President’s Report Well, we have come to the end of a successful and satisfying year here at the Brisbane Bridge Centre and we are now in Christmas mode. Last week was Hamper Week, during which we raffle hampers at each session for members. This is the first year that I have had sole responsibility for the organization of these hampers and I can tell you it is no insignificant feat. I now realize what a magnificent job Lorna Newnham did over many years when she had the responsibility for hamper production – a big thank you, Lorna. The Christmas party was held on Saturday and was a great success. The hamper raffle was very well supported and for that I thank you all. It was won by Keith Long. Please see pictures of the party later in this newsletter. Last weekend BBC had the honour of hosting the QBA Teams of Three competition and it was good to see so many of our Club members competing. Once again there was excellent feedback, people do seem to like the happy atmosphere and ambience that our Club engenders. As usual there are many thanks to give out - Chris Larter as usual was organizer-in- chief, and Richard Wallis organized the experts and teams. All the set-up was carried out by Chris, Arne and Bill Tolstrup, with help from Richard Fox, Lynn Kelly, and Geoff and Cathie Moller. John Lahey and Rachel Langdon collected the money, and John also caddied during the morning. Pam Singley caddied in the afternoon. During the day itself I helped in the kitchen as did Muriel Baker, Hazel Lahey, Jan Staunton, Leo Stellmach, Judy Jessop, Lynn Kelly, Marjorie Jackson and Arne, who also did the bar. Thank you so much to all those people and to the many who provided cakes and savouries, and especially Robyn Brady and Margaret Rylands who made the rissoles. Janette Hiatt worked hard all day and her daughter and son-in-law Lorraine and Andrew operated the barbecue with great skill. Tilley Thillainathan and Colleen Sobey were second in the A Grade and Sheila Wills, Lesleigh Egan and Lynne Henley were third. Well done to you all. It was lovely to see Pauline Crowe back at the Club after a stay in hospital. I thought that she was away on holiday so the customary get well soon card was not sent, for which I apologise, Pauline. Col McIntosh came to see us on Tuesday with help from Jim Reay. Col has had a bad run of luck with his health and people were thrilled to see him back. Please get back to full health Col and return to play as soon as possible. There is a lovely article about Marjorie Godfrey in the current edition of the UQ Contact magazine. There is a copy on the noticeboard. On behalf of the committee of BBC I would like to wish all members and their families a very Merry Christmas and a safe, healthy and Happy New Year. Elaine
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Well,wehave come to theendofa successfuland satisfying yearhere at theBrisbaneBridgeCentreandwearenowinChristmasmode.LastweekwasHamperWeek,duringwhichwerafflehampers at each session for members. This isthefirstyearthat IhavehadsoleresponsibilityfortheorganizationofthesehampersandIcantell you it is no insignificant feat. I now realizewhat a magnificent job Lorna Newnham didover many years when she had theresponsibility for hamper production – a bigthankyou,Lorna.The Christmas partywas held on Saturday andwasagreatsuccess.Thehamperrafflewasverywell supported and for that I thank you all. Itwaswon by Keith Long. Please see pictures ofthepartylaterinthisnewsletter.Last weekend BBC had the honour of hostingtheQBATeamsofThreecompetitionanditwasgood to see so many of our Club memberscompeting. Once again there was excellentfeedback, people do seem to like the happyatmosphere and ambience that our Clubengenders. As usual there aremany thanks togiveout-ChrisLarterasusualwasorganizer-in-chief, andRichardWallis organized theexpertsand teams. All the set-up was carried out byChris, Arne and Bill Tolstrup, with help fromRichard Fox, Lynn Kelly, and Geoff and CathieMoller. John Lahey and Rachel Langdoncollected the money, and John also caddiedduringthemorning.PamSingleycaddiedinthe
afternoon.During theday itself I helped in thekitchen as did Muriel Baker, Hazel Lahey, JanStaunton, Leo Stellmach, Judy Jessop, LynnKelly,Marjorie Jackson andArne,who also didthebar.Thankyousomuchtoallthosepeopleand to the many who provided cakes andsavouries, and especially Robyn Brady andMargaret Rylands who made the rissoles.Janette Hiatt worked hard all day and herdaughter and son-in-law Lorraine and Andrewoperatedthebarbecuewithgreatskill.Tilley Thillainathan and Colleen Sobey weresecondintheAGradeandSheilaWills,LesleighEganandLynneHenleywerethird.Welldonetoyouall.Itwas lovely to see Pauline Crowe back at theClubaftera stay inhospital. I thought that shewasawayonholidaysothecustomarygetwellsoon cardwas not sent, for which I apologise,Pauline.ColMcIntosh came to see us on Tuesdaywithhelp from Jim Reay. Col has had a bad run ofluckwithhishealthandpeoplewerethrilledtoseehimback.PleasegetbacktofullhealthColandreturntoplayassoonaspossible.Thereisa lovelyarticleaboutMarjorieGodfreyin the current edition of the UQ Contactmagazine.Thereisacopyonthenoticeboard.OnbehalfofthecommitteeofBBCIwouldliketowishallmembersandtheirfamiliesaveryMerryChristmasandasafe,healthyandHappyNewYear.Elaine
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Christmas-NewYearPeriod@BBC
TherewillbeNObridgeatBBConSaturday24December orMonday 26December. All othersessionswillbeheldasusual.
