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Noosa Bridge Club News
January 2006


This was judged a great success, with more than 150 members and their families enjoying a convivial evening.   During the play session [Mary Christmas] Beryl Bartolo raised the spirits of all with her comic banter and mock prizes.   I believe that Ross Gyde will don the red suit next Xmas.   The two Peters dispensed drinks at lightening speed and delicious hors d'oeuvres were generously supplied by the Jan Lohmann family.   Because many more revellers arrived than were booked, the food and drinks disappeared a little too rapidly.

Many members received certificates for their valiant efforts during the year and, yes, it is a battle, with no quarter given and to the victors, a great sense of satisfaction, and the urge to charge again and again into the fight. On JAN 4 Paul startled us with his tutorial of bold bridge tactics for NON-VUL. Games.

The 1st workshop : UNDERSTANDING PAIRS, was an enlightening insight into match-pointing.   If we want to win consistently, we need to consider our score in relation to the match-pointing by the computer.

Therefore -100 is a great result, if the opposition can score anything above +110.

The computer generates match-points in order of the number of boards played.   Therefore, -200 is THE KISS OF DEATH, as most scores lie below this figure.

AT NON-VUL he recommends:

As Paul Lavings has represented Australia with nine different partners, I for one am taking his advice in order to improve my game. It was decided that all sessions would have pre-dealt boards and hand records, so do take this opportunity to improve your play and minimize table discussions.   Club members will be setting up these boards with the dealing machine to minimize cost, but red point days will be set up by a non-club person.   Security of hand records will be maintained. The third player should make a habit of counting the points when dummy goes down, so that he/she will have a picture of how much may be expected of his partner.   This practice will put the defender on the tract of many a killing defense Pam Cross has generously offered to ensure that there is always a spare player for the Thursday partnerships.

Please let her know when you can assist.
At last the club is looking to renovate the kitchen.   A subcommittee has already started on the planning, and is seeking financial help from the Noosa Council and Jupiters. The eight week Beginners' Courses will start either on , or on , both starting at   If you have anyone interested, ask them to ring Bev Salter on 5474-4630 or David Henderson on 5448-3212.   The cost of $60 includes the introductory textbook Other teaching sessions are being offered by Bev.   These are always displayed on the whiteboard in the Club so keep an eye out for them.   For example, Revision sessions are being held fortnightly on Thursday mornings, at 9.30 am from 16 February. Supervised Social Bridge on Wednesday is very popular.   Do come and join in the relaxed bridge where good humour and no hassles make it a very pleasant morning: and the food is reportedly good too! Best wishes go to those playing in Canberra, playing in Teams or Pairs events.   The story goes that the socialization runs only just second to the Bridge! Entries are still open for the Gold Coast event held on the last full week of February.

Congratulations to those who played in the Queensland Wide Pairs 2005: Want to know your current masterpoint status?  Go into select masterpoints from the left hand menu, select your surname's initial letter and go from there.

Interested in recent results?  From the same site, go to 2005/6 results.  These are usually updated within 24 hours of the end of an event.