HE ULLETIN TPublished by the QueenslandQBA Bridge Association B July-August 2010 Volume 36 No www.qldbridge.com Email: [email protected] 4 one-day teams events. This will be From the another success if you will support Barrier Reef President Bowen. I can’t complain, the bridge Congress players of Queensland have been outstanding in attending all the events in 2009 and 2010. However the life blood of our association is country clubs like Bowen and your attendance would be appreciated. Kim Keith By the time you read this our teams McDonald Ellaway will have returned from the 2010 ANC in Hobart. I have no doubt that ANET Hansen did a wonderful job The Leyland Brothers had irrespective of their results they will as a playing Tournament Co-Or- Nothing on Us J have been good ambassadors for dinator for the Mackay Barrier Reef Queensland. Congratulations to all S usual Ray and I travelled to the Congress. The Mayor of Mackay, Mr four Queensland teams. Aannual Barrier Reef Congress. Col Meng, officially opened the event. This year it was to be held in Mackay The Directors Laurie Kelso, Geoff Al- I need to thank all the clubs that and as I hate plane travelling I came len, Peter Busch and Monica Darley contributed to the success of the up with this bright idea that we could were very professional. The caddies Prince of Wales Medical Foundation drive and visit all the clubs from were just great. I thank the sponsors “Bridge for Brains Challenge”. Gympie up to Mackay. We wrote to one and all, particularly the major Australian Bridge has now raised all the clubs involved and worked sponsors Infocus Money Management in excess of $180,000 and that is out our itinerary and on the Tuesday and the Healthpoint Chemist Group. an effort to be proud of in face of an prior to the Barrier Reef, we travelled Without the tireless work of the large economic downturn. to Gympie where a luncheon was number of club members and friends I want to commend to you a revolu- held. At Gympie I had the pleasure this congress would not have been the tionary new bridge tool for teachers to present Jeannette Roughley with success that it was. Well done Mackay - see www.the35steps.com, ■ her Gold Life Masterpoint Certificate Contract Bridge Club. and to go along with this a gold cake The Manager of the QBA, Kim Ellaway QBA Mailing List was presented - we had this with and her husband drove to Mackay afternoon tea. If you wish to be put on the mailing to allow Kim to visit as many clubs list for news which is sent out about As soon as we finished this session as possible. The clubs were most once a month, please email the we drove to Hervey Bay for their 7.00 appreciative. Thank you Ray. manager. pm session - time was tight as we did Bowen Congress 6/7 November has [email protected] not arrive in Hervey Bay till 6.45 pm, been changed to a one-day pairs and chucked our case into the hotel room and drove around to the next street to play with the Hervey Bay members. Contents We had a wonderful supper and a From the President ................................................................................ 1 great chat with all of them - I told Barrier Reef Congress by Kim Ellaway ............................................. 1 them it was not necessary for the Richard Wallis ......................................... 2 balloons only to be told they had been Nanette Loxton .....................................4 for the previous session where they John Brockwell ....................................... 5 farewelled a 90+ year-old member. Klinger’s Column by Ron Klinger ....................................................... 5 Cuppaidge’s Column by George Cuppaidge ....................................6 The following morning we drove Director’s Corner by Sean Mullamphy ............................................. 8 back to Maryborough to play in their Appeals 101 by Geoff Slack-Smith ..................................................... 8 afternoon session - here the members Lockyer .......................................................................................... 