July 2022 Newsletter


Coming Events

Presidents Cup - Thursday July 14, 12:30 – 16:00 Entries online

BWBC Super Congress -
Swiss Pairs Sat 23 July          10:00 – 16:45                        
Swiss Teams Sun 24 July       10:00 – 16:45 
Play online at RealBridge – Entry via NSWBA or myABF

Open Pairs Championship and State Pairs Qualifier Sat August 6   9:30–16:00 Entries Online closing Wed Aug 3rd, Lunch included, please advise special dietary needs. Table fees – To be advised


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Player Promotions
Congratulations to members who achieved promotions in their Masterpoint ranking in June:
 
Name Rank
Martin Johnson Grand
Judy Wulff Gold Life
Chris Hasemore Silver Life
Sue Eastman Bronze Life
Pauline Caust Bronze National
John Aldersley State
Philip Harper Regional
Jennifer Anderson Club
Gavin Pearce Graduate
Grand Master - Congratulations to our new Grand Master Martin Johnson! Well done and best wishes on the achievement of this significant status.


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Results of Note –

Winter Pairs – Congratulations to Dasha Brandt and David Bowerman winners of the day with 62%. Normally a percentage in the 60%s would signal a comfortable win however on this occasion Jorgen Boettiger and Deborah Guthrie finished a mere 0.5% behind to fill the 2nd podium spot. Julie Teague & Joan Walsh finished a respectable third.

GNOT Qualifier - Eight teams competed in the Brisbane Water round of the GNOT. The event was won by local Team Lindsay. They scored 5 wins out of 7 giving them top spot at the close of play. BWBC squad, Team Wulff, had the same number of wins but the VPs were against them relegating the players to 2nd spot on the podium.  Gosford, Team Coats, filled the final podium spot with a 3, 1, 3 result.
Team Lindsay – Lorraine Lindsay, Chris Hannan, Jaan Oitmaa & Sylvia Foster
Team Wulff – Judy Wulff, Susan McCall, Dasha Brandt and David Bowerman
Team Coats – Di Coats, Jan Clarke, Sally & Garry Clarke

Teams of 3 - Eight teams participated in our annual Teams of 3 competition. Team Johnson topped the podium with 2 good wins and a draw well clear of the others with a final score of 42 VPs.  There was a tense struggle for the other podium spots with Teams Foster S and Foster B having the same win/loss record but in the final analysis separated by only 0.04 VPs.

Monthly Point Score – Best 3 out of 5 Wednesdays in June                      
Wednesday AM session - Julie Teague and Bobbie Lyons
Wednesday PM session - Beryl Lowry and John Aldersley

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Lorraine Lindsay’s Intermediate Lessons

Thursday mornings 9.30am x 3 weeks - $10 per lesson
Lesson 1) Thursday 7th July - OPENING LEADS
Starting with a quiz and open discussion + pre dealt hands to play.

Lesson 2) Thursday 14th July - GOOD DEFENCE 
Remember, 50% of the time we are defending.
Every card played has a message
Send meaningful messages to partner’s leads and discards. 
Making your discards and following suit “a mine of information”! 

Lesson 3) Thursday 21st July - LOW LEVEL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
How to be a nuisance!  Doubles - Negative/Balancing//Responsive/Penalty

To register please sign-up in the club or email Lorraine ljlindsay65@gmail.com 
 
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Pastoral Care at BWBC
Chaplin – We are fortunate to have Linda Brown in the role of Chaplain for our membership. Pastoral care includes listening with a caring heart, offering comfort, strength and guidance to others who may be experiencing pain, stress or anxiety or by sharing the journey of illness, death and bereavement. Linda is willing to give her time and assistance with any area of loss or grief.
Contact Linda at the club or phone 0458 234 548

Welfare Officer – Jenny Buckley is our club welfare officer. If you know of a member who is in hospital, ill or needing a cheer-up from the club please let Jenny know.
Contact Jenny at the club or phone 0410 157 004
 
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Changes to Supervised Play Sessions
Please note Wednesday Afternoon will no longer offer a Supervised Section.

Supervised Play will continue Monday or Friday mornings starting at 10:00 – 12:30 as per usual

There is only one field of “Soft Duplicate” play on Wednesday afternoon starting at 12:45

 
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