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Gold Coast Congress
The Gold Coast Congress is one of Australia's biggest and best, and starts play on Friday after a two year "health" hiatius. Frank Vearing is playing the full 9 days in a number of different evernts with Greg Nicolson from Gippsland, and we shall monitor their progress with interest. . . . read more...Wednesday, 16 February 2022 by Margaret Copland -
Australia Wide Pairs
Two club members did particularly well in the Australia Wide Pairs contest held in August across 100+ clubs and 1600+ pairs.Greg Buist and Peter Reed finished in the top 50 overall.What is extra amazing is that they are not long out of our beginner lessons - a fact reflected in them being named in the top five pairs in the event with under 100 master points each. Indeed the .20 master points awarded for this event were the first ones Peter ever earned, while Greg has now amassed 1.26 - we expect... read more...Sunday, 13 October 2019 by Margaret Copland -
Congress Winners
The winners of the Macedon Ranges Bridge Congress for 2019 : First - John Ashkar and C Arul Second - Ben Kingham and Silvia Gluck Third - Kirsten and Gavin Bailey Best Intermediate (under 300 masterpoints each) - Tim Legge and Lisa Yoffa Best Novice (under 100 master points each) Dianne Maclean and Carmel Hill Best Local Pair - Cate Carr and Margaret Copland Full details of all the boards can be found on the Bridge Unlimited website read more...Sunday, 13 October 2019 by Margaret Copland -
Charity Bridge Day
A charity bridge day was held at our club on April 15 - it was great to see such a good number of tables and fun was had by all (especially Anne Hill). Winners on the Day were Maureen and Lance (highest scoring), Evelyn and Linda (North / South) and visitors from Castlemaine (East / West). All up the day raised $1000 for the Woodend Cemetary Trust and we got lots of good ideas to improve our next such event. . . . read more...Tuesday, 28 May 2019 by Margaret Copland -
Back to Bridge Day
A Back to Bridge day was held on the 18th March this year, the original idea by Connie Albany- to invite back to the club those we had not seen for a while. It was a great success (and something we should do again). About 16 people - old and new rocked up to hear a short talk by Rex on the basics of the game, then stayed to chat over fresh sandwiches and brownies (thanks to Connie, Maureen, Linda, Pauline and Wendy). Some brave participents stayed on to join the main Monday arvo session, while others... read more...Sunday, 10 March 2019 by Margaret Copland