The national results are in for the 2018 Australia Wide Restricted Pairs event (held on 31 October 2018) and we're very proud to announce that, out of up to 1000 participants around the country, our own winners - Megan Grant and Margaret!  Boniface - came a very commendable 14th position with an adjusted score of 65%! But wait...

Our Melbourne Cup day event this year was a great success - well done to all contributors, participants and especially the winning fashion plates: 

Best hat: Jan Gribble - is a bird in the hand worth two in the hat?

Best-dressed lady: Beryl Henderson

Best-dressed gentleman (and resident bookie? - Uve Anderson

On 31 October 2018, following our favourable response to the Australia-Wide Novice Pairs, a similar event was conducted for Restricted-level pairs (each player with fewer than 300 masterpoints). Well done to all, and especially to (pictured): E/W winners Tom Siminski and Sharon Bull; tournament director Sylvia Goodwin; and N/S winners Megan Grant and Margaret Boniface. Each participant received a booklet of detailed analyses – one interesting hand is below…

Over the weekend of 27 to 28 October 2018, GLBC fielded 3 teams in the Mid Coast region’s Grand National Open Teams (GNOT) finals, with one team placing a strong first in a very competitive field: Henry Hudson, Bronwyn Boehm, Jill and Karl Buchmann. (results)They will compete in the national finals in late November – we wish them luck! Pictured are the GLBC team members who participated in the regional GNOT final – well done to all!

Link to History of GLBC – the 1st 25 Years and Photos of GLBC Clubhouse evolution. Great Lakes Bridge Club (GLBC) was formed at a meeting in Forster in August 1980.... read more below ...

Would like to improve your game beyond the basics and acquire some extra skills? If the answer is 'yes!' and you've been playing bridge for a year or more, come along to a series of lessons in our clubhouse on Tuesday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm for four weeks starting on 15 January 2019 (i.e. 15/1/2019, 22/1/2019, 29/1/2019 and 5/2/2019). Those interested can add their name to a list on the notice board at the club.

Well done to the winners of this event: Judy Scown, Wayne & Fran Carroll and Don Scown (pictured). With 5 wins and 1 loss, their win was well earned. Honourable mention also goes to 2nd place-getters, Megan Grant, Margaret Boniface, Gail Salmon and Daphne Yarnold who also had 5 wins and a loss over the 2-week teams championship. Thanks again to all our hard-working organisers and our pleasant participants.

Well done to the winners of our recent 2 week event which saw the Restricted section fielding 8 pairs and the Open 20 Pairs. Pictured are the last moments of the Restricted section game – great to see our up-and-coming bridge players enjoying the competition and having a red-hot go! The overall winners were:

Congratulations to the winners of our 2018 Congress Teams event – Ian & Vicky Lisle, Bas Bolt & Michael Johnson (link to NSWBA website photo). Pictured here are the Restricted Teams winners who placed a commendable 11th overall position out of 28 teams! Well done Ellen Williams, Berenice Air, Marianna Xerri & Nola Daly. (More below)