Noosa Bridge Club

John's sister Barbara Travis wrote a lovely tribute to John which is published in the latest ABF newsletter. Barbara comments John was always lucky in bridge and how lucky we were to have known him ❤

We are sad to announce that our dear friend, bridge teacher , mentor and club member John Gill died this morning.
John grew up in Sydney in a bridge playing family , so there was always a “four for bridge” available.
His amazing bridge record speaks for itself, and he was known at the table for his sharp memory and great card play whether holding a grand slam, or a difficult hand. However teaching was one of his greatest joys.
He had a passion for bridge and a belief in sharing this with others.
John taught his beginners to give things a go and not be scared. He taught them to think for themselves and to be brave. His legacy will live on because of the countless lives he touched, and we now have the John Gill Shield for the winner of the pro am event .
John left us far too early as he had so much more to share, he will be remembered fondly as someone who knew that life, much like bridge ,should be played with courage, a good partner, and an open heart ❤️
John is pictured enjoying our Christmas party, and winning the pro am one year, plus playing bridge for the Australian team in 1976, against Omar Sharif.
Our thoughts are with Claudia and his family, he will be sorely missed.

Our next series of beginners lessons are starting, Monday 31st of August. Classes will be held each Monday for 8 weeks and there will be morning and evening options, either 9.30am or 6pm. We also run 8 weeks of revision, play sessions where you can practise what you have just learnt, and these will be held on Tuesdays .

If you have any family, friends or neighbours that could be interested spread the word!

Noosa Bridge Club is 3 Wallace Drive, Noosaville
For more information or to register, phone 54471341, email [email protected] or visit the website www.noosabridge.com

Good luck to our bridge friends Ken Dawson and Alison Dawson who are off to Canberra this weekend to compete in the Australian National Championships , representing Queensland in the Open Teams event. They are pictured with QBA President Richard Ward, receiving their team jackets. We wish you all the best for the upcoming challenges!

a thought to start the week 😉

Our Novice Pairs Championship event finished today, with 32 pairs competing over 2 weeks, playing 8 matches. What a great turnout. The winners were Penny Roberts and Ian Davis, with Carol Smith and Glenn Chapman runners up. In third place was Barb Allen and Mark Cordato. Congratulations to all and thanks to the team making it possible, director Dave and coordinator Robbie plus all the helpers, particularly Brenda busy behind the scenes.

We were very lucky today to have a visit from “bridge royalty”, aka Peter Gill and Liz Sylvester . Both Peter and Liz are frequent members of the Australian Open team, but today they teamed up with Di Blount and Prue Adams to compete against brother John with his partner Mike Stawski. Even before play started sibling rivalry was evident with both brothers sitting east in direct competition 😀 Peter and Di ended up the winners with John and Mike a close second, Liz and Prue had an enjoyable afternoon, and we all benefitted by their lovely friendly company and willingness to share their expertise. Thank you both for coming and we look forward to seeing you at our club again.

🤔good question! It has been said that our bridge partner is as important as our marital partner, and it doesn’t matter if you know the name of every convention, or every form of Roman Keycard Blackwood, if your partnership is no good then you are in big trouble. So what matters most ? I would say keep your partner happy 😀

Yes they have done it again! Congratulations to Tim Ridley and David Harris on their deserved win in our Pairs Championship. ( President Barb struggling to keep a straight face) A big congratulations also to Carol Smith and Glen Chapman for improving their ranking to win our most improved pair. Well done 😀