| Welcome to Bendigo Bridge Club |
Bendigo is located in Central Victoria, 150kms north of Melbourne. The city grew from one of the major gold rush settlements in Victoria in the 1850s. The modern city benefits from the riches of its past, with beautiful heritage buildings and expansive parks. It has an enviable arts and cultural precinct and a wide range of eating and dining establishments.
Bendigo Bridge Club was established in 1979. The club is affiliated with the Victorian Bridge Association (VBA) and the Australian Bridge Federation (Club 3315). The club is also a member of the Victorian Northern Region Bridge Association, and fully supports all bridge events conducted by the Region and the clubs within the Region.
Bendigo Bridge Club conducts three open duplicate bridge tournaments every week plus a relaxed (social) play session, providing all our members with the opportunity to enjoy playing bridge with friends.
Visitors and guests are most welcome provided they comply with current Covid-safety regulations.
Click on More... for further information.
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| New Club Director |
I (Seb Wright) have taken over from Paul as Club Director. I just wanted to say thank you and I am looking forward to contributing to the club and helping everyone to have enjoyable games of bridge.
I have a few ideas up my sleeve but I am reaching out to see if anyone has any suggestions or things they would like to see happen in the club.
You can get me at this email or 0448110015. Look forward to hearing all your great ideas!
Seb
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| ABF Promotions |
Congratulations to the following Club Members on gaining promotions in their ABF Rankings
Promotions for the month of September 2024
Graduate Master (2MP): Elsie L'hullier
Bronze Local Master (25MP): Bernadette Wood
Regional Master (50MP): Jenni Rutherford
National Master (150MP incl 75 RED): Trisha McGregor
Silver Life Master (500MP incl 300 RED/GOLD with min. 50 GOLD): Kerry Delcourt
Well done all, especially Kerry!
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| Bendigo Cup Special Event |
The special Bendigo Cup Day event was a great success. There were 9 tables and some great fashion. To see more photos visit our facebook page (and become a member).
N/S: Sam Angove and Kerry Delcourt with 61.81%
E/W: Lorraine Dullard and David Smith with 62.24%
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| 2024 Congress |
Our 2024 Congress was held over the weekend of 25-26 May at the Quality Hotel Lakeside.
The Bendigo City Mayor, Andrea Metcalf, came along to open proceedings and welcome the 46 entries for the Pairs event. (We had 16 entries for the Teams event).
Winners were...
Pairs
1st: Seb Wright & Jeremy Reid
2nd: Ryan Touton & Kerry Delcourt
3rd: Kae French & Penny Corrigan
Best Bendigo Pair: Barb Evans & David Smith
Best Pair under 300 MP: Mary Stoney & Kevin Gunn
Best Pair under 50 MP: Sam Angove & Shan Jasotharan
Teams
1st: Seb Wright, Jeremy Reid, Damon Flicker & Alex Goss
2nd: John Yang, Gus Ghali, Victor Zhang & Philip Chang
3rd: Nick Walsh, Derek Poulton, Leigh Carroll & Adam Peirce
Best Bendigo Team: Peter and Jennifer Goddard, Graeme Hegarty & Jacob Eapen
Congratulations to all our winners! Full results are available on the Bridge Unlimited website. (Click on the link on our 'Useful Links' page.).
Many people contributed their time and talents to help make the event run smoothly, notably...
- Barb Evans - CoGB grant arranger, Venue wrangling and Saturday dinner organiser.
- Seb Wright - Congress Recorder
- David (Have trailer, will transport) Smith and his team of roadies - Set-up and Tear-down
- Cathie Shearer, Polly Shaw, Eamon Dempsey, Glenis Roberts, Laureen Jinks - Fee collection
- Polly Shaw, Adrian Dezilva, Aidan Moore, Laureen Jinks - Emergency players
- Graeme Hegarty - Mayor wrangling and wine prizes.
If your contribution has been missed, please let the Convenor know.
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| Ashes 2024 |
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On Saturday 16 March, after several years of trying, we managed to wrest back the Ashes trophy from Ballarat! This year it was our turn to host the event, which was held at the Masonic Centre, Bendigo. Headline results...
Winning Club: Bendigo - picture shows Ballarat Captain Clare Beer handing the Ashes trophy to Bendigo President, Graeme Hegarty.
Best Bendigo Team: Jena, Bernard, Kevin & Adam
Best Ballarat Team: Anne Fennell, Geoff Dwyer, Tony Ni & John Campbell
Best Restricted Team: Chris, Annie, Adrian & Eamon
To get the details, click on 'Results' in the main menu (top left of this page), scroll to the results for 16 March 2024, then click on the results sub-set you wish to view. Red point allocations can be viewed in the 'Ashes Overall' results sub-set by clicking on the 'Pairs' tab.
Many people contributed their talents and effort to making the event a success. Special thanks are due to...
- Our Director, Peter Goddard, with assistance from Ron Wescott on movement management and results calculation.
- Di Dunlop: venue wrangling and, with Carla Daly, catering and kitchen management. Delicious morning and afternoon teas and drinks and nibbles appeared, on cue, like magic!
- Graeme Hegarty and his team of roadies for their efficient set-up and tear-down.
- Eamon Dempsey: Fee collection
- And the Ballarat team, including Anne Beck (who unfortunately could not play on the day but who was instrumental in organising things from the Ballarat end), Clare Beer (Captain), Anne Fennell (Consulting Appeals Director) and all their fellow team members for their gracious, good humoured and competitive participation. Your turn next year!
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| ABF launches MyABF |
The ABF has launched a new service to members.
MyABF is the new technology platform for the ABF. It will become your primary access to all your bridge information across Australia.
Go to the website and sign up today click MYABF
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