On Wednesday, a short while into the session, Anne Small went to the front cupboard to get a file. She swiftly closed the door again and came over to me to say “ there’s a possum in the cupboard!”.
John Rogers was directing but was in the middle of setting up the movement so we decided to tell our vet professor, Terry Rothwell, and ask his advice. After he stopped laughing he said that nothing should be done until after everyone had left at the end of the session.
Forty-eight Peninsula players travelled across the seas on Sunday 4 November to defend our 2017 win in the Peninsula vs Peninsula Head-to-Head teams challenge against Brisbane Water Bridge Club.
Our valiant members were divided by our leader, Vivien Eldridge, into three groups - Novice, Restricted and Open - to battle against similar categories from the host club. Check the photos (thanks Heidi)!
The winners of the club pairs championship for 2015 are John Rogers and Margaret Partridge. Second were Faye Carnovale and Shirley Sheppard.
Unfortunately due to a scoring error Faye and Shirley were initially proclaimed the winners but this was corrected the same day.
It was good to see so many people participating this year.
The four week 2018 Jean Stebbins Trophy event finished on Monday 29 October with Patric Stark emerging as the overall winner. What is perhaps most remarkable is that Patric won while only playing three of the four possible weeks, thus not having the option to drop his worst score. Congratulations Patric!
The full results of eligible players were as follows:
Our Club has always planned for the future, to meet the needs of both current and future members.
One important aspect is the premises, and we hope to get an update from Council before the end of the year.
Another important aspect is continual renewal of our volunteer base. Our Club depends on volunteer help by our members in order to keep operating. Some of our volunteers have helped for decades and continue to do so.
Bringing in new helpers is essential, so that fresh energy and ideas can help the club to thrive. I invite all of you to think about helping the club, especially if you are one of our newer members.
There are strong rumours that Halloween will come to the Tuesday night session on 30 October.
Don't be afraid you'll miss out! Come along and enjoy it. And of course a good game of bridge as well. There are even volunteers offering to provide transport if you are unwilling to drive at night so close to Halloween.
This photo was from the Tuesday night session in 2017.
This is one of Peninsula’s prestige events so find a team and sign up at the club. This red point event is held over three weeks starting on Thursday 8 November and will be directed by Brian Soutter.
Check the event for full details and how to enter.
The strategy for Swiss teams is different to the normal matchpoint pairs we play at most of Peninsula's sessions. This is a good article about the different tactics.
The Tuesday night session brainstormed a number of ideas to generate more interest from other players in the session. After discussion, and restricted to where someone was prepared to do any coordinating work, the session decided (with the Committee's concurrence) to trial the following six initiatives. Hopefully one or more of these interest you - you would be very welcome to the session!
Offering transport to/from session - Offering transport to/from Tuesday (and other) night sessions for those not comfortable driving at night - see separate article.
Turning off the Bridgemate results display - Trial for a month (Tue night session only) to see if it has a good effect on timing and friendliness at the table.
