Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
The MILL Team (Nathan Mill, David Beckett, Neil Ewart, Simon Henbest, Chris Hughes and Andrew Macready-Bryan) overcame the EBERY Team (Jamie Ebery, Dee Harley, David Morgan, Di Smart and Robbie van Riel) in the 64 board final on Sunday 19th November to take out the 2017 Pennant by 169 imps to 130 in a hard fought match. It was great to see the new VBA Manager ,Andrew Macready-Bryan, as part of the winning team,
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Joan Butts returned to the VBA on the 11th November for another very successful day of training towards teacher accreditation
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The VBA is pleased to announce Mrs Jenny Thompson has taken up the role of Match & Tournament Chairman following the recent resignation of Mr Dale Sheather
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The Ocean Grove Bridge Club recently hosted 4 members from the Melton Bridge Club for lunch and an afternoon of Bridge. The Melton Bridge Club recently lost all of their Bridge equipment in a fire in their community centre and the Ocean Grove Bridge Club were pleased to hand over a cheque for $500 to assist a fellow Bridge Club in time of need.
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You may have heard that the Melton Club recently lost a lot of their equipment in a fire. While Melton is a young and growing club, there was still about $1000 worth of damage to tables, clothes, boards, cards, etc. Club Secretary Rosemary Hare said it was lucky she had taken the computer & bridgemates home or they would also have been lost.
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Youth Bridge Charity Event turns into Community Celebration – on Wed 20th of Sept, the VBA held a Youth Charity night to raise awareness and much-needed funds for Youth Bridge in Victoria. Read more..
Continue ReadingA call for nominations for Special Councillors and Councillors has now been circulated to all clubs and all VBA Members respectively…. read more
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In this You-tube video Justin and Pete answer people’s questions about the Bermuda Bowl. Watch on YouTube
Continue ReadingAt the North American Bridge championships, thousands showed up to play. But perhaps the hardest puzzle this card game has to solve is how to attract youth. A fascinating and interesting video watch here
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Last Wednesday evening (July 12th) the MORGAN Team (David Morgan, Di Smart, Robbie van Riel, Dee Harley) won the Rothfield Teams, the warm up event to the ANC. The event is named after Nat and Jessel Rothfield (Jessel pictured with his wife Carole) Runners up were HILL (Paul Hill, Rex Livingstone, Henri de Jong and Richard … Continue reading “MORGAN wins the Rothfield”
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