Bridge Club News

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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Nine teams battled for the 2020 Club Teams Championship over three weeks in November, with congratulations to the Smith team (Linda Abbenbroek, Jan McLennan, Anne Small and Lyn Smith) who emerged triumphant ahead of the Whiddon team (Alan Davies, Vivien Eldridge, David Farmer and Cath Whiddon) and the Treasure team (Yvonne Perkins, Lois Rothwell, Terry Rothwell and Leslie Treasure). For many competitors this was the first time back to the clubhouse - it was good to see them there. 

Our external director, Ronnie Ng, ran an American Whist teams movement ensuring that all teams played each other over the three weeks. This was new to many players but proved to be a good choice with 9 teams over three sessions. However it proved too much for our normal website results display service. Consequently the results are linked here:

• Overall results
• Session 1 
• Session 2
• Session 3
• Detailed results for each team (listed in team number order)

After six grueling weeks and a good deal of chopping and changing amongst the leaders, the winners have finally emerged. As promised, a bottle of (fairly) decent red wine (2016 Shottesbrooke Single Vineyard Shiraz) goes to each of the following:

Blue Division (Open):   Leslie Treasure and Carolyn Dowling
Red Division (U120):    Sue Evershed and John Simmonds
Green Division (U20):   Neil Mitchell and John O’Riordan

Details of the results are to be found here.

This brings to an end the series of Cumulative events we have been holding every Tuesday since June. We shall start a new series later in January but, in the meantime, there will be stand-alone events for Open and Under 100 fields.  

By way of recap, here are the winners of all the events this year:

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Melbourne Cup 2020 at Peninsula Bridge club was marked by teamwork and fun. Members enjoyed a memorable day with good bridge, good company and a great race, peppered with music, games, and fascinating headwear. Thanks to everyone who helped make this day such fun.

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