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Bas Bolt’s 1C transfer cheet sheet
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1C transfer cheat sheet

Open 1C with 2+ clubs

Responder bids:

1D = 4+H, 6+p
1H = 4+S, 6+p
1S = no Ma ..........

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End of Year Pivot Teams
End of Year Pivot Teams

Nine Pivot Teams at work after a great Christmas lunch. A big thank you to all those involved in its preparation.
It’s a while since we had nine tables.  Lets look forward to a good rise in table numbers in the coming year. 

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(12th Dec 2022)

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11:30 for 12:00 Monday 12th 

🎂 Happy Birthday John Bentley 🎂

 

John Bentley, Grand Master and stalwart member of our club for the past quarter century.

Happy Brthday, John. 28 November 2022.

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Bas Bolt on 1C transfer bidding
Bas Bolt on 1C transfer bidding

Thank you for your explanation of the 1♣ Transfer bidding system, Bas.

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Thank you, Bas Bolt 
for your session on hand evaluation 19th August.

Click “… see more” for Bas’s summary. ..........

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Pairs Championship Qualifiers

The following have qualified for the 2022 Pairs Championship to be held on 26th August and 2nd September.

  1. John Bentley and Dorothea Bonney-McCoy
  2. Joe Fitzpatrick and Lorraine O’Brien
  3. Colin Manley and Lewis Seychell
  4. Gail McCombie and Bas Bolt
  5. Helen Fisher and Pat Clark
  6. Ian Wright and Imogen von Muenchhausen
  7. Neil and Lin Clark
  8. Dianne Hinde and Heather York
  9. David and Vicki Fell
  10. Glenda Guest and Eva Crow

Well done, qualifiers. To those who didn’t make it this time, you are welcome to be at these sessions for social bridge.

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Hand Evaluation

Some hand just don’t seem to work?

Bas Bolt will discuss hand evaluation at 12:15
prior to the Pairs Championship qualifier (see the bulletin at left) on Friday 19th August

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A good bridge player needs to be able to count to 13, so how many players are there here?
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2/1 Bidding Resources
2/1 Bidding Resources

Just a few of the good resources you can find for 2/1 game force bidding…

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Like to Play 2/1 Game Force?

Whether you'd like to play 2/1, or just know more about it to understand what your opponents are doing, here's a great chance.

Bas Bolt will be addressing the 2/1 Game Force improvement to Standard American from 12:15 Friday 29th July before our usual Friday session.

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Sorry - No Christmas In July
Sorry - No Christmas In July

Sorry folks - Santa can't come on 29th July as scheduled.

But there will still be drinks and nibbles in his honour 😊

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Alerting: Are You Unsure When to Alert?
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Bas's Bridge principles
cheat sheet

1) Think.
2) Think.
3) Think. ..........

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(9th Jul 2022)
Thank You, Bas Bolt
Thank You, Bas Bolt

Bas Bolt shared his thoughts on the principles of bridge with us to start the New Financial Year. A  coincidence of course, but a welcome one!

We hope to see and hear from you again in a few weeks, Bas.

P.S. That's not an empty seat there - it's mine!

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(2nd Jul 2022)
They Do Listen To Us 😊
They Do Listen To Us 😊

Following on from previous items about the 2022 Results display, BridgeWebs have responded to our representation that it was just too full of cluttering detail.

This is their response:

  • The PLAYERS list is collapsed on entry to the RESULTS page (but still available with a click, without having to leave the results page).
  • Your player ANALYSIS is collapsed, but readily available to check your statistics for HCP, contracts made and defence.
  • If a COMPARE panel is opened, it now has a CLOSE button instead of an ambiguous COLLAPSE button.
  • Irrelevant PRINT/COLLAPSE controls have been removed. 

So now you can get the results display you want, without all that clutter, plus the ability to really quickly access the players list and your personal statistics, and sort results from good to bad if you wish.

Yes, BridgeWebs really are interested in what we think about their product.

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Results Display 2022
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Most 2022 Results displays are pretty much the same as the classic Results displays. Many improvements are seen in other ways, reviewed later in this series.

One clear difference is the easy ability to focus on different elements. ..........

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Results Display 2022
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Want to comment but can't log in?
Want to comment but can't log in?

To leave a comment you need to be logged in as a member. If you can't log in, possibly you have changed your email address or password since last log-in. You can fix this.

