An important request from Jeremy Maxwell  (CEO)at The Southern Peninsula Community Centre.

"The cost of living and fuel crises are decimating people's capacity to feed their families properly and to get around.

We support nearly 2000 people a year and estimate 1300 of them are at risk of becoming homeless. These crisis are pushing people even closer to the brink.

One of the important ways we help is with food vouchers. These vouchers can be used for either food or fuel, so they are becoming more and more crucial.

We are therefore launching our FOOD VOUCHER FUND, so that caring people and existing supporters like you, can make a financial donation and help us to continue to provde food vouchers to families in need.

Your Donation- big or small, whatever you feel you can give right now- added in with all the other Donations we'll receive from our amazing community of supporters, will help us provide more food vouchers to the people who come to SPCS."

If  you would like to donate, please  log on to the Southern Peninsula Community Support web site and there will be a link there that will enable you to donate. 

I am  still asking all of our generous Bridge Players, to once again add an occassional extra item to your shopping  to donate to this worthwhile cause.

Any small Contribution from you , will help someone in need.

There will be a collection point at each of our Bridge Sites, for your generous donations.

Your continued support is very much appreciated, by all.

The Rye Dromana Bridge Club offers the best of bridge on the Southern Peninsula.

Sessions are held 3 days a week.

Mondays  - Duplicate - Percy Cerutty Oval, PORTSEA.  Arrive by 9.15am for a 9.30am start 

Tuesdays - Duplicate - Salvation Army Hall, Melaleuca Avenue, Capel Sound. Arrive by 12.45pm for a 1.00pm start

 Thursday - Duplicate - Rosebud Beach Community Bowls Club, 952 Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud.  Arrive by 12.45pm for a 1.00pm start

Red points are awarded on the first Thursday of each Month.

Table Fees (2026)

Member of Rye - Dromana Bridge Club  $12.00 .       Visitors   $15.00. 

Please Note: You must be either a Full Member of the Rye Dromana Bridge Club ($70per year) or an associate Member ($25) as of 1st April 2026 to qualify for the $12 table fee.

I have had many requests for Supervised Bridge to return, so I aim to start them again from Thursday 5th March.

They will be held from 10am until 12 noon at the Rosebud Beach Bowling Club.

The cost will be $10 per person and if you are brave enough to stay for our afternoon session, there will be no further charge.

Please pass this on to anyone who may be interested in our informal Supervised Sessions.

From THURSDAY 11th September, it will be necessary for you to have an arranged partner, to guarantee that you are able to 

get a game.

It has been necessary for me to do this, so that I am able to have at least one game a week myself.

Mondays and Tuesday will remain the same- you can come without an arranged partner.

If you want a game on Thursday and do not have a partner, please message or ring me by 10AM on the Thursday Morning and I will endeavour to find you someone.

Phone. 0410652298.

Also please arrive at Bridge at least 15-20 minutes before we start, so that I am able to calculate how many tables are playing that day. 

It is difficult and time consuming to change the movement when people turn up at the last minute.

Thanks for listening. 

Jill

Carol Joyce has very kindly volunteered to send out a Club Newsletter, every 2 months, keeping us all in touch with what is going on in the Bridge World.

She will be wishing all those Members who are having Birthdays at that time, a Happy Birthday and adding their name to our Birthday list for that Month.

If you do not wish to have your Birth Month included in our newsletter, please indicate to me- Jill and it will not be added. 

If you have any items of interest regarding Bridge, please let us know.

Also favourite recipes, jokes etc.

Thanks.