Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
It is with great sadness that we advise of the passing of David Morgan on 13th January following a long battle with cancer. David was on the Council of the VBA from 2012-2022 and served as Vice-President from 2019-2022. He was a fine bridge player who won the Pennant in 2009 and played in the … Continue reading “Vale David Morgan”
Continue ReadingThe Australia bridge community lost a giant with the passing of Dr Ian McCance on 5th January, aged 95. Ian first represented Victorian in the open teams as a 29 year old and would be a constant in the team for many decades. By his mid 30s he was also captaining the state team. He … Continue reading “Vale Dr Ian McCance – 1927-2023”
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The first bridge at the new home of the VBA took place on Saturday Jan 7th and it was a full house – 24 tables in play. There was a good mix of VBA Duplicate players, competition players and Dendy players. The atmosphere was great, with Belinda Lindsay greeting every player at the door, and … Continue reading “Full House at Dendy”
Continue ReadingThe McCutcheon Trophy recognizes the best players of the year based on total masterpoints earned in all events contested in Australia. This year, as expected, the stand- out performer for Victoria was James Coutts, who despite a stellar year where he won multiple national events, was very lnarrowly pipped by Tony Nunn (NSW) for the … Continue reading “McCutcheon Trophy 2022”
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The ABF Foundation is once again running its Pro-Am tournament in early 2023. The 2023 Tournament is bigger and better with some sensational local and international players donating their time for our Pro-Am Tourney. Full details below
Continue ReadingBen Thompson has just qualified for the Australian Mixed Team in the Team’s playoff that has just concluded in Canberra. The winning team was Mike Doecke (NPC-SA; Phil Markey and Lauren Travis (SA); Ben Thompson (Vic) playing with Renee Cooper (WA) ; David Wiltshire and Sophie Ashton (NSW). Congratulations to Ben and his team
Continue ReadingThe VBA is very pleased to announce that negotiations for our move to Dendy Park have been successfully completed. These complex negotiations with Dendy Park Bridge Centre, Brighton Bowling & Sporting Club and the Bayside Council took several months of work, notably by our Treasurer, Kim Hoff. The culmination of these negotiations means our move … Continue reading “VBA Moving to Dendy”
Continue ReadingThe December 2022 VBA Bulletin is now available Click Here to download or read online. Read news updates on Bridge, some informative hands by Dee Harley and some interesting regular columns and news.
Continue ReadingThe ABF Online Bridge Committee, which was set up to investigate all matters relating to online bridge in Australia, will shortly be sending out a call for nominations for interested parties to join a Task Force to work alongside our committee. Following this we will be engaging with all the bridge community to get feedback … Continue reading “The ABF Online Bridge Committee”
Continue ReadingIn the Pennant Semi-Final and Finals played on weekend of the 19th & 20th November Denny Newland – Stephen Lester, Douglas Newlands – Arthur Robbins from Geelong knocked out red hot favourites THOMPSON (Ben Thompson – Bill Jacobs, Simon Hinge – Robert Fruewirth) in the semis and then went on to beat FRAZER (Kim Frazer-Jamie … Continue reading “Denny and The Jets Storm to Victory in Pennant”
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