♣♦ Look forward to in 2024 ♥♠
It is Sydney Bridge Centre’s mission to enrich players’ life through bridge, whether they are looking for the joy of keeping their mind sharp, extending their social circle, self-improvement and/or continuous learning.
On top of our regular bridge sessions, beginners courses and workshops, we also run special events throughout the year. Please refer to What’s On for details.
🏆 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (through the year)
The Sydney Bridge Centre Individual Championships will start in January 2024. There will be monthly awards and annual prizes, both have 5 divisions based on players’ masterpoints ranking. That means you may be a winner in your division for a mediocre result when you play in a more challenging session.
The 5 Divisions are:
- Nil – Graduate 0-2 masterpoints
- Club & Local 5-15 masterpoints
- Bronze Local – Bronze Regional 25-100 masterpoints
- State – National 50-150 masterpoints with required RED masterpoints components (players with experience in competition)
- Bronze National & above 200 masterpoints and above with required RED masterpoints components (players with experience in competition)
Not sure of your current Masterpoint Rank? You can look it up at the ABF Masterpoints Centre.
Player of the Month
- You must play at least 3 times in the month at any of our venues (City or Canada Bay) to be eligible to win the title and the free game voucher.
- Only the best 3 results counted, that means you can drop the worse scores when you play more!
- 5 Divisions. Both members and visitors can win.
- This is an individual prize; you don’t need to play with the same partner.
- We aim to announce the Player of the Month in the first week of each month. Some of our staff and officials are away during new year. The December results will be announced in 2nd week of January.
- The Player of the Month results
Annual Club Champion
- You must play at least 15 times at any of our venues (City or Canada Bay) from January to November to be eligible to win the title and the $150 cash prize. Prize money to be paid at Xmas Party in December.
- Only the best 15 results counted, that means you can drop the worse scores when you play more!
- 5 Divisions to win. Only Sydney Bridge Centre member (as at 1st September) can win the cash prize.
- This is an individual prize; you don’t need to play with the same partner.
- A special thanks to our sponsor Michael Reardon-small. Michael is an enthusiastic Sydney Bridge Centre player.
Only non-supervised sessions will be included. Your participation of this competition is by default, based on the results every time you play in the club. No need to enter. You can also view the details and follow the progress by logging onto your Pianola account / Competition (it will reset every 7th of the month).
🚩 SYDNEY BRIDGE CENTRE CONGRESSES (January, April and August)
Playing in congresses is one of the best way to improve your game. We have planned 3 Congresses this year:
- Australia Day Matchpointed Swiss Pairs on 26th January 2024 (Friday)
- Easter Monday Swiss Teams on 1st April 2024 (Monday)
- Christmas in Winter Swiss Pairs and Teams on 3rd and 4th August (Saturday & Sunday)
💜CHARITY EVENTS (May, September and December)
It is a great feeling to support other charities by playing bridge. We usually run 2-3 charity events to support people in need:
- Cancer Council Morning Tea on 8th May 2024 (Wednesday)
- Stroke Awareness Day in early September (usually the 2nd Tuesday)
- The Smiths Family in Christmas Party in early December (usually the first Wednesday)
We have also supported Salvation Army, Alzheimer’s research at NeuRA and Jeans for Genes in the past.
🥇 STATE WIDE AND AUSTRALIA WIDE EVENTS (through the year)
We also support the State Peak Body and the Australia Bridge Federation (ABF) by running State-wide and Nation-wide events in the club every year.
NEW GNOT Direct Qualifying Events (April)
- Sydney Bridge Centre GNOT Direct Qualifying from 13th – 14th April 2024 (Saturday & Sunday)
Australia-Wide Events (May and August)
- Australia-Wide Novice Pairs on 29th May 2024 (Wednesday)
- Australia-Wide Open Pairs in late August (usually a Thursday)
State-Wide Events (August and November)
- The State-Wide Pairs in early August (usually a Wednesday)
- The Under Hundred Masterpoints Pairs in late November (usually the last Sunday)
Club Qualifying Events (March and September)
These are the events to be held in the club, over multiple sessions. The winning pair(s) will represent Sydney Bridge Centre to compete in the State Finals, with the entry fee sponsored by the club.
- State Mixed Pairs Qualifying events in March
- State Open Pairs Qualifying events in September
Please keep an eye on our What’s On page for monthly promotions and make sure you have subscribed to the Pianola messages.