I will also be having some time off over theChristmas-NewYearperiodbetweenTuesday20DecemberandFriday6 January. Thereforetheofficewillbeunattendedduringthisperiod.
AnnualMembershipRenewalNotices
The Annual Membership Renewal Notices willbe prepared and sent out to all currentmembers intheNewYearbymid-January. Forhome clubmembers, therewill be increase by$1astheQBAhave increasedtheir levyfee. Areminder that the Pensioner discount is onlyavailable for members who have a CentrelinkPensionerConcessionCard.
NewMembers
AreyounewtoBBC?Areyouplayingregularlyat BBC but pay the visitor fee? If you haveanswered yes to one of these, I stronglyencourage you become a member. Updatedapplication of membership forms are availablefromthesideboardoutsidetheoffice.
Date Claimer: BBC Club Pairs Championship -Saturday21January
TheBBCClubPairsChampionshipwillbeplayedonSaturday21January.Theentryform,withallthe details, will be available within the nextcoupleofweeks.
Some players will be aware that we currentlyconduct Eclectics at most of our duplicatesessions each month. Eclectic events arecompetitionswhere a competingpair doesnothavetoplayineverysession,but,inordertobeeligibleforanoutrightaward,needstoplayinaspecified minimum number of sessions. Acommon example is a competitionwhere finalplacings are determined by the total of eachpair’s best 3 scores from the 4 availablesessions.
Asof2017wewillbeonlyconductingEclecticsat sessions in those months which have 5particular days. These will appear in the BBC2017Diary.ForJanuarythiswillbetheTuesdayMorning session & Tuesday Night session. (i.e.thereare5TuesdaysinJanuary)
MasterpointPromotions
Congratulations to the followingmemberswhohavereceivedamasterpointpromotion.
2016BrisbaneZoneInterclubTeamsRedlandsBridgeClubhostedtheInterclubTeamsforBrisbaneZonethisyear,andwarmlywelcomedupto4teamsfromeachclubinthe4gradedsections:A-Open,B<400,C<100andfinallyD<10MPs(allfor each player). Where a club could not submit a team in each grade, Redlands BC made up thedifference,sothateachgradehad8teamsplayingacompleteround-robin,8-boardmatchesforA,B&Cand7-boardmatchesinDgrade.BBCenteredteamsineachofthe4grades,andwhile Ibelieveeveryoneenjoyedthedayas Idid,wewere competitive, but not successful, with Sunnybank BC winning B and C grade to triumph overKenmore, last year's winners. BBC finished 5th overall and the B team in second place was our bestindividualresult.Ourteamswere:A:RosaLachman,RichardWallis,JohnKelly,PeterEvansB:PeterBurke,DavidJayne,ChrisLarter,JohnLaheyC:PatriciaTan,RozClark,CliveCarter,MarieBuckleyD:LynneDay,GayeJackson,DeviThilllainathan,JeffreyKennedyAs usual itwas a very enjoyable day of bridge played in good spirits, andwewerewell looked afterthroughouttheday.NextyearBBChaveagreedtohosttheevent.NextafewhandswheremypartnerRosaplayedwell,firstlytopickupacoupleofImpsinovertricksinagamecontractviaa3-suitedsqueeze,beforelandingaslamswingthroughcarefulcard-readingandanendplay.Finallyahandwheretheoppositionhelped,butRosatookfulladvantagetolandagameswing.
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Onboard29inthe4thmatchRosa's1Sbidinsteadofadoubleshowsa5-card or longer suit, but all I could do over this was to rebid mydiamonds.However,withalikely6tricksinmyhandIhadnohesitationinraisingherinvitational2NTtogame.West dutifully led the HT and East ducked, so Rosa won the HJ andwent to dummywith the D3 and took the losing spade finesse. Eastducked the next heart, which appeared to be an attempt to avoid asubsequentsqueezeontherunofthespades,butifthatwasthecaseitwascompletelyunsuccessful!RosawontheHKandtestedthediamonds,findingEastwithsomethingelsetoguard,but12trickslookedtohavevanished!NowwhenRosa cashed the spades, Eastwas subjected to a3-suitedsqueeze,and felt thepinch immediately,andmusthavegotconfusedashetookhisbestchancebydiscardingtheC9,butwhenRosacashedtheCAandledtheCT,hediscardedtheHA,soRosatookthelasttrickwiththeH8andmade12tricksfor+690and2Imps.