9 out-did themselves with another Club News ........................................................................................11 afternoon tea and we also played Tournament Committee News by Richard Wallis ........................12 36 boards plus a sit out. I also found a Big W with books cheaper than in The QBA Bulletin July - August 2010 2 Jeannette Roughley & Kim at Gympie Brisbane so purchased every new release that they had. After play in Maryborough, we drove to Gin Gin and were told to have dinner in the local pub - we had Kim and Ray and Cleveland Bay members, ‘The Magnolias’, Gladys Tulloch, chicken schnitzel and it was the Barbara Hospers, Pat Leighton & Gaylene Brown with Sue Lusk (2nd from right) nicest meal I had in a long time and it was all prepared on site but we After the event which I am sure is me the will to visit all bridge clubs declined the invitation to join the reported elsewhere we drove to as I believe the visits were warmly motel’s owner’s birthday party. On Rockhampton and played in the accepted and appreciated. the Thursday morning we had a long Tuesday session where a lunch had I could write about some memorable drive to Mackay. been put on for us. The members hands however I’m too busy cleaning certainly know how to cook up a lunch The congress began with a Walk-In the dirt off the car after travelling and we thank everyone who made us event on Friday afternoon which Ray behind a cattle truck and receiving feel so welcome. and I were not only fortunate to win a all the cattle remnants on my brown section but we won overall which gave After play we drove to Bundaberg car; or was it white. Thank you also to us some extra spending money. We to play in the Wednesday morning Mum of course who, as usual, looks had a wonderful time meeting up with session. It was vegetable day so we after my not so young children and old friends and we even managed to were able to purchase our vegetables my two dogs. ■ come 10th in the Swiss pairs losing to take back to Brisbane and it was only one match by more than 14-16 also fund-raising for cancer day. and that was against Marlene Nicol The providore and her troupe made and Janice Wright from Bowen who the most splendid morning tea and eventually came 8th overall and I eventually had to drag Ray out of certainly won’t let me forget that they there as he would have been happy won the first match. to stay and eat all the leftovers and Richard thank you to the member who gave us Wallis In the teams we always play with the mango melon - it was absolutely Bev Travers and have done since delicious. The Open Butler Pairs we have been attending. We were fortunate this year that she picked We left Bundaberg and returned HILE the field was down on last to play with an old friend of hers home for the State of Origin. We Wyear, the quality was still high in and ours, Gerald Schaaf (Gerald is had travelled over 2300 kilometres, the Open Butler Pairs event held prior the Gold Coast Congress’s entry co- played in 6 bridge clubs, met some to the Barrier Reef Teams in Mackay, ordinator and I have worked with him wonderful people and listened to and John Brockwell and I struggled to for many a year) and what fantastic some wonderful stories about the make any headway, with no severe fun we had, eventually coming 11th history of the clubs visited. losses, but no major wins either. - 3 places above our seeding. We Thank you to everyone who made The event was played as a Swiss, lost only two of these matches which the trip memorable - I hope we were with 8 matches of 7 boards, which was against a Brisbane team and a of some use to you in answering any made for an exciting contest. The Mackay team and they both deserved of the questions put to us and now Butler format meant that tactics were their wins against us - thanks Gerald members can put a face to the phone similar to teams play, and a 1-round and Bev. call when they ring me. It has given delayed draw was employed for the The QBA Bulletin July - August 2010 3 first few rounds, before reverting to a sacrifices, but not enough, as the perform consistently enough to rack live draw for the final rounds. board average was +500, so we up enough of the large wins that are Magnus Moren and Neville Francis gained 9 Imps, the only sizeable necessary to win such a contest, and went to the lead after the first match swing of the match. were out of the money. and were never headed thereafter. The entry was a little down this year, M 2 ♠ 8652 It looks as if Pairs prior to the Teams and even so the playing venue was Bd 13 ♥ 106 will become a regular event at all BRC a little crowded at times, but all of the Dlr N ♦ 10964 for future years, as while Townsville players coped very well. The Souths ♣ 753 had previously only run the Teams Vul Both Leagues Club was a great venue for ♠ AQJ4 ♠ K1093 event, they have put the Butler the players when not playing bridge, ♥ AQ752 N ♥ K98 Pairs event back on the Calendar W E as it was relatively close to suitable ♦ QJ5 ♦ AK for 2011. S accommodation. ♣ Q ♣ KJ92 While the venue was initially a little ♠ 7 ♠ 2 crowded, the only valid criticism that M 1 ♥ J43 ♥ Q864 I heard during the event was that Bd 7 ♦ 8732 A532 Butler scoring was similar to Teams, Dlr S ♦ ♣ A10864 9762 and therefore maybe this should be Vul Both ♣ Q74 J109865 a Match-pointed Pairs event.