Bridge Club News
Having just completed my first game in StepBridge I'm very impressed with how it compares to BBO.
Regular masterpoint tournaments are run 3-4 times a day - 1pm, 4pm, 8pm and sometimes 10am. A couple of times a month there are red masterpoint events. Each tournament has 3 board rounds, 8 rounds and 24 hands. All up it takes just under 2 1/2 hours.
On Sunday 8 March, Peninsula Bridge Club hosted the Margaret Smale North Metro Interclub Teams Challenge.
The event is named in honour of Margaret Smale, who played at bridge clubs across northern Sydney from the early 1990s. Margaret served on the Peninsula Bridge Club committee and as a director for many years. She was also one of the driving forces behind PBC acquiring a dedicated facility – the spacious, airy room which PBC bridge players are lucky enough to enjoy every day. An excellent bridge player herself, Margaret was always a very encouraging mentor to new and upcoming players.
Sunday’s event drew teams from Trumps, Manly Leagues Bridge Club, Balgowlah/Dee Why RSL Bridge Club, North Shore/East Lindfield Bridge Club and Peninsula Bridge Club. The day belonged to North Shore/East Lindfield Bridge Club who were the overall winners.
Alan Davies has provided this interesting board from the Gold Coast Congress - the Ivy Dahler swiss pairs - that he and Vivien played and which was the top board.
They were sitting NS. The bidding went:
E 1D, S 2C, W pass, N pass (At the post mortem N acknowledged that they should have bid spades),
E X, S pass (sensing a trap), W pass (a trap!), N XX (we're in trouble, take it out)
E pass, S pass (nowhere to go!), W pass. Lead 9D.
The Club Pairs championships were held in mid-February in 3 sections and over 3 sessions with the last 2 held on Sunday Feb 16th for a grand finale.
Some info on successes in the Gold Coast Congress:
Nerida Gillies, Annegrete Kolding, Heidi Colenbrander and Ray Hurst winning the Restricted Teams
The eligibility criteria for this pairs event on Sat 21st March have been changed to be:
Entrants must be over 70 years of age or have 20+ years membership.
Congratulations to Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies who came second in the 25-50MP section of this statewide competition held in November.
The best club pairs in the other sections were:
<10MP Kim Driscoll and Simon Fitzhardinge 28th
10-25MP Savitri Newman and Simon Hunter 5th
50-100MP Judith Croxall and Robert Gaven 18th
We had a very successful day on 2nd February with 104 attending at our Bushfire Victims Appeal event raising $2100 in table money. Most of these were our members with a sprinkling of visitors from other clubs. Many members who could not attend contributed generously to the raffle which raised an additional $2048. Red Masterpoints from ABF were free of charge. All funds will go to the Red Cross.
Most of the prizes were donated by local businesses. The first prize of a dinner/lunch for 2 at Bert’s, Newport Hotel with wines was won by Bryanna Whitaker. Sue Wilcox and Nolene Stewart won 2nd prize, $50.00 vouchers from Officeworks. Terry Herfort picked up the $30 voucher from Flower Power and Chris Moore will be enjoying the Magnum of Oakley Cabernet/Merlot donated by Porters Wines. Terry Herfort made 5 people happy with 5 vouchers for 2 ice creams. Trish Berry also donated a prize. Joan Butts provided 1 month free membership to the Joan Butts online school of bridge for 10 people as well.
- Peninsula vs Peninsula rematch - POSTPONED
- Peninsula Pairs Championships 2020
- Canberra triumph
- Charity Day May 2021
- Dementia awareness public presentation
- Sandy and Nerida in the NSWBA UHMP Championship
- Ho Ho Ho Christmas 2019
- Thank you from Chris
- 2019 U10 Individual
- Cath and David win 2019 Padman Trophy
