Working Bee - Thanks:
Thank you to all members who came to the working bee on Sunday to label the new boards for TFoB. Special thanks to Julie for the cake and Annie for the lunch.
UTAS students and faculty - register your interest in playing bridge on campus in 2020 with the link below.
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24-Nov-19 TBA Spring Pairs
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Tasmanian Festival of Bridge 2020
The 2020 Tasmanian Festival of Bridge runs Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th March 2020 in Launceston at the new venue of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. See the event website or the brochure for all the details.
Please book your accommodation and flights as early as possible in case the V8 SuperCars decide to clash with our event. Launceston will sell out if they do :(
What’s News at the TBA – November 2019
The TBA Committee met on Tuesday November 12th from 7.30pm.
PRESENT : J Rhodes (Chair), M Sherlock (Minutes Secretary), M Gibbs, E Gee, J Grosvenor, G Poulton, A Paton
The following matters were discussed :
The ABF is about to spend a lot of money on developing a new web based technology application for better management of bridge in Australia. They have circulated information about the project to affiliated associations vis a series of short You Tube videos, as well as a simulation of what the new application will look like.
You can have a look at the proposals by using the following links :
It is important that you feel comfortable about the direction of the new technological developments, as this new direction by the ABF will involve much closer interactions between our Club and its members and the ABF via emails and membership database information.
Ultimately, we see the next step in cashless payment options being via the new ABF technology platform.
The Meeting endorsed the recommendations from the Ross meeting with regard to the selection of 2020 state teams as a continuation of the 2019 process whereby pairs can self nominate and their selection will be based on performances in open events throughout the previous year.
It was also resolved at the Ross meeting that various associations do what they can to restore state events to running over 2 days. It was recommended that consideration be given to starting these events later on a Saturday, finishing earlier on a Sunday and facilitating participation by organising billeting and car sharing.
We are continuing our program of transitioning of beginners into our Club by offering them a “buddy” to show them how things work both at the bridge table, and at the club in general. Sue Falkingham is co-ordinating this, and a big thank you to all those members who have offered their services in this regard.
Our annual Christmas Party will be held on Saturday December 14th from 12 Noon, followed by regular Bridge afterwards. If you are attending please bring a plate of food to share.
In the meantime, please give consideration to helping us to assist one of our designated charities, Colony 47 which provides a variety of services to our local community. You can help by putting a gift under our tree which will be delivered to Colony 47 in time for Christmas. Colony 47 have specifically asked for gifts for adults as they usually receive plenty for children. This year they have asked for gifts of toiletries for men and women and/or basics such as socks and undies for men and women. They do not prefer cash or gift cards.
Over Christmas the club will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve.
We will be running one session on Boxing Day (Thursday Dec 26th) commencing at 10.30 am with a short lunch break – a great opportunity for turkey sandwiches! On New Years Day (Wednesday Jan 1st) only daytime bridge will be held.
Otherwise sessions be held as usual.
Some members have asked to play faster bridge. As a result we will be trialling 6 minute boards on Saturday afternoons for the foreseeable future.
A big thankyou to all those who came to help with the filling and labelling of the new boards. This job is now complete and means that the TBA Dealing Room will no longer need to be “raided” to conduct major events such as the TFob and the ANC. This will greatly lessen the impact of these events on normal TBA operations.
For the first time in a long time, there will be a team of young Tasmanians at Youth Week in Canberra in January. The TBA is financially assisting Cedric Parker to accompany our young team and we thank him for his endeavours in developing a youth bridge culture in North West Tasmania. We wish our young team all the best!
The TBA will conduct its first “Bring Your Grandchild to Bridge Day” on Friday April 24th. This is in the school holidays and the idea is for any grandparents who are on child care duty be able to bring their (school aged) grandchildren for a fun day of bridge related activities. Bianca Gold (ABF Youth Co-ordinator) will be running the day and cost is $10 per child. Grandparents are asked to bring a plate of lunch to share.
Affiliated Clubs are encouraged to send a representative to “watch and learn” so that they can in turn run one of these events at their own club.
Regular Friday players are on notice that this will be a particularly “vibrant” day!
Happy Bridging
Julie Rhodes
TBA President
The TBA Committee has approved membership applications for the following people. Please make them feel very welcome as you see them around the club.
| ♠ Tim Doe |
| ♥ Joanna Howie |
| ♣ Laura Hedberg |
Congratulations to the TBA members who achieved rank promotions at the end of October 2019:
| ♠ Roderick Barnett - *National | ♥ Fahri Toreci - *Local |
| ♦ Rob Beattie - *State | ♣ Denise Jones - Local |
| ♣ Janette Targett - State | ♦ Chris Jones - Local |
| ♥ Stephanie Abercromby - Regional | ♠ Colin McGavisk - Local |
| ♠ John Grosvenor - **Local | ♥ David Blackburn - Club |
| ♦ Caryl Murfet - **Local | ♣ Gek Low - Graduate |
| ♣ Sandra Miedecke - *Local |
As at the end of October 2019 there were three Tasmanians in the National McCutcheons Top 10s (cohorts of people who started the year at the same level, ranked by Masterpoints earned in the year):
| ♠ Sue Martin - #7 *State list (71.82 MP) |
| ♥ John Grosvenor - #9 Club list (30.03 MP) |
| ♣ Mardi Grosvenor - #2 Graduate list (29.91 MP) |
The ABF Masterpoint Centre website provides a range of club, state and national reports updated each month. These include promotions, McCutcheons, most improved players, and top 50 Masterpoint earners.
