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Australian National Bridge Championships

Congratulations to you all

Renee Cooper, Kirstyn Fuller, Megan O’Reilly, Jack O’Reilly, Francesca McGrath, NPC Allison

Stralow, Rebecca O’Reilly with Deidre Greenfeld presenting the Greenfeld Cup

(Photos courtesy of Allison Stralow)

O Volume 17 O Issue 07 O August O 2017

Lily Lim and

2 “BRIDGE – an Olympic Mind Sport”

Australian National Bridge Championships Scoring up in Canberra (Photos courtesy of Jan Blight)

WA Youth Team with NPC Allison Stralow WA Open Team with NPC Allison Stralow

WA Women’s Team with NPC Robina McConnell WA Seniors’ Team with NPC Allison Stralow

ANC Victory dinner

“BRIDGE – an Olympic Mind Sport” 3

President’s Report B y N i g e l D u t t o n

Very pleased to see, with a week to go, the Daytime Open Pairs has 18 tables. That is an

excellent turnout; if you want to play quality state level bridge but are reluctant to play at night then these events are for you. Also pleased to see, for the first time, that our premier congress event the Swan River Swiss Pairs is full with 60 tables. If you want to play keep your eye on the entry page for a late withdrawal. Even with the building extensions at Mandurah BC the Golden West is also full; this year with 54 tables. As happened last year I will run a Reserve List for the Golden West starting approximately a month out from the event. The Provincial / Restricted GNOT heat has also substantially improved table numbers from last year; eleven teams this year up for five in 2016.

Welcome back to our Canberra ANC teams; I was watching not only the results but also the Canberra weather which produced a number of -5 degrees overnight lows during the championships. Congratulations to the WA Youth Team, Renee Cooper, Francesca McGrath, Kirstyn

Fuller, Jack O'Reilly, Rebecca O'Reilly and Megan O'Reilly, who played exceptionally well for the entire qualifying rounds only to be overwhelmed by a very strong NSW team in the final. The WA Women’s team, Jan Blight, Joan Touyz, Deana Wilson, Cynthia Belonogoff, Doreen Jones and Catherine Hood, were very unlucky not to make the final as they were comfortably in second spot for most of the qualifying rounds only to suffer the “perfect storm” in the last round suffering a big loss to NSW and Queensland leap frogging them with a big win over Victoria. In the Restricted Butler the winners of the WA Restricted Butler event, Bhavna Patel and Nilesh Patel finished a very creditable 4th in the national final.

Apart from the Swan River Swiss August has the three week State Mixed Pairs event; this popular event starts on the 17th so you should have plenty of time to enter. The state’s premier teams event starts early September; it is a 6 week event, if that is more than you can commit to why not start planning a six person team now. I note that the calendar until the end of November is packed with weekend congresses and Gold Point events so get busy and get your entries in. ∎

ANC Daily Bulletin No 6

Thursday 20th July Page 7

(Editor: Keith Ogborn)

“Paul Brayshaw and Chris Mulley of the WA Open Team play a Forcing Pass system when not vulnerable. One of the opposing team captains has mentioned to me that Paul and Chris, knowing that the pair they were playing was relatively inexperienced at this level, offered to just play Standard. We thought that, given the seriousness of the competition, this was a pretty nice gesture that reflected well on them and deserved a mention here.”

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New Bridge Laws (Taken from ANC Daily Bulletin No 2: Sunday 16th July – with appreciation)

The new laws of bridge take effect from 1 August in Australia. They are a result of a process that began around five years ago. There was a need to refine the laws in the light of recent experience but a principal driver was concern that the current laws were in parts too difficult to understand.

THE PROCESS

The process was driven by the Laws Committee of the World Bridge Federation, of which Laurie Kelso is Secretary. To get as much input as possible, the Committee invited submissions from bridge players both at the initial stages and for comments on the penultimate draft. To avoid any suggestion that proposals were not dealt with on their merits, the author’s identity was removed from submissions before being considered by Committee members. Richard Hills created the index for the new laws (as he did for the current version).

