Congratulations to our recently promoted members listed below, and welcome to our newest members: DiShanks and Julia Sykes 

The four promotions are Mika Betten (Graduate Master), Deb Debnam (Club Master), Chris Begg (Regional Master and Bronwyn Boehm (Bronze Life Master). 

This week we celebrated with one of our recent novices, Les Palmer, to wish him a very happy 95th birthday. Les started lessons only a few years ago and has been an eager player since. But a possibly bigger claim to fame, Les grows good gramma (the pumpkin, not a grandmother or bad scribing). One of our members recounts the day Les delivered a beauty to her on his 1000cc Yamaha motorcycle, which he also rides to bridge. 

Following the highly successful series of free lessons, we're excited to welcome ten new members to our club: Brenden and Trish Lowe, Bronwyn Williams, Louis Muccillo, Fiona Lewis, Robyn McNamara, Kaye Wallace, Jenny Kneale, Janet Thatcher and Mick Patroni. Congratulations and thanks to Sylvia for all her hard work!

Also, congratulations go to our recently promoted members: Eddie Hancock (Silver Local Master), Wendy Edwards (Bronze Local Master), Warren Riley (Local Master) and Bo Davidson and Louise Cuthbert (Club Masters).

Please note that all GLBC afternoon sessions change to a 12:30pm start from the beginning of May 2025. Therefore, the Saturday 3-May-25 HiLo game will be the first session to experience the changed Winter schedule of a 12:30pm start. 

All morning games remain unchanged throughout the year i.e. 9am start. 

As usual, so that the movement may be organised and the session begins as scheduled, our directors require players to arrive 15 minutes early (12:15pm or 8:45am).

In our final wrap-up for this year's congress, special mention goes to its instigator, Nicki Taylor. This quiet achiever spent long busy months organising every facet of the successful event - no mean task considering what is involved in face-to-face congresses these days. 

Adding to the generosity of local businesses (see article below) in sponsoring our Congress last weekend, we wish to acknowledge MidCoast Council for their support through their Event and Festival Sponsorship fund. The Congress' full capacity and great success was due to this combined financial support - and of course, the work and dedication of many volunteers.

The second day of our Great Lakes Bridge Club (GLBC) 41st Congress on Sunday 2 March 2025 saw some hard-fought battles during play in both sections. And plenty of friendly banter in-between. Congratulations to the winners of both the Intermediate and Open Teams events (pictured below).

With a clubhouse overflowing with bridge players from far and wide, and tables laden with goodies, our Swiss Pairs competition proved a great success. 

Full results can be viewed in the tab above. Congratulations to all the winners.

We thank the following businesses who are supporting our upcoming 41st Bridge Congress. Please support them in return.

Sadly, this week we farewelled one of Great Lakes Bridge Club's grand ladies, Gwen Perkins (24 July 1929 - 7 February 2025).