Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
A moderately large contingent of Victorians made their way to Canberra for the annual start to the national bridge calendar, though top results were confined to a small group. The following were the outstanding results: TBIB Open Pairs: Ben Thompson combined with young West Australian Renee Cooper to win this prestigious event – a wonderful … Continue reading “VICTORIANS AT THE SUMMER NATIONALS”
Continue ReadingThe McCutcheon Trophy recognizes the best players of the year based on total masterpoints earned in all events contested in Australia. This year, as expected, the stand- out performer for Victoria was James Coutts, who despite a stellar year where he won multiple national events, was very lnarrowly pipped by Tony Nunn (NSW) for the … Continue reading “McCutcheon Trophy 2022”
Continue ReadingIn 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”
Continue ReadingCongratulations 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”
Continue ReadingIn 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..”
Continue ReadingThe Australia wide teams club knockout event commenced in July and will culminate in finals being held on Tuesday December 6th. Two Victorian teams have qualified for the finals being: Moonee Valley in the Open Teams Event – George Lovrecz – Thilak Ranasinghe – Gordon Mcrobert – Leo Saoud and Waverley in the Under 50 … Continue reading “2022 Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout”
Continue ReadingA relatively small contingent of Victorian players travelled to Sydney for the 2022 Spring Nationals, one of the major Gold Point events on the national calendar. VBA Vice-President Jenny Thompson paired with Canberra expert David Hoffman to finish in an extremely fine second place in the Dick Cummings, the Open pairs event that usually features … Continue reading “Victorians at Spring Nationals”
Continue ReadingThe 2022 Australian National Teams Championships took place last week in Adelaide and Victorian teams participated in all four categories: Open, Senior, Women & Youth. For the third time since Victoria’s last Open victory (in Melbourne 2011) our Open Team made the final, sadly losing narrowly to NSW. The final stanza was very exciting with the … Continue reading “Victorian Teams Perform Well at ANC”
Continue ReadingNoteworthy Victorian performances in the Teams at the Gold Coast Congress were limited to the Open division, where warm congratulations go to James Coutts, who, paired with Liam Milne (NSW), was part of the overall winning team in an excellent warm-up to forthcoming Australian representation at the Bermuda Bowl. Jamie Thompson (formerly Victorian, but now … Continue reading “Gold Coast Part Two”
Continue ReadingThe principal pairs event at the Gold Coast Congress is the Bobby Richman Pairs, named after the first Australian player to become Emerald Grand Master (10,000+ master points) and who played extensively with our own George Gaspar in the later part of his remarkable career. This Matchpoint Pairs event is noted for being one of … Continue reading “The Bobby Richman Pairs – Gold Coast Congress”
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