Bridge Club News

"...maintaining physical, social and brain health is an important component of reducing dementia risk, which all Australians can implement in their daily lives. Learning a new language, picking up bridge, travelling and going back to study are ideal examples as they incorporate brain challenges and increase social engagement, which are both important for dynamically engaging the brain." (bolding added)

From an article "What causes Alzheimer’s disease? What we know, don’t know and suspect" by Yen Ying Lim and Rachel Buckley, published in The Conversation on 2 Jun 2017, and republished on 3 Aug 2019.

Our first day on Sunday 14 July was a lot of fun - six tables, jazz and BYO wine. See the photos on our Facebook group.

We'll do it again one Sunday each month depending on other club commitments and the next session will be 18 August at 3pm.

Most tables remained with their original four but a couple of tables swapped over half way so we are quite flexible, whatever works for you. Hopefully we can accommodate all comers, singles, pairs or foursomes.

Congratulations! Due to the efforts of Sandie Rooke, Peninsula Bridge Club now has another ABF Accredited Teacher. Your club will be able to display the Accredited Club certificates.

By completing the ABF Teaching Accreditation Program and becoming an ABF Accredited Teacher Club, you have demonstrated commitment to best practice and continuous improvement.

Well done and keep up the great work.

Regards
Allison Stralow (ABF President) and Joan Butts (ABF National Teaching Coordinator)

Congratulations to our long term member, Dr Joan Castle, who was awarded in the Queen's Birthday honours, the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to medicine.

A former medical practitioner in private practice at Dee Why, Dr Castle was also a honorary consultant physician at Manly Hospital for 35 years and worked pro bono at diabetes clinics at Sydney and Royal North Shore hospitals. She also established a diabetes clinic at Manly Hospital.

Twenty five pairs competed in the 2019 Charlie Mitchell Shield on Saturday 29 June, but there was one clear winning pair, Patrick Starck and Vivien Eldridge, who scored a massive 71.15% ahead of runners-up Di Agostino and Trish Berry.

This event was convened by Cassandra Mitchell and directed by Sue Riley.

On Monday 23 June the Members and Novices Teams was a fun day with many novice members enjoying the first or second experience playing in a team event. Photos of all the teams can be found on our PBC Facebook Group - please consider joining this group!

It was well attended with two categories - a Green category with a partly experienced Novice pair combined with Restricted team mates, and a Blue category with a Novice pair with no teams experience combined with an Open pair. Everyone played the Peninsula Basic System to make it a pleasant more even playing experience for our novice players. 

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Join us for our second major congress of 2019 - this one being our Swiss Pairs event using IMP scoring. Check all the event details.

In 2018 the event was very well received by those that participated. Ronnie Ng did a great job as director and everything went very smoothly. Volunteer caterer Cassandra Mitchell provided wonderful food all day which was much appreciated.

The 2018 winners were Peter Jeffrey and Yimin Lee ahead of runners-up David Hudson and Paul Lavings. The Novice Prize (under 100) went to Sarah Young and Rob Scott and the best Peninsula Pair was Vivien Eldridge and David Farmer. 

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Coming up on Mon 24 Jun is our Members and Novices Teams. This is a single afternoon teams event, designed to introduce newer players to the fun of teams.

Two experienced players combine with two newer players (<50MP) as teams - pairs can play in any combination. Everyone plays the Peninsula Basic System (Green Card) - these are out of print but you can download it here.

Join the fun by registering on the noticeboard by noon Fri 21 Jun. Check the event for all the details. Inquiries to convener, Cath Whiddon.