| Welcome to the Bendigo Bridge Club |
Bendigo is situated 140kms north of Melbourne. The city grew from one of the major gold rush towns of Victoria from the 1850s to the present day. The modern city benefits from the riches of its past glory, with beautiful heritage buidlings, expansive parks, a wide range of eating and dining establishments, and an enviable art and culture precinct.
The Bendigo Bridge Club was established in 1979. The club is affiliated with the Victorian Bridge Association (VBA) and the Australian Bridge Federation (Club 3315). The club is also a member of the Victorian Northern Region Bridge Association, and fully supports all bridge events conducted by the Region and the clubs within the Region.
Bendigo Bridge Club conducts 5 duplicate bridge open tournaments every week, and a relaxed play tournament session to provide all members the opportunity to enjoy playing bridge with friends.
Due to COVID restrictions we are currently not allowing visitors to play in face to face tournaments at our premises, but we look forward to the time when we can again offer a warm country welcome to visitors of all playing standards. More...
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| Australia-wide Novice Pairs - Mon 31 May |
We will be running an Australia-wide Novice Pairs event at 1.30pm on Monday 31st May at LGCC in the Lego Room. This event will run in parallel with the regular Monday Club Pairs event.
Entry is restricted to players with less than 100 master points as at 31st March. If you wish to enter, please book as usual but take care to use the calendar entry set up specifcally for this event, not the regular Monday Club Pairs booking entry.
If you enter, you will get to play in Australia's largest national competition without leaving the comfort of our own club. In addition, each player also receives:
* Exclusive discounts on a selection of popular products from the Australian Bridge Magazine book store.
* A discount of $5 on a one-year subscription to Australian Bridge – Club Edition.
* A souvenir booklet of the hands, with the recommended bidding and items of interest from the play.
* A second personalised booklet, available online after the event, with travelling scoreslips and suggestions of how you could have scored better.
The top players from around the country are also in line to win book and magazine prizes totalling over $3,000 in value (exact prize structure will be determined after the size of the field is known):
* The top 100 players (50 pairs) win a subscription to Australian Bridge (Club Edition) valued at $25.
* The top players also win a $50 book voucher from the Australian Bridge Bookshop.
* The top 5 pairs overall, and top pairs by location, also win beautiful personalised pens.
* Additional prizes for the top pairs with under 50 masterpoints.
* Individual book prizes for specific pre-defined achievements during the event.
This is a fun and educational event. If you are eligible, we encourage you to enter,
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We will be running an Australia-wide Novice Pairs event at 1.30pm on Monday 31st May at LGCC in the Lego Room. This event will run in parallel with the regular Monday Club Pairs event.
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| New Vice-President |
Denis Upsall recently advised the Committee of his decision to resign from the Committee and his role as Vice-president.
We are sorry to be losing Denis's services. He has made an outstanding contribtion to the success and stability of the club in recent years, serving as Club Secretary prior to taking on the role of Vice-president. In his time on the committee Denis was instrumental in bringing our IT infrastructure up to date and in implementing and configuring our new web site. Denis also launched and hosted some of our on-line bridge sessions when Covid struck. Denis was also a very pro-active member of the Premises committee and a valued member of our Directors panel.
Denis's resignation created a casual vacancy on he Committee. Ken Simpson has accepted an invitation from the Committee to take on the role of Vce-presidient and at the Committee meeting held on 12 April his appointment was confirmed.
Welcome aboard, Ken!
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| ABF Promotions |
Congratulations to the following Club Members on achieving promotions in their ABF Rankings
Promotions dated 31 March 2021
Tania Angove - promoted to Graduate Master, now with 2.17 Masterpoints
Yvonne Forrest - promoted to Club Master, now with 5.55 Masterpoints
Sandra Friesen - promoted to Local Master, now with 15.82 Masterpoints
Jude Brown - promoted to Silver Local Master, now with 35.18 Masterpoints
Wendy Harris - promoted to Regional Master, now with 53.50 Masterpoints
Well done all!
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| To book a COVID vaccination |
Anyone in the phase 1a or phase 1b should now consider booking a vaccination
Find a vaccination centre near you and make a booking
Phase 1b starts Monday 22 March 2021 for all Australians over 70 and anyone who is immuno-compromised. Apparently there are 6 million Australians in this category so the moral is to register early, or enjoy a long wait.
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| It's time to love bridge again! |
 Janet invites everyone back for face to face (F2F) bridge at LGCC.
Friday, Monday (afternoon) and Wednesday (evening) club pairs have commenced.
Tuesday evening commencing 23rd March!
Wednesday afternoon relaxed play is expected to commence early in April (watch for the actual date).
Until further notice, F2F bridge will be for members only and with tables limited to 12, or 24 pairs. Members may book in to play with another club member or a guest player who is not currently a member of Bendigo Bridge Club.
Members can make a booking without a password through the [Booking Required] icon in [Calendar] , or using the [Find a Partner] tab found in [Membership & Bookings]).
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| ABF launches MyABF |
 The ABF has launched a new service to members.
MyABF is the new technology platform for the ABF. It will become your primary access to all your bridge information across Australia.
Go to the website and sign up today click MYABF
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