Highlands, NC is a small town on a 4,000 foot  plateau in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. It is approximately 2 hours north of Atlanta GA and about 1.5 hours south of Asheville, NC. From a winter population of around 3,000, the town swells to about 30,000 in the summer due to its reputation as summer camp for adults. Duplicate bridge has been part of the town for over twenty years. Sanctioned games are held Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 1pm throughout the year. Please be seated by 12:50pm.  And a novice/intermediate game (499ers Non-Life Masters) is scheduled June-October on Friday mornings at 9am - Please be seated no later than 8:50am.  

These are the Upcoming Games:

Special games that provide extra masterpoints will be offered all year at Highlands Duplicate Bridge Club.  These include: 

♥ Junior Fund games

♠ North American Pairs, 

♦ International Fund games,

♣ Jane Johnson Appreciation games,

♥ Club Membership games,

♠ Club Championships,

♦ ACBL and Local Charity games,

♠ Club Championships,

♣ Education Foundation games, and

♥ Grass Roots. 

Each month specific games are listed below.  Check this out to see what is happening, month by month. 

Please be careful entering and also checking scores.  This responsibility lies with both N/S and also E/W.

When a score is entered on the BridgeMate by North and approved by either East or West, this accepted score will remain as posted, unless a correction is received via email within 24 hours after the score was posted on the website.  Before the score can be corrected, one of the players from both sides (Either N/S and Either E/W) must confirm that this correction is due. 

Corrections for Open games should be directed to Cecil Hines (cjhinesite@gmail.com). 

It is the responsibility of the player making the correction to secure confirmation from their opponent(s) and to have one or both opponents notify the appropriate game manager.  Thank you. 
 

After the last round is entered and verified, a quick recap (percentage) of standing may be obtained by pressing the button under the word Rank on the BridgeMate, which is the second button from the left at top of BridgeMates. Percentage will appear.   To obtain an individual analysis of each board by pairs, follow prompts on BridgeMates to view how many points were received per board.   The percentage of  last opponents will also appear.   If others are still playing, results will not be final until all tables complete play, but current percentages are available.