Australia-wide Restricted Pairs
Australian Bridge magazine runs three Australia-wide pairs events each year - novice, restricted and open. The restricted event (fewer than 300MP) is the last in the year and was run at the end of October. The TBA session was held on Thursday 31 October. The club rooms were at full capacity with 26 tables playing. Around Australia 973 pairs played the same set of boards and were scored as one national field.
The local results for the TBA session are here. The top placed pairs were:
| North-South | East-West |
| Barbara Giizel - Pam Murphy | Stevie Griggs - Carmel Thomson |
| Marleen Lynch - Helen Morling | Mardi Grosvenor - John Grosvenor |
| Colin McGavisk - Kerry McKillop | Cheralyn Bird - Frank Powell |
In the national single field of 973 pairs, the top placed TBA pairs were:
| 61st - Stevie Griggs - Carmel Thomson (60.8%) - 12th under 50MP |
| 70th - Mardi Grosvenor - John Grosvenor (60.4%) - 17th under 50MP |
| 84th - Barbara Giizel - Pam Murphy (59.8%) |
| 100th - Florence Lewis-Bryan - Vicki Douglas (58.8%) |
| 113th - Liz Sellen - Clive Sellen (58.2%) |
The highest placed Tasmanian pair were David Rogers and Sue Martin from the Devonport Bridge Club who played in the Tamar session. They were placed 51st with 61.2%.
Thanks to Chris Carolan for organising and directing this demanding session for the TBA. The national results are available here. The summary for the 2019 Australia-Wide Novice Pairs is here. The summary for the 2019 Australia-wide Open Pairs is here. Watch out for the first of the 2020 series, the Australia-wide Novice Pairs. coming at the end of May 2020.
Melbourne Cup - Bridge + Lunch
The race that stops the nation didn't stop the TBA. 43 pairs came to the TBA on cup day for a day of bridge, fashion, food and racing.
The bridge results are here. Winners were:
Best female outfit went to Sandra Miedecke. Best male outfit went to Graeme Poulton. Best hat went to John Grosvenor, with an honourable mention to Andrew Walter. Best fascinator went to Dianne Kriegs.
Thanks to Jan Colville for leading the organisation for the day. Thanks to Chris Carolan for Directing. Thanks to Julie Rhodes for organising lunch, and to everybody who brought food and helped with the catering and clean-up.
Tasmanian Swiss Pairs Championship 2019
Over the weekend of 26-27 October the 2019 Tasmanian Swiss Pairs Championship was help in Devonport. 18 pairs competed, with players from clubs around the state. Seven 14 board matches were played over four sessions.
The winners were Roger Watts (Devonport BC) and Pamela Lidl (Tamar BC), pictured here with Director John Bailey. Second were Roger Swain (Tamar BC) and Frank Milford (Tamer BC). Third were Margaret Robertson (Tamar BC) and Margaret Gibbs (TBA). Full results are on the Devonport Bridge Club website.
Thanks to John Bailey for directing, and to the Devonport Bridge Club for hosting the event.
The TBA recently purchased 2,550 new plastic boards. This is part of preparing for the 2020 Tasmanian Festival of Bridge and retiring the old cardboard wallets. There was a great turnout on Sunday for a working bee at the club rooms to transfer cards from the old wallets. This is, however, just the start and further working bees will be scheduled to label the new boards (not as straight forward as you might think).
Thanks to all of the volunteers who came along to help. Special thanks to Annie Bartlett for providing lunch, and to Julie Rhodes for providing the cake.
The next working bee is scheduled for 10:00am Sunday 17 November. Apparently Julie has promised more cake!
TBA Novice Pairs Championship 2019
The 2019 TBA Novice Pairs Championship was held on Wednesday 16 October 2019. Entry was restricted to players with fewer than 25 Master Points as at 30 June 2019. The club rooms were close to full with 20 pairs competing in a separate section in parallel with the regular Wednesday morning session. The field included a number of pairs playing for the first time in a non-supervised session, including players from this year's beginners courses.
Congratulations to the winners, Sandra Miedecke and Alice Stillwell. Special mentions to Paul Fredheim (6th), Wendy Gilson (9th) and Lindsey Johnstone (9th) who earned their first Master Points in the event. Full results are available here. Thanks to Sue Falkingham for directing the event.
Launceston Bridge Club Congress 2019
The weekend of 5-6 October 2019 saw a full weekend of bridge in the north with the Launceston Bridge Club Congress. The Congress had pairs competitions on Saturday (8 pairs in the Restricted and 29 pairs in the Open) and Swiss Pairs on Sunday (38 pairs).