OVERVIEW

It is probably fair to say that most players will notice in day-to-day play, very little, if any change. This is partly because much of the work has been to make the wording reflect more clearly current interpretation of the laws and partly because many of the changes deal with situations that are not everyday occurrences. There has been a particular emphasis on making it easier for Directors to allow play to continue when a problem has arisen and for penalties to reflect the actual need for redress for the non-offending side. Some of the changes may look a little esoteric or even obvious. For example, the new definitions section specifies that a person ceases to be dummy when play ends. However, all of these things, if left undefined or ambiguous, have potential ramifications. What follows is a brief summary of the main changes as they may appear to players.

Claims

For non-expert competitors, the main change is about claiming. Under the current laws, once a player has claimed, the hand can no longer be played and the Director must be called – who will then adjudicate on whether the claim is correct. Under the new laws, if all players agree, the hand can be played out without the need to call the Director. However, if the hand is played out, the non-claiming side cannot claim any redress if they are disadvantaged by this (for example, opposition to a claim may alert declarer to the fact that a trump is still out).

Insufficient Bids

There have been improvements to the insufficient bid rules, particularly the introduction of a ‘comparable call’ concept as a basis for allowing the auction to continue as normal. This better covers the complexities sometimes involved in changing a bid to a higher level without altering the meaning.

Mistaken Bids/Incorrect Explanations

There has been some clarification of the laws in relation to mistaken bid and incorrect explanation situations. This includes explicitly stating that an incorrect explanation is an infraction of the laws but also providing a player who realises he has made an incorrect explanation the option of correcting it at the time or at the end of the auction.

Preventing Irregularities

All players, including dummy, can try to prevent any irregularity by opponents as well as partner. Players can now also inform opponents as well as partner that they have a trick turned the wrong way.


ABN 70 053 651 666 ABN 82 057 199 126

BAWA in association with the ABF presents the

2017 SWAN RIVER

OPEN SWISS PAIRS a PQP (32, 24, 16 & 8)

and GOLD POINT event

1st - $1000 per pair and 2nd -$500 per pair

Saturday 19th August at 10.00 am

and

Sunday 20th August at 9.30 am

at the

West Australian Bridge Club, Odern Crescent, Swanbourne

Directing Team

Matthew McManus and Bill Kemp

Tournament Organiser

Hilary Yovich – 0409 082 920 or [email protected]

Entry Fee $80 per player payable at the table or on the BAWA web site (Account BAWA BSB 016464

Acc No 255674541)

Lunches from Kirkwood Deli may be ordered before play

Cheating

There are some additional measures related to possible cheating, including requirements to use fully symmetrical patterns on fronts and backs of cards and more Director discretion where boards may have been fouled in suspicious circumstances.

Misconduct

Extraneous actions are now specifically included in possible misconduct and, in cases of misconduct during an event, a Director will be able to suspend or expel a single player rather than the entire team.

Scoring Errors

It will be possible to correct scoring errors beyond the normal cut-off point if the error is beyond reasonable doubt.

Disclosure of Methods

The new laws remove the current impossibly high standard for full disclosure of methods in all situations and instead allow the level of detail that is appropriate to be determined by governing bodies.

Unauthorized information

The code has been revised to remove anomaly in the laws related to unauthorized information to ensure that all plays and bids that might have been suggested by the authorised information are barred where there is a logical alternative.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Laurie Kelso will be preparing a series of articles for the ABF Newsletter on the new laws in coming months. (Thanks to Richard Hills for the information on which this article is based).



Around the Clubs B y L i n d a B e d f o r d - B r o w n

Bunbury Bridge Club F r o m J a n M o r g a n

In and around all clubs there are unsung, unofficial and largely unknown, volunteers who actively further the game of bridge and in our club JUNE KEIL is one such person.

Some years ago we were asked to deliver our beginners’ course at the Eaton Library. At the end of the six weeks, June continued with this group and now provides a happy meeting place of 3-4 tables of people interested in learning more about the game.

Most of those attending have completed our six week course of Standard American and some come along to our supervised duplicate evening session, but are not quite ready to face the sometimes intense competition and time requirements of our regular club sessions.

June is a retired teacher, who is a Joan Butts devotee, having attended the Joan Butts workshops. She is well organised, has a kind and friendly nature, a good sense of humour and is endowed with vast patience – therefore wonderfully suited to once a week hosting a group of would-be bridge players who enjoy playing the ‘game’ as a game whilst strengthening their basic bridge skills.

Well done June Keil.

A great community effort and a great attribute to our club.

