Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
The 2017 Australian National Championships (ANC) will be held in Canberra from Saturday 15th July to Thursday 27th July
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The Thwaites Mixed Pairs is a four week Matchpoint Mixed Pairs event and commences on August 2nd. It is a two weeks qualifying and then a 2 week final.
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Geelong Bridge Club WELCOMES YOU to the 44th GEELONG CONGRESS on the Weekend of 24-25 June. Special welcome to all Restricted and first time Congress players. First Time Players: Please contact the Secretary if you need assistance in forming a team. We will make sure that you have a friendly, enjoyable Congress. Prizes Cash prizes … Continue reading “Geelong Congress: 24-25 Jun 2017”
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The Yarrawonga Bridge Club is hosting its congress 21-23 July at the beautiful Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort. This great venue combined with friendly hosts make this a congress not to be missed. Come and join us for a wonderful weekend. The congress begins with the Aline Cooper Welcome Pairs on Friday night (at 7.30pm). … Continue reading “Yarrawonga Congress: 21-23 Jul 2017”
Continue Reading24th Kattery Congress Come and join Keith and Brigitte for two wonderful, fun days of bridge. Lunch is not included, but coffee, tea, delicious slices and nibbles available all day. Bridge starts each day at 10am & cash prizes (according to entries) are offered, including for the pair finishing 24th. For details visit the Kattery … Continue reading “Kattery Congress: 1-2 Jul 2017”
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Keeping up with the trend of recent years, Victorian players dominated the 2012 Australian Youth Championships. Along with performing well, Victoria was the best represented state with 12 players making the trek to Canberra (there were 10 teams in the main event). Of these 12 players 2 were from the Juniors club (6-15 year olds) … Continue reading “National Youth Championships”
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The youth are beating us everywhere so Andy Hung taking over the ‘What Should I Bid?’ column for the ABF sounds like a good move. Doctors in the westerns used to ‘hang out a shingle’ to show they were there when needed. We need players like Andy to help us find out where we are … Continue reading “Andy Hangs His Shingle”
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The WBF is planning to run a series of Sim Pairs events to support youth bridge through the Virtual Bridge managers, ECats. The series of simulataneous pairs events is planned on a quarterly basis each year – in October, December, March and August. See EcatsBridge Calendar for specifics. The purpose of the event is to … Continue reading “WBF Simultaneous Pairs”
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On the weekend of 27-28 April, 40+ youth players from across the State converged on the VBA to take part in the Victorian Youth Bridge Club Training Weekend. The weekend involved players as young as 7 who had been playing anywhere from 6 weeks through to 6 years! Satuday Workshops On the Saturday players took part … Continue reading “Youth Bridge Training Weekend 2013”
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Aussie juniors brought home the silver from the World Championships in Atlanta. Five of the youngsters are Victorians and play regularly at the VBA. And we glad are glad to report they all performed admirably. Ellena Moskovsky (playing with Lauren Travis from Adelaide) finished 4th in the pairs, just in front of Pete Hollands and … Continue reading “Our champion juniors”
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