Promoting BRIDGE within Victoria
Fostering interest in the game
The method of selecting the Victorian Open Team will be changing in 2024. The four-way pathway system is being removed and players will be asked to form teams based on VQPs only, with the top 4 teams playing in a semi-final and final to become the Victorian Open Team for the ANC. This follows the current … Continue reading “Selection Process for the 2024 Victorian State Open Team.”
Continue ReadingThe Australian National Championships are being held in Perth this year. The ANC Interstate teams start Monday 10th July with the finals being completed on Friday 14th July. Victoria will be sending an Open, Womens, Seniors and Youth team to represent our state. Selection details for each team: Open Team There are 3 avenues to … Continue reading “Victorian Representative Teams – Pathways to Qualifications”
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 ABF Board is currently reviewing its ‘guiding principles behind policies for representative team selection, training & support’ and are seeking feedback on their proposed principles, as outlined in the attached document. If you can help with any feedback on these draft principles, please reply to me at [email protected] by first thing Friday 12th August. … Continue reading “ABF principles behind policies for representative team selection feedback”
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”
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