Melville Bridge Club F r o m L y n d i e T r e v e a n

It is hard to believe more than half of 2017 has gone and our AGM is next month. Our new committee members’ nominations are all in and now we have only one position left to fill. We are all looking forward to another great year with Salim Songerwala at the helm as President.

Congratulations, to two of our favourite members, Bhavna Patel and Nilesh Patel. After winning the local finals of the ANC Restricted Pairs they flew off to Canberra for the National competition. Watch this space for further details of their success.

Congratulations also to the following members:

Dorothy Kitching Handicapped Pairs

President Salim Songerwala with Lyndie Trevean and Julie Parsonage

1st Lyndie Trevean and Julie Parsonage 2nd Jay Wongphasukchot and Mavis Koay 3rd Mayilyn West and Johanna Thwaites


MBC Open Pairs

1st Laurel Lander and Rachel Shave 2nd Jeanne Hey and Salim Songerwala 3rd Pamela Smith and Chris Lawrence

Club Team Championships

1st Peter Gill, Jeanne Hey, Merwyn Menezes and Leon Ref

2nd Rachel Shave, Bridget Cooke, Laurel Lander and Elizabeth Cooke

3rd Joan Valentine, Helen Arendts, Valerie Isle and Barbara Frost

Mandurah Bridge Club F r o m I a n J o n e s

The winners of Friday’s Best 3 out of 4 competition were Mike Mulholland and Frances Darnborough. Runners-up were Doug and Vera Hardman.

The Daytime Open Pairs Championship was won by Kathy Power and Phil Power

Runners up were Doug and Craig Hardman, 3rd Jean McLarty and Kimberley Zhao

Winter Congress July 2017

The Congress was held over the weekend 8th and 9th July 2017. Sixty pairs took part in five matches of 10 boards each day and the event was run by State Director Neville Walker, assisted by Directors Robina McConnell and Brain Wade from Bunbury.

Club President Jim McNamara conducted the prize-giving, and thanked our Sponsors for their continuing support and Club members for their tremendous help in organising and coordinating the event.

Congress winners were Viv Wood and Ron Cooper

2nd Anton Pol and Andrew Swider

3rd Dave Munro and David Schokman

4th Stella Steer and James Steer


5th Tim Munro and Gerry Daly

6th Laurie Money and Mary Johnston

7th Florence Maltby and Di Brooks

8th Tad Bieganski and Beata Bieganski

The Best Mandurah Pair: Jan Howell and Sheryl Coates

The Best Country Pair: Alan Dundas and Eugene Wichems

The Best Under Life Master Pair: (Peter Cameron and) Joanne Payne

The Best Mandurah Under Life Master Pair: Denise Sampson and Gudrun Kemmer

The Best Mandurah Under State Masters: Warwick Jones and Isobel Jones

Best Pair Under State Master: Colleen Skipsey and Colleen Long


Nedlands Bridge Club F r o m L i n d a B e d f o r d - B r o w n

A record 64 pairs competed in the Ranjit Gauba Memorial Swiss Pairs.

1st David Matthews and Chris Ingham with Life Member Trish Hunter

2nd Helene Kolozs and Ann Youngs

3rd Viv wood and Gerry Daly

4th Deana Wilson and Cynthia Belonogoff

5th Tad Bieganski and Beata Bieganski

6th Dave Munro and David Schokman

7th Jan Blight and Joan Touyz

8th Barbara Kaye and Julia Odes

9th Julie Short and Debbie Chappell

10th Therese Garbutt and Viv Zotti

Fiske Warren Beginners’ course 29th Aug 2017- Watch out for details on the club web page

Fiske Warren lecture 27th Sept 2017 - Watch out for details on the club web page

COMING UP on August 13th is the Sunday Congress – the waft of cheese scones will greet you!


Northern Districts Bridge Club F r o m A n n e H o o p e r

The Winter Pairs Red Point was held on 17 July 2017. This was well attended and everyone enjoyed a splendid afternoon tea in the break. Thanks to Merilyn Summerville, Jackie Mc Cormick, June Dawson and Jeanne Lambert who prepared the food and all who helped on the day. Thanks also to David Cowell who directed.

Winners Ken Partridge and Barbara Partridge, Trevor Peters and Lyn Fakira.

Congratulations to all.

Our free raffle was drawn during the month with Basil Weren and Anne Hooper the winners -always a pleasure to win a prize. It's good to see some of our winter travellers returning from their journeys.

