| Newsletter week beginning 2 March 2026 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other News
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Tournament Planner
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Youth Bridge website
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Lessons
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Regular Club reminders
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions
Our Wednesday evening session this week is Make-A-Wish Pairs:
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A link to log into each Wednesday session is available on our calendar.
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Evening attendance remains low. If you'd like a game but don't have a partner, please use the " Partner required" function or contact me or the club.
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We score an eclectic most months - click the links for progress scores for the morning and evening sessions.
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
External events this week
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4 March (Wednesday): Fundamental lessons (Lesson 2 - Doubles) - a Canberra Bridge Club course of 8 weekly lessons, 10.30am & 7.30pm
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6-8 March BFACT Seniors Team selection trial for the Australian National Championships to be held in Canberra in July
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8 March BFACT Youth Team selection trial (4 entries to date)
Other News
Tournament Planner
Please refer to the Tournament Planner on our website for the year's events of possible interest to our membership.
The remaining BFACT Selection trial for the ANC is for the Open Team on 27-29 March (4 entries to date).
Links to the relevant complete calendars:
Youth Bridge website
The ABF has a website for Youth Bridge. It is aimed at players who are 30 yo or under at 31 December each year.
Features of the site include:
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Information about youth bridge in each state and territory
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A calendar of, and news about, youth events.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
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-
Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series began 25 February.
-
-
-
-
Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
About Will's online lessons:
-
live sessions on ZOOM from 19 February to end April 2026 are now being advertised;
-
there are a number of special offers which may be of interest;
-
the full set of 2025 lessons remains available.
Our club link to all the courses offered is here.
Usually costing $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2024 ABF Newsletter.
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 2nd Mar 2026 11:19 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 23 February 2026 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Club Sessions
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External events
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Other News
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Lessons
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Regular Club reminders
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions
We have our regular Wednesday sessions this week:
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A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
-
Evening attendance remains low. If you'd like a game but don't have a partner, please use the " Partner required" function or contact me or the club.
-
We score an eclectic most months - click the links for progress scores for the morning and evening sessions.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
External events this week
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25 Feb (Wednesday): Fundamental lessons - a Canberra Bridge Club course of 8 weekly lessons, 10.30am & 7.30pm
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1 March (Sunday)
Other News
Tournament Planner
Please refer to the Tournament Planner on our website for the year's events of possible interest to our membership.
BFACT Selection trials for the Australian National Championships to be held in Canberra in July
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Open Team are 27-29 March (4 entries to date)
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The Women's selection trials were held over the weekend - results are here.
Also coming up in March are the following ACT Championships:
Links to the relevant complete calendars:
Youth Bridge website
The ABF has a new(?) website for Youth Bridge. It is aimed at players who are 30 yo or under at 31 December each year.
Features of the site include:
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Information about youth bridge in each state and territory
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A calendar of, and news about, youth events.
The RealBridge Monthly Bidding Contest
Give this a go! Here's the link.
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At the beginning of each month, a set of eight bidding problems is published.
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A world class expert panel will also be answering these same problems. At the beginning of the next month, you will be able to compare your answers with theirs. You will see how the panelists voted and read the explanations for their choices. See how your choices scored compared with your friends (at least, against my scores!).
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A chance to learn from your mistakes, one of the best ways to improve the standard of your game. It is those hands on which your choice differs widely from the panel that provide the biggest opportunity. Why do the experts think this hand is worth a slam try when I only bid game? Why is this hand worth another bid in a competitive auction? Why is this hand not good enough to take another bid? How do I decide what to do when none of the options are attractive?
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On most of the hands, it will not matter what system you usually play.
And if you think your own bidding system is getting too complicated, read this bit of advice published in 1985 from the late Len Dixon, the bridge writer for the Canberra Times for over 50 years. The first six paragraphs should do it!
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
-
-
Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series beginning this week 25 February.
-
-
-
-
Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
About Will's online lessons:
-
live sessions on ZOOM from 19 February to end April 2026 are now being advertised;
-
there are a number of special offers which may be of interest;
-
the full set of 2025 lessons remains available.
Our club link to all the courses offered is here.
Usually costing $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2024 ABF Newsletter.
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 2nd Mar 2026 11:16 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 16 February 2026 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other News
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Tournament Planner, highlighting events later this month (incl ACT Women's ANC Selection trials)
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Member promotions
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Try this - The RealBridge Monthly Bidding contest!
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Lessons
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Regular Club reminders
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions
Wednesday morning is Make-A-Wish Pairs:
For the Wednesday sessions, a link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
External events this week
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21 - 22 Feb: Australian Bridge Directors Association - National Seminar in Melbourne
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Other News
Tournament Planner
Please refer to the Tournament Planner on our website for the year's events of possible interest to our membership.
Events later this month:
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25 Feb: Fundamental lessons - a Canberra Bridge Club course of 8 weekly lessons, beginning 25 February.
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Links to the relevant complete calendars:
We have also added another section in the Tournament Planner for World Bridge Federation events. Therein lies a link to the 3rd WBF Online Womens Teams event over the period 27 - 29 March. Click here for more detail.
Member promotions
Congratulations on their advancement in January 2026 to:
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Prakash Muttuvelu, now a State Master; and
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Lisa Ralphs, now a Local Master.
The RealBridge Monthly Bidding Contest
Give this a go! Here's the link.
-
At the beginning of each month, a set of eight bidding problems is published.
-
A world class expert panel will also be answering these same problems. At the beginning of the next month, you will be able to compare your answers with theirs. You will see how the panelists voted and read the explanations for their choices. See how your choices scored compared with your friends (at least, against my scores!).
-
A chance to learn from your mistakes, one of the best ways to improve the standard of your game. It is those hands on which your choice differs widely from the panel that provide the biggest opportunity. Why do the experts think this hand is worth a slam try when I only bid game? Why is this hand worth another bid in a competitive auction? Why is this hand not good enough to take another bid? How do I decide what to do when none of the options are attractive?
-
On most of the hands, it will not matter what system you usually play.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
-
-
Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series beginning 25 February.
-
-
-
-
Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
About Will's online lessons:
-
live sessions on ZOOM from 19 February to end April 2026 are now being advertised;
-
there are a number of special offers which may be of interest;
-
the full set of 2025 lessons remains available.
Our club link to all the courses offered is here.
Usually costing $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2024 ABF Newsletter.
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
..... see less
Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 23rd Feb 2026 11:27 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 9 February 2026 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other News
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Tournament Planner, highlighting events later this month (incl ACT Women's ANC Selection trials)
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Make-A-Wish Pair last week.
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Lessons
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Regular Club reminders
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions
We will be having our three regular sessions this week.
For the Wednesday sessions, a link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
External events this week
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15 February (Sunday)
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Illawarra Bridge Association Swiss Pairs (2 places left)
Other News
Tournament Planner
Please refer to the Tournament Planner on our website for the year's events of possible interest to our membership.
Events later this month:
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21 - 22 Feb: Australian Bridge Directors Association - National Seminar in Melbourne
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25 Feb: Fundamental lessons - a Canberra Bridge Club course of 8 weekly lessons, beginning 25 February.
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Links to the relevant complete calendars:
Please note that the Batemans Bay Bridge Club Congress is on 13 - 15 March at the Soldiers Club. Novice Restricted and Open Swiss pairs events on the Saturday 14th, and Teams on the Sunday. Friday night sees a Welcome Pairs event.
We have been asked by the Sapphire Coast and Wagga clubs to draw your attention to their Congresses coming up in April (Sapphire Coast) and May (Wagga). Flyers for each were attached to this last week's newsletter.
We have also added another section in the Tournament Planner for World Bridge Federation events. Therein lies a link to the 3 rd WBF Online Womens Teams event over the period 27 - 29 March. The set up is quite interesting:
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A Transnational event, on RealBridge
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Each time will play 12/13 matches of 8 boards in a partial round-robin
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No start before 9am local time and no finish later than 11pm local
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Teams to nominate at least 22 hours of availability
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Up to 8 people in a team, may be from different National Bridge Organizations
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Closing date to enter is 2 March
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Cost is 80 euro by 27 Feb, 100 euro by 16 March
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Click here for more detail.
Make-A-Wish Pairs last week
The first session of this nation-wide event attracted 12 clubs and 210 pairs. Hopefully the number of clubs participating will improve in coming fortnights to the levels we were seeing in the predecessor Nationwide Pairs in the second half of last year.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
-
-
Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series beginning 25 February.
-
-
-
-
Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
About Will's online lessons:
-
live sessions on ZOOM from 19 February to end April 2026 are now being advertised;
-
there are a number of special offers which may be of interest;
-
the full set of 2025 lessons remains available.
Our club link to all the courses offered is here.
Usually costing $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
..... see less
Hello everyone
This week . ..........
..... see more |
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| Last updated : 16th Feb 2026 22:45 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 2 February 2026 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other News
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Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions
We will be having our regular Wednesday morning session this week.
Wednesday evening sees the first of the year's Make-A-Wish Pairs, which replace the Nationwide Pairs events run in previous years.
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
External events this week
Other News
Tournament Planner
Please refer to the Tournament Planner on our website for the year's events of possible interest to our membership.
Events later this month:
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15 Feb: Illawarra Bridge Association Swiss Pairs (9 places left)
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-
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21 - 22 Feb: Australian Bridge Directors Association - National Seminar in Melbourne
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25 Feb: Fundamental lessons - a Canberra Bridge Club course of 8 weekly lessons, beginning 25 February.
-
Links to the relevant complete calendars:
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
-
-
Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series beginning 25 February.
-
-
-
-
Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
About Will's online lessons:
-
live sessions on ZOOM for February - April 2026 are now being advertised;
-
there are a number of special offers which may be of interest;
-
the full set of 2025 lessons remains available.
Our club link to all the courses offered is here.
Usually costing $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
..... see less
Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 9th Feb 2026 23:22 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 26 January 2026 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other News
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Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions
We will be having our regular Wednesday sessions this week.
Capital Bridge Club will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
External events
Other News
The Summer Festival of Bridge
Full results for the Festival can be viewed here.
Congratulations to Phil Clark and Michael Donnelly who topped the field in the u300 All rounder competition, and to Brenda Watts and David Clarkson who came second. The Allrounder comprised 3 separate events, with:
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Phil and Michael coming top of the IMPs pairs and 6th in the Matchpoint Pairs;
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Brenda and David coming 24th in the IMPs Pairs and 2nd in the Matchpoint Pairs; and
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all four getting together to finish 2nd in the u300 Teams .
A special mention too for the Glass team, comprising our members Eric Glass and Brett Glass, as well as Tyrel and Charlotte Glass, who came a creditable 24th in a field of 100 in the South West Pacific Teams.
Tournament Planner
Coming up in February are:
Links to the relevant complete calendars:
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
-
-
Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series beginning 25 February.
-
-
-
-
Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
Will's online lessons for February - April 2026 are now being advertised online by the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney.
Our club link to all the courses offered, including those presented in 2025, is here.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
(A complete listing of 2025 lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here).
Supervised sessions on RealBridge with Bridge NSW
These weekly sessions will begin on Sunday afternoons commencing 8 February 2026 and are free.
To read the flyer, click here. The flyer contains further links to more information, including guidance on using RealBridge.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
..... see less
Hello everyone
This week . ..........
..... see more |
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| Last updated : 2nd Feb 2026 00:55 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 19 January 2026 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other News
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Tournament Planner
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Nationwide Pairs update
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Lessons
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Regular Club reminders
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions
We will be having our regular Wednesday morning session, but please note that there be no evening session this week because many of our regulars are playing in the Summer Festival..
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
The Summer Festival of Bridge
Results to date from the Festival can be viewed here.
Notable performances from club members include:
Other News
Tournament Planner
We have added a Tournament Planner to our website. It can be found under the Calendar item in the menu. It is in 4 parts:
Coming up in the period to end February are:
Links to the relevant complete calendars:
Nationwide Pairs update
The organisers of the Nationwide Pairs have provided the following update:
"Make a Wish Pairs will start in the first week of February. This replaces Nationwide Pairs, but we shall use the same enrolment and scoring processes as for Nationwide Pairs. The first event will start in February. The dates are on the Nationwide Pairs site. Masterpointing and billing will be done quarterly. More details will be sent to you shortly. Please correspond to the nwp@nationwidepairs.au email address. [The first event] will be set up next Sunday, earlier than is normally the case".
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
-
-
Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series beginning 25 February.
-
-
-
-
Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
Will's online lessons for February - April 2026 are now being advertised online by the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney.
There will be more detail in next week's newsletter.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
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A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
You can see a complete listing of 2025 lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
Supervised sessions on RealBridge with Bridge NSW
These weekly sessions will begin on Sunday afternoons commencing 8 February 2026 and are free.
To read the flyer, click here. The flyer contains further links to more information, including guidance on using RealBridge.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 27th Jan 2026 01:07 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 12 January 2026 |
Happy New Year everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Wednesday sessions: minimum 4 pairs registered for the session to proceed
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Thursday 7pm: Regular RealBridge session
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The Summer Festival of Bridge starts Wednesday
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Other News
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Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2026 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Wednesday sessions
The Wednesday sessions this week will proceed only if there are at least 4 pairs registered to play in our calendar.
Thursday 7pm: Regular Thursday session
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
The Summer Festival of Bridge (SFOB) Wed Jan14 to Sun Jan 25
The Summer Festival begins this Wednesday.
Click here for complete information for the Festival, including cost, online entry, supplementary regulations and venue information.
Click here for the first Bulletin of the Festival. A must-read.
If you haven't played in an event like this before, here is some helpful reading from the Queensland Bridge Association (just ignore the Gold Coast Congress specifics). You and your partner will each need an identical systems card, which can be downloaded from the ABF website and filled in electronically or by hand. If you need help completing one, ask a Committee member or an experienced member.
If you are a Home member of South Canberra BC, and have played at least 8 SCBC Wednesday sessions in the last 6 months, then you can apply for a subsidy of $50 or 50% of the fee (whichever is less) for one event at the SFOB.
Note it is still possible to enter many of the events:
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5 of the 6 events starting this Wednesday to Friday are still open for entry.
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There are wait-lists for all 3 weekend Swiss pairs events.
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Entries remain open for all 4 event starting from Monday of the second week (the 19th).
There are a number of masterpoint-limited All-rounder events which may be of interest:
All-rounder events run over 3 days:
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Day 1 – Matchpoint Pairs,
-
Day 2 – IMP Swiss Pairs,
-
Day 3 – Teams.
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Each day’s format will be determined when entries are known.
-
All-rounder session times are the same each day of the event:
Other News
Fees and charges for 2026
The AGM approved the following fees and charges for 2026:
-
Home Club membership for 2026 = $35
-
Associate membership for 2026 = $12.50.
-
Table money for all sessions remains unchanged, at $4 per session for members and $6 for visitors.
-
Table money is waived for Face-to-Face sessions when we have less than 6 participating pairs.
Congresses nearby or online
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February 15 - Illawarra Bridge Association Swiss Pairs - 55 myABF credits
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Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is offering a range of courses for different skill levels in 2026.
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Fundamental lessons - a course of 8 weekly lessons, being offered 3 times, the first series beginning 25 February.
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Online Lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea
We are affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
You can see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
2026 Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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Happy New Year everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 20th Jan 2026 11:00 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 15 December 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other News
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Club champions 2025
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Summer Festival of Bridge 2026 (you might be eligible for a subsidy!)
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Fees and Charges for 2026
-
Congresses nearby or online
-
Lessons - Canberra BC
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Wednesday 17th December
The Wednesday sessions this week are our final sessions for 2025.
Face to face sessions start again on 14th January if we have sufficient registrations (4 or more pairs).
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
Thursday 7pm: Regular Thursday session
South Canberra and Capital will be running these sessions every Thursday except Christmas Day
South Canberra will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Other News
Our Club Champions for 2025
The Club Championships for 2025 have concluded.
The Wednesday morning championship:
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Congratulations to Raji Prakash and Rebecca Li who are the Morning Champions with a best 4 score average of 62.73%
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Ella Beer and Jill Cromer were a close second on 61.81%.
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Best-placed restricted masterpoint pair are George Palavestra and Lisa Ralphs.
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Seven pairs in total made the final rankings. Complete event information is available here .
The Wednesday evening championship:
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Congratulations to Phil Clark and Michael Donnelly, the Evening Champions with a best 4 score average of 53.61%
-
Alex Hewat and Ken Colbert (our 2024 champions) were a close second on 53.11%.
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Best-placed restricted masterpoint pair are Brenda Watts and David Clarkson.
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Six pairs in total made the final rankings. Complete event information is available here.
Congratulations to the prize-winners and many thanks to the other pair combinations that took part in these events.
The Summer Festival of Bridge (SFOB) Wed Jan14 to Sun Jan 25
The Summer Festival is just over a month away and we'd like to see as many of our members taking part as possible (because it's a lot of fun).
There are a number of masterpoint-limited events which may be of interest:
-
Wednesday to Friday of week 1
-
Weekend 2-day Swiss Pairs
-
Under 750/500
-
Under 300/100
-
Monday to Wednesday of week 2
All-rounder events run over 3 days:
-
-
Day 1 – Matchpoint Pairs,
-
Day 2 – IMP Swiss Pairs,
-
Day 3 – Teams.
-
Each day’s format will be determined when entries are known.
-
All-rounder session times are the same each day of the event:
Click here for complete information for the Festival, including cost, online entry, supplementary regulations and venue information.
If you haven't played in an event like this before, here is some helpful reading from the Queensland Bridge Association (just ignore the Gold Coast Congress specifics). You and your partner will each need an identical systems card, which can be downloaded from the ABF website and filled in electronically or by hand. If you need help completing one, ask a Committee member or an experienced member.
If you are a Home member of South Canberra BC, and have played at least 8 SCBC Wednesday sessions in the last 6 months, then you can apply for a subsidy of $50 or 50% of the fee (whichever is less) for one event at the SFOB.
Fees and charges for 2026
The AGM approved the following fees and charges for 2026:
-
Home Club membership for 2026 = $35
-
Associate membership for 2026 = $12.50.
-
Table money for all sessions remains unchanged, at $4 per session for members and $6 for visitors.
-
Table money is waived for Face-to-Face sessions when we have less than 6 participating pairs.
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The next Beginners course starts 7 January 2026. For more details, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Alex Hewat
for
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 13th Jan 2026 08:44 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 8 December 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Wednesday: Xmas sessions, Championships prize-giving, raffles and dinner
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Thursday 7pm: Regular RealBridge session
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Other News
-
Club champions 2025
-
Summer Festival of Bridge 2026
-
Fees and Charges for 2026
-
Congresses nearby or online
-
Lessons - Canberra BC
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Xmas sessions - 10 December
The Wednesday sessions this week are our Xmas sessions:
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the sessions are free
-
tea/coffee and cake will be provided for the morning session
-
drinks and finger food for the evening session
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there will be a raffle for those members attending each session. Each raffle's prizes will include two $60 prizes, being a choice of online subscriptions to the New York Times or the Washington Post, or membership of the Friends of the National Museum, or 3 online bridge lessons with will Jenner-O'Shea. There will also be book prizes.
We are also getting together for a Xmas dinner at 5.30 pm at Woden Central at the Southern Cross Club. Dinner will be at members' expense. Please register early using our calendar for this event.
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
Thursday 7pm: Regular Thursday session
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Other News
Our Club Champions for 2025
The Club Championships for 2025 have concluded.
The Wednesday morning championship:
-
Congratulations to Raji Prakash and Rebecca Li who are the Morning Champions with a best 4 score average of 62.73%
-
Ella Beer and Jill Cromer were a close second on 61.81%.
-
Best-placed restricted masterpoint pair are George Palavestra and Lisa Ralphs.
-
Seven pairs in total made the final rankings. Complete event information is available here .
The Wednesday evening championship:
-
Congratulations to Phil Clark and Michael Donnelly, the Evening Champions with a best 4 score average of 53.61%
-
Alex Hewat and Ken Colbert (our 2024 champions) were a close second on 53.11%.
-
Best-placed restricted masterpoint pair are Brenda Watts and David Clarkson.
-
Six pairs in total made the final rankings. Complete event information is available here.
Congratulations to the prize-winners and many thanks to the other pair combinations that took part in these events.
Prizes being awarded for each event are as follows:
-
1st place: Champions Mug, subscription to Australian Bridge magazine, a bottle of wine and 2 books each.
-
Best restricted masterpoint pair: 1 bottle of wine and 2 books each.
The Summer Festival of Bridge (SFOB) Wed Jan14 to Sun Jan 25
The Summer Festival is just over a month away and we'd like to see as many of our members taking part as possible (because it's a lot of fun).
There are a number of masterpoint-limited events which may be of interest:
-
Wednesday to Friday of week 1
-
Weekend 2-day Swiss Pairs
-
Under 750/500
-
Under 300/100
-
Monday to Wednesday of week 2
All-rounder events run over 3 days:
-
-
Day 1 – Matchpoint Pairs,
-
Day 2 – IMP Swiss Pairs,
-
Day 3 – Teams.
-
Each day’s format will be determined when entries are known.
-
All-rounder session times are the same each day of the event:
Click here for complete information for the Festival, including cost, online entry, supplementary regulations and venue information.
If you haven't played in an event like this before, here is some helpful reading from the Queensland Bridge Association (just ignore the Gold Coast Congress specifics). You and your partner will each need an identical systems card, which can be downloaded from the ABF website and filled in electronically or by hand. If you need help completing one, ask a Committee member or an experienced member.
Fees and charges for 2026
The AGM approved the following fees and charges for 2026:
-
Home Club membership for 2026 = $35
-
Associate membership for 2026 = $12.50.
-
Table money for all sessions remains unchanged, at $4 per session for members and $6 for visitors.
-
Table money is waived for Face-to-Face sessions when we have less than 6 participating pairs.
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The next Beginners course starts 7 January 2026. For more details, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 16th Dec 2025 10:54 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 1 December 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
-
What's On this week
-
Other News
-
Xmas sessions - 10 December
-
ABF Club Teams Knockout - final results
-
Fees and Charges for 2026
-
Congresses nearby or online
-
Lessons - Canberra BC
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Wednesday: Final Round Club Pairs Championships
The Club Pairs Championships conclude with round 6 this Wednesday. In the morning championship, 8 pairs remain in the running- see here. The evening Championship has 6 pairs in contention - see here.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
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1st place: Champions Mug, subscription to Australian Bridge magazine, a bottle of wine and 2 books each.
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Best pair under 60 masterpoints (morning) and under 700 (evening): 1 bottle of wine and 2 books each.
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
Thursday 7pm: Regular Thursday session
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Other News
Xmas sessions - 10 December
The Wednesday sessions next week will be our Xmas sessions:
-
the sessions are free
-
tea/coffee and cake will be provided for the morning session
-
drinks and finger food for the evening session
-
there will be a raffle for those members attending each session. Each raffle's prizes will include two $60 prizes, being a choice of online subscriptions to the New York Times or the Washington Post, or membership of the Friends of the National Museum, or 3 online bridge lessons with will Jenner-O'Shea. There will also be books prizes.
We expect to have a Xmas dinner at the Southern Cross Club at members' expense, prior to the evening session. Details will be advised via our website and in next week's newsletter.
ABF Club Teams Knockout - final results
The event concluded last week.
Congratulations to Canberra Bridge Club whose under 300 and under 100 masterpoint teams won their respective divisions.
Fees and charges for 2026
The AGM approved the following fees and charges for 2026:
-
Home Club membership for 2026 = $35
-
Associate membership for 2026 = $12.50.
-
Table money for all sessions remains unchanged, at $4 per session for members and $6 for visitors.
-
Table money is waived for Face-to-Face sessions when we have less than 6 participating pairs.
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The next Beginners course starts 7 January 2026. For more details, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
..... see less
Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 7th Dec 2025 22:29 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 24 November 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
-
What's On this week
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Tuesday: ABF Club Teams Knockout - finals
-
Wednesday: Club Pairs Championships Round 5
-
-
Friday: Youth-ish Night at Canberra Bridge Club
-
Other News
-
Lessons - Canberra BC
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Tuesday: ABF Club Teams Knockout - finals
Tuesday evening at 7.30 sees the finals of the 4 top divisions of this event, plus the final rounds of the under 50 masterpoint and Consolation teams.
The finals are:
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Open - Victorian Red vs West Australian
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Under 750 mps -Stepbridge Purple vs Central Coast Leagues
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Under 300 mps - Moonee Valley vs Canberra
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Under 300 mps - Canberra vs Ocean Grove
Our two entries are both playing in the Consolation event final round, with our Open team (Eric & Brett Glass with Cathy Nichols & Michael Burt) leading the field and our under 300 team (Craig Curry & Prakash Muttuvelu with Brenda Watts & Paul Appelby) in 18th place of 29 teams.
The Finals will be open to spectators on the RealBridge Kibitz server with a delay of 20 minutes. Here is the link, https://kibitz.realbridge.online/ . There is also a link on the Results page.
Wednesday: Round 5 Club Pairs Championships
The Club Pairs Championships continues with round 5 this Wednesday:
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Each pair must play in at least 4 of the 6 sessions to be ranked; a pair's best 4 scores will be counted towards their ranking. Progress scores by round and in total are here for the mornings and here for the evenings.
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Details of prizes will be announced in due course; you can expect there will be 3 lots of prizes for each event, including for the highest ranked pairs (a) overall and (b) under a certain masterpoint level.
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Visitors may play in any or all sessions, but only member pairs will be eligible for prizes.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
Friday 28 November - Youth-ish Night
Canberra Bridge Club runs a monthly bridge night for all ACT Bridge Players under 40 years of age.
The next is at the Canberra Bridge Club on Friday 28 November 2025.
Entry is FREE and there will be a Pizza dinner!
All ages and experience levels are welcome, no partner required.
You may attend either session or both!
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Friday 28 November 2025
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Session 1: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Dinner: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Session 2: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Other News
Committee for 2025-26
The new Committee is largely unchanged from 2025. The Committee comprises:
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President - Alex Hewat
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Treasurer - Brenda Watts
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Secretary - Chris Tough
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Tournament Secretary - Kevin Caruana
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David Clarkson
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Paul Appleby
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Geoff Stafford
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Eric Glass
Fees and charges for 2026
The AGM approved the following fees and charges for 2026:
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Home Club membership for 2026 = $35
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Associate membership for 2026 = $12.50.
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Table money for all sessions remains unchanged, at $4 per session for members and $6 for visitors.
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Table money is waived for Face-to-Face sessions when we have less than 6 participating pairs.
Congresses nearby or online
Nationwide pairs: Announcement by the ABF
The ABF has advised that it is ceasing its association with the Nationwide Pairs with effect from the end of this year. They have provided clubs a contact for enquiries regarding the Nationwide Pairs in 2026. We will keep members posted.
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The next Beginners course starts 7 January 2026. For more details, click here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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-
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 7th Dec 2025 22:28 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 17 November 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other Events
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Lessons - Canberra BC
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club Pairs Championship resume
The Club Pairs Championships resume with round 4 this Wednesday:
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Each pair must play in at least 4 of the 6 sessions to be ranked; a pair's best 4 scores will be counted towards their ranking. Progress scores by round and in total are here for the mornings and here for the evenings.
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Details of prizes will be announced in due course; you can expect there will be 3 lots of prizes for each event, including for the highest ranked pairs (a) overall and (b) under a certain masterpoint level.
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Visitors may play in any or all sessions, but only member pairs will be eligible for prizes.
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
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A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
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Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
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For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
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Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
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you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
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see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
This event runs for 3 sessions, on Tuesdays November 18, 25 & Dec 2 at the Canberra Bridge Club.
Cost is $45 entry per person; at the time of writing 11 pairs had entered.
Other Events
Youth-ish Night - Friday 28 November
Canberra Bridge Club runs a monthly bridge night for all ACT Bridge Players under 40 years of age.
The next is at the Canberra Bridge Club on Friday 28 November 2025.
Entry is FREE and there will be a Pizza dinner!
All ages and experience levels are welcome, no partner required.
You may attend either session or both!
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Friday 28 November 2025
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Session 1: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Dinner: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Session 2: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Congresses nearby or online
Nationwide pairs website
Our Wednesday morning session last week was part of Nationwide Pairs 22.
Unfortunately, the NWP website is unavailable again as I write. As a result, we have been unable to upload results from both NWP 21 and 22 or to see national scores. We will keep you posted.
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The next Beginners course starts 7 January 2026. For more details, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 25th Nov 2025 06:46 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 10 November 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other Events
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Lessons - Canberra BC
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
2025 AGM
The Club's AGM is being held on Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 5.45 pm at our playing venue, in the Community Room at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Woden, and also online.
Members will have received an email on 6 November with relevant information, including the agenda, annual accounts, motions currently proposed for decision at the meeting and a nomination form and proxy form.
Members attending are requested to be at the venue or online in good time to allow the meeting to begin promptly at 5.45pm.
This week's sessions
Both Wednesday sessions of bridge this week will be free sessions for all those playing. Neither session will be a Club Championship round. The Championship will resume next week.
Note that the Wednesday morning session is scheduled to be the 23rd round of the Nationwide Pairs; however, the event's website site has been offline since we last played two weeks ago. So it remains uncertain what boards will be played.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
There is a lesson on ZOOM most Thursdays between now and Christmas; all start at 9.30am.
Skills Development Workshop with Will Jenner-O'Shea on Sunday 16 November .
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At Deakin from 10 am to 3 pm
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Topic: Things to discuss to Improve your Partnership
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You do not need a partner to attend, but you will play with your partner all day, and with the same opponents if you want to organise a table of 4 players.
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Cost: $60 per player ($20 if under 30) including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes.
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To join the 5 club members who have already enrolled, click here.
Other Events
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The club also runs an 8-week course on Fundamentals to help beginners consolidate their learning.
-
Wednesday start: 7:30pm and Friday start: 10am
-
The lessons cost: $12 Members, $10 Concession or $15 non-members.
-
The current season continues with lesson 4 on Transfers.
-
CBC also publish an Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs. Click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 17th Nov 2025 07:18 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 3 November 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other Events
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Lessons - Canberra BC
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Supervised play + Free 20 minute lessons - twice weekly
-
Fundamentals course
-
Skills development workshop 16 November
-
Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs (document)
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Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club Pairs Championships Round 3
The SCBC Club Pairs Championships 2025 Round 3 are on this week:
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Each championship will run over 6 sessions, based as in the past on an eclectic format.
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A pair must play in at least 4 of the sessions to be ranked; a pair's best 4 scores will be counted towards their ranking.
-
Details of prizes will be announced in due course; you can expect there will be 3 lots of prizes for each event, including for the highest ranked pairs (a) overall and (b) under a certain masterpoint level.
-
Visitors may play in any or all sessions, but only member pairs will be eligible for prizes.
-
The club championships will skip a week on 12 November to hold our Annual General Meeting.
Cumulative progress scores can be accessed by clicking the appropriate link Wed am or Wed pm.
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
There is a lesson on ZOOM most Thursdays between now and Christmas; all start at 9.30am.
