***ANZAC Day Pairs (Thursday 25 April) will have a revised starting time of 1pm. Please be seated by 12.45.***

On Saturday 6 April, the Club bid farewell to Margaret Somers who is moving away from Toronto to be closer to her family.

Margaret's good friend and bridge partner, Josie O'Donnell, gave a lovely tribute to her friend and said she had never heard Margaret say a bad word about anyone. Margaret started a social bridge game she and her friends still play on Wednesdays. She joined TBC in 2018 having been a member of the Charlestown Bridge Club previously.

We wish Margaret the best of luck with her move and we shall miss her.

On Friday 5 April the Club held the annual John Linehan Friendship competition which is held in memory of John Linehan, a club member who is no longer with us.

Novice players are paired with more experienced players and we had a great afternoon with 21 pairs entered.

The winners of the trophy for 2024 were Bruce Avery and Ted Tait - congratulations! Pictured are the winners and players socialising after the game.

Lots of fun and games at Friday's Bridge Session, thanks to Kerrie Stien and Heather Spencer for organising the day

Congratulations to Pam Ingham and Ted Tait who won the 2024 Autumn Pairs Competition out of a field of 15 pairs.

Second were Josie O'Donnell and Margaret Ingold. Third were Scott Grout and David Carraro.

Well done everyone!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Presidents Cup - Noel De Losa and John Robinson!

On Friday 26 January the Club had a fun day playing in the Australia Day competition. There was a good turn out with food and drinks to finish.

Winners on the day were Pam Ingham and Ted Tait (North South) and Pam Green and Scott Grout (East West)

On Thursday 25 January we had some friendly new faces at the Club.

First was Bronwyn Flanagan playing with her well known mother Kerrie Stien. Second was Chris Williams and Sharon Mayo.

Welcome and we hope you enjoyed your time with us.

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!