We love having visitors but you need to be a member to play in Red Point events. The hall is on Seacrest Drive, Sorrento in the middle of sports ovals. We play Monday and Thursday at 12.30pm. Please arrive early and be seated by 12.15 so the Director can select the movement. You will find further details on our website ndbc.bridgeaustralia.org

South Perth Bridge Club F r o m D a v e M u n r o

Dave Munro (President), Wendy Harman (Vice President) and Jeanne Hey (Director) taken with 8 ladies from the Tanglin Club in Singapore who played bridge at South Perth on Tuesday 11th July.

The Browning Cup was held on Sunday 25th June.

The outright winners were Sue Shadbolt and Mei Huang

The handicap winners were Hilary Stilling and Rebecca Cooper.

Winning the TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP - Marnie Leybourne, Nick Cantatore, Trevor Fuller, Leone Fuller.

BAWA AFFILIATED BRIDGE CLUBS

Focus will print details of your congress or red point events. All you have to do is email the full details before the 20th of

each month to be included in the following month’s issue.

Send to Linda Bedford-Brown [email protected]


Rockingham Bridge Club F r o m J e a n D a n c e

Winter Pairs Winners Jean McLarty and Kimberley Zhao with Director, Eve Dethlefsen (left).

Under State Masters: Yvonne Mathews (Centre) (Elena Olson) with Director, Eve Dethlefsen and President Roz Davey.

ANNIVERSARY PAIRS

President Roz Davey with the Anniversary Cake.

Winners of the Anniversary Pairs Jean McLarty and Eugene Wichems

Celebrating the Rockingham Bridge Club Anniversary are Life Members, (L-R) Ian Oldham, Miriam Garbutt, Bob Garbutt, Diane Brooks and Ron Philpot.

West Australian Bridge Club F r o m M a r g a r e t K i n g

The Inaugural Swiss Pair Championship for club members only was held at the club on Saturday 24th June. It proved to be very popular and hugely successful.

During a tea break someone asked of the origin of Swiss Pairs, so I searched Wikipedia and here are a few of the opinions.

1. "It originated in Chess, as far as I know, and then was adapted by bridge. It is a means of pairing of opponents with similar scores at each stage."

2. "I cannot verify this right now, but I have a vague memory that in Eric Jannersten memoirs ( or in some other Swedish book / magazine) the Swiss Etymology was described as being originally Swedish and got shortened to Swiss."


3. "The internet tells me that the system was developed by Julius Muller, a meteorologist and teacher in Brugg, for use in the Swiss Chess Congress, starting in 1889 and recorded in its modern form for the 1901 tournament."

Whatever the origin it is a super fun event in bridge and we hope next year to have a greater number of entrants.

Congratulations to our inaugural Swiss Pair winners:

1st Jill Keshavjee and Shelley Allen

2nd Deana Wilson and Cynthia Belonogoff

3rd Clive Hunt and Inga Hunt

Winning the June Novice Pairs

1st Karen Moller and Andrea Gaff

2nd Helen Hyde and John Hyde

3rd Anne Salter and Richard Collis

E D I T I N G O F M AT E R I A L

Contributors should note that the right to modify submitted material is retained

by the Editors


WABC Masters in Teams of 3 Photos courtesy of Sheenagh Young

1st Bruce Mason, Master Tim Munro, Carol O’Grady and David Wheaton

2nd Sarita Singh, Mark Hughes, Rachel Shave and Master Chris Bagley

3rd John Nelson, Master David Matthews and Kath Negus (Lorna Good)

Esperance Bridge Club's

40th Anniversary

Come and help up celebrate this special

occasion.

WHEN: Saturday 26th of August 2017

WHERE: Senior Citizen’s Centre

Forrest St, Esperance

TIME: Bridge 12:45pm for 1pm start

(Please let us know if you require a partner)

Finger food super, drinks and celebrations start at 5pm.

Inquiries and RSVP:

Ian Letts on 90720313 or

Jan Archer on 0420638851


Geraldton Congress F r o m R o b i n a M c C o n n e l l

MID WEST TRICKS Anyone contemplating the trip north to Geraldton to play in the Congress would be strongly encouraged to do it. It was a wonderful weekend of bridge, hospitality and fun. The sun shone for the weekend and at night we sat around the camp fire with the most amazing scenery.

