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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

Bridge lessons

Our 2025 bridge lessons have now commenced. We would appreciate if some of our members could come along to sit with students as a help to the teacher. We only need two people per session and a roster will be placed on the noticeboard for names to be added.
To reduce the demand on volunteers, our supervised play on Tuesday mornings will conclude at the end of March and will resume once these lessons are over and new students will be included. 

Upcoming Red Point & other events

March:
Saturday 29th / Sunday 30th PMHBA Congress.

April:
Saturday 5th - Club Pairs Open & Intermediate 2/2
Saturday 12th - Country Teams Qualifying

 

 

REVISION

Could all those who have taken a Members' Directory, please adjust the number for Jill Bennett to 0422 301 433 and Deb Carmichael change last number to a 1 (instead of "2"). Apologies for the inconvenience.

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.

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 (<300MP's), Thursday (Open), Friday (<300MP's) 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 15
  • 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
Thursday Open Pairs
Tuesday Under 300MP's
Monday Open Pairs
Calendar
Fri 28th March 2025
Friday Under 300MP's
PMHBC 1 PM
  (Partner?)
Sat 29th March 2025
PMHBA Congress Pairs - Book via MYABF
PMHBC 10 AM
Sun 30th March 2025
PMHBA Congress Teams - MYABF
PMHBC 9AM
  (Partner?)
March Birthdays
March Birthdays

02    Liane Pleasance

06    Chris Bell

09    Marg Jordan

17    Jackie Downie

21   Helen Carr

23   Marita Crighton

23   Nellie Oonk

25   Shelley Carroll

25   Daphne Flett

26   Dave Gaurang

30   Anna North

30   Murray Booth

30   Rowan Ferguson

"Patient"

A sweet grandmother telephoned St. Joseph’s Hospital.
She timidly asked, "Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?"
OPERATOR - I'll be glad to help, dear. What's the name and room number of the patient?
GRANDMOTHER - Norma Findlay Room 302
OPERATOR - Let me put you on hold while I check with the nurse's station for that room.
After a few minutes the operator returned to the phone and says “I have good news - Her nurse just told me that Norma is doing well. Her blood pressure is fine, her blood test just came back normal, and her Physician Dr Cohen has scheduled her to be discharged tomorrow”.
GRANDMOTHER – “Thank you, that's wonderful. I was so worried. God bless you for the good news”.
OPERATOR – “You're more than welcome. Is Norma your daughter?”
GRANDMOTHER – “No. I'm Norma Findlay in Room 302 and no one tells me anything. Thanks again”.

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.