On Friday night  the 10th November, 20 of us took part in the national LoveBlock tournament. Sally Shaw and Christine Wood took out the top mixed grade and came 5th out of 890 which is an amazing result. It follows Sue Gordon and Gerda Corporaal winning the top junior prize last year and coming third overall out of 846 pairs. We hope more of you will join us next year.

We had a very successful Melbourne Cup with 12 tables; we raised $715 for the SPCA. Thanks to everyone for making the day a success

The Loveblock tournament Friday night at 7pm is on! We have managed to gather the required 4 tables but there is plenty of room for more of you to join the fun so grab a partner and come along. $10 tournament fee-after play, you get a nicely bound book with all the hands and the possible/best contracts to study over your summer holidays.  Be seated at 6.45 pm as usual.

It’s time to polish off your best outfit and prepare your hat for the running of the Melbourne Cup tournament. Prizes to the best dressed male/female and the best homemade hat. Arrive Tuesday after 12.14pm with your food ready for shared lunch, raffle, sweepstake, play and then the running of the cup. Entry fee $10-all proceeds to the SPCA.

Next Monday the Opotiki and Kawerau clubs have been invited to play at our club. This returns their hosting of our club earlier this year and those of you who attended one/both of these evenings are aware of what a high standard they set with the beautiful suppers provided.

Please join us for a fun night with our bridge neighbours and bring along a contribution for supper. 🍰

Congratulations to :

• Derek Moores and Eric Burnie along with their partners who performed exceptionally well in the NZ Intermediate Teams’ competition at Congress and placed third.
• Bobbi and Ian Drysdale who won the Bay Pairs-outstanding result!

Our Spring Fling tournament will be on Sunday September 24 starting with shared lunch at 12 and play getting underway at 1pm. This is a fun day😎 We are extending an invitation to Kawerau and Opotiki to join in the fun.

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Our AGM is on Sunday 17 September at 2pm-notice attached. On the whiteboard is a list of nominations for positions on the committee. Some of our committee members have been on for a number of years and are standing down so we need some fresh faces on the committee; this involves one meeting a month after play on the 2nd Friday of the month. We would love you to join us

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Next Tuesday 5 September we have been invited for our annual visit to play at the Kawerau Bridge Club. They put on a wonderful supper and are great hosts. There is a list on the whiteboard for those wanting to go to Kawerau-this helps with carpooling too. Kawerau needs to know numbers by next Monday so they can deal the boards. Play is at Mountain View Rest Home 192 River Road, Kawerau. Play begins at 7 so we’ll need to get away soon after 6 in order to be seated at 6.45 pm.