Newsletter - 6 October 2023
In our newsletter this week...
- President's Message
- Upcoming Sessions and Events
- Working Bee
- Women's Training Camp Repechage - Sunday 15 October
- Will Jenner-O'Shea Youth Training Days and Workshops - October and November
- Results
- Ian Morison
President's Message
Last evening the Annual General Meeting of the Canberra Bridge Club elected your new committee for the next 12 months. We welcome Liam Minogue as our new secretary while otherwise the executive remains the same. Thank you for trusting me with the presidency for another year. We welcome new members Jenny Bergin and Barbara Bialowas, while welcoming back Ian Robinson and John Brockwell.
The main item of business brought to the attention of the meeting was the increasing costs of maintenance of our ageing building. We have funds sufficient to fund a major renovation of the building but are needing advice from the membership on what you desire. Several of the Committee will be addressing every session of bridge in the next week requesting ideas on how we can improve the architecture, facilities and atmosphere of our Club and make it more attractive to visit and use as a venue for social activities. Please provide your thinking of what you think we need in the suggestion box at the front of the Barry Turner Room or email me and I will collate all your suggestions and present the results at a special general meeting after the Committee has met in November.
Tim Mather
Upcoming Events
- CBC Spring Butler Pairs on Thursday 7:15pm on 5th and 12th of October
- State Open Butler Pairs on Thursday 7:15pm on 26th of October to 9th of November
- No event will be run on Thursday 19th of October due to the Spring Nationals.
Supervised Lessons
These happen on Wednesdays from 7pm, or Fridays from 9.30am.
- 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
Saturday afternoon face-to-face trial
The Committee has decided to extend the trial of Saturday afternoon face-to-face bridge. The trial held in August and September attracted some interest, and pleasingly did not detract from the concurrent RealBridge session. Due to Canberra in Bloom and a Will Jenner-O’Shea lesson on 14 October, the trial will restart on 21 October and run 28 October, 4 November and 11 November.
Working Bee - Saturday 21 October 9am to 12pm
Volunteers needed for general outside gardening and clean up plus various jobs inside of the club. Please come and help us out for just half an hour or the entire 3 hours!
Sign up sheet is near the TV screen. Any questions contact the Club or Nick Vonthethoff on 0429 208 222.
Women's Training Camp - next on 15 October 2023
Taken by Will Jenner O'Shea, this workshop looks at successful preempting and how to combat preempts.
It is open to any woman who is interested. As we are playing hands you will need a partner. No partner? please email Jodi Tutty. We have quite a few people looking.
Please enter ASAP with the office or email Jodi Tutty or tell the office. We need numbers by early next week to ensure that we have enough boards dealt.
Cost: $5 (payable on the day) plus a small plate (per pair) to share. Drinks provided.
Hope to see you there!
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 email 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
Results from Canberra in Bloom
A very successful Canberra in Bloom event was held in our club over the weekend. Hopefully you all enjoyed being part of the event,
Here are some of our most successful members from each division:
Rookies:
- 1st Barbara Stuart-Harris and Sue Whigham
- 2nd : Jen Saul and Adrienne Morey
Novice:
- 2nd Brenda Watts and partner
- 3rd John Reis and Murray Campbell
Restricted:
- 2nd Chris Ballantyne:
- 4th Sau-Yem Lo and Judy Netting
Open:
- 1st Ian Robinson and N Ewart
- 6th Will Jenner O'Shea and Steve Geddes
Open Teams:
- 3rd: Andrew Spooner and teammates
- 5th Jackie Adcock, Rowan Corbett, Des Manderson and Rob Hurst (first all CBC Team)
Mixed Teams:
- 1st Jodi Tutty and teammates
Restricted in Pairs:
- 1st Dev and Diya Shah
- 2nd: Bazli Karattiyattil and Jennifer Carter
Novice in Pairs:
- 3rd. Steve Taylor and Lisa Bradley
- 4th. Liam Minogue and Zara Chowdhury
Open IMP Pairs:
- 5th. Rob Hurst and Des Manderson
- 6th. Ian Robinson and Neil Ewart
Congratulations to all our winners!
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.
Ian Morison
If you would like to read Ian's article please press the link below:
Lighter Moments
Bridge one of the competition events being played at Hangzhou Asian Games hosted by China.
For updated results click on the link below:
https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/bridge/daily-schedule.htm
Be kind in all things
Elizabeth (for Elizabeth,Tamara and Amik)
