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North Shore Bridge Club

19th February to 26th March 2026





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Organiser:Gary Barwick
Phone:0413884805
Email:online@northshorebridgeclub.com.au
Chief Tournament Director:Ronnie Ng
NSBC WebsiteNorth Shore Bridge Club Homepage
NSBC CalendarNSBC Congress & Events Calendar

Links

Session:GNOT Qualifying Session Link Week 2
Substitutions:NSBC Player Substitution Form
KibitzingRealBridge Kibitzing Server (Slowest Board)
REALBRIDGE RESULTS PIANOLA HAND RECORDS
Session 1 Result 1 Pianola 1 Hand Record 1

Qualifying Pool A

1EMULCevat Emul, Catherine Zhang, Robert Ward, Peter Gill
2BUSTANYAlan Bustany, Di Coats, Margaret Gidley-Baird, Brian Jacobson
3TREDINNICKAlan Schwarz, Tammy Schwarz, Gary Barwick, Michele Tredinnick
4ASHTONDavid Beauchamp, Sophie Ashton, Ron Klinger, James Coutts, Maurits van der Vlugt, Matt Mullamphy
5CLIFFORDColin Clifford, Peter Jeffery, Nicoleta Giura, Nick Hughes
6KEMENYAlex Kemeny, Heath Henn, Bob Sebesfi, Witold Chylewski, Lorna Ichilcik, George Fleischer
7CHENKelsey Chen, Sherlock Shao, Patrick Jiang, Wieslaw Przewozniak

Qualifying Pool B

8MUNDELLGiselle Mundell, Andrew Peake, Yumin Li, Simon Zhang
9ABRAMSJeanette Abrams, Sybil Hurwitz, Helen Lowry, Linda Aubusson
10DAWSONHelena Dawson, Avril Zets, Marcia Scudder, judith mott
11ANDREWJake Andrew, Rakesh Kumar, Michael Prescott, anthony burke
12DAVIESKevin Davies, Elli Urbach, Leo Goorevich, Gary Lane
13BLOOMMartin Bloom, Nigel Rosendorff, Tony Nunn, Liz Adams
14CHICKGlen Chick, Alexander Berdyshevski, Ian Jamieson, Denis Kristanda

GENERAL INFORMATION

Welcome:This is an NSBC Club championship event and a direct qualifier for the GNOT Final (second stage). This is regionally restricted event and visitors from the Sydney metropolitan region and the surrounding regions (Blue Mountains, Illawarra & Central Coast) are welcome to participate.
Event Format:X-IMP / VP scoring and Gold Masterpoints. This event comprises of 10 x 14 board matches over 5 weeks. The first 7 matches (weeks 1-3 and first half of week 4). Two balanced pools of 7 teams each will face each other in a round robin of 7 x 14 board matches. The second 14 board match of week 4 will comprise of each pool playing off 1 v 2, 3 v 4, 5 v 6 and team 7 from each pool will play a revenge round. In week 5 the top teams from each pool will face of in a head-to-head match of 28 boards in 2 x 14 board stanzas (with a switch). The remaining 12 teams will play in a 2 x 14 board round Swiss.
Member Discounts:North Shore Bridge Club members receive a $5 per session discount on all regular face-to-face sessions, online sessions and championship events (excluding congresses). To receive the discount members must select to pay via the Club PP System option when entering.
Close of Entries:Entries will close on Wednesday 18th February 2026 at 5:00pm. Late entries will be up to the discretion of the tournament organiser.
Prizes:1st = Entry to National Qualifier (on RealBridge), 2nd = Metro Final Entry (on RealBridge), 1st (Swiss) = Metro Final Entry (on RealBridge).
General Conditions:
  1. Players should be seated 10 minutes before start of play.
  2. Players should be friendly or at a minimum be courteous and respectful at all times.
  3. At a minimum players should put a short description of their system in the chat at the start of each round.
  4. All players should be respectful of the amount of time to play each board and how much of it they use (within reason).
  5. Cameras and Microphones are required to be working and on during the sessions.
  6. Players may switch off cameras and microphones while playing as dummy.
  7. Players should mute the microphone when not speaking if their environment contains background noises.
  8. Players should be well lit (not hidden in shadows).
  9. No Yellow Systems are permitted.
Regulations:
  1. 2026 GNOT Sydney Metropolitan Letter to Clubs
  2. 2026 GNOT Sydney Metropolitan Direct Qualifying Event Supplementary Tournament Regulations
  3. NSBC Competition Supplementary Regulations (TBA)
  4. Bridge NSW Regulations and Policies
  5. ABF Alerting Regulations (August 1, 2017) (PDF)
  6. ABF Modifications to Laws and Regulations for online bridge (January 30, 2023) (PDF)
  7. WBF Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017 (PDF)

This Congress is being held Online using RealBridge

PROGRAM

* For teams events Entry fee per player assumes a team of 4. Amounts will differ for teams of 5 or 6.

Event Full entry fee per player Day Time Total entries Action
NSBC GNOT Direct Qualifier135 credits* Thursday 19-02-2026 - 7pm 14 Entries closed on Wednesday 18 Feb 2026View Entries
Thursday 26-02-2026 - 7pm
Thursday 05-03-2026 - 7pm
Thursday 12-03-2026 - 7pm
Thursday 26-03-2026 - 7pm

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