Twenty-two pairs competed yesterday in the David McAdam Trophy, which is an annual red point event run by our Club.

David was a wonderful bridge player and a great supporter of our Club. It always amused me to watch him play. He never sorted his cards into suits but would just pull them out, seemingly at random.

The top three place getters were:

1st - Terry Bodycote and Sue Eishauer 

2nd - Kath Reaney and Bev Daniel

3rd - Fran and Wayne Carroll

Full results will be posted online shortly.

On Saturday 18 July 2026, our club is trialing the reintroduction of lunch with bridge. Full details including cost, starting time and menu are below. Register in the usual ways – either by writing your name in the book for Sat 18-Jul-26 or online. Get in early – there’ll be a maximum of 12 tables. NOTE: If you wish to forego the lunch and just play bridge that day, ring Jenny C on 0428 527 825 – do not register the usual way.

INTRODUCING .....

Lyn Boylan ~ our new Tournament Co-ordinator. She certainly has a handle on organising our events - getting our entries in on time and liaising with representatives from BridgeNSW and the ABF. Her role is mainly administrative and we appreciate the wealth of experience she brings to the role.

We have now completed our 2026 Grand National Open Teams event.

Thirteen teams battled it out for gold points with the top three as follows:

1ST - CARROLL TEAM (Great Lakes)

2ND - BODYCOTE TEAM (Taree/Great Lakes)

3RD - JOHNSON TEAM (Port Macquarie)

I am pleased to report that every team earned some gold!

Our thanks go out to John McIlrath who ran both weeks brilliantly, overcoming many obstacles along the way.

Congratulations to all the participants.

Fifty-three members and friends celebrated our Club's 46th Birthday yesterday. 

Pauline shared a few words about the club's early days, followed by feasting on two large, calorie-dense cakes. 

It is a reminder of how far we have come in that time and how fortunate we are today, with our lovely new, spacious room and a growing membership of enthusiastic players.

Thank you to all those visitors who shared in our celebration.

It is time to introduce another couple to our members ~~ Ann and Steve Taylor. Hopefully most of you will have already observed their quiet contribution to the Club. The way they just keep working to get things done!

It's official. Our new kitchenette is now complete.

We would like to thank everyone who helped in this project but especially Matt Etherington, who did the bulk of the work. Matt spent many hours/days completing this task and the result is amazing.

Everyone will benefit from having ready access to boiling water "on tap" and quick access to a refrigerator.

I could be forgiven for suggesting that one of the best outcomes is we won't have to listen to that dreaded trolley running over the tiles anymore!!!

Thank you Matt - great job!

Today at Supervised Play, twenty members celebrated Pam Archer's 90th Birthday.

We can always count on Dawn to provide something scrumptious and she certainly didn't let us down.

On behalf of everyone at Taree Bridge Club we would like to wish Pam many happy returns of the day. You are a valued member of our Club and we hope you won't suffer with a serious case of calorie-overload!!!

The results are in from the Australia-Wide Under 100MPs competition.

Our congratulations go to Louise Whitby and Jill Bicknell who finished in 49th place out of 1,457 participants. They achieved 62.9%.

Well done ladies!

We have had a wonderful response to our upcoming 2 week GNOTs event commencing next Tuesday, 9 June. 

Fourteen teams have registered, which is the maximum we can take at the moment. They represent Taree, Great Lakes and two teams from Port Macquarie.

Everyone is looking forward to an exciting time and really appreciate having John McIlrath directing for us.