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September/October 2016

QCBC Newsletter Editor Joan Jenkins email [email protected]

QCBC Clubhouse, 67 Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba, QLD 4012 www.qcbc.org.au

Update from Kim Ellaway

Important Dates for your Calendar

Qld Open Pairs – October 15/16 – host QBA – venue QCBC Qld Senior Pairs – November 13 – host Gold Coast Bridge Club Qld Teams of Three – December 11 – host Brisbane Bridge Centre – note new venue and host Qld Individual – December 18 – host QBA – venue QCBC BARRIER REEF CONGRESS – YEPPOON 2017

QCBC Newsletter

Coming Events

Sept 11 Noosa Teams

Sept 11 Kenmore Rookie

Pairs

Sept 16 Pat Wilson Trophy

Sept 18 Suncoast Graded

Pairs

Sept 18 Sanctuary Cove

Graded Pairs

Sept 19 Spring Swiss Pairs

Sept 21 Ascot Trophy Night

Sept 25 Redlands Graded

Pairs

Sept 30-Oct 3 Twba Pairs &

Teams

Oct 3 Queen’s Birthday

Pairs

Oct 6,13 President’s Cup

Oct 15,16 QBA Open Pairs

Oct 22 Surfers Graded

Teams

Oct 29 AGM 12.00 Oct Red

Point Pairs

Oct 29 Hervey Bay Pairs

Oct 30 QCBC Open Teams

& Novice Teams

Oct 30 Hervey Bay Teams

Inside this Issue From the President Coming Events Congress Successes Masterpoint Promotions ANC 2016 – Richard Fox Novice Notes – Annette Scott Zephyr Foundation Update – Carmel Martin Toni’s news

Jessica Brake from the Gold Coast, a member of our Queensland Youth

Team has been competing in the World Youth Teams Championships

(Australian Girls) at Salsomaggiore. They defeated Poland 191.3 – 90 in

the quarter-finals to take their place against Indonesia. They defeated

Indonesia 118-112 in the semi-finals to take their place in the Finals

against Netherlands who were the winners.

Gold Coast Congress 2017 Theme – Stars and Stripes No Frills Walk In Pairs not on in 2017 due to unavailability of venue. Pairs events starting Saturday will begin at 2.00 pm. Friday Teams and Mixed Teams to be replaced by two session, 6 matchpoint swiss pairs. Novice Pairs to be a matchpoint swiss pairs event. Walk In holiday Pairs - 2 events rather than three and players need only play 4 out of 5 in one of the events and 3 out of 4 in the other. Weekend Swiss and Monday Butler to have 0-500 sections.

Rose sends a big

thank you to the

anonymous

Saturday player

who donated a

$50 voucher.



Surfers Imp Pairs July

23

2. M. Carter, T. Hutton

3. P&D. McLeish

Surfers Teams July 24

A Grade

1. P&D. Mc Leish,

P. Hooykass, P. Rankin

BBC Graded Teams July 24

A Grade

2. J. Mills, R. Parker, M,. Carter, T.

Hutton

3. D&L. Rogers, L. Skeate, G.

Thomas

B Grade

2. S. Wills, A. McKenna, R. Clarke,

L. Norman

QBA Butler Pairs July 16/17

1. M. Moren, N. Francis

2. T. Tully, R. Ward

3. N. McLaurin, K. Berry

2016 Butler Pairs Champions

and Mens Champions: Neville

Francis & Magnus Moren

QBA Womens Champions:

