Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
The McCutcheon awards date back to the 1970s, at which time the award was solely a recognition of “Player of the Year”, being the player who amassed the highest number of Australian masterpoints within a calendar year. For 2018, the honour of winning the overall McCutcheon went to the great NSW player, Peter Gill, with … Continue reading “McCutcheon Awards 2018”
After maintaining table fees at the same levels for 5 years Council has decided to increase fees by $2 for all sessions from January 2019. You can access a schedule of table fees here . A copy of the President’s email explaining the increases can be found here
We warmly welcome Mary Elson to the VBA. Mary is running supervised duplicate and intermediate lessons on Tuesday mornings at the club. All welcome. $10 per session with a $5 discount for those who attend both sessions. Duplicate: 10-12.30, Lesson: 1-3pm. No booking required – just turn up with or without a partner.
The BECKETT Team (David Beckett, Neil Ewart, Simon Henbest, Chris Hughes, Bill Jacobs, Ben Thompson) won the State Open teams Championship (the Pennant) held over the weekend of Nov 17-18 from the runners up EBERY (James Coutts, Jamie Ebery, Leigh Gold Simon Hinge, Ellena Moskovsky and Jamie Thompson. The semi finals were held on the … Continue reading “Beckett Team takes out Pennant”
Thanks to all the clubs who participated this year bringing a small piece of community to the Victorian bridge scene while competing for this association honour board event. Overall Results: 1st place- Thilak Ranasinghe & Gus Ghali from Moonee Valley Bridge Club 2nd Place – Arthur Robbins & Gary Ridgway from Geelong Bridget Club 3rd … Continue reading “2018 Victorian Simultaneous Pairs Results”
Ismail Gulec/Daniel Taggert and by Derek Poulton/MichaelSullivan inaugural winners. The recently announced sponsorship by TBIB Insurances of a prize for the best restricted pair (who duly enter the competition on the day) at metropolitan Victorian congresses (country participation
begins after February 1st) got under way at Waverley last weekend with two winning pairs, owing to the unique division of the Swiss competition there into North/South and East/West.
Mondays: January 28th, February 4th and 11th. Enter Here
The Victorian Open Butler Pairs is one of the premier events on the Victorian Bridge Calendar. Enter
The top three pairs are eligible to compete in the finals of the Victorian Open Team playoff and represent Victoria at the Australian National Champioships Interstate teams in Melbourne in July.
Wednesday nights January 23rd, 30th and February 6th Enter Here
Jan 27th 2019 10am at At Dendy Park clubrooms, Breen Drive, East Brighton More details
Yarra Valley Congress February 2-3
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.
