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2025 Bendigo Congress

Congress is not far away and we always have great turnout for this event.  Save the date for the weekend May 24th-25th and make sure you lock in for a partner for the pairs (24th) and 2 partnerships for the teams (25th).  More details on registration and price to come soon.  Venue will be Club Court precinct in Strathfieldsaye.  There will be full catering morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.  If you want to invite your out of town friends the club has corporate rates at the All Seasons Hotel, McIvor Road, Strathdale and transport will be organised between the two venues.

Vale Ron Wescott

It is with deep sadness that we advise that Ron passed away early on Wednesday morning, 12th March, having lost his battle against multiple cancers. Ron's partner, Cheryl, advises that, at the end, he went quickly and peacefully.

Ron will be remembered as a friendly, skillful and knowledgeable player and as director of many of our Friday sessions. Less well known are his behind-the-scenes services to the club as a member of the Match Sub-committee, as one of our deal file organisers, and as our diligent Masterpoint Secretary.

A gathering to celebrate Ron's life will be held at 1030 am on March 28 at Buda House, 42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine.

Our thoughts are with Cheryl and family. He will be sadly missed.

2024 Club Awards announced

Our Club Awards, Trophies and Prizes for 2024 were announced at the Christmas Social on Friday 13th Dec. A full list of all the winners can be found by clicking on Membership & Bookings, then on Club Competitions, then scroll down to the 2024 Honour Board.

Club Pairs Championships: Results and Bonus Points

Our 2024 Club Championship Pairs events are now complete. Congratulations to the winning pairs! (See below.) 

To view the 2024 Championship Pairs Rankings in detail and, where relevant, bonus Red Points allocations, go to the Week 3 results for the Monday, Wednesday or Friday event that you are interested in, then click on the Information button.

Monday Championship Pairs Results

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Monday comp: 1st Peter Goddard & Jennifer Goddard.  2nd Merlyn Pritchard & Charles Young. 3rd Cheryl Chant & Elizabeth Ranson. 

Wednesday Championship Pairs Results

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Wednesday comp: 1st Barb Hyett & Pat Dungey. 2nd Ryan Touton & Seb Wright. 3rd Elizabeth Ranson & Cheryl Chant. 

Friday Championship Pairs Results

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Friday comp: 1st Ryan Touton & Kerry Delcourt. 2nd Sandra Friesen & Peter Burt. 3rd Chris Dyson & Annie Wiltshire. 

Club Teams Championships: Results and Red Points

Our 2024 Monday and Friday Club Teams events are now completed. See below for final aggregated results and red point allocations.

Monday Championship Teams Results

Congratulations to winners of the Monday teams.  1st O'HARE - Paul O'Hare, Kerry Delcourt, Mervyn Shapiro, David Smith.  2nd PRITCHARD - Merlyn Pritchard, Charles Young, Kevin Gunn, Ron Wescott.  3rd GEDAY - Eva Geday, Eamon Dempsey, Carla Daly, Paul Schauble, Di Dunlop. 

To view the 2024 Monday Team Championship Rankings and Red Points in detail, go to the Week 2 results for this event, then click on the Information button.

Friday Championship Teams Results

Congratulations to winners of the Friday teams.  1st DELCOURT - Kerry Delcourt, Ryan Touton, Peter Burt, Sandra Friesen.  2nd HARPER - Margaret Harper, Sylvia Watson, Mervyn Shapiro, Faye Searle.  3rd PEIRCE - Adam Peirce, Kevin Gunn, David Yum, Bob Perkins. 

To view the 2024 Friday Team Championship Rankings and Red Points in detail, go to the Week 2 results for this event, then click on the Information button.

Code of Good Conduct Update

Following constructive feedback from members the committee has reviewed and revised our Code of Good Conduct. Check out the Code of Good Conduct panel on the r.h. side of this page the read the latest version.

Bendigo Bridge Club on Facebook

In order to increase our internet presence and provide a platform for advertising our social activities, we have created a club Facebook account. The account will be curated by Seb and Ryan. Click on Useful Links, then on the 'Bendigo Bridge on Facebook' link to have a look.

Library News

Our Librarian has been busy adding interesting new titles to the bookshelves. Check out menu Education > Library to find the latest available titles.

Bridge Victoria

A link to the BV website can be found on our 'Useful Links' page. 

Monthly Nosh & Natter

Our MN&N social dinners will resume in September.  These Thursday evening get-togethers are informal social events - a chance for members (and their spouses / partners) to have a friendly natter about... anything really, over some good pub food and drink. 

Need more details? Contact Eamon Dempsey on 0408 467 599.
Education
Education and Training at Bendigo Bridge Club

The Bendigo Bridge Club values all its members.  The club tries to provide training for all skill levels to assist its members to improve their bridge bidding and play.  The club believes that improving your bridge can also increase your enjoyment of the game.

If there is an area of bridge that you would like to explore, and it is missing from the club education and training schedule please use the "Contact Us" under the Information menu tab to send in your ideas so the Education Subcommittee can look to include that topic in our forward schedule of training courses, or mentoring/coaching programme.

 
Current Bridge Workshops Program

We are not running any workshops at the moment.  We do have supervised play on Wednesday nights starting 7pm for our recent lesson graduates.  All beginners who have completed basic lessons are welcome, we will try to accommodate you as best as possible but preferable if you can contact us ahead of time so we have an idea about numbers.
Previous Workshops

Beginners Lesson - Early 2025

Education Workshops 2023 - KD
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