Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
A relatively small contingent of Victorian players travelled to Sydney for the 2022 Spring Nationals, one of the major Gold Point events on the national calendar. VBA Vice-President Jenny Thompson paired with Canberra expert David Hoffman to finish in an extremely fine second place in the Dick Cummings, the Open pairs event that usually features … Continue reading “Victorians at Spring Nationals”
Continue ReadingThe 2022 Australian National Teams Championships took place last week in Adelaide and Victorian teams participated in all four categories: Open, Senior, Women & Youth. For the third time since Victoria’s last Open victory (in Melbourne 2011) our Open Team made the final, sadly losing narrowly to NSW. The final stanza was very exciting with the … Continue reading “Victorian Teams Perform Well at ANC”
Continue ReadingNoteworthy Victorian performances in the Teams at the Gold Coast Congress were limited to the Open division, where warm congratulations go to James Coutts, who, paired with Liam Milne (NSW), was part of the overall winning team in an excellent warm-up to forthcoming Australian representation at the Bermuda Bowl. Jamie Thompson (formerly Victorian, but now … Continue reading “Gold Coast Part Two”
Continue ReadingThe principal pairs event at the Gold Coast Congress is the Bobby Richman Pairs, named after the first Australian player to become Emerald Grand Master (10,000+ master points) and who played extensively with our own George Gaspar in the later part of his remarkable career. This Matchpoint Pairs event is noted for being one of … Continue reading “The Bobby Richman Pairs – Gold Coast Congress”
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Congratulations to red hot favourites THOMPSON (Ben Thompson, Bill Jacobs, Simon Hinge, Robert Fruewirth, James Coutts, Justin Mill) who took out the final of the Pennant on Sunday 21st November from the Geelong team of Stephen Lester, Denny Newland, Doug Newlands, Arthur Robbins. Congratualt
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Margaret Bourke Invitational Teams 2021 This year marked a very sad day in Australian Bridge. We lost one of the greats of the game, Margaret ‘Margi’ Bourke. (See obituary here) Margi’s history in bridge is nothing short of amazing. She was loved by all who knew her and respected by all those who encountered her … Continue reading “Locked down but Victoria still comes up aces”
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In a career spanning 5 decades Simon Hinge has amassed over 10,000 masterpoints and has joined the elite Emerald Grand Master category – one of only 10 players to ever have achieved that extraordinary milestone. Simon was raised in country South Australia and learnt bridge as a child and commenced competitive play in 1977. He … Continue reading “Simon Hinge attains Emerald Grand Master”
Continue ReadingCongratulations to the 2019 winners of the Victorian Simultaneous Pairs Michael Stokie and Roger Gillard of the Geelong Bridge Club With an impressive 3 round average of 61%, Michael & Roger have won entry to a VCC Pairs event running from the 6 June to 7 June and will have their names engraved on to the … Continue reading “Victorian Simultaneous Pairs Winners”
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32 pairs fought out the 2019 Victorian Restricted Pairs Championship on Saturday 11th May After the conclusion of the 7 match event Ismail Gulec and Michael Pogson emerged as the victors from Kailun Zhang and Jack Huang , with Catherine Harris and Maryanne Bird 3rd. Congratulation to all! From left Catherine Harris, Maryanne Bird, Ismail … Continue reading “Victorian Pairs Restricted Championship Results 2019”
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On Sunday April 7th the two winning teams from the Saturday semi-finals fought out a 64 board final for the right to represent Victoria in the Open Teams at the ANC in July. The Pennant Team (Dee Harley/Chris Hughes, David Beckett/Neil Ewart) bolted out of the gates in the first stanza and led by 35. … Continue reading “Victorian Team Selection Playoff Results”
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