A couple of wines and a table of food launched the event on the Friday evening and it was great to catch up with our old Kalgoorlie adversaries who took a train and bus and arrived in Geraldton two days later for the bridge. Players also arrived from the south west and the metro area. The welcome pairs were won easily by Denis and Chris Lawrence with a creditable 70%.

A big day of bridge followed on Saturday with the Open Pairs decided in the morning and then straight into the Teams. Eugene and I were lucky enough to win this event (and the raffle but that is another story) with Laurie Money and Lyndall Steed second and Wilma Coloper and Jennifer Simpson third.

The Teams was a tight event played over six rounds with all teams scoring at least one win and the first three place getters having members from the home club. With only .73 separating them it was well done to the Cupitt team. The Knight team second with Brian Baldock’s team in for third.

The weekend finished with a BBQ lunch, a few more wines and a quiet afternoon nap! It was a sensible decision to drive home the next day! And the story of the congress goes to the beautiful lady from Geraldton who finally got to play a hand in the team’s match and remarked how

exciting it was to be playing as she is usually in the kitchen!

WELCOME PAIRS

1st Chris Lawrence and Dennis Lawrence

2nd Robina McConnell and Eugene Wichems

3rd Val Norman and Geza Sulykos with President Brian Baldock

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CONGRESS PAIRS

1st Robina McConnell and Eugene Wichems

2nd Laurie Money and Lyndall Steed

3rd Wilma Coloper and Jennifer Simpson

TEAMS

1st Esther Saunders, Wayne Cupitt, Heather Cupitt and Colin Saunders

2nd Chris Knight, Bob Prince, Joan Prince and Maureen Knight

3rd Yvonne Dymond, Bryan Baldock (President), Elise Criddle and Jeanette Day

KALGOORLIE Bridge Club

CONGRESS

25th Anniversary Congress DATE: Long Weekend in September

22nd 23rd and 24th

WHERE: Goldfields Art Centre

Cheetham St Kalgoorlie

DIRECTOR: Peter Holloway

ACCOMMODATION:

Recommended the Railway Motel

90880000 ask for Sarah

PROGRAMME

Friday 22nd Welcome Pairs $30 Light supper included Saturday 23rd Open Pairs $40 Lunch included Sunday 24th Teams $40 Lunch included

After Teams event - Awards and Presentation with afternoon tea

All day tea-coffee and water provided

ENQUIRIES

Sue Lia 0418215308 or 90214707

Mary Williams 0400681608 or 90214258

ENTRIES: www.bawa.asn.au


To Ask or Not to Ask … F r o m D i B r o o k s

It doesn't matter what system you play, it is usual to have Stayman in your tool bag. Another handy gadget is the use of Transfers. So let's look at an example;-

North opened an Acol 1NT, East passed and South invited with 2NT. North, having the full 13 points accepted the invitation and bid 3NT. The C3 hit the table and Dummy's hand was exposed. Declarer knew they were in trouble, as both hands held a doubleton club. Sad to say the contract was doomed. South had a five card heart suit and had focused on his point count rather than show the major holding.

Dlr N ♠ Q953

Vul ♥ A976

♦ AK9

♣ 109

♠ A84

N

W E

S

♠ J107

♥ QJ4 ♥ 2

♦ 1042 ♦ J53

♣ KJ54 ♣ Q8632

♠ K6

13 ♥ K10853

11 4 ♦ Q876

12 ♣ A7

A handy tip to remember - No Shape, No Stayman. This also applies to transfers or Rescue bids.

Another point of note, 9 tricks in No Trumps brings in 400 or 600, but 4Hearts collects 420 or 620, depending on the vulnerability.

Happy Bridging ☺

WABC Masters in Teams of 3 Congratulations to W.A.B.C for their Masters Teams of 3 held on Sunday 2nd July. Twenty two teams were scheduled to play. (Unfortunately one team was a No Show.) The dreaded Devil's Triangle had to be put into place - always a night mare for the directors.

John Beddow, Convenor, along with Director, Bill Kemp and trainee, Brian Wade, kept everything

flowing, even with a few glitches. (The computer threw a wobbly and the weather did too)

Masters who have represented State and Inter-State bridge championships gave their time to play in this great event. To name drop - Peter Smith, Fiske Warren, Chris Mulley … to name but a few, added spice to the mix.

