponents still Qualifying: know very little about your hand. You’re sure to be doubled in 4l if you run, and now you might Wednesday to Friday get a trump lead instead of a heart lead. 9th - 11th November 2005 Final: 7) 1l. You have a good hand, but your spades are not solid, so you are susceptible to a bad break. You Saturday 12th November 2005 want to bid to the right level, and a blast to 4l, for instance, would be premature. Let’s say partner Australian Open Pairs responds to your overcall with 1NT or a new suit, then jump to 4l. Let’s say partner passes, and your *** New Home for this event in 2005 *** RHO reopens with 2k. Now the choice is between Saturday - Sunday 2l and 3l. 12th - 13th November 2005 8) 4l. It’s possible you may miss a slam, but it’s important to the opponents out of the Open Teams Tournament auction even when you have a good hand. Now Qualifying: you can double over any continuation from the enemy. Partner would be expected to pass at the Monday - Wednesday five level, but may bid 5l with a very good 14th -16th November 2005 supporting hand. Final: 9) 4l. Again you have no idea who can make what, Thursday 17th November 2005 but you do know you want to play in some number Venue: of spades, and maybe you can preempt the opponents out of the auction. If opponents bid Hakoah Club again, then bid 5l. You have too little defence to 61 Hall Street, Bondi double, and too many playing tricks not to continue on to the five level. By bidding 4l immediately Chief Tournament Director: you hope you don’t need to bid again later. Matthew McManus

10) 4i. Eight card minors are ideal for four–level Convener: . Don’t be too concerned with missing a Kim Neale ( [email protected] ) spade fit, and anyway, how would you expect to find it? If you bid 2i, partner will expect better Entry Details: spades and a better hand if you later bid 4l. www.abf.com.au/events/spnot lkijlkijlkijlkijlkij Paul Lavings 17 Coaching Cathy At Contract They took two hearts and then played clubs. The whole hand kind of fell to bits when East turned up with 4 By David Lusk spades. NO HEAD FOR HEIGHTS G’day, PROBLEM HAND #3: I have grouped a few problem hands together although l4 kAQJ65 j42 iAKQ84 they might have absolutely nothing to do with each other except that all of them are at frighteningly high West North East South levels – and I got all of them wrong! They have started Glenda Me computer dealing at our club and things seem to be Pass Pass 4l 4NT getting wilder. Pass 5j Pass (help!)

PROBLEM HAND #1: I kind of wondered what Glenda would bid if she had a long diamond suit, so I passed. Not good. I held as South: lJ975 kJ6 jQ5 i97654 Luv, This was the bidding: Cathy West North East South Glenda Me Hi Cathy, 1l 2k3l1 Pass Pass 4j All Pass It’s all about preference. I’m sure you know how to give preference on an auction such as: 1. Alerted as ‘pretty weak’. 1k :1l 2i :(2k) I didn’t want to bid on such a rotten hand but everyone else made 4 or 5k. This was Glenda’s hand: You will bid 2kwhenever you have no great liking for l— kAK10975 jAK643 iA2 partner’s second suit. The principle is the same regardless of the level of the bidding. On the first hand, Apparently I had to bid 4k. Is that what you think? partner has bid very strongly and must have a lot of shape. Whether she should have doubled first is a PROBLEM HAND #2: matter of partnership style. Whatever, she has engineered the side towards the best fit at the four level lJ94 kQ63 j87 i108642 (as long as partner gives preference). I held this hand with a pick-up partner, so that makes it a bit harder to know what’s happening: On the second hand, it is evident that preference will put your side one level higher – always tough in an West North East South unfamiliar partnership but it is very likely that partner PUP Me has only 4 spades and probably (much) longer 1j X Pass diamonds. The fact that preference must come at the 3k 3l All Pass four level on this hand is partner’s responsibility, not yours. Just shut your eyes and bid 4j. I thought that it might be easier to make nine tricks, so I passed. Anyway, my partner held: On the last hand, you have made the ideal take-out bid on your strongish 5-5 hand but the 5j bid must be taken lAQ65 kJ3 jAKQ943 i7 for what it is: preference to diamonds if you hold a 5- 5 in the minors. Once you have bid 4NT, you are ABF Masterpoint Centre obliged to take the odds and bid 5k over 5j. This John Hansen comes unstuck if partner has lots of diamonds but at PO Box 2172, Churchlands, WA 6018 least on this hand, partner had the chance to pre-empt and didn’t do it. Phone/Fax: (08) 9204 4085 Email: info@.org.au Regards, Website: http://www.masterpoints.org.au David

18 ABF Calendar John Hardy Date Event/Contact Location/Phone Bridge Books and Software October 13-14 Tas. Nat. Senior Swiss Pairs Hobart Barry Kelly (03) 6228 5247 [email protected] Books 15-16 Australian Swiss Pairs Hobart Preempts from A to Z $30.80 Barry Kelly (03) 6228 5247 Andersen & Zenkel [email protected] 22- WBF / Estoril, Bergen for the Defence $33.00 Nov 5 / / Portugal Marty Bergen Transnational Open Teams Winning Swiss Team Tactics $22.00 Val Brockwell (02) 6239 2265 Feldheim [email protected] Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding $19.80 November Audrey Grant 9-12 Spring Nat. Womens Teams Sydney Improving Your Judgement: Doubles $19.80 Kim Neale (02) 9411 4398 Audrey Grant [email protected] 12-13 Australian Open Pairs Sydney Master Class $24.20 Kim Neale (02) 9411 4398 Ron Klinger [email protected] I Fought the $28.60 14-17 Spring Nat. Opens Teams Sydney Mike Lawrence HOT SELLER Kim Neale (02) 9411 4398 Double: New Meaning for an Old Bid $28.60 [email protected] Lawrence 18-21 GNOT Final Tweed Heads John Brockwell (02) 6246 5093 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know $29.70 [email protected] Seagram & Smith 14-17 Golden West Swiss Pairs Mandurah Modern Defensive Signalling $12.65 Allison Stralow (08) 9339 3823 Woolsey [email protected] 2006 Daily Bridge Desk Calendar $26.50 January 2006 14-22 Australian Youth Week Canberra Software David Lusk (08) 8336 3954 [email protected] JACK 