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Please be polite

♥  Be on time
♣  Value your partner/s
  Be polite to other competitors
    and our volunteers
♣  Greet your opponents as
    they arrive at the table
  Introduce yourself to people
    you don't know
♣  Be understanding of newer
    players
♥  Explain your system clearly
    and simply, if asked
♣  Acknowledge good play by
    your opponents
♥  Thank your opponents at
    the end of the round
♣  Try to keep noise to a 
    minimum
  Report poor behaviour to
    your Director
♣  RESPECT our Directors

Bookings for members and visitors

PMH Bridge Club is happy to welcome visitors.

To make our Directors job a little easier, bookings are preferred for all players and can be made online until 8.00a.m. on the day of play. However, we will always accommodate walk-ins who arrive by 12.30.
If you are unable to book online, or you wish to make a late entry, call Carolyn on 0404 98 98 95. 

To make a booking, click on the appropriate date, enter your name and then confirm your entry. You are then offered the option of adding your partner or requesting one.

 

Library - a resource for all levels of player.
Library - a resource for all levels of player.

Just a reminder that our club offers a wide range of bridge titles in our library. For anyone who is looking to improve certain areas of their play, whether bidding, defence or strategies there will be something to assist all levels of player. Books and several CD's suitable for Novice / Intermediate can be easily found in a separate, marked section. The majority of titles will suit Intermediate / Advanced players. Please feel free to utilise this facility following the instructions posted on the bookshelf door.
ALSO available to borrow is the latest issue of the Australian Bridge magazine - find it in the red folder on lower shelf of bookcase.

Web Site

STOP PRESS

This website is now the only way to book for games at the club, apart from phoning Carolyn on 0404 98 98 95 or emailing aitnek@bigpond.com

 

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The Membership Database is available online and Members are able to login to the Members Area.

IF YOU DON'T READ HOW TO DO IT BELOW FIRST, YOU WILL INITIALLY FAIL...IT IS NOT INTUITIVE.

Please read the Website Help article 'Set Up Member Login' FIRST.

When you do get access to the Members Area, click on the 'Account Tab' and please check that all your details are correct. If not, make change and click 'Save'.

Please complete the Emergency Contact Details so we know who to contact in the event of a medical episode at the club.

If you have a small portrait you can upload it to appear with your results (head and shoulders) - passport photo or similar.

There is also a Website Help Page for 'Bookings' and 'Find a Partner' if you are having problems.

NSW Bridge Newsletter

Located in the Members area - below all the Minutes and directly above Gallery is a link to the latest NSW Bridge newsletter. Included in this edition is a competition, for those creative souls among us, to suggest a name for the new publication. Put your thinking caps on and, who knows, you may just have a winning idea. This issue also has lots of other interesting snippets.

Cold, 'flu & Covid symptoms
Cold, 'flu & Covid symptoms

 Covid and a range of viruses continue to circulate in the community.
We ask all members to be aware of any symptoms
- especially fever, coughing and sneezing.

Given that we would all like to remain well and,
bearing in mind the age and compromised health of some players,
it is only courteous that you refrain from visiting the club
if you are at all unwell.

 

Welcome to Port Macquarie Hastings Bridge Club

Friday sessions

Friday sessions will now be held the same as Tuesday play i.e. under 300 MP's. We would still appreciate more experienced players assisting with mentoring our newer members. We would suggest that a regular game once a week or fortnight for a few weeks would be the most appropriate, as we understand that people enjoy playing with their regular partners. We will, again, be placing a list on the notice board for those interested in participating.
As there were already pre-existing bookings till the end of this month which no longer meet the requirement, they will be allowed to proceed.

Working bee

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We will be conducting a working bee on Sunday 2nd February. The aim is to tidy up the inside of the club and a list of tasks will be prepared and we'd ask that you pick something suited to your abilities.

Starting at 10:00 and finishing around 12:00 we will then provide pizzas and you can BYO drinks if you'd like to have a catch-up after. Remember - many hands make light work. A list will be placed on the noticeboard for you to enter your name.

Bridge lessons 2025
Bridge lessons 2025

Do you know someone who is interested in learning bridge?

Do you want to do a refresher course?

Lessons will commence on Friday 7th March and run for 16 weeks.

Classes will be held from 10:00 - 12:00 at our premises.