Australian Bridge Teachers Association - Webinar Sunday 9 November 2pm
The ABTA is holding a free ZOOM webinar on Sunday from 2-5 pm. Topics to be covered are:
I am waiting to hear if this is a members only event, so if you intend to register, please speak to me first to avoid disappointment on the day.
Other Events
2025 AGM
Our AGM will be held on 12 November. Note that the AGM has been brought forward from just before Christmas as was the case in past years, to unclutter the Christmas events and to give the incoming Committee more time in charge.
A separate email with more detail will be sent to club members shortly.
ABF Club Teams Knockout
After the second last round of the Consolation Swiss event, our Open Team leads the field of 29 teams. Playing last Tuesday night were Cathy Nichols and Michael Burt with Eric Glass and Brett Glass. Our u300 team is 18th.
The Consolation Swiss is for teams that are knocked out of the main events and includes teams from all masterpoint divisions. The final round is on Tuesday 25 November.
Congratulations to the Canberra Bridge Club's u300 and u100 teams who will be playing in the final of their respective divisions.
A link to the results is here.
National Pairs events last week
Results can be viewed here. Results are provisional till 4 November.
Participants should carefully check their individual online results booklet for details of all prize winners (including on a number of individual boards), a written analysis of all the board results, a comparison of all their scores with the winners' scores, and a list of the top 400 pairs.
Our Wednesday evening session took part in Nationwide Pairs no. 21. As I write, the NWP website has been down nearly a week, so no national results are currently available.
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The club also runs an 8-week course on Fundamentals to help beginners consolidate their learning.
-
Wednesday start: 7:30pm and Friday start: 10am
-
The lessons cost: $12 Members, $10 Concession or $15 non-members.
-
The current season continues with lesson 4 on Transfers.
-
The next Skills Development Workshop with Will Jenner-O'Shea is Sunday 16 November at Deakin from 10 am to 3 pm.
-
Topic: Things to discuss to Improve your Partnership
-
You do not need a partner to attend, but you will play with your partner all day, and with the same opponents if you want to organise a table of 4 players.
-
Cost: $60 per player ($20 if under 30) including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes.
-
CBC also publish an Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs. Click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 10th Nov 2025 15:05 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 27 October 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other Events
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Lessons - Canberra BC
-
Supervised play + Free 20 minute lessons - twice weekly
-
Fundamentals course
-
Skills development workshop 16 November
-
Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs (document)
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club Pairs Championships, Australia-Wide Restricted Pairs and Nationwide Pairs
The SCBC Club Pairs Championships 2025 Round 2 are on this week:
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Each championship will run over 6 sessions, based as in the past on an eclectic format.
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A pair must play in at least 4 of the sessions to be ranked; a pair's best 4 scores will be counted towards their ranking.
-
Details of prizes will be announced in due course; you can expect there will be 3 lots of prizes for each event, including for the highest ranked pairs (a) overall and (b) under a certain masterpoint level.
-
Visitors may play in any or all sessions, but only member pairs will be eligible for prizes.
-
The club championships will skip a week on 12 November to hold our Annual General Meeting.
Cumulative progress scores can be accessed by clicking the appropriate link Wed am or Wed pm.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Online Lesson with Will Jenner-O'Shea Thursday 9.30am Bergen Raises
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
There is a lesson on ZOOM most Thursdays between now and Christmas; all start at 9.30am.
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The next lesson is on Thursday 30 October. The subject is Bergen Raises.
ABF Club Teams Knockout
Our Open and u300 teams continue their participation in this event, in the Consolation Swiss. Tuesday night 7.30.
Full information for this round, including those teams playing in the semi-finals of the various divisions of the Knock Out , can be found at this link.
Canberra Bridge Club have teams in the semi-final of both the u300 and u100 divisions.
Other Events
2025 AGM
Our AGM will be held on 12 November. Note that the AGM has been brought forward from just before Christmas as was the case in past years, to unclutter the Christmas events and to give the incoming Committee more time in charge.
A separate email with more detail will be sent to club members shortly.
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The club also runs an 8-week course on Fundamentals to help beginners consolidate their learning.
-
Wednesday start: 7:30pm and Friday start: 10am
-
The lessons cost: $12 Members, $10 Concession or $15 non-members.
-
The current season continues with lesson 4 on Transfers.
-
The next Skills Development Workshop with Will Jenner-O'Shea is Sunday 16 November at Deakin from 10 am to 3 pm.
-
Topic: Things to discuss to Improve your Partnership
-
You do not need a partner to attend, but you will play with your partner all day, and with the same opponents if you want to organise a table of 4 players.
-
Cost: $60 per player ($20 if under 30) including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes.
-
CBC also publish an Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs. Click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 3rd Nov 2025 07:22 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 20 October 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other Events
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Bridge Lessons online
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Lessons - Canberra BC
-
Supervised play + Free 20 minute lessons - twice weekly
-
Fundamentals course
-
Skills development workshop 16 November
-
Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs (document)
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Our Wednesday morning and Wednesday evening Club Pairs Championships 2025 commence this week!
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Each championship will run over 6 sessions, based as in the past on an eclectic format.
-
A pair must play in at least 4 of the sessions to be ranked; a pair's best 4 scores will be counted towards their ranking.
-
Details of prizes will be announced in due course; you can expect there will be 3 lots of prizes for each event, including for the highest ranked pairs (a) overall and (b) under a certain masterpoint level.
-
Visitors may play in any or all sessions, but only member pairs will be eligible for prizes.
The club championships will skip a week on 12 November to hold our Annual General Meeting
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Other Events
2025 AGM
Our AGM will be held on 12 November. Note that the AGM has been brought forward from just before Christmas as was the case in past years, to unclutter the Christmas events and to give the incoming Committee more time in charge.
A separate email with more detail will be sent to club members shortly.
Congresses nearby or online
Results from Nationwide Pairs 20 last week
As I write, results have been posted for 24 of the 27 clubs who registered to take part, covering 413 pairs.
Congratulations to:
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Chris Tough and Atul Hajela who played at Capital and are currently ranked 4th overall, and
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Jill Cromer and Ella Beer who are currently ranked 14th overall.
Bridge Lessons online (NB: No lesson this Thursday)
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
-
you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
-
see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
There is a lesson on ZOOM most Thursdays between now and Christmas; all start at 9.30am.
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The club also runs an 8-week course on Fundamentals to help beginners consolidate their learning.
-
Wednesday start: 7:30pm and Friday start: 10am
-
The lessons cost: $12 Members, $10 Concession or $15 non-members.
-
The current season continues with lesson 3 on Stayman
-
The next Skills Development Workshop with Will Jenner-O'Shea is Sunday 16 November at Deakin from 10 am to 3 pm.
-
Topic: Things to discuss to Improve your Partnership
-
You do not need a partner to attend, but you will play with your partner all day, and with the same opponents if you want to organise a table of 4 players.
-
Cost: $60 per player ($20 if under 30) including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes.
-
CBC also publish an Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs. Click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 28th Oct 2025 01:21 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 13 October 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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Bridge Lessons online - take a look!
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What's On this week
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Other Events
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Lessons - Canberra BC
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Supervised play + Free 20 minute lessons - twice weekly
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Fundamentals course
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Skills development workshop 16 November
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Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs (document)
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
Bridge Lessons online (next lesson this Thursday - Major suit raises, incl Bergen)
We have become affiliated with the North Shore Bridge Club (NSBC) in Sydney to provide you access to online lessons with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Every lesson you buy through the links on our website earns our club a 20% commission.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
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A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
On our website Home Page:
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you can sign up to the NSBC Education Hub and purchase upcoming individual lessons here; and
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see a complete listing of lessons for purchase via the Lessons Link in our Website menu here.
There is a lesson on ZOOM most Thursdays between now and Christmas; all start at 9.30am.
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This Thursday's lesson is on Major Raises, including Bergen Raises.
What's On This Week
We have Nationwide Pairs #20 this Wednesday morning, with our regular evening session. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
The Sydney Spring Nationals start this coming Saturday the 18th, at Canterbury Park Racecourse and run to Sunday October 26.
Other Events
2005 SCBC Club Championships and AGM
We will be running our Wednesday morning and Wednesday evening club championships starting 22 October. Each championship will run over 6 sessions, based as in the past on an eclectic format with qualifiers needing to play in at least 4 sessions, best 4 scores to be counted. Details of prizes will be announced in due course.
The club championships will skip a week on 12 November to hold our Annual General Meeting. Note that the AGM has been brought forward from just before Christmas as was the case in past years, to unclutter the Christmas events and to give the incoming Committee more time in charge. Further details in due course.
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons - Canberra Bridge Club
The club runs two supervised play sessions every week, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
The club also runs an 8-week course on Fundamentals to help beginners consolidate their learning.
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Wednesday start: 7:30pm and Friday start: 10am
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The lessons cost: $12 Members, $10 Concession or $15 non-members.
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The current season continues with lesson 3 on Stayman
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The next Skills Development Workshop with Will Jenner-O'Shea is Sunday 16 November at Deakin from 10 am to 3 pm.
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Topic: Things to discuss to Improve your Partnership
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You do not need a partner to attend, but you will play with your partner all day, and with the same opponents if you want to organise a table of 4 players.
-
Cost: $60 per player ($20 if under 30) including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes.
-
CBC also publish an Introduction to Scoring and Tactics for duplicate pairs. Click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 21st Oct 2025 07:02 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 6 October 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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Other Events
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Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
We have our regular Wednesday sessions this week. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Starting tonight Tuesday October 7:
Finally, Canberra Bridge Club is holding another Youth Day tomorrow Wednesday 8 October, 10am - 12:30 pm.
There will be snacks and no experience is necessary. This event is completely free of charge so if you have youngsters in your family who would like to attend please bring them along. For more information, ring the CBC on 02 6282 2382.
Other Events
2005 SCBC Club Championships and AGM
We will be running our Wednesday morning and Wednesday evening club championships starting 22 October. Each championship will run over 6 sessions, based as in the past on an eclectic format with qualifiers needing to play in at least 4 sessions, best 4 scores to be counted. Details of prizes will be announced in due course.
The club championships will skip a week on 12 November to hold our Annual General Meeting. Note that the AGM has been brought forward from just before Christmas as was the case in past years, to unclutter the Christmas events and to give the incoming Committee more time in charge. Further details in due course.
Congresses nearby or online
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
The club presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
The club also runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 16th Nov 2025 13:35 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 29 September 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On this week
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NWP 19 this Wednesday evening
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Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits
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RealBridge Monthly bidding contest
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Other Events
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Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Our sessions this week
We have Nationwide Pairs #19 on Wednesday evening; plus our regular Wednesday morning.
-
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Table Money now only payable with myABF Bridge Credits
As of this week, myABF Bridge Credits are to be used to pay table money for all our sessions. If you haven't already done so:
RealBridge runs a monthly Bidding Contest. Worth a try. September's contest ends this Tuesday.
Other Events
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom
Entries to this Congress are now closed. Fourteen of our members are taking part.
Other Congresses nearby or online
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
The club presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
The club also runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October 2004 ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 16th Nov 2025 13:35 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 22 September 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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BFACT AGM Friday September 26
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QBA online director training day - September 27
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Skills Development Workshop - September 28
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Our regular sessions this week
-
WBF's e-Bridge Cup - qualifying round continues
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Other Events
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Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
BFACT AGM 26 September
The BFACT AGM will be held Friday 26th September at 4.30pm at the CBC clubrooms in Deakin (refreshments provided) and on ZOOM.
Financial home club members of the 6 BFACT-affiliated clubs are members of BFACT and are entitled under the BFACT Constitution to attend and vote.
Relevant documents are here, including the financial statements for the year.
September 27 - QBA online director training day - 1 place left!
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Skills Development Workshop
Will Jenner-O'Shea's next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 28 September. Subject is Strong Hands and Slams; the session includes some advanced material but is designed for all levels of skill. Details here.
Our regular sessions this week
We have our regular sessions this Wednesday
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
WBF's e-Bridge Cup continues on BBO
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
-
On BBO
-
4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
-
12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
-
Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
-
Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
-
Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
-
500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
Other Events
NWP 18 results
Congratulations to 2 well performed pairs in last week's Nationwide Pairs. With results from 25 of 27 clubs in, 444 pairs participating:
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom (Play &/or be a reserve &/or help)
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Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade.
-
A national GOLD POINT congress for players of all abilities
-
Friday 3 to Monday 6 October, Canberra Labor Club, Belconnen.
-
Our club will subsidise members' entry fees to the tune of 50%
Pairs and teams events for all levels of ability:
-
Open
-
Restricted: Under 300 Masterpoints
-
Novice: Under 100 Masterpoints
-
Rookie: Under 5 Masterpoints
-
Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2025.
The Congress is running a partnership desk for each event. Scroll down to "Partnership Desk" on the Congress link.
Entries close 25 September.
-
Late entries may be accepted at Convenors' discretion. Organisers advise that the Congress is close to capacity on some events, particularly the team events. If players wish to enter an event and the event is full, please send the names of your pair/team to rbrakebridge@gmail.com and they will register your interest. The organisers are looking at ways of increasing the numbers of entries we can accept.
House Players and Reserves Needed!
Players are needed to form house pairs/teams as needed.
Reserves are also needed who can play at short notice because of last minute cancellations. There is a need for players at all levels from novice to open. If you are called upon to play at short notice you will get free entry into the event.
Volunteers Needed!
To run Canberra in Bloom the organisers need people who can volunteer even just an hour of their time. This won't stop anyone playing in the tournament, as the work is done outside playing hours. They need people to:
-
Be at the welcome desk at the Labor Club before the start of play each day, to ensure people know where they are playing and where the facilities are
-
At the end of each day, set up for the following day (eg putting out scoring booklets etc)
-
Help set up on Thursday afternoon 2nd October (eg setting up tables, tablecloths etc)
-
Help pack up on Monday afternoon 6th October
-
Help set up between events on Sunday lunchtime 5th October
They are looking for 30 people in total as that will enable all the work to be done easily. The volunteers' work will be much appreciated and well recognised. Most of the work involved is quite light, so anyone can help out. If you can help out with an hour of your time, please email the tournament convenor Roger Brake at rbrakebridge@gmail.com with what dates/times you are available.
Other Congresses nearby or online
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
The club presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
The club also runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
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| Last updated : 28th Sep 2025 21:22 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 15 September 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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NWP 18 this Wednesday morning
-
Youth-ish night at CBC this Friday
-
Congresses this weekend
-
BridgeNSW - the final free online supervised session this Sunday
-
WBF's e-Bridge Cup - qualifying round continues
-
Other Events
-
Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On This Week
Club sessions this week
We have our Nationwide Pairs this Wednesday morning. The evening is a regular session.
Capital will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
Youth-ish Night this Friday at CBC
The next monthly Youth-ish night for all ACT Bridge Players under 40 years will be held at the Canberra Bridge Club on Friday 19 September 2025.
Entry is FREE and there will be a Pizza dinner!
All experience levels are welcome, no partner required.
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Session 1: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Dinner: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Session 2: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Congresses this weekend
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September 20 - 21 - Albury Congress ($50 per player per day) - entries close Tuesday 16 September
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Sunday - BridgeNSW free supervised sessions online
This Sunday 21 September is the final session of BridgeNSW's 4-week series of supervised play on RealBridge. 4pm start - 8 boards - completely free! Go to the link to enter.
WBF's e-Bridge Cup continues on BBO
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
-
On BBO
-
4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
-
12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
-
Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
-
Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
-
Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
-
500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
Other Events
BFACT AGM 26 September
The BFACT AGM will be held Friday 26th September at 4.30pm at the CBC clubrooms in Deakin (refreshments provided) and on ZOOM.
Financial home club members of the 6 BFACT-affiliated clubs are members of BFACT and are entitled under the BFACT Constitution to attend and vote.
Relevant documents are here, including the financial statements for the year.
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom (Play &/or be a reserve &/or help)
-
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade.
-
A national GOLD POINT congress for players of all abilities
-
Friday 3 to Monday 6 October, Canberra Labor Club, Belconnen.
-
Our club will subsidise members' entry fees to the tune of 50%
Pairs and teams events for all levels of ability:
-
Open
-
Restricted: Under 300 Masterpoints
-
Novice: Under 100 Masterpoints
-
Rookie: Under 5 Masterpoints
-
Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2025.
The Congress is running a partnership desk for each event. Scroll down to "Partnership Desk" on the Congress link.
Entries close 25 September.
-
Late entries may be accepted at Convenors' discretion. Organisers advise that the Congress is close to capacity on some events, particularly the team events. If players wish to enter an event and the event is full, please send the names of your pair/team to rbrakebridge@gmail.com and they will register your interest. The organisers are looking at ways of increasing the numbers of entries we can accept.
House Players and Reserves Needed!
Players are needed to form house pairs/teams as needed.
Reserves are also needed who can play at short notice because of last minute cancellations. There is a need for players at all levels from novice to open. If you are called upon to play at short notice you will get free entry into the event.
Volunteers Needed!
To run Canberra in Bloom the organisers need people who can volunteer even just an hour of their time. This won't stop anyone playing in the tournament, as the work is done outside playing hours. They need people to:
-
Be at the welcome desk at the Labor Club before the start of play each day, to ensure people know where they are playing and where the facilities are
-
At the end of each day, set up for the following day (eg putting out scoring booklets etc)
-
Help set up on Thursday afternoon 2nd October (eg setting up tables, tablecloths etc)
-
Help pack up on Monday afternoon 6th October
-
Help set up between events on Sunday lunchtime 5th October
They are looking for 30 people in total as that will enable all the work to be done easily. The volunteers' work will be much appreciated and well recognised. Most of the work involved is quite light, so anyone can help out. If you can help out with an hour of your time, please email the tournament convenor Roger Brake at rbrakebridge@gmail.com with what dates/times you are available.
Other Congresses nearby or online
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
The final session of a 4-week Refresher course with Barb Toohey is on this Tuesday September 16 from 10.45 to 12 noon.
Will Jenner-O'Shea's next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 28 September. Subject is Strong Hands and Slams; the session includes some advanced material but is designed for all levels of skill. Details here.
The club presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
The club also runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
September 27 - QBA online director training day
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 8 September 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Regular club sessions this week
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Cowra & District Bridge Congress - this weekend
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BridgeNSW - the third free online supervised session this Sunday
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WBF's e-Bridge Cup - qualifying round continues
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Other Events
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Lessons
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Regular Club sessions this week
We have our regular Wednesday sessions this week.
We will be hosting the Thursday session this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50.
$60 per person per day - This weekend September 13 -14.
Sunday - BridgeNSW free supervised sessions online
This Sunday is the third session of BridgeNSW's 4-week series of supervised play on RealBridge. This will be every Sunday from 31 August to 21 September. 4pm start - 8 boards - completely free! Go to the link to enter.
WBF's e-Bridge Cup continues on BBO
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
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On BBO
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4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
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12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
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Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
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Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
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Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
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500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
Other Events
BFACT AGM 26 September
The BFACT AGM will be held Friday 26th September at 4.30pm at the CBC clubrooms in Deakin (refreshments provided) and on ZOOM.
Financial home club members of the 6 BFACT-affiliated clubs are members of BFACT and are entitled under the BFACT Constitution to attend and vote.
Relevant documents are here.
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom (Play &/or help)
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Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade.
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A national GOLD POINT congress for players of all abilities
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Friday 3 to Monday 6 October, Canberra Labor Club, Belconnen.
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Our club will subsidise members' entry fees to the tune of 50%
Pairs and teams events for all levels of ability:
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Open
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Restricted: Under 300 Masterpoints
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Novice: Under 100 Masterpoints
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Rookie: Under 5 Masterpoints
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Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2025.
The Congress is running a partnership desk for each event. Scroll down to "Partnership Desk" on the Congress link.
Entries close 25 September.
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Late entries may be accepted at Convenors' discretion. Organisers advise that the Congress is close to capacity on some events, particularly the team events. If players wish to enter an event and the event is full, please send the names of your pair/team to rbrakebridge@gmail.com and they will register your interest. The organisers are looking at ways of increasing the numbers of entries we can accept.
Volunteers Needed!
To run Canberra in Bloom the organisers need people who can volunteer even just an hour of their time. This won't stop anyone playing in the tournament, as the work is done outside playing hours. They need people to:
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Be at the welcome desk at the Labor Club before the start of play each day, to ensure people know where they are playing and where the facilities are
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At the end of each day, set up for the following day (eg putting out scoring booklets etc)
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Help set up on Thursday afternoon 2nd October (eg setting up tables, tablecloths etc)
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Help pack up on Monday afternoon 6th October
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Help set up between events on Sunday lunchtime 5th October
They are looking for 30 people in total as that will enable all the work to be done easily. The volunteers' work will be much appreciated and well recognised. Most of the work involved is quite light, so anyone can help out. If you can help out with an hour of your time, please email the tournament convenor Roger Brake at rbrakebridge@gmail.com with what dates/times you are available.
Other Congresses nearby or online
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September 20 - 21 - Albury Congress ($50 per player per day) - entries close 16 September
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BFACT Gala Pairs Results
Congratulations to Michael Burt and Cathy Nichols who finished 3rd in the Open section of the BFACT Gala Pairs.
Nine club members played on the day. Full results are here.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
The second session of a 4-week Refresher course with Barb Toohey is on this Tuesday September 2 from 10.45 to 12 noon.
Will Jenner-O'Shea's next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 28 September. Subject is Strong Hands and Slams; the session includes some advanced material but is designed for all levels of skill. Details here.
The club presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
The club also runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
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A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
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Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
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Course notes. These are downloadable.
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LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
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For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
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Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
September 27 - QBA online director training day
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
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Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 1 September |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Saturday - BFACT Pairs Gala Day (Please consider!)
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Monday - start of the month-long qualifying round of the WBF's e-Bridge Cup
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Wednesday - Nationwide pairs 17 (evening session)
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Thursday - regular weekly session - visitors welcome
- Event results
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Lessons
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Canberra BC
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Tuesday - 4-week Refresher course
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Skills development Workshop 28 September
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Free 20 minute lessons - twice weekly
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Supervised play - Twice weekly
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North Shore Bridge Club lessons online
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BridgeNSW - the second free online supervised session this Sunday
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QBA online director training day - September 27
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Other upcoming events
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Qualifying round of the e-Bridge Cup - a new World Bridge Federation event for all players
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ABF GNOT Qualifying Round - on RB
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BW Online Congress
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Canberra in Bloom
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Saturday - BFACT Pairs Gala Day - (i) to select GNOT teams (ii) under 80 masterpoint championship
Members are encouraged to take part in the BFACT Gala Pairs day which is on this Saturday 6 September. There are 3 events:
1. Open Butler Pairs – to select the ACT 2 team for the GNOT Qualifying round later in the month
2. Provincial & Restricted (u300) Butler Pairs – to select the ACT Provincial Team for the GNOT
3. Canberra BC Novice/ Rookie Butler Pairs Championship (u80) - members of other clubs are welcome to take part.
Entry fees per player are as follows:
The teams selected on the basis of the Gala Day will play in the GNOT Qualifying Round on RealBridge on September 19 to 21.
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Details of this round can be found here.
From Monday 1 September - e-Bridge Cup
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
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On BBO
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4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
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12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
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Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
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Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
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Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
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500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
Wednesday
On Wednesday evening, we are hosting a session of the Nationwide pairs (no. 17). Wednesday morning is a regular session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Again in September, we will be running an eclectic best 3 of 4 sessions for each of the Wednesday sessions.
Thursday
The Joint Club Online Championship having concluded, our regular Thursday iRealBridge sessions with capital resume this week. Visitors are very welcome.
Capital will be hosting this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Event results
The Joint Championship held on RealBridge with Capital Bridge Club concluded last week. Congratulations are in order for:
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Eric Glass and Brett Glass who are the joint club champions for 2025
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Andrew Struik and Brian Thorp from capital who were runners-up; and
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Gary Miller and Gilles Bonin who were the top under 100 pair.
The final standings are here. It was very pleasing to see a strong turnout each week. The players making up the 13 pairs who played the minimum qualifying number of 4 sessions go into the raffle draw which will take place in due course.
A number of our members played in the Cootamundra Congress last weekend. Congratulations to
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Cath Sherwin and Cathy Nichols who placed 5th in the Pairs event in a field of 46; and
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George Stockham and Alex Hewat and their partners John Donovan and Ian Dalziell (from Capital Bridge Club), who placed 3rd in the Teams event in a field of 22.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
The second session of a 4-week Refresher course with Barb Toohey is on this Tuesday September 2 from 10.45 to 12 noon.
Will Jenner-O'Shea's next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 28 September. Subject is Strong Hands and Slams; the session includes some advanced material but is designed for all levels of skill. Details here.
The club presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
The club also runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
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A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
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For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
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Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
Sunday - BridgeNSW free supervised sessions online
This Sunday is the second session of BridgeNSW's 4-week series of supervised play on RealBridge. This will be every Sunday from 31 August to 21 September. 4pm start - 8 boards - completely free! Go to the link to enter.
September 27 - QBA online director training day
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Other upcoming events
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom
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Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade.
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A national GOLD POINT congress for players of all abilities
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Friday 3 to Monday 6 October, Canberra Labor Club, Belconnen.
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Our club will subsidise members' entry fees to the tune of 50%
Pairs and teams events for all levels of ability:
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Open
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Restricted: Under 300 Masterpoints
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Novice: Under 100 Masterpoints
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Rookie: Under 5 Masterpoints
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Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2025.
Entries close 25 September.
BWOnline Congress
BWOnline is running its September congress on BBO on Saturday 20th (pairs) and Sunday 21st (teams).
Timing and Format
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Each event will start at 10am, pause for a gourmet lunch break around 1pm and finish before 5pm.
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Each event will consist of six, nine board rounds.
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Scoring for both events will be IMPs scoring; the movement will be Swiss. This means that lucky players move towards harder matches, others go the other way for easier matches.
Entry
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Entry to each event will be on the day using BBO registration. Entries will open at 8am.
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You must be online, registered and ready to play for the 10am start.
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To find the event, select Competitive, All Tournaments and search for BWO.
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The titles will be BWOnline Swiss Pairs Congress. or BWOnline Swiss Teams Congress.
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The director will be vABF3489. The cost will be $20 BBO per player per event.
Nearby Congresses
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September 20 - 21 - Albury Congress ($50 per player per day) - entries close 16 September.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
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-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 8th Sep 2025 03:12 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 25 August |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Tuesday - a 4-week Refresher course starts at Canberra BC
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Wednesday - Australia-Wide Open Pairs (evening session)
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Thursday - Joint online Club Championship round 6 (final round)
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BridgeNSW - the first of 4 free online supervised sessions start Sunday
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Mollymook Bridge Congress - entries close Sunday
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Canberra events (for all skill levels - please consider)
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Lessons
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Other upcoming events
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Cootamundra Congress (& other nearby Congresses)
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Qualifying round of the e-Bridge Cup - a new World Bridge Federation event for all players
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ABF GNOT Qualifying Round - on RB
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Tuesday
Wednesday
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All players pay normal table money; the special entry fee for this event will be paid by South Canberra.
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Several prizes are awarded. A promotional brochure including prizes information is here.
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Each player will receive a souvenir booklet on the day, describing ABM's recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone.
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After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on the AWP web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against the recommended results.
Wednesday morning is a regular session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
August eclectics progress scores:
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Morning session - 10 pairs still in the running; 8 of whom need to play this week to qualify for a ranking. Progress scores are here.
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Evening session - 7 pairs still in the running; 3 of whom need to play this week to qualify for a ranking. Progress scores are here.
By the way, congratulations to our team in the Open Division of the ABF Club Team KnockOut who have qualified for the Quarter-final Knock Out round next month. Results for both the Open and the u300 teams are here.
Thursday
Thursday is 6th and final round of the annual online Pairs Championship with Capital Bridge Club.
We will be hosting this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Sunday
Starting this coming Sunday, BridgeNSW is running a 4-week series of supervised play on RealBridge. This will be every Sunday from 31 August to 21 September. 4pm start - 8 boards - completely free! Go to the link to enter.
Entries for the Mollymook Bridge Congress also close Sunday. Enter here.
Canberra events
September 6 (Saturday): BFACT Pairs Gala Day - to select GNOT teams
1. Open Butler Pairs – to select the ACT 2 team for the GNOT Qualifying round later in the month
2. Provincial & Restricted (u300) Butler Pairs – to select the ACT Provincial Team for the GNOT
3. Canberra BC Novice/ Rookie Butler Pairs Championship (u80) - members of other clubs are welcome to take part.
A flyer for the event is here.
The teams selected on the basis of the Gala Day will play in the GNOT Qualifying Round on RealBridge on September 19 to 21.
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Details of this round can be found here.
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom
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Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade.
-
A national GOLD POINT congress for players of all abilities
-
Friday 3 to Monday 6 October, Canberra Labor Club, Belconnen.
-
Our club will subsidise members' entry fees to the tune of 50%
Pairs and teams events for all levels of ability:
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Open
-
Restricted: Under 300 Masterpoints
-
Novice: Under 100 Masterpoints
-
Rookie: Under 5 Masterpoints
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Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2025.
Entries close 25 September.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
Will Jenner-O'Shea's next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 28 September. Subject is Strong Hands and Slams; the session includes some advanced material but is designed for all levels of skill. Details here.
The club presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
The club also runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
September 27 - QBA online director training day
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Other upcoming events
Nearby Congresses
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September 20 - 21 - Albury Congress ($50 per player per day) - entries close 16 September.
From 1 September - e-Bridge Cup
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
-
On BBO
-
4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
-
12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
-
Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
-
Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
-
Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
-
500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 1st Sep 2025 11:42 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 18 August |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Tuesday - ABF Club Teams KO Round 2
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Wednesday - regular sessions
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Thursday - Joint online Club Championship round 5
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Canberra events (for all skill levels - please consider)
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Lessons
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Reminders
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Cootamundra Congress (& other nearby Congresses)
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Qualifying round of the e-Bridge Cup - a new World Bridge Federation event for all players
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ABF GNOT Qualifying Round - on RB
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Tuesday - ABF Club Teams KO Round 2
Tuesday night is the second round of the ABF Club Teams KO.
Open Division
u300 Division
Kibitzing is advertised as available with a 20 minute delay for the Open division matches. (Last session appeared to have allowed kibitzing for all divisions). The link to kibitzing is here (scroll down for the link - the page also has the links for playing). Play starts at 7.30pm.
Wednesday
We have our regular Wednesday sessions this week. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Remember that we are running eclectics best 3 of 4 for each set of Wednesday sessions in August (notwithstanding the many multi-club sessions happening during the month). Progress scores are here for the morning sessions; here for evening ones.
By the way, congratulations to Prakash Muttuvelu and Craig Curry, who at the time of writing, are 11th of 370 pairs in last week's NWP 16. Thursday
Thursday is round 5 of the annual online Pairs Championship with Capital Bridge Club.
Cumulative progress scores can be viewed here.
This is a best 4 scores from 6 sessions (eclectic) tournament. A pair needs to have played in at least 4 sessions to qualify for an overall ranking (and place and raffle prizes). Non-contending players are very welcome to play in individual sessions (all of which are red-pointed).
