Wednesday 25th Oct |
Session start Wednesday 25th will be at 1:30 p.m.
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Merry Christmas and Best New year Wishes |
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Christmas Lunch and Prize-giving |
A very enjoyable afternoon, with a great lunch with special thanks to all those who prepared this end of year celebration.
No less than 10 teams played the social rotating team format. Congratulations to Sarina Garret, Pat Clark, Sue Birks and Merren Ward.
Prizes were awarded for:
Autumn teams:
Colin Manley, Lewis Seychell, David Faulkner (absent) and John Bentley
Pairs Championship:
David Faulkner (absent) and John Bentley
Pairs runners-up:
Lorraine O’Brien and Joe Fitzpatrick
Pairs Handicap Championship:
Gwen Williams and Val Totterdell
Teams Championship:
Colin Manley, Lewis Seychell, Pat Clark, David Faulkner (absent) and John Bentley
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Thank you David |
Come along to David Faulkner's lessons for intermediate level players.
Monday 27th November: Evaluating honours ✅
Friday 1st December: Fits, misfits and re-evaluation ✅
Much appreciated by all!
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2023 Team Champions |
Congratulations to our 2023 Team Champions
From Left to Right
David Faulkner, John Bentley, Pat Clark, Lewis Seychell, Colin Manley
This team were clear winners by the huge margin of 124 IMPs over two sessions, never losing a match.
Congratulations too, to our runners up:
Lorraine O’Brien, Gail McCombie, Joe Fitzpatrick and Bas Bolt, coming home top on day 2 with 97 IMPs.
Click here for the full results.
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And the winners are… |
Congratulations to John Bentley and David Faulkner, clear winners of the 2023 Club Pairs Championship with an average of 74.2% over the two sessions.
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2023 Club Pairs Championship |
Friday 22nd and 29th September
Note the start time is 12:30 pm both days
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Summer time! |
Remember, Monday, Friday and Saturday bridge sessions start at 1:00 PM from now on!
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Ever wonder why your NWP score are different from club results? |
Local scores vs National scores
On the day of the event, each player will receive a percentage score as usual, based on the result within the club. This is the pair's Local Score. Once all the results are matchpointed nationally, the pair will also receive a National Score. The final results are based on the National Score.
The National Score is more accurate than the Local Score. The Local Score reflects how well you performed compared against other members of your club, while the National Score reflects how well you performed compared against the rest of Australia.
Your National Score may be very different from your Local Score. For example, say your opponents bid a normal 4H contract, but every other pair in your room misses it. You will get an unlucky 0% for this board. However, once the board is scored nationally, you may find that lots of other pairs also bid it, and you end up with 40% for the board (and your opponents, instead of 100%, score 60%).
It is theoretically possible to finish 1st in your club on the day (after lots of top boards), yet not be the top pair from your club in the national rankings (because all your 'good' boards turn out to be average when compared nationwide). In fact, there is one pair in the field who scored 60% locally, in a very small club, but scored just 40% nationally.
In particular, a pair's Local Score will be artificially low if all your best players are sitting in the same direction, as they have to compete with the other good pairs for the 7 or 8 matchpoints available in your room. Especially if your two best pairs are sitting in the same direction, you will often find both pairs see a big increase when their scores go National -- with hundreds of matchpoints available, both pairs will be fairly rewarded for all their good boards.
On the other hand, if you sat in the same direction as all the weaker pairs in your club, you may have scored quite a few easy tops in your room for a big Local Score -- these boards may not hold up when your scores are matchpointed against 500 tables, and you won't have so many tops in your National Score.
with acknowledgment to Australian Bridge
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Local scores vs National scores
On the day of the event, each player will receive a percentage score as usual, based on the result within the club. This is the pair's Local Score. Once all the results are matchpointed nationally, the pair will also receive a National Score. ..........
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Our Bridge Scoring System |
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For your information, we have changed our bridge scoring system from Scorebridge to Compscore3.
We have used Scorebridge for many years, and it has served us well. But the time has come when we need to move forward.
During the transition there may be a few hiccups as we transition from one system to another. From the director’s point of view there are a number of new features and techniques to get on top of.
We know that you will bear with us as we make this transition 😊
Compserve3 is a 100% Australian product. You can click this news item to see more about Compscore3.
From a players point of view the only change will be that we introduce “Player numbers”, to be entered into Bridgemates at the beginning of a session instead of ABF numbers. Player numbers will be easy to remember, for example: “43”. There will be no other difference with Bridgemate scoring. Results sheets will look a little different, but the results on our website will be displayed exactly as they are now. Even though Altosoft, the suppliers of Compscore3, also offer a bridge website service, there is no plan at all to change our website from BridgeWebs.
