2010 Program

Dates Event Details
Monday - Tuesday
11-12 January
Women's and Senior's Last Train Start 10am Monday. Sessions dependent on entries - Entry fee $200 per pair. Further details will be published at www.abf.com.au.

Tuesday
12 January
Warm-up Pairs 1 session at 8.00pm. Cash prizes. The entry fee of $20 per pair collected at the table.

Wednesday - Friday
13-15 January
National Women's Teams Championship 9 x 20-Board qualifying sessions - Entry Fee $540 per team. Wed 11am, 3pm & 8pm, Thurs & Fri 10am, 1.30pm & 4.30pm. Finishes 7.00pm Friday. Trophies are awarded for the best senior, veteran & country teams. Semi-Finals (4 teams) on Saturday 10am. Final Sunday 9.00am-11.00am, 11.15am-1.15pm, 1.45pm-3.45pm, 4.00pm-6.00pm. Semi-final & Final - Entry fee is $120 per team per day.
Wednesday - Friday
13-15 January
National Life Masters Teams Championship 9 x 20-Board sessions - Entry Fee $540 per team. Wed 11am, 3pm, 8pm, Thurs & Fri 10am, 1.30pm, 4.30pm. Finishes 7.00pm Friday. Each player must not have achieved the rank of Grand Master as at 30/9/2009.
Wednesday - Friday
13-15 January
National Non-Life Masters Teams Championship 8 x 20-Board sessions - Entry Fee $480 per team. Wed 11am, 3pm, 8pm, Thurs 10am, 1.30pm, 5pm, Fri 10am & 1.30pm. Finishes 4pm Friday. Each player must not have achieved the rank of Life Master as at 30/9/2009.
Wednesday - Friday
13-15 January
National Novice Teams Championship 8 x 20-Board sessions - Entry fee $480 per team. Wed 11am, 3pm, 8pm, Thurs 10am, 1.30pm, 4.30pm, Fri 10am & 1.30pm. Finishes 4pm Friday. Categories 0-49, 0-99 & 0-149. All players in a team must have less than 50, 100, 150MP respectively at 30/9/2009. Grand Slam Members must have a rating under 58%. Matches may pair teams from different categories.
Wednesday - Friday
13-15 January
National Seniors' Teams Championship 9 x 20-Board qualifying sessions. Entry fee $540 per team. Wed 11am, 3pm, 8pm, Thurs & Fri 10am, 1.30pm, 4.30pm. Finishes 7.00pm Friday. All players in a team must have been born before 1/1/1951. Trophies are awarded for the best womens, mixed, veteran & country teams. Stage 2 (6 teams) on Saturday 10am, 12pm, 3pm, 4.30pm & 8.30pm. Final Sunday 9.00am-11.00am, 11.15am-1.15pm, 1.45pm-3.45pm, 4.00pm-6.00pm. Stage 2 & Final Entry fee $120 per team per day.

Thursday - Friday
14-15 January
Last Train to Open Playoff Start 10am Thursday. Sessions dependent on entries - Entry fee $200 per pair. Further details will be published at www.abf.com.au.

Saturday - Sunday
16-17 January
Walk-In Pairs Sessions - Sat: 10am, 2pm, Sun: 1.30pm, 7.30pm. Walk-In events with cash prizes. Entry fee is $20 per pair collected at the table.

Saturday
16 January
Australian Multi Pairs Championships 2 sessions at 10am, 2pm. Entry Fee $100 per pair. Five independent fields for Mens, Womens, Mixed, Seniors and Novice (under 150MP as at 30/9/2009) Pairs

Saturday - Sunday
16-17 January
Grand National Pairs - National Final Sessions - Sat and Sun: 9.30am-1.30pm, and 2.30pm-6.30pm.

Sunday
17 January
National Open Swiss Pairs Championship 8 matches. Sessions at 11am, 2pm & 7.30pm. Dinner break 5.00pm to 7.30pm. Entry Fee $110 per pair.

Sunday
17 January
National Seniors Swiss Pairs Championship 8 matches. Sessions at 11am, 2pm & 7.30pm. Dinner break 5.00pm to 7.30pm. Entry Fee $110 per pair.

Monday - Friday
18-22 January
South-West Pacific Teams Championship 14 x 20-Board sessions. - Entry Fee $820 per team. Monday 11am, 3pm, 8pm; Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 10am, 1.30pm, 4.30pm, Friday 9.30am, 1.00pm. (no play Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday evenings). Finish 3.30pm Friday. The leading 20 teams at the end of play on Friday qualify for the National Open Teams event starting at 6.30pm on Friday evening. Trophies are awarded for the best women's, mixed, senior, veteran, country, youth and novice teams that do not qualify for the NOT. The categories winners will be determined by VP score at the end of the SWPT.
  • 1st Qualifying Highest VP score - Grand Slam Trophy
  • 1st Womens All team members must be female
  • 1st Mixed Must play as a mixed team in every session - Brian Rawson Trophy
  • 1st Seniors All team members born before 1/1/1951 - Eva Hardy Trophy
  • 1st Veterans All team members born before 1/1/1945
  • 1st Country All team members Australian residents who do not reside in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth or Sydney
  • 1st Youth All team members born after 1/1/1984
  • 1st Novice All team members having less than 150 masterpoints as of 30/9/2009

Friday - Monday
22-25 January
National Open Teams Championship Entry Fee $120 per team per stage. 20 teams will qualify for the NOT starting Friday evening 22 January. Meeting for Captains to exercise choice after correction/appeal period expiry - approximately 4pm on Friday 22 January. Play commences at 6.30pm Friday, Saturday 9.00 & Sunday and Monday at 10.00am. Final ends Monday evening.
  • 1st - Sitmar Trophy
  • 2nd - ABF Trophy
  • 1st ACT - Lew Thomson Trophy (all team members play regularly in the ACT)
  • 1st Zone 7 - New Zealand High Commissioners Trophy (teams comprising only players eligible to represent a Zone 7 NCBO other than Australia)

Saturday - Sunday
23-24 January
Australian Mixed Teams Championship 10 x 12-board Matches - Entry Fee $300 per team. Session times Saturday 10am, 2pm, 8pm; Sunday 10am, 2pm. At least one member of each gender must play in each match of this event.

Saturday - Sunday
23-24 January:
Flighted Swiss Pairs 9 x 12-board Matches - Entry Fee $140 per pair. Session times Saturday 10am, 2pm, 8pm Sunday 10am, 2pm. Finishes 3.30pm Sunday.