Pele Rankin & Eileen Li

Northern Suburbs Pairs

July 10

A Grade

1. R. Lachman, B. Hunt

2. M. Perrin, C. Martin

3. R. Parker, J. Mills

B Grade

2. L. Ranke, J. Rhode

Eileen Li & Pele Rankin

Neville Francis & Magnus

Moren

Robyn Clarke and Linda

Norman - close seconds in the

Womens Championship

Linda Norman,

Sheila Wills and

Robyn Clarke

Twba Novice Teams

July 17 Championship

2. J, Finnigan, N. McIver,

A. Scott, A. Goss

3. A. Marsland, H. Blair,

S&C. Farr

Sunshine Coast Teams Aug 7

A Grade

1. A. Dawson, M. Jakes, R. Perry, R.

Crowley

2. R&R. Touton, P. Bugler, T. Runting

Sunnybank Teams Aug 7

A Grade

1. M. Perrin, N. Francis, T. Hutton, T. Jackman

2. I. Afflick, P. Collins, S. O’Brien, T.

O’Dempsey

3. A&N. Maclaurin, G. Thomas, L. Skeate

Redcliff Pairs Aug 2

1. N. Maclaurin, T. O’Dempsey

2. R. Fox, R. Langton

Terry O’Dempsey &

Normand Maclaurin



Surfers Pairs Aug 20

A 1. M. Perrin, N. Francis

2. I. Luck, R. Parker

Moreton Bribie Pairs

July 30

A Grade

1. R. Perry, R. Crowley

3. R. Ward, L. Vincent

B Grade

2. S, Clifford, K. Goodwin

Surfers Teams Aug 21

A Grade

2. N. Francis, M. Perrin, T.

Hutton, R. Ward

3. C&J. Taylor, L&T. Collins

B Grade

3. R. Murtagh, B. Kent,

L&D. Rogers

Joan Jenkins, Alan

Boyce, Ross Murtagh,

Barbara Kent

Greg Gosney, Margaret

Plunkett, Lex Ranke,

Jack Rohde

Moreton Bribie Teams July 31

A Grade

1. R. Ward, L. Vincent, T. Bardon, S. Johnson

B Grade

1. J. Rohde, L. Ranke, M. Plunkett, G. Gosney

2. A. Boyce, J. Jenkins, B. Kent, R. Murtagh

Darling Downs Pairs

Championship July 31

3. J. Gardiner, R. Webke Noosa Novice Pairs

Aug 28

3. J. Hefferan, A. Scott

QBA Open Teams Championship Aug 27/28

1. R. Parker, J. Mills, S. Kamalarasa, G. Khemka

2. N. Francis, P. Wyer, T. Hutton, M. Moren

3. P. Shoen, P. Hale, R. Lackman, B. Hunt

Lindy Vincent, Toni Bardon,

Sandy Johnson, Richard Ward

People with small minds talk about other people.

People with ordinary minds talk about events.

People with great minds talk about ideas.

People with warped minds talk about bridge

hands.

Robin Webke, Julia

Gardiner



Masterpoint Promotions

June 2016

Mike Robson Gold Grand

Yvonne Kilvert Gold Life

Eileen Li Silver Life

Del Dudman *State

Patricia Stapleton Regional

Frank Walters **Local

Sue Crennan *Local

Betty Baird Local

Marilyn Seib Graduate

July 2016

Rosa Lachman Silver Grand

Bill Morgan Bronze Life

Julia Gardiner Bronze Life

Chris Larter *National

Reid Archibald **Local

Rachel Langdon **Local

Neil Hansen **Local

Mary McLeigh **Local

Clive Terry Local

John Noble Club

Rita Van Lieshout Club

Margaret Jermanus Graduate

Caroline Frazer Graduate

Joyanne Gissing Graduate

Mike Robson Del Dudman

Neil Hansen Trish Stapleton

Andy Hung’s

training

sessions were a

big hit!

Don Worner

baked a cake for

Desleigh Worner

on her birthday

Bob Hamman is one of the

greatest bridge players of all time.

Hamman's Law is one of

Hamman's popular contributions to

bridge. The adage says, "If you

have a bidding decision to make,

bid 3NT if it's a plausible choice."



The Australian National Championships were played in Brisbane from

June 25 to July 7

ANC 2016 Richard Fox

Well done to the organisers; would be hard to find a venue that ticked any

more boxes than the Kedron-Wavell Services Club, and the hard-working

directors and caddies kept everything running smoothly.

My selected hands from the Butler illustrate some advice you may have heard in lessons, or lore

passed on from partners.

