Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
On Sunday April 7th the two winning teams from the Saturday semi-finals fought out a 64 board final for the right to represent Victoria in the Open Teams at the ANC in July. The Pennant Team (Dee Harley/Chris Hughes, David Beckett/Neil Ewart) bolted out of the gates in the first stanza and led by 35. … Continue reading “Victorian Team Selection Playoff Results”
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The Victorian Champion of Champion event was held over the weekend of 26th & 27th August. The event was won by Prithiraj de Zoysa and Peter Hollands, with Dee Harley and Stan Klofa second. We would like to make this new inter club championship event more accessible to every club by introducing more categories. Please help … Continue reading “Geelong’s attendance at the Victorian Champion of Champions”
Continue ReadingThe Match and Tournament Committee is adjusting the structure for selecting the Victorian Open team to contest the Interstate Teams championship. In 2016, a four-stream process was introduced to select the Victorian Open team. A playoff was held in 2017 and 2018 between the Pennant winning team, the team with the highest number of Victorian Qualifying … Continue reading “Open Team Selection Survey”
Continue ReadingFREE Entry to ANC Final, FREE Airfares PLUS Accommodation/Expenses Allowance of $500 per pair Victorian players with less than 300 Masterpoints at 31st December 2017 are eligible to play in the qualifying event for this at the VBA
Continue ReadingThe regulations governing Victorian team ANC selection have been revised by MTC and can be viewed or downloaded via this link. Vic Team Selection Policy Document
Continue ReadingThe 2018 Interstate Teams Championship will be held in July in Hobart and the path to representation has already begun. There are four paths to becoming a member of the Victorian Open Team. The first one is now available to the Mill team through winning the Victorian State Team Championship (The Pennant), giving them the … Continue reading “2018 Victorian Open Team Selection”
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The MILL Team (Nathan Mill, David Beckett, Neil Ewart, Simon Henbest, Chris Hughes and Andrew Macready-Bryan) overcame the EBERY Team (Jamie Ebery, Dee Harley, David Morgan, Di Smart and Robbie van Riel) in the 64 board final on Sunday 19th November to take out the 2017 Pennant by 169 imps to 130 in a hard fought match. It was great to see the new VBA Manager ,Andrew Macready-Bryan, as part of the winning team,
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The Australian teams are heading to Seoul for the Asia-Pacific Bridge Championships, running from May 28 through June 7. The APBF is the level below the world championships, and hosts the world championship qualifying events for South-East Asia teams and also (separately) teams from Oceania. A clutch of Victorians are representing Australia this year: Pete … Continue reading “Asia-Pacific Bridge Championships 2017”
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We want you to play at Affiliated Bridge Clubs but playing online is part of the bridge landscape.Especially, players use Bridgebase Online to practice with their favourite partner at an online table or using the Partnership Bidding facility. Plenty of players are using it now to practice for the National Open Teams, including me. Find … Continue reading “BBO Anyone?”
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