Bridge Club News

The photo by Heidi Colenbrander captures the latest three members to become ABF Accredited Teachers.

Jennifer Ardill, Susan Oxfeldt Jensen and Kelly Barber have all reached the accreditation requirements with the teachers' 2/1 workshop held recently at Peninsula and been awarded their certificates.

This makes eight in total of our members to be so awarded, with five of them currently involved in our Bridge Education program. See Jennifer's ABF Teacher profile.

An unofficial photographer (Cath Whiddon) captured Betty Bevins being congratulated for a significant birthday on Tuesday 18 April.

The photo shows Betty with her partner Amanda Hickey and session director Vickie Busteed.

Betty, who joined a beginners class at the club in 2011, commented that "bridge has become the joy of my life".

Fourteen teams came together on Thursday morning 12 April to battle it out among friends in the Members Teams Day. It is one of the friendly competitive events of the club's year. Check out the photos from the event. 

The winning team after the five rounds comprised Ray Bragge, Anne Small, Margaret and Michael Draper. The best remaining novice team comprised Gayle King, Maggie Gibbs, Sarah Young and Jen Ardill.

Thanks to the many players who contributed to the morning tea, to Sue Riley for arranging the fourteenth team (including two rookies  Susan Eason and Simon Hunter) and to John Rogers for dealing the boards 

Want to improve your defense? Then come along to the Killer Defense Course on Mondays in May 9:30-11:30am and Saturday 26th May. 

Come to a few sessions or come to all.

With topics of Opening Signals & Leads (NT) on May 7, Opening Signals & Leads (Suit Contracts) on May 14, Attitude Signals on May 21, 3rd Hand Play & Second Hand Play on May 28 plus on Saturday May 26th More on Signals.

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Looking for a teams event with championship tier red masterpoints at your local club? The three week State Open Teams qualifying event starting on Thursday 10 May is your answer.

Check out the details of the event.

Last year the event was won by Alan Davies, Vivien Eldridge, David Farmer and Cath Whiddon. This year it could be you.

Many of you will remember that we almost cancelled a Monday afternoon playing session due to a planned power outage for the building - but that this outage was itself postponed.

The power outage has been rescheduled, but this time at night from 10-12pm on Thu 3 May - so there should be no impact on the Bridge Club (though fingers crossed for the first session on Friday morning).

The power outage is part of preparation for the widening of Jacksons Road near Pittwater Road to allow a second lane of traffic turning right into Pittwater Road.

Joan and John Castle won the Michael Marks Shield against a field of 17 tables, ahead of Joan Fawcett and Sue Riley and Anne Small and Hans van Weeren. See more photos on our Facebook Group.

The Shield event remembers the solid contribution made by past president, Michael Marks, who during his presidential period in the late 1990s, oversaw the building of our current dedicated annex on the Nelson Heather Centre and the 21 year lease from the Council. Event convener, Annegrete Kolding, asked long term member, Sue Riley, to provide some background information. Interestingly John Castle was president at the time we first moved from the Mona Vale Golf Club to the Angophora Room in the Nelson Heather Centre.

Today's large field with a single winner tested our directors, Alan Davies and Cassandra Mitchell, as they were both running a Web Mitchell movement for the first time, complicated by adding in an Arrow Switch.

Anne Small received her well earned ABF Teacher's accreditation certificate on Thursday 5 April, with congratulations from President Sarah Young.

Anne is the fifth member to receive this teaching accreditation from the ABF and this is particularly well-timed for our Bridge Education team given Sue Falkingham's departure to Tasmania.

Following the Advanced 2/1 Workshop on Saturday 14 April, Anne will be the Bridge Education team's reference point for this increasingly popular system. See her ABF Teacher profile.