Hawks Nest Bridge Club celebrates with Christmas Luncheon Myall Coast Myall Coast - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 2, 2025 Club President Peter Baily with the joint winners of the President’s Shield: Bea Treharne and Sue Matheson. MEMBERS of the Hawks Nest Bridge Club celebrated Christmas and a year of fiery competition together at Mumm’s on the Myall on Tuesday 10 December. Seventy people gathered for lunch, and shared their strategies for success as they discussed hands won and lost in the card-based battles that occurred almost every night of the week during the last twelve months. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Throughout the year, Tuesday evening Bridge sessions were added to the existing Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon sessions, at times catering to over 40 players. Visitors from other bridge clubs dropped in regularly throughout the year, presenting a wide variance of levels of proficiency, from beginners to lifetime members. Members say the high attendance levels are owed to the cerebral stimulation that bridge affords, and for its nature as a good way of keeping in contact socially, building relationships, and working out challenges. Championship winners were announced on the night, with Club President Peter Baily awarding the President’s Shield to joint winners Bea Treharne and Sue Matheson, while the Wednesday Handicap Pairs award went to joint partnership winners John Gray and Peter Baily, and Carolyn Bywater and John Pye. By Thomas O’KEEFE Wednesday Handicap Pairs joint winners: John Gray and Peter Baily, and Carolyn Bywater and John Pye. Bridge is a very popular card game among the local population. The Bridge Club at Mumm’s On the Myall for their Christmas Luncheon.
