Source: The Advocate
The Burnie Bridge Club held its first tournament for high school students this week.
Four teams from Marist Regional College played the cards for close to three hours, with Caleb Kirkpatrick and Hamish Coull eventually claiming the tournament trophy.
Burnie Bridge Club committee member Cedric Parker said the tournament was organised off the back of the free Bridge lessons launched at Marist in 2018.
“When they play at school, it’s very much a fun thing. They laugh and they joke and so on,” he said.
“Here they are going to feel it when they make a mistake because the other players play exactly the same boards …. and they will see how they did relative to the others.
“So they will start to understand that it is actually a very competitive game and it’s not just a matter of luck in terms of what cards you are played.”
Mr Parker hoped the Burnie Bridge Club could eventually host an intra-school tournament and support the formation of a youth team to enter the Australian National Championships for Bridge.
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