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After a brief lull in the action the Tournament season resumed this week with the Mixed Pairs taking place on Monday, 11 April and Friday 15 April, and after the first session there is a bit of separation at the top. Jane King and Alan Douglas lead ...

Monday, March 28 1. Judy Bussell — Gertie Barker 1. Jeff Hand — Gail Greenberg 2. Louise Rodger — Lyn O’Neill 2. Dorry Lusher — Dee Craft 3. Diana Walker — Peter Donnellan 3. Sheena Rayner — Magda Farag Evening 1. Gertie Barker — Jane Smith 1. R...

After a brief lull in the action the tournament season resumes this week with the mixed pairs taking place on Monday and Friday, followed by the non life masters pairs on the April 21 and 28. The mixed pairs used to be known as the ‘divorce stakes’, ...

Monday, March 21 1. Judy & Gordon Bussell 1. Stephanie Kyme — Elizabeth McKee 2. Martha Ferguson — George Correia 2. Magda Farag — Sheena Rayner 3. Trish Colmet — Aida Bostelmann 3. Molly Taussig — Diana Diel Evening 1. David Sykes — David Cor...

Nothing much happening on the local scene at the moment so it is straight into the bridge! I’ll start by discussing an opening lead situation where you hold KQxxx or KQxx of the suit you want to lead. Against a suit contract it is usually right to l...

Monday, March 7 1 Jean Johnson–Marg Way 1 Dorry Lusher–Michael Bickley 2 Sheena Rayner–Judy Bussell 2 Janice Trott–Lyn O’Neill 3 Wendy & Richard Gray 3 Donna Leitch–Kathy Keane Evening 1 Charlels Hall–Paul Thompson 1 Rachael Gosling–Elizabeth Mc...

There is a slight lull in the action at the Bridge Club but we are still in the middle of the Spring tournament season and the Mixed Pairs and Non-Life Master Pairs are both on the April schedule. The mixed pairs will be held on Monday, April 11 and...

In the early days of contract bridge, when Ely Culbertson and Charles Goren were playing and developing the game, bridge was popular enough to appear on the front pages of the newspapers on a regular basis. That changed and soon it was just in the b...

The Junior Open Pairs ended with a bang last Tuesday, with David Pickering and Richard Keane putting together a storming 75 per cent second session to grab the top spot by just four match points from runaway first round leaders Delton Outerbridge and...

Monday, February 29 1. Louise Rodger-Lyn O’Neill 1. Stephanie Kyme-Elizabeth McKee 2. Gertie Barker-Greta Marshall 2.Jean Johnson-Dorry Lusher 3.Jeanette Shaw-Judy Patton 3. John Hoskins-Michael Bickley 4. Wendy Gray-Sheena Rayne 4. Heather Woolf-Jul...

The Men’s and Ladies’ Championship Pairs concluded at the Bridge Club last Friday and when the smoke had cleared, Gertie Barker and Jane Smith had a steady second session which saw them narrowly hold on to their first session lead. In the Men’s Pairs...

Monday, February 15 1 Judy Bussell-Stephanie Kyme 1 Wendy & Richard Gray 2 Peter Donnellan-Marg Way 2 Julia Lunn-Heather Woolf 3 GeorgeCorreia-Martha Ferguson 3 Elizabeth McKee-Stephanie Kyme Evening 1 Gertie Barker-Jane Smith 2 Lyn o’Neill-Diana Di...