Newsletter - 27 October 2023
In our newsletter this week...
- President's Message
- Governance
- Discounted Summer Festival entries for Novices
- Library Donations
- Upcoming Sessions and Events
- Melbourne Cup
- Beauchamp Visit
- Results
- Lost Properties
- Ian Morison
President's Message
This week’s message is full of thank yous.
Firstly, to the team of hard workers who spent last Saturday morning slaving away both inside and out, cleaning bidding boxes and bridgemates, tidying notice boards, removing piles of dead litter and weeding the gardens, painting the pavement, clearing cupboards and generally making the club building feel loved. Their names appear below:
Nick Vonthethoff, Allen and Susan Scerri, Janet and Peter Kahler, Jennifer and Brett Yeats, Mark Wood, Tim Mather, Irma Ficarra, Mary Tough, Steve Kyburz, Liam Minogue, Lisa Bradley, Barbara Bialowas, Elizabeth Yoo, Sylvia Corby and Peter Hughes.
Also, a big thank you to all members who have taken the trouble to advise the renovation committee of their thoughts regarding possible improvements to the building which could be considered by the committee. The results of their consultations will be revealed in due course.
I heard a story the other day of a player falling asleep at the RealBridge table. They could not be woken so someone else was telephoned to play in their place. One of the more important unwritten rules of bridge alongside trust your partner, and don’t rescue your partner, is “don’t fall asleep”!
Tim Mather
WB Volunteers photo:
(Nick V. and Brett Y.)
A Word on Governance
The Committee minutes from 19 September 2023 are available through the link below or on the noticeboard.
Books For Our Library
The club would like to receive donations of recently published paperbacks, especially books that have large print.
The most popular genres are murder mysteries, romances and family sagas.
Summer Festival of Bridge Discounted Novice Events
Canberra Bridge Club members with less than 100 MPs will have the opportunity to enter the Summer Festival Novice events below at a discounted rate of 50%.
This deal is on a "First In First Serve" basis so if you are interested please enter as soon as possible; all entries should be in before 20 November
- Novice Pairs: 10/01/2024 and 11/01/2024
- Novice Teams (4-6 players): 12/01/2024
The fee for both events is $130 (discounted from $260). Use the Online ENtry Form or email the office.
Upcoming Sessions and Events
Melbourne Cup
Get ready - it's "The Race that Stops a Nation"
Lock it in, Tuesday 7 November 2023. The afternoon bridge session will include Melbourne Cup fun.
We will have $5 and $2 sweeps on arrival, so remember to bring some small change.
The Club will supply refreshments - bubbly, juice and light nibbles. Director Bruce will adopt a session that allows us to stop, have a drink in hand and watch the race. Some more interesting bridge will follow.
Dress in style (or not). There will be a prize for the best hat or fascinator announced at the end of the session.
Beauchamp Visit
A group of Sydney Bridge Players (about 40) are coming to Canberra for a bridge holiday.
On the Tuesday afternoon (31 October) and Thursday morning (2 November) some of them will join the regular daytime session at the clubroom.
This is an opportunity for our members to meet a friendly group of interstate visitors of similar standard and enjoy bridge comaraderie.
This will not affect our usual sessions other than increasing the numbers of players at the club.
The club looks forward to hosting them.
Results
Congratulations to all of our members who did well in the Sydney Spring Nationals.
Winner of the Bobby Evans Seniors Team: Richard Brightling - David Hoffman - Ian Robinson - Neil Ewart
Semi Finalists of the Bobby Evans Seniors Team: Andrew Braithwaite - Arjuna De Livera - Ron Klinger - Ian Thomson
Reminder
Please don't forget to put in your ABF number as reference when making CBC payments. We will always strive to find the right depositor but it does make our jobs much easier!
Supervised Lessons
These happen on Wednesdays from 7pm, or Fridays from 9.30am.
- 1/3 Nov: Responses to NT & Stayman
- 8/10 Nov: Transfers - majors
- 15/17 Nov: Rule of 20 and rule of 15
- 22/24 Nov: Pre-emptive openings
- 29 Nov/1 Dec: Weak 2 openings
- 6/8 Dec: Strong 2C opening
- 13/15 Dec: Slam bidding, Blackwood.
Saturday Afternoon 1pm Face-to-Face Rrial
The Committee has decided to extend the trial of Saturday afternoon face-to-face bridge. The trial held in August and September attracted some interest, and pleasingly did not detract from the concurrent RealBridge session. Due to Canberra in Bloom and a Will Jenner-O’Shea lesson on 14 October, the trial will restart on 21 October and run on 28 October, 4 November and 11 November.
Interested in Becoming a Bridge Director?
Or just want to improve your knowledge of the rules? In either case, Sebastian Yuen is an international director who will transport you to new levels of knowledge and learning.
Saturday/Sunday 18 & 19 November - for aspiring new or in-training directors.
Lost Properties - Will Be Donated by 4 November!
You might have noticed that we've put out a table near the upstairs kitchen with some properties left behind in the clubroom by our members.
There are numerous umbrellas, reading glasses, water bottles and jumpers looking for their rightful owners. Please have a look to see if you can find something that belongs to you. All lost properties will be taken to the ops shop by November.
Ian Morison
If you would like to read Ian's article please press the link below
Lighter Moments
- Why don’t people like jokes about Friday? They’re week
- Why is Friday a happy day? Because the next day is a sadder day
- What did the lazy person do the day after Friday? Sat
- When will a priest laugh at your Friday joke? When it’s a Good Friday joke
Be kind in all things
Elizabeth (for Elizabeth and Amik)
