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12 pairs competed for the 2018 Non Life Masters title. Defending champions Kathy Keane and Mike Viotti got away to a strong start, pulling away from the field and winning the first session comfortably, but a strong fightback in the afternoon by a number of pairs including Ellen Davidson and Tyler Irby (a relative newcomer through the schools programme) brought us to the last two board round with less than 3 matchpoints separating the first and fourth places. 

IMG 0505When the dust settled, however, Kathy and Mike had held on to become 2018 champions, with Ellen and Tyler a creditable second fractionally ahead of Ruby Douglas and Delton Outerbridge in third place.  Well done all.  

From 4 December 2017,

(i)   use of the STOP card and announcing SKIP BID are no longer permitted

(ii)   the 2017 Revised Laws of Duplicate Bridge will be applied to all games at the Club.

A summary of the main changes and the text of the BridgeBulletin articles explaining the changes in more details are attached to this Article. The Rules themselves can be accessed through the link.

Law_Changes_-_Note_to_Members.pdf

 Summary_of_Changes_to_Laws_of_Duplicate_Bridge_2017.pdf

http://cdn.acbl.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Laws-of-Duplicate-Bridge.pdf

 

Congratulations to the team of Jean Johnson, Margie Way, David Sykes, Ed Betteto and Fabian Hupe, winners of the Open Teams title for 2017.  A very close contest, with the junior team of Ellen Davidson, John Luebkemann, George Correia and Linda Abend putting in a very strong performance to tie with the team of Jane Smith, Gertie Barker, Rachael Gosling and Simon Giffen for second place, just two victory points off the lead. Nine teams competed, and every team achieved at least one match victory along the way.  Well done all.