Special mention to the two teams from Northam who came along to join the fun.

Well done to everyone involved, whether on the playing, tournament or catering side, you all did a great job.

To my three team mates, congratulations for playing so well. I had a ball, even if I had to play Acol. (Tongue in cheek girls.)

Not everyone can win. But the old adage of It's not whether you win or lose, but how you played the game' flowed through the day, making it a great event.

Hopefully we will see you all next year.

C O N D I T I O N S O F E N T R Y T O B A W A C O M P E T I T I O N S

Attendance:

Entry to an event entails a commitment to play every session. Penalties may apply to pairs failing to arrive or failing to give 24 hours notice to the Tournament Director. Should unforeseen circumstances prevent attendance, it is the players' responsibility to arrange a suitable substitute.

Substitutes:

Proposed substitutions should be notified to the Director at least 24 hours prior to the session. Penalties apply to players who play with unapproved substitutes.


Test Your Slam Play

B y B i l l J a c o b s

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Dlr N ♠ A

Vul NS ♥ A108

IMPs ♦ Q104

♣ AKQ763

♠

N

W E

S

♠

♥ ♥

♦ ♦

♣ ♣

♠ J5

19 ♥ QJ9754

♦ A62

8 ♣ 105

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

1C 2S* 3H 3S 4NT Pass 5D

Pass 6H All Pass

*weak jump overcall

West leads D5. What do you play from dummy? Whether your play from dummy works well or poorly, what do you do next?

SOLUTION on page 20

V A L E D r M a l c o l m S m i t h

ANC Open

1967-1968-1976

Winter Teams

1993

Men’s Teams

1977


2 0 1 7 WAB C M as te r s in Te am s o f Thr e e F r o m J o h n B e d d o w

This year M in T of 3 was held on Sunday 2nd July. Twenty-Two teams entered, but unfortunately one team did not turn up requiring the Director, Bill Kemp to run a triangle. We had a late start due to problems with the Bridgemates which eventually resulted in a manually scoring procedure and the loss of one round. Nevertheless, Bill soldiered on under very trying conditions and we eventually managed to get five rounds in. The winning team with four wins and one loss was: David Wheaton, Carol O'Grady and Bruce Mason all from BAWA’s newest club Joondalup. They were ably captained by Tim Munro.

We were also delighted to see that two teams from Northam made the journey to take part. Well done. Both the Northam teams recorded two wins.

Apart from the unfortunate Bridgmate problems, judging by the number of players who approached me at the end, it would seem that most of you had a good time.

We look forward to seeing you next year.

The names of the ‘Master’ that generously gave up their time for the event were:

Chris Mulley; Fiske Warren; Jan Blight; Stella Steer; Peter Holloway; Viv Zotti; Tim Munro; Bob Prince; Peter Smith; Deana Wilson, David Matthews; Chris Bagley; Cynthia Belonogoff; Noeline Law; Annabel Booth; Lynne Milne; Pauline Hammond; Doreen Jones; Di Brookes; Jo Sklarz; and Chris Boylson. Also, a special mention to Robin Paterson who, turned up but, didn’t have a team to Master.

Winning Masters over the years are:

2010 Pauline Hammond 2011 Eddie Mandavy 2012 Peter Smith 2013 Chris Mulley 2014 Viv Zotti 2015 Elizabeth McNeil 2016 Cynthia Belonogoff 2017 Tim Munro

ALBANY RESTRICTED CONGRESS

For Country Bridge Players with less than 300 master points (As at 1/7/2017)

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH 2017

Registration: 9.00 am

Bridge: 9:30 am and 1.30 pm (approx)

ENTRY FEE: $35.00

Light lunch and refreshments will be served.

DIRECTOR: Mike Trafalski

98428576

[email protected]

CONVENOR:

Mike Trafalski

Cash Prizes 60% of entry fees

ENTRIES:

via BAWA website www.bawa.asn.au or

contact Mike Trafalski

http://www.bawa.asn.au/


West Coast Bridge Club

2017 CONGRESS

50th Anniversary

1967 – 2017 CIVIC CENTRE

33 TEMPLETONIA CRESCENT, CITY BEACH

SUNDAY 10 t h SEPTEMBER 10.00am DIRECTOR – BILL KEMP

ENTRIES via BAWA (www.bawa.asn.au)

PRIZES Prizes will be awarded to pairs placed first, second and third in the Final; first and second in the Qualifying Round; and winners in the Plate and Consolation events, depending on the number of participants. If a pair wins two prizes they will be awarded the prize having the greater monetary value and the other prize will be awarded to the next placed pair in the relevant section of the Congress.

