Bal l ina Br idge Club

Newsletter — May 2015

Current Office

Holders

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President,

Ngaire Wills

Vice President,

Rebecca Rogers

Secretary

Sue Burns

Assistant Secretary

Judy Woodward

Treasurer

Julie Harwood

Assistant Treasurer

Jan Blay

Masterpoint Secretary

Bill Powell

Chair of Play

Judy Forsyth

Committee Members

Chery McCallum

Maureen Baker

Chris McDowell

Maintenance

Alan Sims

nents’ attention.

5. Do not detach a card from your hand before

it is your turn to play and before you have

decided which card you will play.

6. During the auction or play, do not call your

partner’s attention to an item on your oppo-

nents’ convention card that you think they

may not have noticed. It is your partner’s re-

sponsibility to find out for themselves what

convention the opponents are using.

7. Avoid any indication of approval or disap-

proval of partner’s bid or play.

8. Do not put your cards down on the table or

look away from the table before the bidding

ends or in any other way indicate that you

want your partner to pass—or do anything

else.

9. Make all your bids in the recognised legal

manner—a number and a suit or NT. Do not

use any special emphasis in writing or hesitate

unduly.

10. Always maintain a courteous manner toward

your partner and also your opponents; refrain

from words or actions that interfere with

their enjoyment of the game.

Our members

A number of members recently noted an

excellent article by Ron Klinger in the Sydney

Morning Herald entitled “The Ten Com-

mandments”. The following is an abridged

version—no pun intended :-).

1. Do not bid or play with special emphasis,

speed or reluctance, or in such a way as

to deceive your opponents or to convey

improper information to partner.

2. Do not draw any inference from the fact

that partner has hesitated or bid with unu-

sual emphasis, inflection or speed. Always

make your bid strictly on the basis of the

cards you see. Should you partner convey

improper information by word, intonation

or hesitation, you must lean over back-

wards to avoid being influenced.

3. Do not request a review of the auction in

order to alert partner to something you

fear they may not have noted. Such a re-

view should be requested solely for your

own information.

4. Do not use any bid or play having a spe-

cial meaning to you and your partner un-

less it has been has been noted on your

convention card or called to your oppo-

10 Commandments of Bridge

LEXIE TEAKLE is now at home, learning to master living with her prosthetic leg. Her daughter is

with her at the moment.

JUDY WEIR has recovered well following insertion of a coronary artery stent.

GEORGE CLARKE remains in St Vincent’s. It appeared that treatment would not be successful

but after enduring much pain and many trips to theatre, George is improving and was scheduled

for a skin graft on Thursday 14th. He looks forward to coming back to Bridge in about 6 weeks.

PETA PRICE will be away from Bridge for 4 weeks following a hip replacement. The operation

went well and Peta is cheerful as usual.

VAL AUDRAN is back after a successful knee replacement.

Please support

our sponsors

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Country Carn iva l Pa irs Resul ts — 19 Apri l 2015

OPEN Winners (tie), Bill Powell, Marjorie Askew (rear), Pat Fry, Anne Jackson (front)

NOVICE winners (from left), Russell Bur-ford, Peter Forsyth

Country Carnival Pairs Qualifier

Congratulations to the winners of these sections.

Open: P Fry & A Jackson

Restricted: I Michelson & D McLay

Novice: P Forsyth & R Bufford

These pairs will be eligible to proceed to a future

event.

Australia Wide Novice Pairs - Thursday, 28th

May

$10 pp/under 50 MPs pp/separate afternoon

section

Country Teams Qualifying - Sunday, 31st May

$15pp/open to all/All day

Sodoku (Difficulty = Hard)

Try your hand at completing this Soduku. First

correct entry drawn from a hat wins a free game

of bridge or a plant from Winston—your choice!

Photo competition answer for April—

No-one guessed the correct answer

which was Dawn Horder.

Queen's Birthday Teams - Monday, 8th June

$15pp/great day, Organise your team now.

P-Plates

These may be carried other than at all sessions

except special events or congresses Please display

your P-Plates to each new pair. If you carry one,

your opponents must not use:

Multi Twos

Brown Sticker Conventions or Yellow Systems

transfers after 1C opening

All bids should be clearly and simply explained

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Bridge Boot Camp in Cambodia by Jenny Hurley

I recently attended a Bridge holiday in Cambodia with my

bridge partner and friend Cecily Johnson. The Bridge

holiday was organised and conducted by Gary Brown,

who is a very well respected Bridge teacher from Victo-

ria. The daily itinerary consisted of morning lessons, du-

plicate Bridge in the afternoon, one tour day, as well as a

welcome dinner and a sumptuous farewell smorgasbord

on the last evening.