 

Expressions of interest please call Carolyn 0404 989 895 or Tom 0439 198 751.

Upcoming Red Point & other events

January:
Tuesday 28th - supervised play session. 

February:
Sat 1st - Sat 8th - Gold Coast Congress.
Monday 10th - Viv Campbell pairs.
Friday 14th - Cains Novice Teams <50MP's 1/2.

Sunday 16th - Regional Swiss pairs.
Saturday 22nd - Club Pairs Open and Intermediate 1/2.

Tuesday sessions

The decision has been made that following a successful trial period, Tuesday sessions will now be capped at 300MP's.

While we would appreciate players with more than 100 masterpoints occasionally playing with those with only a few points, we understand that some of you just want to play with a regular partner who is not a rookie.

 

Things to bear in mind

Just a few things to keep in mind at the bridge table.

Firstly, please give the Director your attention and DON'T remove cards from the holder until you are given the go ahead.

Please leave bidding cards on the table until the first lead is made.

Don't argue with your opposition - call the Director - they need to keep in practice.

If the Director is called and makes a ruling with which you disagree, don't argue. Please remember they are volunteers and human so can make a mistake - and you have the right to appeal. This must be done via the Director who will refer it to the Appeals Committee.

Bridge Sessions every afternoon at 1:00pm except for Wednesday and Sunday.
Bridge Sessions every afternoon at 1:00pm except for Wednesday and Sunday.

Bridge sessions every afternoon at 1:00 p.m. except for Wednesday and Sunday.

Hastings Bridge Club is at Hamilton Green, 176 Hastings River Drive, Port Macquarie.

Tel: 6583 3767 (Club) or 0404 98 98 95 (Carolyn).

It is preferable that you pre-register to play. See details on left of home page re booking.

Mixed pairs - every Monday (Open), Tuesday (<300MP's), Thursday (Open), Friday (<75MP's and mentors) and Saturday (Open).

 

Christmas 2024
  • Barbara and Anne
  • Barbara and Murray
  • Barbara and Robyn
  • Carol and Sue
  • Cathy Celia and Jenny
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  • Di Trish and Michele
  • Inter club challenge
  • Inter club challenge
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  • Margaret
  • Michele Tom and Deb
  • Murray
  • Rhonda and Carol
  • Robyn
  • Sue Mike and Anne
  • Sugar plum fairy Di
Results
Tue <300MPs
Monday Open Pairs
Saturday Open Pairs
Calendar
Thu 23rd January 2025
Thursday Open Pairs
PMHBC 1 PM
  (Bookings)
Fri 24th January 2025
Fri Under 300MP's
PMHBC 1 PM
  (Bookings)
Sat 25th January 2025
Saturday Open Pairs
PMHBC 1 PM
  (Bookings)
January Birthdays
January Birthdays

01    Michele Fletcher

02    Tine Street

02    Sam Dobner

05    Anita Dulhunty

07    Fran Smith

07   Jan Miller

10   Linda Wright

14   Jill Bennett

15   Sandra Filler

19   Eugene Chekaluk

20   Jo Morgan

26   Cathy Clapoudis

29   Sally Webber

Pearls of wisdom
Pearls of wisdom
Emergency Contact Register

Port Macquarie Hastings Bridge Club keeps a members Emergency Contact Register for use in the event of a medical episode or other emergency at the club. This will allow Directors or Committee Members to quickly identify an emergency contact for the player. Please log in to the Members Area and complete these details on your Profile. (These details are Emergency Contact Name; Relationship to yourself; Phone and/or Mobile number of the Contact Person). If you are having trouble, please contact us.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO: Check your information and update any details which may have changed.

Club Membership Fees

THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED: WHERE DO OUR MEMBERSHIP FEES GO?
At this stage your membership fee is $50.00 per year. 
$30 of this is monies paid by us, on your behalf, to the NSWBA and the ABF making you a full member of these organisations and allowing you to accrue masterpoints. You will only pay this amount annually through whichever is your “Home” club.

The remaining $20 is an annual membership fee to our club, assisting us to pay council rates, electricity, insurance, maintenance, security, cleaning, fire inspection compliance certificate, gardening, supplies for kitchen and bathroom as well as costs all clubs incur for purchase of cards, boards, stationery, dealing machines etc.