Port Macquarie Hastings Bridge Club, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

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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.

Master Points Look-up

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

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

Upcoming Red Point & other events

March:
Monday 3rd - Autumn Pairs.
Friday 7th - Lessons commence.
Cains Novice Teams (Under 50MP's) 2/2.
Saturday 22nd - Allana Stevens Shield.
Saturday 29th / Sunday 30th PMHBA Congress.

April:
Saturday 5th - Club Pairs Open & Intermediate 2/2
Saturday 12th - Country Teams Qualifying
Saturday 26th - Pro/Am and BBQ

REVISION

Could all those who have taken a Members' Directory, please adjust the number for Jill Bennett to 0422 301 433. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Regional Swiss Pairs

Congratulations to the winners of the Regional Swiss Pairs competition -

Section 1 1st Noelle Kebby & Chris Bell (not pictured).
2nd Mike Bush & Denise Strain (2nd pair from left)
= 2nd Fran & Wayne Carroll (left - Great Lakes)
Section 2 1st Eta Rogoyska & Ken Bridges (Centre - Great Lakes)
Section 3 1st Marg Jordan & Sandy Mahon (Right)
2nd Jill Bennett & Elly Edgar (2nd pair from right)
Well done to all those who participated and a huge thank you once again to the catering committee and all those who contributed. The tasty morsels were greatly enjoyed by all.

March congress

Bookings for our March congress are open. To ensure a more streamlined process, we would ask all entrants to put their names in using MYABF. If you aren't sure of how to do it, please speak to Tom or Carolyn who will assist. Many thanks for your co-operation.

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.