Prize list for the 2024 Australia-Wide Novice Pairs
Players in the top 100 pairs win a one-year subscription to Australian Bridge Novice Edition.
Players in the Top 5 pairs overall, or top 3 under-50 MP, can choose additional prizes from the list below.
Each prize has been awarded a Point Value, and each prize
winner can choose prizes up to a total of 50 points per person.
You can combine your selection with your partner's if you like (100 points per partnership).
Please email us at mail@australianbridge.com with your selection and your address. |
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Jack (computer bridge software)
Suggested audience: all players
Available on CD or electronic download
WINDOWS ONLY
Retail value: $99
Prize point value: 50 points
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Australian Bridge Magazine
One year subscription
Suggested audience:
experienced club players
Retail value: $59
Prize point value: 50 points
Bonus: includes a free copy of Bill Buttle's
cartoon book "Out Of Hand & Off The Fairway"
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Australian Bridge Magazine (Online Club Edition)
Three years of back issues (2018 to 2020)
Suggested audience:
Novice/Intermediate
Retail value: $75
Prize point value: 50 points
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Selections from Tim Bourke's "Ten Greatest Books Of All Time" list
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25 Conventions
You Should Know
by Seagram & Smith
Retail value: $32.95
Prize point value:
30 points
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Winning Duplicate
Tactics
by David Bird
Retail value: $29.95
Prize point value:
25 points
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Winning Notrump
Leads
by Bird & Anthias
Retail value: $24.95
Prize point value:
25 points
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Winning Suit
Contract Leads
by Bird & Anthias
Retail value: $26.95
Prize point value:
25 points
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$20 gift card
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One $20 discount off the retail
value of any product on this page
Prize point value: 20 points
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Our favourite titles from the Bridge Humour genre
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If I Only Had A Heart
by Adamson & Smith
You've read the introductory chapters
in Australian Bridge Magazine,
and now the full book is available.
The adventures of Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow
and the Lion at the Rainbow Club.
Retail value: $32.95
Prize point value: 30 points
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The Principle Of Restricted Talent
by Kleinman & Straguzzi
The 2005 IBPA Book Of The Year
One of the best pieces of bridge humour ever written.
The adventures of a prototype robot whose bridge
skill is matched only by his personality disorders.
Retail value: $34.95
Prize point value: 30 points
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Bridge at the Enigma Club
by Peter Winkler
A hopeful young man's ill-fated attempts to impress his
beautiful pick-up partner at a very unusual bridge club.
It's a fictional look at how bridge might be played in the
near future, containing a few fascinating advanced
concepts which do not interfere with the story.
Retail value: $29.95
Prize point value: 15 points
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Selected titles from
David Bird and Victor Mollo
The Abbot, The Parrot And The Bermuda Bowl
The Abbot's Return To Earth Celestial Cardplay
The Headmaster, The Matron And The Scissors Coup
The Abbot And The Sensational Squeeze
Unholy Tricks All Hands On Deck
Heavenly Contracts Beaten By The Masters
The Hog Takes To Precision Bridge In The Menagerie
Swings And Arrows Last Call In The Menagerie
Diamonds Are A Hog's Best Friend
Prize point value: 30 points
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Selections from the writing team at Australian Bridge Magazine
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A Good Game of
Modern Bridge
by Ron Klinger
Retail value: $32.95
CURRENTLY
OUT OF PRINT
Prize point value:
N/A
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Countdown to
Winning Bridge
by Bourke & Smith
Retail value: $29.95
Prize point value:
30 points
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How to Read Your
Opponents' Cards
by Mike Lawrence
How the experts see
through the cards
Retail value: $26.95
Prize point value:
25 points
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To Bid Or
Not To Bid
by Larry Cohen
The book that changed
competitive bidding forever
Retail value: $34.95
Prize point value:
25 points
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Popular books by Larry Cohen
Suggested audience: General interest
Retail value: $29.95 each
Prize point value: 25 points each
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Instructive classics by Julian Pottage
Suggested audience: Intermediate/Advanced
Retail value: $19.95 each
Prize point value:
15 points each, 25 for the pair
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Paul Marston's The Language Of Bidding
Suggested audience: unless you think you know everything about bidding, you should read this
Two-over-one game force version (2017)
Retail value: $29.95
Prize point value: 25 points
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Quiz books by Pat O'Connor
Suggested audience: Novice
Retail value: $24.95 each
Prize point value: 25 points each
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Recommended by Australian Bridge:
Bridge at the Enigma Club by Peter Winkler
A hopeful young man's ill-fated attempts to
impress his beautiful pick-up partner at a
very unusual bridge club.
It's a fictional look at how bridge might be
played in the near future, containing a few
fascinating advanced concepts which do
not interfere with the story.
Retail value: $29.95
Prize point value: 15 points
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Focus series by Danny Roth
Retail value: $22.95 each
Prize point value: 10 points each
or all three for 20 points
(subject to availability)
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Bridge Mix by Charles Schulz
A collection of bridge cartoons from
the legendary Peanuts author
Retail value: $12
Prize point value: 10 points
(but if you've used up 45 of your 50 points on
other books, you can have this one for 5 points)
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Go Ahead Laugh by Jude Goodwin
A collection of clever and relatable cartoons
depicting an aspiring new tournament player
Retail value: $29.95
Prize point value: 15 points
(Special offer: if you've used up 40 of your 50 points on other books, you can have this one for 10 points)
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Miscellaneous books |
Kantar on Kontract
Eddie Kantar
$22 Prize point value: 20 points |
Bridge Today Digest
Pamela & Matthew Granovetter
$29.95 Prize point value: 20 points |
Preempts
Warren Watson
$25 Prize point value: 20 points |
Helgemo's World Of Bridge
Geo Tislevoll
$19.95 Prize point value: 20 points |
Matchpoint Defense
Jim Priebe
$29.95 Prize point value: 25 points |
One Trick At A Time
Jim Jackson
$32.95 Prize point value: 20 points |
The Hands Of Time
Mark Horton
$29.95 Prize point value: 20 points |
The Bridge Magicians
Mark Horton
$34.95 Prize point value: 25 points |
Northern Lights
Ray & Linda Lee
$32.95 Prize point value: 25 points |
Win The Bermuda Bowl With Me
Jeff Meckstroth & Marc Smith
$34.95 AWP price: $25 |
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