People

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  Louise and Dave Gibbon

  Louise and Dave run the Le Domaine Bridge Club in KwaZulu Natal.
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  Inez Peirce

  Inez runs the Helderberg Village Bridge Club
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  Judy Wulf

  Judy is the chairperson of the Hermanus Duplicate Bridge Club
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  Professor Neil Armitage

  Neil is the chairperson of the Constantiaberg Bridge Club where he is regularly assisted by Neil Hayward.
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  Doreen Dawson

  Doreen runs the very successful Constantina Bridge Club with sessions at the Constantia Bowling Club in Cape Town on Monday and Friday mornings.
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  Graham Spolander

  Spolly runs the thriving Village Bridge Club with sessions at the Bergvliet Methodist Church on Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings
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  Jeff Sapire

  Jeff is a multiple South African Champion, who has represented South Africa many times in international tournaments and now teaches classes, runs workshops, and plays ‘pro’ bridge online. He provides BfA newsletter readers with a monthly mini-lesson.
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  Mel Boswell

  Mel runs the Bateleur Bridge Club in Nelspruit
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  Wendy Sparks

  Wendy runs the Dragon Fly Bridge Club near Ballito
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  Roger Bulgin and Tony Baldwin

  Roger and Tony run the Hout Bay Bridge Club
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  Greg Jones, Renee Duncan and Moi Clarke

  Greg, Renee and Moi run the Lowveld Bridge Club
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  Jody Feuilherade

  Jody runs the Simbithi Bridge Club near Ballito
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  Verne Terry

  Verne runs the Stables Bridge Club near Ballito
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  Pam and Bob Caldwell and Eleanor Warren

  The trio run the Tokai Estate Bridge Clubs
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  Trish Amm

  Trish Amm runs the Steenberg Bridge Club in Cape Town
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  Tessa Minter

  Tessa runs the Bergvliet Bridge Club sessions
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  Janet Sweet

  Janet Sweet runs the Great Oaks Bridge Club in Constantia, Cape Town
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  Martin and Aira Klopper

  Martin and Aira run Helderberg Bridge Club
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  Debi Balladon

  Debi runs the Gordons Bay Bridge Club
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  David Girdwood

  David is chairperson of the Bedford Bridge Club in the Eastern Cape
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  Rita Raubenheimer and Beverley Hargrove

  Rita and Beverley, along with Judy Wulf, run the BfA BBO sessions.
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  Rod Pienaar

  Rod runs the regular RealBridge seassions on behalf of Le Domaine Bridge Club
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  Harm Jansie

  Harm is the Chairperson of the Darling Bridge Club.
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  James Ward and Victor Lesk

  Respectively developers of the Pianola and BriAn software so key to playing at BfA clubs
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  Ian Holdsworth

  Founder and Online Director

  Now retired, Ian was previously the Founder and Managing Director of Megabyte Computer Services; the Director of Global Accounts of a major blue chip corporation; and a Business Strategy and Marketing Consultant to various International companies. Originally from the UK, where he learned to play bridge (ACOL), in South Africa his past bridge administration roles include committee member of CTWBC; secretary and committee member of the WCBU; and Chairperson of the Hermanus Duplicate Bridge Club (HDBC).
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  Brian Paxton

  Founder and CEO of Bridge for Africa

  Brian is a chemical engineer who worked in IT and finance around the world before founding MBendi Information Services which ran Africa's leading business website for 25 years. From 2021 to 2024 he was the secretary of the WCBU and editor of their monthly newsletter read by thousands of bridge players.