SCHEDULE

Arrive 09:30 Qualifying round 10:00 Lunch (bring your own) 13:00 to 14:00 Final round 14:15 Refreshments 17:30

ENTRY FEE $30 PER PLAYER

RED MASTER POINTS

Each player must have a system card

Entries close 6th SEPTEMBER 2017

CONVENOR: PATRICK GARNETT

M a x i m i s e Y o u r C h a n c e s

B y R o n K l i n g e r

http://www.RonKlingerBridge.com

Improve Your Bridge Online

PROBLEM Dealer | East; East-West | Vulnerable

NORTH ♠ AJ32 ♥ AJ102 ♦ 92 ♣ Q42 SOUTH ♠ K76 ♥ Q87 ♦ AK6 ♣ A1063

South is in 3NT, no East-West bidding. West leads the H4: two – king – seven. East switches to the D10. Plan the play.

SOLUTION on page 20

July 70%+ (June – sorry Kathy Power it was you and Clyde England that took the 79.6% - not Phil Power)

Albany Bridge Club 71.88% Robert McLaughlin and Kay Thompson Busselton Bridge Club 74.4% Barry Witham and Pip Witham Bunbury Bridge Club 72.3% Kate Boston and Murray Webber Rockingham Bridge Club 71.2% Eugene Wichem and Jean McLarty South Perth Bridge Club 72.5% Susan Collinson and Lorna Good Undercroft Bridge Club 72% Judy Clear and Joan Rosemeyer 73.7% Noriko Sakashita and Fusako Hashimoto

http://www.ronklingerbridge.com/


Test Your Slam Play B y B i l l J a c o b s

SOLUTION Dlr N ♠ A

Vul NS ♥ A108

IMPs ♦ Q104

♣ AKQ763

♠ Q874

N

W E

S

♠ K108632

♥ 3 ♥ K62

♦ K853 ♦ J97

♣ J982 ♣ 4

♠ J5

19 ♥ QJ9754

6 7 ♦ A62

8 ♣ 105

You should play DQ at trick 1. If this is covered by the king, then the odds are very good that the heart finesse is working – East is not likely to make a weak jump overcall with two side kings.

If the DQ is covered with DK, win DA and take the heart finesse.

If the DQ holds, as shown in the diagram, cash SA and play a low trump from dummy (not the ace: take a look at what happens if you do). If someone wins HK and gives their partner a ruff, you can count yourself extremely unlucky. If that doesn’t happen, you can ruff a spade and claim soon after.

The moral: The bidding can help guide the play.

Maximize Your Chances B y R o n K l i n g e r

SOLUTION From an Interstate Teams match.

Both South’s were in 3NT, no East-West bidding. One South had no trouble after West led a club. At the other table West led the H4, ducked to East’s HK. East switched to the D10, ducked. South won the next diamond and played a club to the queen and king. Back came a diamond. South cashed the hearts. West followed throughout and East

pitched a diamond and a club. Now South had a dilemma: club finesse or spade finesse? South played a club to the ace, no luck, then the SK and a spade to the jack. No luck there either. East had begun with:

♠ Q9 ♥ K5 ♦ Q10853 ♣ KJ95

After taking the SQ, East was able to cash a diamond and a club for one down. That was E-W +100 and 12 Imps.

After East wins the HK and shifts to a diamond, why not take this and test the spades first? Play SA, SK. When the SQ drops you have nine tricks. If the SQ has not dropped, you can still play a club to the queen and later a club to the ten.

