The Toronto Bridge Club meets in the Carey Bay Village shopping centre.

The Club is tucked in behind Cellarbrations. There are front and rear doors. The rear door has a ramp for people with mobility issues. 

Whether you are new to the area or just passing through, we would love to meet you. You will be made to feel very welcome.

The AGM and Christmas Party was held on Saturday 9 December.

Awards presented were:

• President's Cup - Margaret Geddes and Colleen Wilson
• President's Plate - Susan Mingay and Helen Pelosi
• President's Teams - Don Miller, Josephine Most, Colleen Wilson and Margaret Geddes
• Club Teams - Margaret Ingold, Andrew Toyne, Ronnie Antill, Scott Grout and Helen Pelosi,
• Autumn Pairs - Peter Clarke and Michelle Miller
• Spring Pairs - Don Miller and Josephine Most
• Twilight Pairs - Peter Clarke and Michelle Miller

Below are photos of members who won special awards

Anne Reilly Achievement Award - won by Heather Spencer who couldn't be with us today but the award was accepted by her bridge partner Bruce Avery, presented by Kerrie Stien

John Linehan Friendship Trophy - won by Kerrie Barnes and Anne Daniels (absent), presented by Margaret Ingold

The Alan Bryce Award - won by Yvonne Grant and presented by Tony Parrott

The inaugural Hilda Spence award - won by Peter Clarke and presented by Hilda's daughter Mary Williams.

Flowers were presented to Susan Mingay, Pam Greene and Judy McDonald for the enormous effort they made in gathering fabulous prizes for the Christmas raffle which netted over $11,000 in profit for the Club.

Winners of the Crazy Bridge competition held during after the AGM and before the Christmas Party.

Congratulations to all trophy winners and thank you to everyone who made the day a success!

It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of Ross Bennett on 9 November.

Ross joined the Toronto Bridge Club in 2008 and had played with several partners over the years. Ross was also a member of several other bridge clubs in the Lake Macquarie area.

Ross will be remembered fondly for his big personality and his gentle behaviour.

The final Lucky 100 Club for the year was drawn this morning by David Carraro using a random number generator on his phone.

Bruce Avery won both 1st and 3rd prizes with Susan Mingay winning the 2nd prize. Both members very generously donated their prizes back to the Club.

On Monday 30 October TBC took part in the ABF National Restricted Pairs. This competition was an Australia-wide event for players with fewer than 300 masterpoints (as at the end of September). There were several newer players taking part which was wonderful to see, however the winners on this occasion were Kerrie Barnes and Diane Tait with 59.63%, followed closely by Michelle Miller and Ros Nicholson, with Belinda Barton and Pam Greene coming in third position.

Congratulations to all who took part!

Congratulations to the winners of the recent 3 week Club Teams competition:

Andrew Toyne, Margaret Ingold, Ronnie Antill, Scott Grout and Helen Pelosi.

Pictured above is TBC team who represented TBC at the Grand National Open Team Regional Finals on Sunday 27 August.

L to R: Colleen Wilson, Marg Ingold, Don Miller and Josephine Most.

Several other TBC members also took part representing Lake Macquarie BC and Belmont BC but on the day the Newcastle teams proved too strong and so they will be proceeding to Brisbane to represent the Hunter Region in early December.

Well done all who took part.

The TBC Golden Anniversary Congress was held on Sunday 20 August.

There were 20 teams in 3 sections ably directed by Alan Bustany.

Thank you to Alan, Hans Tiller congress organiser, people who helped set up and take down, the ladies in the kitchen (who also had to fill in and play), everyone who donated food, drink and money.

The Congress couldn't happen without our volunteers.

Congratulations to the winners!

Winners of the Rookie Prize - Ken Baker, Deb Baldwin, Alan Nichols and Peter Deed representing TBC

Winners of the Novice section: Scott Grout, Pam Greene, David Carraro and Jenny Ralph representing TBC  They were also the winners of the Elsie Jenkinson Perpetual Trophy (the best performing TBC team with a combined score of less than 400 MPs as at 31 March)

Winners of the Restricted section: Forde Leathley, Rosalie McGlynn, Pam Leathley and Sue Pascoe representing Southlakes Bridge Club

Winners of the Open section: Janet Hill, Bernie Adcock, Pam Robinson and Christo Moskovsky representing Newcastle Bridge Club.

Also congratulations to the winners of the raffle:

1st prize David Carraro, 2nd prize Ruth Griffin (Gosford) and 3rd prize Colleen Wilson.