Bridge Club News
About 20 members went to Orange for the 2025 Central West Festival gold point congress.
Congratulations to Ado Hardy and Derek Tyms and Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies who came first and second in the Intermediate Swiss Pairs. Michael Green and David Rieser came 2nd in the Novice Swiss Pairs.
We sometimes have a problem with bad language at our bridge tables.
We've all experienced times when the gentle hum of social chat is too loud - it's hard to hear our own table's chat, and sometimes we play badly due to distraction.
I am not talking about that problem.
Congratulations to Jenny and Max Paterson who came second in Category D in this Intermediates Championship which was part of the recent Gold Coast Congress.
Do you listen to Radio Northern Beaches? Have you even heard of it?
About 20 club members attended parts of this congress with varying degrees of success. Congratulations to Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies who came second in the TBIB U750 / U500 Swiss Pairs (first and second placed pairs were both U500).
Sometimes the director might be busy with another call, and at other times it may take them anything up to 10 seconds to arrive. What do you do while you’re waiting?
This article is not going to answer that – instead it will provide some advice on what NOT to do in various situations:
You’ve revoked (or so the opponents claim – as if!)
With a major interclub teams event, the 2018 Margaret Smales Sydney North Interclub Teams Challenge, coming up on the second week of March it is time to wash the tablecloths.
Volunteers were sought and many members answered. It is a notable strength of our club that all members who are able contribute to the workings of the club - helping us to have table fees well below other comparable clubs.
We and the interclub event will all benefit from the clean tablecloths.
"Bridge enjoys immense popularity partly because of the high standards of ethics and etiquette which are observed by the players who are expected to conduct themselves in a highly civilised manner.
Violations of proper etiquette are quite common from inexperienced players, either through ignorance or inadvertence. A well-mannered opponent who is the victim of a violation by such a novice player will, if comment is considered necessary, be at pains to make it clear that the comment is intended to be helpful and will never make a newcomer feel ill-at-ease. Bridge is an extremely ethical game..."
Read the full article on the ABF website.
