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)
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.
Dear members,
Our Swiss Pairs Congress
This month, we host our annual Swiss Pairs Congress, one of our major events of the year. Players come from many other clubs to enjoy this event.
It is a full day of bridge, from 10am until late afternoon.
If you haven’t attended a Congress before, it is an exciting way to start. The great thing about Swiss Pairs is that very quickly, everyone finds their ‘level’ in the room, so you are soon playing at a table with people with similar experience.
Supervised Sessions
Supervised Sessions are held 3 times per week
Monday 18:45 -21:00
Tuesday 14:15 - 16:30
Friday 09:15 - 11:30
Practise Play topic in SS in July is Overcalls.
Review lesson in SS with Cath:
- Tuesday 16 July 2.15-4.30pm
- Friday 26 July 9.15-11.30am
In the third week of June Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon red section players responded to a survey about the possible movements trialled in response to the larger red sections since April. Thank you to those who responded.
The larger red sections at these sessions arose from the successful graduation of many green section players who no longer need that section's particular attributes.
Since April we have tried different movements to respond to these often larger table numbers, with these simply categorised as:
Bridge is mind sport, a challenge of mental rather than physical capacity and stamina. Consequently we have many members who have mobility challenges - whether due to accident, disease or just the passage of years.
It is one of our club's strengths that we welcome and try to assist these valuable members. We are fortunate that Meals on Wheels have agreed to give us use of eight of their weekday parking spots from noon onwards. Even with this we do not have a lot of accessible parking near the club-house. What we have, we need to look after carefully.
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.
