Newsletter - 15 September 2023
In our newsletter this week...
- President's Message
- CBC AGM Notification
- Upcoming Sessions and Events
- BFACT Gala Pairs - 16 September
- Women's Training Camp Repechage - Sunday 15 October
- Will Jenner-O'Shea Upcoming Workshops - October and November
- Canberra In Bloom - 29 September to 2 October - Entry via MyABF
- Golden Canola Spring Congress - Cootamundra 23/24 September
- Canberra Southern Cross Club Community Rewards
- Results - Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout
President's Message
We have farewelled our longstanding stalwart in the office Kerry Butcher (thanks to everyone for making Kerry's farewell such a success). Her service above self is going to be sorely missed by us all. However, there will be one familiar face in the office in the person of Elizabeth Yoo. A quality bridge player Elizabeth will be a worthy replacement. She is also being assisted by Amik Moafi who we hope will help our overworked Treasurer Jennifer with the bookkeeping. Amik is a recent arrival from Iran and has a most interesting story to tell if you take the time to get to know him. Please join me in welcoming them both to our CBC team. May I also take this opportunity to thank Tamara for putting in the hard yards training Elizabeth and Amik in the complexities of our computer systems and office duties.
Paid staff are an integral part of CBC but we could not survive without the contributions of our volunteers including system administrators, tablecloth and tea towel washers, gardeners, maintenance assisters, social helpers, teachers and helpers and last but not least Committee members. If I've left anyone out please let me know as it's not inteneded. Thank you for all your contributions.
Tim Mather
Notice of Canberra Bridge Club Inc 2023 Annual General Meeting
CBC members are invited to attend the AGM to be held on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 5.30pm, at the Clubrooms.
The AGM Notice, Agenda the draft minutes of the 2022 AGM, nomination forms and proxy forms are available from the Committee noticeboard in the Clubrooms and the CBC website.
The election of office-bearers (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Tournament Secretary) and eight general Committee members will occur at the AGM.
Please place completed nomination forms and proxy forms in the appropriate labelled box in the Managers' office by midday on Wednesday, 4 October 2023.
The 2022-2023 audited statement of the CBC accounts will be available on the Committee noticeboard and CBC website as soon as possible.
If possible, members are asked to submit their questions in advance of the AGM to the office. This will facilitate the provision of a complete answer at the AGM.
We hope to see you there.
Supervised Lessons
These happen on Wednesdays from 7pm, or Fridays from 9.30am.
- 20/22 September: doubles and overcalls
- 27/29 September: Opening leads and signals
- 4/6 October: Declarer Play: Making your plan
- 11/13 October: Declarer Play: Using side suit winners to discard losers
- 18/20 October: Declarer Play: Taking a finesse
- 25/27 October: Better minor responses and rebids
The new beginner graduates join supervised in the week of 13/15 September.
Master the Basics
Master the Basics virtual lessons are on Thursdays at 9.00am. Please email Barb Toohey if you want to be added to the Zoom class. It's $8 for members and $10 for non-members. The lessons run for 30 minutes.
Next Thursday the session is on Bidding: Forcing or Not?
Upcoming Events
BFACT GALA "GOLD" Pairs - 16 September
The Bridge Federation of the ACT is holding a Gala "Gold" Pairs Day on Saturday 16 September 2023 at the CBC starting at 9.45am.
The top two placed contending pairs will form the ACT 2 Team at the GNOT.
The ACT Provincial Team will be the top 2 contending pairs that qualify with ACT Provincial status, i.e. those from provincial areas or those with less than 300 masterpoints per person. A $450 subsidy will be provided towards your travel to Queensland!
Entries have closed on 14 September but late entries will be accepted at the discretion of the convenor. The cost is $15 for full-time students and pension concession card holders and $40 for all others.
Please contact Niek Van Vucht
NB the BFACT AGM - Saturday 16 September, immediately follows the Gala Pairs.
Women's Training Camp - next on 15 October 2023
This is the second of a series of workshops that looks at the tactics and skills involved in competitive bridge.
Run by Will Jenner O’Shea, this session will focus on competitive auctions. After a short talk at the start, we will then play butler pairs. Following the play, there will be a short discussion, looking at both the bidding and play.
$5 plus a small plate (per pair) to share.
You will need a partner. No partner? Let Jodi or the office know and we will try and match you up.
Enter online, or email Jodi Tutty or tell the office. We do need to know numbers so we can organise sufficient boards and handouts.
Will Jenner-O'Shea Youth Training Days
Will is intending on holding some more Youth Days in the coming months of 2023.
The idea is to continue the format from previous Youth days starting at 11am (with a lunch break) and finishing around 3pm.
These sessions are available to anyone under 30 for free. If there are “Youth” who are not too far on the other side of 30, they will also be very welcome!
Please emai Mary Tough if you are attending so we have an idea on numbers.
The dates are:
Sunday - 15 October.
Sunday - 26 November.
Venue: Canberra Bridge Club, 5-7 Duff Place, Deakin.
Time: 11am-3pm
~Youth Bridge is Bridge’s future~
Will Jenner-O'Shea Workshops
How Do Competitive Bids Change at Different Levels - Saturday 14 October 10am to 3pm
Topics include
- Doubles at the One-Level and the Two-Level
- Overcalls at the One-Level and the Two-Level
- No-Trumps at the One-Level and the Two-Level
- Responding to All of Those Things
End of Year Summary - Saturday 25 November 10am to 3pm
Topics include
- Practice a Variety of Topics and Revise 2023
- Revise Bidding, Play and Defence Topics from Throughout The Year
- Replay Many of the Interesting Hands From All The Workshops This Year
Canberra In Bloom - including Special Novice Event
Starting Friday 29 September, right here at Canberra Bridge Club! A national Gold point event with Pairs & Teams events for players of all abilities! See MyABF for more detail (or entries) and direct enquiries to
Note this year has the inaugural Butterfly Orchid Novice Pairs event on the Friday afternoon for beginners with less than 5 masterpoints - it lets you put your toe in the water to see what a congress is like:)
Canberra In Bloom - Volunteers needed!
Canberra in Bloom Needs You! You can help our very own congress to run smoothly and be a terrific success by making yourself available as a partner for players wanting to enter an event or as a substitute.
Regular partner/s may not be available to play in the event for a variety of reasons, so the Partnership Desk tries to match up players of similar skill levels.
Substitutes play for free, and are usually called in at short notice, because someone registered to play can no longer play in a particular session or event. Substitutes may be asked to play for a session, or for an entire event, depending on circumstances, including the substitute’s availability and preferences.
The events are:
- Friday, 29 September - Pairs, morning and afternoon sessions - Novices (U100MP), Intermediate (U750MP), Open (anyone can play!) Pairs, afternoon session - Rookies (U5MP)
- Saturday, 30 September and Sunday, 1 October: Teams, Saturday morning and afternoon, and Sunday morning - Mixed and Open (any number of Masterpoints)
- Sunday, 1 October and Monday, 2 October: Swiss Pairs, Sunday afternoon, and Monday morning and afternoon - Novices (U100MP), Intermediate (U750MP), Open (anyone can play!)
Thank you to everyone who has already volunteered to help out at our very own congress Canberra in Bloom from Friday 29 September to Monday 2 October. Thank you particularly to the rookies who’ve already put their hands up!
We need players at all levels available for one or more sessions. You might be playing in a particular event, say the Spider Orchid Pairs on Friday, but you might be available to substitute on Saturday, Sunday or Monday. Substitutes might be asked to play just a few hands, a session, or a whole event, depending on whether the person they are subbing for is delayed in traffic, or has fallen ill, for example. And, bonus, substitutes play for free!
If you can help out, please contact Bricet Klören. Don’t forget to include your best phone contact number, and which sessions you are or are not available.
Cootamundra Bridge Club - Golden Canola Spring Congress 23/24 September
Swiss pairs on the Saturday and Swiss Teams on the Sunday. Details here. Enter https://www.bridgewebs.com/cootamundra/home.html
Interested in becoming a Bridge Director? Or just want to improve your knowledge of the rules? In either case, Sebastian Yuen is an international director who will transport you to new levels of knowledge and learning.
Saturday/Sunday 18 & 19 November - for aspiring new or in-training directors.
Canberra Southern Cross Club Community Rewards
The Community Rewards Program is an initiative of the Canberra Southern Cross Club that launched in 2015. The program empowers CSCC members to help Community Groups that matter most to them. When you nominate a Community Group participating in the program and link it to your membership, CSCC will calculate the equivalent of 7.5 cents for every dollar you spend on food and beverages at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club to be donated to that group. Canberra Bridge Club is proud to be associated with this endeavour. If you have not already, please nominate CBC as your preferred community recipient.
2023 Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout Results
All four teams representing our Club have made it into the Quarter Finals of this year's Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout event!
Huge Congratulations and best of luck for the quarter finals which will be run on the 10th October in Real Bridge.
- Open- David Wawn - David Hoffman - Pam Crichton - Julia Hoffman
- Under 750 MP- Tamara Cutcliffe - Kerry Butcher - Paul Nelson - Ruitian Lang - Chris Lokan - Morag Lokan
- Under 100 MP- Bricet Kloren - Hilary Merritt - John Lee - James Walcott - Anne Fleming - Andrew Mccredie
- Under 50 MP- Philippa Wickman - Grant Wickman - Pamela Macdonnell - Jan Appel - Graham Ward - John Reis - Murray Campbell
Be kind in all things
Elizabeth (for Amik, Elizabeth and Tamara)
