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

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Bridge Sessions

Bridge sessions Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday commencing at 12:30 so you MUST both be in attendance by 12:15.

Hastings Bridge Club is located 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 though we will always accommodate walk-ins who arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to play commencing.

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The Golden Wedding Anniversary

An elderly couple is celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Over a quiet dinner, the husband looks lovingly at his wife and says, "Mary, I have to ask you something. In all these years, you’ve kept a locked shoebox in the closet, and you asked me never to look inside. Can you finally tell me what’s in it?"
Mary smiles and hands him the key. He opens the box and finds two hand-crocheted doilies and $50,000 in cash.
"What does this mean?" he asks.
Mary replies, "Before we married, my grandmother told me the secret to a happy marriage was never to argue. She said if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doily."
The husband is deeply touched. Only two doilies in 50 years! He smiles proudly, then looks at the money. "But what about the $50,000?"
Mary smiles sweetly. "Oh, that's the money I made from selling the other 10,000 doilies."

Web Site

New members need to set-up 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' .
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'.
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.

Welcome to Port Macquarie Hastings Bridge Club

Australia-wide Restricted Pairs

Congratulations to all who participated in the Australia-wide Restricted Pairs competition.
Well done to Leanne Johnson & Deb Scott who placed a fantastic 27th; Trish Yeo & Colleen Pillemer 29th; Jane Martin & Pauline Wood 34th along with Narelle Bush & Jenny Blacke in 45th position. This was a great result for our club. Well done everyone!

Please click on this item to see your club result as well as overall results.

Melbourne Cup Day

Melbourne Cup Day 2026

Join us on Tuesday 3^rd November
for a day of fun, bridge, laughs and nibbles.

Sweeps will be available from 9:45
(please bring small notes and coins)

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Bridge will commence at 10:30 until lunch at 12:00
BYO lunch.

Play recommences at 12:30 until 2:00
when there will be games, snacks and beverages.

Lucky door prizes.

Cost is $15 including your game.

ALL WELCOME!!!

Annual Subscriptions

Members - please note that annual subscriptions fell due on 30th September. The cost this year is $70 as per a motion passed in 2024 that fees include payment on your behalf to Bridge NSW and ABF, which this year total $49.70, plus PMHBC fee of $20 rounded to the nearest $5. Last year the club subsidised the difference but due to governing bodies increases this year, we feel that it is necessary to increase the annual fee. We appreciate your understanding.

To be eligible to vote at the AGM in November, you must be a financial member.

Upcoming Red Point & other events

November:
Tues 3rd - Melbourne Cup Day
Sat 14th - AGM & Summer Pairs

December:
Sat 5th - Christmas Party

September Congress

Well, that's it for another congress successfully completed. There was very serious competition as well as much laughter and, though tiring, many happy players at the end of each day.

The final results were :
Sat Open Pairs 1st - Frances Gaunt & Rod Roark (Coffs Harbour); 2nd - Margaret Boniface & Judy Scott (Great Lakes) and Under 300MP's 1st - Neah Williams & James Parker (Coffs Harbour); 2nd - Jennifer Bissett & Neil McMaster (Newcastle).

Sun Open Teams 1st - Peter Briscoe, Sam Kebby, Carol Briscoe & Saima King (PMHBC); 2nd - Nerida Gillies, Sandy Carter, Anne Small& Loraine Neville (Peninsula) and Under 300MP's - Carol Parker, Sharon Versteege, Anne Meyer and Kevin Hughes (Community Bateau Bay).

The compliments flew thick and fast for the work done by the catering team with some declaring it the best of all. Sincere thanks to all those who contributed by baking, shopping, spending hours in the kitchen to clean and serve; the dealers and especially Tom the convenor, who has to deal with all the logistics of participants and balancing table numbers.

See some photos of winners below.

Bookings

Please check your bookings regularly to ensure that you are booked in for the days you wish to play. We understand that it can become confusing, playing different days with different partners. However, it makes our directors days easier if they have accurate numbers for each seating plan.

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