Victorian Bridge Centre
Release 2.19q
Welcome to Victorian Bridge Centre
 
 
  Sessions at the club

All sessions are held at our Bridge Rooms

SESSIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED

Mon Duplicate and Beginners' Duplicate 12:00pm | Club Competitions 7:30pm Online (Real Bridge) Some Online State Events will run on Monday evenings during which time the VBC will not run an event)

Tues Intermediate Lessons 9:30am | Youth night 6:30pm | Supervised Play 7:00pm

Wed Supervised Play 9:30am | Duplicate 12:00pm | Club /State Competition 7:30pm

Thur Duplicate 12:00pm 

Fri Relaxed Duplicate 9:30am

Sat Duplicate 1:00pm **

** Every 1st and 3rd Saturday are National RED point events where you have the opportunity to earn GREEN points in the club and RED points nationally.

 

 

  Lessons

Intermediate Lesson Tuesday January 28th with Mary Elson, 9.30 till 12.00

Overcalling with very strong hands Part 2

We don’t get good hands very often, and it is a sad thing if we cannot take full advantage of all those great cards on the rare occasions they turn up.
Mary will be continuing an examination of how to deal with unusually strong hands when you are overcaller..  There will be a revision of the area covered this week, and a fresh look at overcalling with strong 2-suited hands.

Table fee: $18.00.  No need to book in, just come along and enjoy.

Andy Hung is coming to the VBC in February.

Our expert series is kicking off this year with the wonderful Andy Hung. Andy is a professional bridge player who is a frequent member of the Australian Open Team. He often competes internationally and has placed equal third in two US Nationals, as well as winning one in 2019. Andy is well known for his brilliant bridge holidays that I know some our members have attended.

He will be doing two sessions at our club on two different topics.

Monday February 10th - Introduction to Defensive Signalling

Saturday February 15th - Diagnosing when to bid 3NT vs. 5-minor

Both of these sessions with run from 9:30am – 11:30am at a cost of $30 per session.

You can enter on myABF here

Beginners’ Lessons

We will be starting Beginner’s lessons on Feb 20th for 8 weeks (plus 2 Supervised sessions) so ask your friends and family if they are interested in joining you in playing our wonderful game and let me know or pass on our club info to them.

 

 

  What's happening at the club

CLUB EVENTS

VBC Fred Habgood Matchpoint Swiss Pairs January 27th, Feb 3rd and Feb 10th - A 3-week green point event taking place online on Real Bridge. Commences each Monday night at 7:30pm. You can register for this event through myABF here

 

STATE EVENTS

Felicity Beale Mixed Teams January 22nd, January 29th and February 12th This is a Victorian State Championship event.  It is Open to all Victorian Players and is for 3 weeks. All session teams must comprise of TWO MIXED PAIRS.

You can register for this event through myABF here

About Us
About Us

Our home is the Brighton Bowling Club in Dendy Park, Breen Dr Brighton East.

Telephone number : 03 8595 0906

Club Manager : Vivienne Dacey 0418 302 433 

We warmly welcome players of all levels to our club for duplicate sessions, education and refreshments. 

VALE Simon Hinge

June 7 1952 – January 6, 2025

The Australian Bridge community is reeling after the sudden loss of one of the most colourful bridge personalities in Australia for more than half a century, Simon Hinge. On January 6th, Victoria lost its only Emerald Grand Master. Simon was driving to Canberra with friends to compete in the Summer Festival of Bridge when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Simon was well known as a fierce competitor at the bridge table, a winner at the State and National level and also represented Australia. He was also known as a cryptic crossword fiend and was not averse to giving advice! We give our sympathies to his family and friends and to the youth players he encouraged. Please find a link here to the touching tribute written by his friend and bridge partner, Stephen Lester.

Calendar
4th February 2025
Intermediate lessons
9:30
4th February 2025
Supervised play
19:00
5th February 2025
Supervised play
9:15
5th February 2025
Wednesday duplicate
12:00
6th February 2025
Thursday duplicate
12:00
7th February 2025
Relaxed duplicate
9:30
8th February 2025
Saturday duplicate
13:00
10th February 2025
Monday duplicate
12:00
10th February 2025
Club/State competition
19:30
Director: Online (Real Bridge)
11th February 2025
Intermediate lessons
9:30
11th February 2025
Supervised play
19:00
12th February 2025
Supervised play
9:15
12th February 2025
Wednesday duplicate
12:00
13th February 2025
Thursday duplicate
12:00
14th February 2025
Relaxed duplicate
9:30
15th February 2025
Nationwide pairs
13:00
17th February 2025
Monday duplicate
12:00
17th February 2025
Club/State competition
19:30
Director: Online (Real Bridge)