Coffs Harbour is a wonderful venue for a congress and had its own share of excitement with hands like the one below. I was playing with Marlene Watts – never a dull moment! The pair who bid to this grand…

I am a great believer in KISS – Keep it simple, stupid! Rather than an infinite number of conventions that I can’t remember (and when I remember, my partner doesn’t!), I prefer to work from general principles, along with a…

I was sitting West, playing with David Wiltshire in the Margaret Smith Memorial Congress at Manly Leagues Club. Bd 8Nil Vul W Dealer ♠ Q J 6 3 2 ♥ Q 9 8 7 ♦ 4 ♣ Q 9 5…

I was sitting East, playing with Ian Thomson from Canberra and held ♠ KQ3 ♥A2 ♦KQJ8 ♣A743

Terrigal Excitement! This hand was in Session 3 of the duplicate on Monday 16th September. Bd 4All Vul W Dealer ♠ 10 8 3 ♥ 9 8 ♦ A 10 5 3 2 ♣ J 7 4   ♠ A…

The last weekend in June, David (and Anita) put on their winter woollies and headed to the Canberra Bridge Club for a series of three lessons, attended by up to 60 people per session. Much to our surprise, the weather…

A brilliant lead!

This hand was against Peter Rogers (North) and Steven Burgess (South) in the 1996 Australian Playoffs. I was sitting East, playing with Ted Chadwick.

Justin Howard and Peter Hollands rode to victory in a gruelling competition over 6 days. Each pair played a 12 board match against the other 19 pairs who had qualified for Stage 2. I was sitting South, playing with Liz Adams.

Match (round robin2 round3) vs Singapore N E S W 1♣ ? West opened 1♣ – I was North with ♠AQJ2 ♥3 ♦AQ74 ♣AJ84 What should you bid??? Things to consider: – If you double what will your next bid…

I had the pleasure of playing as a Captain in the Teams of Three with Rod Dunn, Timothy Stewart and Ian Jamieson. It was a well attended event (48 teams) with teams drawing from a pool of experienced players as…