Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
In the Pennant Semi-Final and Finals played on weekend of the 19th & 20th November Denny Newland – Stephen Lester, Douglas Newlands – Arthur Robbins from Geelong knocked out red hot favourites THOMPSON (Ben Thompson – Bill Jacobs, Simon Hinge – Robert Fruewirth) in the semis and then went on to beat FRAZER (Kim Frazer-Jamie … Continue reading “Denny and The Jets Storm to Victory in Pennant”
The VBA AGM will be held at 5:30pm on 5th December at the VBA clubrooms in conjunction with a virtual zoom meeting. Members who can attend are asked to advise the club if they are attending in person or on zoom. Click Here to see full details and documents
Congratulations to the Dalley team who has just won the Australian Open Team playoff in Canberra. The team consisted of Tony Leibowitz – Paul Gosney – Paul Dalley – Tony Nunn – and two Victorians! – Robert Fruewirth – Jamie Thompson. Their opponents were the Hans Team, consisting of Sartaj Hans, Peter Gill, James Coutts … Continue reading “Victorians into Australian Open Team”
This is a new club red point matchpoint pairs event this year. Pairs can play in a mixed or unmixed partnership and there will be winners in both categories. Online on Real Bridge December 5, 12, 19
Latest Victorian Qualifying Points rankings at September 30th are now available Click Here
In my earlier piece on the recent results of Victorians at the Spring Nationals in Sydney, there was one important omission … results in the Linda Stern Women’s Teams competition. In this event, VBA Vice-President Jenny Thompson followed up her second place in the Open Pairs by joining regular Victorian partner Eva Caplan in a … Continue reading “More news from the Spring Nationals..”
This is a new club red point matchpoint pairs event this year. Pairs can play in a mixed or unmixed partnership and there will be winners in both categories. Online on Real Bridge December 5, 12, 19
The last Wednesday night event of the year. For 3 weeks on Dec 7th, 14th, 21st
Mondays November 14th , 21st and 28th
We are back to having a full program of Face-to-Face bridge at Poath Road and look forward to welcoming all members and visitors to the club.
Full details at MyABF.com.au
Sunday Dec 17th Full details
The Victorian Bridge Association Limited is the governing body for Bridge in the State of Victoria. In addition the VBA runs a bridge club from its premises in Murrumbeena. It represents over 60 Affiliated Clubs and over 5000 players in Victoria and is actively involved in promoting the game of bridge throughout Victoria and fostering interest in the game. It organises and conducts championship and other tournaments and works with all interested parties to ensure the effective and efficient administration and promotion of bridge. The VBA aims to promote Bridge within Victoria by enabling: Advice and support to affiliated club; Directing and Teaching seminars; Mentoring and recruiting new directors and teachers; Assistance to new and emerging clubs; Starter Pack for newly affiliated clubs
The ABF has retained the services of Tony Bemrose Insurance Brokers as its insurance broker.
