Category Archives: Events

Two big hands against each other. The Bath Coup.

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 27th February 2025. On some hands the points are very unevenly distributed and two big hands may end up effectively playing against each other. This has implications both in the bidding and in … Continue reading

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Bidding after a weak two – Lebensohl.

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

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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SBC Most Improved Player of the Month January

The Most Improved Player of the Month – January results is out! The 2025 Player of the Month is focusing more on improvement by measuring the average percentage of players’ best 3 results to 6 months earlier. The Annual Club … Continue reading

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Slam after the opponents open!

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 13th February 2025. A few weeks ago I wrote about reaching game after the opponents open. Board 3 last week had a slam available for East West – usually after the opponents had … Continue reading

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