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Onboard10inthesixthmatchEastpassedasdealer,soshewasabletobid1NTovermy1Hresponsetoshowaweakhandwithspadesanddiamonds(doublewouldalsoshowthesesuitsbutstronger).Rosa could have passed to deny a good hand and also less than 2hearts,butchosetorebidherclubsuitratherthan1NT.I forcedwith2SandoverRosa's3NTresponseImistakenly jumpedto6H,butcorrectedto6NTwhenRosaoffered6S,andEastledtheD9.RosawontheDAattrick1and12trickslookedeasy,eventhoughthehearts were unlikely to break after the 1NT overcall, but when shecashedthetopclubsindummy,12trickshadbecome11!Back to hand with the SA to cash the clubs, Rosa carefully watchedEast'sdiscards,whichwereaspadefollowedby4diamonds.NowwhenRosacashedtheSKandWestshowedout,East'shandisanopenbookandRosaexitedwithherlastdiamondandEasthadtoleadintothespadesindummyfor12tricksand13Imps.6NTcanmakebycashingthetopClubsindummyandrunningtheST,but that is double-dummy. Also double-dummy, East can discard thetopdiamondsandrelyonWesthavingtheD8.
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Onboard18intheseventhandlastmatchwehadasimpleauctionto3NTduringwhich Icheckedforaheart fitviaStayman,butwithoutamajorRosatooknochancesbyjumpingstraighttogame.Sincethe1Copeningwasprepared,Eastcouldhavedoubledmy2Cbidforthelead,butwasstrangelysilent,andWest,withnopossibleentryinhishandledtheD9,topofhislongestsuit.SinceRosahad2 tricks inspades,heartsandalsoclubs thanks to thepips,shecouldaffordtoplaylowindummyandsetup3diamondtricksforthecontract.EastwontheDKandledtheCK,whichheld,followedbytheCQ,whichRosatookinhandandledtheHJ.TheC9wasthecrucialtricksand9trickswere+600.Attheothertablethebiddingwassimilar,exceptJohndoubledthe2CbidandPeterdutifullyledaclub,thuswhenJohnwontheHAhewasabletosetuphis5thclubasthesettingtrickifHegotinwiththeDK!SouthdidfinessetheDQandwent1downfor+100and12Impstous,butitwasafinessethatshouldnothavehappened!IfWesthastheDK(unlikely on the bidding) it is only the 4th trick for the defense anddeclarerhastherest,sodeclarershouldallowfortheslightpossibilityoftheDKbeingsingletonbylayingdowntheDA.
EastpassedandSouth,probablythinkingalongUnusualNTlines,responded3D.Thisbiddoesn'treallyexistexceptifitshowsaverylongdiamondsuitandnotoleranceformysuits.ItpassedaroundtoEast,whosedoubleIsensedwaspenalty-oriented.Iwouldhavehadnowheretogoifithadcomebacktome,butWestunderstandablythoughtthedoublewascompetitiveandjustaskinghisopinion.Dummy appeared and it was clear that 3D would not have been a good contract. East was near-apoplecticbutIhavetocommendtheopponentsforkeepingtheircoolandsenseofhumour.Looking at the hands, partner's correct bid would have been 2S, supporting my known suit to theminimumlevel.East'swait-and-seeapproachdidn'tworkthistimebecauseitwastoohardforWesttoreadthesituation.AtanothertableEasttookthebullbythehornsandsimplyresponded5D.
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This time Ienter theconfessional, guiltyofa similarattempt to takeadvantagewhen theopponentsappeared to be in big trouble. In theANCButler Pairswe played JimmyWallis and Bill Nash. Jimmyopened 3D with the North rubbish, and partner AndrewWoollons was forced into an imperfect 3Hovercall.Billdoubled,andIpassedwithglee,expectinganovertrickortwoin3HX.Andrewnaturallypulledthistohissecondsuitwitha4Cbid-hethoughtSouthhadahandmorelikemine.Bill re-emergedwitha4Sbidand thiswasn'twhere I'dhoped tobe. Iwasn't sure if5HwouldmakebutIhopedwehadenoughstufftotake4SdownsoIdoubled.Billveryquicklyclaimedwithanovertrick.I'dhavedonebetterobviouslytoforgetthedoubleandjustbid4H.Billwasn'tfollowingthetextbookwithhisdouble,whichshouldbepenalties.Partnerwasnevergoingtowear itunlesshehadasemi-balancedsingle-suiter,whichwasimpossiblegivenmyheartholding.
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IwasNorthandcouldnotquitejustifya1NTovercall.Apointshortwithadoublestopperindiamondsbutnoparticularsuittosetup, Idecidedtopass.Easthadaneasypassandpartnerreopenedwithadouble.Wemighthaveaheartfit,butIthought1Dwasmostlikelynotmaking.It'sonly140ifitmakeson the nose, and plus 200 or 500 if it goes off, I thought. Better than a part-score. These thoughtsconvincedmetopassthedouble,andEastdidn'thaveanythingtosay.I ledtheobligatory lowtrump,thestandout leadagainstanydoubledpart-score,andWestranintoalayout thatgavehimnochance.TheKSwasdeadaswas theKC,andpartner found the telegraphedheartswitchwhenshegotonlead.Theoutcomewas+1100 for fourdown,and theother tableplayed2NTwithovertricksbringing it to210.Someoneelsemusthavebeeninasimilarhole,andfurtherdiggingledto2CXfor-1400.Quiteafewpairsreached3NTbutIsuspectthosewhodidn'tmighthavehadanopeningbidtoscarethemoff.Youwinsome,youlosesome…