Bridge Club News

We had a very successful day on 2nd February with 104 attending at our Bushfire Victims Appeal event raising $2100 in table money. Most of these were our members with a sprinkling of visitors from other clubs. Many members who could not attend contributed generously to the raffle which raised an additional $2048. Red Masterpoints from ABF were free of charge.  All funds will go to the Red Cross.

Most of the prizes were donated by local businesses. The first prize of a dinner/lunch for 2 at Bert’s, Newport Hotel with wines was won by Bryanna Whitaker. Sue Wilcox and Nolene Stewart won 2nd prize,  $50.00 vouchers from Officeworks. Terry Herfort picked up the $30 voucher from Flower Power and Chris Moore will be enjoying the Magnum of Oakley Cabernet/Merlot donated by Porters Wines.  Terry Herfort made 5 people happy with 5 vouchers for 2 ice creams. Trish Berry also donated a prize.  Joan Butts provided 1 month free membership to the Joan Butts online school of bridge for 10 people as well.

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Restricted Club Pairs < 100mps. First Session Friday 14^th February. Convenor - Vickie Busteed

Open Club Pairs. First Session Monday 10^th February. Convenor - Vivien Eldridge.

The final two sessions will be held on Sunday 16^th February at 10am.

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Regrettably this event has had to be postponed and we hope to arrange it later in the year.

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Congratulations to Sue Evershed and John Simmonds for taking home 1st Prize in The National Novice Swiss Pairs Championship after 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. Well done!

We held a very successful Charity Day on Wednesday 19th May with an attendance of 68 members. The day was both enjoyable for members attending and raised $2086.  Together with money held in the charity account from before, the club will be donating $3500 to the Northern Beaches Rural Fire Brigade.

A big thank you to Rob Scott for his entertaining leadership on the day. Rob selflessly decided not to play so he could ensure the day ran smoothly.  [Also to Trish Berry who together with Rob organised the event - Ed]

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Invite your friends and join us for a Dementia Awareness education presentation at 11am on Wednesday 4 March.This is part of the Northern Beaches Dementia Friendly Community Project, which is funded by Northern Beaches Council and Dementia Australia.

The session will cover the following topics:

• What is dementia?
• Reducing risk of dementia
• Dementia-Friendly Communication
• Dementia-Friendly Communities and Organisations

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Eleven tables played in our NSWBA UHMP Championship final on Friday 29 November, with the boards scored across the state. The state wide results are now available together with the details of the event.

Congratulations to Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies who came second in the 25-50MP category, each winning a Bridge Shop voucher and a subscription to the Novice edition of the Australian Bridge magazine.

On the same link the NSWBA event organiser invites comments from any participant, in the lead up to the event being held again in November 2020.

Lots of food and lots of friendly faces at this year’s Christmas Party. Check out the photos!

Thanks to all those volunteers who helped – you are the club’s Christmas present to our members.

(And particular thanks to Gayle who dropped out of playing on the day to fill in for the expected help who was unexpectedly ill on the day! And also to Andrew Ikin for doing all sorts of unexpected tasks on the day - David.)