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South Australian Bridge Association Newsletter October 2018

In This Issue

Redoubles article 3

Map Raffle Prize List 4

2018/19 Lecture Program 6

Roman Key Card Blackwood Article by David Lusk (Part 5) 7

Gawler Congress 8

SABA Quiz Night 9

New Lunch Menu 10

Monthly Winners 11

Funnies Page 12

October Tue AM - Jean McEwin Pairs (RED)

Tue PM - Paddy Haydon Pairs (RED)

Gus & Gusti Gilbert Pairs (RED)

October Nationwide Pairs

Sunday 21st October @ 1pm

(Red and Green MPs)

November

Recently the club had a farewell function for Angela Grimaldi. This was a chance for Angela to say thank you to all the friends she has made at the club. Angela has worked tirelessly at the club over many years and has expected nothing in return. She has put a great deal of effort into fund raising for nothing. She often catered functions for the club for nothing. Nothing was too much effort for Angela. In a club of over 1300 members, can one person make a difference?

Turn to page two to see what just one person can achieve.

New SABA WIFI

The club has set up a new WiFi connection which will be easier to access and is faster.

Connect to:

SABA-WIFI

Password: 0883733995

Thanks for Nothing

Important Date Change

The Unley Rotary Cancer Care Congress has been post-

poned until Sunday 7th April, 2019. More details in

the new year.

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Angela has been involved in many areas of the club almost from her first day! When the club found out that Angela was an interior designer we asked her to come up with an overall design for the club rooms.

Upgrading the clubrooms has taken ten years and hundreds of thousands of dollars and an overall plan was essential. Angela provided this and then proceeded to become heavily involved in achieving these improvements.

Carpet was replaced in the annex and the clubrooms painted inside and out. The tiles in the ladies toilets were also replaced at this time.

The urns were replaced with the Café bar and Boiling Billy hot and cold water system.

A new kitchen was needed and Angela was not only involved in the design but was a driving force on the fund raising committee to raise the $35,000 needed. This was achieved in less than 3 years.

The office was redesigned and whilst that doesn’t make a lot of difference to the bridge club, it has certainly made life much easier for the office staff.

The men’s and ladies toilets received a further upgrade recently and new carpet in the main hall.

Storage units for personal belongings were provided and have been a very popular improvement.

And then there was the weekend where Adelaide sweltered in +40 degree heat. Angela was here on the Sunday helping install the sprinkler systems. She was also responsible for the new garden on the verge.

And then there is the new lounge. This was a dream of Angela’s for a number of years but had to convince the club that spending money on the lounge area was beneficial. So new tables and chairs, artwork, café bar, flooring and hot water system later, the front lounge has become a great area for members to have lunch or a chat after bridge and even read the morning papers over a bit of brekkie.

Of course, there was also Angela’s role as concierge. The concept of a club concierge was borne from a need to provide a more welcoming and friendly environment for members and visitors to enjoy their bridge at the club.

Angela has done this job for the last 6 years and has certainly contributed significantly to the atmosphere of our club today.

So, why are we saying farewell?

The simple answer is that Angela has burnt herself out! There was not a day go by where she was not thinking of something she could do to improve the club. With all Angela’s efforts, which have been highlighted, and dealing with her Parkinson’s it has simply become too much.

Obviously, Angela is very saddened to not have the club as part of her life, but as she said at her farewell, the break has allowed her to rediscover her love of painting and to enjoy life as a grandmother of three boys and a brand new baby girl.

In typical Angela fashion, her last request was for members to make her last fundraiser (the map raffle) a success. No gifts needed, just buy a ticket in the map raffle!

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Map Raffle

$1 per ticket

$’000s in prizes

Redoubles?

What does a redouble mean in modern bidding and how can it be used?

Here was a hand at a past Trumps congress that caused some discussion:

Dealer West, nil vul.

NORTH ♠ AK6 ♥ KQJT973 ♦ 8 ♣ T9 EAST WEST ♠ JT ♠ 9732 ♥ A8652 ♥ — ♦ AJT3 ♦ K654 ♣ Q4 ♣ 87632 SOUTH ♠ Q854 ♥ 4 ♦ Q972 ♣ AKJ5

West opens 1H, stealing North’s suit and forcing a pass, followed by a pass from East. South reopens with a double, which North is happy to leave in, passing to convert it to penalties. East redoubles. What does this mean?

