5th Birthday

Happy Birthday Blue Lake Bridge Club!

We celebrated with an individuals tournament, ably directed and scored by Marian Wittwer.

Everyone played someone different - we were all out of our comfort zones with a different partner, but it was fun.

Russell Hall cut the cake watched by Viv Maher, Alison Telford, Mary Leech, Trish Kanaan and President Elizabeth Hodges.

Winners were:
North - Joy Waller
South - Audrey Kentish
West - Joan David
East - Helen Boomsma

Robe Bridge Tournament

The annual Robe Bridge Tournament was the usual friendly 2-day event with 160 people seated comfortably in the Robe Golf Club and presided over by Barbara Travis as director.
People come from Adelaide, Victoria, New South Wales and all around Robe: Gayle Cowan and Helen Boomsma were the only entrants from Blue Lake Bridge Club. They won their section on Saturday afternoon which earned them a place in the Championship on Sunday - the dreaded pro-shop section (cleared of golf equipment for the occasion.) And they came third with a percentage of 55%!
Pretty good against stiff opposition: the winners Felicity and Prudie won last year and second place-getters, the Quinns, are also a formidable pair.

Novice Pairs May 2010

1,500 players Australia-wide played the same hands in the same week as we did.

Far and away the winners for the Blue Lake Bridge Club were Elva Mitchell and Sue Jolley playing North-South with 67.46%.

Here they are celebrating victory in the RSL bar after play.

The results were:
NS 1. Elva Mitchell & Sue Jolley 67.46%
NS 2. Rhonda & Richard Strickland 53.57%
NS 3. Kitty Oerman & Trish Kanaan 52.78%
NS 4. Brenton & Marian Wittwer 52.38%

EW 1. Elizabeth Hodges & Barbara Wardley 56.75%
EW 2. Helen Boomsma & Gayle Cowan 56.35%
EW 3= Pauline & David Moss 51.59%
EW 3= Joan Davis & Alison Telford 51.59%

Bridge for Brains National Competition

Today 26 of us played in this competition
- proceeds go towards Alzheimer's Research.

Blue Lake's winners were:
1. David & Pauline Moss 63.3%

=2. Audrey Kentish & Joy Waller 56.25%
=2. Rhonda & Richard Strickland

4. Helen Boomsma & Linley Gray 55.83%

Russell, Irene, Darrell & Kaye have just finished a hand

Jill, Brenton, Judy & Marian playing

Richard admiring his hand watched by Rhonda & Lesley.

Results for Monday 22nd March 2010

1. Elizabeth Hodges & Rhyll Trewhella 64.10%
2. Kaye Chalk & Irene Mills 59.29
3. Jill Brodie & Judy Brodie 58.97

4. Gayle Cowan & Helen Boomsma 56.09

Congratulations to our very own Viv Maher who ran a good race in the recent state elections: we're glad she didn't win because then she wouldn't be available to play bridge!

Viv as portrayed by The Border Watch

results for Monday 15th March

Howell movement and the first of our Gold Point events:
1. Pauline & David Moss 68.75%
2. Gayle Cowan & Helen Boomsma 68.33%
3. Elizabeth Hodges & Rhyll Trewhella 60.42%
4. Joy Waller & Audrey Kentish 58.75%

bridge lessons with Barbara Travis

High profile bridge player from Adelaide, Barbara Travis, gave two lessons to our members and other interested players.
She was sponsored by the SABF which is keen to promote bridge in country areas.

We all benefited enormously from her enthusiasm and energy - watch out for a rash of negative doubles in ensuing weeks!



Here we are counting intently on the practice hands.

Adelaide Cup Day March 8th

It was a holiday in South Australia but we played bridge anyway and had 6 tables.
Howell movement:
winners were
1. Jill Brodie and Judy Brodie 65.56%
2. Brenton and Marian Wittwer 61.48%
3. Gayle Cowan and Helen Boomsma 55.56%
4= Audrey Kentish and Joy Waller 54.44%
4= Rhyll Trewhella and Kitty Oerman 54.44%

Mad March Hare Day

Monday 1st March 2010

Whoever won a trick first with a nominated card won a chocolate hare and the privilege of wearing the hare ears until the next trick was won.
Winners were:


Joan, Cheryl & Geraldine

Barbara, Sue & Joy

Mitchell movement results:

North-South
1. Audrey Kentish & Joy Waller 57.14%
2. Elva Mitchell & Sue Jolley 51.79%

East-West

1. Pauline & David Moss 62.92%
2. Elizabeth Hodges & Rhyll Trewhella 58.75%

Results Monday 22nd Feb

Monday 22nd Feb 2010 - Howell movement

1. Jill Brodie & Judy Brodie 62.82%
2. Rhonda Strickland & Richard Strickland 62.18%
3. Elva Mitchell & Sue Jolley 56.73%
4. Audrey Kentish & Joy Waller 55.13%

Monday 15th Feb 2010 - Howell movement

1. Yolanda Predonzani & Kitty Oerman 59.62%
2. Barbara Wardley & Eileen Johnson 58.33%
3= Jill Brodie & Judy Brodie 57.37%
3= David Moss & Pailine Moss 57.37%

Monday 8th Feb 2010 - Mitchell movement

North-South
1. Rhonda Strickland & Richard Strickland 61.79%
2. Gayle Cowan & Helen Boomsma 57.86%
East-West
1. Brenton Wittwer & Sue Jolley 63.33%
2. Elizabeth Hodges & Rhyll Trewhella 62.08

New players scoop the pool

Monday 1st February 2010
Congratulations to our newest members, Lesley Trenerry and Joy Kirby, who topped today's session with a convincing 58.75%!


Results 1st February - Howell movement:

1. Joy Kirby & Lesley Trenerry 58.75%
2. Elizabeth Hodges & Barbara Wardley 57.08%
3. Kaye Chalk & Irene Mills 55%
4. Audrey Kentish & Yolanda Predonzani 52.08%