The Penang Club Open Pairs event for 2020 had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictons. However, following the success of moving club games onto BBO and providing support to players in KL and Kuching, the Penang Club Open Pairs event was played online. There were 24 pairs entered with players spread throughout California, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore in addition to Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. The event was won by Cameron & Mary Cotton. Congratulations to them both.

Congratulations to Richard & Jurdy Brewer for being the first winners of the Penang Club Open Pairs Competition. Session results can be viewed by clicking the Results menu button and selecting one of the events foe 10th November 2019. The final combined results canbe viewed by following This Link.

Players from Hong Kong URSC returned to Penang for a friendly competition on Tursday 1st October. The morning was cloely contested with top teams from Penang and USRC scoring almost equally. In the afternoon session, after a sumptuous buffet lunch the home team raced ahead to win the match. They will be the first winners of the Frances Yeo Cup.

Club players Alan Orchard, Lee Fee Khoon, Richard Bright and Ruth Bright exceeded all expectations to finish well above mid way in the 2019 Royal Lake Club Congress attended by players from Malaysia, Singapore, China and Japan. Click on this link to follow their ups and downs on every board.

Eight members of the Penang Club Bridge Section travelled to Kuching for the Kuching Bridge Club's annual  congress. A fun time was had by all.

Pictured are Fred Daley, Evelyn O'Donnel, Lee Fee Khoon and Alan Orchard receiving second prize from MCBA Secretary David Law. The competition was played on 3rd March 2019

On 21st June the bridge section held a surprise birthday lunch for it's oldest member, Rose Jones, following the morning's play.

In the friendly interclub match played in Hong Kong on Friday 11th January honour was restored when a Penang Team won the match. With the score at one match all, USRC will return to Penang in June determined to restore their winning position.

In a tightly contested friendly match a team from USRC just pipped a team from Penang Club to win by 134VPS to 127. Everyone enjoyed the day and we all look forward to a return match at USRC in the future.

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