Novice Pairs 2017
Congratulations to Hugh Gillespie and Catherine Kennedy, winners of the Novice Pairs competition for 2017. (Photo when we catch them!) Six pairs competed,with Linda Manders and Wendell Emery achieving a creditable second place.
2017 OPEN TEAMS
Congratulations to the team of Jean Johnson, Margie Way, David Sykes, Ed Betteto and Fabian Hupe, winners of the Open Teams title for 2017. A very close contest, with the junior team of Ellen Davidson, John Luebkemann, George Correia and Linda Abend putting in a very strong performance to tie with the team of Jane Smith, Gertie Barker, Rachael Gosling and Simon Giffen for second place, just two victory points off the lead. Nine teams competed, and every team achieved at least one match victory along the way. Well done all.
NEW LAWS OF DUPLICATE BRIDGE
From 4 December 2017,
(i) use of the STOP card and announcing SKIP BID are no longer permitted
(ii) the 2017 Revised Laws of Duplicate Bridge will be applied to all games at the Club.
A summary of the main changes and the text of the BridgeBulletin articles explaining the changes in more details are attached to this Article. The Rules themselves can be accessed through the link.
Law_Changes_-_Note_to_Members.pdf
Summary_of_Changes_to_Laws_of_Duplicate_Bridge_2017.pdf
http://cdn.acbl.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Laws-of-Duplicate-Bridge.pdf
JUNIOR TEAMS CHAMPIONS 2017
Congratulations to the team of Claude Guay, Sharon Shanahan, Lane Martin and Betsy Baillie, our Junior Teams Champions for 2017. This is one of our smaller two-session competitions, limited to players with less than 100 masterpoints. Five teams entered; in a hard fought competition, each team won at least one of their matches - well done all.
2017 OPEN PAIRS
Congratulations to Alan Douglas and Ed Betteto, winners of the Open Pairs Championship 2017. This two session event held on the morning and afternoon of 4 November attracted a large field of 20 pairs - an encouraging endorsement of the Club's decision to hold the event on a Saturday. John Burville and David Cordon were runners up, and Julia Beach and Pat Siddle were third. Well done all.
2017 Player of the Year
To check out the latest standings in the 2017 Player of the Year, for Senior, Junior and Daytime as at 6th September 2017 go to the Competitions Tab menu of the website