Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
The ABF’s new technology platform “My ABF” has just been launched. This gives players a personal ABF account they can login to. Over time this will grow to be their main online interaction for all bridge activities and allow them to: Manage personal details View masterpoints View, enter, and pay for bridge events See announcements … Continue reading “The ABF’s new technology platform My ABF has just been launched”
Continue ReadingThe VBA Bulletin League teams Spring 2020 is underway !Click here for full details
Continue ReadingReport from Rebecca O’Reilly….. After the disappointing cancellation of the 2020 ANC the Victorian Youth Team were thrilled for the opportunity to play in the Australian Online Youth Tournament. The team chosen to represent Victoria consisted of: The Muscle: Conor Hosking Defence Queen: Rebecca O’Reilly Stats Superstar: Damon Flicker The Strategist: Seb Wright Mastermind: Jamie … Continue reading “Australian Online Youth Tournament 2020”
Continue ReadingAll the information you need regarding the VBA Bulletin League teams event Click here to see full details. Click Here for Results
Continue ReadingAll VBA hosted games on BBO will have master-point allocations from July. Please note that the entry fee to each of these games will be BB$3.00. The single exception will be Tuesday afternoon’s new player session.
Continue ReadingThe VBA President, Christopher Leach, is pleased to advise that the VBA Disciplinary Regulations have recently been extensively updated and the changes approved by the VBA Council. These regulations apply to the events held by the VBA (mainly on Monday nights, but occasionally on Wednesdays) which are not state events and also to its club duplicate activities. … Continue reading “New VBA Disciplinary Regulations and Expansion of Committee”
Continue ReadingFollowing on from the VBA Bulletin Cup, we are now offering teams of four to six players the opportunity to play in a series of league matches against teams of similar standard. Format: We hope to have two or three leagues of 8 teams (of up to 6 players) The number of teams in a … Continue reading “VBA Bulletin Leagues (Teams)”
Continue ReadingUpdate!!! VBA Bulletin Cup Winners David Thompson, Robert Fruewirth, Andrew MacReady-Bryan, David Beckett Runners-up Neil Ewart, Simon Henbest, David Morgan, Di Smart VBA Bulletin Plate Winners Thilak Ranasinghe (Aka TP), Gordon McRobert, Ming Zhang, Chen Ding Runners-Up Maryanne Bird, Colin Jasper, Dianna Middleton, John Adams (Sub) Thanks to everyone for playing. Below are … Continue reading “VBA Bulletin Cup – Updated with finals information”
Continue ReadingThe VBA currently run 15 online bridge sessions per week. There are two sessions every day. These sessions have been supported wonderfully by many players and we thank you all for joining. We run 11 free sessions and 4 sessions where master points are available. Monday morning (shortened) individual, starting at 10am (12 boards) Monday … Continue reading “VBA Online Masterpoint Tournaments”
Continue ReadingBridge clubs all closed? How on earth do you get to keep playing? One of the things Dee Harley, our esteemed Bulletin editor, admired about bridge in Scotland was the format of the Scottish Cup, and since we are in dire straits with covid19, he thought to recreate that format here in Victoria, and call it the VBA Bulletin Cup.
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