Bridge Club News

In a tight final round Cath Whiddon and David Farmer overtook leaders Col Dempster and Brian Ody to win the 2017 Padman Trophy. This was despite David putting Cath into an impossible slam - "Slam seemed to be possible, and there was no way I could think of to ask the questions I wanted to - and I am an optimist...". 

Col Dempster and Brian Ody were the 2017 Padman Trophy runners-up.

No-one took a photo on the night and so this is a repurposed photo from earlier in the year.

Anyone been wondering what’s behind the grey screen in the north west corner of the club room? All will be revealed this week in the lead up to the Christmas party this Sunday. There was a lucky pair on the waiting list who have got the last tickets but otherwise sadly, it is all sold out and no walk ins.

On Sunday the bar will open at 9.30. Bridge play starts at 10.30 until 4pm. Please bring a plate of your wonderful morning tea delights (savoury preferred) for everyone to enjoy on the day.

Queries please contact Gayle on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Put together six victories out of six (a rare feat for most of us) and wine and cheese and there is room for some contentment.

Such was my fortunate experience with the Club Teams Championship with team mates Alan Davies, Vivien Eldridge and Catherine Whiddon - with a score of 93.8, just beating the fast-finishing Draper team (Ray Bragge, Michael and Margaret Draper, and Anne Small) on 91.3.

It was a great event enjoyed by it seemed all participants. You can check the full results on our site.

The final Swiss Pairs evening on Tuesday 21 November saw Alan and Vivien triumphant, including winning the last round against the fancied guest expert pair of Warren Lazer and Pauline Gumby.

Warren and Pauline had a bidding problem in the last round when they missed a slam after an intervening bid prevented their being certain they had slam range points. Warren opened 1C which in their system can be a 17-20HCP hand as well as a 12-14 ish 1C opening. When Alan or Vivien intervened with a 3C overcall, Pauline bid 3NT. Warren with 20HCP passed not sure if Pauline had stretched with a club stopper. A slam went begging.

Earlier just before the session, Warren had spoken on "What to count, How to count" starting with the basics and with efficient ways to store information about hand shapes that emerges during the play of a board, and ending up with using counting to determine how to play the last few tricks with confidence. That will be our last Swiss Pairs for 2017 with the 2018 season planned to start on Tuesday 23 January.

Peninsula players comprised 11 out of the 134 players competing in the NSW State Open Pairs Championships in November - after qualifying events at clubs around the state.

The first day saw the field cut back to 14 and we managed to hold 3 of these 14 finalist places with Robin Ho (our Administration Officer, playing with her frequent partner Alexander Cook) and our regular pairing of Vivien Eldridge and Alan Davies. The second day of finals saw Robin finish 8th in the state with Alex and Vivien and Alan finishing 12th.

 In the consolation Swiss Pairs held in part for those pairs that did not make the finals, Greg Hay and Mervyn Baxter did well to place 13th equal. You can check all the results.

We have sold all our seats faster than Santa can deliver presents.  For those of you who have missed out and are disappointed, we have put up a waiting list on the notice board.

Those who have previously put their names on the list on the notice board but have not yet paid, your seat for the event has been set aside but please pay as soon as possible to guarantee it.  If you are currently away from the club then you might like to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your return date to the club to pay for the tickets so that we know that you still want to come (thanks to those who have already done this).

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We ate, drank, played bridge and were merry! Check (and add your own) photos from the event.

What a day! It was a sell out as sadly we couldn’t comfortably fit any more than 40 bridge tables in the main club room. Congratulations to the Lucky Door Prize, the section winners and the team who won the Christmas Trivia Quiz – how did they do it? We also had a wonderful array of Festive Fashionistas. Brilliant efforts from our volunteers and fabulous food contributions by the players on the day.

Our club has a strong history of social events and our volunteers and contributions from members make days like this possible. Let us know if you can help out at the next event – it’s great for the club and you get more than you
give. Hope to see you all next year.

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The Race that stopped a Bridge Game!

What a day! We had a great turn out by members.

Sue Riley continued her tradition of being a magnificent Chief Steward and MC.

Congratulations to the section winners, the Lucky Door prize winner and the fashionistas who won the various Best Hat prizes.

Wonderful efforts from our volunteers and also the marvellous salads/morning tea contributions by the players on the day.

Our volunteers and member contributions make days like this possible.  Let us know if you can help out on the next event - it's great for the club and you'll enjoy it too. Just email Gayle - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Take a look at the photos from the event - and even share your own.