Newsletter 27 March 2024 - early edition
In our newsletter this week...
- Vale Robyn Murphy
- President's Message
- Easter Holiday Hours
- Easter Raffle Winners
- ANC Women's Trial Selection
- Olive Lott Pair Winners
- Celebrating Success - February
- myABF Progress Update
- RealBridge update and part time employment opportunity
- Upcoming Events
- Refresher Course - coming up in April
- Advanced Bridge Series
- Nationwide Interclub Knockout Team Selection - 2nd Round
- CBC Novice Championship
- Bridge Buddy Program
- Ian Morison
- Lighter Moments
Vale Robyn Murphy
We regretfully announce the passing of Robyn Murphy on 15 March 2024.
Passed away after 88 years committed to the Queanbeyan and Canberra Community.
Robyn was a keen bridge player and founder of the Queanbeyan Bridge club.
She was also a long time member of our club and will be sadly missed.
President's Message
On behalf of the Committee, I would like to wish everyone a very happy Easter! For those of you who are visiting loved ones, we wish you safe travels.
Last weekend was a very busy one at the Club!
On Saturday Will Jenner-O’Shea held another very successful Workshop with around 15 tables of enthusiastic members learning all about Defence Techniques, Card Placing and Counting Tricks.
The BFACT Women’s Trials were held last Friday (evening), Saturday and Sunday with 24 keen young ladies all competing for the glory of representing the ACT at the Australian National Championships. The top three pairs of the event will form the ACT Women’s Team which will head to Orange in July.
Mary Tough
Easter Holiday Hours
Everything is on as per usual!
- The Club is open on Good Friday and Easter Monday.
- The Supervised Session on Good Friday will be running.
- Both F2F bridge and RealBridge will be running on Saturday March 30.
Easter Raffle Winners
- Michael Burt
- Anne Fisher
- Roslyn Hinton
Please come and collect your eggs from the office.
ANC Women's Trial Selection
Well done to everyone who entered, it was a very close battle and everyone seemed to enjoy it, which is wonderful news for women’s bridge!
Congratulations to the following pairs who made it into the team:
- Julia Hoffman & Pam Crichton
- Lyn Carter & Jennifer Carter
- Bev Crossman & Mary Tough
Olive Lott Pair Winners
Congratulations to our regular Wednesday players below who have won the Olive Lott Anniversary Pairs event:
1.Bruce Crossman - Niek Van Vucht
2. Brian Thorp - Paul Nelson
3. John Dunn - Craig Becconsall
Celebrating Success – February
Continuing on with our “celebrating success” of our beginner/supervised graduates who receive a score of 55%+ in a standard duplicate in the previous month we would like to congratulate the following:
- Matthew Mason-Cox - Friday morning (Red Section) 16 February 2024 - 59.05%
- David McMillen - Friday morning (Red Section) 16 February 2024 - 59.05%
myABF Progress Update
Thank you to all our members for their patience and cooperation in setting up their accounts, the transition is proceeding smoothly.
- My ABF is now the club’s only payment system for all duplicate sessions.
- Final CBCPay statements were sent out on Tuesday, if you didn’t receive one, please email the office at
- Positive balances will be transferred to My ABF accounts next Tuesday, please allow a few days for the transfer to appear on your MyABF account.
-If you don’t want your balance transferred, please email the office at
- If you have a negative CBCPay balance, please transfer the exact amount to the club’s bank account bsb: 032-730, A/C 355176 as soon as possible.
RealBridge update and part time employment opportunity
The club’s committee has endorsed a proposal to employ a part time RealBridge Promotions Officer to promote the club’s RealBridge platform. The Promotions Officer will be tasked with assisting members wishing to try using the RealBridge platform, arranging partnerships, assisting Directors with finding casual fill in partners and generally promoting the RealBridge platform as an equal partner to Face to Face sessions held at the club. The Promotions Officer will work from home, hours will be flexible (up to eight hours per month) and remuneration will be at the industry standard rate and include the Superannuation guarantee.
Further information can be obtained from Ian Robinson (0417 945704) or by emailing
Upcoming Events
- The Open selection events are starting with the Stage 1 event next Tuesday evening, details at: "Click here to Enter". If you are interested in playing against some of the best players in the ACT, please enter.
- The Senior selection event is 6/7 April with the previous Friday evening if needed (if more than 10 pairs enter). The previous Wednesday evening may have play if more than 16 pairs enter. Details and entry at:"Click here to Enter".
- The Open stage 2 event will be on 20 April, and entries are open at:"Click here to Enter" (scroll through to the stage 2 event).
Refresher Course
This program is for both less experienced, and also for long term social players who want to update their skills and increase their enjoyment of the game. It will consist of a short 15 minute lesson followed by 4 hands of practice play and review. Teachers will be Barb Toohey and Steve Geddes. No need for registration, just walk in. Cost $10.
Week 1 Getting into the bidding - April 9 10:45am to 12pm and April 10 1:45pm to 3pm
- Lesson 1 - Doubles and overcalls
- Lesson 2 - Advancing a takeout double
Week 2 Coping with opposition bidding - April 16 10:45am to 12pm and April 17 1:45pm to 3pm
- Lesson 3 - Negative doubles
- Lesson 4 - Cue raises
Advanced Bridge Series and Mentored play:
The next advanced lessons for those players who are keen to develop their game beyond duplicate level are coming up again very soon.
- Sunday 14 April, 1:30pm - Competitive bidding: Pushing it to the edge
- Sunday 21 April, 1:30pm - Mentored play: Competitive bidding
Nationwide Interclub Knockout Team Selection- 2nd Round
The next round of the Nationwide Interclub Knockout Team Selection trial is on 7:30pm, 9th April.
The link to the RealBridge will be uploaded to the club's website. Please look under "Coming Up" section on our homepage.
A reminder that you don't need to play all three sessions to qualify, you only need to play two with the same partner. Another thing is that anyone under 750MP can turn up and play in this event, even if they are non-contending for a place in the team.
CBC Novice Championship
This matchpoint pairs event crowns the club Rookie and Novice champions. Players must have less than 100 masterpoints to enter and to win either title you need to be a CBC member. Red masterpoints will be awarded. If you need a partner, please let us know and we will try to assist.
The Bridge Buddy Program
If you have been playing for less than 2 years and would find it helpful to seek bridge advice from a more experienced player, we can assist. You may have a bridge issue that is puzzling you; you might want help analysing your results; maybe you are learning a new convention and would like to discuss what it involves. If you are interested, please contact Morag Lokan at
Ian Morison
Lighter Moments
It was pointed out to me that I've printed the Easter jokes a couple of weeks too early (Newsletter -15 March). Don't worry, there's more:
- How did the soggy Easter Bunny dry himself? With a hare dryer
- What is the Easter Bunny's favourite kind of music? Hip-hop
- What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole? A hot cross bun
- Why shouldn't you tell an Easter egg joke? It might crack up
Happy Easter everyone!
Elizabeth
