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The Peninsula Swiss Teams congress will be held ON-LINE on Sunday 18th April 10:00 am.  More information is available in this link.

This congress is facilitated by MasterBridge Online using the RealBridge platform.  There will be two sections:

• Open
• Restricted (<100 MPs at March 01, 2021). Enter from the NSWBA web-site.

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The Club Pairs championship was held over three weeks at the club. Ronnie Ng directed and did a great job. This was made more complicated by a power failure in the third week and he was relying on the laptop’s battery power to keep going. But Ausgrid came good and the power was restored by 2pm and we were all happy to be playing under lights again instead of in the dark.

21 pairs signed up. Linda Abbenbroek and Jan McLennan had a comfortable lead after week 2 and they were unable to be overtaken although Jen Ardill and Patrick Starck came very close. So it was a win for the veteran players this time.

Click on this link for the results - All Results - Peninsula Bridge Club.

As a club we aspire to facilitate enjoyable bridge for all. The diversity of our bridge players can add to this enjoyment - but can also present challenges if behaviours learned elsewhere conflict with common courtesy and the ethical foundations of our game. The club wants to encourage and celebrate positive behaviours and identify and appropriately respond to other behaviours that might threaten our goal of enjoyable bridge for all.

Here is the club's Code of Conduct (maintained in our Playing Rules):

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Congratulations to the winners of the SALT5 teams competition: Team Dowling (Carolyn Dowling, Leslie Treasure, Loraine Neville, Jeanette Weaver) who narrowly defeated Team Dickinson (Sue Dickinson, Sharon Thompson, Ray Moon and Maris Taylor).   It is interesting to note that Team Dowling had a handicap of +10 whereas Team Dickinson, as rookies, were -17.

Team Kolding (Annegrete Kolding, Heidi Colenbrander, Sarah Young, Ray Hurst) were third.

Many thanks again to Robin Devries for convening and there is perhaps still time to enter SALT6 which starts on Monday 22nd Feb.

The SALT5 teams competition has one more week to run but our valiant convener Robin Devries is working on the next round including fine tuning his handicapping system which enables teams of all standards to compete on a more equal basis.

The SALT6 teams competition will start on Monday February 22nd and run over 6 weeks to March 29th.   Games are played in the evening on BBO by teams of 4 people.  Matches 2 x 10 board games.  Masterpoints Green. Cost $25 per player.

If you haven't tried it, Teams is different and fun and playable at all levels of ability and experience. Each pair plays 10 games against each of the pairs in the opposing team.  It is interesting for the two pairs to compare how they fared playing the same board but in the two different positions. Maybe have a Zoom meeting afterwards?  As always we run a matchmaking service if you don’t have a full team.  So why not have a go this time?   Contact Robin Devries for more information on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The perfect gift for 2021: introduce your family and friends to the fabulous game of bridge with a Peninsula Bridge Club gift voucher that includes a learner’s book and 4 interactive beginner lessons for one person with Cath Whiddon or other ABF Accredited teacher in a small, face-to-face, Bridge on Demand group at our club.

Bridge is so much more than a game: it’s an opportunity to be in a continuous learning experience, build partnerships with friends, make new friends along the way - and have fun! Gift these lessons to your friends and family and help our club continue to grow.

The cost is $100 and the voucher is valid for 6 months. The scheduling of the lessons will depend on there being another 3 people attending the course. If this cannot be arranged, eg for Covid reasons, a refund will be given less the cost of the book if applicable.

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details.

Our first clubhouse competition for our green or novice players since COVID took place over four Friday mornings in November, with the best three individual scores counting, While this was an individual event, it seems most players played with the same partner for all three or four weeks.

Congratulations to the winners, Irina Taran and Bill Davis, ahead of Penny Hayes and Di Garstang and Phillip Mitchell and John O'Riordan.

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Our first clubhouse individual competition for our blue or open players since COVID took place over four Thursday afternoons in November and December, with the best three individual scores counting, This event was interrupted by the Club Teams Championships during the last three weeks of November.

Congratulations to Jim Fairley who won by a small margin ahead Lynn Baker with Susan Jensen and Audrey Coyle coming third equal. 

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