Canberra in Bloom - 4th to 7th October
Held in conjunction with Australia's largest floral festival, Floriade, Canberra in Bloom is Canberra’s own national, gold points congress.
Canberra in Bloom has events for players of all standards. The main categories are Open (any number of masterpoints), Restricted (under 300 masterpoints), Novice (under 100 masterpoints).
The schedule of events:
- Swiss pairs events with matchpoint scoring are held on Friday, in novice, restricted and open categories. In 2023 a new pairs event was held for the first time, for players with less than 5 masterpoints.
- The Open Teams event is held on Saturday and Sunday morning.
- The open mixed teams event has PQPs, with qualifying sessions on Saturday and Sunday morning, and semi-finals and finals held over Sunday afternoon and Monday. Note that players that do not qualify for the finals can enter another event on the Sunday.
- Swiss pairs events with IMP scoring are held on Sunday afternoon and Monday, in novice, restricted and open categories.
For more detail (and to enter) see myABF. Direct enquiries to
