Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
Congratulations to red hot favourites THOMPSON (Ben Thompson, Bill Jacobs, Simon Hinge, Robert Fruewirth, James Coutts, Justin Mill) who took out the final of the Pennant on Sunday 21st November from the Geelong team of Stephen Lester, Denny Newland, Doug Newlands, Arthur Robbins. Congratualt
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Margaret Bourke Invitational Teams 2021 This year marked a very sad day in Australian Bridge. We lost one of the greats of the game, Margaret ‘Margi’ Bourke. (See obituary here) Margi’s history in bridge is nothing short of amazing. She was loved by all who knew her and respected by all those who encountered her … Continue reading “Locked down but Victoria still comes up aces”
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”
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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 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.
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