3.0 $115.50 18-30 Summer Festival Canberra Recommended at least 600MHz computer Sean Mullamphy 0432 628 253 [email protected] Bridge Baron 16 NEW $114.40 February 2006 Upgrade to BB16 $59.40 18-25 Gold Coast Congress Surfers Paradise My Favourite 52 NEW $33.00 Kim Ellaway (07) 3351 8602 Over your shoulder test by Larry Cohen [email protected] Cavendish 2000 by Kit Woolsey $33.00 March 2006 7-12 Commonwealth Nations VBA 1999 Life Master Pairs (Cohen) $33.00 Bridge Championships Melbourne Counting at Bridge (Lawrence) $52.80 Andrew Halmos (03) 9557 4407 Mod. American Bidding (2/1GF) $71.50 [email protected] 18-19 ABF AGM Canberra John Hardy (ABN 63 813 139 759) Val Brockwell (02) 6239 2265 63 Tristan St., Carindale QLD 4152 [email protected] Ph: 07-3398 8898 or 0409 786 050 23-27 Open/Women’s Playoffs TBA Email [email protected] (TBC) Eric Ramshaw (03) 5342 5006 [email protected] Website www.uq.net.au/~zzjhardy

19 Playoff Qualifying Points As At 15 August 2005 OPEN(18+): Murray GREEN 18 Seniors(27+): Ron KLINGER 136 Callin GRUIA 18 Ron KLINGER 280 Bruce NEILL 136 Simon STANCU 18 Bruce NEILL 280 Kieran DYKE 122 Greg EUSTACE 18 Zolly NAGY 215 Seamus BROWNE 98 Barry NOBLE 150 WOMEN(18+): Ishmael DEL'MONTE 98 George BILSKI 150 Therese TULLY 173 Richard JEDRYCHOWSKI 95 David LILLEY 126 Sue LUSK 173 Robert FRUEWIRTH 93 Terry BROWN 116 Meredith WOODS 114 Tony NUNN 84 George SMOLANKO 108 Margaret BOURKE 108 Sartaj HANS 84 Pauline GUMBY 106.5 Dagmar NEUMANN 102 Paul WYER 82 Mike HUGHES 103.5 Elizabeth HAVAS 95 Martin BLOOM 81 Paul LAVINGS 96 Alida CLARK 90 Peter GILL 81 Ted GRIFFIN 87 Candice FEITELSON 90 Terry BROWN 80 Peter KAHLER 85 Margaret MILLAR 75 Pauline GUMBY 75 Margaret BOURKE 83 Greer TUCKER 75 Warren LAZER 75 Martin BLOOM 81 Paul MARSTON 72 Jan CORMACK 72 Gary LANE 81 Simon HINGE 72 Pauline GUMBY 69 Avinash KANETKAR 78 Zolly NAGY 71 Linda STERN 66 George GASPAR 75 Bob RICHMAN 66 Berenice FOLKARD 63 Paul MARSTON 72 Magnus MOREN 66 Marlene WATTS 63 David MIDDLETON 72 Neville FRANCIS 66 Catherine LACHMAN 61 Steven BOCK 66 George GASPAR 66 Cathy MILL 61 Eric RAMSHAW 65 Khokan BAGCHI 65 Rena KAPLAN 60 Barbara McDONALD 60.5 Phil GUE 62 Paula SCHROOR 60 Alan WALSH 60.5 David WILTSHIRE 60 Deidre GREENFELD 51 Ross STUART 60 Barry NOBLE 59 Wendy DRISCOLL 51 Jeannette COLLINS 60 George BILSKI 59 Toni BARDON 48 Robert KROCHMALIK 54 Nigel ROSENDORFF 57 Rosa LACHMAN 48 David SMITH 51 Avinash KANETKAR 57 Pele RANKIN 48 Charles SNASHALL 51 Arjuna DE LIVERA 51 Sue JOHNSTON 48 Peter CHAN 51 Paul LAVINGS 48 Jillian HAY 48 Peter JAMIESON 48 Chris SUNDSTROM 48 Felicity BEALE 36 Michael COURTNEY 37 Neville MOSES 48 Diana SMART 36 Matthew THOMSON 36 Ruth JAMIESON 48 Leone FULLER 36 David HOFFMAN 36 Robert GALLUS 47 Sharon EVANS 36 David HORTON 36 Boris TENCER 45 Helen BORMAN 35 Andrew PEAKE 36 Elizabeth HAVAS 41 Judy SNOW 35 Philip MARKEY 36 Ian McKINNON 39 Helen SNASHALL 27 David WAWN 36 William WESTWOOD 39 Sally MURRAY-WHITE 27 Ian ROBINSON 30 Peter BUCHEN 37.5 Nola CHURCH 27 Elizabeth HAVAS 29 Andrew MARKOVICS 37.5 Julia HOFFMAN 27 John LESTER 