Newsletter 22 May 2025
In our newsletter this week...
- President's Message
- Message from the Committee
- Directors for the Australian National Championships
- Directors Course
- New Members
- Refresher Course - Tuesdays 27th May to 3rd June
- Wednesday night Pizzas
- 2025 INTERCLUB TEAMS
- Australia Wide Novice Pairs
- Upcoming Events
- RESULTS
- Lighter Moments
President's Message
A Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers!
A big thank you to everyone who turned up last Saturday morning to help tidy up around the club. A much needed general cleanup in the gardens and carpark which included painting of the railings and seating, pruning, leaf blowing, rubbish removal and some plantings!
Inside the clubrooms jobs included trophy polishing, bidding boxes tidied, branding of boards, fridges and kitchens cleaned, plus the dealing room got a much needed refresh!
We are incredibly grateful to all the volunteers who gave up their Saturday morning to help us out:
Adrienne Stephens, Barbara Bialowas, Sally & Mark Vardy, Lynne Tomati, Nicole Finn, Chris Wawn, Susanne Townsand, Pam Crichton, Nick Vonthethoff, Steve Kyburz, John Kelly, Jennifer & Brett Yeats, Mark Wood, Kathleen & David Kenny, Elizabeth Voveris, and Jeanette Grahame.
Thank you all for your time and wonderful community spirit!
Currently two of our top players are representing Australia in the 54th Asia Pacific Bridge Federation (APBF) Championships being held in Hefei, China. Jodi Tutty in the Ladies Team and George Kozakos in the Seniors Team. We wish them well for the rest of the competition. The results can be found here - http://www.gembridge.cn/score/Results?tourStart=2025-05-17&tour=32327&from=ccba
-Mary
Message from the Committee
Saturday Afternoon Face to Face Bridge
Following two weeks of cancelled sessions due to insufficient numbers, the Committee will be suspending Saturday afternoon Face to Face Bridge with a view to reinvent the Saturday offering or provide an alternate service to our Saturday players. Saturday afternoon RealBridge will be unaffected.
SCON-GRESS 2025 - SAVE THE DATE - Sunday 22 July 2025
The Club will be hosting a Youth Fundraising Congress for Jade Wilkinson and Alexis Wilsmore on Sunday 22 July.
More details will be provided in next week's Newsletter and in flyers around the Club.
In the interim there is a Youth Fundraising Box placed in the Clubrooms for those who would like to make a contribution. Proceeds will go to help the whole team meet their travel costs.
You can also donate to the Team via their GoFundMe page: https://gofund.me/4b4c57ea
Club Charity Nominations
Each year the Committee considers nominations from members for a new charity for the next financial year. Proceeds from fundraising events and the produce table all go towards supporting the charity. If you have a favourite charity that you would like to have considered, please email the Secretary at
Directors for the Australian National Championships
The ANC will be held in Canberra in July 2026. We will need a team of directors, and prefer to employ local people, where possible. We are also keen to give less experienced directors an opportunity to upgrade their skills by working at the national level as trainee directors.
If you have experience as a club director and would like to be considered in either role, please email me at
Lyn Carter
0402-077958
Directors Update Tour
In conjunction with BridgeNSW, we are running a Directors Update Tour. The two experienced National Directors running the course will be John McIlrath and Bruce Crossman.
The Canberra leg will be held:
- Thursday 19 June at Canberra Bridge Club 1.30-4-30.
- Friday 20 June 10.00 am - 12.30 pm - venue to be arranged.
All clubs are invited to have their directors attend this event.
Could directors please book the time in their diary and advice Bruce Crossman if they are attending.