“No Shortage, No Stayman”

Some would say, Ron Klinger among them, that it’s not best to use Stayman if you have a 4333

hand when partner opens 1NT. If you don’t have any short suit, there’s no chance to gain a trick

by ruffing and you may score the same tricks in NT that you would in your major, while scoring

extra.

There’s another hidden benefit too, as Andrew

Woollons and I experienced to our cost against

a seasoned pair. Andy Braithwaite opened 1NT

as East, and Ian Robinson bashed straight into

3NT, not beating around the bush to find the 4-

4 heart fit. Andrew W did the normal thing of

leading a major against this bidding, and he

chose a safe-looking spade. This made life

comfortable for Andy B, who simply finessed

the JH to Andrew’s king, leaving the safe hand

on lead. Andrew couldn’t hurt him in clubs, and

the contract was soon wrapped up.

Observe the difference if West tries 2C

Stayman, whichever flavour they play. I’d be able to double, asking for a club lead, and whether

they decide on 3NT or 4H, the club lead makes life much more hair-raising. Finding out that North

has long clubs, they might deduce short spades with North and finesse the wrong way. A fair

number of people did go down in 3NT or 4H after a club lead.

Don’t Underlead Aces

It’s very good advice never, ever, ever to underlead an ace against a suit contract. Apart from the

obvious embarrassment of sometimes allowing declarer to win a singleton king, there’s also the

problem that partner will misunderstand the position.

I was West against international pairing Sartaj Hans/Tony Nunn and opened 1D, hearing a 1S

overcall from Sartaj on my left. Andrew negative doubled, Tony raised to 2S and I stretched to 3H.

Sartaj led a low club from North, and Tony finessed dummy with the 8, won to my surprise with my

Stage 1, Match 9, Bd 2 Dealer E NS Vul

♠ Q

♥ 7 3

♦ Q 9 7 4 ♣ A Q J 8 5 4

♠ A J 10

♥ Q 9 6 5

♦ K 6 3 ♣ 9 6 2

♠ K 9 6 2

♥ A J 4 2

♦ A 8 ♣ K 7 3

♠ 8 7 5 4 3

♥ K 10 8

♦ J 10 5 2 ♣ 10



jack. Tony couldn’t help looking a little startled when Sartaj’s ace emerged on the next trick, and I

was relieved to avoid one of my inevitable club losers.

Trumps split 4-1, but I was able to play

safely to make sure of 9 tricks, which would

have been much chancier if the defence had

taken both club tricks.

Don’t Lead “Top of Partner’s Suit”

Some players pick up an inferior habit of leading their highest card in partner’s bid suit. In all

honesty it’s often a bit of a lazy play “I was showing you where the king was, partner” and it can

inadvertently set up an unmakeable trick for declarer. Leading the king from Kxx can set up

declarer’s Qxx, and leading the queen from Qxx looks silly if declarer has the KJ(x). Without clues

from the bidding, it’s also impossible for partner to read whether the lead is a doubleton.

Andrew and I played this hand against Laura Ginnan and Ben Thompson of Victoria. The bidding

was 1C from South, 1H from me in the North, 2S from East. Andrew reversed into 3D and I bid a

stopper-asking 3S. Andrew decided to treat his stiff king as a stopper – West could lead small from

the ace, or I might have Qx or Jxx. It’s a good play at pairs, where 3NT scores much better than 5

minor if it makes, however at IMPs scoring

we agreed 5C would have been safer. A

couple of pairs found 6C.

West did the right thing and led his lowest

spade, prompting Laura to go into the tank.

She got it right with AS, dropping the king,

and after some more cogitation she played

small to the jack and cashed 4 more spades.

It’s clear to see that if West had incorrectly

led the JS, we’d have an effective spade

stopper whatever Laura tried.

Some lucky beggar was allowed to make

3NT but most of the field was in 5C, with a smattering of adventurous 6C bidders.

Andrew and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of playing against the big guns in the

Open Butler. As you see, even they don’t get everything right!

