Newsletter - 12 May 2023
In this week’s newsletter...
- Welcome New Members
- Mentoring in May
- Pizza Night - brought forward to Wednesday 24 May
- Club Charity Nominations - due 31 May
- Upcoming Sessions and Events
- CBC Selection for Australian Wide Teams Knockout on RealBridge - entries close 16 May
- Barry Turner Teams Competition - closes 16 May
- Results
- Ian Morison: Take Care Leading
- How the Cards Break
- Lighter Moments
Welcome New Members
- Luthile Arlett - distance
- Chester Cutcliffe - distance
- Dorothy Cutcliffe - distance
- Diana Dobson
- Fiona Duncan
- Karel Havlat
- Debra Hurwitz
- Annie Kloren - distance
- David Martin
- Deborah McMillan
- Arnis Stonis
- Robyn Vincent
Please make these people welcome if you see them at the club or or on RealBridge.
Mentoring in May
Thank you to everyone who is participating in Mentoring in May. This is a long held club tradition that dates back many years. It helps to grow greater confidence with your game. Please all members have extra patience at the table when there is more explanation than you might be used to. This is a growing experience for us all and bridge is the winner! Thanks again to Anne Fleming for managing the program.
Our weekly sessions are almost the same as last week.
Club Charity Nominations
Each year the Committee considers nominations from members for a new charity for the next financial year. The Club has raised over $1,400 for its current charity, Print Handicapped Radio of the ACT (Radio 1RPH), plus money from Tim's current walk. Over the past few years, the Club has supported Beyond Blue, Barnardos Australia and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. 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 by 31 May.
Supervised Lessons
- 17/19 May: Transfers – majors
- 24/26 May: Doubles and overcalls
- 31 May/2 June: Opening leads and signals
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 $6 for members and $8 for non-members. The lessons run for 30 minutes.
Next Thursday the session is on Competitive Bidding - 1NT doubled - now what?
Upcoming Events
Wednesday Night Pizza - 24 May
Pizza night is on 24 May - a week early due to organiser availability. Please put your name and order on the sheet in the Clubroom or text your order to Jon Pike on 0414 272 778. Pizzas commence at 6.30pm. Play starts at 7.15pm.
2023 ABF Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout - the 2nd Annual Event
This is a monthly interclub competition on RealBridge between clubs around Australia. Starting in June, it runs for 6 months on the second Tuesday night of each month. Our club can enter one team in each of the following 4 divisions:
- Less than 50 masterpoints
- Less than 100 masterpoints
- Less than 750 masterpoints
- Open
Last year CBC was very successful, taking out the <750 masterpoints event.
For the three restricted teams (<50, <100 and <750) please enter online. You can enter as a team or as a pair. If you enter as a pair the club will try and match you with team-mates. Entries close on 16 May. If we have more than one team, we will hold a runoff event on Real Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, 30 May (and if required 23 May depending on the numbers of entries). Any number of team substitutes are permitted provided they fall within the requisite masterpoints.
The Open team will be selected via the Barry Turner Teams running on 3 Thursday nights starting 18 May.
Cost: The club will cover the entry fees for the Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout for the selected teams. For the runoff events, normal RB table money will be charged.
Barry Turner Teams - 3 week Comp from 18 May 2023
Thursday evenings 7.30pm 18, 25 May and 1 June at the Canberra Bridge Club (face-to-face session).
Barry Turner was a long-time treasurer of the ACTBA/BFACT. He was primarily responsible for securing the finances for building the CBC clubrooms.
- Honour board event
- Red Masterpoints
- IMP/VP scoring
- 1 of 3 Major Teams Events run by the Club. Winners qualify for the CBC 2023 ABF Australia Wide OpenTeams Club Knockout.
- Pre-entry essential
- Entries close Tuesday 16 May at 2pm.
- Late entries accepted only if convenient
- Enter by contacting the managers or Online.
Beginners Lessons - Coming soon
The next beginners lessons start on Wednesday 7pm on 2 August or Friday 10am on 4 August. If you have family or friends that would like to learn, get them to register online here.
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.
Canberra in Bloom Congress - Friday 29 September to Monday 2 October 2023
Mixed Teams with PQPs, Pairs & Teams events for Novice, Restricted & Open. Save the date and see MyABF in due course for more detail. Enquiries
Results
2023 Autumn Nationals
Congratulations to Christy Geromboux & Sebastian Yuen who came first in the TBIB Mixed Butler Swiss Pairs in Adelaide.
Ian Morison:
To read Ian's regular column please press here.
How the Cards Break
Found this interesting analysis of how cards break on the Tasmanian Bridge Association website. Worth considering if you want to look at odds for finessing.
Grapevine Email Discontinuation
We are advised that members with @grapevine.com.au, @grapevine.net.au and @homemail.com.au email addresses - services will cease from 31 May 2023. We would appreciate early advice on an alternative address from members. Many thanks to those who have already done so.
Lighter Moments
A resident in a seaside hotel breakfasting in the breakfast room called the head waiter to his table. "I want two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked it's runny, and the other so overcooked, it's tough and hard to eat. Also, give me some grilled bacon that has been left on the plate to get cold; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it with a knife; butter straight from the deep freeze so that it's impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak coffee, luke-warm."
"That's a complicated order, Sir," said the bewildered waiter. "It might be quite difficult to prepare."
The guest replied, "Oh? But that's what I got yesterday!!"
A kid walks up to his mom and asks, “Mum, can I go bungee jumping?” The mum says “No, you were born from broken rubber and I don’t want you to go out the same way!”
Kid: Why is a computer so smart?
Mum: It listens to its motherboard.
Wishing all mothers and their children, near or far, here or departed, a lovely day on Sunday. A special thanks to Pamela for washing our tablecloths!
Be kind in all things
Tamara (for Kerry and Tamara)
Managers