You can play as much or as little Bridge as you want,

however as Gary is such an excellent teacher, we did not

want to miss any of his lessons. The lessons, covered on

this trip were Cue Raises, The Smolen Convention, Hand

evaluation, when to cover an honour with an honour,

Splinter bids, and quiz and review, and most of all Gary

consistently reviews good basic bridge principles.

The accommodation was outstanding, the people of

Cambodia respectful and gracious- no bag snatchers

here, the food excellent and very cheap. Our fellow com-

panion bridge players were all very friendly and each af-

ternoon after our bridge session we would meet at the

bar (1/2 price drinks and nibbles) with the irrepressible

Peter Lloyd holding court. After quenching our thirst

with a stupendous range of cocktails and other enticing

beverages, we would decide what restaurant we would

dine at that evening, if we were so inclined.

One of my most enjoyable days was with Clare Treanor-

Cook’s daughter Neroli who spends most of her time in

Cambodia and has dedicated her time and energy to find-

ing sponsors to help educate the young people; 54% of

the population is aged between 20 and 25. If anyone feels

they would like to sponsor a child, your money would be

in safe hands with Neroli.

Neroli showed me how the local population live, toured

the markets and visited the museum, which is world class

and gave me a very in-depth knowledge of the history of

Cambodia and its people.

Our trip to Angkor Wat was memorable but not for some-

one in their 70’s with gammy knees, short and fat. However I

really did enjoy the temple that was in the movie “Indiana

Jones and the Temple of Doom”.

We only had one slip-up the whole holiday; I left my Ameri-

can money behind (what a dill) and still hidden in the cup-

board at home. However, Cecily came to the rescue until I

managed to find a bank. Another member of the group (a

GRAND MASTER), would you believe, left his money and

credit card behind and not a brass razoo to his name, so I

didn’t feel so bad after I heard of the poor man’s unfortunate

circumstances.

Gary is conducting another holiday in Vietnam next year and I

would definitely recommend anyone wishing a Bridge holiday

to give Gary a try. He is a very congenial and gracious host

and a fabulous teacher—you won’t be disappointed.

Jenny Hurley.

(I agree with Jenny and had a wonderful time with Gary cruising

around the Baltic States with Margaret Wilcox—Winston)

An Uppercut—Boxing at the Bridge tab le?

An “uppercut” in Bridge defines a type of trump promotion in defence that

involves one of the defenders ruffing high in the knowledge that an over-ruff

by declarer will result in a trump promotion for partner or covering an hon-

our to achieve the same purpose. Consider the opposite hand where declar-

er North, was in 4♥ and West leads Q♦. After taking the A♦, N led the Q♥

(more on that later). It’s clear that West must cover with the K♥ because, on

this deal, East’s J 9 ♥ are promoted to a tenace position over North’s 10 7

♥ . With 2 tricks in ♥ and 2 ♠ to lose, the contract will then be defeated by 1

trick.

What can declarer do?

The ♥Q should only be played when holding the J♥ as well. On this deal, the

correct play is to cash the A♥ and then a small ♥ which should be ducked

with the 8. Once East shows up with the 9, declarer should play ♥ 3-2 with

West holding K x. If East held K J 9 initially, then the first round would have

dropped the 9. Therefore, it’s more likely that the holding is K x with West

and J 9 x with East. (If West held K J 3, declarer will lose 2 ♥ anyway so you

might as well play for West K x).

Cryptic Crossword—answer to April

Contributions to the newsletter are always welcome. For enquir-

ies or to submit material for upcoming editions, please contact

Winston on 0416 065 910 or else email to:

winstonguymer@gmail.com

The newsletter is published monthly and copies are available on

the BBC web-site:

http://www.users.on.net/~bbclub/index.html

Contributions to the newsletter

Jim Roche came across this article from the Daily Telegraph re-

cently—some people do take their bridge seriously it seems:-).

“Winners of the Morgan Shield held September 1999”.

(Photos albums can be found on the western side of the

club near the library).

(From left, Helen Tootell, Peter Tootell, Anne Fraser, Anne

Bigg)

From the archives

Bridge Etiquette

When a contract is reached, courtesy demands

that you play to the contract as soon as possible.

So, particularly if you are on lead, lead! Don’t

make everyone wait while you record the con-

tract. Remember, you’ll see the contract on the

website anyway – it’s not life and death that you

record it immediately. Even worse is players who

record the entire auction. Please don’t do this until

all hands are played. If you don’t have time to rec-

ord the auction, do not do so, as you will hold up

the entire room.

Thanks

(Congratulations to John Harrison who was the first correct entry

drawn from the hat and who receives a free game of bridge).