We are a members' club and the principal bridge club on our beautiful island. We run an open, stratified duplicate game on Monday afternoon, Wednesday morning, Thursday evening and Friday afternoon.
The Ernie Owen Individual Championship took place on Thursday 12th December. 64 people took part, we think the largest number since the competition started. Christmas Hats and Ugly Sweaters were worn and festive coloured prosecco and mince pies enjoyed by all. Congratulations to the winner, Judy King. Richard Hall was second and Misha third.
A Youth Bridge/Minibridge tournament was held at the club on Sunday December 8th, with 22 participants all playing together. As always the club volunteer support was excellent - Lisa Burland gathered volunteers and arranged for members to provide refreshments (drinks and food) for all the students. The winners were:
Bridge
1st N/S Shane Krueger/Brett Baumgartner
1st E/W Katarina Rance/Andrew Tobin
Minibridge
1st N/S Sebastian Grob/Simas Babeckas
1st E/W Joanna Santiago/Aimerie Doyon
(left to right Sebastian Grob, Simas Babeckas, John Burville, Joanna Santiago, Aimaerie Doyon, Katarina Rance, Andrew Tobin, Brett Baumgartner, Shane Krueger)
Everyone had a great time. The event was really an introduction for the new players to see how bridge competitions were played, and for them to meet more students from other schools. We will be holding our usual mini bridge event at the Fairmont Southampton on the Sunday afternoon at the regional, at which time, we will be gaining interest for our sponsored trip to Montreal next July (22-26th).
Thanks to all our sponsors, and volunteers without whom the Youth Bridge development would not be possible.
John
The 2019 Christmas Party and Annual Prizegiving took place on Saturday 30th November. A good time was had by all 81 attendees, with fantastic catering provided by Food4Thought. Congratulations to Joyce Pearson who won the Culcutta event and Ed Betteto who won the Bill Tucker Trophy.
See the photo slideshow below, click on the slideshow to go to the gallery where you can download the images.
The Teams Championship took place on Saturday 23rd November with 9 teams in a 2 session event. Congratulations to the winning team of Alan Douglas, David Cordon, Ed Betteto and Fabian Hope, with a score of 118. Only one point behind them were the team of Elizabeth McKee, Diana Diel, John Burville and Mike Viotti with a score of 117