Do leave a comment if you have any concerns or comment on this changeover.
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For your information, we have changed our bridge scoring system from Scorebridge to Compscore3.
We have used Scorebridge for many years, and it has served us well. But the time has come when we need to move forward. ..........
..... see more |
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Australia-Wide Pairs |
The afternoon session on Friday 25th August will run as part of the annual Australia-Wide Pairs event.
This will be just like Nationwide Pairs, insofar as the results will be integrated with other results from around Australia.
While this will look just like Nationwide Pairs on the day (in other words, just like a normal session!) there are some significant differences in this event:
- It is run by the publishers of Australian Bridge Magazine.
- It is expected that there will be 4,000 players of all levels.
- There will be real prizes, for both Open players and players with less than 300 master-points.
- Players will get:
- a souvenir booklet of the hands with valuable bidding advice and items of interest from the play, and
- a personalised second booklet available online after the event with travelling scoreslips and results analysis.
- "exclusive" discounts on some popular products from the book store.
For Australia Bridge’s FAQ page, click here.
Like Nationwide Pairs, this will be a Green Point event for our club results, and Red Points will be awarded for the national event.
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The afternoon session on Friday 25th August will run as part of the annual Australia-Wide Pairs event.
This will be just like Nationwide Pairs, insofar as the results will be integrated with other results from around Australia.
While this will look just like Nationwide Pairs on the day (in other words, just like a normal session!) there are some significant differences in this event:
- It is run by the publishers of Australian Bridge Magazine. ..........
..... see more |
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Farewell Julia |
Julia & Lew
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Fairwell to our dear friend Julia Van Ryn. A member since September 1998, 25 years of bringing just that little bit extra of good humour and pleasure that we all treasure at our bridge club. Thank you for your time here, Julia. May your move to Sydney go well, and do feel welcome to come back any time. 👏 😊 👏
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Julia and partners
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Her time so valued as committee member and treasurer, and Julia will be sorely missed by her Monday partner Imogen and her Friday partner Carolyn. Never short of a surprise and always a challenge, these have been great pairs to have with us. 👏 😊 👏
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NSWBA Results |
Click here to see the results in NSWBA format.
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Our 20th Congress - some Memeories |
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20th Congress Results |
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Click here for the results of our 20th Congress.
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My Opponent has made the Opening Lead out of Turn 🤔 |
Are you baffled by the FIVE options you have as declared, if your RHO makes an opening lead out of turn?
Click here to check out this summary from Larry Cohen.
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Vale Muriel Martin |
Dear all
Just a note to all the members who knew Muriel Martin to let you know she passed away peacefully today at 96.
She would want me to pass on her thanks to you all for all the Joy being part of your club brought her for so many years. Bridge and the community it brought her through you all really did give her so many pleasant memories and indeed a quality of life she would not have had without being part of your club.
To those who would regularly double some of her lets say optimistic bidding, she forgave you.. To all her old partners who became her close friends she says thank you
All the best to you all
Allan Martin
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Dear all
Just a note to all the members who knew Muriel Martin to let you know she passed away peacefully today at 96. ..........
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2023 Autumn Teams Winners |
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Congratulations to our Autumn Teams winners.
(L to R) Lewis Seychell, David Faulkner, John Bentley and Colin Manley.
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Sapphire Coast Bridge Club 2023 Congress |
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Our 20th Congress
Saturday 29th April 12:00 (noon) for Swiss Pairs
Sunday 30th April 09:30 for Swiss Teams.
Click here for full details.
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Last comment… |
The most recent website comment is on Reading the Opponents Lead (second down from top in Interesting Deals).
To see this comment, click here to go there…
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Congratulations to our 2022 Winners! |
Pairs Championship:
Lewis Seychell and Colin Manley
Bas Bolt and Gail McCombie (runners up)
Teams Championship:
John Bentley, Dorothea Bonney-McCoy**, Lewis Seychell, Colin Manley, Heather York
Pairs Handicap Championship:
Heather York and Dianne Hinde
Autumn Teams:
Sarina Garrett, John Scrivener, Ian Wright, Imogen von Muenchhausen
Monday Eclectic (best 6 rounds):
Dianne Hinde and Heather York
Colin Manley and Lewis Seychell (runners up)
Friday Eclectic (best 6 rounds):
Joseph Fitzpatrick** and Lorraine O’Brien**
** missing from photo gallery
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Accessing your results |
For Friday’s and Saturday’s results, you will need to log into your personal BridgeWebs account. Results will be public again on Sunday.
A log-in pop-up will appear when you try to access results. If you are not sure how to log in, there are how-to tips to the right of the pop-up.
If you have difficulty with logging in, please complete this form for assistance.
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