26 John NEWMAN 37.5 Inez GLANGER 25 Michael CHEN 25 Henry CHRISTIE 37.5 Marcia SCUDDER 25 Jin LI 25 John ASHWORTH 36 Rasma LIEPINS 24 Neil EWART 24 Terry PIPER 36 Carolyn MOLLOY 24 Blaine HOWE 24 Blaine HOWE 36 David LILLEY 24 Nazife BASHAR 24 Chris HUGHES 36 Michael SMART 24 Anita ANDERSON 24 Janet KAHLER 36 Alida CLARK 24 Beverley STACEY 24 Tim DAVIS 36 Peter ROGERS 24 Nevena DJUROVIC 24 Peter GRANT 36 Peter REYNOLDS 24 Wendi HALVORSEN 21 Bill HAUGHIE 36 Candice FEITELSON 24 Kinga MOSES 21 Tony MARINOS 36 Michael PRESCOTT 23 Judith TOBIN 21 Gytis DANTA 36 Gabi LORENTZ 21 Karen CREET 21 Wally MALACZYNSKI 36 David SMITH 21 Annabelle BOOTH 18 Michael DILKS 35 Steven BOCK 18 Jenny THOMPSON 18 David HOFFMAN 30 Peter FORDHAM 18 Helen LOWRY 18 Graham ATKINSON 30 Les GREWCOCK 18 Jeannette COLLINS 18 Peter FORDHAM 27 Graeme CORIN 18 Lauren SHIELS 18 Joachim HAFFER 18 Grant KILVINGTON 27 20 Country Congress Calendar

October 7-9 Albury 25th Super Congress B3 Level Walk-In Pairs, Pairs, Swiss Teams Dianne Barrow PO Box 916 Albury NSW 2640 (02) 6043 1120 [email protected] 8-9 Gold Coast Congress Butler Pairs, Swiss Teams Neil Raward Gold Coast Bridge Club PO Box 7009 Gold Coast Mail Centre QLD 9726 2 Night Sydney Harbour (07) 5538 2905 [email protected] Bridge Cruise 14-16 Muswellbrook Congress Wednesday 23 November 2005 Walk-In Pairs, Swiss Pairs & Swiss Teams From $395pp B. Hunter (02) 654 31228 or E. Battista (02) 6543 3331 Cruise and play Bridge for two days and 15-16 Cooma two nights aboard Sydney’s own small Monaro Bridge Club Spring Congress cruise ship Swiss Pairs, Dinner, Swiss Teams Monique Vochteloo “MV Captain Cook’s Explorer” PO Box 5418 Cruise departs 3.30pm, Cooma North NSW 2630 Wednesday 23rd November 2005 (02) 6452 7331 [email protected] from No.1 King Street Wharf and returns 30 Surfers Paradise 10.00am, Friday 25 November 2005. SPBC Novice (0-99) Teams Congress Adele Wagner The cruise programme will be similar PO Box 6628 to the public weekend cruise. Gold Coast Mail Centre QLD 9726 However Bridge will be played when not November 5-6 Tumbarumba eating, sleeping or sightseeing! Congress Pairs & Teams Prices include all shipboard meals, Tumbarumba Bridge Club accommodation. PO Box 134 Bridge Director, John McIlrath. Tumbarumba NSW 2653 (02) 6948 3158 or (02) 6948 5276 Reservations contact 20 Ballina playbridge Sydney Harbour Novice Teams Congress Ph 1300 Spades (1300 772337) Ellen Watson Prepayment essential. Conditions apply. Ballina Bridge Club PO Box 564 Please note that Playbridge Sydney Harbour has Ballina NSW 2478 a monthly bridge cruise on MV Sydney 2000 nd (02) 6681 3981 on the 2 Wednesday of each month. 26-27 Noosa Cost $55 includes morning tea, buffet lunch, Butler Pairs Congress 5-hour cruise and bridge fees. Judy Jessop Enquiries to John McIlrath, (02) 9922 3644 (07) 5474 2484

