Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
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.
Continue ReadingThe 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”
Continue ReadingThanks 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”
Continue ReadingIsmail 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.
Congratulations to Victorians Simon Hinge and Stephen Lester who teamed up with ex Victorian and budding Kiwi Ella Pattison and Sydneysider Nye Griffiths to take out the Open teams at the recent Spring Nationals. Playing in a field studded with all the big names of Australian & New Zealand Bridge they won the qualifying rounds, … Continue reading “Victorians Win Spring Nationals”
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