Bridge Club News

During April Annegrete and Marita entered a bridge competition and received a Bridge Shop voucher as winners! Fortunately for our library, they decided to donate the voucher to our Peninsula Bridge Library.

We have purchased 2 copies each of Demystifying Defense and A Second Book of Bridge Problems. Both publications are by Patrick O’Connor. These books will be of particular interest to those attending the Defence lessons this month. Look out for them at the library.

Thank you Annegrete and Marita.

Members may not be aware of the KEORIDE transport option available for those living on the Northern Beaches north of Narrabeen.

This option was introduced as part of the B-Line service, and provides on-demand transport between your home and the nearest B-Line bus stop. There is of course a B-Line bus stop right outside the bridge club.

Member Julie Daniels writes:

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Fifty members and two guests attended the workshop on defense given by Joan Butts this morning. Everyone walked away so pleased with what they had learnt and ready to put it into practice.

Joan stepped in at short notice when Cath Whiddon, who is leading the remaining Killer Defence lessons on Mondays in May (9.30am), was unable to take the class.

Thanks Joan for making a difficult concept seem so logical. Remember the Rule of 11 next time you’re at the bridge table!

Peninsula participated in Bridge for Brains today and we all had a great day with lots of delicious food and a good bridge game. We offered the 3 rookie tables the choice to join the main game but they preferred to stay where they were so they sat on the side and played 3 rounds of 7 boards.

Thanks very much to Sue Riley and Gayle King for organising and co-ordinating the day and thanks to all those who contributed to the raffles, bought lots of tickets and brought food for the fantastic afternoon tea.

Check your results at http://www.nationwidepairs.com.au/bridge_for_brains.html

Come and take advantage of the great learning opportunities when Liam Milne and Susan Humphries visit the club on Tuesday 22 May.

Liam is a professional bridge player and teacher who placed 9th in the 2014 World Open Pairs. Since then he has represented Australia internationally in the Bermuda Bowl, and his recent national successes include the 2017 Gold Coast Teams and GNOT. Susan Humphries is a many-time New Zealand international representative who was part of her country's historic qualification to the round of 16 at the last World Bridge Games. She recently won the trials to determine the NSW Women's Team for 2018.

Liam and Susan will be:

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Hans van Weeren won the 2018 Autumn Individual with a late charge - a mammoth score of 68.41% yesterday, the final Monday. This is all the more impressive as he only played three of the possible four weeks due to his expected partner having to pull out for one of the weeks - so he was not able to drop a poor score.

This is a repeat performance for Hans who also won the 2017 Autumn Individual - and continues his strong results across a range of events.

Hans won ahead of Vivien Eldridge and Anne Small. You can download the full results.

Little things can make a huge difference to our enjoyment of the game and to the amount of work required to make the club hum. We highlight some of these little things below. Thank others when you see them done - and send your suggested "little things" to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

• Putting your cup in the dishwasher or washing it up - and offering to do this for someone unable to do so
• Leaving the table ready for the next session
• Putting the section and table number on the table money slip
• Being attentive when the director makes announcements

Thirty three teams, including twelve from Peninsula, played in the 2018 Swiss Teams Congress held on Sunday 22 April.

Thanks to Heidi Colenbrander and others we have an engaging photo record of the day (including all the winners) for all to enjoy. You can also check the full congress results.

The congress went well in spite of an unexpected triangle. The director, Ronnie Ng, did a fantastic job. The 33 teams included 6 ‘restricted’ teams. Gayle King and her helpers provided wonderful food all day which was much appreciated.

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