21 McCutcheon Trophy Standings - As At 31 August 2005 Best Performing: Of all Masters OSMUND, Danny QLD 73.22 SCHONWOLF, May WA 34.38 NEILL, Bruce NSW 277.46 RITTER, Catherine NSW 69.24 PARKER, Irene SA 33.26 KLINGER, Ron NSW 277.46 REGAN, Sandra QLD 68.92 JOHNSTON, Mary WA 31.64 FRANCIS, Neville QLD 253.60 CORRIGAN, Penny VIC 67.05 WARD, Kevin QLD 30.09 COLLINS, Jeannette VIC 243.61 Best Performing: **National Masters BAKER, Lynn NSW 28.51 GUMBY, Pauline NSW 241.34 MORGAN-KING, Pam SA 54.20 SLINGER, Shirley SA 28.17 GASPAR, George VIC 236.01 EVANS, Glyn SA 48.49 YOUNG, Rachel NSW 27.63 NAGY, Zolly SA 230.05 ROBERTS, Roy SA 48.20 Best Performing: **Local Masters JANZEKOVIC, Darko QLD 229.17 NARITA, Suzy VIC 44.43 HUNG, Andy QLD 57.95 GOSNEY, Paul QLD 223.75 CHARLESWORTH, Thelma SA 43.46 DORBER, Geoff NSW 50.96 LAZER, Warren NSW 207.49 CHIANG, Yet Kwong NSW 43.12 DEROFE, Maryo NSW 32.57 Best Performing: Silver Grand Masters GROOM, Rita QLD 43.03 ROBERTS, Geoffrey QLD 32.55 KLINGER, Ron NSW 277.46 TRENERRY, Penny QLD 42.89 DEAN, Kevin QLD 32.35 NEILL, Bruce NSW 277.46 DENNIS, Marie NSW 40.74 SLOMAN, Hugh QLD 31.99 FRANCIS, Neville QLD 253.60 WHITELAW, Beverley NSW 40.29 HEGEDUS, Andrew VIC 30.38 GUMBY, Pauline NSW 241.34 Best Performing: *National Masters RIDDELL, Carol NSW 28.34 GASPAR, George VIC 236.01 GRIFFITHS, Nye ACT 121.12 KASSAM, Bina NSW 26.74 NAGY, Zolly SA 230.05 MOSCHNER, Ken QLD 112.81 WHITE, Yong NSW 26.03 LAZER, Warren NSW 207.49 STEPHENS, Adrienne ACT 112.65 Best Performing: *Local Masters RICHMAN, Bob NSW 196.91 GRUIA, Callin NSW 78.95 HARDING, Raymond NSW 27.82 HINGE, Simon VIC 187.75 WOOLLEY, Carolyne QLD 71.38 SWANSON, Jane QLD 27.78 LAVINGS, Paul NSW 186.65 WOOLLEY, Christophe QLD 68.34 WHIDDON, Catherine NSW 26.74 Best Performing: Grand Masters CARTER, Greg VIC 58.71 O'HARA, Red QLD 25.83 COLLINS, Jeannette VIC 243.61 HOBDELL, Betty QLD 58.02 THOM, Mary QLD 25.00 NOBLE, Barry NSW 188.16 LUND, Jacqui VIC 57.88 MUIR, Raji VIC 24.91 KAHLER, Peter ACT 187.96 KEIM, John QLD 57.79 COCKBILL, Penny NSW 22.88 WILLIAMS, Justin SA 187.73 Best Performing: National Masters FOX, Bruce NSW 21.42 PARKER, Ralph QLD 186.31 WELLS, Peter QLD 105.36 BIEGANSKI, Tad WA 20.50 PRITCHARD, John QLD 175.85 PETTIGREW, Ann ACT 104.04 CURRELL, John QLD 20.49 MOREN, Magnus QLD 161.23 STUART, Ross NSW 83.39 Best Performing: Local Masters JEDRYCHOWSKI, Richard NSW 156.61 CARROLL, Bruce QLD 66.26 FREUND, Art NSW 33.54 BLOOM, Martin NSW 155.30 HOWARD, Justin VIC 60.72 RAWLINGS, Jack SA 30.58 STRONG, Tom QLD 149.41 MEERBACH, Ferdinand SA 59.36 REID, Wendy NSW 27.37 Best Performing: Gold Life Masters LOVRECZ, George VIC 54.81 CONGREVE, Michael QLD 26.95 JANZEKOVIC, Darko QLD 229.17 DE LIVERA, Michael ACT 53.16 ZUBER, George ACT 25.84 WILTSHIRE, David NSW 197.24 MAJTELES, Debra WA 47.70 REYNOLDS, Jane WA 24.90 AFFLICK, Ian QLD 143.64 INGHAM, Linda WA 47.59 PIERCE, Jack NSW 24.16 MULLEY, Chris WA 129.16 Best Performing: *State Masters HOLLANDS, Jeff QLD 23.85 LUCK, Ivy QLD 128.81 PENLINGTON, Paul QLD 60.98 PIERCE, Eileen NSW 23.77 TUXWORTH, Anthony QLD 118.98 McARTHUR, Robert QLD 59.34 BREUNIS, Gerard QLD 22.90 MORAWIECKI, Roman QLD 108.18 VARMO, Jan QLD 58.52 Best Performing: Club Masters McLAUCHLAN, Helen QLD 95.76 ZOTTI, Vivian WA 57.81 HOARE, Rob QLD 37.24 LANE, Gary