Tasmanian Bridge Association Inc.

02/06/2024

The Southern Open and Handicap Teams was held on Sunday May 26th with 9 teams participating. Clear winners were the Grosvenor team consisting of Mardi and John Grosvenor, Julie Rhodes and Leigh Blizzard. They won all their matches and also won the Handicap event. Second place went to the Murphy team - Pam Murphy, Julia Corr, Fiona Hickey and Alaine MacMorran. A special mention to the Bauermeister team - Laura Bauermeister, Christina Buell, Erica McCoull and Sharlene Campbell, who came second in the Handicap event. Thanks to Sue Falkingham for directing.

08/04/2024

At the annual TBA Congress Swiss Teams were played across 6 rounds of 9 board matches. All entrants played in a single field but prizes were awarded for Open and Restricted categories. The Open competition was won by Ann Paton, Wynne Webber, Guray Sunamak and Gulun Kocak-Sunamak. Hugh Grosvenor, Tania Lloyd, Sandra and John Richman came second.
The Restricted category of the Swiss Teams was one by Judy and Roger Hooley playing with Rosemary and Brian Giles.

08/04/2024

The TBA's largest club event of the year, the TBA Congress, was held on the weekend of 6th-7th April 2024. Swiss IMP Pairs were played on Saturday with categories of Open, Restricted and Novice. Sunday was a Swiss Teams event, with Open and Restricted categories.
Open Swiss Pairs was won by Sandra and Andrew Richman, Second place was taken out by Mardi and John Grosvenor. Erica McCoull and Jeremy Reid came third.
The Restricted category of the Swiss Pairs was won by Erica McCoull and Jeremy Reid with Catherine Catt and Sharlene Campbell second.
The Rookie category of the Swiss Pairs was won by Nola and Rex Calvert.

14/03/2024

The Tasmanian Festival of Bridge is underway at Mystate Arena. Good luck to all competitors playing in matches over the four day Festival. Thankyou for entering and supporting this event!

14/02/2024

Yay! Here's your chance to have a go at learning to play Bridge. The game is hugely popular worldwide, and if you come along, you'll soon find out why! The Tasmanian Bridge Association is very accessible to all Hobart suburbs and once you've learned to play, there are multiple session times to suit everybody's availability. Head to the Tasmanian Bridge Association's website for further information.

01/10/2023

The Tasmanian Bridge Association is offering FREE Bridge Taster Sessions during Seniors week at the club rooms in Hobart. This is your chance to come along and see if Bridge is the sport for you. Come along and learn some Bridge basics and play some hands without any ongoing commitment. Bookings are preferred but walkins on the day are welcome too.
Sessions are being held at the TBA club rooms at 5 Marine Esplanade, New Town.
Wednesday 18th October 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Saturday 21st October 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday 22nd October 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
BOOKINGS: 0400 492 327 or [email protected]

29/04/2023

Do you want to learn to play Bridge? You are in luck because a new set of classes are starting soon! Sue Falkingham is holding her next series of Beginners Training Courses on May 15/16. The daytime course commences Monday May 15 from 1:00-3:00pm. The evening course commences Tuesday May 16 from 7.30-9.30pm. Both courses run for 6 weeks at a cost of $120 per person. To quote Sue, “tell friends, tell neighbours, tell family, tell everyone”. Head to the website to find out how to enrol.

17/04/2023

The Tasmanian Festival of Bridge was a resounding success! 400 entrants competed across 5 events and over 60 Australian clubs were represented. Half of the entrants were either interstate or international players. The results and photographs of winners can all be found on the Tasmanian Bridge Association Web Page
http://tasbridge.com.au/
New and old friends enjoyed socialising at the event dinner and there was much praise for the event organisers and volunteers.
Tasmanian players did well in the rankings and the Warren Walker Memorial Trophy for the highest placed Tasmanians went to Sandra and Andrew Richman.
For those in the south of Tasmania who are now inspired to learn how to play Bridge and join in with fantastic events like the Tasmanian Festival of Bridge in the future, the TBA is now offering another training course.
Monday day-time classes start on May the 15th and Tuesday evening classes start on May the 16th. Refer to the website for further information and details about enrolment.

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23/02/2023

It is a busy time of year in the Tasmanian bridge world. This is a quick note to highlight three TBA events coming up in the next few weeks. There really is something for everyone.

Sunday Swiss

Our popular monthly Sunday Swiss Pairs competitions are starting up again this Sunday (26th February). These are friendly one day events suitable for players of all levels.

Tasmanian Butler Pairs

The Tasmanian Butler Pairs is the first of the 'Island-Wide' events for the year. The open competition runs over two days (Saturday-Sunday, 4th-5th March). There is also a one day restricted competion on the Sunday (5th March). These are being held at the Tamar Bridge Club. A great opportunity for a pleasant bridge weekend in Launceston.

Tasmanian Festival of Bridge

Tasmania's national event, running from Thursday 23rd March to Sunday 26th at the MyState Bank Arena in Glenorchy. This includes a two day restricted Swiss Pairs (Thursday-Friday), a one day Rookie Swiss Pairs for players with fewer than 25 masterpoints (Sunday), as well as two day open, seniors and mixed Swiss Pairs events. There will also be a very reasonably priced dinner at the venue on the Saturday evening.

Further details are available on the TBA website.

There are lots of other events coming up in the next month so there's no excuses not to play Bridge!

29/01/2023

The Tasmanian Festival of Bridge is coming up soon - Thursday 23rd March to Sunday 26th March.... Head to TBA's website to check out the brochure. Entries and details are on MyABF. See you there!
tasbridge.com.au