Stage 2, Round 10, Bd 20 Dealer E NS Vul

♠ A Q 8 4 2

♥ Q

♦ 10 4 ♣ A 5 4 3 2

♠ K 10

♥ K 6 5 2

♦ A J 5 3 2 ♣ J 10

♠ 9 7 5

♥ A J 10 8

♦ K 9 6

♣ Q 7 6

♠ J 6 3

♥ 9 7 4 3

♦ Q 8 7 ♣ K 9 8

Stage 2, Match 11, Bd 11 Dealer S Nil Vul

♠ 10 9 4

♥ K 10 5 4

♦ K Q ♣ K 10 5 3

♠ J 8 6

♥ 7 6 3 2

♦ 8 6 4 2 ♣ 8 4

♠ A Q 7 5 3 2

♥ Q J 8

♦ J 5 3 ♣ 7

♠ K

♥ A 9

♦ A 10 9 7 ♣ A Q J 9 6 2

One advantage of bad bidding is that

you get practice at playing atrocious

contracts.

-Alfred Sheinwold



NOVICE NOTES - Annette Scott

Experienced players are often very generous in offering Tips to Novice players. A favourite….” Don’t go for overtricks in Teams”. For most Novice players, the aim is always…make the contract. Anything extra is often an unplanned for, unexpected bonus. Another favourite piece of advice is….”Don’t peak too soon” ..Huh? With a reliance on luck as much as strategy, we never know if /when premature peaking is about to happen. In a Novice Pair event earlier this year, Narelle McIver and I were quite chuffed to be rated Pair 4. The second round saw us facing off against the formidable number 1 partnership of Don Robertson and Lyn Tracey. We were primed and ready. Then, I knocked over my glass of water on the floor. The Caddy and I mopped frantically and exchanged pleasantries as the game began. As I fished tissues from my bag, my cardigan snagged in the zipper which then jammed. I struggled discretely to untangle this. Somewhat distracted, I nonchalantly played on….bemused when my ever reliable partner failed to trump. However, it was a No trump contract! Having prised the zipper open with a pencil, I was at last able to sit up straight and “focus”. Hilarity – myself and opponents, horror - my partner…mortification – me. The set saw us soundly and deservedly trounced and plummeted to position 46. Don and Lyn were propelled to the top tables where they stayed all day. Now finally on the ball, we somehow managed to claw our way back. In the final round, we were at table1. An amazing 80% average here saw us just pip Don and Lyn for 1st place.

Some Information for the Intermediate players from Larry Cohen

I am a staunch advocate of "less is more." My observation is that at every level of the game, players are

using too many conventions. Too often I see players (from beginner to world champion) misusing or

forgetting their methods. Everyone would benefit if they would just KISS. (Keep It Simple, Stupid).

If I had to choose just 4 conventions, this would be my list:

1. Negative Doubles, 2. Blackwood 3. Stayman 4. Jacoby transfers

If you forced me to choose 4 more, this would be the next group:

5. 4th Suit GF 6. Methods (I prefer "DONT" ) vs. Opponents' Notrump 7. Weak jumps in competition 8.

2NT ask (Feature) after our Weak 2-bids

If you insisted I fill my convention card with 12 conventions, these would be the next four:

Unusual notrump / Michaels bids, New Minor Checkback, Jacoby 2NT, Support Doubles

And, since people just love to learn/play/teach conventions, these would be my D-list -- choices 13-16:

Lebensohl, Drury, Inverted Minors, Splinter Bids

Honestly, I think it would be counterproductive for 99% of players to go any further than this. The

memory strain is not worth it. Someone once said, "The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Conventions."

This list is referred to in more detail in "Talking Bridge." larry.com

https://www.larryco.com/bridge-learning-center/detail/64



http://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/play/Commonly_Used_Conventions/dontover1nt.pdf



https://www.larryco.com/bridge-store/detail/talking-bridge



Lyn asked me to recount this tale as encouragement for Novice players. Her tip ….”never give up” My very favourite tip came a couple of years back from Tony Treloar. At his advancing class, as we battled post lunch lethargy, he managed to rouse us all: “The most important thing is to stay ALERT!” We’ve tried to be LERTS ever since.