When redouble cannot possibly be genuine (here, for

example, East has already shown a hand too weak to

even respond, so cannot now have a hand so strong as

to want to up the ante with a redouble), it is used as

“SOS”, asking partner to bid another suit. This allows

West to escape to 2D. Over that, it is reasonable for

North to bid 4H, because the suit quality is so good

that West’s five cards in hearts should not cause grief.

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SABA MAP RAFFLE

$1 per square

$’000’s in prizes

Drawn Thursday 13th December

Map Raffle Instructions

1. Select the square(s) you want

2. Place an X in that square

3. Put your name, square number(s), and total amount on the sheet

4. Place the sheet and the money in the envelope provided

***A couple of tickets per week will give you 50 chances to win!!

Prize List

1st Breadmaker & Slicer $200

2nd Nutribullet $170

3rd Towel Set $140

4th 2016 Stamp Collection $130

5th Blanket $120

6th Air Fryer $100

7th Domino Set $70

8th Mini Steamer $65

9th Casserole Tray $30

10th Scent Infuser $30

11th Jigsaw $20

12th Waffle Maker $20

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Around the Clubs Bridge on Torrens (BoT) (Cnr Smith & Church St, Walkerville)

Held at the Walkerville

Bowling Club, members can

enjoy the very friendly

atmosphere in great

surroundings. BoT sessions

are Mondays and

Thursdays @ 1pm.

Supervised play is available

at both sessions.

Bridge at Somerton Park (B@SP) (16 Boundary Rd, Somerton Park)

If you live near the

beach, chances are

you’re not far from our

Somerton Park club.

The B@SP session is

held on Tuesday

morning from 9.30 to 12.30. Supervised players

welcome and the players get together once a

month for lunch.

607 Lower Nth East Rd,

Campbelltown

Bridge at Campbelltown (B@C)

Fridays 10am—1pm

Looking for divine

inspiration? Then you

may enjoy a morning of

bridge at the Uniting Church at

free lecture before the game in a friendly and

welcoming atmosphere.

Bridge at Fullarton

Fullarton Park

Community Centre

411 Fullarton Rd

A casual and relaxed

game of bridge is

available at the

Fullarton Community Centre every Monday

afternoon at 1pm.

Unley Computer Repairs

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Internet or printing problems?

Qualified Hardware Technician, Software

Engineer and Microsoft Certification Trained.

Contact John Smith for a free quote

Edna Haines & Betty Alexiou celebrated their 92nd birthdays at Campbelltown last month.

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We have moved!

Same great service, new office

Changes to 2018/19 Lecture Program

The club is re-introducing the specialist lectures for

intermediate and advanced players. These will be

delivered on Tuesday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm.

These will be conducted 4 times a year commencing

in October.

Although there are good numbers for the

intermediate lectures, numbers for the

corresponding advanced lectures were such that the

club was going to cancel them.

It is taken a while to get this back up and running and

it would be a shame to fall at the first hurdle.

At the suggestion of David Parrott, who heads up our

Education and Development Committee we will try a

switch to another day. Commencing Wednesday

October 10th the club will try and keep these

lectures going.

Intermediate Lectures

October 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd.

Bidding over our No Trump

Week 1—Stayman and Puppet Stayman

Week 2—Checkback

Week 3—4 Suit transfers

Week 4—Lebensohl

Advanced Lectures

October 10th, 17th and 24th and 31st.

Showing support in a major

Week 1—Bergen Raises

Week 2—Jacoby 2NT

Week 3—Splinter Bids

Week 4—Cue Raises

The club’s standard morning lectures have also been

finalized and is detailed below.

September Pre-emptive Bids

October Slam Bidding

November Scoring and Tactics

December Alerting, Announcing, Etiquette,

Director’s Role

January Bidding Balanced Hands

February Declarer Play – Finessing and

Transportation, Using Dummy’s

Assets

March Opening Leads and Third Hand De-

cisions

April Transfers and Stayman

May Overcalls

June Doubles – Takeout, Negative

July Defending

August Forcing or Non-Forcing?

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Roman Key Card Blackwood Lesson 5

Exclusion Blackwood

Exclusion Blackwood is the most difficult of the Key-card Variations to recognise in the heat of battle. It is a grand slam mechanism which is definitely not for the RKC novices.

