Jean Barbour and Greg Nicholson (ranked 14^th) won the Open Pairs Championship with Robyn Couch and Ken Tierney (ranked 15^th) finishing second of the eligible Pairs. Jean and Greg will now be invited to represent the Eastern Region in the Victorian Butler Pairs Final.  Geoff Davidson and Fred Kaminski (ranked 35^th, finished 8^th) came second in the Intermediate section. Marion and Kevin Taylor (ranked 49^th, finished 16^th) won the Novice section. Anna Field and Joy Moreton (ranked 50th, finished 38th) came 3^rd in the Novice section.

In the Teams section Robyn Couch and Ken Tierney teamed up with Julie Farmer (Lakes Entrance) and John Brazier (Bairnsdale). They were ranked 8^th and won the Shield for the Best ERBA Team. Jean Barbour and Greg Nicholson partnered Shirley Stewart and John Farr from Phillip Island. They were ranked 3^rd and came second. Both teams will represent ERBA in the State Country Teams Final. Helen McAdam, Moira Hecker, Don Tylee and Robin Hecker came second in the Intermediate section. Marion and Kevin Taylor paired up with Deb and Mark Reynolds (ranked 16^th, finished 8^th) to come runners up in the Novice section.

Our 3rd Congress was played at our clubrooms on 23 & 24 August with 72 players participating. The winning Pair was Bairnsdale's Judy Banks and Anne Kearon. Beat ERBA Pair were Geoff Davidson and Fred Sundermann and the best Traralgon Pair were Ken Tierney and Michael Zarb. The winning team was the Middleton team from Melbourne. Best ERBA team was Judy Banks, Anna Kearon, Mike Larcombe and George Campbell. Best Traralgon team was Rhonda van Dyke, Heather Knorr, Geoff Davidson and Fred Sundermann. To view Congress Results Pairs    http://www.laikel.bridgeaustralia.org/teamresults.asp?id=1686  Teams   http://www.laikel.bridgeaustralia.org/teamresults.asp?id=1687
 

The Monday Handicap Pairs Championship was played on February 1st and 8th with Helen McAdam and Moira Hecker coming out on top. They won both before and after the handicap was applied. In 2nd place was the pairing of Jocelyn Pilmore and Rhonda van Dyke with Elizabeth and Bill Morrish coming third. .  

Pat Still and John Sutton were 2 players who enjoyed the friendly rivalry between Traralgon and South Gippsland Bridge Clubs on May 5. Travelling to Meeniyan and braving the elements went 8 tables of intrepid Traralgon members. It was a great day of renewing acquaintances and making new ones. Bring on the 1st Tuesday in March when we host our neighbours. 

photo - Anne den Houting, Robert Smallwood, Ken Tierney and Chris Oberink

13.5 tables participated in the Traralgon - South Gippsland Interclub held on March 3 in our rooms. A 2 board/round Mitchell was played with South Gippsland winning both N/S and E/W sections. The return match will be played at Meeniyan on May 5 commencing at 11:00. 

The 2nd Latrobe Interclub was played on September 23rd by 16 Traralgon pairs and 19 Devonport pairs. This years hands were dealt by Devonport. As per usual there were some weird hands but everyone played them. Bridgewebs rescores the club results across the field to produce the overall results. The 2014 winners were Anne Howes and Robyn Couch (Traralgon) 65.30%, 2nd Bob White and Ian Farmer (Devonport) 58.79% and 3rd Lynne and Lou Veenstra (Traralgon) 58.18% 

The 2015 Tuesday Teams Championship was played by 10 teams over November 17 and 24. The team of Anne Howes, Robyn Couch, Anne den Houting and Ken Tierney came home with a wet sail to win 8 of their 9 matches.

Robyn Couch and Ken Tierney travelled to Sale on March 13 & 20 to compete in their Open Pairs Championship which they duly won. Lynne and Lou Veenstra took out 3rd place. 

Robyn Couch was awarded Life Membership for 15 years of service to the Traralgon Bridge Club. Robyn has been President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Committee member for 12 years. She has been a Director and Masterpoint Secretary for 11 years, has prepared the diary for 7 years and has done the newspaper reports and web site for 10 years. Robyn has become the "go to" person for information in the Bridge Club.