Capital will be hosting this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Canberra events
September 6 (Saturday): BFACT Pairs Gala Day - to select GNOT teams
1. Open Butler Pairs – to select the ACT 2 team for the GNOT Qualifying round later in the month
2. Provincial & Restricted (u300) Butler Pairs – to select the ACT Provincial Team for the GNOT
3. Canberra BC Novice/ Rookie Butler Pairs Championship (u80) - members of other clubs are welcome to take part.
A flyer for the event is here.
The teams selected on the basis of the Gala Day will play in the GNOT Qualifying Round on RealBridge on September 19 to 21.
-
Details of this round can be found here.
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom
-
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade.
-
A national GOLD POINT congress for players of all abilities
-
Friday 3 to Monday 6 October, Canberra Labor Club, Belconnen.
-
Our club will subsidise members' entry fees to the tune of 50%
Pairs and teams events for all levels of ability:
-
Open
-
Restricted: Under 300 Masterpoints
-
Novice: Under 100 Masterpoints
-
Rookie: Under 5 Masterpoints
-
Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2025.
Entries close 25 September.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
A 6-week course run in two parallel streams on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings started last week. More detail here.
The club also presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each at the same times. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
Supervised play
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
From August 31, BridgeNSW is running a 4-week series of supervised play on RealBridge. This will be every Sunday from 31 August to 21 September. 4pm start - 8 boards - completely free! Go to the link to enter.
September 27 - QBA online director training day
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Other news
Nearby Congresses
From 1 September - e-Bridge Cup
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
-
On BBO
-
4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
-
12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
-
Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
-
Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
-
Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
-
500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2025-26. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 11 August |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Canberra events (for all skill levels - please consider)
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Lessons
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Reminders
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Cootamundra Congress (& other nearby Congresses)
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Qualifying round of the e-Bridge Cup - a new World Bridge Federation event for all players
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ABF GNOT Qualifying Round - on RB
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Wednesday
The morning session is Nationwide Pairs 16.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Remember that we are running eclectics best 3 of 4 for each set of Wednesday sessions in August (notwithstanding the many multi-club sessions happening during the month).
Progress scores are here for the morning sessions; here for evening ones.
Thursday
Thursday is round 4 of the annual online Pairs Championship with Capital Bridge Club.
Cumulative progress scores can be viewed here.
This is a best 4 scores from 6 sessions (eclectic) tournament. A pair needs to have played in at least 4 sessions to qualify for an overall ranking (and place and raffle prizes). Non-contending players are very welcome to play in individual sessions (all of which are red-pointed).
We will be hosting this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Canberra events
September 6 (Saturday): BFACT Pairs Gala Day - to select GNOT teams
1. Open Butler Pairs – to select ACT 2 team for GNOT
2. Provincial & Restricted (u300) Butler Pairs – to select the ACT Provincial Team for GNOT
3. CBC Novice/ Rookie Butler Pairs Championship (u80)
Non-contending pairs are permitted to play.
Entry fees per player are as follows:
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Events 1 and 2 – entry is $45, Event 3 is $40
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Our club will provide subsidies to members of $23 & $20 respectively.
October 3 - 6: Canberra in Bloom
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Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade.
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A national GOLD POINT congress for players of all abilities
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Friday 3 to Monday 6 October, Canberra Labor Club, Belconnen.
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Early bird prices for all events are available until 15 August.
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Our club will subsidise members' entry fees to the tune of 50%
Pairs and teams events for all levels of ability
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Open
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Restricted: Under 300 Masterpoints
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Novice: Under 100 Masterpoints
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Rookie: Under 5 Masterpoints
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Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2025.
Entries close 25 September.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club
A 6-week course run in two parallel streams on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings starts this week. More detail here.
The club also presents 2 weekly free lessons of 20 min each at the same times. Target audience is us up to Intermediate level. Presenter is Steve Geddes. Details here.
North Shore Bridge Club
The North Shore Bridge Club is investing in building a robust Education Hub, now hosting Will Jenner-O’Shea’s Online Lessons.
For $20 (inc GST), each online lesson includes:
-
A 2 hour recorded lesson, usually Theory, Practical and Student Play.
-
Practice hands. Using tools to practice with friends or practice solo.
-
Course notes. These are downloadable.
-
LIN & PBN files. To upload, use at Clubs for physical practice sessions
-
For future lessons, a Zoom link (opens 15 mins before start).
-
Recordings and materials uploaded within 24 hours.
Supervised play
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Click the link for details.
From August 31, BridgeNSW is running a 4-week series of supervised play on RealBridge. This will be every Sunday from 31 August to 21 September. 4pm start - 8 boards - completely free! Go to the link to enter.
September 27 - QBA online director training day
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Other news
Nearby Congresses
From 1 September - e-Bridge Cup
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
-
On BBO
-
4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
-
12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
-
Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
-
Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
-
Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
-
500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
September 19 to 21 - ABF GNOT Qualifying Round - on RB
Details of this round, in which the ACT 1, ACT 2 and ACT Provincial Teams will play can be found here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 18th Aug 2025 18:18 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 4 August 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Wednesday pm session - BridgeNSW State-wide Pairs
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Wednesday both sessions - eclectics
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Thursday - Joint online Club Championship round 3
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Other news
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August 10 - Parkes Teams Congress + other nearby Congresses
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August 13 & 15 - 6 weeks beginner lessons at Canberra BC
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August 31 - Start of 4 free supervised sessions online (BridgeNSW)
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September 1 to 28 - Qualifying round of the e-Bridge Cup - a new World Bridge Federation event for all players
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September 6 - BFACT Pairs Gala Day - to select GNOT teams
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September 19 to 21 - ABF GNOT Qualifying Round - on RB
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September 27 - QBA online director training day
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Canberra Bridge Club - Weekly Supervised play with lecture
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Wednesday pm - BridgeNSW State-wide Pairs
This Wednesday evening we are hosting a session of the NSW State-wide pairs.
The event runs for a week from 1 to 7 August:
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Hands are provided together with a booklet, which features brief commentary on each deal for perusal at the completion of the session.
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The event is then scored across all participating clubs and overall winners determined. Red masterpoints are awarded state-wide; green masterpoints at our club.
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Overall results should be published on 10 August.
-
Cash prizes and gift vouchers are presented, as well as certificates for the winners in each club.
-
Prizes are also awarded in the restricted divisions of Under 25, Under 50 and Under 100 masterpoints (as at 30 June 2025).
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
August eclectics
We will be running eclectics best 3 of 4 for each set of Wednesday sessions in August (notwithstanding the many multi-club sessions happening during the month).
Thursday
Thursday is round 3 of the annual online Pairs Championship with Capital Bridge Club, and the last chance for pairs that haven't played yet to compete.
Cumulative progress scores can be viewed here.
This is a best 4 scores from 6 sessions (eclectic) tournament. A pair needs to have played in at least 4 sessions to qualify for an overall ranking (and place and raffle prizes).
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge, 24 July to 28 August inclusive
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Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall
-
Championship prizes :
-
Cash prizes of $60 each to the winning pair
-
Cash prizes of $30 each to the runners-up
-
Cash prizes of $30 each to the best placed restricted pair (each under 300 masterpoints)
-
Raffle prizes (for qualifying pairs only i.e. must have played a minimum 4 sessions)
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Note: only member pairs are eligible for prizes.
We will be hosting this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Other news
Nearby Congresses
August 13 & 15 Beginner Lessons commence at Canberra BC
A 6-week course run in two parallel streams. More detail here.
From August 31 - BridgeNSW - Supervised play on RealBridge
This is a series of 4 sessions every Sunday from 31 August to 21 September. 4pm start - 8 boards - completely free!
Go to the link to enter.
From 1 September - e-Bridge Cup
This is a World Bridge Federation event.
Players of all levels will have the chance to compete globally in an online format, playing individually with and against robots, either on BBO or on Funbridge.
Qualifiers - September 1 to 28, 2025
-
On BBO
-
4 tournaments each day (112 tournaments in all), available for 24 hours each
-
12-board tournaments, Matchpoints, robot format (1 human + 3 robots)
-
Average of best 10 tourney results per player are counted
-
Minimum 10 tourneys needed to qualify further
-
Cost $BBO 2.30 per tournament
-
500 players qualify = Top 470 overall, plus ranks 500th, 550th, 600th… up to 2000th
September 6 - BFACT Pairs Gala Day - to select GNOT teams
The BFACT Gala Pairs day on Saturday 6 September has 3 events:
1. Open Butler Pairs – to select ACT 2 team for GNOT
2. Provincial & Restricted (u300) Butler Pairs – to select the ACT Provincial Team for GNOT
3. CBC Novice/ Rookie Butler Pairs Championship (u80)
Non-contending pairs are permitted to play.
Entry fees per player are as follows:
-
Events 1 and 2 – entry is $45, Event 3 is $40
-
Our club will provide subsidies to members of $23 & $20 respectively.
September 19 to 21 - ABF GNOT Qualifying Round - on RB
Details of this round, in which the ACT 1, ACT 2 and ACT Provincial Teams will play can be found here.
September 27 - QBA online director training day
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The would-be presenters include Laurie Kelso, who gets this mention in the Preface of the :
But no praise is too high for the Secretary, Laurie Kelso, who did all the collating and clerical work, most of the drafting, and devoted countless hours of his time. Without him the job would never have been finished.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week . ..........
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| Last updated : 11th Aug 2025 21:03 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 28 July |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Other news
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ABF Club Teams Knockout
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BridgeNSW State-wide Pairs 6 August pm session
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
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Nearby Congresses - next is Orange on 2-3 August
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Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Wednesday
This Wednesday's evening session is Nationwide Pairs 15. Wednesday morning is our regular session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Both sessions are the final session of their respective July eclectics, where a pair that has played 3 in 3 sessions since July 9 qualify for additional green masterpoints. Pairs still in the running can be viewed on our website by clicking the following links: July am eclectic; July pm eclectic
Thursday
Thursday is round 2 of the annual online Pairs Championship with Capital Bridge Club. Cumulative progress scores can be viewed here.
This is a best 4 scores from 6 sessions (eclectic) tournament. A pair needs to have played in at least 4 sessions to qualify for an overall ranking (and place and raffle prizes).
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge, 24 July to 28 August inclusive
-
Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall
-
Championship prizes :
-
Cash prizes of $60 each to the winning pair
-
Cash prizes of $30 each to the runners-up
-
Cash prizes of $30 each to the best placed restricted pair (each under 300 masterpoints)
-
Raffle prizes (for qualifying - minimum 4 sessions - pairs only)
-
Note: only member pairs are eligible for prizes.
We will be hosting this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Other news
ABF Club Teams Knockout
Results from round 1 are available by clicking the links below:
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u300 (this link needs you to log in - name and ABF no)
Round 2 is on Tuesday August 19.
BridgeNSW State-wide Pairs 6 August pm session
We are hosting a session of BridgeNSW's State-wide pairs on Wednesday 6 August at 7pm.
The event runs for a week from 1 to 7 August:
-
Hands are provided together with a booklet, which features brief commentary on each deal for perusal at the completion of the session.
-
The event is then scored across all participating clubs and overall winners determined. Red masterpoints are awarded state-wide; green masterpoints at our club.
-
Overall results should be published on 10 August.
-
Cash prizes and gift vouchers are presented, as well as certificates for the winners in each club.
-
Prizes are also awarded in the restricted divisions of Under 25, Under 50 and Under 100 masterpoints (as at 30 June 2025).
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The would-be presenters include Laurie Kelso, who gets this mention in the Preface of the :
But no praise is too high for the Secretary, Laurie Kelso, who did all the collating and clerical work, most of the drafting, and devoted countless hours of his time. Without him the job would never have been finished.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Nearby Congresses - recent and upcoming
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 4th Aug 2025 09:07 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 21 July 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On This week
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Our regular sessions Wednesday
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Joint online Club Championship starts Thursday 24 July
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ABF Club Teams Knockout starts this Tuesday 22 July
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Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
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Other news
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BridgeNSW State-wide Pairs 6 August pm session
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
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Nearby Congresses - next is Orange on 2-3 August
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Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On This Week
Our regular sessions this Wednesday
This Wednesday's sessions are our regular sessions. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Nationwide Pairs 14 results from last week. At the time of writing, 20 of 23 clubs had submitted results covering 356 pairs. Congratulations to:
Joint online Club Championship starts Thursday
This is our annual online Pairs Championship with Capital Bridge Club.
This will be a best 4 scores from 6 sessions (eclectic) tournament. A pair needs to have played in at least 4 sessions to qualify for an overall ranking.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge, 24 July to 28 August inclusive
-
Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall
-
Championship prizes :
-
Cash prizes of $60 each to the winning pair
-
Cash prizes of $30 each to the runners-up
-
Cash prizes of $30 each to the best placed restricted pair (each under 300 masterpoints)
-
Raffle prizes (for qualifying - minimum 4 sessions - pairs only)
-
Note: only member pairs are eligible for prizes.
Capital will be hosting this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday
We have entered teams in the Open and the under 300 masterpoint divisions - players for the first round are:
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Open - Eric Glass, Brett Glass, Cathy Nichols, Michael Burt
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u300 - Brenda Watts, Paul Appelby, Prakash Muttuvelu, Craig Curry
The links to the respective RealBridge sessions are here.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July at Deakin
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do.
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When to Defend Actively, And When to Be Passive
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The Forcing Defence, And How To Use It
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Recognising From The Auction And The Dummy What to Be Trying
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Other Defence Situations
Cost is $60 per person, including morning tea and lunch. At the time of writing there are 67 enrolments (there is room for up to 140). Other details are here.
Other news
BridgeNSW State-wide Pairs 6 August pm session
We are hosting a session of BridgeNSW's State-wide pairs on Wednesday 6 August at 7pm.
The event runs for a week from 1 to 7 August:
-
Hands are provided together with a booklet, which features brief commentary on each deal for perusal at the completion of the session.
-
The event is then scored across all participating clubs and overall winners determined. Red masterpoints are awarded state-wide; green masterpoints at our club.
-
Overall results should be published on 10 August.
-
Cash prizes and gift vouchers are presented, as well as certificates for the winners in each club.
-
Prizes are also awarded in the restricted divisions of Under 25, Under 50 and Under 100 masterpoints (as at 30 June 2025).
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The would-be presenters include Laurie Kelso, who gets this mention in the Preface of the :
But no praise is too high for the Secretary, Laurie Kelso, who did all the collating and clerical work, most of the drafting, and devoted countless hours of his time. Without him the job would never have been finished.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Nearby Congresses - recent and upcoming
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
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| Newsletter week beginning 14 July 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On
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ABF Club Teams Knockout, starting Tuesday 22 July
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This week's sessions (including NWP 14 Wed morning)
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Australian National Championships 2025 results
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QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
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Congresses, incl Cootamundra 30-31 August
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Beginner lessons in August
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Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
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Weekly Supervised play with lecture
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Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday 22 July
There's a week to go to the start of this event.
As mentioned in previous newsletters:
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this is a gold masterpoint event to be played on RealBridge, with 2 qualifying and 3 finals rounds, plus a consolation event for all eliminated teams.
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we would like to enter a team in each of the 5 divisions - the club will meet the cost of entry
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Non-home members must meet an attendance requirement - see reg 3.4 in these Regulations.
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Links to the full details are here.
To take part, please email me or the club, preferably with the name of a partner.
If you would like to take part but aren't familiar with RealBridge, join us on Thursday nights - it's great fun!
This week's sessions
Wednesday morning is Nationwide Pairs 14. Wednesday evening is a regular session.
Our club will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The would-be presenters include Laurie Kelso, who gets this mention in the Preface of the :
But no praise is too high for the Secretary, Laurie Kelso, who did all the collating and clerical work, most of the drafting, and devoted countless hours of his time. Without him the job would never have been finished.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Australian National Championships 2025 - results to date
Winners of the Interstate Teams events were:
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Seniors division - NSW, beating the ACT in the final
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The Championship Butler pairs are in progress. Results to date are here.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
CBC last week ran the fourth of a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
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consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course is run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. $15 per lesson for visitors. For more details, click here.
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
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Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 21st Jul 2025 19:34 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 7 July 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On
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ABF Club Teams Knockout, starting Tuesday 22 July
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BFACT Interclub Teams Sunday 13 July
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This week's sessions
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Australian National Championships 2025 - progress scores
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QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
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Congresses , incl Cootamundra 30-31 August
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Beginner lessons in August
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Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
-
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
-
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
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Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday 22 July
At the time of writing:
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we have one team ready to enter the under 300 masterpoint division, and
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3 players willing and able to play in the open division.
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Click here to see the current teams composition (which I will update as new players come forward).
As mentioned in previous newsletters:
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this is a gold masterpoint event to be played on RealBridge, with 2 qualifying and 3 finals rounds, plus a consolation event for all eliminated teams.
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we would like to enter a team in each of the 5 divisions - the club will meet the cost of entry
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Non-home members must meet an attendance requirement - see reg 3.4 in these Regulations.
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Links to the full details are here.
To take part, please email me or the club, preferably with the name of a partner.
If you would like to take part but aren't familiar with RealBridge, join us on Thursday nights - it's great fun!
BFACT Interclub Teams Sunday 13 July
At the time of writing, we have entered 3 teams overall. Total numbers for the event so far are 9 teams, so the format for the day may need to change. Please keep an eye of the event website here.
In the meantime, any other players wishing to form a team can register on the website. Again our club is meeting the full cost of entry for members representing the club.
This week's sessions
We have our regular morning and evening sessions this Wednesday. National results for last week's Nationwide Pairs are here.
Capital will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
QBA online director training day - Saturday 27 September
The Queensland Bridge Association is running an online director training day on 27 September.
The day is described as being ideal for those with a little practical directing experience, those moving to club/congress accreditation or as a refresher.
The would-be presenters include Laurie Kelso, who gets this mention in the Preface of the
But no praise is too high for the Secretary, Laurie Kelso, who did all the collating and clerical work, most of the drafting, and devoted countless hours of his time. Without him the job would never have been finished.
The day is being subsidised by the ABF - the cost to attend is just $10. Details and registration are here.
Australian National Championships 2025 - progress scores
The ANC Interstate Teams events started today. Progress scores are here.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
CBC last week ran the third of a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
-
consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course will be run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. $15 per lesson for visitors. For more details, click here.
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
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Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 14th Jul 2025 11:58 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 30 June 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Weekly Supervised play with lecture
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Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
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Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On
Represent your club in July!
BFACT Interclub Teams 13 July
The Committee encourages members to play in the BFACT Interclub Teams (a red masterpoint event), which is being held on Sunday 13 July 2025 at the Belconnen Labor Club.
Early entry makes the organisers' job of planning the day much easier. To date, we have 3 (self-formed) team entered in 3 different Divisions.
We may enter as many teams as we like in each division. The cost is $150 per team. South Canberra will reimburse the full cost of entry for each of its members taking part.
There are 4 divisions:
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Novice: under100 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Restricted: under 300 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Intermediate: under 750 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Senior: All team members must be born before 01/01/1965.
To take part:
For more information about the day's proceedings, go to myABF.
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday 22 July
We also encourage members to nominate to play in the ABF Club Teams Knockout ( a gold point event over 5 sessions), the first night of which is Tuesday 22 July 2025, on RealBridge. (Non-home members must meet an attendance requirement - see reg 3.4 in these Regulations).
We may enter one team in each of 5 divisions, but we can have as many team members as we like in each team.
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We intend that each team member will have the same opportunity to play, as far as possible.
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The cost is $200 per team for the whole event.
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South Canberra will pay upfront the full cost of entry for each team.
The 5 divisions are:
Playing nights are all Tuesdays 7.30pm, as follows:
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1st Qualifying round - 22 July
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2nd Qualifying round - 19 August
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Quarter-finals - 23 September
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Semi-finals - 28 October
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Finals - 25 November.
To take part, please email the club, preferably with the name of a partner. If you would like to take part but aren't familiar with RealBridge, join us on Thursday nights - it's great fun!
This week's sessions (incl NWP 13 Wednesday pm)
We have Nationwide pairs 13 on Wednesday evening; and our regular session in the morning. It's pleasing to note that there have been over 400 pairs taking part in each of the last 3 sessions.
Congratulations to Heather and Richard Fitzpatrick, who finished 36 th overall in the last NWP session in a field of 446. Follow the links here to see the full results.
We will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar. Numbers here are also going well, with 8.5 tables last Thursday.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
CBC last week ran the second of a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
-
consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course will be run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. For more details, click here.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 8th Jul 2025 00:29 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 23 June 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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Vale Sean Mullamphy
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What's On
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Weekly Supervised play with lecture
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Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
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Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
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Beginners
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
Vale Sean Mullamphy
Sean passed away suddenly last week.
Many of you may not have known Sean, but he has been a vital part of the running of our club for many years - he deals the boards we use for all our sessions (and also for Ainslie's).
He has been a fixture in ACT and Australian bridge for many years and will be greatly missed. A short obituary has appeared on the ABF website, here.
Our club expresses our condolences to his wife Mary and family.
What's On
Represent your club in July!
BFACT Interclub Teams 13 July
The Committee encourages members to play in the BFACT Interclub Teams (a red masterpoint event), which is being held on Sunday 13 July 2025 at the Belconnen Labor Club.
Early entry makes the organisers job of planning the day much easier. To date, we have just one (self-formed) team entered in the Seniors Division.
We may enter as many teams as we like in each division. The cost is $150 per team. South Canberra will reimburse the full cost of entry for each of its members taking part.
There are 4 divisions:
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Novice: under100 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Restricted: under 300 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Intermediate: under 750 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Senior: All team members must be born before 01/01/1965.
To take part:
For more information about the day's proceedings, go to myABF.
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday 22 July
We also encourage members to nominate to play in the ABF Club Teams Knockout ( a gold point event over 5 sessions), the first night of which is Tuesday 22 July 2025, on RealBridge. (Non-home members must meet an attendance requirement - see reg 3.4 in these Regulations).
We may enter one team in each of 5 divisions, but we can have as many team members as we like in each team.
-
We intend that each team member will have the same opportunity to play, as far as possible.
-
The cost is $200 per team for the whole event.
-
South Canberra will pay upfront the full cost of entry for each team.
The 5 divisions are:
Playing nights are all Tuesdays 7.30pm, as follows:
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1st Qualifying round - 22 July
-
2nd Qualifying round - 19 August
-
Quarter-finals - 23 September
-
Semi-finals - 28 October
-
Finals - 25 November.
To take part, please email the club, preferably with the name of a partner. If you would like to take part but aren't familiar with RealBridge, join us on Thursday nights - it's great fun!
This week's sessions
Just our regular Wednesday sessions this week, both morning and evening.
Capital will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready
CBC last week ran the first of a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
-
consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course will be run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. For more details, click here.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2025 01:17 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 16 June 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On
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Represent your club for free in the:
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This week's sessions (incl NWP 12 Wed morning)
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19-20 June (Thurs/Fri) - Update for directors
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19 June (Thursday) - Online bridge lesson - Jacoby 2NT - Bidding continuations
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22 June (Sunday )- CBC Youth Fundraiser
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Congresses , incl Cootamundra 30-31 August
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Weekly Supervised play with lecture
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Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting this week
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Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
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Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
What's On
Represent your club in July!
BFACT Interclub Teams 13 July
The Committee encourages members to play in the BFACT Interclub Teams (a red masterpoint event), which is being held on Sunday 13 July 2025 at the Belconnen Labor Club.
We may enter as many teams as we like in each division. The cost is $150 per team. South Canberra will reimburse the full cost of entry for each of its members taking part.
There are 4 divisions:
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Novice: under100 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Restricted: under 300 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Intermediate: under 750 masterpoints at June 30, 2025.
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Senior: All team members must be born before 01/01/1965.
To take part:
For more information about the day's proceedings, go to myABF.
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday 22 July
We also encourage members to nominate to play in the ABF Club Teams Knockout ( a gold point event over 5 sessions), the first night of which is Tuesday 22 July 2025, on RealBridge. (Non-home members must meet an attendance requirement - see reg 3.4 in these Regulations).
We may enter one team in each of 5 divisions, but we can have as many team members as we like in each team.
-
We intend that each team member will have the same opportunity to play, as far as possible.
-
The cost is $200 per team for the whole event.
-
South Canberra will pay upfront the full cost of entry for each team.
The 5 divisions are:
Playing nights are all Tuesdays 7.30pm, as follows:
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1st Qualifying round - 22 July
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2nd Qualifying round - 19 August
-
Quarter-finals - 23 September
-
Semi-finals - 28 October
-
Finals - 25 November.
To take part, please email the club, preferably with the name of a partner. If you would like to take part but aren't familiar with RealBridge, join us on Thursday nights - it's great fun!
This week's sessions
Wednesday morning is Nationwide Pairs 12. The evening session is a regular one.
We will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Update for Directors Thursday & Friday this week
Canberra Bridge Club, in conjunction with BridgeNSW, is running a Directors Update Tour.
The two experienced National Directors running the course will be John McIlrath and Bruce Crossman.
The Canberra leg will be held:
Please advise Bruce Crossman if you plan to attend (ring the managers at CBC on 62822382).
Online bridge lesson Thursday 19 June - Jacoby 2NT - Bidding continuations
This lesson is being run by the Moonee Valley Bridge Club on ZOOM and is to be presented by Kim Frazer. Cost is just 5 myABF credits. To take part, click here. A profile of Kim can be found here.
CBC Youth Fundraiser Sunday 22 June
Two of the CBC's players, Jade Wilkinson and Alexis Wilsmore have been invited to represent Australia in the Under 21 Youth Teams Event at the 19th World Youth Team Championships in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy which is running from 12-17 July 2025. The Australian Bridge Federation will pay the Team’s entry fees and provide uniforms, but all other expenses are to be met by the young players.
On Sunday June 22nd CBC will be holding a Youth Fundraiser to support the youth team. Entry is $50 per person. More detail and entry via myABF here .
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting mid June
CBC is running a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
-
consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course will be run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings starting 18 June and Friday mornings from 20 June. For more details, click here.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
- Canberra 2 and ACT Provincial Teams - Pairs events, Gala Day 6 September
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 9 June 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On
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This week's sessions
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CBC Youth Fundraiser Sunday 22 June
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BFACT Interclub Teams Sunday 13 July
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ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday 22 July
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Lessons to be hosted by BWOnline starting 16 June
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Online bridge lesson Thursday 19 June - Jacoby 2NT - Bidding continuations
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Congresses , incl Cootamundra 30-31 August
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Other news
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Nationwide Pairs 11 results
-
Local directors wanted for the 2026 ANC in Canberra
-
Update for directors June 19-20
-
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
-
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
-
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting mid June
-
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On
This week's sessions
Our regular Wednesday sessions are on this week.
Capital Bridge Club will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
CBC Youth Fundraiser Sunday 22 June
Two of the CBC's players, Jade Wilkinson and Alexis Wilsmore have been invited to represent Australia in the Under 21 Youth Teams Event at the 19th World Youth Team Championships in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy which is running from 12-17 July 2025. The Australian Bridge Federation will pay the Team’s entry fees and provide uniforms, but all other expenses are to be met by the young players.
On Sunday June 22nd CBC will be holding a Youth Fundraiser to support the youth team. Entry is $50 per person. More detail and entryvia myABF here .
BFACT Interclub Teams 13 July
The BFACT Interclub Teams event will be held on Sunday 13 July 2025 at the Belconnen Labor Club. The cost is $150 per team. More details and entry via myABF here.
The extent of any subsidy for players representing our club will be determined shortly.
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts Tuesday 22 July
This event is a national gold point club event to be played on RealBridge over 5 months starting 22 July.
There are 5 divisions: under 50 masterpoints, u/100, u/300, u/750 and Open.
Playing nights are all Tuesdays 7.30pm, as follows{
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1st Qualifying round - 22 July
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2nd Qualifying round - 19 August
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Quarter-finals - 23 September
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Semi-finals - 28 October
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Finals - 25 November.
If the format follows that of previous years, a club may enter only one team in each division with as many players as the club wishes to accommodate. players must be home members of the club or regular players at the club.
Once the rules for the tournament are published, we will call for nominations to take part. If you would like to take part but aren't familiar with RealBridge, join us on Thursday nights - it's great fun!
Lessons hosted by BWOnline
BWOnline is an online club based in Victoria that plays on BBO.
The Club is organising lessons directed at players who want to consolidate their bridge knowledge. The first lesson is on 16 June. A link to the details of the lessons is here.
Online bridge lesson Thursday 19 June - Jacoby 2NT - Bidding continuations
This lesson is being run by the Moonee Valley Bridge Club on ZOOM and is to be presented by Kim Frazer. Cost is just 5 myABF credits. To take part, click here.
A profile of Kim can be found here.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Other News
Nationwide Pairs 11
We hosted a session of the NWP last Wednesday evening. Our club results were posted to our website on Sunday last; unfortunately we have been unable to upload the results to the NWP site. We will let you know once we have the matter resolved.
Local directors wanted for the 2026 ANC in Canberra
The ANC will be held in Canberra in July 2026.
-
The event will need a team of directors, and the organisers would prefer to employ local people, where possible.
-
They are also keen to give less experienced directors an opportunity to upgrade their skills by working at the national level as trainee directors.
If you have experience as a club director and would like to be considered in either role, please email Lyn Carter at anc@abf.com.au for more details.
Directors Update Tour
Canberra Bridge Club, in conjunction with BridgeNSW, is running a Directors Update Tour.
The two experienced National Directors running the course will be John McIlrath and Bruce Crossman.
The Canberra leg will be held:
Please advise Bruce Crossman if you plan to attend (ring the managers at CBC on 62822382).
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting mid June
CBC is running a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
-
consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course will be run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings starting 18 June and Friday mornings from 20 June. For more details, click here.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 17th Jun 2025 07:22 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 2 June 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On
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This week's sessions (incl NWP 11)
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BFACT Interclub Teams Sunday 13 July
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Congresses
-
Lessons to be hosted by BWOnline starting 16 June.
-
Other news
-
Australia Wide Novice Pairs results
-
Local directors wanted for the 2026 ANC in Canberra
-
Update for directors June 19-20
-
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
-
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
-
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting mid June
-
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On
This week's sessions
Wednesday evening this week is Nationwide Pairs 11. Wednesday morning is a regular session.
Our club will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
BFACT Interclub Teams
The BFACT Interclub Teams event will be held on Sunday 13 July 2025 at the Belconnen Labor Club. A flyer for the event is here.
The cost is $150 per team. The extent of any subsidy for players representing our club will be determined in due course.
Lessons hosted by BWOnline
BWOnline is an online club based in Victoria that plays on BBO.
The Club is organising lessons directed at players who want to consolidate their bridge knowledge. The first lesson is on 16 June. A link to the details of the lessons is here.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Other News
Australia-Wide Novice Pairs provisional results
Provisional results have been published for the Australia-Wide Novice pairs held in the last week of May. Final results should be available later this week.
We had 9 contending pairs taking part. Each player will have already received, on the day of the event, an instructional booklet with advice on how to bid and play the hands. A second personalised booklet, looking at the actual results from around Australia, is available here
Congratulations to Sue Pye and Barbara Leahey who at the time of writing are placed 11th overall and 3rd in the under 50 masterpoint group.
