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- 2025 SBC Australia Wide Novice Pairs Club HeatAustralia Bridge magazine organises a nation wide event for novice players (with fewer than 100 masterpoints) every May. Same hands will be played in all participating clubs, so players can play local and obtain the result nation-wide. There were 23 tables in the main field participating in the Australia Wide … Continue reading
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- An extra chance – but is it worth it?
City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 19th June 2025. Last week, the City session was playing a GNOT qualifier (scored by imps) and the CBC session was playing regular pairs (scored by matchpoints). Because the two forms of scoring are so … Continue reading - Saturday August 9th: All About Shape
Showing the Shape of Your Hand. Making the Most of Very Shapely Hands. Staying Out of Trouble on Misfitting Hands. Correctly Valuing Your Hand, based on Shape, not points. Continue reading - The art of not bidding!
City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 12th June 2025. You frequently hear the term “it’s a bidders game” in bridge. Very often that’s true. You tend to gain more by bidding more – not only do you reach makeable contracts but … Continue reading - Spades versus Hearts!
City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 5th June 2025. So often in competitive hands, one side has hearts and the other has spades. The side with spades of course has an advantage because they can outbid the other side at the … Continue reading - GOLD GNOT Club Qualifier starts on 19th June
Do you have any Gold points in your Masterpoints portfolio? The top half of the field (each direction) will earn Green masterpoints in normal club sessions. Then you will earn Red masterpoints in congresses and some special club events (e.g. the SBC … Continue reading - Saturday July 5th: Defend Better By Knowing What To Do
Defend Better By Knowing What To Do. When to Defend Actively, And When To Be Passive. The Forcing Defence, And How To Use It. Recognising From The Auction And The Dummy What To Be. Trying Other Defence Situations. Continue reading - What happens after Stayman?
City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 29th May 2025. Stayman over 1NT is probably the most common bridge convention used in the entire world. But what happens after it gets far less attention. Board 17 last week is an example. North … Continue reading
