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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We were very sorry to say goodbye to our lovely café barista, Lina Rincon, last Wednesday night. Lina has been with us for a little over a year and has brightened everyone’s day with her warm personality and engaging smile. We wish her all the very best for her upcoming holiday to Asia and life … Continue reading “Farewell Lina and Welcome Melissa”
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The VBA, in conjunction with Tony Bemrose Insurance Brokers (TBIB), is proud to announce the introduction of a new cash prize at all Victorian Congress Swiss pairs events for restricted pairs more…
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Little Damon Hollands, son of Laura Ginnan and Peter Hollands was welcomed into the world at 7:16am on Thursday 13th September. Laura says “He’s doing well and has been a champ already even waiting until after Pete finished bridge on Wednesday night before needing to go into hospital for delivery (which made for a much … Continue reading “Welcome to the world Damon Hollands”
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Who knew that footy and bridge were so deeply linked? Look at The Front Bar’s take on this episode (Wednesday 5th Sept). The bridge segment starts approx 10 minutes into the show (after the ads). Battle of the Bridge is the name of the segment https://7plus.com.au/the-front-bar
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The Victorian Champion of Champion event was held over the weekend of 26th & 27th August. The event was won by Prithiraj de Zoysa and Peter Hollands, with Dee Harley and Stan Klofa second. We would like to make this new inter club championship event more accessible to every club by introducing more categories. Please help … Continue reading “Geelong’s attendance at the Victorian Champion of Champions”
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