NSBC Club Open Teams Championships 2024
Welcome the NSBC Club Open Teams Championship for 2024. This event is also a qualifier for the State Open Teams Championships and the overall winners of this event will recieve sponsored entry into the State Open Teams Metropolitan Final running in conjuction with the Pennant Hills Teams Congress on October 13th 2024. Congratulations to last years winners.
7.00pm Thursday Night Club Open Teams Championship
5 sessions - 22 & 29 August & 5, 12 & 19 September 2024
Director: Ronnie Ng & Convenor: Gary Barwick
🏆 2023 Winners
Neil Ewart - Ian Robinson - Pauline Gumby - Warren Lazer
Format
This is a 5-week event with IMP/VP Scoring. The first three weeks are qualifying rounds followed by a semi-final, final and consolation Swiss in the final two weeks.
Weeks 1, 2 & 3: are qualifying rounds with 9 x 9 board rounds with three rounds played each night.
Week 4: The top four placed teams will enter the semi-final. The semi-final will be 2 x 14 board stanzas with each pair playing both pairs from the other team over both stanzas (managed automatically by RealBridge). The leading team going into the semi-final will have the choice of playing either the third or fourth placed team. The remainder of the teams will play in the consolation Swiss which will also be 2 x 14 board rounds
Week 5: Winners of the semi-final will play each other in the final. The final will be 2x14 board stanzas with pairs playing both pairs from the other team over two stanzas (managed automatically by RealBridge). The losing teams from the semi-finals will be placed into the Swiss with VP's equal to the leading team.
Kibitzing
Spectators can kibitz the session from 7:00pm via the Kibitizing link below. During qualifying the delay will be based on all tables having completed the board.
Player Substitutes
All player substitutions, even last minute ones, must be approved by the tournament committee. Please make your best effort to substitute a player of comparable standard. Players deemed by the tournament committee 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 substitute.
Session and Draw for Week 5
Click the button below to enter the session and take a seat at your table. Teams and draw are provided below.
SEMI-FINAL: CLIFFORD vs PITT
SWISS: MUNDELL, ANDREW, JEFFERY, ADAMS, BURKE, KAPLAN, LOWRY, and HOUSE
Teams and Players
| 1 | JEFFERY | WEI ZHANG, YUMIN LI, PETER JEFFERY, WAYNE ZHU |
| 2 | ADAMS | LORNA ICHILCIK, LIZ ADAMS, TONY NUNN, GEORGE FLEISCHER |
| 3 | MUNDELL | TANIA LLOYD, HUGH GROSVENOR, ANDREW PEAKE, GISELLE MUNDELL |
| 4 | CLIFFORD | WIESLAW PRZEWOZNIAK, AVRIL ZETS, COLIN CLIFFORD, WITOLD CHYLEWSKI, CRAIG GOWER, PATRICK JIANG (SUB) |
| 5 | BURKE | GARY LANE, ANTHONY BURKE, PHIL GUE, LEO GOOREVICH |
| 6 | ANDREW | LES GREWCOCK, STEVEN BOCK, RAKESH KUMAR, JAKE ANDREW |
| 7 | KAPLAN | GEORGE BILSKI, ELLIOTT KAPLAN, PETER GILL, MARTIN BLOOM |
| 8 | PITT | MICHAEL COURTNEY, RUTH TOBIN, HELENE PITT, JOAN BUTTS |
| 9 | LOWRY | JEANETTE ABRAMS, PHILIP BEEBY, JANE BEEBY, HELEN LOWRY |
| 10 | HOUSE | PRUE SIEMSGLUESS, THOMAS SIEMSGLUESS, ELLI URBACH, KEVIN DAVIES |
Support
Please ensure your devices are charged and internet is working ok. If you have a wireless hotspot as backup internet please check that is also working. If possible have a backup device ready. You can test your cameras and microphones below. If you need a reminder on features of the RealBridge platform check the player guide link below.
If you need any technical help or further information please contact Gary Barwick via email or on 0413 884 805.
