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Members are asked to ensure their emergency contact details have been provided and are up-to-date.
While rarely used these details may be very important should some health or other need unexpectedly arise.
You can update your own emergency contact details by logging into Pianola and then clicking on the My Account option visible when you click on the downwards arrow to the right of your name (showing in the top right of the screen).
You will find your Emergency Contact details showing as per the image for this article. Note you can also update your email address, phone number and postal address on this same page. When you have completed your updates you need to scroll down and click on the Save button!
Websites not your thing? Talk to Greg Hay, our hardworking Membership Secretary, Susan Coleman, our hardworking Club Secretary, or me (David Farmer) if you need help. And yes I have now updated my emergency contact details (I have two contacts there now)...
Sometimes the director might be busy with another call, and at other times it may take them anything up to 10 seconds to arrive. What do you do while you’re waiting?
This article is not going to answer that – instead it will provide some advice on what NOT to do in various situations:
You’ve revoked (or so the opponents claim – as if!)
On the weekend of 4-5 May, we competed in the Autumn Nationals Bridge Congress in Adelaide.
Trumps members Neil Williams and Rob Holgate invited us to join them to enter the Under Life Masters Teams.
To qualify for this category, three team members were required to be under Life Master rank (300MP) while one team member could be a Life Master, but below Bronze Life Master rank.
April saw the Autumn Individual event fought over four Mondays, with the best three scores counting.
Players had to play with different partners each week for the scores to count.
Congratulations to Verl Lawrence who prevailed with excellent scores, ahead of Sue Riley and Hans van Weeren. Verl cleverly planned ahead and played with her closest rival, Sue Riley, in the last week.
This clinic is highly recommended - not to be missed!
We, on the Bridge Education committee, are constantly looking for ways to help you improve your game and hence your enjoyment of the game. This month we have invited Joan Butts to present two workshops on Sunday 19 May.
Joan is one of Australia’s best known bridge teachers, Joan Butts. The workshops are multi-level and suitable for players of all abilities.
I hope you have Monday 6 May in your diaries and are coming along to Bridge for Brains, an Australia-wide ABF-organised charity event. The proceeds go to Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) - an independent, not-for-profit research institute based in Sydney, Australia, aiming to prevent, treat and cure brain and nervous system diseases, disorders and injuries through medical research.
Premises Update
In April, members of the Committee and the Premises Working Group met with Council representatives regarding the initial community consultation on the Warriewood Valley Community Centre.
We had a great teams congress at Peninsula on Sunday 28 April with 37 tables. Thanks to director Ronnie Ng who coped well with the stress of a team not turning up.
Len, Gayle, Nerida and Sarah took second place in the restricted, with Jocelyn, Lyn, Vivien and myself the best Peninsula open team (but not great...). It was great to see Kate McCallum, current world champion, competing with us. Check the full results.
Thanks to all those who helped in any way especially Gayle King for organising all the food and Bill Fitzsimons who gave up his Sunday to caddy and Di Agostino and Terry Rothwell for the extra last minute dealing and especially Annegrete Kolding who was assistant convenor but on the day was too sick to attend.
Update your Diary. The Charity Day has moved from June to Monday 22 July, commencing at 11am.
Check all the Charity Day event details or talk with the conveners, Trish Berry and Sue Riley.
Cost is $25 this includes lunch and afternoon tea - all monies raised will go to Rural Fire Service and the Palliative Care Unit at Mona Vale Hospital. Invite your friends.