Local directors wanted for the 2026 ANC in Canberra
The ANC will be held in Canberra in July 2026.
-
The event will need a team of directors, and the organisers would prefer to employ local people, where possible.
-
They are also keen to give less experienced directors an opportunity to upgrade their skills by working at the national level as trainee directors.
If you have experience as a club director and would like to be considered in either role, please email Lyn Carter at anc@abf.com.au for more details.
Directors Update Tour
Canberra Bridge Club, in conjunction with BridgeNSW, is running a Directors Update Tour.
The two experienced National Directors running the course will be John McIlrath and Bruce Crossman.
The Canberra leg will be held:
Please advise Bruce Crossman if you plan to attend (ring the managers at CBC on 62822382).
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting mid June
CBC is running a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
-
consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course will be run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings starting 18 June and Friday mornings from 20 June. For more details, click here.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 10th Jun 2025 08:33 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 26 May 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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What's On
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Australia Wide Novice Pairs this Wednesday morning
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This week's other sessions
-
BFACT Interclub Teams Sunday 13 July
-
Congresses
-
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May
-
Other news
-
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
-
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
-
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting mid June
-
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July on Defence
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
What's On
Australia-Wide Novice Pairs this Wednesday morning 28 May
We are hosting a session of the Australia-Wide Novice Pairs this week. We have invited other clubs in the region to tell their members about it, so please make any visitors welcome.
The Australia-Wide Novice pairs are run from 25-31 May each year by Australian Bridge magazine with the endorsement of the ABF.
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The event is for players with fewer than 100 masterpoints as at 31 March.
-
In small clubs like ours, non-contending pairs are permitted.
-
Usual table money applies: $4 for members, $6 for visitors.
-
Please note that Canberra Bridge Club is also hosting a session of this event on Tuesday 27 May. If you play at CBC, you may play at our session but your partnership will be non-contending and you must sit in a different direction.
Each player will receive:
-
a souvenir booklet on the day, describing ABM’s recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone; and
-
two discount vouchers: a $5 discount on ABM’s Novice magazine, and exclusive discounts at the ABM book store.
After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on the ABM web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against ABM’s recommended results.
There are over $3000 worth of prizes:
-
for the top 5 pairs nationwide - beautiful Australia-Wide pens, engraved with your name
-
for the top 10 pairs - book and CD vouchers
-
for the top 50 pairs - subscription prizes
-
for the best under-50 pairs - separate prizes (and they will also have their own dedicated Top 100 list)
-
for the top pair(s) at each club, Winners' Certificates
-
for specific achievements during the event (for example, bidding and making a tricky game) - book prizes. The conditions for these spot prizes will be announced in the souvenir booklet.
The event is matchpointed across a field of approximately 2800 players.
-
This means that when you look at your results on the ABM web page, you will see your score on each board compared with well over 500 tables from around Australia.
-
If you get a top board against that many pairs, you'll really deserve it (and you'll probably find yourself with a book prize).
-
And all pairs scoring over 52% (scored across the field) will receive Red Masterpoints.
This week's other sessions
Wednesday evening is a regular session.
Capital will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
BFACT Interclub Teams
The BFACT Interclub Teams event will be held on Sunday 13 July 2025 at the Belconnen Labor Club. Details are here.
The cost is $150 per team. The extent of any subsidy for players representing our club will be determined in due course.
Congresses
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May!
The Southern Cross Club donates 7.5% of our members' spending on food and drink to our club under their Community Rewards Program. For May, that percentage is being doubled to 15%. For the donation to occur, a member must have nominated our club as the beneficiary of their spending and present their Southern Cross membership card at the time of spending.
Other News
Local directors wanted for the 2026 ANC in Canberra
The ANC will be held in Canberra in July 2026.
-
The event will need a team of directors, and the organisers would prefer to employ local people, where possible.
-
They are also keen to give less experienced directors an opportunity to upgrade their skills by working at the national level as trainee directors.
If you have experience as a club director and would like to be considered in either role, please email Lyn Carter at anc@abf.com.au for more details.
Directors Update Tour
Canberra Bridge Club, in conjunction with BridgeNSW, is running a Directors Update Tour.
The two experienced National Directors running the course will be John McIlrath and Bruce Crossman.
The Canberra leg will be held:
Please advise Bruce Crossman if you plan to attend (ring the managers at CBC on 62822382).
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Weekly Supervised play with lecture
CBC runs two supervised play sessions every week. Each session is preceded by a free 20 minute lecture. Click the links for details.
Fundamentals - for those who've done beginner lessons but aren't quite ready - starting mid June
CBC is running a series of 8 lessons for players who know the basics of bridge but are not yet ready to play a social game of bridge.
This is a set of 8 lessons that aims to:
-
consolidate what you learnt in your beginner classes
-
introduce you to competitive bidding
-
teach you some new commonly used systems
-
discuss the etiquette of duplicate play
-
teach you how to use Bridge mates, and
-
help you consolidate your bidding system.
This course will be run in parallel, on Wednesday evenings starting 18 June and Friday mornings from 20 June. For more details, click here.
Skills Development Workshop Sunday 27 July
This workshop is being run by Will Jenner-O'Shea.
The topic is Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. Cost and other details are here.
Beginner lessons
The next series of beginners lessons at CBC start in August. More detail here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WHatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 3rd Jun 2025 10:49 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 19 May 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
-
Donation in memory of Ian McDermid
-
This week's competitive sessions
-
Australia Wide Novice Pairs Wednesday morning 28 May
-
BFACT Interclub Teams Sunday 13 July
-
Congresses - recent and upcoming
-
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May
-
Lessons
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
News
Donation in memory of Ian McDermid
The club has made a donation of $100 to the Garvan Insitute of Medical Research in memory of our member Ian McDermid, who passed away earlier this year.
This week's competitive sessions
Both Wednesday sessions this week are regular club sessions. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either session, please register via our calendar.
On-going encouragement for our beginners:
We will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Australia-Wide Novice Pairs Wed morning 28 May
The Australia-Wide Novice pairs are run from 25-31 May each year by Australian Bridge magazine with the endorsement of the ABF.
-
The event is for players with fewer than 100 masterpoints as at 31 March.
-
In small clubs like ours, non-contending pairs are permitted.
-
Usual table money applies: $4 for members, $6 for visitors.
-
Please note that Canberra Bridge Club is also hosting a session of this event on Tuesday 27 May. If you play at CBC, you may play at our session but your partnership will be non-contending and you must sit in a different direction.
Each player will receive:
-
a souvenir booklet on the day, describing ABM’s recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone; and
-
two discount vouchers: a $5 discount on ABM’s Novice magazine, and exclusive discounts at the ABM book store.
After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on the ABM web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against ABM’s recommended results.
There are over $3000 worth of prizes:
-
for the top 5 pairs nationwide - beautiful Australia-Wide pens, engraved with your name
-
for the top 10 pairs - book and CD vouchers
-
for the top 50 pairs - subscription prizes
-
for the best under-50 pairs - separate prizes (and they will also have their own dedicated Top 100 list)
-
for the top pair(s) at each club, Winners' Certificates
-
for specific achievements during the event (for example, bidding and making a tricky game) - book prizes. The conditions for these spot prizes will be announced in the souvenir booklet.
The event is matchpointed across a field of approximately 2800 players.
-
This means that when you look at your results on the ABM web page, you will see your score on each board compared with well over 500 tables from around Australia.
-
If you get a top board against that many pairs, you'll really deserve it (and you'll probably find yourself with a book prize).
-
And all pairs scoring over 52% (scored across the field) will receive Red Masterpoints.
BFACT Interclub Teams
The BFACT Interclub Teams event will be held on Sunday 13 July 2025 at the Belconnen Labor Club. Details are here.
The cost is $150 per team. The extent of any subsidy for players representing our club will be determined in due course.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May!
The Southern Cross Club donates 7.5% of our members' spending on food and drink to our club under their Community Rewards Program. For May, that percentage is being doubled to 15%. For the donation to occur, a member must have nominated our club as the beneficiary of their spending and present their Southern Cross membership card at the time of spending.
Lessons
There are 3 sessions to go of CBC's Refresher Course on Tuesday Mornings, 10.45 - 12 noon.
-
These are intended both for up and coming players who may be hearing the material for the first time and also for intermediate players who might benefit from brushing up on some fundamental concepts they first learned about years ago.
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These workshops consist of a brief lecture and around six to eight hands specifically set to illustrate the themes covered in the lecture. This series will focus on high level decisions and discuss hand evaluation, deciding how high to bid and how which seat you are in and the vulnerability should influence your choices.
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Cost is $10 per session and will be charged through MyABF or by cash on the day.
-
Players can attend either in partnerships or as individuals
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 27th May 2025 11:53 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 12 May 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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This week's competitive sessions
-
Refresher course and Workshop this week at the Canberra Bridge Club
-
Australia Wide Novice Pairs Wednesday morning 28 May
-
Congresses - recent and upcoming
-
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May
-
ABF Board communique May 2025
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
This week's competitive sessions
Wednesday morning this week is a session of the ABF's nationwide pairs (no. 10 for the year).
For our beginners, the session will look and feel the same as any other weekly session.
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What's different is that the same boards will be played this week at other participating clubs around the country, so that in addition to have the boards scored against the other people playing at our club, they will also be scored against every other pair playing them around the country.
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It is often the case that the order in which pairs are ranked nationally will differ from the ranking at our club, because the scoring on each board is done nationally.
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Other clubs may play in the event until Sunday, so hand records and the contracts and scores on each board won't be published online until Monday (you can take a paper copy of the hand record after the session).
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However, the order in which people finish at the club and their percentage score will be available as usual.
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Also, usually from Thursday, you can go the NWP website and see how you are placed against other pairs whose clubs have uploaded results.
Our Wednesday evening is a regular club session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either session, please register via our calendar.
On-going encouragement for our beginners:
Capital Bridge Club will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Courses this week at Canberra Bridge Club
CBC is running another Refresher Course on Tuesday Mornings beginning 13 May, for 4 weeks, 10.45 - 12 noon.
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These are intended both for up and coming players who may be hearing the material for the first time and also for intermediate players who might benefit from brushing up on some fundamental concepts they first learned about years ago.
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These workshops consist of a brief lecture and around six to eight hands specifically set to illustrate the themes covered in the lecture. This series will focus on high level decisions and discuss hand evaluation, deciding how high to bid and how which seat you are in and the vulnerability should influence your choices.
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Cost is $10 per session and will be charged through MyABF or by cash on the day.
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Players can attend either in partnerships or as individuals
The next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 18 May with Will Jenner-O'Shea. The topic is Revise and Improve Your Competitive Bidding. Cost is $60 per player including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes. $20 for players under 30. To enrol, click here.
Australia-Wide Novice Pairs Wed morning 28 May
The Australia-Wide Novice pairs are run from 25-31 May each year by Australian Bridge magazine with the endorsement of the ABF.
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The event is for players with fewer than 100 masterpoints as at 31 March.
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In small clubs like ours, non-contending pairs are permitted.
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Usual table money applies: $4 for members, $6 for visitors.
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Please note that Canberra Bridge Club is also hosting a session of this event on Tuesday 27 May. If you play at CBC, you may play at our session but your partnership will be non-contending and you must sit in a different direction.
Each player will receive:
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a souvenir booklet on the day, describing ABM’s recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone; and
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two discount vouchers: a $5 discount on ABM’s Novice magazine, and exclusive discounts at the ABM book store.
After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on the ABM web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against ABM’s recommended results.
There are over $3000 worth of prizes:
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for the top 5 pairs nationwide - beautiful Australia-Wide pens, engraved with your name
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for the top 10 pairs - book and CD vouchers
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for the top 50 pairs - subscription prizes
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for the best under-50 pairs - separate prizes (and they will also have their own dedicated Top 100 list)
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for the top pair(s) at each club, Winners' Certificates
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for specific achievements during the event (for example, bidding and making a tricky game) - book prizes. The conditions for these spot prizes will be announced in the souvenir booklet.
The event is matchpointed across a field of approximately 2800 players.
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This means that when you look at your results on the ABM web page, you will see your score on each board compared with well over 500 tables from around Australia.
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If you get a top board against that many pairs, you'll really deserve it (and you'll probably find yourself with a book prize).
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And all pairs scoring over 52% (scored across the field) will receive Red Masterpoints.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May!
The Southern Cross Club donates 7.5% of our members' spending on food and drink to our club under their Community Rewards Program. For May, that percentage is being doubled to 15%. For the donation to occur, a member must have nominated our club as the beneficiary of their spending and present their Southern Cross membership card at the time of spending.
ABF Board communique May 2025
This communique provides an update from the ABF Board on key developments over the past six months. If you have any questions, please contact David Fryda, Executive Director at david.fryda@abf.com.au
A link to the communique is here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
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Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
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The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 19th May 2025 15:25 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 5 May 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Welcoming our beginners to our competitive sessions
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Congresses - recent and upcoming
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Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
This week's competitive sessions - welcome to our beginners
This week we have our regular Wednesday, but with added significance as we welcome our beginners to these sessions. Please make them feel very much at ease (we know you will).
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either session, please register via our calendar.
On-going encouragement for our beginners:
Our club will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Australia-Wide Novice Pairs Wed morning 28 May
The Australia-Wide Novice pairs are run from 25-31 May each year by Australian Bridge magazine with the endorsement of the ABF.
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The event is for players with fewer than 100 masterpoints as at 31 March.
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In small clubs like ours, non-contending pairs are permitted.
-
Usual table money applies: $4 for members, $6 for visitors.
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Please note that Canberra Bridge Club is also hosting a session of this event on Tuesday 27 May. If you play at CBC, you may play at our session but your partnership will be non-contending and you must sit in a different direction.
The Australia-Wide Novice Pairs has a rich history that goes back more than 30 years, bringing together thousands of players from all around the country.
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Each player will receive a souvenir booklet on the day, describing our recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone.
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After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on our web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against our recommended results.
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Every participant will receive two discount vouchers: a $5 discount on our Novice magazine, and exclusive discounts at our book store.
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In addition there are over $3000 worth of prizes, including book and CD vouchers for the top 10 pairs, and subscription prizes for the top 50 pairs.
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There will also be separate prizes for the best under-50 pairs (and they will also have their own dedicated Top 100 list).
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And the top pairs at each club will receive Winners' Certificates.
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There will also be book prizes awarded to pairs for specific achievements during the event (for example, bidding and making a tricky game). The conditions for these spot prizes will be announced in the souvenir booklet.
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The top five pairs nationwide will also receive beautiful Australia-Wide pens, engraved with your name, and all pairs scoring over 52% (scored across the field) will receive Red Masterpoints.
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The event is matchpointed across a field of approximately 2800 players. This means that when you look at your results on our web page, you will see your score on each board compared with well over 500 tables from around Australia. If you get a top board against that many pairs, you'll really deserve it (and you'll probably find yourself with a book prize).
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Well done to Lynne Tomati whose partnership came 6th in a field of 30 in the David Lusk Rookie Butler Swiss Pairs at the Autumn Nationals in Adelaide this past week, with a record of 3 wins and 3 draws in the 6 round event.
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May!
The Southern Cross Club donates 7.5% of our members' spending on food and drink to our club under their Community Rewards Program. For May, that percentage is being doubled to 15%. For the donation to occur, a member must have nominated our club as the beneficiary of their spending and present their Southern Cross membership card at the time of spending.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The next pair of courses begin this Wednesday evening 7 May and Friday morning 9 May. Details are here.
CBC is also running another Refresher Course on Tuesday Mornings beginning 13 May, for 4 weeks, 10.45 - 12 noon.
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These are intended both for up and coming players who may be hearing the material for the first time and also for intermediate players who might benefit from brushing up on some fundamental concepts they first learned about years ago.
-
These workshops consist of a brief lecture and around six to eight hands specifically set to illustrate the themes covered in the lecture. This series will focus on high level decisions and discuss hand evaluation, deciding how high to bid and how which seat you are in and the vulnerability should influence your choices.
-
Cost is $10 and will be charged through MyABF or by cash on the day.
-
Players can attend either in partnerships or as individuals
The next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 18 May with Will Jenner-O'Shea. The topic is Revise and Improve Your Competitive Bidding. Cost is $60 per player including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes. $20 for players under 30. To enrol, click here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 13th May 2025 11:33 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 28 April 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners (even if we haven't seen much of you)
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This week's competitive sessions (NWP 9 Wed evening)
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Congresses - recent and upcoming
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Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May
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Correction - Grand National Open Teams - Qualifying events
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners (even if we haven't seen much of you)
This week sees the final supervised session for our beginners. David will begin the session by speaking about your continuing development as bridge players:
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He will also ask for feedback from the group what they have liked about the training, and ask how we could improve future training (and also conduct a general discussion, if the group wish to do this).
If you haven't attended the supervised play sessions but would like to continue playing bridge, please get in touch and we'll see what we can work out for you.
Please note also that Canberra Bridge Club has year-round supervised sessions on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Each session is preceded by a short lecture and the notes of the lecture are published online once the session has been held. More detail is here, notes are here.
This week's competitive sessions
Wednesday evening is Nationwide Pairs 9. The morning session is the regular session. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either, please register via our calendar.
Capital will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May!
The Southern Cross Club donates 7.5% of our members' spending on food and drink to our club under their Community Rewards Program. For May, that percentage is being doubled to 15%. For the donation to occur, a member must have nominated our club as the beneficiary of their spending and present their Southern Cross membership card at the time of spending.
Correction - Grand National Open Teams - Qualifying events
The qualifying events I mentioned in last week's newsletter are Canberra Bridge Club events. I mistakenly attributed them as BFACT events.
Players who are not CBC members can earn selection in one of the 3 BFACT teams for the National Qualifying Knockout as follows:
The 3 teams will take part in a 64-team National Qualifying knockout in late September on RealBridge to determine the GNOT finalists. Teams knocked out will join a round-robin repechage.
There are two finals in late November. The main event will involve the top 2 unbeaten teams from the knockout and the top 2 from the repechage. The second final will involve the remaining top 8 non-metropolitan teams from the repechage.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The next pair of courses begin Wednesday evening 7 May and Friday morning 9 May. Details are here.
CBC is also running another Refresher Course on Tuesday Mornings beginning 13 May, for 4 weeks, 10.45 - 12 noon.
-
These are intended both for up and coming players who may be hearing the material for the first time and also for intermediate players who might benefit from brushing up on some fundamental concepts they first learned about years ago.
-
These workshops consist of a brief lecture and around six to eight hands specifically set to illustrate the themes covered in the lecture. This series will focus on high level decisions and discuss hand evaluation, deciding how high to bid and how which seat you are in and the vulnerability should influence your choices.
-
Cost is $10 and will be charged through MyABF or by cash on the day.
-
Players can attend either in partnerships or as individuals
The next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 18 May with Will Jenner-O'Shea. The topic is Revise and Improve Your Competitive Bidding. Cost is $60 per player including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes. $20 for players under 30. To enrol, click here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 6th May 2025 12:17 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 21 April 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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Bridge etiquette #4
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This week's competitive sessions
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Congresses - recent and upcoming
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Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May
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Grand National Open Teams - BFACT Qualifying events
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
We have two supervised sessions remaining. Beginning in May, players will be welcome to join one (or more) of our regular sessions.
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming.
Bridge etiquette #4
The following short article comes from the Canberra Bridge Club newsletter of 27 March and is reproduced by kind permission of the Club:
Partnership Etiquette
Be nice to your partner.
Nobody makes mistakes on purpose. Refrain from saying at the table comments such as “Why didn’t you lead my suit?” or “I signalled for a club!!” etc.
Have constructive, partnership-growing conversations at the end of the session while going over the hand record together.
This week's competitive sessions
Both Wednesday sessions this week are our regular sessions. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either, please register via our calendar.
We will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Congratulations to Prakash Muttuvelu and Craig Curry, who are placed 11 th of 311 pairs in last week's Nationwide Pairs (23 of 25 clubs having reported).
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Southern Cross Club - double Community Rewards in May!
The Southern Cross Club donates 7.5% of our members' spending on food and drink to our club under their Community Rewards Program. For May, that percentage is being doubled to 15%. For the donation to occur, a member must have nominated our club as the beneficiary of their spending and present their Southern Cross membership card at the time of spending.
Grand National Open Teams - BFACT Qualifying events
BFACT is running a series of 12 Open and 4 Restricted pairs events from May to August, the winners of which will contest selection for the GNOT Canberra 2 and ACT Provincial Teams (respectively) on 6 September (BFACT Gala Day). Details are here.
The winning pairs on 6 September will take part in a 64-team National Qualifying knockout in late September on RealBridge to determine the GNOT finalists. Teams knocked out will join a round-robin repechage.
There are two finals in late November. The main event will involve the top 2 unbeaten teams from the knockout and the top 2 from the repechage. The second final will involve the remaining top 8 non-metropolitan teams from the repechage.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The next pair of courses begin Wednesday evening 7 May and Friday morning 9 May. Details are here.
The next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 18 May with Will Jenner-O'Shea. The topic is Revise and Improve Your Competitive Bidding. Cost is $60 per player including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes. $20 for players under 30. To enrol, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 29th Apr 2025 09:52 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 14 April 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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ANC 2026 in Canberra - Working Bee Wed 16 April
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Youthish Night this Good Friday 18 April
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For our beginners
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Bridge etiquette #3
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This week's competitive sessions (Wed am is NWP8)
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Congresses - recent and upcoming
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
ANC 2026 - Working Bee Wed 16 April
The ABF has several perpetual trophies awarded at the Australian National Championships (ANC). As they have not been used for several years, they are in a sorry state. Lyn Carter and Cathy Nichols will be holding a working bee to clean them up, assess them for repairs and determine the engraving needed to update them, so that they are ready for use at the ANC to be held in Canberra next year.
Anyone with a few hours to spare is invited to join in. As the date is in the school holidays, bring along your children or grandchildren to help. All cleaning materials will be provided, but you may want to bring your own gloves and apron. Some used toothbrushes would also be useful. Please contact Lyn Carter on 0402-077958 with any questions.
"Youthish" night this Good Friday 18 April
Youthish Nights are sponsored by BFACT and the Canberra Bridge Club. 23 "youth" (under 40s) attended the first of these nights on Friday 21 March, including 7 beginners and 6 attendees under 26.
For our beginners
Our supervised sessions continue to the end of April, after which players will be welcome to join one (or more) of our regular sessions. If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming.
Bridge etiquette #3
With our beginners about to join our regular sessions, it is timely to remind all players of the protocols and standards of behaviour expected at the bridge table.
The following short article comes from the Canberra Bridge Club newsletter of 20 March and is reproduced by kind permission of the Club:
Table Talk Etiquette
When East and West arrive at the table, North and South should cut short any conversation they may have been having and look up and greet their new opponents with a friendly “hello” .
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Introduce yourselves if you haven’t met before. This leads into a nice friendly game of bridge.
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Avoid postmortems at the table. Especially refrain from comments such as “That will be a good board for us partner” “They had game on” etc.
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Keep it friendly. We are all here for a pleasant game of bridge. It can be nice to say to an opponent “well played” or “good lead” etc. But not to partner. Keep partnership conversations until after the bridge session when you can go over the hand records together.
This week's competitive sessions
Wednesday morning is Nationwide Pairs 8. The NWP website starts posting percentages and rankings sometime Thursday. Full results will appear on our website after midnight on Sunday. Ask the director for a printout of the hand record if you wish to study the hands before then.
Wednesday evening is a regular session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Capital will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Congratulations to Chris Tough and Atul Hajela of Capital whose team topped a 12-strong field to win the Intermediate Teams event at the Central West Festival of Bridge in Orange last weekend. A photo of the victors (all smiles) appears in the Festival Bulletin No. 5.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
The next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 18 May with Will Jenner-O'Shea. The topic is Revise and Improve Your Competitive Bidding. Cost is $60 per player including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes. $20 for players under 30. To enrol, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
-
If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
-
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
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Canberra 1 Team 13, 20, 27 May, repechage 11 June, Final 18 June
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Canberra 2 and ACT Provincial Teams - Gala Day 6 September
Other useful links
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-
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
-
-
The World Bridge Team Championships - ABF web page is here, Championships web page here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 7 April 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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Bridge etiquette #2
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This week's competitive sessions
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Congresses - recent and upcoming
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2025 WBF Online Women’s Spring Festival on BBO April 7 - 13 (still time to enter)
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The World Bridge Championships
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
Our supervised sessions continue to the end of April, after which players will be welcome to join one (or more) of our regular sessions. If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming.
The Club Committee is taking steps to arrange mentors for the players moving from the supervised group.
Bridge etiquette #2
With our beginners about to join our regular sessions, it is timely to remind all players of the protocols and standards of behaviour expected at the bridge table.
The following short article comes from the Canberra Bridge Club newsletter of 6 March and is reproduced by kind permission of the Club:
Bridgemate Etiquette
North or South operates the Bridgemate. That person should ask East and West “who’d like to do the checking?”
As soon as play of the hand is complete, and before anyone shuffles and returns the cards to the board, someone at the table should quietly ask for instance “3NT making 9 tricks?”
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If it is agreed, the operator can proceed.
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If it cannot be agreed promptly, the Director should be summoned while the cards are still on the table.
The operator enters the data and passes the Bridgemate to the checker.
On to the next board. Or, if it was the last board of a round maybe say to your opponents: “Thanks for the game, good luck with the rest.”
This week's competitive sessions
We have our regular Wednesday morning and evening sessions this week.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Our club will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
Congratulations to Alex Hewat and John Donovan of Capital who topped a 50-strong field to win the Swiss pairs event at the Sapphire Coast Bridge Club Congress last weekend.
2025 WBF Online Women’s Spring Festival
It's not too late to enter this event, which is being held on BBO from April 7 to 13. There are 12 games per day, cost is BBO$1 per game (unless a free game). First timers need to email BBO to be permitted to play. Details are here.
The World Bridge Team Championships
The ABF website has a page dedicated to following the Australian teams competing in the World Bridge Team Championships to be held in Herning, Denmark from 19 to 31 August.
The ABF writes that the World Bridge Championships are the pinnacle of competitive bridge, bringing together the best players from across the globe to compete at the highest level. Organised by the World Bridge Federation (WBF), this prestigious event has been held every two years since 1950 and showcases the incredible strategic depth, teamwork, and mental agility required to succeed in bridge.
The ABF web page is here, the Championships web page here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Youthish Nights sponsored by BFACT and the Canberra Bridge Club:
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
The next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 18 May with Will Jenner-O'Shea. The topic is Revise and Improve Your Competitive Bidding. Cost is $60 per player including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes. $20 for players under 30. To enrol, click here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
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Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand? Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
- ACT Championships:
- Mixed Pairs - October 7 and 14
- State Open Butler pairs - November 18, 25 & 2 December
- Selection event for the ANC (Australian National Championships) in Brisbane in July
- Selection events for the GNOT (Grand National Open Teams) Qualifying event September 19 - 21
- Canberra 1 Team - 13, 20, 27 May, repechage 11 June, Final 18 June
- Canberra 2 and ACT Provincial Teams - Gala Day 6 September
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
- RealBridge Monthly Bidding Contest
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BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 31 March 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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Bridge etiquette
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This week's competitive sessions (Wed evening session is NWP)
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Questions about a difficult hand?
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Refresher course at Deakin - final session this Wed 2 April
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Congresses - recent and upcoming
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ANC in Canberra 2026 - Draft program for comment by 7 April
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2025 WBF Online Women’s Spring Festival on BBO April 7 - 13
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
As mentioned last week, our supervised sessions will now continue to the end of April, after which players will be welcome to join one (or more) of our regular sessions. If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming.
The Club Committee is taking steps to arrange mentors for the players moving from the supervised group.
Bridge etiquette
With our beginners about to join our regular sessions, it is timely to remind all players of the protocols and standards of behaviour expected at the bridge table.
The following short article comes from the Canberra Bridge Club newsletter of 13 March and is reproduced by kind permission of the Club:
Calling the Director Etiquette
When there is a problem at the table, maybe a lead or bid out of turn for example, or any other situation, the Director must be called to get the game back on track. One player calls “Director Please” and puts his or her hand in the air and keeps it there until the Director has acknowledged they know which table to come to. That person must be allowed to speak to the Director first and finish what they have to say. We must all be conscious that many newer players are uneasy about the presence of the Director. So if it becomes necessary to summon the Director, it is nice to say to a newer player words to the effect "there's been a minor infraction; do you mind if we call the Director; there's nothing at all to worry about".
This week's competitive sessions
This Wednesday evening is Nationwide Pairs. The morning session is a regular session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Capital will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand?
Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.com
They will happily provide their suggestions, critique or sympathy for difficult hands you have had to bid, play or defend. Any queries are accepted – how should I bid this hand? How should I play this hand? How should I play multi-twos? Is a short club better than better minor?.....Any and all questions will be answered (usually within a day, although sometimes it can take up to a week if things are busy).
Refresher course at Deakin - final session this Wed 2 April
This is the final session of the series of refreshers on the topic of Listening to the Auction, Counting the Cards, Planning The Play.
The sessions runs from 1.45pm to 3.45pm, cost is $10. Your presenter is Steve Geddes. To enrol, click here.
Congresses - recent and upcoming
An event to select the Seniors team to represent the ACT at the Australian National Congress in July was held on the weekend. The results are here. It is pleasing that two of the 10 pairs taking part were SCBC members.
The 2025 ACT Novice and Rookies Championships were also held this past weekend. Results are here. The Novice champions are Josh Schwartz of Canberra BC and Maxwell Ashurst of the ABF Youth Club. The rookie champions are Subash Dang and Sneh Dang of the Gungahlin Bridge Club. Two pairs from SCBC contested the Novice pairs in a field of 16.
ANC in Canberra 2026 - Draft program for comment by 7 April
BFACT is seeking comments on the draft of its program for the ANC next year. If you are interested in commenting, please contact a member of the Committee.
2025 WBF Online Women’s Spring Festival
This event is being held on BBO from April 7 to 13. There are 12 games per day, cost is BBO$1 per game (unless a free game). First timers need to email BBO to be permitted to play. Details are in this flyer.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Youthish Nights sponsored by BFACT and the Canberra Bridge Club:
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
The next Skills Development Workshop is on Sunday 18 May with Will Jenner-O'Shea. The topic is Revise and Improve Your Competitive Bidding. Cost is $60 per player including a delicious morning tea, a light lunch, and a booklet of notes. $20 for players under 30. To enrol, click here.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
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Canberra 1 Team 13, 20, 27 May, repechage 11 June, Final 18 June
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Canberra 2 and ACT Provincial Teams - Gala Day 6 September
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 24 March 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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This week's competitive sessions
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Questions about a difficult hand?