Zephyr Foundation

Dear QCBC members and bridge players everywhere, Thank you all for the steady supply of suitcases and toiletries as well as many other useful, thoughtful items for the mothers and children in refuges. Our need for these items is ongoing. We currently support 34 refuges in Queensland. We will be setting up in Tasmania because they ONLY have 6 refuges in total and Isabella is sure we can handle that from here with the help of a husband and wife who thought they had retired to Tassie and will raise funds in Tasmania for Zephyr. If you were looking to donate other than money, the shelters need unwanted mobile phones and chargers, good quality glue sticks, women's and children's underwear and pyjamas, toothbrushes (especially childrens'), and toothpaste and feminine hygiene articles. All the shelters talk about how expensive feminine hygiene articles to buy so although it’s a strange request to see here, they are extremely useful items to donate. I will leave a box marked Zephyr where you can leave your donation, just outside Toni's office. (She’s been so patient). I also want to give you an update on what your care for Zephyr continues to achieve. We had a request from a shelter coordinator which said:

'We have a lady residing with us who has a great deal of skills in cooking, beauty and in candle and soap making. Her confidence is quite low which is a barrier for her goal to start a home business. Would you either be able to assist in her access to a mentor who could advise her professionally of how to get started. Or would you have capacity to assist her access a course towards improving her skills and confidence?’

Kim Ellaway sent this around. A bridge player who thinks outside the square and has supported us from day one, rang her daughter who contacted me to say she could help. This is just one of many ways the bridge community continues to rise to the occasion.

Zephyr became an incorporated association just recently and this necessitated a name change. We are now Zephyr Education Inc, but nothing about how we operate has changed. I keep going on about your kindness and generosity but it is inspiring and humbling to witness. Nothing is wasted and everyone who works for Zephyr is an unpaid volunteer. Our updated website is www.zephyfoundation.com.au and very soon donations can be made directly via our website.

Warm regards,

Carmel Martin, Treasurer



Toni’s News

Coming events:

SEPTEMBER Red MP

16 - Friday AM - Pat Wilson Trophy

19 - Monday AM - Spring Swiss Pairs

21 - Wednesday PM - Ascot Trophy Swiss Pairs - prior entry appreciated - 7.15pm start

OCTOBER Red MP

3 - Monday AM - Queens Birthday Pairs

6 & 13 - Thursdays AM - Presidents Cup

19 - Wednesday AM - red pts

22 - Saturday 1pm - October Red Pt Pairs

AGM - SATURDAY - 29 OCTOBER - 12NOON

-

30 CLEAN CRUISING OPEN TEAMS

30 - QCBC Novice Teams

Congress Directors Workshop - Saturday 30 October

Directors Exam - closes 28 October

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - Saturday 12 November - 9.30am start

New Members

Lyn Miles

Lyn Lobo

The AGM has

been postponed

until 29 October

- 12 noon.

NOMINATIONS are hereby

called for DIRECTORS OF

THE QCBC. There are

three positions to fill and

nominations close

Wednesday 21 September



.

NEW EVENT

Club Championship Teams

Wednesdays 30 November & December

7. Prior entry needed. Cash prizes.

This event is sponsored by KM Smith

Funeral Directors.

Summer Festival of Bridge

QCBC has received a

Complimentary Entry for a pair to

a novice event at the Summer

Festival of Bridge in Canberra

between 10-22 January 2017. If

you are a novice pair and

interested in going to Canberra,

please let the office know.

Raffle Winners

The recent raffle drawn on 3

September raised $550. Thank you to

all who bought a ticket. And thank

you to the members who donated the

prizes. The lucky winners were Ros

Hero, Helen Blair, Gary Ypinizar,

Robert Day, Cheryl Stone, Geoff

Read, Barbara Johnson, Larry Moses.

.

Bring & Buy starts 7 November -

This our annual fund raiser. Donations of treasures, home-

made cakes, jams, plants, etc. are appreciated

MELBOURNE CUP LUNCH &

BRIDGE - $20 PER PLAYER

Tuesday 1 November. All

welcome.

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