| From the President - 2 November 2025 |
It is with great sadness that I convey to our members about the death of three very long-term members.
Wally Reid was treasurer of the RACV Bridge Club for many years, and he and Adrienne were regular players on a Wednesday.
Ross Golias will be sadly missed by us as he was such a delightful gentleman and a pleasure to know.
Trefor Morgan AO loved to play bridge twice each week and last year won The Patricia Snowden Cup.
We will miss these wonderful gentlemen and convey our condolences to their families.
On a happier note, we look forward to the RACV Club Championship Pairs being played over November. I do hope many of you will participate in this new event. Details aree available here
Planning is underway for the RACV Bridge Club Christmas lunch, preceded by bridge on Wednesday 17th December 2025.
Booking for bridge and/or lunch will be done by phoning Member’s Services. Details can be seen here.
I hope to see many of you at the Christmas bridge and lunch.
Ronella Stuart
President
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| From the President 4th September 2025 |
Congratulations to Mary Stoney on once more organising a very successful RACV Club Congress.
My thanks also to Simone Langdon, Robert Chambers, and the RACV Club. team as well as Leigh Gold and Ben Kingham - without these people we would not have such a great event.
Kim Lee and his partner came third overall, a wonderful result, and well done to them.
The best RACV Bridge Club team were Jenny Date and Bob House, congratulations to them and all the RACV Bridge Club members who entered the Congress. I do hope you enjoyed the day.
I hope those who entered the Australian Wide Open Pairs, played at our Club on on 27th August, enjoyed the experience and congratulations to
- Shayne Wurf and Jo-anne Heywood coming 26 - a great result.
Special mention to
- Ann Heron and Renate Triffett 110
- Brian Hassett and Geff Dwyer 118
We have an interclub game against Kooyong on Monday 15th September 2025. This is the last inter club for this year. I appreciate the members who put their names down for these events.
My thanks to Barry for carrying out all the duties while I was away.
Ronella Stuart
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| From the President - 28 June 2025 |
Since the last committee meeting the RACV Bridge club has participated in an Interclub match with RSYTC Bridge Club . It was an opportunity for some of our newer players to compete and I was delighted that some Monday players entered.
The RACV Club very generously offered reduced price tickets for the Torvill and Dean Spectacular and many of the tickets were taken up over the three performances.
I wrote to Jane Cahir and thanked her on behalf of the club.
The RACV Club acknowledged Jo–Anne Heywood’s elevation to Grand Master status with the ABF with a presentation and drinks .
I wish to thank Barry Ballard for his added workload over the past few months. It has been greatly appreciated.
See you at the bridge table
Regards
Ronella Stuart
President
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| From the President - 5 June 2025 |
5 June 2025
Congratulations to Jo-Anne Heywood in becoming a Grand Master with the A.B.F. in acquiring 1000 master points. This is a huge achievement and the R.A.C.V. acknowledged Jo-Anne’s new status with a ceremony on Wednesday 4 June.
Happy birthday to Esme Edmonds for her 90th birthday.
On a sad note we remember David Sutherland , who died recently. David was a keen R.A.C.V. bridge player and we will miss this lovely gentleman.
Our condolences to Jenny and her family.
Ronella Stuart
President
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| From the President - 4 March 2025 |
The new bidding boxes have arrived, and our members are using them with varying degrees of success. I know we will quickly become comfortable using this new system. I wish to thank the RACV Club for purchasing them as it is a good innovation for the club.
The information re the Healesville weekend has been circulated and I am looking forward to seeing a large number of members at this popular event.
Members will need to book accommodation directly with the RACV Club. We ask you to use the online booking form to register for bridge, so we know how many are playing.
Thank you to the members who have submitted their names for the Inter club match at the MCC. We have a full team but if anyone wishes to be a reserve please contact me.
Ronella Stuart
President
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| From the President 21January 2025 |
What a wonderful start to our bridge year with the January Challenge.
We had 18 tables and it was a most enjoyable day.
Many thanks to Ben and the RACV for the great venue and lunch.
The committee has planned two Healesville week-ends ,some inter club matches, as well as the congress
I look forward to seeing many of you at the bridge table.
Ronella Stuart
Congratulations to the winners
N/S David Hollands and Bob Jacobs
E/W Jo-Anne Heywood and Leeron Braniki
Monday Group
N/S. Fran Bailey and Lynette Patterson
E/W Anne Jebb and Margaret Hyndman
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