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Refresher course at Deakin continues this Wed 26 March
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Upcoming Congresses and other Events
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BFACT ANC Seniors (born before 1/1/1962) Team Selection 28 March
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ACT Novice and Rookies Pairs Championships 30 March
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BWOnline Congress Sat/Sun 29 & 30 March
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Sapphire Coast Congress 5 April
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Wagga Wagga Congress 25-26 May
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Maitland Bridge Club Congress 25-26 May
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ABF Registration cut-off is 31 March
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
Our supervised sessions will now continue to the end of April, after which players will be welcome to join one (or more) of our regular sessions. (The extra sessions for April have been added to the club calendar). If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming.
The Club Committee is taking steps to arrange mentors for the players moving from the supervised group.
This week's competitive sessions
This Wednesday morning and evening we are holding our regular sessions. The next Nationwide Pairs will be Wednesday evening 2 April.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Capital will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session is available on our calendar.
Looking for help, advice, commiserations about a difficult hand?
Do you have a hand you found difficult? An auction you and your partner disagree on? A situation that comes up again and again which you find yourselves guessing about? You may wish to email the friendly teaching staff (of whom Steve Geddes is one) at: Canberrabridgeteaching@gmail.comThey will happily provide their suggestions, critique or sympathy for difficult hands you have had to bid, play or defend. Any queries are accepted – how should I bid this hand? How should I play this hand? How should I play multi-twos? Is a short club better than better minor?.....Any and all questions will be answered (usually within a day, although sometimes it can take up to a week if things are busy).
Refresher course at Deakin continues this Wed 26 March
The next series of refreshers is on the topic of Listening to the Auction, Counting the Cards, Planning The Play.
The course, which runs for 4 weeks, started Wednesday 12 March. Sessions run from 1.45pm to 3.45pm.
Cost is $10 per session. Your presenter is Steve Geddes. To enrol, click here.
Upcoming Congresses and other Events
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BFACT ANC Seniors Team Selection 28 - 30 March. For more information, click here. Seniors are players born before 1 January 1962. Note there are 8 pairs registered as I write, including two from our club.
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ACT Novice and Rookies Pairs Championships 30 March - For more information, click here. Note there are 24 pairs entered as I write, including three pairs from our club, up from just one last week.
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BWOnline Congress, which will consist of two Swiss pair events on Sat 29th and Sun 30th March.
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Congress level masterpoints will be awarded to financial ABF members.
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Cash prizes will be awarded to open and restricted winners.
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Each event will start at 10am, pause for a lunch break around 1pm and finish before 5pm.
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Each event will consist of six, nine board rounds. Scoring will be IMP scoring on Sat and Masterpoints scoring on Sun.
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Entry to each event will use the BBO registration method which will open at 8am, ready to play for the 10am start.
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To find the event, select Competitive, All Tournaments and search for bwo. The title will be BWOnline Pairs Congress. The director will be vABF3489.
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The cost will be $20 BBO per player per event.
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ABF Registration cut-off is 31 March
Home members who do not renew their home membership by 31 March with our club or another ABF club will have their ABF registration de-activated. (You can of course re-activate later if you wish, but you won't be credited with any masterpoints you earn in the meantime).Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here. Bank account details are here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
For the next lessons in CBC's refresher course series, see the News Item above.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
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Canberra 1 Team 13, 20, 27 May, repechage 11 June, Final 18 June
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Canberra 2 and ACT Provincial Teams - Gala Day 6 September
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 17 March 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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This week's competitive sessions
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Refresher course at Deakin continues this Wed 19 March
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Upcoming Congresses and other Events
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"Youthish" Night (for under 40s) at Canberra Bridge Club Friday 21 March
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BFACT ANC Seniors (born before 1/1/1962) Team Selection 28 March - only 5 entries to date, so pls consider
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ACT Novice and Rookies Pairs Championships 30 March
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BWOnline Congress Sat/Sun 29 & 30 March
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Sapphire Coast Congress 5 April
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Wagga Wagga Congress 25-26 May
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Maitland Bridge Club Congress 25-26 May
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ABF request for feedback on the 2025 Gold Coast Congress
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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN CANBERRA IN 2026
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
Our supervised sessions will continue to the end of March. The sessions are in the club calendar.
If you are one of the beginners who hasn't been attending the supervised sessions, please don't let that stop you coming in future. If you think you could use a bit of extra help, speak to Alex or David or one of the experienced players assisting at the session, or give me a call.
Our website has a document "Links for Beginners", which lists upcoming face-to-face and online beginner lessons, as well as a number of resources which learners will find useful.
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
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add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
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text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
Note that the supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin are run on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings. Click here for more details.
This week's competitive sessions
This Wednesday morning and evening we are holding our regular sessions.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
We will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session will be available on our calendar.
Nationwide Pairs no 6 for 2025 was held last week. Congratulations to Chris Tough and partner, playing at Capital Bridge Club, who with 24 of 25 clubs having reported, are 7th of 418 pairs.
Refresher course at Deakin continues this Wed 19 March
The next series of refreshers is on the topic of Listening to the Auction, Counting the Cards, Planning The Play.
The course, which runs for 4 weeks, started last Wednesday 12 March. Sessions run from 1.45pm to 3.45pm.
Cost is $10 per session. Your presenter is Steve Geddes. To enrol, click here.
Upcoming Congresses and other Events
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First "Youthish" Night (for under 40s) at Canberra Bridge Club this Friday 21 March.
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Schedule:
• Session 1: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
• Dinner: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
• Session 2: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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These events are supported by BFACT.
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BFACT ANC Seniors Team Selection 28 - 30 March. For more information, click here. Seniors are players born before 1 January 1962. Note there are only 5 pairs registered as I write.
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ACT Novice and Rookies Pairs Championships 30 March - For more information, click here. Note there are 16 pairs entered as I write, including one pair from our club.
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BWOnline Congress, which will consist of two Swiss pair events on Sat 29th and Sun 30th March.
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Congress level masterpoints will be awarded to financial ABF members.
-
Cash prizes will be awarded to open and restricted winners.
-
Each event will start at 10am, pause for a lunch break around 1pm and finish before 5pm.
-
Each event will consist of six, nine board rounds. Scoring will be IMP scoring on Sat and Masterpoints scoring on Sun.
-
Entry to each event will use the BBO registration method which will open at 8am, ready to play for the 10am start.
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To find the event, select Competitive, All Tournaments and search for bwo. The title will be BWOnline Pairs Congress. The director will be vABF3489.
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The cost will be $20 BBO per player per event.
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ABF request for feedback on Gold Coast Congress
The ABF is conducting a survey of all attendees at this year’s Gold Coast Congress. Please help us to collect as much information as possible to make a case for the Convention Centre to provide us with some dates. Click here for the survey.
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN CANBERRA IN 2026
In 2026 it will be BFACT’s turn to host the annual Australian National Championships (ANC) in Canberra.
The organisers are keen to make this event a success for players at all levels, and one that includes the members of all BFACT-affiliated clubs. To achieve this, in the leadup to the ANC, the members of the ANC organising committee are hoping to visit our bridge club to talk to our members about the ANC, and provide regular email updates for our members.
The first of those updates is here to this newsletter.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here. Bank account details are here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
For the next lessons in CBC's refresher course series, see the News Item above.
Club - reminders
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Instructions on how to register to play face-to-face or to request a partner are here.
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If intending to play face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
Thursday evenings on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50. Please go to our Home Page for more information. Visitors very welcome.
-
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Help our club financially by joining the Southern Cross Club's Community Rewards Program 2024-25. For more information, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 25th Mar 2025 11:47 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 10 March 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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This week's competitive sessions (incl NWP 6 Wed am)
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Next refresher course at Deakin starts this Wed 12 March
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Upcoming Congresses and other Events
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Batemans Bay Congress 14 - 16 March
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"Youthish" Night (for under 40s) at Canberra Bridge Club 21 March
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BFACT ANC Seniors Team Selection 28 March
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ACT Novice and Rookies Pairs Championships 30 March
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Sapphire Coast Congress 5 April
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Wagga Wagga Congress 25-26 May
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Maitland Bridge Club Congress 25-26 May
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
As mentioned last week, we have decided to extend our supervised sessions to the end of March. The sessions are in the club calendar.
Alex will be taking this week's session. He will be speaking about opening leads, then play will commence. An email will be sent today to the beginner group with a little pre-reading for the session.
If you are one of the beginners who hasn't been attending the supervised sessions, please don't let that stop you coming in future. If you think you could use a bit of extra help, speak to Alex or David or one of the experienced players assisting at the session, or give me a call.
Our website has a document "Links for Beginners". Apart from listing upcoming face-to-face and online beginner lessons, it includes a number of resources which learners will find useful, including:
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Deal Me In - An ACBL monthly newsletter for beginner bridge players. Each month, you’ll uncover bridge basics with breakdowns and puzzles crafted just for newer players
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ONLINE VIDEOS
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Beginning bridge lessons Mark Nehs (US) - 6 youtube videos - link
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Learn to play bridge, with Peter Hollands – 6 youtube videos – link
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North Shore Bridge Club – Self-guided beginner lessons - Special introductory cost is $49 (as at 19 Feb 2025), which includes over 20 video tutorials, interactive quizzes, and online support.
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BridgeBaseOnline – BridgeMaster - 66 automated card play lessons (free).
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
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add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
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text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
Note that the supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin have commenced, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings. Click here for more details.
This week's competitive sessions
Wednesday morning this week is Nationwide Pairs #6. Wednesday evening is a regular session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
We will be hosting Thursday night on RealBridge this week. Start 7pm, please login by 6.50. A link to log into each session will be available on our calendar.
Next refresher course at Deakin starts Wed 12 March
The next series of refreshers is on the topic of Listening to the Auction, Counting the Cards, Planning The Play.
The course runs for 4 weeks starting Wednesday 12 March 1.45pm to 3.45pm.
Cost is $10 per session. Your presenter is Steve Geddes.
Upcoming Congresses and other Events
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Batemans Bay Congress 14 - 16 March - click here
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First "Youthish" Night (for under 40s) at Canberra Bridge Club 21 March - click
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Schedule:
• Session 1: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
• Dinner: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
• Session 2: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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These events are supported by BFACT.
- BFACT ANC Seniors Team Selection 28 - 30 March. For more information, click here.
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ACT Novice and Rookies Pairs Championships 30 March - For more information, click here.
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Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here. Bank account details are here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
For the next lessons in CBC's refresher course series, see the News Item above.
Club - reminders
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings now on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50.
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A link to log into each session will be available on our calendar.
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If you need a partner for the session:
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log into RB early and let the director know; or
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if you don't want to leave it to the last minute, you can use the "Partner required" facility in our calendar to help you find a partner beforehand.
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You can study a replay of each hand by clicking on the RealBridge link when you look up your results on our website.
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More information about our RealBridge session is available on our home page.
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Payment of table money on RealBridge ($4 for members of either club, $6 for visitors) is via your bridge credits on myABF.
-
Once the session has started, the hosting club enters all player names into myABF and the appropriate amount of table is automatically deducted for the club's members.
-
To facilitate the joint session payments, all Capital members have been added as members of our Club on myABF and all SCBC members added as Captial members.
-
If you wish to play on RealBridge, please do not block your myABF membership of Capital. (note: this is for RB purposes only. You do not have to pay Capital any money for this "membership" and you do not have face-to-face member playing rights there).
-
If you wish to pay for your partner, please let the director know beforehand. Ditto if you are a visitor.
- Community Rewards Program 2024-25
- As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 3 March 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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This week's competitive sessions
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Next refresher course at Deakin starts Wed 12 March
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Batemans Bay Congress 14 - 16 March
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Other Event reminders
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BFACT Womens Team Selection for ANC 7-9 March
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BFACT ACT Open Teams Championship 11-25 March
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"Youthish" Nights (for under 40s) at Canberra Bridge Club
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
As mentioned last week, we have decided to extend our supervised sessions to the end of March. The sessions are in the club calendar. An email has been sent today to the beginner group with a little pre-reading for the session. The main aim of the session is to play 9 or 10 boards.
If you are one of the beginners who hasn't been attending the supervised sessions, please don't let that stop you coming in future. If you think you could use a bit of extra help, speak to David or one of the experienced players assisting at the session, or give me a call.
Our website has a document "Links for Beginners". Apart from listing upcoming face-to-face and online beginner lessons, it includes a number of resources which learners will find useful, including:
-
Deal Me In - An ACBL monthly newsletter for beginner bridge players. Each month, you’ll uncover bridge basics with breakdowns and puzzles crafted just for newer players
-
ONLINE VIDEOS
-
Beginning bridge lessons Mark Nehs (US) - 6 youtube videos - link
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Learn to play bridge, with Peter Hollands – 6 youtube videos – link
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North Shore Bridge Club – Self-guided beginner lessons - Special introductory cost is $49 (as at 19 Feb 2025), which includes over 20 video tutorials, interactive quizzes, and online support.
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BridgeBaseOnline – BridgeMaster - 66 automated card play lessons (free).
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
-
add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
-
text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
Note that the supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin have commenced, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings. Click here for more details.
This week's competitive sessions
We have our regular Wednesday morning and evening sessions this week.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Thursday night on RealBridge will be hosted by Capital bridge Club.
Payment of table money on RealBridge ($4 for members of either club, $6 for visitors) is via your bridge credits on myABF.
-
Once the session has started, the hosting club enters all player names into myABF and the appropriate amount of table is automatically deducted for the club's members.
-
To facilitate the joint session payments, all Capital members have been added as members of our Club on myABF and all SCBC members added as Captial members.
-
If you wish to play on RealBridge, please do not block your myABF membership of Capital. (note: this is for RB purposes only. You do not have to pay Capital any money for this "membership" and you do not have face-to-face member playing rights there).
-
If you wish to pay for your partner, please let the director know beforehand. Ditto if you are a visitor.
Last week's session of the Nationwide Pairs produced no spectacular success for any of our members (the best placed pair were 45th of 321 pairs at the time of writing) but it was pleasing to note that none of the other seven pairs finished in the bottom third of the national field.
Next refresher course at Deakin starts Wed 12 March
The next series of refreshers is on the topic of Listening to the Auction, Counting the Cards, Planning The Play.
The course runs for 4 weeks starting Wednesday 12 March 1.45pm to 3.45pm.
Cost is $10 per session. Your presenter is Steve Geddes.
Batemans Bay Congress 14 - 16 March
The Batemans Bay Congress is approaching fast. It is being held at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club.
For more information and to enter, click here
Event reminders
BFACT Womens Team Selection for ANC 7-9 March
BFACT ACT Open Teams Championship 11-25 March
This championship event is being held Tuesdays 7.15pm on 11, 18 and 25 March at CBC. To enter, click here.
"Youthish" Nights
The CBC will be holding monthly "Youthish" Nights for all ACT Bridge Players under 40 years.
Entry is FREE and there will be a Pizza dinner!
All ages and experience levels are welcome, no partner required.
Dates:
• Friday 21 March
• Friday 18 April (Good Friday)
• Friday 16 May
Each evening will have the following schedule:
• Session 1: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
• Dinner: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
• Session 2: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Come to either or both!
These events are supported by BFACT.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here. Bank account details are here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
For the next lessons in CBC's refresher course series, see the News Item above.
Club - reminders
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The club website is https://www.bridgewebs.com/southcanberra/ .
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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Club members you need to have created your own password, as follows:
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Non-members should contact the club here.
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings now on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 24 February 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners - several items!
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2025 AGM will be held mid-November
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This week's competitive sessions (inc.l NWP5)
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BFACT Womens Team Selection for ANC 7-9 March
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BFACT ACT Open Teams Championship 11-25 March
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"Youthish" Nights (for under 40s) at Canberra Bridge Club
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
It's very pleasing to note that we are averaging around 10 newcomers at our supervised play session every week.
Given this, we have decided to extend our supervised sessions to the end of March. The sessions are already in the club calendar.
If you are one of the beginners who hasn't been attending the supervised sessions, please don't let that stop you coming in future. If you think you could use a bit of extra help, speak to David or one of the experienced players assisting at the session, or give me a call.
Our website has a document "Links for Beginners". Apart from listing upcoming face-to-face and online beginner lessons, it includes a number of resources which learners will find useful, including:
-
Deal Me In - An ACBL monthly newsletter for beginner bridge players. Each month, you’ll uncover bridge basics with breakdowns and puzzles crafted just for newer players
-
ONLINE VIDEOS
-
Beginning bridge lessons Mark Nehs (US) - 6 youtube videos - link
-
Learn to play bridge, with Peter Hollands – 6 youtube videos – link
-
North Shore Bridge Club – Self-guided beginner lessons - Special introductory cost is $49 (as at 19 Feb 2025), which includes over 20 video tutorials, interactive quizzes, and online support.
-
BridgeBaseOnline – BridgeMaster - 66 automated card play lessons (free).
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
-
add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
-
text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
Note that the supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin have commenced, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings. Click here for more details.
2025 Annual General Meeting to be held mid-November
The Committee has decided that the AGM for 2025 will be held on Wednesday 12 November.
The main reason is to alleviate the congestion in the calendar in the lead up to Xmas. It will also give the oncoming Committee more time in charge of the affairs of the club for the financial year (which ends 30 September).
This week's competitive sessions
We have our regular Wednesday morning this week.
Wednesday evening is a session of the Nationwide Pairs No. 5
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Thursday night on RealBridge will be hosted by our club.
Payment of table money ($4 for members of either club, $6 for visitors) is via your bridge credits on myABF.
-
Once the session has started, the hosting club enters all player names into myABF and the appropriate amount of table is automatically deducted for the club's members.
-
To facilitate the joint session payments, all Capital members have been added as members of our Club on myABF and all SCBC members added as Captial members.
-
If you wish to play on RealBridge, please do not block your myABF membership of Capital. (note: this is for RB purposes only. You do not have to pay Capital any money for this "membership" and you do not have face-to-face member playing rights there).
-
If you wish to pay for your partner, please let the director know beforehand. Ditto if you are a visitor.
Semi-finally, an update on last fortnight's Nationwide Pairs - of 408 pairs ranked to date from 23 clubs, Ella Beer and Jill Cromer are 9 th - congratulations!
Finally, a gentle reminder that tables should not start a new board with only 3 minutes remaining for a round. The timer will ring at the 3-minute mark and often the director will call 'no new boards please'. Adhering to this protocol means that the session won't go unduly over time, and makes the director's job a little easier.
BFACT Womens Team Selection for ANC 7-9 March
BFACT ACT Open Teams Championship 11-25 March
This championship event is being held Tuesdays 7.15pm on 11, 18 and 25 March at CBC. To enter, click here.
"Youthish" Nights
The CBC will be holding monthly "Youthish" Nights for all ACT Bridge Players under 40 years.
Entry is FREE and there will be a Pizza dinner!
All ages and experience levels are welcome, no partner required.
Dates:
- Friday 21 March
- Friday 18 April (Good Friday)
- Friday 16 May
Each evening will have the following schedule:
- Session 1: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
- Dinner: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
- Session 2: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
These events are supported by BFACT.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here. Bank account details are here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
The last session of CBC's refresher course on Competitive Bidding and Play is tomorrow morning. More information is here. Cost is $15 for the session
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings now on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2025 21:43 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 17 February 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners - supervised play #7
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This week's competitive sessions
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ABF offer to Arts National members
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners - session 7
We had 9 beginners (again) at our supervised play session last week.
This week's session will include hands allowing you to practice your responses to a 1NT opening and also your using the 4NT Blackwood convention. Some pre-reading has been sent separately to the beginner group.
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
-
add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
-
text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
Note that the supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin have commenced, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings. Click here for more details.
Finally, here is a link to BBO's Bridge Master page, where you can practice your card play on line, and then have the best approach explained (all automated).
This week's competitive sessions
We have our regular Wednesday morning and evening sessions this week.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Thursday night on RealBridge will be hosted by Capital.
Payment of table money ($4 for members of either club, $6 for visitors) is via your bridge credits on myABF.
-
Once the session has started, the hosting club enters all player names into myABF and the appropriate amount of table is automatically deducted for the club's members.
-
To facilitate the joint session payments, all Capital members have been added as members of our Club on myABF and all SCBC members added as Captial members.
-
If you wish to play on RealBridge, please do not block your myABF membership of Capital. (note: this is for RB purposes only. You do not have to pay Capital any money for this "membership" and you do not have face-to-face member playing rights there).
-
If you wish to pay for your partner, please let the director know beforehand. Ditto if you are a visitor.
For those of you looking to see how you were placed nationally in the Nationwide Pairs - unfortunately their website has been down since Saturday. You can check later using the link in the menu on our website. I can tell you two interesting facts from before it went down, with 270 odd pairs ranked:
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Ella Beer and Jill Cromer were in the top 20 - congratulations!
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Capital Bridge Club ran a 9-table Mitchell - nationally, not one of the 9 NS pairs scored 50% or more; and all but two of the EW pairs did (the two pairs were both over 49%)!
Sapphire Coast Bridge Club 22th Annual Congress, 5-6 April
The Sapphire Coast Bridge Club is holding its 22nd Annual Congress at Club Sapphire in Merimbula on the weekend of 5-6 April. The daily entry fee of 50 bridge credits per player per day includes lunch. To read the flyer or to enter, click here.
ABF offer to Arts National members
The ABF is launching a new advertising campaign in partnership with Arts National, introducing more people to the wonderful game of bridge. The ABF will have a half page advertisement in the Arts National newsletter that is sent out quarterly to their members, commencing Feb 2025.
As part of this initiative, Arts National members will receive a $10 rebate on their ABF membership fee when they join an ABF-affiliated club in 2025. For further details please click this link: Arts National Member Offer.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here. Bank account details are here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. Details are here.
CBC is also running a refresher course in February for players a few years into bridge on Competitive Bidding and Play. Tuesday mornings 10-12 on February 4, 11, 18 and 25. More information is here. Cost is $15 per session or $50 for all four.
Finally, Will Jenner-O'Shea will hold a whole day workshop at CBC on 23 February on Getting To Good No-Trump Games More Often. Cost is 60 bridge credits. For more information or to register, click here.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings now on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 24th Feb 2025 11:25 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 10 February 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
-
Regular Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
News
For our beginners - session 6
We had 9 beginners (again) at our supervised play session last week. Good to see our numbers holding up well.
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
-
add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
-
text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
The remaining sessions for February will be taken by David. This week's boards will include practice on:
Also, a reminder that the supervised play sessions (and the preceding 15-minute lecture) at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin have commenced, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings. Click here for more details.
Finally, here is a link to BBO's Bridge Master page, where you can practice your card play on line, and then have the best approach explained (all automated).
This week's other sessions
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Pairs finishing in the top half of the field at the club session earn green masterpoints; those finishing in the top half nationally earn red masterpoints.
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We post the club results (position and percentage) on the night but contracts and hand records are only posted online when the week long event concludes (this week after midnight on Sunday)
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The NWP site posts overall results as they come in from Thursday, so you can see how you're travelling nationally as other clubs post their results. There is a link to the NWP site for this on our menu.
Wednesday evening is a regular session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Thursday night will be our club's first hosting of the joint session with Capital on RealBridge.
Payment of table money ($4 for members of either club, $6 for visitors) is via your bridge credits on myABF.
-
Once the session has started, the hosting club enters all player names into myABF and the appropriate amount of table is automatically deducted for the club's members.
-
To facilitate the joint session payments, all Capital members have been added as members of our Club on myABF and all SCBC members added as Captial members.
-
If you wish to play on RealBridge, please do not block your myABF membership of Capital. (note: this is for RB purposes only. You do not have to pay Capital any money for this "membership" and you do not have face-to-face member playing rights there).
-
If you wish to pay for your partner, please let the director know beforehand. Ditto if you are a visitor.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here. Bank account details are here.
Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course commenced last week. Future courses have been scheduled. Details are here.
CBC is also running a refresher course in February for players a few years into bridge on Competitive Bidding and Play. Tuesday mornings 10-12 on February 4, 11, 18 and 25. More information is here. Cost is $15 per session or $50 for all four.
Finally, Will Jenner-O'Shea will hold a whole day workshop at CBC on 23 February on Getting To Good No-Trump Games More Often. Cost is 60 bridge credits. For more information or to register, click here.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings now on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 17th Feb 2025 17:28 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 3 February 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Thursday nights now on RealBridge
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For our beginners - session 5 of 2025
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This Wednesday 5 February
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Bridge lessons at Canberra Bridge Club - refresher course starts tomorrow Tuesday!
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Wagga Wagga Congress - May 24 & 25
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Thursday nights on RealBridge.
Last Thursday night was our first session on RealBridge, with John Donovan from Capital directing the joint session. We had 5.5 tables. It was very pleasing to have a couple of pairs from Canberra Bridge Club join us online for the first time .
A link to log into each session will be available on our calendar and for this week, is copied here for your convenience. Please log in by 6.50pm.
If you need a partner for the session:
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log into RB early and let the director know; or
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if you don't want to leave it to the last minute, you can use the "Partner required" facility in our calendar to help you find a partner beforehand.
More information about our RealBridge session is available on our home page, including links to: Payment of table money ($4 for members of either club, $6 for visitors) is via your bridge credits on myABF.
Once the session has started, the hosting club enters all player names into myABF and the appropriate amount of table is automatically deducted for the club's members.
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To facilitate the joint session payments, all Capital members have been added as members of our Club on myABF and all SCBC members added as Capital members.
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If you wish to play on RealBridge, please do not block your myABF membership of Capital. (note: this is for RB purposes only. You do not have to pay Capital any money for this "membership" and you do not have face-to-face member playing rights there).
-
If you wish to pay for your partner, please let the director know beforehand. Ditto if you are a visitor.
-
This week's session is again being directed by Capital.
For our beginners - session 5
We had 9 beginners at our supervised play session last week.
If you intend to take part this week, please let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
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add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
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text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
This week's session is being taken by Alex Hewat. Last week's handout will be revisited, and there will be a focus on playing a few more hands than usual.
Table money is payable for the session. Members pay $4, non-members pay $6. We do not have EFTPOS facilities, so please pay in cash. If you like some help with any of this, please ring or message me on 0448 545 444 and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Also, a reminder that supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin have commenced, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings.
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There will be a 15 minute lecture in the beginning hosted by Steve Geddes. The lesson is free.
-
Please note the early start time.
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weekly, Wednesdays 6:45pm -10pm
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weekly, Fridays 9:00am - 12:30pm
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You can stay and join in the Supervised play after the lecture or go over to the usual Wednesday night or Friday morning Duplicate.
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Usual Table fees are $12 for CBC members; $15 for non-members
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Click here for more details.
Finally, here is a link to BBO's Bridge Master page, where you can practice your card play on line, and then have the best approach explained (all automated).
This Wednesday 5 February
We will be having our regular Wednesday morning and evening sessions this week.
The NWP last week attracted a field of 362 pairs from across 22 clubs, with 2 more clubs still to submit their results. Congratulations to Shyam Kelshiker and Martin Holmes who at the time of writing are 20th overall.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here.
Bank account details are:
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Name: South Canberra Bridge Club
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BSB: 325-185 Account number: 03407447
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Bank name: CUSCAL LIMITED
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Bank address BEYOND BANK AUSTRALIA, 100 WAYMOUTH STREET
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PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME & AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE IN THE REFERENCE FIELD
More Bridge Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course commenced last week. Future courses have been scheduled. Details are here.
CBC is also running a refresher course in February for players a few years into bridge on Competitive Bidding and Play. Tuesday mornings 10-12 on February 4, 11, 18 and 25. More information is here. Cost is $15 per session or $50 for all four.
Finally, Will Jenner-O'Shea will hold a whole day workshop at CBC on 23 February on Getting To Good No-Trump Games More Often. Cost is 60 bridge credits. For more information or to register, click here.
Wagga Wagga Congress May 2025
The Wagga Wagga Bridge Club is holding its 46th Annual Congress on the weekend of 24-25 May. A flyer for the event is attached to this newsletter.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
Club members you need to have created your own password, as follows:
-
Non-members should contact the club here.
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings now on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
BBO Bridge Master (online, card play practice from beginner to expert, hands explained)
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 10th Feb 2025 09:09 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 27 January 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
- Thursday nights now on RealBridge! Please read!
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For our beginners - session 4 of 2025
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This Wednesday 29 January - evening session is Nationwide Pairs
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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More Bridge lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
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Regular Club reminders
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2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Thursday nights now on RealBridge.
From this week, our online session on Thursday nights with Capital Bridge Club will be run on the RealBridge platform.
A link to log into each session will be available on our calendar and for this week, is copied here for your convenience. Please log in by 6.50pm.
You can use the "Partner required" facility in our calendar to help you find a partner beforehand.
More information about our RealBridge session is available on our home page, including links to: Payment of table money ($4 for members of either club, $6 for visitors) is via your bridge credits on myABF.
Once the session has started, the hosting club enters all player names into myABF and the appropriate amount of table is automatically deducted for the club's members.
-
To facilitate the joint session payments, all Capital members have been added as members of our Club on myABF and all SCBC members added as Captial members.
-
If you wish to play on RealBridge, please do not block your myABF membership of Capital. (note: this is for RB purposes only. You do not have to pay Capital any money for this "membership" and you do not have face-to-face member playing rights there).
-
If you wish to pay for your partner, please let the director know beforehand. Ditto if you are a visitor.
-
The first two sessions (this week and next) are being run by Capital.
For our beginners - session 4
We had 8 beginners at our supervised play session last week, and already we have 5 people registered for this week (our 4th session this year).
If you intend to take part, let us know beforehand that you are coming. Either:
-
add yourself to the list by hovering over, and then clicking, the relevant calendar entry ("Partner required" or "Booking" (if you already have a partner)), or
-
text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
I will be sending out a separate note to our beginners about this session.
Table money is payable for the session. Members pay $4, non-members pay $6. We do not have EFTPOS facilities, so please pay in cash. If you like some help with any of this, please ring or message me on 0448 545 444 and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Also, a reminder that supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin commence this week, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings.
-
There will be a 15 minute lecture in the beginning hosted by Steve Geddes (yes, our Steve). The lesson is free.
-
Please note the early start time.
-
weekly, from Jan 29 - Wednesdays 6:45pm -10pm
-
weekly, from Jan 31 - Fridays 9:00am - 12:30pm
-
You can stay and join in the Supervised play after the lecture or go over to the usual Wednesday night or Friday morning Duplicate.
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Usual Table fees are $12 for CBC members; $15 for non-members
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Click here for more details.
This Wednesday 29 January
Our regular Wednesday evening session this week is part of the Nationwide Pairs run by the ABF.
The previous NWP held a fortnight ago attracted a field of 495 pairs from across 29 clubs, which may well be a post-Covid high. Congratulations to Prakash Muttuvelu and Craig Curry who finished 16th overall.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner for either Wednesday session, please register via our calendar.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here.
Bank account details are:
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Name: South Canberra Bridge Club
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BSB: 325-185 Account number: 03407447
-
Bank name: CUSCAL LIMITED
-
Bank address BEYOND BANK AUSTRALIA, 100 WAYMOUTH STREET
-
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME & AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE IN THE REFERENCE FIELD
More Bridge Lessons at Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course commenced last week. Future courses have been scheduled. Details are here.
