Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
The BECKETT Team (David Beckett, Neil Ewart, Simon Henbest, Chris Hughes, Bill Jacobs, Ben Thompson) won the State Open teams Championship (the Pennant) held over the weekend of Nov 17-18 from the runners up EBERY (James Coutts, Jamie Ebery, Leigh Gold Simon Hinge, Ellena Moskovsky and Jamie Thompson. The semi finals were held on the … Continue reading “Beckett Team takes out Pennant”
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Congratulations to Victorians Simon Hinge and Stephen Lester who teamed up with ex Victorian and budding Kiwi Ella Pattison and Sydneysider Nye Griffiths to take out the Open teams at the recent Spring Nationals. Playing in a field studded with all the big names of Australian & New Zealand Bridge they won the qualifying rounds, … Continue reading “Victorians Win Spring Nationals”
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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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In a fantastic performance well known Victorian and teacher Jamie Thompson, partnering Sydney-sider Matt Smith, took out the Autumn National Open Pairs in Adelaide. Jamie runs a supervised play session at the VBA each Wednesday morning at the VBA so come along and learn from the best! The Autumn Nationals always produces a strong field … Continue reading “Jamie Thompson wins ANOT Open Pairs”
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Victorians performed extremely commendably in Launceston over the weekend of 23rd and 24th March in the 2018 TBIB Australian Swiss Pairs Championship, one of the most prestigious events on the national calendar. In a magnificent personal result, the VBA Treasurer, Neil Ewart, combined with the great Canberran player Elizabeth Havas to win the event. Congratulations Neil ! … Continue reading “Victorians at the Tasmanian Festival of Bridge”
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Max Henbest, playing in the Australian Gold team reached the finals in the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship recently held just before the recent Gold Coast Congress, but lost the final to the Indian team. Making the finals in what was a powerful field from around the world was a great achievement for Max, who won … Continue reading “Max Henbest places second in Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships”
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