Throughout 2019, running alongside the Open Master Pairs competition, members ranked *State Master and below can play in the RESTRICTED section of this Master Pairs competition - held on the 1st Wednesday of each month throughout the year, starting 1pm. To qualify for Master Pairs points in either section, members must play with the same partner throughout the year, as little or as often as they wish (no substitutes allowed). 

The party started with dozens of awards and prizes for many of our members - check out the 'Hall of Fame' tab under 'About Us' above. Comedic entertainment from some of our most talented members followed: some (dodgy but very funny) jokes; a stirring GLBC rendition of  'My Favourite Things' with very apt visuals; trivia and riddles; and lucky door prizes. And to top it all off, a sumptuous Xmas lunch.... (read more)

Newly nonagenarian and long-time (and still!) active GLBC members, Helen and Beryl celebrated their birthdays with our members and kind words from our President Ken Bridges this week. Pictured is Beryl Appleby taking time out from her bridge game for some of the gorgeous cake. Happy birthday to both!

This year's Blue Gold event was very successful - the random matching of Gold pairs (above Restricted level) with Novice pairs had a positive effect on both groups in the club and hopefully encouraged our Novice players to venture further afield in their bridge in the future.

Don't forget to make up a table and come along to our annual Christmas lunch on Monday 10 December - see the noticeboard list at the clubhouse. Prizes and awards will be presented from 11:30am and lunch will follow. Looking forward to a cheery end to a great year for our club!

The national results are in for the 2018 Australia Wide Restricted Pairs event (held on 31 October 2018) and we're very proud to announce that, out of up to 1000 participants around the country, our own winners - Megan Grant and Margaret!  Boniface - came a very commendable 14th position with an adjusted score of 65%! But wait...

Our Melbourne Cup day event this year was a great success - well done to all contributors, participants and especially the winning fashion plates: 

Best hat: Jan Gribble - is a bird in the hand worth two in the hat?

Best-dressed lady: Beryl Henderson

Best-dressed gentleman (and resident bookie? - Uve Anderson

On 31 October 2018, following our favourable response to the Australia-Wide Novice Pairs, a similar event was conducted for Restricted-level pairs (each player with fewer than 300 masterpoints). Well done to all, and especially to (pictured): E/W winners Tom Siminski and Sharon Bull; tournament director Sylvia Goodwin; and N/S winners Megan Grant and Margaret Boniface. Each participant received a booklet of detailed analyses – one interesting hand is below…