  1. Click Members Only in the menu on the left. As you're not logged in, the log-in page will display as above.
  2. Enter your email address, name or ABF number. If you're not sure which, your ABF number is a sure choice**.
  3. Click "Set/Reset Password".
  4. You will be asked for your email address. An email will be sent to the email address recorded in our database with a BridgeWebs link to reset your password**.
  5. You will then be able to access your account (along with other options). It is recommended that you review all of your personal details (e.g. phone number) when you log in.

Once you have an email address and password match with our database, you will be able to leave comments and/or thumbs up/down.   

**If your ABF number returns a "Not Found" error message, or your email address is "Not Registered" there's a problem with your database entry; please contact us (Menu: Information -> Contact Us) with your current details.

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Thank you Gary

Over the past few months 14 Interesting Hands have been chosen and analysed by Gary Riddell. These have been a valuable contribution and of real interest to our members.

Gary has now decided to pursue other interests, so we have seen the last of these with the 2nd May hand.

Thank you Gary. Your contribution to our club is very much appreciated.

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Results Any Way You Want
Results Any Way You Want

And here you have it 😊

After just two clicks, your results can be presented any way you want, almost instantaneously.

  • Click on % to rank your results 
  • Click on Board to restore numerical sequence
  • Click on an opponent to see their results
  • Click any other V to rank that column
  • Expand the overall results if you wish
  • Expand the hand ANALYSIS if you wish
  • Print your result if you like to keep record

Note that the layout of results panes may vary, depending on your computer, and the available screen space.

Experiment, have fun, and leave any comment you have, including why you prefer the 'Classic' results presentation if that's the case.

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(30th Apr 2022)
What Happened to Friday’s Scoring?

There has been a significant revision of scoring for Friday 22nd April.

For some reason (unknown and unnoticed) some hand scores were not transferred from the Bridgemates database to the Scorebridge database. There were no error messages ☹️

The scores now shown are from the full set of results. Sorry, Ann and Helen 😔

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COVID Safe Web Check-in

Click HERE to open the NSW Covid-Safe Web Check-in form

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Why did they bother?

Do you remember when we used paper travellers and thought it enough to take home hand records on paper? And the resistance to introducing tabletop scorers?

Bridgewebs developers spent some time (meaning money and resources) redeveloping the display of results. Why?

Do you think there might just be something in this for you? 

Over the next few weeks, a new feature of the 2022 results report will be looked at here. Step by step.

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Results Display Option 1
Results Display Option 1
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Autumn Teams Campionship
Autumn Teams Campionship

Well done, coming from behind in the Autumn Teams championship: John Scrivener, Sarina Garret, Ian Wright and Imogen von Muenchhausen.

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Your opinion, please…
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After a bid out of turn by East, South being the next player, said that she wanted to accept the bid (as is her right) and that she did not want to call the director. ..........

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(18th Feb 2022)
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Experimental hand

You are South.

North deals. Your 2♠* is Fourth Suit Forcing (to game?)

What would you bid now? Pass? 3? 3♠? 3NT? 4♣? 4? Something else?

Leave your choice as a comment. On (...date...) we'll add a commentary and compare the options.

 

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(15th Jan 2022)
Website Update

The opinion survey of our website has now closed. Thank you to all those who responded. In general, the results showed:

  • Over 73% positive response to a periodic bridge hand review and just 6.7% had no interest.
  • Between 53% and 67% interest in being able to make comments, provision for forum discussion, a "Directors Corner" and Q&A spot.
  • Less than half were interested in 👍/👎, or more photos on the website.

Given these opinions, a "Interesting Hands" feature has been added, as you can see from the news spot on the right. This item is planned to be updated about once a week with a new hand either from our club or another event when there is a particular point to be made, and Gary Riddell has kindly agreed to put together some very useful and helpful deal analysis.

It is hoped that the Australian Bridge Director Association will allow the use of items in the Dear Director section of the ABDA Bulletin. In addition to some local director obsrvations, this would provide an interesting base for member discussion and comment; expect this in the New Year. 

Together with the 2022 BridgeWebs update (we're running the test version) we can look forward to a website that better meets your needs. Hopefully you are finding the expanded Results presentation quicker, more informative and more flexible that the 'Classic' version. Note that whichever version you select will be presented on next opening. If you're still using the Classic version, do make a little time to explore the 2022 version. 

Finally, please do add a comment wherever you think there could be more information, an update, or simply like or dislike (with or without explanation). 

Happy bridging and best wishes for Christmas 🎄

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(24th Dec 2021)