CBC is also running a refresher course in February for players a few years into bridge on Competitive Bidding and Play. Tuesday mornings 10-12 on February 4, 11, 18 and 25. More information is here. Cost is $15 per session or $50 for all four.
Finally, Will Jenner-O'Shea will hold a whole day workshop at CBC on 23 February on Getting To Good No-Trump Games More Often. Cost is 60 bridge credits. For more information or to register, click here.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings now on RealBridge - 7pm, please login by 6.50.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 4th Feb 2025 00:14 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 20 January 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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This Wednesday 22 January
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
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Summer Festival ends; Gold Coast Congress starts 1 Feb
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Bridge - beginner lessons 2025 at Canberra Bridge Club
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Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
We had 10 beginners at our supervised play session last week, and already we have 6 people registered for this week (our 3rd session this year).
If you intend to take part, let us know beforehand that you are coming. You can text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
I will be sending out a separate note to our beginners about this session.
Table money is payable for the session. Members pay $4, non-members pay $6. We do not have EFTPOS facilities, so please pay in cash. If you like some help with any of this, please ring or message me on 0448 545 444 and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Also, a reminder that supervised play sessions at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin commence next week, on Wednesday nights and Friday mornings. Click here for details.
This Wednesday 22 January
Our regular Wednesday sessions are on this week, at 10am and 7pm.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Thank you to those who have already renewed their membership.
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here.
Bank account details are:
-
Name: South Canberra Bridge Club
-
BSB: 325-185 Account number: 03407447
-
Bank name: CUSCAL LIMITED
-
Bank address BEYOND BANK AUSTRALIA, 100 WAYMOUTH STREET
-
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME & AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE IN THE REFERENCE FIELD
Summer Festival ends; Gold Coast Congress Feb 1 to 8
Final results for the Summer Festival are here.
The Gold Coast Congress runs from Feb1 to 8. A program outline is at the foot of this email. Early bird prices close Sunday 25 January.
Beginner Bridge Lessons at CBC start this week
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course has 2 streams running in parallel, beginning Wednesday evening 22 January and Friday morning 24 January. Details and entry can be accessed here.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 4th Feb 2025 00:19 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 13 January 2025 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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For our beginners
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This Wednesday 15 January includes Nationwide Pairs (am session)
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Membership renewals for 2025 now due!
-
Summer Festival of Bridge
-
Bridge - beginner lessons 2025 at Canberra Bridge Club
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Club reminders
-
2025 Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
News
For our beginners
We had 11 beginners at our supervised play session last week, and already we have 6 people registered for this week.
If you intend to take part, let us know beforehand that you are coming. You can text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing.
We distributed a flyer with information on what the next steps for you might be. That document emphasised the importance of playing regularly and often, and highlights the following opportunities:
-
playing under supervision - in addition to our sessions, there will also be supervised play twice a week at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin beginning the last week in January; and
-
playing hands which are suitable for beginners online on BBO, which you hopefully tried over the break, and if not, you can do today and every day!
As mentioned in the flyer, table money is payable for the session. Members pay $4, non-members pay $6. We do not have EFTPOS facilities, so please pay in cash.
If you like some help with any of this, please ring or message me on 0448 545 444 and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
This Wednesday 15 January
Our regular Wednesday morning session this week will be part of the ABF's Nationwide Pairs session for 2025.
For those of you new to the event, the ABF runs a NWP roughly every fortnight. We aim to participate every time, alternating between our Wednesday morning and evening sessions. The results for each pair playing at a participating club are compared against the results for every other pair playing in the event. Green masterpoints are awarded at club level; red masterpoints at the national level.
Our regular Wednesday evening session is also on, starting at 7pm as usual.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Membership renewals for 2025 are due
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here.
Bank account details are:
-
Name: South Canberra Bridge Club
-
BSB: 325-185 Account number: 03407447
-
Bank name: CUSCAL LIMITED
-
Bank address BEYOND BANK AUSTRALIA, 100 WAYMOUTH STREET
-
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME & AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE IN THE REFERENCE FIELD
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival runs till 19 January 2025.
A pleasing number of our members are taking part:
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Cathy Nichols, Michael Burt, Chris Tough and Stephen Bartos were 4 of the 6 people in the Nichols team that finished 2 nd in the National 750 Teams, with the top three within 0.5 Victory Points of each other.
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The following have also played in one or more events; Alex Hewat, Ken Colbert, Martin Holmes, Martha Griffiths, Lynne Tomati, Shawn Castle-Burns, George Stockham, George Palavestra, Eric Glass, Ashok Tulpule, Roy Nixon, Alex Brooks, Prakash Muttuvelu, Craig Curry, Brenda Watts, David Clarkson.
Bridge Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course has 2 streams running in parallel, beginning Wednesday evening 22 January and Friday morning 24 January. Details and entry can be accessed here.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
Club members you need to have created your own password, as follows:
-
Non-members should contact the club here.
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar, which has just been released:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 21st Jan 2025 07:54 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 6 January 2025 |
Happy New Year everyone!
This week ...
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News
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Bridge - beginner lessons 2025 at Canberra Bridge Club
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Club reminders
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Calendars - BFACT 2025 now available, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
For our beginners
This Wednesday morning sees the first of our supervised play sessions for the New Year. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and discuss the hands played.
Can we ask that those of you who are intending to take part let us know beforehand that you are coming. It helps us decide how many helpers we need. Please text me (Kevin on 0448 545 444) and I will add you to the list of those playing. We already have 4 people registered to take part; if you're in town, we look forward to seeing you there.
We distributed a flyer with information on what the next steps for you might be. That document emphasised the importance of playing regularly and often, and highlights the following opportunities:
-
playing under supervision - in addition to our sessions, there will also be supervised play twice a week at the Canberra Bridge Club in Deakin beginning the last week in January; and
-
playing hands which are suitable for beginners online on BBO, which you hopefully tried over the break, and if not, you can do today and every day!
As mentioned in the flyer, table money is payable for the session. Members pay $4, non-members pay $6. We do not have EFTPOS facilities, so please pay in cash.
If you like some help with any of this, please ring or message me on 0448 545 444 and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
This Wednesday 8 January
There are only 2 sessions this Wednesday:
There is no competitive morning duplicate session.
If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
Membership renewals for 2025 are now due
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here.
Bank account details are:
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Name: South Canberra Bridge Club
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BSB: 325-185 Account number: 03407447
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Bank name: CUSCAL LIMITED
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Bank address BEYOND BANK AUSTRALIA, 100 WAYMOUTH STREET
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PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME & AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE IN THE REFERENCE FIELD
The Summer Festival of Bridge commences this week
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here. It is still possible to enter later events. A map of the timing of the various events is appended to this newsletter.
Bridge Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course has 2 streams running in parallel, beginning Wednesday evening 22 January and Friday morning 24 January. Details and entry can be accessed here.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar, which has just been released:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
Appendix: Summer Festival of Bridge - Event Map
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The Committee wishes all our members and visitors all the best for the festive season.
We look forward to seeing you at the table in person from January 8 and online on BBO on Thursday nights throughout.
Our regular newsletter will re-commence for the week beginning 6 January.
A special word to our beginners
We have been delighted to have you twenty enrol in our beginner lessons and attend the supervised play sessions and we look forward to seeing you again in the New Year to continue your bridge journey.
If you attended the session on 18 December, you will have been handed a flyer with information on what the next steps for you might be (I've attached a copy to this email just in case).
The flyer emphasised the importance of playing regularly and often, and highlighted the following opportunities:
If you like some help with any of this, please message me on 0448 545 444 and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
For our more established players
Please think seriously about playing in the Summer Festival of Bridge, one of the major ABF tournaments for the year, which will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here.
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
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| Newsletter week beginning 16 December 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Free face-to-face session this Wednesday 18 December
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Xmas & New Year sessions
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Membership renewals for 2025 due 1 January!
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Your new Committee for 2025
- ABF Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025
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ABF Club Teams Knockout - final results
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Bridge - beginner lessons 2025 at Canberra Bridge Club
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Club reminders
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Calendars - BFACT 2025 now available, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Free face-to-face sessions this Wednesday 18 December
Our normal Wednesday sessions will be running this week, both in the morning (10 am) and evening (7 pm) of the 18th. The Committee has decided that these will be free sessions for allcomers. If you intend to play or are looking for a partner, please register via our calendar.
The supervised play session run by Steve Geddes for beginners will also be a free session. That session commences at 9.45 am.
Xmas/ New Year sessions
Wednesday mornings - regular sessions:
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Regular 10 am sessions - no bridge Wednesday 25/12 or 1/1/25. Will resume on 8 January if there are sufficient registrations.
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Supervised play for beginners - commences Wed 8 January 10am and continues at least till the end of that month.
Wednesday evenings - regular sessions: no bridge Wednesday 25/12 or 1/1/25. Restart 8 January
Thursday evenings on BBO - continue every week without a break.
Membership renewals for 2025 due 1 January 2025
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025.
As foreshadowed last week, the AGM voted the following fees for 2025:
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, or you are a new member, please fill in a 2025 membership form here.
Bank account details are:
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Name: South Canberra Bridge Club
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BSB: 325-185 Account number: 03407447
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Bank name: CUSCAL LIMITED
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Bank address BEYOND BANK AUSTRALIA, 100 WAYMOUTH STREET
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PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME & AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE IN THE REFERENCE FIELD
Your new Committee for 2025
The Club Committee for 2025 was elected at the AGM last week and is now 8 people.
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Welcome to the new Treasurer Brenda Watts and new members Geoff Stafford and Jocelyn Pech.
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Warm thanks to Michael Burt who is standing down, but will continue to be involved with the delivery of boards for the in-person sessions.
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Continuing members are Alex Hewat as President, Chris Tough as Secretary, Kevin Caruana as Tournament Secretary and Paul Appelby (who runs the director roster).
Please speak to a Committee member if you have suggestions for improving our club or if matters you wish the club to address.
ABF Club Teams Knockout - final standings
The final session of this event on RealBridge was held on Tuesday last 11 December.
Our under 300 masterpoint team in the ABF's Club Teams Knockout finished 3rd of 29 teams in the Consolation event. The Consolation takes in all teams for all 5 divisions that are progressively eliminated from the Knock Out event. Our u/300s were eliminated at the semi-final stage last month.
The team played 3 rounds against the Tasmania u/300 team and Open teams from Adelaide and Wagga Wagga, amassing an impressive 38.21 Victory Points (out of 60).
A link to all the results and deals is here.Well done Brenda, Paul, Garry and Barry.
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here.
Bridge Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course has 2 streams running in parallel, beginning Wednesday evening 22 January and Friday morning 24 January. Details and entry can be accessed here.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar, which has just been released:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 9 December 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Membership renewals for 2025 due 1 January!
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2024 Club Pairs Championships results
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Annual General Meeting 11 December
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Xmas bridge and activities 11 December
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ABF Club Teams Knockout - final session 10 December
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ABF Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025
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Bridge - beginner lessons 2025 at Canberra Bridge Club
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Club reminders
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Calendars - BFACT 2025 now available, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Membership renewals for 2025 due 1 January 2025
Membership fees for calendar 2025 are due as of 1 January 2025.
Expected fees (the ones to be voted on at the AGM) are $35 for home members and $12.50 for members who have a different home club. Advice of the approved membership fees will be posted to the website by Thursday.
Preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. If your details have changed, please fill in a 2025 membership form here.
Bank account details are:
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Name: South Canberra Bridge Club
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BSB: 325-185 Account number: 03407447
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Bank name: CUSCAL LIMITED
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Bank address BEYOND BANK AUSTRALIA, 100 WAYMOUTH STREET
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PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME & AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE IN THE REFERENCE FIELD
We are currently looking into payment via bridge credits in myABF but that requires some setting-up, so this method is not available at the moment.
2024 Club Pairs Champions - Ken Colbert & Alex Hewat
Congratulations to Ken and Alex on winning the 2024 Club Championship with a best 4 average of 58.25% . They are making a habit of this!
Other prize winners are Donna Stewart and YT as the best-placed u/600 masterpoint pair, and Chris Tough and Martin Holmes as the next best placed u/600 pair. The latter prize is awarded in the absence of a second u/200 pair finishing the minimum reqwuirement of 4 sessions.
As previously noted, the Committee has deferred the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
Annual General Meeting 2024
Our club's AGM will be held on Wednesday 11 December at 5.15pm in the Community Room at the Southern Cross Club Woden, prior to the evening's Christmas activities and bridge.
A separate email with relevant AGM information has been sent to financial members of the club. Office bearer reports to be emailed to members as well.
Schedule of activities for 11 December
A busy and hopefully a very enjoyable day for both our morning players (including our beginners) and evening players. Refreshments, a raffle and of course bridge at both sessions, all at no charge, plus the AGM and championship prize giving in the evening.
The schedule for the day and a list of prizes is attached to this newsletter.
Please register using our calendar for any events you are attending on this day.
If attending the morning session:
ABF Club Teams Knockout - final session
The final session of this event on RealBridge is on this Tuesday evening.
The finalists are:
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Open division - Victorian Green Team vs South Perth
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Under 750 - Tasmanian BA vs Moonee Valley
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Under 300 - Wagga Wagga vs Stepbridge
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Under 100 - Kenmore vs Ballina
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Under 50 - Stepbridge vs Victorian team
The finals can be kibitzed with a 20 minute delay - link is here. Play starts at 7.30pm.
Our sole entry, in the u/300 division, who fell one hurdle short of the final, are playing in the final round of the Consolation event (some 30 teams involved)
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here.
Bridge Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course has 2 streams running in parallel, beginning Wednesday evening 22 January and Friday morning 24 January. Details and entry can be accessed here.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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Club members you need to have created your own password, as follows:
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Non-members should contact the club here.
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar, which has just been released:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Annual General Meeting 11 December 2024
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Xmas bridge and activities 11 December 2024
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Our 2024 Club Pairs Championships Final Round
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Our Wed morning - Regular session + Beginners lesson 6 of 6
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ABF Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025
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Bridge - beginner lessons 2025 at Canberra Bridge Club
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Club reminders
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Calendars - BFACT 2025 now available, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Annual General Meeting 2024
Our club's AGM will be held on Wednesday 11 December at 5.15pm in the Community Room at the Southern Cross Club Woden, prior to the evening's Christmas activities and bridge.
A separate email with relevant AGM information has been sent to financial members of the club.
Schedule of activities for 11 December
A busy and hopefully a very enjoyable day for both our morning players (including our beginners) and evening players. Refreshments, a raffle and of course bridge at both sessions, all at no charge, plus the AGM and championship prize giving in the evening.
The schedule for the day and a list of prizes were attached to last week's newsletter.
Please register using our calendar for any events you are attending on this day.
2024 Club Pairs Championships Final Round
This week is the 6th and final round of the Championship. Results to date are here.
Eight pairs remain in contention:
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only 1 pair is left in the under 200 masterpoint prizes,
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4 (including the one above) for the under 600 prizes, and
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all 8 of course for the Open prizes.
As previously noted, the Committee has deferred the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. This is because the sessions would clash with the beginner lessons. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
This Wednesday morning
The final beginners Lesson (No. 6) is on this week, at 9.45 am. Our course presenter Steve Geddes will be conducting supervised play sessions for the beginners class on 11 and 18 December. See the club calendar for these details and to register.
Our regular play session is also on, of course, starting at 10 am. Please register via our club calendar.
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here.
Bridge Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club has determined the dates of its beginner courses for 2025. The first course has 2 streams running in parallel, beginning Wednesday evening 22 January and Friday morning 24 January. Details and entry can be accessed here.
Club - reminders
-
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
The BFACT Calendar is available as part of the Canberra Bridge Club calendar, which has just been released:
Other useful links
-
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-
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Annual General Meeting 11 December 2024
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Xmas bridge and activities 11 December 2024 - Schedule
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Our 2024 Club Pairs Championships Round 5 of 6
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Our Wed morning - Regular session + Beginners lesson 5 of 6
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ABF Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025
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Club reminders
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Annual General Meeting 2024
Our club's AGM will be held on Wednesday 11 December at 5.15pm in the Community Room at the Southern Cross Club Woden, prior to the evening's Christmas activities and bridge.
A separate email with relevant AGM information is being sent to financial members of the club.
Schedule of activities for 11 December
A busy and hopefully a very enjoyable day for both our morning players (including our beginners) and evening players. Refreshments, a raffle and of course bridge at both sessions, all at no charge, plus the AGM and championship prize giving in the evening.
The schedule for the day and a list of prizes are attached to this email.
2024 Club Pairs Championships Round 5 of 6
This week is round 5 of the Championship. Results to date are here.
Eleven pairs remain in contention; of these, no fewer than 5 need to play in both of the last two rounds to remain in contention:
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3 pairs are still in the running for the under 200 masterpoint prizes
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7 (including the 3 above) for the under 600 prizes, and
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all 11 of course for the Open prizes.
As previously noted, the Committee has deferred the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. This is because the sessions would clash with the beginner lessons. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
This Wednesday morning
Beginners Lesson 5 is on this week, at 9.45 am.
Our regular play session is also on, of course, starting at 10 am. Please register via our club calendar.
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here.
Club - reminders
-
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in October's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
Schedule: WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER – AGM, XMAS BRIDGE & ACTIVITIES
Wednesday morning: - Please arrive by 9.40 am so coffee etc orders can be taken
10.00 am – Beginners
10.00 am - Regular Wednesday morning session – table money waived for the day.
Free coffee/tea and cake for all attending.
Xmas Raffle
Wednesday evening: - Please arrive 15 minutes early
5.15 pm – Annual General Meeting (in person only)
5.45 pm – Dinner at Woden Central Restaurant (at own expense)
7.00 pm – Bridge session – table money waived
Finger food and drinks provided during play
Championship prize giving
Xmas Raffle
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1st & 2nd prizes - each an item worth $60 approx, being:
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gift subscription to the NY Times or Washington Post, or
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gift membership to Friends of the National Museum
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3rd - cinema tickets
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4th onwards - book prizes (nos. to be worked out)
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gift subscription to the NY Times or Washington Post, or
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gift membership to Friends of the National Museum
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4th - Hoyts cinema tickets (double pass)
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This week ...
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News
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Our 2024 Club Pairs Championships Round 4 of 6 - Play this week!
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Our Wed morning - Regular session + Beginners lesson 4 of 6
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Our Website - update
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Our Christmas events 11 December
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ACT Open Butler Pairs Championship 2024 - starts this Tuesday night
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ABF Club Teams Knockout semi-final results
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ABF Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025
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ABF Nationwide Pairs update
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Club reminders
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
2024 Club Pairs Championships Round 4 of 6 - please read me!
This week is round 4 of the Championship. Results to date are here.
Of the 18 pairs who have competed so far, no fewer than 10 have played only 1 round and need to play each of the remaining 3 rounds to be ranked (and possibly win a prize).
So please check where your partnership stands.
Prizes will be awarded for:
The 2024 Club Pairs Championship is running on 6 consecutive Wednesday evenings to 4 December. The format is:
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A pair must play at least 4 sessions to be ranked; their best 4 scores will count.
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Non-members welcome who frequent the club or partner a member.
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Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall.
The Committee has deferred the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. This is because the sessions would clash with the beginner lessons. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
This Wednesday morning
Beginners Lesson 4 is on this week, at 9.45 am. With 20 enrolments, we should always have an even number of tables but occasionally one or more participants won't make a session. Our thanks to the 3 members who have volunteered to make up an even number of tables to facilitate the course presentation.
Our regular play session is also on, of course, starting at 10 am. Please register via our club calendar.
Website update
We have done some work updating our website. In brief:
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The "Club Information" sub-menu has new text for booking a session or finding a partner
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There is a new menu item "Visitors" - mainly about joining a session
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There is a new menu item "Benefactors" - to acknowledge those organisations that support our club, and
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The "Useful Links" sub-menu has now been now activated, with topic groupings.
Christmas events will be on Wednesday 11 December
Christmas festivities will be held at both sessions on Wednesday 11 December:
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The sessions will be free.
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Catering will be provided.
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There will be a raffle at each session for those in attendance.
More detail should be available next week.
ACT Open Butler Pairs Championship 2024 - Tuesday night at Deakin
This ACT Championship runs over 3 weeks from 19 November to 3 December. Details and entry here.
Anyone who clicked on that link last week will have noticed I gave the start date as last Tuesday (apologies). As I write there are 14 pairs entered, none from our club (hey people!)
ABF Club Teams Knockout semi-finals
The ABF Club Teams Knock Out semifinals were played on RealBridge last Tuesday night.
Commiserations to our team in the under 300 masterpoint division, who lost to the Wagga Wagga team by 94.1 IMPs to 70.
Details and results for all matches can be found here. The finals are being played on 10 December.
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here.
Nationwide Pairs - update
Session 22 of the NWP which was to have been run last week did not take place.
The ABF 's Chief Executive has written to participating clubs. In part, the email says:
"As you are no doubt aware, there have been several technical issues encountered over recent months with the Nationwide Pairs (NWP).
The problems stem from both hardware and software issues and I realise that they have been the cause of frustration for many of you.
Our NWP manager is working diligently to resolve these issues.
The current situation is that we are unable to say for sure that each iteration of the event will be able to run. Please check the website regularly."
We will run the NWP if at all possible, otherwise it will be a regular pairs session. We will identify future sessions that we run by annotating the calendar.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in this month's ABF Newsletter.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 11 November 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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ABF Club Teams Knockout - SCBC team in u/300 semi-final
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ACT Open Butler Pairs Championship 2024
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This Wednesday 13 November:
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morning - Beginner Bridge Lesson No 3 of 6
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morning - Nationwide Pairs #22 (if running)
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evening - 2024 Club Pairs Championships Round 3 of 6
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Christmas events 11 December
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Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025
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Club reminders
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Canberra Bridge Club Refresher Course
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
ABF Club Teams Knockout semi-finals
The ABF Club Teams Knock Out has reached the semifinals stage, with matches being played on RealBridge this Tuesday night.
We have a team in the under 300 masterpoint division, playing against the Wagga Wagga club. Best wishes to Brenda Watts & Paul Appelby, and Prakash Muttuvelu and Craig Curry.
The other u/300 semi-final is between Tasmanian Bridge Association and Stepbridge (an online club).
Details and results for all matches can be found here. The Open semi-finals can be kibitzed with a 20 minute delay.
ACT Open Butler Pairs Championship 2024 - Tuesday night at Deakin
This ACT Championship runs over 3 weeks from 12 November to 3 December.
At the time of writing there are only 6 pairs entered, none from our club (sorry about the late notice). Details and entry here.
This Wednesday 13 November
*** 9.45 am - Beginner Bridge Lesson No 3 at our club ***
Enrolment in our 6-week course which runs to 4 December is now at 20 (up from 18 last week thanks to a very welcome couple of late joiners).
Steve our presenter needs one or two people on standby in case one or more participants can't make a particular session; having a whole number of tables makes it easier for him to present the course. If you don't normally play Wednesday mornings but can help for one or more lessons, please contact me on 0448 545 444.
*** 10am - Nationwide Pairs (if running) ***
This Wednesday morning session is scheduled to be a session of the NWP (No. 22).
There is some doubt over whether the NWP is going ahead - the website from which we download hand records and playing files is currently inaccessible. Additionally, there were major delays in posting the results from a fortnight ago due to technical difficulties.
We will run the NWP if at all possible, otherwise it will be a regular pairs session.
*** 7pm - 2024 Club Pairs Championships Round 3 of 6 ***
The 2024 Club Pairs Championship is running on 6 consecutive Wednesday evenings to 4 December. The format is:
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A pair must play at least 4 sessions to be ranked; their best 4 scores will count.
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Non-members welcome who frequent the club or partner a member.
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Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall.
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Prizes will be awarded for:
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Progress scores are available via this link and via our home page menu - worth a look I think!
The Committee has deferred the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. This is because the sessions would clash with the beginner lessons. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
Christmas events will be on Wednesday 11 December
Christmas festivities will be held at both sessions on Wednesday 11 December:
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
This promotional video includes information about the tournament, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 4 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here. An overview of all events is appended at the foot of this email.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in this month's ABF Newsletter.
Canberra Bridge Club Lessons
Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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This week ...
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News
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This Wednesday 6 November:
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National Club events - results from last week
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Christmas events 11 December
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Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025 - read me!!
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Club reminders
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Canberra Bridge Club Refresher Course - the next lessons are 5&6, and 12&13 November
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
This Wednesday 6 November
*** 9.45 am - Beginner Bridge Lesson No 2 at our club ***
We have 18 people enrolled in our 6-week course which runs to 4 December. Brief details of the course are on our website's home page here.
Steve our presenter needs a couple of people to have a whole number of tables, which makes it easier for him to present the course. If you don't normally play Wednesday mornings but can help for one or more lessons, please contact me on 0448 545 444.
Alos It's not too late for beginners to enrol, especially if the person has played trick-taking card games before. If you know someone who might be interested, please let them know. They can enrol now only by emailing us at southcanberrabridgeclub@outlook.com or contacting me on 0448 545 444.
*** 7pm - 2024 Club Pairs Championships Round 2 of 6 ***
The 2024 Club Pairs Championship is running on 6 consecutive Wednesday evenings to 4 December. The format is:
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A pair must play at least 4 sessions to be ranked; their best 4 scores will count.
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Non-members welcome who frequent the club or partner a member.
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Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall.
-
Prizes will be awarded for:
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Progress scores are available via this link and via our home page menu.
The Committee has deferred the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. This is because the sessions would clash with the beginner lessons. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
National club events results
Results for NWP 21 played last Wednesday morning at our club are up on our website, but due to some technical difficulty, are yet to be posted to the NWP website.
National results are available for the Australia Wide Restricted Pairs played last Wednesday night here. The link takes each contending participant to an analysis booklet with expert commentary on each hand.
Christmas events will be on Wednesday 11 December
Christmas festivities will be held at both sessions on Wednesday 11 December:
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The sessions will be free.
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Catering will be provided.
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There will be a raffle at each session for those in attendance.
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel.
Oh, and it includes information about the tournament itself, including about events for rookies (under 20 masterpoints) and novices (under 100) in the first 3 days, structured around a workshop in the mornings and play in the afternoons, and teams events on the 4th day.
To view the whole program for the tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here. An overview of all events is appended at the foot of this email.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in this month's ABF Newsletter.
Canberra Bridge Club Lessons
Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
Appendix: Program for the Summer Festival of Bridge January 2025
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This week ...
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News
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This Wednesday 30 October:
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morning - Beginner Bridge Lesson No 1 of 6
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morning - Nationwide Pairs #21
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evening - 2024 Club Pairs Championships (including Aust Wide Restricted Pairs)
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Christmas events 11 December
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Summer Festival of Bridge - Canberra, January 2025
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Club reminders
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Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
This Wednesday 30 October is a big day for our club, with 3 events taking place. Be there for at least one!
*** 9.45 am - Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club ***
At the time of writing, we have 15 people enrolled in our 6-week course from 30 October to 4 December. Brief details of the course are on our website's home page here.
It's not too late to enrol. If you know someone who might be interested, please let them know. They can enrol by going to our website or by emailing us at southcanberrabridgeclub@outlook.com. Any questions can be directed to me on 0448 545 444.
*** 10 am - Nationwide Pairs #21 ***
This fortnightly event ranks pairs at our club against participants across the country and is an opportunity to earn red masterpoints.
The last 5 sessions have attracted between 20 and 29 clubs hosting from 349 to 475 pairs.
National placings are usually available from the Thursday of the playing week. You can click on Competitions on our website menu for the link to the NWP site to see how you rank. Full details of each hand are published are published at the end of the playing week (this week, after Saturday 2 November).
*** 7pm - 2024 Club Championships (incorp Aust Wide Restricted Pairs) ***
The 2024 Club Pairs Championship will run on 6 consecutive Wednesday evenings, from 30 October to 4 December. The format will be as follows:
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A pair must play at least 4 sessions to be ranked; their best 4 scores will count.
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Non-members welcome who frequent the club or partner a member.
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Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall.
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Prizes will be awarded for:
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A link to progress scores will be on our home page menu.
This session is also part of the Australia Wide Restricted Pairs run by Australian Bridge magazine. Non-contending pairs are permitted. As with the NWP, there is a link on our home page to national results, which will be available from Friday, 1 November.
The Committee has decided to defer the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. This is because the sessions would clash with the beginner lessons. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
Christmas events will be on Wednesday 11 December
Christmas festivities will be held at both sessions on Wednesday 11 December:
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The sessions will be free.
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Catering will be provided.
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There will be a raffle at each session for those in attendance.
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel. There are several events catering to each level of ability, including rookie (under 20 masterpoint) events.
To view the details of this tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here.
Early bird entries (i.e. by 31 October) will go into a draw that will see one player win back their entry fee in myABF credits. The draw will be made 7 January.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in this month's ABF Newsletter.
Canberra Bridge Club Lessons
Will Jenner-O'Shea lessons, Sunday 3 November
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Youth Day - from 11:00am - 1:00 pm at the Canberra Bridge Club. These sessions are available to anyone under 30 (or just over) for free. Contact Mary Tough m.tough54@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes.
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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. The next lessons are 5&6 November on 1NT and Conventions.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 21 October 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
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2024 Club Championships
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Christmas events 11 December
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National club events this month
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Summer Festival of Bridge
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
At the time of writing, we have 10 people enrolled in our 6-week Beginners' Bridge course from 30 October to 4 December. Brief details of the course are on our website's home page here.
If you know someone who might be interested, please let them know about the course. They can enrol by going to our website or by emailing us at southcanberrabridgeclub@outlook.com. Any questions can be directed to me on 0448 545 444.
2024 Club Championships
The 2024 Club Pairs Championship will be run on 6 consecutive Wednesday evenings, from 30 October to 4 December. The format will be as follows:
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A pair must play at least 4 sessions to be ranked; their best 4 scores will count.
-
Non-members welcome who frequent the club or partner a member.
-
Red masterpoints will be awarded for each session and overall.
-
Prizes will be awarded for:
The Committee has decided to defer the morning 2024 Championship to the new year, dates yet to be determined. This is because the sessions would clash with the beginner lessons. The Committee also decided that this event would include prizes for the best-placed one and two beginner pairs.
Christmas events will be on Wednesday 11 December
Christmas festivities will be held at both sessions on Wednesday 11 December:
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The sessions will be free.
-
Catering will be provided.
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There will be a raffle at each session for those in attendance.
National Club events this month
From last week's Nationwide Pairs, with 302 pairs participating across the 18 of 23 clubs who have submitted results, congratulations go to:
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Alex Hewat and George Stockham who are running 24th
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Chris Tough and partner who are 26th (even if both these pairs achieved their results playing at Capital!), and
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George Palavestra and Lisa Ralphs who are 46th (best-placed from our club's session).
The next NWP session will be Wednesday morning 30 October.
The evening session on the 30th will the Australia Wide Restricted Pairs (where non-contending players pairs may play). The session will double as the first round of the Club Pairs Championship.
Summer Festival of Bridge
The Summer Festival will run from 7 to 19 January 2025 at the Canberra Rex Hotel. There are several events catering to each level of ability, including rookie (under 20 masterpoint) events).
