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Bridge Cruising

SUMMER IS COMING... and so are the ships! 


I cannot wait for the 2025-26 cruise season to begin so I can get back on board doing what I love most - teaching and playing Bridge on a cruise ship. Watch this space to find out when I will be hosting Bridge Games and lessons again at sea.


Why do a bridge cruise?

past events

Bridge Cruise - 27 Dec 2024 - 11 Jan 2025

Bridge Cruise - 27 Dec 2024 - 11 Jan 2025

Bridge Cruise - 27 Dec 2024 - 11 Jan 2025

Another fabulous Christmas and New Year's cruise on Oceania Regatta, this time with my tournament partner, Bridge teacher and Director friend Shannon, Queree. We met some fabulous people and shared the beginner teaching duties to ensure our students got all the attention they needed to learn this wonderful game.


It was great working on a ship that I know, the routine was well-tested and enjoyable.

Bridge Cruise - 22 Dec 2023 - 5 Jan 2024

Bridge Cruise - 27 Dec 2024 - 11 Jan 2025

Bridge Cruise - 27 Dec 2024 - 11 Jan 2025

 How special to be offered a last-minute opportunity to have Christmas and New Year on the magnificent Queen Elizabeth. We sailed from Melbourne, around New Zealand and back again.

With our own card room, it was my pleasure to run 2 lessons a day and host a game every sea day afternoon. After 5 lessons with me, 16 of my Beginners were brave enough to play in a "Pro-Am" fun game on our last sea day. Thanks to those more experienced players for helping to make it a great success.

Bridge Cruise - 2 - 18 March 2023

Bridge Cruise - 27 Dec 2024 - 11 Jan 2025

Bridge Cruise - 17-26 December 2022

 I was the Bridge Instructor and Director on Viking Orion cruising from Sydney to Bali. What a wonderful ship - balcony cabins with full size bathrooms and excellent food. 


I had 10 tables of Beginners and 8 tables of Improvers at my daily lessons. And we enjoyed a duplicate game every sea day.


Unfortunately, my Bridge Assistant got Covid, so it was hard work for a few days. But an amazing experience overall.

Bridge Cruise - 17-26 December 2022

Bridge Cruise - 17-26 December 2022

I was offered a last minute gig teaching Bridge and running the sessions on Oceania Regatta cruising from Sydney to Bali. I boarded in Townsville and had a fabulous week on this luxury liner.

This is the smallest ship I have ever sailed on - with a maximum of 684 passengers.

I had a mix of players on board so ran beginner and improver lessons in the morning and duplicate and social games in the afternoon. As the weather was questionable it was fabulous to be enjoying Bridge with my fellow guests.

Bridge Cruise - 9-29 October 2022

 I was the Bridge Instructor and Director on Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seas cruising from Hawaii to Sydney. This is the largest ship I have ever sailed on - close to 170,000 tonnes with over 4,000 passengers. Luckily this was one of the first sailings post-Covid so we sailed only two thirds full.


There was a lot of interest in Bridge, and I held Beginner lessons over the 12 sea days with close to 100 people coming to learn or play during the cruise.

Bridge Cruise on Sydney Harbour

 A perfect day to be on the harbour. Our charity event on Sunday 10 November was a fun day for all.  We also raised $300 for the Country Women's Association 

for disaster relief in NSW.

Thanks to the Captain and crew of Eclipse and to 

Metro Travel Balmain for organising the event. 

Life's Better... Tournament results

1st - Novice & Restricted Pairs

Ahmad Geybi and I won the Novice and Restricted Pairs category at the Sydney Bridge Valentine’s Day Swiss Pairs Congress in a very competitive field.  We were awarded a coveted mentoring session with professional international player Liam Milne.

https://www.huntershill.bridge-club.org/node/344

Sunday 14 February 2021

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