NSW 94.03 HOUGHTON, Wayne NSW 54.57 DONALDSON, Kaye QLD 29.97 McLAUCHLAN, Richard QLD 93.25 HOUGHTON, Christine NSW 54.57 MORRIS, Alexandra NSW 26.32 Best Performing: Silver Life Masters EDGTTON, Adam NSW 52.32 NG, Ronnie NSW 20.58 JAKES, Maureen QLD 114.77 HARDMAN, Douglas WA 52.02 KNIGHT, John QLD 20.21 WARE, Griff ACT 109.15 EDGTTON, Nabil NSW 51.49 PALM, Janice QLD 20.09 MAGEE, Jill VIC 108.97 BOXALL, Wendy ACT 49.36 BIEGANSKI, Beata WA 19.13 JENNER-O'SHEA, William SA 105.66 Best Performing: State Masters TAYLOR, Helen QLD 18.85 HARRIS, David QLD 102.14 McCARTHY, Gayle QLD 63.28 COOMBE, Ian SA 18.01 VAN JOLE, Nathan QLD 101.14 STANCU, Simon NSW 58.01 JONES, Alan QLD 17.21 MATTHEWS, David WA 96.36 WOOD, Viv WA 53.14 Best Performing: Graduate Masters HALL, Jean VIC 94.86 STUTHE, Brigitte QLD 49.88 HIRST, Andrew NSW 42.62 LOWRY, Helen NSW 92.35 HORTON, Barbara QLD 46.03 TOUTON, Ryan QLD 27.37 BARNETT, Philippa QLD 90.94 PANG, Rosa NSW 45.05 ATKINSON, Faye QLD 21.48 Best Performing: Bronze Life Masters SCHOEN, Pam QLD 44.02 OSMUND, Linda QLD 18.33 YUILL, Margaret VIC 105.83 THORLEY, Ray NSW 42.77 HARDING, Sam NSW 16.98 CHAN, Kevin VIC 90.82 STUTHE, Wolf QLD 41.30 MILLER, Errol QLD 15.88 MANN, Bill SA 86.99 BARRETT, Lammie NSW 39.57 LIERSCH, Vic VIC 14.27 WILSMORE, Peter NSW 75.83 Best Performing: *Regional Masters BROWN, Robert VIC 14.00 LEIBOWITZ, Tony NSW 69.54 PFEIFFER, James NSW 33.20 QIZILBASH, Akhtar QLD 13.74 O'DEMPSEY, Terence QLD 66.61 MARSHALL, John SA 31.42 KELLEY, Ned QLD 13.47 PUSKAS, John SA 66.33 KOLB, Mrs. E. 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23 2006 Summer Festival of Bridge Canberra 18 January to 30 January 2006

Rydges Lakeside Starting Time & Date Warm-up Pairs 7.30pm Tuesday 17 January National Seniors’ Teams 11.00am Wednesday 18 January South-West Pacific Teams 11.00am Monday 23 January National Open Teams 7.30pm Friday 27 January Graded Pairs 8.00pm Friday 27 January Australian Mixed Teams 10.00am Saturday 28 January

National Convention Centre Starting Time & Date National Women’s Teams 11.00am Wednesday 18 January National Novice Teams 11.00am Wednesday 18 January National Non-Life Masters’ Teams 11.00am Wednesday 18 January Last Train Event 11.00am Thursday 19 January - New Event Australian Multi Pairs 11.00am Saturday 21 January National Swiss Pairs 11.00am Sunday 22 January South-West Pacific Teams 11.00am Monday 23 January Changes in 2006 National Women’s & Seniors’ Teams Early finish Friday 20 January. Women’s semi-finals reduced to 4 teams. New Event: Last Train event will qualify 2 pairs to the 2006 Australian Team Playoffs. South-West Pacific Teams Returns to fourteen 20-board matches. Wednesday night off during the South-West Pacific Teams. Finalists out after round 14. 1st to 6th to NOT. Additional fee for NOT. BBO is on the Big in Cahoots Bar during the NOT.

For more details on Event fees, accommodation, partnership help and great golf deals during the Summer Festival visit the 2006 Summer Festival on the www.abf.com.au

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