Category Archives: Events

Bidding to slam with a long suit over 2NT

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 10th April 2025. Board 15 last week had a good long suit opposite a strong balanced hand. That combination frequently makes slam a good prospect. This hand is no exception – 6♦ is … Continue reading →

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State Mixed Pairs Qualifier results

Posted on April 4, 2025 by admin

The SBC State Mixed Pairs Club Qualifying event went well. We ran it over 3 Tuesday mornings on 18th & 25th and 1st April in the City. More players joined the event from the second week as only 2 best … Continue reading →

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Trial bids and how imps/matchpoints scoring differs

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 3rd April 2025. Board 7 last week saw most East West pairs playing in 4♥. With the foul trump break, this contract had no chance and some ended up as many as 5 … Continue reading →

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SBC Most Improved Player of the Month March

Posted on April 3, 2025 by admin

Andy Sunter and Laura Friezer did it again! Plus many more new names on the Most Improved Player of the Month in March! The competition is designed to acknowledge players’ achievement by measuring their improvement in their own categories. Congratulations … Continue reading →

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Different routes to 10 tricks (or maybe even 11)

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 27th March 2025. Back to a normal column with just one hand this week! Board 16 saw almost all North South pairs playing in 4♥. But there were different routes to the play … Continue reading →

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