Newsletter 4 November 2022

In this week’s newsletter...

President's Message
Will Jenner O'Shea Workshop - Saturday 26 November
Welcome to New Members
Promotions
Results
Upcoming Events
Australian - Opens Teams Trials - BB online operators wanted!
Down Under v Up Open RealBridge challenge - 6 December
Summer Festival of Bridge Program for January 2023
Lighter Moments

From the President

On Tuesday Canberra Bridge Club hosted our first social event for over two and a half years! It is hard to imagine back in March of 2020 that we would be still living with the consequences of this terrible virus moving into 2023. I just hope that those who attended Tuesday’s function enjoyed yourselves and will be back again as we have more functions in the Bridge Club.

More importantly is the educational opportunity being offered on 26^th November by William Jenner-O’Shea. This guy is a leading bridge coach, and we are privileged to have him come to our club to offer a series of workshops. Details of how you can book a place is further down this newsletter so please consult your partners and come along. We need to know numbers very soon.

We are also hosting a Directors course on the weekend of 19-20^th November in the Olive Lott room hosted by BFACT so anyone who is wishing to learn more about the rules of Bridge or wishes to become more involved in Directing should take this very convenient option.

It's been a long time since we've had a comprehensive working bee at the clubhouse. From 9.30am on Saturday 19 November we will be putting up Christmas decorations, tidying up inside and lots of gardening. We would appreciate as many of you who are available to come and assist.

Don’t rescue your partner!

Tim Mather

Will Jenner-O'Shea Workshop - 26 November

Please register for this insightful bridge workshop by 5pm on Friday 11 November 2022.This will allow time for board dealing, booklet printing and organising catering for this event.

Further details below.. This is the first in a series of workshops to be presented by William Jenner-O’Shea suitable for all standards of players. For more details see the flier here. Partnership and singles bookings are welcome.

Topic: Improve Your Overcalls and Competitive Bidding
Date:Saturday 26 November, 10 am – 3 pm
Cost:$45 for CBC & BFACT-affiliated Club members; $50 for visitors
Bookings: Please fill out our online entry form
Payment: Members pay via CBCPay; non-members via Direct Deposit to our account.

Will Jenner-O'Shea is a very experienced teacher and an Australian representative player. He has taught hundreds of Beginners, and thousands of Intermediate and Advanced players. He has represented Australia and won several National events. His last workshop in 2021 was very well received.

Enquiries: Patricia McDonald This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Bruce Chapman This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Welcome to New Members in October

We welcome 15 new Members in October:

Yvette Annesley
Sylvia Corby
Lorna Davies
Maite De Muller
David Gardiner
Declan Ingham
Petros Papadopoulos
Sue Phillips
Glen Sebasio
Felix Shteyman
Madeleine Spies
Sharon Thompson
Diana White
Margaret Vincent
Gen Yan-Colebourn

Please make these newcomers welcome at the table.

Promotions in October

Name	New Rank	Promoted From
John Reis	Graduate	nil
Kerry Webber	Graduate	nil
Marilyn O'Sullivan	Graduate	nil
Rory O'Brien	Club	Graduate
Coralie Driscoll	Local	Club
Julie Moon	Local	Club
Kerry Flanagan	Local	Club
Pamela Mathie	Bronze Local	Local
Roger Brake	Bronze Local	Local
Brenda Watts	Silver Local	Bronze Local
Dianne Scott	Silver Local	Bronze Local
June Anderson	Regional	Silver Local
George McLean	Bronze State	State

Congratulations to all the promotees!

Sessions in the Club and on RealBridge are outlined below

Upcoming Sessions

Our weekly sessions are almost the same as last week:

Monday morning 10.00am at the club
Monday 2.00 pm (24 boards) RealBridge
Monday 7.00 pm RealBridge
Tuesday afternoon 1.00pm at the club
Tuesday 7.15pm Competition Event at the Club 7.15pm
Wednesday morning 10.00am at the club
Wednesday morning 10.15am RealBridge
Wednesday evening supervised at the club 7pm (18 boards following lesson)
Wednesday evening 7.15pm at the club
Thursday morning 10.00am at the club - Butler and walk in duplicate
Thursday afternoon 2.00pm (now 27 boards with Rob Hurst) RealBridge
Friday morning supervised 9.30am at the club (18 boards following lesson)
Friday morning walk-in session 9.30am
Friday afternoon 1.00pm at the club
Friday afternoon 1.15pm RealBridge
Saturday afternoon 1.15pm RealBridge

Watch the newsletters and website for advice on face-to-face sessions at the club, and RealBridge sessions as these are fluid, depending on COVID developments and demand. At this stage it is intended that the Monday and Thursday afternoon RealBridge sessions will continue indefinitely.

Please note that there's been 2 known cases of COVID in the past fortnight. Please monitor for symptoms and stay home if unwell.

Member table money will be deducted from players CBCPay accounts. Visitors' fees will be paid for by their member-partner, or via prior arrangement by emailing the office.

Cost: face-to-face $10 members/ $13 visitors, concession $9. RealBridge $8 members and $7 concession (including event) $10 visitors

Links to sessions are on our RealBridge page.

CBC Pay and Membership Renewals

Membership Renewal Notices for 2023 were emailed out on Monday. Please note that you have months to pay this - as membership is due by 1 January but does not lapse with the ABF until the end of March 2023.