The general principle is that, after implied or stated suit agreement, a bid at the four or five level that is at least one level higher than any normal slam try should be treated as exclusion.

When using or recognising the bid, ask yourself: “Does this bid at the next lower level have a definitive meaning in the quest for a higher contract?”

Here are some auctions which illustrate the use of Exclusion Blackwood.

1♥: 2NT (Jacoby) 2) 1♠: 3♠ (limit raise) 3) 1♥: 4♦ (splinter raise)

5♦: 4♣: 4♦ ( cue bids) 5♠

5♥

In example 1) 4♦ would show 5-5 in hearts and diamonds, so 5♦ is otherwise meaningless unless it is Exclusion Blackwood. In example 2) 4♥ would be a cue, promising first or second round control, therefore 5♥ must be Exclusion Blackwood. In example 3), 4♠ would be a cue.

The Next Bid after Exclusion Blackwood

When an apparently wild bid takes place and is interpreted as Exclusion Blackwood, the responses are step-wise in RKC fashion but the answer must exclude any key-cards in the suit bid. The reason for this should be obvious; the one who uses the bid has a void in the suit called.

After receiving an answer to Exclusion Blackwood, we can bid to the desired contract or bid 5NT if there is room, or a new suit below 6 of the agreed suit, to show all key cards and searching for undisclosed second round controls etc.

Responses to Minorwood as an RKCB Enquiry.

Last issue, mention was made of 1430 and 0314 responses. Any pair which adopts Minorwood as part of their bidding agreements should use the responses as steps with the same meaning as over 4NT i.e. the first step is 0 or 3 if you play 0314 and subsequent steps are 1 or 4, 2 without the Q and two with the Q. The first and second steps are reversed if you play 1430. There may be a technical advantage to play strictly 0314 but the risk of error is huge if this is not your style over 4NT.

Further Developments

After the Key-card response, the controlling hand can:

Sign off in 5 or 6 (or7)<minor>.

Sign off in 4NT (important at pairs).

Cue an unbid suit to look for the trump Queen or, if known, to show constructive interest in grand slam.

Bid 5NT to show all key cards and inviting sensible action from partner.

Example Auctions

♠ AK 1♥: 2NT (15+ with 4 hearts.

♥ AQ10972 5♦ :

♦ Void

♣ KQJ102

There are many slower ways to bid this hand. Partner has the Ace of clubs or the King of hearts to make up his/her 15 points but what if both cards are in the East hand? Simple RKC will not help unless partner shows 0 or 3 Key cards but the exclusion RKC allows partner to show 2 key cards outside the diamond suit, meaning that you can bid 6H or 7♥ depending on the answer.

This hand was played in the Interstate Teams. John Smith suggested that after 4NT, East could bid 5♣ to show 3 key cards (not zero) and second round control in clubs. This would give an adventurous West a chance to bid seven, which makes with careful play.

♠ AKQ942 1♠: 3♠ Limit raise, 10-12 HCP, usually 4 card support.

♥ Void 4♣: 4♦ Cue bidding – first or second round control

♦ A3 5♥

♣ KQ1053

Partner confirms second round control in diamonds. Even if this is a singleton, ruffing a diamond in dummy would be no problem. Simple (4NT) RCK may get the magic answer of two key-cards but what if partner has just one? If it is the Ace of hearts then there is a loser off the top but if it is the Ace of clubs, you should make 7 spades. 5♥ asks for key cards other than in hearts, so you should get a helpful answer.

♠ Void 1♥: 4♦ Game strength, with four card support and a short diamond.

♥ AQJ875 5♠

♦ A62

♣ KQ102

Even if partner has AKQJ of spades and no outside key-card, 6♥ will need a trump finesse at worst.. However, if he/she shows 2 Key cards outside of spades with a bid of 6♦, grand slam in hearts must be lay-down.

