The Tassie Individual Championship was held at the TBA on Sunday 26 April 2026. Congratulations to Ann Burnett who won in a field of 24. Julie Rhodes came second and Geoff Green came third. Full results are available here.

In an Individual event players enter as individuals and play with as many of the other competitors as possible. Each combination of players may only play together for one or two boards across the event. All players use the same simple standard system as there is no time to agree conventions with each new partner.

Individual events have not been played frequently at the TBA in recent years. The Individual Championship was brought back in 2021 as a way to celebrate the life of Bert Forage who was particularly fond of this format. In 2025 we ran the Individual Championship again, this time as a fund raiser to help Hugh Grosvenor with his travel expenses to represent Australia in the Seniors Team playing in China. Previous winners are listed here.

Individual events are complex to organise and score. Thanks to Simon Edler for organising and directing the day.

The 2026 TBA Congress was held on 11th and 12th April 2026. Saturday was Matchpoint Pairs with Open and Novice sections (20 and 8 pairs respectively). Sunday had 38 pairs playing IMP scored Swiss Pairs. The TBA provided a light lunch each day, which was partially catered by students at Rosny College.

The Open Matchpoint Pairs was won by David Robinson and Phil Beck. Dallas Cooper and Barbara Holland came second. Hilton Francis and Julie Rhodes came third. In the Novice section Yolande Boost and Sharlene Campbell came first. Lee McCaghern and Anne McEntee came second. Full results are available here: Open, Novice.

In the Swiss Pairs the Open winners were Gulum Kocak-Sunamak and Guray Sunamak. Hilton Francis and Julie Rhodes came second. Pam Murphy and Barbara Giizel came third. Prizes were also awarded for the Novice and Restricted catagories. The highest placed Novice pair were Ross Addison and Jack Pashev. The top placed Restricted pair were Anne Fancis and Jegs Nuttal. Full results are available here.

Thanks to Simon Edler and Sue Falkingham for directing. Thanks also to Pam Murphy for being the event Convener. Thank you to all members who brought plates to share for morning and afternoon tea.

Tasmania's premier bridge event of the year, the Tasmanian Festival of Bridge has finished. This was a record year for the Festival, with 216 tables in play for the first two days, and record fields in most of the events. The ABF also ran stage one of the Australian Mixed Playoff on the weekend sharing the fantastic MyState Bank Arena venue, with stage 2 of the Mixed and the Seniors' Playoffs being held at the TBA clubrooms from Monday to Wednesday.

For a full report of all of the winners and photos of the event, see the TFoB 2026 page.