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With the spring tournament schedule over things slow down a bit at the Bridge Club, but there is still enough going on to keep everyone interested and boost attendance. Here is a message from tournament director Peter Donnellan on the immediate sche...

I’m travelling and really stretched for time, and with nothing really going on at the Bridge Club this week I thought I would bring you a short, sweet and fascinating hand. Dealer West E/W Vulnerable. Duplicate pairs North S KJ653 H 54 D A32 C K92 ...

Richard Hall and James Fraser are the 2016 Non Life Masters champions. They came from third place after the first session to overhaul first-round leaders Mike Viotti and Kathleen Keane, who finished in second, and Inger Mensa and Noula Contibas, who ...

The Non Life Masters Pairs will have concluded at the Bridge Club on Thursday so full results on that next week. The second session is clearly going to be a tight one if the first session is any guide. Lying in first place after the first session are...

Monday, April 11 1 Dee Craft – Elysa Burland 1 Magda Farag – Gertie Barker 2 George Correia – M. Ferguson 2 Elizabeth McKee – S. Kyme 3 Louise Rodger – Lyn O’Neill 3 Diana Diel – Molly Taussig Open Mixed teams 1 Alan Douglas – Jane Smith 2 Siio...

The Mixed Pairs Club Championship ended at the Bridge Club last Friday and first round leaders (and heavy favourites going into the event), Alan Douglas and Jane Smith, ran out comfortable winners with another win in the second session and a score of...

Monday, April 4 1.Russ Craft – Linda Pollett 1. Pat Siddle – Gill Gray 2.Judy Bussell – Magda Farag 2. Annabelle Mann – Nea Willits 3. Gertie Barker – Marilyn Simmons 3. Marg Way – Lyn O’Neill Evening 1.Roman Smolski – Marg Way 1. John Glynn...

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...