Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
In my earlier piece on the recent results of Victorians at the Spring Nationals in Sydney, there was one important omission … results in the Linda Stern Women’s Teams competition. In this event, VBA Vice-President Jenny Thompson followed up her second place in the Open Pairs by joining regular Victorian partner Eva Caplan in a … Continue reading “More news from the Spring Nationals..”
Continue ReadingThe Australia wide teams club knockout event commenced in July and will culminate in finals being held on Tuesday December 6th. Two Victorian teams have qualified for the finals being: Moonee Valley in the Open Teams Event – George Lovrecz – Thilak Ranasinghe – Gordon Mcrobert – Leo Saoud and Waverley in the Under 50 … Continue reading “2022 Australia Wide Teams Club Knockout”
Continue ReadingA 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”
Continue Reading2021 VBA Council Christopher Leach President Jenny Thompson Vice President David Morgan Vice President Kim Hoff Treasurer Councillors Belinda Lindsay Michael Phillips Helen Schapper Jan Van Riel Special Councillors: Derek Poulton Special Councillor for Northern Zone Richard Giles Special Councillor for Western Zone Andrzej Krolikowski Special Councillor Metro Zone
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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