Dlr E ♠ AJ32

Vul EW ♥ AJ102

♦ 1074

♣ Q42

♠ N

W E

S

♠

♥ ♥

♦ ♦

♣ ♣

♠ K76

12 ♥ Q87

♦ AK6

16 ♣ A1063

A N C F i n a l R e s u l t s

O P E N

South Australia 105.1 - New South Wales 104

W O M E N ’ S

New South Wales 135.1 - Queensland 74

S E N I O R S

New South Wales 124 - ACT 99.1

Y O U T H

New South Wales 272.1 - Western Australia 68


RESULTS

T E A M S o f F O U R

F r o m J o h n B e d d o w

O P E N

Club Played Won VPs

WABC A 4 3 50.50 MANDURAH 4 2 44.78 NEDLANDS 3 2 42.75 SOUTH PERTH 4 2 34.75 WABC B 2 1 26.07 UNDERCROFT 2 1 21.02 MELVILLE 3 1 12.83 MACCABI 2 - 7.30

I N T E R M E D I A T E B L U E

Club Played Won VPs

KALAMUNDA 5 4 75.84 WEST COAST 5 4 72.17 SOUTH PERTH 5 3 60.07 UNDERCROFT 5 2 44.73 MAYLANDS 4 2 38.26 MACCABI 4 1 28.06

I N T E R M E D I A T E G O L D

Club Played Won VPs

WABC B 5 4 64.92 NEDLANDS 4 3 52.83 UNDERCROFT 4 2 33.68 MELVILLE 3 1 28.29 SOUTH PERTH 2 - 11.65 WABC A 2 - 8.63

N O V I C E G O L D

Club Played Won VPs

SOUTH PERTH B 3 3 45.63 WABC B 1 1 20.00 MELVILLE 4 - 18.88 UNDERCROFT 2 1 17.79 KALAMUNDA B 2 1 17.70

N O V I C E B L U E

Club Played Won VPs

WABC A 3 2 34.74 SOUTH PERTH A 2 2 29.60 SWAN DISTS 2 1 20.00 KALAMUNDA A 3 - 15.66 GOSNELLS - - -

A N C C o n g r e s s R e s u l t s

Wagga Wagga Bridge Club

ANC Prelude Open Swiss Pairs

1st Philip Lagrange and Jonathan Free 2nd Sophie Ashton and Anita Curtis 3rd Tim Munro and Gerry Daly 4th Rena Kaplan and Lorna Ichilik 5th Ruth Tobin and Helene Pitt 6th Pauline Gumby anmd Warren Lazer 7th Chris Mulley and Paul Brayshaw 8th Stephen Williams and Matt Smith 9th Richard Ward and Neville Francis 10th Ramanan Rajkumar and Hong Pui E Lee

KENDENUP RESTRICTED CONGRESS

(under 300 pts)

WHEN:

Saturday the 4th on November @9.30 start

WHERE:

Kendenup Town Hall

DIRECTOR:

Neville Walker

COST:

$40 (lunch and afternoon tea)

ACCOMODATION:

camping sites nearby

CONVENOR:

Heather Fergie 98514168

[email protected]


Focus can be seen in full colour on the BAWA website: http//www.bawa.asn.au/

D i a r i z e N o w

Upcoming BAWA & Club Events

Aug Wed 2nd BAWA Daytime Open Pairs 1/3 Venue: Nedlands Bridge Club 12.30pm

Fri 4th –Sun 6th TBIB South Perth Bridge Club Congress Sun 13th Nedlands Bridge Club Sunday Congress-see flyer Thu 17th BAWA State Mixed Pairs 1/3

Venue: South Perth Bridge Club 7.30pm Sat 19th -20th Swan River Swiss Open Pairs PQP/Gold Points

Venue: WABC – see flyer Sep Thu 7th BAWA State Open Teams Championship 1/6

Venue: South Perth Bridge Club 7.30pm Sat 9th Albany Bridge Club Restricted Congress Sun 10th West Coast Bridge Club Congress – see flyer Sat 16th –Sun 17th HGR Memorial Congress PQP/Gold Wed 20th Pharmacy 777 South Perth Open Red Point Fri 22nd –Sun 24th Kalgoorlie Bridge Club Congress- see flyer Oct Fri 13th - Sun 15th Nedlands Bridge Club Congress Fri 20th –Sun 22nd Denmark Bridge Club Congress Sat 28th –Sun 29th Undercroft Bridge Club Congress Nov Thu 2nd Grand Master Restricted Pairs Sat 4th Kendenup Restricted Congress- see flyer Sun 5th BAWA State Open Championship Final

Venue Nedlands Bridge Club Sun 5th Super Vets Gold Point Event Sun 12th BAWA Masters in Teams of 3 Sat 18th –Sun 19th Golden West Gold Point Event - Mandurah Fri 24th –Mon 27th GNOT finals

Sun 26th WABC Super Novice Event

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