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Upcoming Event: Ron Wescott Memorial Pairs - Sunday, March 29th at 1.30pm

This event is being organised by Bendigo BC to honour Ron's service to Bendigo and Maine BCs. Entry is restricted to members of Bendigo and Maine. (Associate Members of Maine BC are eligible to play.) It will be a Red point session. Note that it will be a straight Pairs event, not a club v club event. You are free to partner with a Bendigo BC member, if you wish.

Further details are available in the Conditions of Play document, and Bendigo will shortly publish a flyer with more information on the arrangements for the day. 

The event is listed in our calendar and bookings can be made there in the usual way. Please support this event if you can. If it is a success, it will become a feature in the calendars of both clubs.

2025 Ron Wescott Club Championship Pairs - Overall Results 

We have our 2025 Club Champion Pair.  Well done, Louise & Jo! (Assisted by Sub Peter.).See the Overall results for details. Please note that Red masterpoint awards are provisional until approved by the State Masterpoint Secretary. 

2025 Maine Macedon Cup - Team Maine Retain the Trophy!

Saturday 30th August. Well done, team, it was an emphatic win! Maine teams scooped all of the top 4 places.

Overall winners were...

  1. Pritchard / Reynolds / O'Hare / McGregor  +109 IMPs
  2. Banko / Ranson / Dyson / Wiltshire +104 IMPs
  3. Ride / Griffin / Williams / Bessell +84 IMPs
  4. Goddard / Godddard / Moore / Hegarty +48 IMPs

Best performed Macedon Ranges team were Poletti / Crozier / Crozier / Legge, with +33 IMPs.

See the Results calendar for details of the Morning and Afternoon sessions, and the Overall results.

Overall Results have been updated. Click on the Information tab for details.

Many thank-yous are owed. Firstly, to our opponents, Macedon Ranges. With a large number of newbie players in their team, they were gracious in defeat and modelled the friendly demeanor that both clubs want to promote in this fixture.

Then to our Director, Kerrie, who mastered the unusual movement, and the people wrangling that goes along with that, with aplomb. 

Next, to the two team managers: Louise (Maine) and Cate (Macedon): it takes a lot of co-operative liaison and behind the scenes organisation to get an event like this up and running smoothly.

...and many more. 

New link to MyABF website

A link to the MyABF website has been added to our 'Useful Links' page. Members who have not yet signed up to  MyABF are encouraged to do so, as it gives you a personal ABF account you can login to. The ABF are actively expanding the functionality of MyABF and, over time, it  will come to play a significant role in supporting your bridge activities. (Eg, Entry and fee payment for the recent Geelong BC Congress was via MyABF.)

2025 Club Winter Pairs - Overall Results

Congratulations to Graeme & Aidan as overall winners of the event. Check out the rankings (attached to Calendar entry for June 17th) for details and to see if your partnership has been awarded any bonus Overall red points. (Note that red point allocations are provisional until approved by the ABF.)

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Members can now Log In to the Members Area. Read Website Help - FIRST LOGIN..
CONGRATULATIONS!....ABF RECENT RANK PROMOTIONS

 

FEBRUARY 2026 ABF Rank Promotions amongst our members are:

Shelagh Noble is a Local Master with 15+ masterpoints.

 

 

CATASTROPHIC FIRE DAYS POLICY FOR FACE TO FACE BRIDGE

At the last MBC Committee meeting it was decided that on Catastrophic Fire Days as declared in the North Central Fire District, which includes Castlemaine, no face to face bridge will be conducted by the Maine Bridge Club. 

LOOKING FOR A PARTNER?

Louise Griffin is the contact for finding partners at Maine Bridge on Tuesdays and Jan Williams on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.

Please use "Partner Required" in the bookings area or contact Louise on 0419 356 670 or Jan on 0428 547 252 for some info on who might be looking for a partner either for one week or more.

LATENESS TO FACE TO FACE BRIDGE SESSIONS

A policy regarding lateness was passed by the Maine Bridge Club committee at its meeting of January 14 2025 after one or two late players, fairly regularly, were holding up the start of play for all others.

It was decided that it is the expectation that all members will book for play online, and arrive no later than
1.20pm for a 1.30pm start to assist with setting up for play and as a courtesy to the Director to confirm the play movement.

It was agreed that if these requirements are not met a verbal warning may be made by the Director, and continued
lateness on a third occasion will result in a written warning from the MBCC. Any further occasion may result in further disciplinary action.

 

NEW MAINE BC PARTNERSHIP ELIGIBILITY RULES

At the November meeting the Maine BC Committee passed a resolution that lifted the restriction on the level of experience that members of a partnership may have. Previously, two experienced players were not allowed to play together in Maine BC sessions. This restriction affected face-to-face bridge on Thursdays, special events (GNOT, Australia Wide Pairs) and online bridge. It did not apply to U3AMaine sessions on Tuesdays. The new rules are now in force.

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Maine Bridge Club
Maine Bridge Club

This bridge club is centered in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Each week we run three bridge events

A 'face-to-face" Duplicate competition  is run weekly at 1:30pm Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year 

Players are either Maine BC members or U3A Members - visitors are welcome

Maine Bridge Club reserves the right to refuse any players if it so wishes

Maine Bridge Club events are usually held at :
Church of Christ,
66 Blakeley Rd,
Castlemaine. Vic 3450

An "on-line" competition is run 1:30pm Wednesdays throughout the year

This is for Maine BC members and visitors located locally in the Castlemaine / Bendigo / Maldon area

We also run a number of special red and gold point events each year

For further information please contact

Maine BC Club Secretary

Merlyn Pritchard

0408 509 456

secretary.mainebridge@gmail.com

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Calendar
Sun 29th March 2026
Ron Wescott Memorial Pairs
Strathfieldsaye Bowls Club 1:30pm
  (Bookings)
(Conditions of Play)
Tue 31st March 2026
U3AMBC Pairs
C of C 1.30pm
  (Bookings)
Wed 1st April 2026
Maine BC Online
BBO 1.30pm
  (Bookings)
Results
MBC On Line MM 032026
Thursday - Maine Pairs (26-Mar-26)
Maine BC Online
Emergency Contact

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Emergency Contact, Relationship and Phone/Mobile.

2025 Special Events Calendar

Please note these dates and register your pair