This is a busy time of the year for Peninsula Bridge Club (PBC) Membership renewals.
Many of our PBC Members have already renewed however there are some who have not yet paid their 2019 Annual Membership Fees.
You are invited to promptly renew your membership or maybe you know someone who needs a "gentle nudge" to renew.
Once in a while you will go down
But it's all in the game.
Partner will give you a frown
And do exactly the same.
You both raise a big smile
When you win by a mile
And realise it's all in the game.
Anonymous - but adapted from the original lyrics by Carl Rigman
Peninsula hosted one of the locations where the NSWBA Under 100MP Championsip was played (on Fri 30 Nov). 18 pairs, including some from Central Coast and North Shore Bridge Clubs, competed at our club in this event scored across the state.
After some technical issues at the state-wide scoring portal, the scoring is largely complete - you can check the currently recorded state scores.
Congratulations to our most successful pair, Maggie Gibbs and Paddy Purves, who were placed 29th across the state. The placings by the four sub-categories are not yet tabulated.
Members, delegation holders and other volunteers may be interested in the insurance cover the Club holds.
TBIB (Tony Bembrose Insurance Brokers) provides a full brokering service to the Australian Bridge Federation, State Associations, affiliated Clubs and members. Currently the ABF has arranged three main forms of insurance through TBIB and NSWBA affiliated bridge clubs such as Peninsula are automatically covered under these policies. See the ABF website http://www.abf.com.au/about-abf/insurances/ for full details.
A quick summary of these polices follows (taken from NSWBA Insight Issue 4):
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David Farmer
We hope you have an enjoyable Christmas break with family and friends.
For those that will miss - or are already missing - their regular bridge sessions we want to remind you of our sessions over the Christmas - New Year week:
How many will play on Christmas Eve?
The Sloman Cup completed in December with congratulations going to Jocelyn Bertram and Chris Duggin ahead of Ray Hurst and Hans van Weeren who were just ahead of Ray Bragge and Tom Wykoff.
The best eight scores from the ten sessions were aggregated, with up to three different substitutes allowed. Eleven pairs managed to meet these tight conditions.
This is a placeholder waiting for the official report, but unofficially 144 of us enjoyed a great day of bridge, food and fun. If you weren't there, you might wonder just what Sue Evershed is doing...
Check the Christmas Party photos, mostly be Len Evershed - thanks Len!
