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Eighteen pairs entered our Australia Wide Pairs event at the end of August. It proved a close contest locally at our club with Cath Whiddon and David Farmer with 63.9% playing North South just pipping sister Jennifer Ardill and her partner Peter Clarke with 63.2% playing East West.
But the tables were turned when the event was scored nationally, with Jen and Peter edging slightly ahead (at 61.2% and 118th nationally) of Cath and David (on 61.1% and 123rd nationally). Further scores are still coming in. You can see our club players' rankings in the nation wide scoring as it evolves. Our players local and national results are also listed below - with links to each player's personal electronic results booklet.
A large contingent of Peninsula Bridge Club members travelled in August to Coffs Harbour for the 2019 Coffs Coast Gold Congress - a delightful combination of a Swiss pairs and a teams event each with open, intermediate and restricted categories. The event is popular and normally books out within a day or so of opening for registration (next year is going to be 9am on 1 Apr 2020 - diarise this now).
Peninsula had some significant successes in the Restricted and Intermediate categories! Here are some of the highlights:
Green masterpoints for these two months will be submitted as is normal but the red points for August and September club events will be delayed until the end of October.
Cassandra Mitchell – the masterpoint secretary – will be away, but rest assured, the red points will come in time. Often these points are delayed in being uploaded by months and months because of various factors outside of my control so this isn’t unusual.
If anyone wants to volunteer to learn how to process masterpoints for the club, please contact me on 0421 764 300 (NOTE: You do not need to be a director to process points). I leave for the United States around 21 August.
Our Swiss Pairs Congress was a great success, in large part due to the huge contributions from the convener Cassandra Mitchell (see her wrap below!) and a number of other key volunteers before and on the day.
Have a look at the photos that Cassandra took on our Facebook Group.
Check the full results. Congratulations to Jocelyn Bertram and Lyn Smith as the most successful Peninsula pair in the Open field and to Ray Hurst and Nerida Gillies who were runners-up in the Restricted field.
Supervised Sessions
Supervised Sessions are held 3 times per week
Monday 18:45 -21:00
Tuesday 14:15 - 16:30
Friday 09:15 - 11:30
Practise Play topic in SS in July is Overcalls.
Review lesson in SS with Cath:
- Tuesday 16 July 2.15-4.30pm
- Friday 26 July 9.15-11.30am
We have received information from other clubs on upcoming events which some members might find of interest. The flyers are posted on the noticeboard.
- The Toronto Bridge Club will hold the annual Swiss Teams Congress on Sunday 25 August - online entry: www.nswba.com.au/tourn/calendar.asp
- Ingleburn RSL Bridge Club is also holding a Teams Congress on Sunday 11 August, 10am - online entry: www.nswba.com.au/tourn/calendar.asp
- Central Coast Leagues Bridge Club, Inaugural Weekend Congress on 21-22 September 2019 - online entry: www.nswba.com.au/tourn/calendar.asp
- Great Lakes Bridge Club 38th Annual Congress 14-15 September 2019, Convener: Sylvia Goodwin 0431 066 388,
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Sydney Spring Nationals auspiced by ABF and NSWBA 16-24 October 2019, gold masterpoints and Playoff Qualifying Points. http://www.abfevents.com.au/events/spnot/2019/
Join us for some relaxed kitchen bridge on Sunday 14 July at 3pm at the Peninsula Bridge Club.
Get together your foursome or just come along and we'll find you a table. Friends and family welcome.
BYO drinks and nibbles. Tea and coffee will be available. $3 members and visitors.
Each table will deal their own cards and score or not score as they wish. No masterpoints, no Bridgemates, no stress! Inquiries to Beth Randall.
Sometimes the director might be busy with another call, and at other times it may take them anything up to 10 seconds to arrive. What do you do while you’re waiting?
This article is not going to answer that – instead it will provide some advice on what NOT to do in various situations:
