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Brisbane’s Kenmore Bridge Club gets a reshuffle to stay viable amid COVID-19
When the COVID lockdown hit, the members of Brisbane’s Kenmore Bridge Club were forced play the hand they were dealt — and their strategy has seen players become more connected than ever.
“When COVID hit and we had the lockdown, suddenly we were playing bridge one day and the next day we weren’t,” long-time member Anne Russell said.
“So some of us thought, wouldn’t it be nice if we played online?
When they put the out the call to members — many of whom are in their 80s and 90s — the response was huge.
After teaching themselves to use an online bridge platform, Ms Russell and a small group of members took on the mammoth task of getting the players of one of the…
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