To view the details of this tournament, and to enter, go to the event website here. A brochure for the tournament is attached to this email.
Early bird entries (i.e. by 31 October) will go into a draw that will see one player win back their entry fee in myABF credits. The draw will be made 7 January.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in this month's ABF Newsletter.
Lessons
Beginner lessons at South Canberra
See above for details.
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 14 October 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
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National club events this month
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Cooma Congress - results
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2025 Gold Coast Congress will be the last
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Pauline Gumby - Australia's first Diamond Grand Master!
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Sunday 3 November with Will Jenner-O'Shea
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
We have had an encouraging response to our 6-week Beginners' Bridge course from 30 October to 4 December.
Brief details are:
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2 hours each, Wednesday mornings, 9.45 to 11.45
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In Community Room 1, adjacent to our regular session
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Cost is $75 per person ($60 for Canberra Southern Cross Club members)
The presenter is Steve Geddes. He has been teaching bridge for 25 of his 30 years as a player. He has had teaching roles with the South Australian Bridge Association and the Canberra Bridge Club, as well as running numerous workshops for individuals, partners and community groups.
Any questions can be directed to me on 0448 545 444.
National Club events this month
The next two sessions of the Nationwide Pairs will both be Wednesday morning events - NWP 20 this week and NWP 21 on 30 October.
The reason for this is to allow us to stage a session of the Australia Wide Restricted Pairs on Wednesday evening, 30 October (where non-contending players pairs may play).
Our annual Club Championships are also scheduled to begin on 30 October; more on these next week.
Cooma Congress - results
Congratulations to two SCBC pairs at the Cooma Congress. In the Saturday pairs event with a field of 38 entries, Alex Hewat and Ken Colbert came top, and Geoff Stafford and Jocelyn Pech came fifth overall and 1st in the Restricted Category.
Full results for the weekend are here.
2025 Gold Coast Congress will be the last
The Queensland Bridge Association has announced that next year's Congress will be the last. Read why here. If you'd like to go, click here.
Pauline Gumby - Australia's first Diamond Grand Master
That's 15,000 masterpoints! John Brockwell brought her achievement to the attention of Canberra Bridge Club members in their latest newsletter, under the heading Modesty forbids, which you can read here. The mountain the rest of us have to climb is here.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12. A review of the publication appears in this month's ABF Newsletter.
Lessons
Beginner lessons at South Canberra
See above for details.
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
-
Bridge with Peter Hollands - videos
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 21st Oct 2024 12:11 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 7 October 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
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National club events this month
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Canberra in Bloom Congress - results
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
We are running a 6-week Beginners' Bridge course from 30 October to 4 December.
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2 hours each, Wednesday mornings, 9.45 to 11.45
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In Community Room 1, adjacent to our regular session
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Cost is $75 per person ($60 for Canberra Southern Cross Club members)
The presenter is Steve Geddes. He has been teaching bridge for 25 of his 30 years as a player. He has had teaching roles with the South Australian Bridge Association and the Canberra Bridge Club, as well as running numerous workshops for individuals, partners and community groups.
Any questions can be directed to me on 0448 545 444.
National Club events this month
The Nationwide Pairs last week attracted a field of 390 pairs from 23 Clubs. We had 10 pairs playing; of which the best placed finish was 58 th. Notably the pair which finished 9 th of 10 at our club ranked 168 th overall! For an explanation of why this might be, read on here.
There are two more sessions of the Nationwide Pairs this month:
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Wednesday morning 16 October, NWP 20
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Wednesday morning 30 October, NWP 21
Register to play to or to find a partner in the usual way, here.
Canberra in Bloom results
Results for the events held at Canberra in Bloom can be read here.
The Monaro Bridge Club, a BFACT affiliate, is hosting its Back to Cooma Congress on the weekend of October 12 & 13.
A flyer for the event is here. Cost is $50 per person per day.
There is a limit of 20 tables; at the time of writing, there are 30 entries in the pairs and 12 entries in the teams.
Club - reminders
-
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Beginner lessons at South Canberra
See above for details.
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 14th Oct 2024 18:56 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 30 September 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
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National club events this month
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BFACT AGM - new Committee
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Canberra in Bloom Congress - call for reserves and volunteers
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Sunday 3 November with Will Jenner-O'Shea
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
News
Beginner Bridge Lessons at our club - from 30 October
We are running a 6-week Beginners' Bridge course from 30 October to 4 December.
-
2 hours each, Wednesday mornings, 9.45 to 11.45
-
In Community Room 1, adjacent to our regular session
-
Cost is $75 per person ($60 for Canberra Southern Cross Club members)
The presenter is Steve Geddes. He has been teaching bridge for 25 of his 30 years as a player. He has had teaching roles with the South Australian Bridge Association and the Canberra Bridge Club, as well as running numerous workshops for individuals, partners and community groups.
Any questions can be directed to me on 0448 545 444.
National Club events this month
We are hosting 3 sessions of the Nationwide Pairs this month:
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This Wednesday evening - NWP 19
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Wednesday morning 16 October, NWP 20
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Wednesday morning 30 October, NWP 21
We are also holding a session of the Australia Wide Restricted Pairs on Wednesday evening, 30 October (non-contending players pairs may play).
Register to play to or to find a partner in the usual way, here.
BFACT AGM Wednesday 25 September
The Bridge Federation of the ACT (BFACT) AGM 2024 was held last week.
There is a new Committee, with Wendy Boxall as president. Membership of the Committee is here.
Canberra in Bloom
The Canberra in Bloom Congress runs next weekend (the long weekend) from 4 to 7 October.
Entries for the event have now closed, but the organisers are looking for House reserves and volunteers to help out.
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Reserves - If you are called on at short notice, you will play for free! If you can help out as a reserve please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Reserve" in the subject line.
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Volunteers - to assist with a range of tasks during the Congress (eg, with setting up for the day, assisting with morning and afternoon teas). Some of these tasks can be done by people who are playing the events (eg work needed to be done following completion of play). If you can help out, even for just an hour or two, please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Volunteer" in the subject line and include in the email when you would be able to help out. The tasks are not difficult and many hands make light work!
The Monaro Bridge Club, a BFACT affiliate, is hosting its Back to Cooma Congress on the weekend of October 12 & 13.
A flyer for the event is here. Cost is $50 per person per day.
There is a limit of 20 tables; at the time of writing, there are 29 entries in the pairs and 12 entries in the teams.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Beginner lessons at South Canberra
See above for details.
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 8th Oct 2024 09:51 EADT |
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| Newsletter week beginning 23 September 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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Event News
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BFACT AGM - Wed 25 September 6pm
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Lifeline Canberra Bookfair - Fri to Sun, 27-29 September
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Canberra in Bloom Congress - 4 to 7 October - Enter or help out!
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
Event News
BFACT AGM Wednesday 25 September
The Bridge Federation of the ACT (BFACT) AGM will be held this year at the Canberra Bridge Club and online, Wed 25th September at 6pm.
Home members of BFACT-affiliated clubs, including of course our club, are entitled to take part.
Here are the links for:
The meeting will be a combination of face-to-face and electronic - see the following Zoom link for those that can’t be there in person:
Cathy Nichols is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Wednesday 25th September, 6pm.
Join BFACT Zoom AGM Meeting
Meeting ID: 351 180 5528
Passcode: BFACTAGM24
It is envisaged that the meeting will not go past 40min, to enable people to attend to other commitments (mainly bridge!).
Lifeline Bookfair this coming weekend
Lifeline Canberra’s Bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep its local crisis support service running. The Bookfairs are the largest gathering of book lovers in Canberra.
They have a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, including rare books and collectables, children’s books, textbooks and foreign language books. You’ll also find magazines and pamphlets, sheet music, comics, maps and atlases, talking books, records and CDs, DVDs, games and jigsaws.
The Bookfair is being held at Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC), Cnr Northbourne Av & Flemington Rd, Mitchell ACT 2911. Entry to the Bookfair is via gold coin donation. Paywave is available for those who don’t have coins with them.
Opening times
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9am – 6pm Friday, 27 September 2024
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9am – 5pm Saturday, 28 September 2024
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9am – 4pm Sunday, 29 September 2024
For maps of the venue, a catalogue of items in the Collectors' Room and other information, click here.
Canberra in Bloom - Enter (or help out as a reserve or volunteer)!
The Canberra in Bloom Congress runs the October long weekend, from 4 to 7 October.
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade, Canberra in Bloom is a national, gold-point congress for players of all abilities. Pairs and teams events are held in novice (under 100 masterpoints), restricted (<300) and open categories, with a rookies pairs event catering for players with less than 5 masterpoints. Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2024.
For more details and to enter, click here.
The organisers are looking for House reserves and volunteers to help out.
They are looking for players at all levels to fill in as reserves if needed. If you are called on at short notice, you will play for free! If you can help out as a reserve please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Reserve" in the subject line.
They also need volunteers to assist with a range of tasks during the Congress (eg, with setting up for the day, assisting with morning and afternoon teas). Some of these tasks can be done by people who are playing the events (eg work needed to be done following completion of play). If you can help out, even for just an hour or two, please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Volunteer" in the subject line and include in the email when you would be able to help out. The tasks are not difficult and many hands make light work!
The Monaro Bridge Club, a BFACT affiliate, is hosting its Back to Cooma Congress on the weekend of October 12 & 13.
A flyer for the event is here. Cost is $50 per person per day.
There is a limit of 20 tables; at the time of writing, there are 28 entries in the pairs and 11 entries in the teams.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
The next Nationwide Pairs will be Wednesday evening 2 October.
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The next Australia-Wide Pairs (Restricted event) is the last Wednesday evening in October.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 1st Oct 2024 09:06 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 16 September 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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Event News
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BFACT AGM - Wed 25 September 6pm
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Canberra in Bloom Congress - 4 to 7 October - Enter or help out!
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ABF Club Teams Knockout 2024
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Nationwide Pairs 18 This Wednesday evening
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BWOnline Congress - September 21-22
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Club reminders
-
Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
Event News
BFACT AGM Wednesday 25 September
The Bridge Federation of the ACT (BFACT) AGM will be held this year at the Canberra Bridge Club and online, Wed 25th September at 6pm.
Home members of BFACT-affiliated clubs, including of course our club, are entitled to take part. Here are the links for:
The meeting will be a combination of face-to-face and electronic - see the following Zoom link for those that can’t be there in person:
Cathy Nichols is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Wednesday 25th September, 6pm.
Join BFACT Zoom AGM Meeting
Meeting ID: 351 180 5528
Passcode: BFACTAGM24
It is envisaged that the meeting will not go past 40min, to enable people to attend to other commitments (mainly bridge!).
Canberra in Bloom - Enter (or help out as a reserve or volunteer)!
The Canberra in Bloom Congress runs the October long weekend, from 4 to 7 October.
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade, Canberra in Bloom is a national, gold-point congress for players of all abilities. Pairs and teams events are held in novice (under 100 masterpoints), restricted (<300) and open categories, with a rookies pairs event catering for players with less than 5 masterpoints. Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2024. For more details and to enter, click here.
The organisers are looking for House reserves and volunteers to help out:
- They are looking for players at all levels to fill in as reserves if needed. If you are called on at short notice, you will play for free! If you can help out as a reserve please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Reserve" in the subject line.
- They also need volunteers to assist with a range of tasks during the Congress (eg, with setting up for the day, assisting with morning and afternoon teas). Some of these tasks can be done by people who are playing the events (eg work needed to be done following completion of play). If you can help out, even for just an hour or two, please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Volunteer" in the subject line and include in the email when you would be able to help out. The tasks are not difficult and many hands make light work!
ABF Club Teams Knockout 2024
The second of three qualifying rounds in the under 300 masterpoint division of this event was played last Tuesday evening on RealBridge.
We have a team in the under 300 masterpoint division. Click here to see progress scores.
Nationwide Pairs 18
This coming Wednesday evening.
BW Online Congress - on BBO Saturday & Sunday 21/22 September 10 am
For more details, click here.
The Monaro Bridge Club, a BFACT affiliate, is hosting its Back to Cooma Congress on the weekend of October 12 & 13.
A flyer for the event is here. Cost is $50 per person per day.
There is a limit of 20 tables; at the time of writing, there are 28 entries in the pairs and 11 entries in the teams.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
The next Australia-Wide Pairs (Restricted event) is the last Wednesday evening in October.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
Please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
-
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
-
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BWOnline Congress - on BBO - September 21-22
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 24th Sep 2024 10:34 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 9 September 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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Event News
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BFACT AGM - Wed 25 September 6pm
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Canberra in Bloom Congress - 4 to 7 October - Enter or help out!
-
ABF Club Teams Knockout 2024
-
Nationwide Pairs 17 results
-
BWOnline Congress - September 21-22
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Other News
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Club reminders
-
Lessons
-
Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
-
Other useful links
Event News
BFACT AGM Wednesday 25 September
The Bridge Federation of the ACT (BFACT) AGM will be held this year at the Canberra Bridge Club and online, Wed 25th September at 6pm.
Home members of BFACT-affiliated clubs, including of course our club, are entitled to take part.
Here are the links for:
The meeting will be a combination of face-to-face and electronic - see the following Zoom link for those that can’t be there in person:
Cathy Nichols is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Wednesday 25th September, 6pm.
Join BFACT Zoom AGM Meeting
Meeting ID: 351 180 5528
Passcode: BFACTAGM24
It is envisaged that the meeting will not go past 40min, to enable people to attend to other commitments (mainly bridge!).
Canberra in Bloom - Enter (or help out as a reserve or volunteer)!
The Canberra in Bloom Congress runs the October long weekend, from 4 to 7 October.
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade, Canberra in Bloom is a national, gold-point congress for players of all abilities. Pairs and teams events are held in novice (under 100 masterpoints), restricted (<300) and open categories, with a rookies pairs event catering for players with less than 5 masterpoints. Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2024.
For more details and to enter, click here.
The organisers are looking for House reserves and volunteers to help out.
- They are looking for players at all levels to fill in as reserves if needed. If you are called on at short notice, you will play for free! If you can help out as a reserve please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Reserve" in the subject line.
- They also need volunteers to assist with a range of tasks during the Congress (eg, with setting up for the day, assisting with morning and afternoon teas). Some of these tasks can be done by people who are playing the events (eg work needed to be done following completion of play). If you can help out, even for just an hour or two, please email cib@abf.com.au and include "Volunteer" in the subject line and include in the email when you would be able to help out. The tasks are not difficult and many hands make light work!
ABF Club Teams Knockout 2024
The second of three qualifying round of this event is being played this Tuesday evening on RealBridge.
We have a team in the under 300 masterpoint division. Playing this Tuesday are Paul Appelby, Barry Graham, Prakash Muttuvelu and Craig Curry. Click here to see progress scores.
At its 29 August meeting, the ABF Board considered the number of entries this year. It noted:
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The number of teams participating in the Club Teams Knockout (CTK) this year has increased to 55 from 47 in 2023 and 32 in 2022.
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NSW clubs are relatively poorly represented in this national event with no Sydney based clubs participating.
The Board highlighted the need for increased promotion, especially to Sydney based clubs to provide their players with the opportunity to earn gold points.
Nationwide Pairs 17 results
Well done to Cathy Nichols and John Niven who were placed 30th of 365 pairs in this event (with 24 of 26 clubs having reported).
BW Online Congress - on BBO Saturday & Sunday 21/22 September 10 am
For more details, click here.
The Monaro Bridge Club, a BFACT affiliate, is hosting its Back to Cooma Congress on the weekend of October 12 & 13.
A flyer for the event is here. Cost is $50 per person per day.
There is a limit of 20 tables; at the time of writing, there are 28 entries in the pairs and 13 entries in the teams.
Other News
World Bridge Federation - Knowledge Sharing Group
A communique from the ABF Board on its August 2024 meeting included notes from the Knowledge Sharing Group about attracting and keeping players. A link to the notes is here (please scroll down to the end).
SCBC Masterpoints for July
The Masterpoint batch for July was not submitted correctly at the time it was created. Players should now have been credited with their July Masterpoints.
Thanks due to Brenda Watts for checking.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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The next Nationwide Pairs (no. 18) is Wednesday evening 18 September.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BWOnline Congress - on BBO - September 21-22
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 17th Sep 2024 10:27 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 2 September 2024 |
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This week ...
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Event News
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
Event News
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship - final placings
The Championship concluded last Thursday. Final rankings are here - there were 11 pairs who completed the necessary 4 sessions.
Many congratulations to:
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Our Champion Pair Sindhu Gore & Atul Hajela (each win $50)
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Runners-Up: Craig Mietzke & Christine Hanley ($25 each)
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Best restricted pair: Di Dilley & Pat Kneebone ($50 each)
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Runners-Up restricted: Jeannette Heycox & John Knight ($25 each).
Arrangements are being made to draw the raffle that forms part of this event. All prize winners will be contacted in due course.
Australia Wide Open Pairs - results
Provisional results are available here for this event.
Over 1400 pairs took part - the best placed pair at our session were Hadi Aghakhani and Peter Parsons, who were placed 171st with a score of 59.3%.
Nationwide Pairs 17 this Wednesday morning
It is interesting to note that 475 pairs who took part in NWP 16 was the largest number since February 2020, when over 500 pairs took part.
Canberra in Bloom
The Canberra in Bloom Congress runs the October long weekend, from 4 to 7 October.
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade, Canberra in Bloom is a national, gold-point congress for players of all abilities. Pairs and teams events are held in novice (under 100 masterpoints), restricted (<300) and open categories, with a rookies pairs event catering for players with less than 5 masterpoints. Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2024.
For more details and to enter, click here.
The Monaro Bridge Club, a BFACT affiliate, is hosting its Back to Cooma Congress on the weekend of October 12 & 13.
A flyer for the event is here. Cost is $50 per person per day.
There is a limit of 20 tables; at the time of writing, there are 27 entries in the pairs and 13 entries in the teams.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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ABF Club Teams Knockout - 2nd qualifying round is Tuesday 10 September.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 10th Sep 2024 11:45 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 26 August 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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Event News
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
Event News
Australia Wide Open Pairs
We are hosting a session of the Australia Wide Open Pairs on this Wednesday evening 28 August.
All players pay normal table money. The special entry fee for this event will be paid by South Canberra.
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The event has a rich history that goes back more than 40 years, bringing together thousands of players from all around the country.
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Each player will receive a souvenir booklet on the day, describing ABM's recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone.
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After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on the AWP web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against our recommended results.
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Several prizes are awarded. A promotional brochure including prizes information is here.
If you want to let us know you're playing or need a partner (and you're not a club member), please contact us here.
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship - final round this week
The Championship concludes this week. Progressive rankings after round 5 are here. Prizes:
Cootamundra Congress results (including BFACT Interclub Teams)
Results for the Cootamundra Congress are here.
In the Open division of 10 teams, we had 1 full SCBC team (Nichols) and a joint team with Capital (Heming) that finished 6th and 3rd respectively.
In the Restricted/Novice division, also of 10 teams, we had 1 full SCBC team (Stafford) and a joint team with Capital (Johnston), finishing 5th and 3rd respectively.
Canberra in Bloom
The Canberra in Bloom Congress runs the October long weekend, from 4 to 7 October.
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade, Canberra in Bloom is a national, gold-point congress for players of all abilities. Pairs and teams events are held in novice (under 100 masterpoints), restricted (<300) and open categories, with a rookies pairs event catering for players with less than 5 masterpoints. Masterpoint cut off is 30 June 2024.
Early bird prices for all events are available until 31 August.
For more details and to enter, click here.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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NSW State Wide Pairs - hand records have been posted to our website; State result here.
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ABF Club Teams Knockout - 2nd qualifying round is Tuesday 10 September.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome (but not permitted for Joint Championship running to 29 August). Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 3rd Sep 2024 11:26 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 19 August 2024 |
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This week ...
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Event News
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and Bridge NSW
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Other useful links
Event News
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship continues (with prizes update!)
The Championship continues this week. Progressive rankings after round 4 are here.
The Championship is being held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August.
Prizes update (17 August):
BFACT Interclub Teams
Our club will reimburse the full cost of entry ($60) for each member representing the club in this teams event on Sunday 25 August, which is being held as part of the Cootamundra Congress.
There is no limit on the number of entries from a club. Joint teams are also accepted (and we will subsidise our share of those teams).
Please arrange your own teams. (Note that the 3 vacancies in SCBC advised last week have now been filled).
For more information or to enter, please click here. Registration is required by next Wednesday 21 August.
Australia Wide Open Pairs
We are hosting a session of the Australia Wide Open Pairs on Wednesday evening 28 August.
All players pay normal table money. The special entry fee for this event will be paid by South Canberra.
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The event has a rich history that goes back more than 40 years, bringing together thousands of players from all around the country.
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Each player will receive a souvenir booklet on the day, describing ABM's recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone.
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After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on the AWP web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against our recommended results.
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Several prizes are awarded. A promotional brochure including prizes information is here.
If you want to let us know you're playing or need a partner (and you're not a club member), please contact us here.
Nationwide Pairs
Well done to Garry Miller and Raji Prakash who are running 34th in a field of 419 pairs in NWP 16 (with 26 of 29 club scores in).
The next NWP is Wednesday evening 4 September.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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NSW State Wide Pairs - hand records have been posted to our website; State result pending.
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ABF Club Teams Knockout - 2nd qualifying round is Tuesday 10 September.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome (but not permitted for Joint Championship running to 29 August). Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 26th Aug 2024 22:24 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 12 August 2024 |
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This week ...
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Event News
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
Event News
Nationwide Pairs 16
The next NWP is this Wednesday morning.
BFACT Interclub Teams
Our club will reimburse the full cost of entry ($60) for each member representing the club in this teams event on Sunday 24 August, which is being held as part of the Cootamundra Congress.
There is no limit on the number of entries from a club. Joint teams are also accepted (and we will subsidise our share of those teams).
Please arrange your own teams. Currently we have 8 home members entered across the intermediate, restricted and novice sections.
For more information or to enter, please click here. Registration is required by next Wednesday 21 August.
Australia Wide Open Pairs
We are hosting a session of the Australia Wide Open Pairs on Wednesday evening 28 August.
All players pay normal table money. The special entry fee for this event will be paid by South Canberra.
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The event has a rich history that goes back more than 40 years, bringing together thousands of players from all around the country.
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Each player will receive a souvenir booklet on the day, describing ABM's recommendations for how the bidding and play should have gone.
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After the results are in, there will also be a second personalised booklet available on the AWP web page, looking at every board to see how your bidding and play compares against our recommended results.
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Several prizes are awarded. A promotional brochure including prizes information is here.
If you want to let us know you're playing or need a partner (and you're not a club member), please contact us here.
BFACT Gala Day results
The BFACT Gala Pairs was played last Saturday 10 August.
Congratulations to our members who took part:
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Cathy and Ashok topped the field in the Open section; Alex and Ken were 4th
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Brenda and Martha finished second in the Restricted section.
We now await the announcement by BFACT of the pairs who will form the ACT 2 and ACT Provincial Teams in the second Phase of the Grand National Open Teams (GNOT), which is to be played on the weekend starting Friday September 20 on RealBridge.
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship continues (with prizes!)
The Championship continues this week. Progressive rankings after round 3 are here.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners ($50 each) and the runners-up ($25 each).
The Championship is being held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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NSW State Wide Pairs - hand records have been posted to our website; State result pending.
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ABF Club Teams Knockout - 2 nd qualifying round is Tuesday 10 September.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome (but not permitted for Joint Championship running to 29 August). Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Will Jenner-O'Shea lessons
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Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes.
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Next CBC Beginners' Courses start this week (cost $69)
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
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| Newsletter week beginning 5 August 2024 |
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This week ...
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Event News
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NSW State Wide Pairs - this Wed evening 7 August!
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Please support the BFACT Gala Day (incl GNOT selection) - Sat 10 August - 50% fee subsidy!
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BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship - round 2 results
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ABF Club Teams Knockout 2024
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
Event News
NSW State Wide Pairs - this Wed evening
We are hosting a session of the NSW State-Wide Pairs as our regular Wednesday evening session, starting at 7pm.
All players will pay our normal table money. The extra entry fees to this event will be met by South Canberra.
Prizes will be awarded by Bridge NSW:
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cash prizes to the overall top five place-getters
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prize vouchers from the Bridge Shop for winners and runners-up,
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certificates of achievement to the highest placed pair in each club
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prize vouchers to the top pair in each of under 25, under 50 and under 100 masterpoint sections.
State-wide results will be posted to the site below when all results by competing clubs submitted.
BFACT Gala Day (incl GNOT selection) - Sat 10 August
Please support the BFACT Gala Day if you can. Overall numbers at the time of writing are disappointingly low.
A major objective of the day is to select “ACT 2” and “ACT Provincial” teams for the Grand National Open Teams (GNOT). A provincial player is one who is under 300 MP or a player from a provincial club affiliated to BFACT.
Our club will provide a reimbursement of $21 to members who play in this event (entry fee is $42).
Club members with under 300 masterpoints are especially encouraged to try making the ACT Provincial team by playing in the Gala Day. Not only is the team guaranteed 3 days of bridge online in September, ACT Provincial is one of around 30 non-metropolitan teams in the GNOT, which gives it a reasonable shot at making the final round-robin in November.
To enter the Gala Day events, click here. For a fuller description of the GNOT, click here.
BFACT Interclub Teams
Our club will reimburse the full cost of entry ($60) for each member representing the club in this teams event on Sunday 24 August, which is being held as part of the Cootamundra Congress.
There is no limit on the number of entries from a club. Joint teams are also accepted (and we will subsidise our share of those teams).
Please arrange your own teams. Currently we have 8 home members entered across the intermediate, restricted and novice sections.
For more information or to enter, please click here.
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship continues (with prizes!)
The Championship continues this week. Progressive rankings after round 2 are here.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners ($50 each) and the runners-up ($25 each).
The Championship is being held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August.
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 6 August
We have just one team entered - in the under 300 masterpoint division.
You can find participant information and results as they are reported here.
You can also kibitz the Open Division from that site.
Club - reminders
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To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
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For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
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For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
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The next Nationwide Pairs session is Wednesday morning 14 August.
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Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
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please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
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If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
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Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome (but not permitted for Joint Championship running to 29 August). Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Will Jenner-O'Shea lessons
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Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are 6-7 August & 13-14 August on Defence.
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Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August (cost $69)
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 13th Aug 2024 17:35 ESTA |
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| Newsletter week beginning 29 July 2024 |
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Event News
- ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 6 August - Please nominate now!
- BFACT Gala Day (incl GNOT selection) - Sat 10 August - 50% fee subsidy!
- BFACT Interclub Teams (Cootamundra Congress) - Sun 24 Aug 24 - full fee subsidy!
- BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship - round 1 results
- ABF Nationwide Pairs #15 this Wed evening
- Other Inter Club events in August
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
Event News
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 6 August - Please nominate NOW!
On current nominations and availability, we are likely to be able to field teams next week in the Under 750 and Under 100 Divisions. We also have a pair for the Open team but they need another pair to come forward.
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Extra players to guarantee a start next week in these 3 Divisions are highly desirable.
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It would be nice to be able to field teams in the Under 300 and Under 50 Divisions as well.
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Only home members and regular non-home members and visitors are eligible to represent our club.
Note that if we don't field a team in a division in the round on August 6, we can't join that division later.
Remember also that our club will meet the full cost of entry.
Entries close 4 August. To nominate:
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email the club
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by booking with or requesting a partner on the calendar entry for the August 6 round.
Note that if we don't field a team in a division in the round on August 6, we can't join that division later.
Remember also that our club will meet the full cost of entry.
Details about the event are here; the regulations applying are here.
BFACT Gala Day (incl GNOT selection) - Sat 10 August
Our club will provide a reimbursement of $21 to members who play in this event (entry fee is $42).
A major objective of the day is to select “ACT 2” and “ACT Provincial” teams for the Grand National Open Teams (GNOT). A provincial player is one who is under 300 MP or a player from a provincial club affiliated to BFACT.
The ACT 2 and ACT Provincial teams selected will join the (already determined) ACT 1 team in a 64-team knock out phase on RealBridge over 3 days in September (Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd). Teams that are knocked out go into a Swiss repechage. The final phase has 2 divisions, to be played face-to-face in Sydney in late November:
-
a 4-team knockout final, consisting of the two undefeated teams from the previous phase, plus the top two from the repechage; and
-
an 8-team non-metropolitan round- robin final.
To enter the Gala Day events, click here. For a fuller description of the GNOT, click here.
Club members with under 300 masterpoints are especially encouraged to try making the ACT Provincial team by playing in the Gala Day. Not only is the team guaranteed 3 days of bridge online in September, ACT Provincial is one of around 30 non-metropolitan teams in the GNOT, which gives it a reasonable shot at making the final round-robin in November.
BFACT Interclub Teams
Our club will reimburse the full cost of entry ($60) for each member representing the club in this teams event on Sunday 24 August, which is being held as part of the Cootamundra Congress.
There is no limit on the number of entries from a club. Joint teams are also accepted (and we will subsidise our share of those teams).
Please arrange your own teams. Currently we have one pair in the Intermediate division (needing partners) and another pair in the Novice Division (also needing partners).
There are also Seniors and Restricted divisions.
For more information or to enter, please click here.
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship continues (with prizes!)
The Championship continues this week. Results after round 1 are here.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners ($50 each) and the runners-up ($25 each).
The Championship is being held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August.
Nationwide Pairs
A session of NWP 15 will be held at the club this coming Wednesday evening.
Other Inter Club events in August
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-
Normal table money applies for the events at our club.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
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As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
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If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
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CORRECTION - ABF CLUB TEAMS KNOCKOUT BEGINS TUESDAY 6 AUGUST
The first session of this event is 6 August, not 13 August as stated in recent newsletters. The closing date for entries for 4 August.
Please nominate asap - we are hoping to field a team in each of the 5 divisions (no limit on team numbers) - the important point is that we have enough players for the first round (there is no need to commit now for later rounds).
Apologies for the confusion
Kevin
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Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Event reminders
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
News
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship starts this Thursday
The BBO Championship event with Capital Bridge Club will be held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August:
Results News
Well done also to Ashok Tulpule and Shyam Kelshiker who at the time of writing are 10th of 253 in Nationwide Pairs #14 (with 4 clubs still to submit).
Many of you supported the fundraiser for the Under 26 Womens Team (including Canberrans Diya Shah and Zara Chowdhury) at the 8th World Youth Championships held recently in Poland. The team finished 2 nd of the ten teams contesting the qualifying round, but were eliminated in the second (semi-final) round.
Community Rewards Program 2024-25
Our club will once again be benefitting from the Community Rewards Program run by the Southern Cross Club.
As a Southern Cross Club member, you can nominate our bridge club to receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. 7.5% is calculated on purchases at Woden, Tuggeranong, Jamison and Yacht Club when a member uses their membership card at the point of purchase.
If you wish to start contributing in this way to our bridge club, click here.
Event reminders
ABF Club Teams Knockout - Please nominate!
We are seeking home members and regular non-home members and visitors to make up a South Canberra team for each of the 5 divisions of this event.
