Category Archives: Events

State Mixed Pairs Qualifier over 3 Tuesdays on 18th, 25th March and 1st April

Posted on March 6, 2025 by admin

We all love a good game. Here comes the opportunity for you to enjoy the competitiveness of the game – The State Mixed Pairs Club Qualifying event will be run: RED masterpoints. All are welcome. However, to qualify, you must play at least … Continue reading →

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Active or passive lead?

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 6th March 2025. Board 19 last week will most likely have a simple auction of Pass, 1NT (15-17) all pass. How many tricks it will make depends a lot on North’s lead. A … Continue reading →

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GNOT Direct Qualifier results

Posted on March 2, 2025 by admin

There were 7 teams competing in the SBC GNOT Direct Qualifier on 1st and 2nd March. Congratulations to David Wiltshire – Stephen Williams – Shane Harrison – Jessica Brake! The team will qualify directly to the National Qualifier (online) on … Continue reading →

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Bidding after a weak two – Lebensohl.

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 20th February 2025. Most East West pairs on board 10 last week would have faced a weak 2♥ opening from South. A pre-empt like that can often make it hard for the opponents … Continue reading →

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2024 McCutcheon Award

Posted on February 15, 2025 by admin

The McCutcheon awards date back to the 1970s, at which time the award was solely a recognition of “Player of the Year”, being the player who amassed the highest number of Australian masterpoints within a calendar year. Now, the awards … Continue reading →

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