Open Pairs Championship 2023 - Sessions

Welcome to the final week of the NSBC Open Pairs Championships 2023. Thank you for entering and good luck in the competition. Session starts at 7:00pm please login by 6:50pm at the latest.

Congratulations to last years winners:

🏆 NSBC Club (State) Open Pairs Champions for 2022

Sophie Ashton & David Beauchamp

Event Format

This is a 4 week event running over 5 weeks 28/9, 5/10, 12/10 and 26/10. The week of 19/10 is a break week for the Spring Nationals. The format is Matchpoints Scoring, the movement will be a continous Howell with 21 rounds of 5 boards per round. Each night will be five rounds or five boards, however in the third week 12/10 we will have 6 rounds of 5 boards. By the end of the final week, all pairs will have played all other pairs in the tournament.

Kibitzing Server

Spectators can kibitz the session from 7:20pm via the Kibitizing link below

Player Substitutes

All player subsitutitions, even last minute ones, must be approved by the tournament committee. Please make your best effort to subsitute a player of comparable standard. Players deemed by the tournament commitee to not be of comparable standard may result in score adjustments. Take a moment to think ahead of players you could consider in the case of needing a subsitute.

Seating & Session Links for Week 4

Please click on your name in the list below to be taken directly to your seat. If you cannot find your name in the list click on the Lobby button below to login via the session lobby.

If you cannot find your name in the list above (you may be last minute sub) please click on the button below to login to the lobby. Wait for the director to provide access to your seat.

Technical Help

The most common issues players face today with getting onto RealBridge is WIFI issues between the modem and the computer or tablet you are using, and also issues with access to the camera by your web browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, or FireFox). Please try the suggestions below as they generally solve 99% of players issues. If you still have problems call Gary Barwick on 0413 884 805.

1st fix: try rebooting your computer, iPad or tablet that you are playing on. Reconnect to the internet and see if you can browse to NSBC website. Click on Online Sessions to the left side. Then click on the 7PM Thursday night in the list of sessions.

2nd fix: try rebooting your modem. Wait about five minutes and once your WIFI has reconnected to the internet then see if you can browse to NSBC website. Click on Online Sessions to the left side. Then click on the 7PM Thursday night in the list of sessions.

3rd fix: If you still cannot get access to the camera and microphone then try switching to another browser. Such as Edge, Firefox or Safari.