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Central West Festival of Bridge and
84th ANC in Orange NSW — 6-19 July 2024
Bulletin 1 Saturday 6 July
Stephen Lester is unwell at the moment, with a
longish convalescence predicted, so I will be editing this Bulletin. I'm in Sydney till the 12th and
playing in everything here thereafter, so I'll need
plenty of material from players.
shevek3@gmail.com is best,
or you can text to 0414 601 175.
Nick Hughes
Meanwhile in Europe
We are down to the final eight in the European
Championships - held in Germany - with the
quarter finals to be held next week.
Well, that's the football.
Concurrently, the European Bridge Championships are being held in Denmark, with the usual
Open, Women's and Senior Categories. (Will we
see a Mixed Interstate Teams at a future ANC?
Asking for a friend)
ANC Timetable
Sat 6 Captains' briefing
Sun 7 Interstate teams 1-4
Mon 8 Teams 5-8
Tue 9 Teams 9-12
Wed 10 Teams 13-14
Teams final 1
Quiz night
Thu 11 Finals 2 to 5
ANC Pairs 1
Victory Dinner
Fri 12 ANC Pairs 2
6pm
9.30am
9.30
9.30
9.30
5pm
7.30
9.30
10 & 2
7pm
10 & 2
Sat 13 TBIB Butlers start
Open
then Mixed or
Paul Lavings Butlers
10am
Sat - Thu
Mon - Thu
Mon - Thu
Central West Festival Timetable
Sat 6
The 30 Open teams in Europe have played a
complete Round Robin of 16 board matches.
That's 464 boards over the 11 days.
Norway, Switzerland, Italy England, Israel, Belgium, Sweden and France have made it through
to the next round, which for them is next year's
Bermuda Bowl.
Shortly after the Euros, Australia will be represented in the World Youth (U26) Championships,
to be held in Wroclaw Poland from 13 July.
Lauren Travis – a member of the South Australian team that won the Open Interstate last year –
will be there, as an npc.
A Mariana tweet
I'm giving up drinking for a month.
Sorry, bad punctuation.
I'm giving up. Drinking for a month.
Welcome Swiss Prs
10am & 2pm
Orange City Council
sponsor of Saturday's
Welcome Pairs
Sun 7
Mon 8
Tue 9
Wed 10
Mudgee BC Swiss Prs
Dubbo BC Swiss Prs
Bathurst BC Swiss Prs
Cowra BC Pairs
Parkes BC Pairs
Quiz night
Thu 11 Orange BC Swiss Prs
Fri 12 Orange BC Teams
CWF Celebration
10 & 2
10 & 2
10 & 2
10am
2pm
7.30
10 & 2
10 & 2
5pm
(These events run in conjunction with
Stepbridge, with Open, Restricted and Novice
categories)
StepBridge is an online bridge
club based in Australia. You
can earn masterpoints while
you play against your usual
local opponents.