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For those that have not yet scrutinised their 2018 diaries closely we highlight our four year long competitions - so that you can join one that suits. Check the details are in your diary - including in the Special Events section at the back of the diary, but in brief:
- Padman Trophy - first Tue Nights from Feb to Dec (2nd in Nov) - open - 2017 winners David Farmer / Cath Whiddon - convener John Rogers
- First Wednesday Rookie Individual - first Wed from Mar to Nov - <10MP (as at 1 Jan) - 2017 winner Peggy Fisher - convener John Rogers
- Sloman Cup - first Thu from Mar to Dec - open - 2017 winners Alan Davies / Vivien Eldridge - convener Alan Davies
- First Friday Rookie Individual - first Fri from Mar to Nov - <20MP (as at 1 Jan) - 2017 (when it was <50MP) winner Sue Evershed - convener David Farmer
This is in addition to the ten great individual, pairs and teams competitions played over a number of weeks within a particular month - see the diary for details and plan the ones that suit.
The winners of the 2017 Rosemary's Row year long competition on Mondays were Heidi Colenbrander and Ray Hurst.
This competition was restricted to those players with less than 150MP.
In 2018 the event is being reformed to play over four Mondays in July and will be restricted to less than 100MP (as at 1 Jun 2018) - the best three scores will count. Ray Hurst will be convener.
2017 was the second year for the year-long individual competition for those with less than 50MP. Played on the first Friday of each month this competition allowed eligible players to play with the same or different eligible partners and aggregated their best sessions scores over the year.
The 2017 winner was Sue Evershed, ahead of her regular partner John Simmonds.
In 2018 this Friday competition is changing its eligibility to players with less than 20MP (as at 1 Jan 2018) and will be played on the first Friday of each month from March through November. The best 7 scores will be counted. This complements the newly established Rookie section on Fridays (restricted to those with less than 20MP).
I am travelling, but just tried posting some info on NSWBA and was blown away with the results of the 2017 NSW <100MP Pairs Championships - has anyone else see it? Fantastic - so proud (again), congrats!
Results
Congratulations to our Marieta Borthwick and Heidi Colenbrander for winning the top prize of free entry and an ABF grant to attend the Restricted Butler Pairs at the Hobart ANC (5-6 Aug 2018). They earned the top non-handicapped score, with an amazing 76.79 in the second session.
Now updated with our target climate range! A highly experienced director once confided that the hardest part of the job was the air conditioning decision. We seem to have our fair share of different opinions.
The committee discussed what could be done and concluded that we can never make everyone happy. Not only do different people feel the temperature, humidity and air movement differently, but the temperature and air movement can also vary within the clubhouse (and of course is dependent on which doors and windows are open).
To reduce but not eliminate the perhaps inevitable arguments the committee has adopted the following approach:
Suzanne Cole is quite rightly looking as pleased as punch as she held the winning ticket for the Christmas raffle.
Susan Jensen managed to post this on our Club Facebook Group - and I have placed it here for the wider audience.
Looking for a way to help the bridge club communicate better? The Communications Team has some vacancies right now - maybe one of these would suit you:
- Club Noticeboard Coordinator - Overall coordination of the club's noticeboards to make them as efficient a communication channel as possible - needs someone with a good visual layout sense, good organisation and interpersonal skills, and comfort with using emails and displaying and printing PDFs (including in colour).
- Club Template Coordinator - Overall coordination of the club's stationery templates including bringing them up to date with the club's design guide - needs someone with a good visual layout sense, good Word and Excel skills, good organisation and interpersonal skills, and comfort with using emails.
- Graphic Artist - Contribute to the design of ads, signs and banners as required - needs someone with graphic layout flair/experience, access to any necessary software, and comfort using emails.
- Website Team Member - Edit and add material to the website as needed as part of a team - needs someone with comfort using computers and editing photos, with good organisation and interpersonal skills, with comfort using emails, and ideally the ability to respond to time critical needs - training/support provided.
We rely on busy volunteers to sell our prepaid vouchers (PPVs).
On the whiteboard at the south end of the room is a list of the currently trained PPV volunteer sellers. Directors are able to ask any of these people to sell PPVs at a session of bridge. If none of these people are present, directors are able to sell PPVs too. The list is updated as the need arises so the one posted on the whiteboard is the most recent.
PPVs are $7 each if paying by cash with a special price of $65 for ten only if purchased by card/EFTPOS.
If there are any questions about PPVs please contact Cassandra Mitchell on
