Remember your childhood when you spent hours playing games like Old Maid, Go Fish and Snap with your siblings and schoolmates?

Or the great family times when your parents taught you the card games that adults liked to play - Euchre, Cribbage, 500, Gin Rummy and Poker?

Port Macquarie-Hastings Bridge Club is bringing back the enjoyment and social engagement with a free introduction to the basics of card play.

This course is intended for those who haven't played cards for years and are seeking to rekindle their interest and knowledge and, as importantly, benefit from the brain stimulation, memory improvement and people involvement that are part and parcel of card play.

Participants in the course will learn about card-game types, dealing, suits, weaker to stronger hands, the concept of trump suits, making the most of the cards in your hand and more.

A basic outline of Bridge - the world's most popular card game - is also included.

The introductory course goes for six weeks, is at no-cost, requires no existing skills other than a desire to learn and comes with complimentary refreshments at our air-conditioned clubhouse.

It will be held from 9am until 11am on Fridays February 28, March 6, 13, 20, 27 and April 3 2020 at Port Macquarie-Hastings Bridge Clubhouse on Hamilton Green, 176 Hastings River Drive.

Please register your interest by contacting Freya Luck on 6584 6765.

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