Community
11 October, 2024
Strong field for bridge congress
WITH more than 100 players registered for the two-day event, last weekend’s Warrnambool Bridge Congress has been hailed a huge success.
The annual competition, hosted by the Warrnambool Bridge Club, attracted a strong field on both days, with players coming from as far as South Australia, Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, Melbourne and Torquay.
Convenor Janet Attrill said there was 80 players entered for the Saturday pairs event and around 56 for Sunday’s competition.
“It was a wonderful weekend, held at Russells Creek,” Ms Attrill said.
“Our club (Warrnambool) was proud to host this once again and all our members put in a tremendous amount of work in the days leading up to the event and throughout the weekend.
“Everyone pitched in to help make it the success that it was.”
Of the local entries, Warrnambool’s Kim Clement and Hiliary Hudson finished second from 18 pairs entered in the restricted section, while locals Lucierne Newton-Tabrett and Paula Bailey finished seventh from 22 pairs in the open division.
In the teams’ event on Sunday, the Warrnambool team of Janet Attrill, Linda Picone, Penny Thomas and John Serna finished fifth out of 14 teams entered.
Melbourne’s Laurie Kelso was the director for the weekend.
