Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
Phill Fent is giving lessons on Tuesdays – below are details of upcoming sessions July 19th Hand Evaluation – Losing Trick Count July 25th Cue Bidding to Slam 1
Continue ReadingAll VBA hosted games on BBO will have master-point allocations from July. Please note that the entry fee to each of these games will be BB$3.00. The single exception will be Tuesday afternoon’s new player session.
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Robbie van Riel passed away on Sunday June 17 having stoically battled lung cancer all year. Just the weekend beforehand he had managed to play a few matches in the VCC although he was in pain and moving slowly. Click Here to see a photo collection of Robbie with friends over the years. Robbie … Continue reading “Robbie van Riel 1949 – 2018”
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Regular VBA Player Bill Bennett recently turned 100. Being a bridge player of course he chose to spend his 100th birthday out playing bridge! Bill says he started playing bridge before the war (WW2 of course) so he’s been playing for over 80 years. He played a lot of bridge during the war; he was … Continue reading “Bill Bennett’s 100th Birthday”
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Recently at the Assembly of WBF Zone 7, South Pacific, Ben Thompson, from Australia, was elected as Zone 7 President and Member of the WBF Executive Council, starting from October 2018, after the end of the Orlando World Bridge Series. Read full details here
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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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Whether you are an Australian Champion or a Beginner, the VBA would like you to join us in supporting the future of Youth Bridge. On Wednesday the 20th September at the VBA (131 Poath Rd, Murrumbeena) there will be a 7:30-9:30pm Turbo bridge session of 18 boards. (Matchpoints)
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Have you seen the new electronic Honour Boards? If not you can find them under the Results Menu.
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