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:
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.
This year's winners of the Charlie Mitchell Shield run on Sat 31st October are Yvonne Perkins and Faye Carnonovale. Congratulations.
It is a Red point, single session event and is in memory of stalwart past member, Charlie Mitchell. The shield was donated by Patricia and Ian Giles
Charlie Mitchell was a President, Director, Mentor and Life Member of our great club. He died in2002 and survived by his Life and Bridge partner Lilian.
The Over 50 Division of the October Online Pairs resulted in a photo-finish with less than 0.4 points separating the first three finishers. Lynn Baker and Jim Stewart won by a short head from Vivien Eldridge and Alan Davies with Lois and Terry Rothwell an even shorter head behind in third place.
In the Under 50 Division, Lyn Talmont and Susan Eason faltered a bit at the last fence but their consistent form over the earlier jumps carried them through to a comfortable win over Christine Marcroft and Lidy Seysener with the Colenbrander brothers a respectable third.
Congratulations to the winners and place-getters and, indeed, to everyone who took part. You can see the results here.
We will have a one-off all-comers event next Tuesday (while an even bigger horse race takes place) but we are planning another flagship cumulative online event for Tuesdays in November and early December. There will be red points on offer and, so that everybody has a chance, there will be three Divisions, based on Masterpoints as at Sept 30, 2020: Under 20, Under 150 and Open. Look out for more details here and in your Inbox!
Recent results:
Congratulations this week to Bronwyn Neal and Lynne Talmont for placing 1st E/W and 2nd overall (from 56 pairs) in Sunday’s ABF Novice Pairs event. Well done!
A member sent me this message and agreed to it being published anonymously:
"I know that there have been almost no cases recently in NSW but I also believe that we should be as COVID-safe as possible.
Bridge players are a very susceptible cohort so I believe that it is up to each of us to do our best (despite low case numbers).
One of the Peninsula Bridge Club’s major events, The Club Teams Championship, is to be conducted on three Thursdays during November, the 12th, 19th and 26th, starting at 1pm on each day.
Members only. Red points.
The long awaited Online Teams Congress will be held by the New South Wales Bridge Association this Sunday 25th October 2020! Even more exciting, they are going to host this Teams event on a brand new online platform REALBRIDGE – an online platform on which you can see (yes see!) and talk to your partner, teammates and opponents at the bridge table. This is really the next best thing you can have to a face to face congress.
The Congress will start at 10.00am on Sunday 25th October, 2020 on RealBridge:
