NSBC November Newsletter
There's a huge amount of informative content in the latest Club Newsletter. A big Thank You to Kevin Davies and Kay Moyes - this month's joint editors - for all their hard work.
Melbourne Cup 2018
A fun day was had at both Club Willoughby and East Lindfield venues. Hat parade, lunch, cup sweeps and even some bridge!
Hat Parades at Club Willoughby
Free Friday Lesson with Mike
This week Friday at 9.30am, join Mike at East Lindfiled for a free 30 minute lesson before the 10.00am duplicate.
This week the lesson is on Slam Bidding Judgment.
2018 Spring Matchpoint Pairs
The results from this 3-week event were calculated from the participants' two best scores.
The Winners were Wenjie Liu and Ming Xie on 58.2%.
Runners Up were Mary O'Toole and Tina Strickland on 57.5%
October Monthly Winners
The results for the October Monthly Winners competition have now been calculated.
Every session at both Club Willoughby and East Lindfield resulted in a winner for the month of October. This will continue each month for the rest of the year.
Check out how you went during October:
Free Friday Lesson - Pre-empts
This week Mike will be giving a great, free lesson for all players at East Lindfield. The topic is "Pre-emptive Bids".
Responding, Opening and counting your tricks - and how many tricks does partner show.
There will be lots of information for players of all levels, so please come along this Friday 9.30am for the 30 minute lesson. Everyone gets notes to take home.
Success at Spring Nationals
Congratulations to NSBC members Craig Mietzke and Denis Kristanda (on the right in photo) who were part of the winning team in the Two-Men-and-a-Truck Restricted Teams event at the Spring Nationals.
The Runners up were all NSBC members: Kit MEYERS - Kerry RYMER - Fiona FAWCETT - Catherine ELSE.
Friday Lesson at East Lindfield - Splinters
While Mike is at the Sydney Spring Nationals for the next two weeks, the Free Friday lesson wil be conducted by Sue Crompton. This week's lesson will be on Splinters - showing trump support and a shortage. It's a great tool for bidding slams and staying out of bad slams.
The lesson starts at 9:30am and is followed at 10am by the usual duplicate pairs. All welcome.
2018 Hybrid Teams
This event has a unique format with a scoring method which combines both Teams (IMPs) and Matchpoint (overtricks count) principles.
The winners were the OSIE Team:
Judy Osie, Witold Chylewski (Jun), Giselle Mundell, Avril Zets
Runners up were the DOBES Team:
Warren Dobes, Les Grewcock, Steven Bock, Kevin Davies
Third were the SMEE Team:
David Smee, Alexis Ngan, Julian Abel, Patrick Neary
When is a Double for Penalty?
This week Mike will be giving a great lesson for all players. The topic is "When is a Double for Penalty?".
He will also talk about Trap Passing - waiting for partner to double. So when is a pass forcing?
There will be lots for players of all levels, so please come along to East Lindfield this Friday 9.30am for the 30 minute free lesson. Everyone gets notes to take home.
No partner no problem just come along and you will get a game.
Contact Info
Club Manager - Mike Prescott
Mbl: 0435 528 872 or use Contact Form
Willoughby Venue
Club Willoughby, 26 Crabbes Avenue, North Willoughby
PO Box 608 Willoughby 2068
Tel: (02) 9411 3527
East Lindfield Venue
Lindfield Rollers Bowling Club, 2b Carlyle Road, East Lindfield
Tel: (02) 9415 8344