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    • Saturday July 25rd: Improve Your Defence
      Improve Your Leads. When To Lead Singletons/Doubletons & When Not To. Improve Your Signals. Know Which Suit Your Partner Wants / Doesn’t Want. Counting – Count Declarer’s Points And Tricks. Continue reading →
    • SBC Most Improved Player of the Month May
      Somehow everybody dressed up to the occasion when we announced The Most Improved Player of the Month in May (of course we took the chance to tease them 😉)! Orsolina Aroney who is on committee and has been worked extremely hard for … Continue reading →
    • When it’s dangerous to come into the auction
      There are times when it’s quite dangerous to come into an auction. Today’s hand taken from the Newcastle congress held over the weekend of June 13-14 is an example. The bidding at the table began Pass 1NT (11-14) P 2♣. 2♣ was … Continue reading →
    • Cover honours but not touching honours
      A theme in bridge is to “cover an honour with an honour” – the idea being to promote lower value cards in either your, or your partner’s, hand into winners. That’s good advice. But, like all bridge “rules”, it’s not as simple … Continue reading →
    • 2026 SBC State Pairs Club Selection Events
      The State Pairs and State Teams are new events replacing the former State Open Pairs and Open Teams formats. These competitions highlight top performers across three distinct categories: Open, Under Grand (<1000 MPs), and Under National (<150 MPs). State Pairs Metro Final … Continue reading →
    • Bidding in 4th seat after 2 passes
      If a 1 level opening bid is followed by 2 passes, the situation is not the same as it is directly over the opening bid. Today’s hand taken from a recent congress looks at why not. East opened 1♠. South couldn’t really … Continue reading →
    • Defence against high level contracts
      Today’s board (taken from the Victorian Festival of Bridge currently being held in Melbourne) saw a wide range of scores because both sides had large double fits and could make lots of tricks if the defenders didn’t cash their tricks first. So … Continue reading →