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The event is played on Tuesday nights starting 6 August, and thereafter the second Tuesday of the month from September to December, starting at 7.30pm, on RealBridge
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The 5 divisions are (i) Open (ii) under 750 masterpoints (iii) under 300 mps (iv) under 100 mps & (v) under 50 mps as at 31 March 2024.
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Each club can field one team in each division; there is no limit to the numbers of players on each team.
-
Each team is guaranteed to play 5 rounds:
-
The first two rounds are qualifying rounds
-
The top 8 teams in each division then go into a knockout competition
-
The teams that don't qualify play in a consolation tournament for the remaining 3 rounds, where they are joined by the teams knocked out.
-
This is a National Gold Point event.
-
More details about the event are here; the regulations applying are here.
South Canberra will pay the entry fees for each of its teams.
If you'd like to represent the club, please address an email to the club at southcanberrabridgeclub@outlook.com or Contact Us via the new website (it's under the Information link on the left hand side of the screen).
BFACT Gala Day (including GNOT selection) - Saturday 10 August
The Bridge Federation of the ACT is holding a Gala ‘Gold’ Pairs Day on Saturday, 10 August 2024 at the CBC club rooms starting at 10 am. Cost of entry is $42 per person.
The objectives of the day are two-fold:
-
To provide a one-day butler pairs event where players of BFACT affiliated clubs of all levels will be welcomed and will be competitive. The event will have Open, Restricted and Novice categories.
-
To select “ACT 2” and “ACT Provincial” teams for the Grand National Open Teams (GNOT). A provincial player is one who is under 300 MP or a player from a provincial club affiliated to BFACT.
The ACT 2 and ACT Provincial teams selected will join the (already determined) ACT 1 team in a 64-team knock out phase on RealBridge over 3 days in September (Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd). Teams that are knocked out go into a Swiss repechage. The final phase has 2 divisions, to be played face-to-face in Sydney in late November:
-
a 4-team knockout final, consisting of the two undefeated teams from the previous phase, plus the top two from the repechage; and
-
an 8-team non-metropolitan round- robin final.
To enter the Gala Day events, click here. For a fuller description of the GNOT, click here.
Club members with under 300 masterpoints are especially encouraged to try making the ACT Provincial team by playing in the Gala Day. Not only is the team guaranteed 3 days of bridge online in September, ACT Provincial is one of around 30 non-metropolitan teams in the GNOT, which gives it a reasonable shot at making the final round-robin in November.
Inter Club events in August - update
-
-
-
-
-
Normal table money applies for the events at our club. The extent of the subsidy for representing our club at the BFACT event in Cootamundra will be advised shortly.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
caruak@gmail.com
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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CORRECTION - ABF CLUB TEAMS KNOCKOUT BEGINS TUESDAY 6 AUGUST
The first session of this event is 6 August, not 13 August as stated in recent newsletters. The closing date for entries for 4 August. ..........
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| Newsletter week beginning 15 July 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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Event reminders
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ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 13 August - Please nominate!
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BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship starts 25 July
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BFACT Gala Day (including GNOT selection) - Saturday 10 August
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RealBridge promotion extended to end July - Canberra Bridge Club
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Inter club events August
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Club reminders
-
Lessons
-
Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
News
ANC News
The Australian National Championships, being held in Orange in conjunction with the Central West Festival of Bridge, are nearing their conclusion.
Nationwide Pairs #14
This session is scheduled for this coming Wednesday morning.
Canberra Bridge Club - Sunday 21 July lessons
CBC is running another Youth Day this coming Sunday. These sessions are for under 30s who want to learn bridge and they're free. More here.
That session will be followed at 1.30pm by another session of the club's Advanced Bridge Series on Mastering Negative, Responsive and Support Doubles with Will Jenner-O'Shea. Details are here.
Event reminders
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 13 August - Please nominate!
We are seeking home members and regular non-home members and visitors to make up a South Canberra team for each of the 5 divisions of this event.
-
The event is played on the second Tuesday of every month from August to December, starting at 7.30pm, on RealBridge
-
The 5 divisions are (i) Open (ii) under 750 masterpoints (iii) under 300 mps (iv) under 100 mps & (v) under 50 mps as at 31 March 2024.
-
Each club can field one team in each division; there is no limit to the numbers of players on each team.
-
Each team is guaranteed to play 5 rounds:
-
The first two rounds are qualifying rounds
-
The top 8 teams in each division then go into a knockout competition
-
The teams that don't qualify play in a consolation tournament for the remaining 3 rounds, where they are joined by the teams knocked out.
-
This is a National Gold Point event.
-
More details about the event are here; the regulations applying are here.
South Canberra will pay the entry fees for each of its teams.
If you'd like to represent the club, please address an email to the club at southcanberrabridgeclub@outlook.com or Contact Us via the new website (it's under the Information link on the left hand side of the screen).
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship
The BBO Championship event with Capital Bridge Club will be held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August. A pair's best 4 results will determine their ranking in the Championship.
This event is open only to members of either club.
BFACT Gala Day (including GNOT selection) - Saturday 10 August
The Bridge Federation of the ACT is holding a Gala ‘Gold’ Pairs Day on Saturday, 10 August 2024 at the CBC club rooms starting at 10 am. Cost of entry is $42 per person.
The objectives of the day are two-fold:
-
To provide a one-day butler pairs event where players of BFACT affiliated clubs of all levels will be welcomed and will be competitive. The event will have Open, Restricted and Novice categories.
-
To select “ACT 2” and “ACT Provincial” teams for the Grand National Open Teams (GNOT). A provincial player is one who is under 300 MP or a player from a provincial club affiliated to BFACT.
The ACT 2 and ACT Provincial teams selected will join the (already determined) ACT 1 team in a 64-team knock out phase on RealBridge over 3 days in September (Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd). Teams that are knocked out go into a Swiss repechage. The final phase has 2 divisions, to be played face-to-face in Sydney in late November:
-
a 4-team knockout final, consisting of the two undefeated teams from the previous phase, plus the top two from the repechage; and
-
an 8-team non-metropolitan round- robin final.
To enter the Gala Day events, click here. For a fuller description of the GNOT, click here.
Club members with under 300 masterpoints are especially encouraged to try making the ACT Provincial team by playing in the Gala Day. Not only is the team guaranteed 3 days of bridge online in September, ACT Provincial is one of around 30 non-metropolitan teams in the GNOT, which gives it a reasonable shot at making the final round-robin in November.
RealBridge Promotion extended
Canberra Bridge Club has extended its offer encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge to the end of July. Each player can play 3 sessions across June & July at a reduced entry fee of just $6 per session.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Inter Club events in August - update
-
-
-
-
-
Normal table money applies for the events at our club. The extent of the subsidy for representing our club at the BFACT event in Cootamundra will be advised shortly.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
Club members you need to have created your own password, as follows:
-
Non-members should contact the club here.
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Newsletter week beginning 8 July 2024 |
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News
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ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 13 August - Please nominate!
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BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship starts 25 July
-
BFACT Gala Day (including GNOT selection) - Saturday 10 August
-
RealBridge promotion extended to end July - Canberra Bridge Club
-
Inter club events August
-
Club reminders
-
Lessons
-
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
-
Next Will Jenner-O'Shea workshops - Sunday 11 August (10am - 3pm)
-
Refresher Course - the next lessons in August on Defence
-
Next beginners' courses - start mid-August
-
Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
-
Other useful links
News
ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 13 August - Please nominate!
We are seeking home members and regular non-home members and visitors to make up a South Canberra team for each of the 5 divisions of this event.
-
The event is played on the second Tuesday of every month from August to December, starting at 7.30pm, on RealBridge
-
The 5 divisions are (i) Open (ii) under 750 masterpoints (iii) under 300 mps (iv) under 100 mps & (v) under 50 mps as at 31 March 2024.
-
Each club can field one team in each division; there is no limit to the numbers of players on each team.
-
Each team is guaranteed to play 5 rounds:
-
The first two rounds are qualifying rounds
-
The top 8 teams in each division then go into a knockout competition
-
The teams that don't qualify play in a consolation tournament for the remaining 3 rounds, where they are joined by the teams knocked out.
-
This is a National Gold Point event.
-
More details about the event are here; the regulations applying are here.
South Canberra will pay the entry fees for each of its teams.
If you'd like to represent the club, please address an email to the club at southcanberrabridgeclub@outlook.com or Contact Us via the new website (it's under the Information link on the left hand side of the screen).
BBO Joint Club Pairs Championship
The BBO Championship event with Capital Bridge Club will be held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August.
This event is open only to members of either club.
BFACT Gala Day (including GNOT selection) - Saturday 10 August
The Bridge Federation of the ACT is holding a Gala ‘Gold’ Pairs Day on Saturday, 10 August 2024 at the CBC club rooms starting at 10 am. Cost of entry is $42 per person.
The objectives of the day are two-fold:
-
To provide a one-day butler pairs event where players of BFACT affiliated clubs of all levels will be welcomed and will be competitive. The event will have Open, Restricted and Novice categories.
-
To select “ACT 2” and “ACT Provincial” teams for the Grand National Open Teams (GNOT). A provincial player is one who is under 300 MP or a player from a provincial club affiliated to BFACT.
The ACT 2 and ACT Provincial teams selected will join the (already determined) ACT 1 team in a 64-team knock out phase on RealBridge over 3 days in September (Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd). Teams that are knocked out go into a Swiss repechage. The final phase has 2 divisions, to be played face-to-face in Sydney in late November:
-
a 4-team knockout final, consisting of the two undefeated teams from the previous phase, plus the top two from the repechage; and
-
an 8-team non-metropolitan round- robin final.
To enter the Gala Day events, click here. For a fuller description of the GNOT, click here.
Club members with under 300 masterpoints are especially encouraged to try making the ACT Provincial team by playing in the Gala Day. Not only is the team guaranteed 3 days of bridge online in September, ACT Provincial is one of around 30 non-metropolitan teams in the GNOT, which gives it a reasonable shot at making the final round-robin in November.
RealBridge Promotion extended
Canberra Bridge Club has extended its offer encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge to the end of July. Each player can play 3 sessions across June & July at a reduced entry fee of just $6 per session.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Inter Club events in August - update
-
-
-
-
-
Normal table money applies for the events at our club. The extent of the subsidy for representing our club at the BFACT event in Cootamundra will be advised shortly.
Club - reminders
-
-
To register to play face-to-face or to request a partner:
-
Club members you need to have created your own password, as follows:
-
Non-members should contact the club here.
-
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
-
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
please register to play or to request a partner, as indicated above.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
-
-
Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are 6-7 August & 13-14 August on Defence. 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. Click here for more detail.
-
Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August - details here.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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News
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ABF Club Teams Knockout starts 13 August - Please nominate!
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BBO Joint Club P ..........
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| Newsletter week beginning 1 July 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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New website now live!
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Nationwide Pairs this Wednesday evening
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BBO Joint Club Championship starts 25 July
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RealBridge promotion extended to end July - Canberra Bridge Club
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Inter club events August
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Australian National Championships, 6 -18 July, Orange NSW
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Canberra Bridge Club lessons
-
Next Will Jenner-O'Shea workshops - Sunday 11 August (10am - 3pm)
-
Refresher Course - the next lessons in August on Defence
-
Next beginners' courses - start mid-August
-
Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
-
Other useful links
News
The new club website is now live!
Please use the calendar on the site to register for our face-to-face sessions. You can also use it to request a partner.
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To do either of these as a club member, you need to have created your own password, as follows:
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Click ‘Member Area’
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Click ‘Set/Reset Password’
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Type your email address
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Click ‘Send Set Password Email’
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Follow the instructions in the email.
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You can then register or request by (i) going to the Members' Area or (ii) hovering over the session and clicking on the appropriate pop-up.
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Non-members should contact the club here.
For information on what’s available to registered users of the site, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
For more information, please speak to Chris Tough.
Nationwide Pairs
BBO Joint Club Championship
The BBO Championship event with Capital Bridge Club will be held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August.
This event is open only to members of either club.
RealBridge Promotion extended
Canberra Bridge Club has extended its offer encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge to the end of July. Each player can play 3 sessions across June & July at a reduced entry fee of just $6 per session.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Inter Club events in August - update
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August 13 - Tuesday evening - First qualifying round. Club Teams KnockOut - we will call for team members from next week.
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-
Normal table money applies for the events at our club. The extent of the subsidy for representing our club at the BFACT event in Cootamundra will be advised shortly.
Australian National Championships, 6 -18 July, Orange NSW
The Championships are being alongside the Central West Festival of Bridge which includes plenty of pairs events to tempt all bridge players. Many pairs events follow the Swiss format, but there are two events for players at Restricted level, being the Restricted Welcome Pairs on 6 July and the Restricted Butler Pairs on the weekend of 13-14 July.
To see the Festival Brochure and to enter, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Playing face-to-face at the Club (on Wednesdays) (10 am or 7.00 pm):
-
please register to play or to request a partner:
-
if you are a member or registered visitor, use the club calendar (either by logging in or placing the cursor over the session name)
-
if you are not a registered visitor, please contact the club. Visitors are of course very welcome.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar.
-
If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip.
-
Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
GNOT Qualifying Rounds - Information on qualifying for the Canberra 2 and ACT provincial teams will be published when available. A description of the 2024 GNOT as a whole is here.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
-
-
Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are 6-7 August & 13-14 August on Defence. 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. Click here for more detail.
-
Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August - details here.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
-
-
-
-
The ABF website has a page for learners here
-
-
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Newsletter 24 June 2024 |
Hello everyone
This week ...
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News
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BBO Joint Club Championship
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Inter club events in August.
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Australian National Championships, 6 -18 July, Orange NSW
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A new club website from 1 July!
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In June - RealBridge promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
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Lifeline Canberra Southside Bookfair 28-30 June
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Two more Will Jenner-O'Shea workshops - next is Sunday 29 June (10am - 3pm)
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Refresher Course - the next lessons in August on Defence
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Next beginners' courses - start mid-August
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
News
BBO Joint Club Championship
The BBO Championship event with Capital Bridge Club will be held over 6 consecutive Thursdays from 25 July to 29 August. More details about the event in the next couple of weeks.
Inter Club events in August
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Normal table money applies for the events at our club. The extent of the subsidy for representing our club at the BFACT event in Cootamundra will be advised shortly.
Australian National Championships, 6 -18 July, Orange NSW
The Championships are being alongside the Central West Festival of Bridge which includes plenty of pairs events to tempt all bridge players. Many pairs events follow the Swiss format, but there are two events for players at Restricted level, being the Restricted Welcome Pairs on 6 July and the Restricted Butler Pairs on the weekend of 13-14 July.
To see the Festival Brochure and to enter, click here.
A new club website from 1 July!
The new site by Bridgewebs, which began in the UK serving a local club and now claims almost 2000 member clubs across over 30 countries. The site will provide greater functionality for members and make administration easier.
The site has already been populated with each member’s name, email, ABF number and BBO username. Results from sessions held since the beginning of March 2024 have been posted, as has much of the information on our current site.
To explore the site as a member, you need to create your own password, as follows:
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Click ‘Member Area’
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Click ‘Set/Reset Password’
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Type your email address
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Click ‘Send Set Password Email’
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Follow the instructions in the email.
For information on what’s available to members, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here. For all sessions in June, please continue to register on the calendar in the current website.
For more information, speak to Chris Tough.
RealBridge Promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge by offering each player 3 sessions in June at a reduced entry fee of just $6.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Lifeline Canberra Southside Bookfair
The next Lifeline Canberra Bookfair will be held at Tuggeranong Southern Cross Stadium Friday to Sunday 28-30 June. More details are here.
Second-hand books from Lifeline can be purchased year-round at Book Lovers Lane, at the Fyshwick Markets, open Thursday – Sundays from 9am – 4pm.
Club - reminders
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Playing at the Club
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The next Nationwide Pairs will be Wednesday evening 3 July.
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GNOT Qualifying Rounds - Information on qualifying for the Canberra 2 and ACT provincial teams will be published when available. A description of the 2024 GNOT as a whole is here.
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The ABF Club Teams Knock Out will begin in August this year. There will be 5 divisions - more information is here. Nominations to represent SCBC will be sought in due course.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are 6-7 August & 13-14 August on Defence. 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. Click here for more detail.
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Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August - details here.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
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| Last updated : 2nd Jul 2024 08:33 ESTA |
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| Newsletter 17 June 2024 |
This week ...
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News
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Australian National Championships, 6 -18 July, Orange NSW
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A new club website from 1 July!
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A notable result
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In June - RealBridge promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
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Lifeline Canberra Southside Bookfair 28-30 June
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
News
Australian National Championships, 6 -18 July, Orange NSW
The Championships are being alongside the Central West Festival of Bridge which includes plenty of pairs events to tempt all bridge players. Many pairs events follow the Swiss format, but there are two events for players at Restricted level, being the Restricted Welcome Pairs on 6 July and the Restricted Butler Pairs on the weekend of 13-14 July.
To see the Festival Brochure and to enter, click here.
A new club website from 1 July!
The new site by Bridgewebs, which began in the UK serving a local club and now claims almost 2000 member clubs across over 30 countries. The site will provide greater functionality for members and make administration easier.
The site has already been populated with each member’s name, email, ABF number and BBO username. Results from sessions held since the beginning of March 2024 have been posted, as has much of the information on our current site.
To explore the site as a member, you need to create your own password, as follows:
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Click ‘Member Area’
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Click ‘Set/Reset Password’
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Type your email address
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Click ‘Send Set Password Email’
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Follow the instructions in the email.
For information on what’s available to members, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
For all sessions in June, please continue to register on the calendar in the current website.
For more information, speak to Chris Tough.
A Notable result
Well done to Michael Burt and Gordon Henderson who (with 24 of 28 clubs posting results) are currently 24th of 319 pairs in Nationwide Pairs #12.
RealBridge Promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge by offering each player 3 sessions in June at a reduced entry fee of just $6.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Lifeline Canberra Southside Bookfair
The next Lifeline Canberra Bookfair will be held at Tuggeranong Southern Cross Stadium Friday to Sunday 28-30 June. More details are here.
Second-hand books from Lifeline can be purchased year-round at Book Lovers Lane, at the Fyshwick Markets, open Thursday – Sundays from 9am – 4pm.
Club - reminders
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Playing at the Club
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For instructions on how to take part in any of the above sessions, please visit our website.
- If you need a partner ... Here's how
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The next Nationwide Pairs will be Wednesday evening 3 July.
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GNOT Qualifying Rounds - Information on qualifying for the Canberra 2 and ACT provincial teams will be published when available. A description of the 2024 GNOT as a whole is here.
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The ABF Club Teams Knock Out will begin in August this year. There will be 5 divisions - more information is here. Nominations to represent SCBC will be sought in due course.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are 6-7 August & 13-14 August on Defence. 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. Click here for more detail.
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Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August - details here.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 25th Jun 2024 21:19 ESTA |
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| Newsletter 10 June 2024 |
This week ...
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News
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Events and some results
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A new club website from 1 July!
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Second hand bridge books for sale (Lifeline)
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In June - RealBridge promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
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Funds raised for the Women's Youth team
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
News
Events & some (notable) results
We will be hosting a session of the ABF's Nationwide Pairs this coming Wednesday morning.
Well done to Alex Hewat and George Stockham who finished a very respectable 29th in a filed of 106 pairs in the Wally Scott Open Swiss Pairs at the Victor Champion Cup which has just concluded in Melbourne.
Well done to Ashok Tulpule and Narinder Grover who finished 30th of 296 pairs in Nationwide Pairs #11.
The national results for the Australia-Wide Novice pairs have been finalised and can be viewed here. Well done to Barbara Leahey and Sue Pye, who finished in the top 12% nationwide (over 600 tables took part).
A new club website from 1 July!
The new site by Bridgewebs, which began in the UK serving a local club and now claims almost 2000 member clubs across over 30 countries. The site will provide greater functionality for members and make administration easier. The site has already been populated with each member’s name, email, ABF number and BBO username. Results from sessions held since the beginning of March 2024 have been posted, as has much of the information on our current site.
To explore the site as a member, you need to create your own password, as follows:
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Click ‘Member Area’
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Click ‘Set/Reset Password’
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Type your email address
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Click ‘Send Set Password Email’
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Follow the instructions in the email.
For information on what’s available to members, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
For all sessions in June, please continue to register on the calendar in the current website.
For more information, speak to Chris Tough.
Second hand bridge books for sale (Lifeline)
Book Lovers Lane, run by Lifeline Canberra at the Fyshwick Markets, has received a donation of about 100 bridge books most from the first half of the 20th century. The authors include Ely Culbertson, W Dalton, Milton C Work and AE Manning Foster.
They went on sale last Thursday. Book Lovers Lane is open Thursday – Sunday from 9am – 4pm.
RealBridge Promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge by offering each player 3 sessions in June at a reduced entry fee of just $6.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Funds raised for the Australian team going to Women's u/26 World Championship in July
The Canberra Bridge Club advises that the recent fundraising event for the Australian Under 26 Women’s Team which was held to support Canberrans Zara Chowdhury and Diya Shah for their airfares and accommodation raised a healthy $2032.00. The funds will go into a “shared pool of funds” which has been received from around the country (and overseas) and will be split between all six members of the team.
The event was very well supported by our members.
Club - reminders
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Playing at the Club
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As usual, to play in either Wednesday session (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play using the club calendar.
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Visitors are of course always welcome.
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Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar. If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip. Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
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Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
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For instructions on how to take part in any of the above sessions, please visit our website.
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GNOT Qualifying Rounds - Qualifying for the Canberra 1 team has commenced. More information on qualifying for the Canberra 2 and ACT provincial teams will be published when available. A description of the 2024 GNOT as a whole is here.
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The ABF Club Teams Knock Out will begin in August this year. There will be 5 divisions. An ABF Marketing campaign will begin soon. Nominations to represent SCBC will be sought in due course.
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To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are11 & 12 June on Declarer Play. 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. Click here for more detail.
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Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August - details here.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Chris Diment Memorial Congress (Illawarra Bridge Association) - June 15-16. BFACT Gala Day Congress 2024 - Saturday August 10
Other useful links
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The ABF website has a page for learners here
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Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 25th Jun 2024 21:20 ESTA |
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| Newsletter - 5 June 2024 |
This week ...
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News
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A new club website from 1 July!
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Second hand bridge books for sale (Lifeline)
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In June - RealBridge promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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2 more Will Jenner-O'Shea workshops - next is Sunday 29 June (10am - 3pm)
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Refresher Course - the next lessons are 11 & 12 June on Declarer Play
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Next beginners' courses - start mid-August
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
News
A new club website from 1 July!
We’re moving to a new website from 1 July! https://www.bridgewebs.com/southcanberra/
The new site by Bridgewebs, which began in the UK serving a local club and now claims almost 2000 member clubs across over 30 countries. The site will provide greater functionality for members and make administration easier.
The site has already been populated with each member’s name, email, ABF number and BBO username. Results from sessions held since the beginning of March 2024 have been posted, as has much of the information on our current site.
To explore the site as a member, you need to create your own password, as follows:
-
Click ‘Member Area’
-
Click ‘Set/Reset Password’
-
Type your email address
-
Click ‘Send Set Password Email’
-
Follow the instructions in the email.
For information on what’s available to members, go to the ? icon (top left of the home page) and then to section 4 Using your website – members or click here. Video tutorials are also available here.
For all sessions in June, please continue to register on the calendar in the current website.
For more information, speak to Chris Tough.
Second hand bridge books for sale (Lifeline)
Book Lovers Lane, run by Lifeline Canberra at the Fyshwick Markets, has received a donation of about 100 bridge books most from the first half of the 20th century. The authors include Ely Culbertson, W Dalton, Milton C Work and AE Manning Foster.
They will be going out for sale this Thursday and will be all on one table. Book Lovers Lane is open Thursday – Sunday from 9am – 4pm.
RealBridge Promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge by offering each player 3 sessions in June at a reduced entry fee of just $6.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Club - reminders
-
Playing at the Club
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-
As usual, to play in either Wednesday session (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play using the club calendar.
-
Visitors are of course always welcome.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
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The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar. If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip. Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
For instructions on how to take part in any of the above sessions, please visit our website.
-
If you need a partner ... Here's how
-
GNOT Qualifying Rounds - Qualifying for the Canberra 1 team has commenced. More information on qualifying for the Canberra 2 and ACT provincial teams will be published when available. A description of the 2024 GNOT as a whole is here.
-
The ABF Club Teams Knock Out will begin in August this year. There will be 5 divisions. An ABF Marketing campaign will begin soon. Nominations to represent SCBC will be sought in due course.
-
To buy a copy of A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club. Price: $60 + postage $12.
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Will Jenner O'Shea workshops
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Saturday 29 June (10 am to 3pm) - Common Bidding Errors, and How to Avoid Them
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Sunday 11 August (10am to 3 pm) - Competitive Bidding
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Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are11 & 12 June on Declarer Play. 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. Click here for more detail.
-
Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August - details here.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Chris Diment Memorial Congress (Illawarra Bridge Association) - June 15-16.
Other useful links
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Newsletter - 27 May 2024 |
This week ...
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News
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Two important changes to in-person playing arrangements
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Wednesday evenings - play starts at 7pm from now on!
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Covid protocol change - bidding boxes to remain stationary.
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Two national club events this week
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28 May - First round Grand National Open Teams qualifying (and please read about the new GNOT format)
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In June - RealBridge promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
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Victor Champion Cup - two Restricted events, 6-7, & 8-10 June, Melbourne
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ABF Club Teams Knockout 2024 - First qualifying round will be in August.
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A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Regions
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Club reminders
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Lessons
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Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Youth Day Sunday 2 June (11am - 1pm)
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3 x Will Jenner-O'Shea workshops - next is Sunday 2 June (1.30pm - 4pm)
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Refresher Course - the next lessons are 4 & 5 June on Declarer Play
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Next beginners' courses - start mid-August
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Calendars - BFACT, ABF and NSWBA
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Other useful links
News
Two important changes to in-person playing arrangements
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Wednesday evenings - play starts at 7pm from now on!
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Covid protocol change - The Committee has agreed to a suggestion that bidding boxes remain stationary in future in-person sessions. The formal Covid protocol document will be updated shortly.
Two national club events this Wed 29 May
This Wednesday morning, we will be hosting a section of the Australia-Wide Novice Pairs run by Australian Bridge Magazine (non-contending pairs allowed for small clubs). We have already let the other Canberra region clubs know about the event, but if you happen to know any novices who may be interested, please have a word and ask them to register. A flyer is here;
The Wednesday evening session will be Nationwide Pairs #11.
Please note that we only charge our usual table money to all players, members or not. Our club bears the entry fees charged by the organisers of these events ($5 per player for the Australia-Wide Pairs, $1 per player for the NWP).
28 May - first round GNOT Open Teams qualifying
A new, 3-phase, format for the Grand National Open Teams is being introduced this year. The new format provides for greater involvement for all teams and incentives for more non-metropolitan teams to take part (ACT provincial is a non-metropolitan team).
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Phase 1 is the usual region-based selection process (for BFACT, this selects 3 teams, Canberra 1, Canberra 2 and ACT Provincial)
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Phase 2 is new. It will be knock out tournament, run on RealBridge, with losing teams moving to a repechage Swiss event.
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Phase 3 will be 2 face-to-face finals.
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The main event will be a knockout involving 4 teams, the top 2 undefeated from Phase 2, plus the top two from the repechage.
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The other final will be an 8-team round-robin of the top non-metropolitan teams who do not qualify for the main final. (ACT provincial is one of some 30 non-metropolitan teams).
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Full details of the overall competition are here.
Dates for each phase are as follows:
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Phase 1 (BFACT qualifying events)
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Phase 2 (National qualifying) - weekend of Friday 20 September to Sunday 22 September (on RealBridge)
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Phase 3 (National finals) - weekend of Saturday 23 November and Sunday 24 November (in Sydney).
RealBridge Promotion by Canberra Bridge Club
Canberra Bridge Club is encouraging its members and their guests to try RealBridge by offering each player 3 sessions in June at a reduced entry fee of just $6.
The club runs 4 sessions a week on RealBridge, being Monday nights and Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Payment is taken via a player's myABF bridge credits.
For more information, click here.
Victor Champion Cup, Melbourne
The Victor Champion Cup is one of the major ABF Congresses. This year it includes two Restricted events, for players under 300 mps:
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A Pairs event over two days, 6 & 7 June.
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A teams event over 3 days 8 - 10 June.
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Entries for this event are still open - click here for more detail.
ABF Club Teams Knockout 2024 - Update
I have now received some clarification from the ABF about this competition. There are to-date two important changes from previous years:
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there will be only two qualifying rounds, the first of which will be in August (the June round has been scrapped)
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there will be an extra division, for players under 300 mps.
I understand that the ABF's marketing campaign for this competition will start shortly, at which time I will bring you more detail. I will also seek nominations for the now 5 divisions closer to the first round.
A Compulsive Pastime - A History of Bridge in the ACT and Surrounding Region
South Canberra has a copy of this publication which can be viewed at our in-person sessions on Wednesday. Written by John Brockwell and David Hoffman, two of Canberra’s longstanding players, this book covers the evolution and development of bridge in Canberra and the surrounding regions.
Price: $60 + postage $12. To obtain a copy, contact David Hoffman 0407 782 756 or via email davidhoffman@iinet.net.au, or collect from Canberra Bridge Club.
Club - reminders
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Playing at the Club
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As usual, to play in either Wednesday session (10 am or 7.00 pm), please register to play using the club calendar.
-
Visitors are of course always welcome.
-
Our Covid-19 Safety Plan includes staying home if unwell, letting me know via email to caruak@gmail.com (in-confidence) if you test positive or develop symptoms within 3 days of playing.
-
The sessions will run as long as there is a minimum of two tables registered in the club calendar. If a session is unlikely to reach that number, we try to contact those registered to save them a wasted trip. Table money is payable once there are 3 full tables.
-
Thursday evenings on BBO - visitors welcome. Registration on BBO in the usual manner.
-
For instructions on how to take part in any of the above sessions, please visit our website.
-
If you need a partner ... Here's how
Lessons
Canberra Bridge Club lessons
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Will Jenner O'Shea - Youth Day Sunday 2 June (11am - 1pm)
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Will Jenner O'Shea workshops
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Sunday 2 June (1.30pm to 4pm) - Improve your No Trump Conventions
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Saturday 29 June (10 am to 3pm) - Common Bidding Errors, and How to Avoid Them
-
Sunday 11 August (10am to 3 pm) - Competitive Bidding
-
Refreshers Course with Barbara Toohey and Steve Geddes - next sessions are 4 & 5 June on Declarer Play. 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. Click here for more detail.
-
Next CBC Beginners' Courses start in August - details here.
Calendars
Here are the calendars for:
Chris Diment Memorial Congress (Illawarra Bridge Association) - June 15-16.
Other useful links
Regards
Kevin Caruana
Tournament Secretary
South Canberra Bridge Club
WhatsApp 0448 545 444
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| Last updated : 5th Jun 2024 14:43 ESTA |
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