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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 12.15.
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.

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.

 

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.

Welcome to Port Macquarie Hastings Bridge Club

Congratulations!!!

A big round of applause to the winners of our latest competitions! 
The Lindner Shield has been won this year by Carol Briscoe & Barbara Griffiths and the Vera Pugh Shield by Jill Bennett & Jenny Blacke.
Well done ladies.

                                                      From Roses to Lilies: The Secret to Crafting a Beautiful ...

Congratulations!!!

Cheers to the team of Anne Rutter, Sue Lindner, Carol Briscoe & Barb Griffiths who achieved second place in the Bridge NSW Country Teams Zonal Final. They will now represent our club in the final to be held later this year. Well done ladies! 
                                                                                                                      Red and pink roses. Floral pattern. Flowers. Leaves. Isolated. Red and pink roses. Floral pattern. Flowers. Leaves. Isolated. spring flower garland stock illustrations

ATTENTION!!!!

All members - please be advised that all sessions of play will commence at 12:30 during winter.  Players are asked to arrive NO LATER than 12:15 to allow director's to set-up. This time may revert to 1:00 during summer. 

Masterpoint restrictions

Among ideas arising from the latest committee meeting has been the decision to remove all masterpoint restrictions as a trial. This means that anyone, regardless of points, is able to participate in any session. One of the benefits of this arrangement is that, when we have visitors wanting to play, they are not restricted if their points are above a specified requirement. All feedback will be appreciated.

Supervised play sessions

Now that our most recent series of lessons have concluded, we are introducing supervised play for those students on Friday mornings from 10:00 - 12:00. Any members who would like to participate in these sessions are welcome to come along. We will be calling for volunteers to help.

Upcoming Red Point & other events

July:
Saturday 19th - GNOT 2/2
Saturday 26th - Club Teams Open & Intermediate 1/2

August:
Monday 4th - NSW Statewide Pairs
Sat 9th & Sun 10th - GNOT Regional Final (PMHBC)
Saturday 23rd - Club Teams Open & Intermediate 2/2
Thursday 28th - Australia wide Open Pairs

Things to bear in mind

Just a few things to keep in mind at the bridge table.
It would be appreciated if you remove lolly wrappers, tissues etc from side tables. If you eat at the tables - clean up after yourself. Everyone deserves to come to a clean and tidy venue. We engage a cleaner one day per week and need your help to maintain a standard of cleanliness.

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.

Bridge sessions every afternoon at 12:30p.m. (1:00p.m. Daylight saving time) 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, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

 

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
  • Christmas 2024 3
  • Christmas 2024 5
  • Christmas 2024 6
  • Christmas 2024 7
  • 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
Friday Open Pairs
Thursday Open Pairs
Calendar
Mon 14th July 2025
Monday Open Pairs
PMHBC 12:30 PM
  (Bookings)
Tue 15th July 2025
Tue Open Pairs
PMHBC 12:30PM
  (Partner?)
Thu 17th July 2025
Thursday Open Pairs
PMHBC 12:30 PM
  (Bookings)
July Birthdays
July Birthdays

04    Sam Kebby

07    Freya Luick

08    Jessie Seago

09    Errol Pillemer

09    Jan Wattle

11    Elly Edgar

13    Mateo Izquierdo

14    Annie Quadroy

14    Diana Zanon

16    Robyn Hardman

17    Garry Bates

19    Annette Davis

21    Ron Cross

26    Marion Geard

27   Jenny McQueen

29   Yvonne Cains

30   Walter Masman

Mobile phone for seniors
Mobile phone for seniors

Three Elderly Sisters
       Three sisters, ages 92, 94, and 96, live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath. She puts one foot in a pauses. She yells down the stairs, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?"
       The 94-year-old yells back, "I don't know. I'll come up and see." She starts up the stairs and pauses. Then she yells out, "Was I going up the stairs or down?"
       The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea and listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful." She knocks on wood for good measure. She then replies, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."

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.