New Members
Canberra Bridge Club welcomes the following new and returning member to the club:
- Jane Wakeford
- Carlin Bruce
Refresher Course
Barb Toohey's refresher course has started. Even if you've missed the first two, please join us for the next course which will be on:
- Tuesday 27th May and 3rd June
- 10-45am until 12-00pm (allowing plenty of time for lunch if you wish to stay on to play in the afternoon session)
- Cost is $10 and will be charged through MyABF or by cash on the day if you prefer
- Players can attend either in partnerships or as individuals
Wednesday night Pizzas
The Wednesday night pizzas provide the opportunity for social interaction while enjoying a pizza sampling. It provides a great opportunity to talk to and socialise with your fellow players, which is not always the case when engaged in playing bridge.
o 28 May - 6:30pm
o $5 payable on the day for half a pizza
Those wishing to partake should place their name on a list on the noticeboard or contact Jon Pike directly. His email is
Please note : the name list for the Pizzas has been moved, it is now on the noticeboard on top of the biscuit table.
2025 INTERCLUB TEAMS
- Sunday 13th July 2025
- 10:15am to 5:45pm
- Venue: Whitlam Room, Belconnen Labor Club.
- Cost: $150 per team. $75 per team for youth teams.
Clubs may enter teams of at least 4 players in any category for which all the players are eligible. Clubs may enter multiple teams in a single category, so if there are many players at a given level wishing to play then they all can. To enter, please send your team details to the Tournament Convener or the Director, John Donovan, on or before 7 July
Tournament Director: John Donovan (
For further details please click here.
Australian Bridge Novice Pairs
The Australia-Wide Novice Pairs has a rich history that goes back more than 30 years, bringing together thousands of players from all around the country.
Each player will receive a souvenir booklet on the day, describing our recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone. After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available later on the web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against our recommended results.
- Tuesday 27th May - 1pm
- This competition is open for players with 100MP or fewer as at 31 March and will only be run in the B grade section during the normal Tuesday 1pm DUP session
- No need to book as this will be a walk in event
- Entry will be subsidised by the CBC so normal table money will apply.
Red Masterpoints will be awarded to all pairs scoring over 52% along with various prizes if you qualify for specific achievements, please refer to the posters on our noticeboard for further details.
If you miss out..
South Canberra, will be hosting a session of the Australia-Wide Novice Pairs on:
- Wednesday 28 May, starting at 10 am.
- Cost for visitors is just $6.
Non-ABF members are welcome to play in the event as long as it is reasonable for them to be regarded as novices.
More details can be found on their website.
Please note: You can NOT play in the above event more than once. The results from our club session will be withheld from being published until the event has been concluded.
Upcoming Events
Next Tuesday night event is the Winter Butler Pairs.
- 3rd to 10th June 2025
- Click here to register
Results
The winners of the Kieser pairs event are:
- Kerry Dunlevy - Elizabeth Chisholm
Lighter Moments
There are 5 cards in a random line, A, K, Q, J and T, including at least one of each suit.
- The two hearts are not beside each other.
- The King is not a heart.
- The Jack is red.
- The T is immediately to the left of the K.
- The card on the left hand end is black.
- The spade is somewhere to the right of the A.
- The club is not alongside a heart.
- The Q is somewhere to the right of the J.
Solution: AC, JD, TH, KS, QH
Club and 2 hearts cannot be next to each other so are in positions 1, 3 and 5.
Leftmost is black so card in position 1 is black and 3 and 5 are hearts.
Ten is immediately to the left of the King so they are either 1 and 2 or 3 and 4.
If 1 and 2 then Ace is 3 and spade is 4 but this puts Jack in 4 - but Jack must be red.... to Ten and King are in positions 3 and 4, Jack of Diamonds in 2 , Queen in 5 and Ace in position 1.
Has anyone noticed our new bin in the kitchen corner dedicated to colleting cans and bottles? This bin will be used to participate in the ACT Container Deposit Scheme. Please bring your cans and bottles to the club but first check the website below to make sure that it qualifies for the rebate:
Correction: the list of volunteers that Mary has thanked for coming to the Working Bee on Saturday is not complete. Many thanks also to Mary Tough.
Have a great week everyone.
Elizabeth