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Saturday 13th October

Quiz starts 7.30pm sharp

Tables of 10 @ $12 per person

Quiz Master Jen Lusk

Nomination Sheet on the Notice Board

Lots of Prizes

Raffles Silent Auction

Membership Target

2017 Total 1256

2018 Target 1325

1st September 2018 1306

1st October 2018 1323

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Lunch Menu

SANDWICHES $6.50

Ham , Cheese & Tomato

Ham, Tomato, Cucumber, Carrot & Lettuce

Chicken, Avocado, Lettuce & Mayonnaise

Turkey, Tomato, Cucumber, Cranberry Sauce &

Curried Egg

Egg, Lettuce & Mayonnaise

Tuna, Cucumber, Lettuce & Mayonnaise

WRAPS $8.50

Chicken, Bacon, Egg, Cheese, Lettuce & Caesar Dressing

Chicken Schnitzel, Tomato, Cheese, Lettuce & Avocado

Ham, Tomato, Cucumber, Carrot & Lettuce

HOT DOGS

Hot Dog with Cheese & Tomato Sauce $7

Lot Dog - Bacon, Onion, Cheese, Tomato Sauce & Mustard $8.

BURGERS

Cheeseburger - Beef, Double Cheese, Lettuce &

Beef Burger - Bacon, Cheese, Tomato, Lettuce &

Grilled Chicken Burger - Chicken, Cheese, Tomato, Lettuce & Mayonnaise - $7.00

SOUP

Soup of the Day Small $3.50 Large $5.00

Bread Roll (Buttered) - $1.50

VIETNAMESE ROLL $7.50

Chicken or Pork

COLD ROLLS $9.50

Chicken

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MONTHLY RESULTS

Monday AM

Chris Nettle / Rebecca Poon

Toh / Wendy Adams

Brian Poole / Denise Buttrose

Pam Morgan-King / Andrew

Eddie

Jenny Kernbach / Delores Wells

Bridge at Fullarton

Sheila Delaney / Sheila Bunney

Kent Makin / Cecilia Makin

Bridge on Torrens - Monday

Geraldine Barrows / Julie Larkin

John Clay / Gerry Pope

Joan Lees / Felicity Bonkowski

Monday PM A Grade

State Singles C’ships George SMOLANKO 1st Yadi PARROTT 2nd Attilio DE LUCA 3rd

Monday PM

Onslow Billinghurst / Sandy

Francas

Tony Simula / Marianne Harkin

Monday PM Supervised

Mark Manuel / Trevor Parr Margaret Lambert / Eva De Masi

Bridge @ Somerton Park

Mike Wood / Jacki Walters Peter Solomon / Cecil Madder

Tuesday AM

David Lusk / Gary Chua Emily Sharpe / Rita Pringle Paddy Mcerlean / Adela Durowicz Tricia Weddle / Frances Berry

Tuesday AM Intermediates

Steve Williams / Liz Mathlin Valerie Trim / Penny Mackenzie Chris Hart / Jo Keane

Tuesday PM

Jane Harrison / Dennis Reynolds Dianne Marler / Rodney Macey John Rutherford / Tony Michailov

Wednesday AM A Grade

Ingrid Cooke / Jeff Travis Angela Norris / Jeff Fallon Ian Hilditch / David Anderson

Wednesday AM

Ruth Ashleyhall / Sue Ker Doreen Lynch / Jane Linde Junice Nesbitt / Pauline Harris

Wednesday PM

Sandy Leach / Walter Kuiper Janet Hegarty / Alan Bradshaw

Thursday AM

John Smith / Dennis Reynolds Ashley Schultz / Jan Fletcher Julie Laslett / Alf Laslett Brian Poole / Rebecca Poon

Bridge on Torrens - Thursday

Lex Bourke / Peter Mckay Mardi Seedsman / Shirley Hesketh

Thursday AM Supervised

Barbara Allan / Neil Wilson Wayne Fulford / Rosalie Rolfe

Friday AM

Pam Morgan-King / Andrew Eddie Margaret Stevens / Pat Lake Kevin Mills / Geoff Hannaford

Friday Afternoon

Lex Bourke / Max Jahn Gary Deaton / Monty Monteleone

Friday Afternoon Supervised

Beryl Tape / Helen Creeper Lizzie Rasheed / John Rasheed

Bridge@Campbelltown

Rhonda Grant / Tricia Weddle Dorothy Mcquistan / Valda Krause Chris Roberts / Tom Hamnett

Saturday

Andrew Eddie / Linda Alexander Rita Sziller / Gizella Mickevics Jocelyn Andrews / Melinda Andrews

Saturday Intermediate

Pam Wood / Linda Halls Deirdre Wilson / Marilyn Chambers

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Funnies Page

Happy Bridging