Bridge Basics 1 - Tuesday 29 July for 10 weeks - $120 - perfect for beginners. Click HERE for details and to enrol.

Bridge Basics 2 - Wednesday 30 July for 8 weeks - $80. Register and further details HERE. This course is for those who have done Bridge Basics 1 at some stage in the past, inexperienced players or those who have not played for a while and are thinking of returning to bridge.  It aims to reinforce the basics, introduce further declarer and defender card play strategies and extend your bidding knowledge to cover 4 important topics of pre-empts, responding to partner's 1NT opening, opening big hands and slam bidding tools. Further details contact Lynda Young at mvbc.lessons@gmail.com.

Bridge Basics 1 - Tuesday 29 July for 10 weeks - $120 - perfect for beginners. Click HERE for details and to enrol.

Bridge Basics 2 - Wednesday 30 July for 8 weeks - $80. Register and further details  ..........

Club Teams Knockout Championship starts on 22 July at 7.30pm and is played online via RealBridge. This event is run by the ABF and one team per category from MVBC can enter. It is a National Gold Points event. The five categories are — Open, Under 750, Under 300, Under 100, and Under 50 masterpoints. MVBC will sponsor our members, refunding entry fees once the competition has concluded. If you would like to play in this event, email Fraser Thorpe (fraserthorpe54@gmail.com), the Events Sub-committee chair by Monday, 7 July.  Selections will be at the discretion of the Events subcommittee, based on results in the MVBC Teams Championship held in November last year and performance throughout the year. Each Club may enter a team in each division. and unlimited substitutions are allowed - this means that you can have a different set of players in each match if you want. There will be 2 qualifying rounds, on 22 July and 19 August.  The top 8 teams in each division will then play a quarter final knockout on 23 September with the winners playing a semifinal knockout on 28 October.  Finally the remaining 2 teams will play a final on 25 November.  Teams that are knocked out will play in a consolation match. A free Realbridge practice session is available if required.

Club Teams Knockout Championship starts on 22 July at 7.30pm and is played online via RealBridge. This event is run by the ABF and one team per category from MVBC can enter. ..........

.Monday 21 and 28 July at 7.15pm - GNOT Qualifying (Gold Points).  Enter HERE, $20. This event will  determine the top MVBC team(s) to qualify for the Melbourne Metropolitan Final to be held on Sunday 31 August. This year the heat is a pairs event and the top pairs will form a team/teams to play in the Metro Final. For those that then make the cut to represent Victoria, the next phase will be ONLINE in 2025 on Real Bridge over a three day  weekend Friday 19 - Sunday 21 September.  The final phase will be face to face in Sydney over the weekend 22 and 23 November. Full details of the ABF's arrangements for the GNOT available here ABF GNOT 2025. System Cards required.

.Monday 21 and 28 July at 7.15pm - GNOT Qualifying (Gold Points).  Enter HERE, $20. This event will  determine the top MVBC team(s) to qualify for the Melbourne Metropolitan Final to be held on Sunday 31 August. ..........

Tuesday 5 August 7.15pm. Novice (<100 MP) "Teams of Three" Red Point Event. Register HERE. This is a fun social bridge event where you enter as a team of 3 and you have a friendly, more experienced player as your team captain. Each member of the team plays once with the team captain over the course of the evening and the Team captain plays your system. A great way for less experienced players to be introduced to the joys of Teams bridge. If you can't get a team of 3 together - enter as a pair and we will endeavour to find you a third player. This event replaces the normal duplicate session for the evening and is strictly for players with fewer than 100 Masterpoints.  Entries close Tuesday 29 July. Beginners Duplicate will run as normal on the night.

Tuesday 5 August 7.15pm. ..........