Normal sessions resume on Wednesday January 2nd.

The GNOT regional final for the Hunter Region was held at the Newcastle Bridge Club on Sunday 30th September. The three teams that qualified to progress to the national finals, which will be held at the Tweed Ultimate Resort in Tweed Heads from Friday 30th November to Monday 3rd December 2018, are:

Newcastle 1 – Chris Dibley, Julie Gleeson, Paul McGrath, Michael Simes

Maitland 1   – Christine Chandler, Christo Moskovsky, Emil Battista, Roger Yandle

Newcastle 5 – Philip Hocking, Cathy Hocking, Jeff Conroy, Jill Blenkey

Judging from the happy smiles, a good time was had by all at our 2018 Congress in June!

• Chris Dibley and Michael Seldon who qualified to play in the A Grade Final of the Open Pairs event;
• Wayne Smith and Paul McGrath who finished 2nd in the B Grade Final of the Seniors Pairs;
• Vincia and Giles Martin who won the C Grade Final of the Restricted Pairs event; and
• Jeff Conroy and Jill Blenkley who along with Hans Van Weeren and Peter Clarke from North Shore BC won the Restricted Teams Final.

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The 2018 Graded Pairs competition will commence Friday 2^nd  March.  Every session, played on the 1^st Friday of each month until October, will be split into 2 grades, an A Grade and a B Grade. The grade in which a pair will play is to be determined by the combined total of their MP’s.  Players with a combined total of 600 or more MP’s will play in A Grade while players with a combined total less than 600 MP’s will play in B Grade. The B Grade, although played as one section, will contain a  C Grade section for players with under 150 MP’s.

The winners of all grades will be determined from the best aggregated scores from 6 of the 8 sessions. Substitutes are permissible.  A prize pool for the event will be generated from an entry fee of $5 per player increased by an additional $7.50 per player from the Club.  All money will be returned as prizes.

Entry forms have been posted on the notice board. Entry to the event will be possible up to and including  4th May.

For an explanation of the Rules attached to entry and participation click 2018 Friday Graded Pairs Regulations

The Hunter Country Teams Regional Final will be held on Sunday 4th June at the Newcastle Bridge Club.
Play will commence at 9.30 am sharp and players are requested to arrive by 9.00 am for registration.

Swiss Teams consisting of 6 x 10 board matches.

Tea and coffee are available and morning tea and post match nibbles and drinks will be provided.
Lunch is not provided so players should to bring their own.

The 2018 Graded Pairs competition will commence Friday 2^nd  March.  Every session, played on the 1^st Friday of each month until October, will be split into 2 grades, an A Grade and a B Grade. The grade in which a pair will play is to be determined by the combined total of their MP’s.  Players with a combined total of 600 or more MP’s will play in A Grade a while players with a combined total less than 600 MP’s will play in B Grade. The B Grade, although played as one section, will contain a  C Grade section for players with under 150 MP’s.

The winners of all grades will be determined from the best aggregated scores from 6 of the 8 sessions. Substitutes are permissible.  A prize pool for the event will be generated from an entry fee of $5 per player increased by an additional $7.50 per player from the Club.  All money will be returned as prizes.

Entry forms have been posted on the notice board. Entry to the event will be possible up to and including  4th May.

For an explanation of the Rules attached to entry and participation click fri-graded-pairs-regulations

A new session for restricted players will commence on Thursday 10th November, 9:30am to 1:00pm.. 

• Restricted to players with <150  MPs as at 30th September 2016
• Run in conjunction with a Supervised session
• Will have a Non Playing Director who will direct the restricted session and supervise the supervised play
• Standby Players Available for Supervised play only