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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

Raffle

Before play on Saturday 14th our director, Carol Briscoe was tasked with drawing the raffle which was held over from last week.
The very surprised winner was Margaret Jordan who has opted to take the lovely watercolour of the cottage. Having grown up in South Australian Marg said it reminds her of towns like Burra or the York Peninsula .

Our sincere thanks again to Colleen Pillemer for her very generous donation.

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

To all the members of our club and the wider bridge community, we would like to offer our best wishes to you and your families, for a safe and contented Christmas season and a new year of good health, happiness and peace.

Thank you to all those who have helped make this year so successful.

We look forward to another year of fun and games ahead!

Please see slide show below for pictures from the Christmas party.

Upcoming Red Point & other events

DECEMBER:
Saturday 21st - Club closes after play today.

January:
Thursday 2nd - Club re-opens.

 

 

Tuesday sessions

The decision has been made that for a trial period, until the end of the year, Tuesday sessions will now be capped at 300MP's.

While we would prefer players with more than 100 masterpoints to play with those with only a few points, we understand that some of you would rather just play with a regular or new partner who is not a rookie.

As always we are hoping to hear your feedback to help us make the best decisions for the future.

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.

Port Macquarie Hastings Bridge Club is an ABF accredited teaching club.

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 (<75MP's and mentors), 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
  • Christmas 2024
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  • Christmas 2024 8
  • Christmas 2024 9
  • Di Trish and Michele
  • Inter club challenge
  • Inter club challenge
  • Inter club challenge
  • Inter club challenge 4
  • Margaret
  • Michele Tom and Deb
  • Murray
  • Rhonda and Carol
  • Robyn
  • Sue Mike and Anne
  • Sugar plum fairy Di
Results
Saturday Open Pairs
Fri <75MPs or Mentored
Thursday Open Pairs
Calendar
Mon 16th December 2024
Monday Open Pairs
PMHBC 1 PM
  (Bookings)
Tue 17th December 2024
Tue <300MP's (Trial)
PMHBC 1 PM
  (Partner?)
Thu 19th December 2024
Thursday Open Pairs
PMHBC 1 PM
  (Partner?)
December Birthdays
December Birthdays

07    Robyn Glover

08    Fred Husken

11     Yvonne Breakwell

12    Brian Eastman

13    Derek Ball

14   Ruth Weatherley

17   Bob Jess

22   Mike Wood

28   Nola Noblet

30   Trish Yeo

31   David Driscoll

Are "we" there yet?
Are

A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a

killer jigsaw puzzle, but I can't figure out how to get started."
Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?"
The lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster."
Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle.
She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table.

He studies the pieces for a moment, looks at the box, then turns to her and says, "First of all, we're not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a rooster." He takes her hand and says, "Secondly, I want you to relax. Let's have a nice cup of tea" and then he said with a deep sigh ............

"Let's put all the Corn Flakes back in the box."

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.