Bridge on Sydney's Northern Beaches

These forums held every four months are designed to improve bridge in oure area, and the Directors Forum is designed in particular to enable club directors to share and discuss any directing issues with their peers and to assist them to keep their knowledge and skills up-to-date. Tony Howes, the NSWBA Directors' Accreditation Coordinator, is generally present. Please pass this invitation message on to any other directors or interested club players/committee members in the area.

The Australian Bridge Federation's November 2008 Newsletter has been published electronically and is now accessible.

The final week to this three week Manly Daily Northern Beaches Pairs event saw the field close in, but congratulations go to the clear winners, Patricia Matheson and Marcia Sawyer of the Manly Leagues Bridge Club, ahead of Michael Draper and David Farmer of the same club and then in third place, Jan McLennan and Bev Menzies representing the Balgowlah-Dee Why Bridge Club. Click for the full results.

With just one week to go in this three week Manly Daily Northern Beaches Pairs event, Michael Draper and David Farmer of the Manly Leagues Bridge Club are leading with Patricia Matheson and Marcia Sawyer close behind. The first week leaders had a poor second round to drop to fifth place. Click for the full results.

There will be a small presentation about 4.15pm after the final session at the Manly Leagues on Sunday 24 August. A perpetual trophy donated by the Manly Daily will be inscribed with the name of the winning pair and their club.

After the first week of this three week Manly Daily Northern Beaches Pairs event, Jan McLennan and Bev Menzies of the Balgowlah-Dee Why Bridge Club are leading in a close field. Click for the full results.

Each week sees the 12 representative pairs play 30 boards in a 6 table share and relay with a one round arrow switch to convert to a single field.

Rivalling the Olympics, card players from the twelve bridge clubs on Sydney's northern beaches start the 2008 Manly Daily Northern Beaches Pairs competition this Sunday 10 August.

More than 1,500 people play duplicate bridge on the northern beaches each week, and this is the first time a competition between pairs representing their clubs has been undertaken. This year the competition will run over three Sundays finishing on Sunday 24 August and is being hosted by the
Manly Leagues Bridge Club.

There are lots of ways to learn to play or improve your bridge. The best one will depend on how you like to learn and what card games you already play. Here are some options to consider:

If you consider yourself a raw beginner then one of the following is probably best:

BRIDGE IS THE BEST MIND GAME OF ALL. Simple to learn, challenging to master. It combines the boldness and people-reading skills of poker, the analytical skills of chess and the partnership understanding of doubles tennis.

No matter your state of life, bridge rewards the investment of time taken to learn the game. Bridge is a fun mind game as well as a good way to meet other people.

There are a large number of friendly bridge clubs across the northern beaches of Sydney, and bridge is also easily played in the private home. It is a social game where good friends are made and a fun and challenging game where occasionally you get away with a deceptive fraud and undeserved success in the most pleasant of circumstances.

This website provides you with information about bridge and bridge clubs across Sydney's northern beaches. Any northern beach bridge club can become an active contributor to this site - please contact the Administrator.