Newsletter 13 January 2023
In this week’s newsletter...
- President's Message
- Summer Festival of Bridge Update
- Supervised Lessons resume 1 and 3 February
- Master the Basics Lessons resume 2 February
- Competitive Bidding and Play - 7, 14, 21 and 28 February
- Coming Soon - State Open Pairs
- Announcing the Not Quite Valentine's Day Congress - Saturday 11 February
- Illawarra 2023 Bridge Congress - Calendar notice
- Ian Morison: Card Play
- Lighter Moments
President's Message
On Monday a dedicated crew of volunteers from CBC helped the ABF crew set up for the Summer Festival. I would like to extend my thanks to Jenny Bell, Lisa Bradley, Roger Brake, Terri Henderson, Patricia McDonald, Paul Nelson, Roy Nixon, Jen Saul, Ian Thomson, Lynne Turner, Jodie Tutty, and Niek Van Vucht. They then proceeded upstairs and enjoyed appropriate refreshments and conversations while taking in the magnificent view over the Bush Capital.
Perelle Scales is also doing a wonderful job filling gaps in teams, rostering the members of the House team and deserves our grateful thanks.
Our member Ian Thomson is the Festival organiser and can be seen all day running around controlling the masses ensuring all difficulties are resolved with the least disruption.
Viva la Canberra Summer Festival of Bridge!
Tim Mather
Upcoming Sessions
Our weekly sessions are almost the same as last week. The Butler is back running on Thursday mornings assuming we have a viable number of tables.
Links to online sessions are on our RealBridge page.
Supervised play is on Wednesday evenings at 7pm and Friday mornings at 9.30am. An experienced player will be available during January to answer any questions.
If you want a partner, phone the office (6282 2382) or email the office (
Canberra Summer Festival of Bridge Update
The SFOB is the ABF’s premier event with the Seniors and Womens Playoffs, The TBIB Open Pairs, the South West Pacific Teams, the National Open Teams and a number of other events for all levels of players. C
CBC members have excelled!
Jodi Tutty, Judith Tobin and team members have made the playoffs of the Women's Open.
George Kozakos and teammates have made the playoffs in the Seniors.
CBC teams took out the Novice Teams
1. Martha Griffiths, Hilary Merritt, Judy Barfield, Sophia Lawrance
2. John Reis, Murray Campbell, Lisa Bradley, John Lee
3. Robyn Orr, Kevin Orr, Martin Holmes, Kerry Holmes
Brilliant work!
There are many more events still in progress and over the next week.
BridgeTV will be broadcasting the finals of the Seniors and Womens Playoffs on Sunday 15 January and the final of the National Open Teams on Sunday 22 January. To watch go to www.bridgetv.com.au
Beginners Lessons
Beginners lessons start in February! Beginners are the lifeblood that benefits us all by continuing to succeed and foster this great game. Please encourage any newbies along the way with a smile, an encouraging word and patience. We were all beginners once! Our Beginners registrations are very healthy but there are still spare slots if you know anyone who would like to learn.
Supervised Lessons
Supervised Lessons resume in February! Wednesday night 1 February or Friday morning 3 February. A half hour lesson commences at 7pm and 9.30am respectively followed by up to 20 boards.
Master the Basics
Master the Basics virtual lessons will resume on 2 February 2023 on Thursdays at 9.00am. Please email Barb Toohey if you want to be added to the Zoom class. It's $6 for members and $8 for non-members. The lessons run for 30 minutes.
Competitive Bidding & Play - kicks off Tuesday 7 February
Barb Toohey will again present face-to-face our Competitive Bidding and Play course this year. This is the next step after the beginners lessons, and is suitable for Novice & Supervised Players.
Each week is a 2-hour lesson on a Tuesday morning from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon and will cover an aspect of bidding or play when the opponents have opened or are playing the contract. Notes and practice hands will be included.
The topics each week will concentrate on:
- Doubles
- Overcalls
- Leads
- Signals
Costs are $15 each week or $55 for 4 weeks paid in advance.
Upcoming Events
Summer Festival of Bridge - Help Wanted!
Reiterating the Presidents thanks above, thank you to all the volunteers who helped out Monday with the set up - many hands did indeed make light work! We are now looking for volunteers to help pack up on Thursday 19th January at around 6:10 pm. We also need a couple of people to help out at about 3pm on Friday. If you can assist, please contact Roger Brake.
Coming soon - State Open Teams
This 3 week event starts on Thursday 26 January.
- Thursday Evenings at the club commencing 7:15pm: 26 Jan, 2 Feb and 9 Feb
- Exact format will depend on entries but either Swiss or Round Robin
- RED Masterpoint GW=5.0
- Cost: $13 members & $15 non-members. Members paid by CBCPay - visitors paid by partner's CBCPay or email the office upon registration to arrange payment.
- Pre-registration essential, before 10am Thursday 26 January
The Not Quite Valentines Day Congress
There are three sections for this full one day event - Open Teams | Novice & Restricted Butler Pairs
- Novice Butler Pairs (<100MP per player)
- Restricted Butler Pairs (<300MP per player)
- Open Teams
- Red points
- Date: Saturday 11 February 2023
- Time: 9:30am start. Please be seated by 9:15am
- Cost: $24 (full member), $22 (concession), $14 (student). $26 Canberra-based non-members
Payment by CBC Pay (if registered), or by deposit to the CBC Bank Account. No cash on the day. - Venue: Canberra Bridge Club
- Director: Sebastien Yuen
- Enter online, closes 10am Thursday 9 February
Schedule:
- 9:30am Start of Play
- No lunch provided, but a longer lunch break
- 5:15pm Presentation & Refreshments
- Bring all the love you can!
Tasmanian Festival of Bridge
After a tree change?
The Tasmanian Festival of Bridge will be held in Hobart on 23-26th March 2023 at the new MyState Bank Arena in Glenorchy, 15 minutes north west of the Hobart city centre.
Information and entries are on:
https://www.myabf.com.au/events/congress/view/424.
New this year: a Rookies’ event and a very reasonably priced onsite Saturday evening dinner – a great chance to relax with fellow players.
March is a lovely time to be in Tasmania so if you want to experience Tassie, this is a great way to do it.
Save the Date: Illawarra Chris Diment Pairs and Teams - 17 and 18 June 2023
For more information visit Illawarra.bridgeaustralia.org or email Jill MacRae. Online entry www.nswba.com.au.
Ian Morison: Card Play
Please press here for Ian's regular article.
Name Badge Orders
Anyone wanted a snazzy plastic coated name badge should pay $15 to the office. Paper laminate ones are free and Kerry and I are very happy to supply.
Lighter Moments
It's been a week since I joined the gym and still no progress. I'll have to go down there and see what they're playing at...
The bench press is too heavy. I just needed to get that off my chest.
Kindness is free - sprinkle the stuff everywhere!
Tamara (for Kerry and Tamara)