CBC Pay Statements were emailed out yesterday and today, some even after this newsletter.

The office has been inundated with payments and payment requests. Please be patient as we try to catch up with all the entries and payments. In a week or so we will be able to respond to requests of whether payments have been received, deducted etc.

November Supervised Sessions Wednesday nights and Friday Mornings at the Club

We run supervised duplicates on Wednesday evenings starting at 7.00pm and Friday mornings starting at 9.30am.

Each duplicate is preceded by a short lesson.

Here are the classes for November

9/11 November: declarer play – finesse
16/18 November: Signals
23/25 November: Better minor, responses and rebids
30 Nov/2 Dec: Responses to NT and stayman

If you are interested, please come along. You don’t need a partner. There is no need to book. If you would like a copy of the notes, please contact Morag Lokan. Morag’s email address is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Master the Basics

Master the Basics virtual lessons are on Thursdays at 9.00am. The topic on 10 November is Slam Bidding - Bidding Big Hands. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want to be added to the Zoom class. $6 for members and $8 for non-members. The lessons run for 30 minutes.

Results

Spring Matchpoint Pairs

Bernard Waters - Michael Cullen
Bev Crossman - Judith Tobin
Malcolm Carter - Jennifer Carter

Upcoming Events

State Open Pairs

This 3 week face-to-face competition, is face-to-face at the club on Tuesdays - November 8, 15 & 22, with a7:15 pm start.

This is an Honour Board event and the winning pair will be the 2022 ACT Open Pairs Champions! Entries close 10am on November 7.

Australian Open Teams Playoff 12-17 November

The ABF are staging the Australian Open Team Playoff is being held from 12 to 17 November at our Club upstairs in the Olive Lott Rooms.

BBO Operators needed to Broadcast

The ABF would like to broadcast on BBO one match from each round of the Australian Opens Teams Playoff.

To do this, a sufficient number of BBO "Operators" are needed.

you need a working knowledge of using BBO and training on the specifics of being an operator will be given if required.
you need to be available for a number of sessions.
lunch and remuneration are provided (4 matches a day at around $50 per match of 15 boards - it's worked out on a board basis).

If you, or someone you know, are interested, please contact the tournament organiser Roy Nixon on 0423 043 220 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Canberra Summer Festival of Bridge January 10-22 January 2023

10-14 January

Senior and Women's Teams

Senior and Women's Playoffs

Non Life and Life Masters' Teams

Chris DIment Swiss Pairs

One Day Novice Teams and Two Day Novice MP Pairs

Penline Swiss Pairs

Weekend 15-16 January

TBIB OPen, <100 and Mixed (new with PQPs) and Penline<500 Swiss Pairs

Week 2 17-22 January

17-22 January

South West Pacific Teans

<750/300 MPs Teams

Neura Swiss Pairs

Pack up and go Home Pairs

NOT Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals

All enquiries: Ian Thomson

Enter via MyABF

A Word on our Sponsors

Many members are aware of our Club Sponsors, listed on our website and appearing via PowerPoint on the TV. However, it is timely to follow up our President's comments a fortnight ago and remind members of the very positive role that sponsorship plays in the club. We currently have eight sponsors who pay a nice fee to advertise their business. It is essential that we support our sponsors and let them know we are from the bridge club. They need to know that their support is an investment, not just a cost to them. Consequently, please tell them you are a CBC member. The list of sponsors is:

In regards to Travel Associates, their sponsorship includes the standard fee, plus they pay a trailing commission on bookings made. You are highly encouraged to make any travel arrangements via Travel Associates. They have shop fronts at Belconnen Mall (Rachel our account manager), Reis and James Travel Associates at Manuka (Alan), Jamison Plaza Travel Associates (Thea) and Gungahlin Travel Associates (Keiran). Please let the staff know you are a CBC member and family and friends can be included in arrangement.

A proforma is available from our office to be used to detail your booking and handed back to our office staff to enable reconciliation of the commission payable.

Additionally, Travel Associates offer a Protected Luggage arrangement when flights have been booked via their network.

Your luggage will not only be tracked, but its return to you will be expedited
You will receive a notification when your luggage has been located, what forwarding flight it is on, when it will land and confirmation that it is on track.
If your luggage is not recovered within 96 hours, you will be compensated with AU$1000 per bag* to your nominated bank account with 2-3 business days
Travel Associates will continue to look for your luggage for another 21 days if it cannot be quickly located.

Lighter Moments

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”

My tolerance for idiots is extremely low these days. I used to have some immunity built up, but obviously there's a new strain out there.

It’s not my age that bothers me, it’s the side effects.

I’m not saying I’m old and worn out, but I make sure I’m nowhere near the kerb on garbage day.

Me, sobbing: “I’m not coming back here anymore ... I'm not going to let you hurt me again." My Trainer: "It was one sit-up.”

As I’ve gotten older, people think I’ve become lazy. The truth is I’m climate change proactive and am just being more energy efficient.

Ay Caramba!

And finally, congratulations to our own Professor Bruce Chapman who with a colleague has just been given a prestigious academic prize (the Public Policy Impact Award) by the UK Economic and Social Research Council for work on introducing Higher Edcuation Contribution Scheme into Colombia. Congratulations Bruce!

If you know any recent accomplishments amongst our members please let us know.

Be kind to each other

Tamara (for Kerry and Tamara)