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Our club's renovations are in full swing.

Session Times & Fees

We currently play 8 sessions a week in our club premises.

Monday 9.30am - Open Pairs (standby available, no partner required)
Monday 1.30pm - Supervised (standby available, no partner required)
Tuesday 1.00pm - Open Pairs
Wednesday 1.00pm - Open Pairs
Thursday 9.30am - Open Pairs (standby available, no partner required)
Thursday 1.30pm - Supervised (standby available, no partner required)
Friday 1.00pm - Social bridge
Saturday 1.00pm - Open Pairs

We welcome both visitors and members to play at the club.

Member table fee $10 per session

Visitor table fee $12 per session

We only accept game vouchers or card payment at the club - no cash

Coming Events at CCBC

OCTOBER:

LAKES CHALLENGE (TORONTO): Thursday 17th October at 10.00am.

CLUB SPRING PAIRS: Wednesday 23rd October at 1.00pm.

AUSTRALIA - WIDE RESTRICTED PAIRS: Monday 28th October at 1.30pm.

CHARITY DAY: Thursday 31st October at 1.00pm.

NOVEMBER:

MELBOURNE CUP DAY: Tuesday 5th November at 10.00am.

HI-LO PAIRS: Thursday 7th November at 1.30pm (trophy event).

REMEMBRANCE DAY PAIRS: Monday 11th November at 9.30am.

PREMISES ANNIVERSARY PAIRS: Wednesday 13th November at 1.00pm (red point, trophy event).

BLACK SWAN PAIRS: Thursday 14th and 21st November at 1.30pm.

NOVEMBER PAIRS: Wednesday 20th November at 1.00pm (red point).

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: Thursday 21st November at 4.30pm at the Long Jetty Hotel, following the afternoon bridge session.

CCBC INTERCLUB TEAMS: Wednesday 27th November at 9.30am.

DECEMBER:

CLUB OPEN PAIRS: Wednesday 4th December at 9.30am (red point trophy event). This is an all day event, costing $25, includes lunch, drinks and nibbles at end of play.

CHRISTMAS PARTY: Thursday 12th December at 9.30am. Cost TBA. Morning play, Christmas lunch, and band performance by "Five Shades of Grey".

CLUB SWISS PAIRS: Wednesday 18th December at 9.30am (trophy event). This is an all day event, costing $25, includes lunch, drinks and nibbles at end of play.

Current Newsletter

Our September-October 2024 Newsletter is out and can be found here

Player Promotions

SEPTEMBER 2024:

Every month the ABF issues certificates to players who have been promoted to the next higher grade. A big congratulation goes to:

Graduate Master: Denise Skipper

Links for checking ABF Rankings, and ABF Masterpoints Lookup

♠♥ Learn Bridge ♦♣

If you have a friend who would like to learn how to play bridge, or for anyone that wants to go back to basics, you are welcome to come along and learn in our next round.

Please contact the Central Coast Bridge Club on 0411917255 or email ccbridgeclub@gmail.com to be advised when the next set of beginner lessons will commence.

Lessons for beginners. The next lessons for beginners will be held at The Entrance Community Centre, Battley Ave, The Entrance. Lessons will be held each Monday morning, commencing on Monday 29th July. Lessons are from 9.30am to 11.30am. Cost is $80 - this includes 7 weeks of lessons and play practice, a Bridge Basics Booklet, and morning tea. Following these 7 weeks, a further set of lessons and practice sessions will be offered. Upon completion, participants will be well equipped to join our supervised and regular bridge sessions. Please register by emailing Central Coast Bridge Club at ccbridgeclub@gmail.com or phoning John Redfearn on 0466 055 969.

Lessons for intermediate and advanced players Wednesday mornings at 10.00am, and Friday mornings at 10.30am at Long Jetty Hotel during the building upgrade.

Next Committee Meeting

Second Wednesday of each month

CCBC Prize Winners 2023

Hi-Lo Pairs: John English, John Redfearn

Premises Anniversary Pairs: Nola Daley, Steve Calcroft

Life Member Pairs: Berenice Air, Vic Pietrasczkewicz

President's Cup: John Redfearn, Norm Berger

Open State Pairs Qualifier Overall: Matt Raj Mal, Brian Richardson

Australia Wide Restricted Pairs (1st place in Club): Jan Perring, Peter Collett

GNOT Country Teams Finals: 3rd place: Matt Raj Mal, Stuart Duxbury, Peter Johnman, Graham Williamson 4th place: Jane Stephens, Colin Kleinig, Berenice Air, Jodie Gudaitis

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CCBC SUPER CONGRESS MARCH 23-24, 2024

This event was held at Diggers The Entrance, and was a huge success. On Saturday 23rd March there were 30 tables in the Pairs event, and on Sunday 24th there were 24 Teams competing. Thank you to everyone for participating. Congratulations to our members who won prizes:

SWISS PAIRS:

In the Restricted section -

1ST Place - Alison Heathcote, and her partner, Peter Muller

In the Novice Section -

1ST Place - Brian Lilley and Charles Gilmore

2ND Place - Jenny Walmsley and Dorothy Rosewell

SWISS TEAMS:

In the Restricted Section -

1ST Place - Colin Kleinig, Lucy D'Ambrosio, Berenice Air, Vic Pietraszkiewcz

In the Novice Section -

1ST Place - Ros Hoatson, Glenice Riley, Deb Tatham, Pauline Haydon

2ND Place - Rod Shellshear, Peter Greening, Maree Fitzgerald, Jenny Macpherson

CONGRATULATIONS to team Kleinig ( Colin, Lucy, Berenice and Vic) who actually came 3rd in the Open Section even though they are all Restricted players. Well done!

Contact Info

Email: ccbridgeclub@gmail.com

Temporary Address: The Long Jetty Hotel

407 The Entrance Rd., Long Jetty, NSW, 2261

PO Box: 6083 Long Jetty NSW 2261

Mobile Phone: 0411917255

Renovations Progress

Building Upgrade - Temporary Relocation

Building Upgrade Commences June 2024

Club Novice Teams 2024

Club Restricted Pairs Winners 2024

Club Open Teams Championship 2024

Restricted Teams Championship Winners 2024

Bami Plate Winners 2024

Club Novice Pairs Championship 2024

Winners Selangor Plate 2024