Top positions went to (click on the titles to go to the full results):
| Restricted | Open | Swiss |
| 1. Jean Murray & Kevin Crombleholme | 1. Jane Tyson & Angela Little | 1. Bert Forage & Maruta Boyd |
| 2. Elizabeth Sward & Phillip Powell | 2. Sandra & Andrew Richman | 2. Jane Tyson & Angela Little |
| 3. Pauline Anderson & Wendy Newman | 3. Bert Forage & Maruta Boyd | 3. Julie Rhodes & Anna Egan |
Jane Tyson & Angela Little |
Sandra & Andrew Richman |
Maruta Boyd & Bert Forage |
Julie Rhodes & Anna Egan |
Wendy Newman & Pauline Anderson |
A packed room ready to start |
2019 Open and Womens Pairs Championship
On Sunday 25 August 2019 18 pairs competed over two sessions in the 2019 Open and Womens Pairs Championships.
The open winners were Michael Woodhams and Bert Forage, placed first and second in the morning and afternoon sessions respectively. Womens champions and second in the open were Julia Corr and Maria Gibbs. Third place in the open went to Margaret Robertson and Margaret Gibbs. Full results are at: morning, afternoon, overall
Thanks again to Simon Edler for a busy weekend of directing, and to the volunteers who ensured that the day ran smoothly.
2019 Restricted Pairs Championship
The 2019 Restricted Pairs Championship was held at the TBA club rooms on Saturday 24 August 2019. The event was open to pairs with less than 150 masterpoints as at 31 March 2019, with 12 pairs competing.
First place was taken by Marg Enright and Gill Robinson by a healthy margin of 34 match points. Second place went to Julia Johnson and Geoff Green. Third place went to Sue Martin and Sue Falkingham. Full results are at: morning, afternoon, overall
1st - Gill Robinson and |
2nd - Julia Johnson |
3rd - Sue Martin and |
Thanks to Simon Edler for directing, and to the volunteers who ensured that the day ran smoothly.
2019 Australian National Championships
The 2019 Australian National Championships is on in Melbourne from 13-15 July.
Tasmania had three state teams competing in the Interstate Teams:
Sadly Tasmania did not have a Youth team. The full list of state teams is here.
The ANC Interstate Teams Qualifying finised on Wednesday. The results are available here.
In addition to the ANC teams events there are a range of ANC and Fringe Bridge Festival events on, with various Tasmanian players are participating. Full details are available at the 2019 ANC Website
The 2019 TBA Congress was held over the weekend of 29-30 June at the TBA club rooms.
Sunday was the Swiss pairs, with a field of 36 pairs competing over 6 rounds of 9 boards. The full results are here.
1st - Sandra and Andrew |
2nd - Dallas Cooper and |
3rd - Barbara Holland and |
4th - Ian Mansfield and |
5th - Julian Corr and |
Restricted - Rose Rowell and |
Saturday saw the rooms packed for three sections of matchpoint pairs. 17 pairs played in the open, 18 in the restricted (fewer than 150 masterpoints) and 14 in the novice (fewer than 25 masterpoints). Full results are here: open, restricted, novice
Open - 1st - Sandra and Andrew |
Open - 2nd - Jane and Robert |
Open - 3rd - Wynne Webber and |
Restricted - 1st - Mary Hawthorne and |
Restricted - 2nd - Anna Egan and |
Restricted - 3rd - David Marshall and |
Restricted - 4th - Julia Johnson and |
Novice - 1st - Mardi and John |
Novice - 3rd - Edward Gee and |
The presentations were made by TBA Vice-president Lynne Cooke, with TBA Chief Director Simon Edler loitering in the background. Absent for the presentations were 2nd placed novice pair - Debbie Easther and Pam Batrouney.
The novice field included four pairs of players yet to make Graduate master. They were congratulated on taking the step of entering a congress event. The best performing pair in this group - Elizabeth Taranto and Jan Sheen - received special recognition for their achievement in coming fourth.
Thanks to Simon for all of his work organising and running the congress, and to all members who brought food and helped organise the weekend.
The TBA is is the largest bridge club in the state with about 400 members and is the administrative body for the game of bridge in Tasmania. The TBA is responsible for running national and state events including the Australian Swiss Pairs championships and the Roger Penny Senior Swiss Pairs competition. These are conducted annually with the venue alternating between Hobart and Launceston. The TBA also administers the Masterpoints system for the ABF and endeavours to promote the growth and teaching of bridge throughout Tasmania via its affiliated clubs. The TBA's purpose-designed Centre at 5 Marine Esplanade, New Town Bay serves as both our local Clubrooms and the headquarters for bridge in the state.
| North-West | North | South |
|---|---|---|
| Burnie Bridge Club | Launceston Bridge Club | Hobart City Bridge Club |
| Devonport Bridge Club | Tamar Bridge Club | Eastern Shore Bridge Club |
| Ulverstone Bridge Club | Kingborough Bridge Club |
Contact us:
Phone: 0400 492 327
Email: tba@tasbridge.com.au
Post: PO Box171, North Hobart 7002
Bank Account Details for direct debit: BSB: 067-102 A/C #: 2801 2004 A/C Name: Tasmanian Bridge Association
ABN: 66 028 130 967
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