Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
Local lads Christopher Leach, Andy Hegedus, Justin Mill & Peter Hollands brought back the gold from the Territory Gold Bridge Festival in Darwin. Christopher Leach commented “We were best Victorian team at SWPT and this led us to try our hand in Darwin. A very close- run thing as we forged our way back from 9th … Continue reading “Golden Boys”
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Following Catherine Harris’s amazing article Biker King Of Bridge David Astle interviewed Andrew Mill on the evening of September 4th. Here is a link to the audio of the program. The interview starts 39mins and 40 secs into the program
Continue ReadingThe Victorian Bridge Association invites Victorian Clubs and players to participate in the 2018 Victorian Simultaneous Pairs held over 3 consecutive weeks starting Sept 24th More Details and Conditions of Contest
Continue ReadingThe VBA Match & Tournament Committee has released an updated Victorian Team Selection Policy. Click here to read
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Well-known Melbourne writer Catherine Harris has published a story about her adventures in bridge with the inimitable Andrew Mill. Bridge is about complete information, but it can take years to develop the skill to see what’s right in front of your face. Clubs offer lessons and workshops, however if you really want to improve you … Continue reading “Biker King of Bridge”
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The annual Pro-Am Development Day (formerly Teams of Three) was held at the VBA Clubhouse on Saturday July 14th. A terrific attendance of novice (less than 50 MP) and restricted (51-500 MP) participants was present to engage with a group of VBA stalwarts, who had volunteered their services as team leaders and resident experts. All in … Continue reading “A Great Pro-Am Development Day”
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Experienced Victorian pair Eva Caplan and Jenny Thompson were part of Australia’s bronze-medallist women’s team at the recent Asia Cup in Goa. After qualifying in 2nd place, they went down to the world-champion Chinese team in the semi-finals but bounced back against India to take the bronze comfortably. This was the first time Jenny and … Continue reading “Local Gals take out Bronze Medal in the Asia Cup”
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Following our newsflash from the other day we are proud to report that Victorian teams took out the two top places in the Barrier reef teams after earlier reporting that Victorian took out the top three placings in the Pairs Greg Lewin – Geoff Chettle. Simon Hinge, Peter Hollands, and Laura Ginnan topped the 36 … Continue reading “Local Heroes at Barrier Reef Congress”
Continue ReadingA great video to watch about the benefits of bridge to older people
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Dan Phelan and Phillip Knightley are the new Victorian Restricted Pairs Champions. This event was held on Saturday May 12th at the VBA and was contested by 28 pairs, Dan and Phillip (both from the VBA) and 2nd place getters Susie Groves/Alastair Lowe (from Bayside Bridge Club) will be eligible to represent Victoria at the Australian … Continue reading “Victorian Restricted Pairs Winners”
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