Lorne - EOI

Expressions of Interest - Bridge & Bowls Weekend

Friday 25 July - Sunday 27 July 2025 Mantra Lorne  
We have secured another excellent deal with Mantra Lorne for our weekend away. Our Club is booked, and Mantra Lorne are looking forward to seeing us.
Please invite your husband, wife, partner or friend. If they don’t play Bowls or Bridge, there is plenty to do!  We will organise some after dinner activities whilst Bridge is playing in the early evening.

Register your Expression of Interest

Soon, we will set up an online form for you to register your interest in attending the weekend. 
This form provides us with potential numbers, room types and activities and will allow us to plan with Mantra Lorne.
At this stage, it is not binding. Next step will be early July, when we ask you to commit and confirm.

Package Costs / Accommodation types

All rooms have tea and coffee facilities, iron, TV, internet access.
Package costs include accommodation, breakfasts, finger food (entrée) and dinner for the 2 days.
Additional costs will be Happy hour drinks (at happy hour prices), and Bowls and Bridge fees.

Happy Hour

Happy Hour is from 5 - 6pm on both nights, with exceptional finger food that can be treated as your entrée - held in the foyer.
Drinks list – Bancroft House Red, White wine, Champagne $7 per glass & $35 per bottle. Furphy original/ crisp lager stubbies $8, house spirits $9.  The bar is credit card only.

Meals

Dinner is from 6 -7pm on both nights.  It will be one course with alternating meals, served with 2 side dishes. *see happy hour for entrée.  Dietary requirements can be catered for. There will be different meals on the two nights.

Activities

Bridge
There will be sessions on Friday afternoon & evening and Saturday afternoon & evening.  Bridge players are welcome to attend any (or all) of these sessions. 
We will be playing bridge in Conference Room 1.  The room cost for bridge (TBC) will be shared by bridge players over the 2 days.   
Hot tea, coffee & goodies provided.
We will try to finish the evening sessions by 9.30 pm.

Bowls
Bowls will be played at the Lorne Bowls Club on the grounds of Mantra, TBC per game & can cater for 40 bowlers. 
We will play one game on Friday afternoon & one game on Saturday (times TBC).
Their green is playing similar to our own.      

Around Lorne
There are lots of things to do at Lorne - Qdos Art Gallery, Erskine Falls, tennis or putting green, lots of shopping and coffee places and some good easy walks, and also a heated indoor swimming pool.

Thank you
Bruce Hexter