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• Dougal Watson and Ian Possenniskie won the afternoon session and came 4th overall at the Karori Intermediate Tournament on 22 July.
• Our Hutt Intermediate Tournament is on Sunday 12 August. Details here. Baking for the day would be appreciated. Please write your sweet or savoury offering on the ‘notices table’ sheet.
• A bridge afternoon is being held on Wednesday 1 August to support the Te Omanga Hospice appeal (details here). You are welcome to put your names down for this worthy fundraiser. Raffles are also available for purchase.

• Congratulations to Russell Dive and his partner who recently won the South Island Bridge Pairs.
• Our Hutt Intermediate Tournament is on Sunday 12 August. Details here.
• Congratulations to winners from last week:
  
  Monday:
     N/S Pamela Johnson & John Ansell
     E/W Tegan Bennik & Elizabeth Schuck
  
  Tuesday:
     N/S Ken Barnett & Madeleine Askew
     E/W Simon Webber & Jill Marsden
  
  Wednesday:
     N/S Merilyn McLaughlin & Jane McDougall
     E/W Mark Noble & Daphne Williams
  
  Thursday:

• Our Hutt Intermediate Tournament is on Sunday 12 August. Details here.
• Thursday night Swiss Pairs starts 19 July. Sign up to play.
• Congratulations to winners from last week:
  
  Monday:
     N/S Lorna Goldingham & Eileen Dick
     E/W Linda Canton & Shirley Williams
  
  Tuesday:
     N/S Janice Butterfield & Stella Edwards
     E/W Wendy Cooper & Kevin Duggan
  
  Wednesday:
     Midwinter Social Mix’n’Mingle evening – no results
  
  Thursday:
     N/S Paul Badcock & Madeleine Askew
     E/W Vil Gravis & Nelson Procter

• Due to popular demand Alan Grant is running Part 1 of the Improver's course on Saturday 28th July at Wellington Bridge Club. Details here. Sign-up sheet on wall or please contact Megan.
• Thursday night Swiss Pairs starts 19 July. Sign up to play.
• Congratulations to winners from last week:
  
  Monday:
     N/S Josephine Mills & Margaret Smith
     E/W Kathy Graves & Kevin Bateman
  
  Tuesday:
     N/S Robin Hill & Mary Rundle
     E/W Simon Webber & Jill Marsden
  

• Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with Interclub on Friday night and cleaning up the rooms at the end of play. Congratulations to Intermediate 3 & 4 (Jill Marsden & Jill Herman) and Junior 1 & 2 (Andeana Pilalis & Joan Finley) who all had wins.
• Thursday night Swiss Pairs starts 19 July. Sign up to play.
• Congratulations to winners from last week:
  
  Monday:
     N/S Josephine Mills & Margaret Smith
     E/W Jocelyn Hendry & John Ansell
  
  Tuesday:
     N/S Nelson Procter & David Wiseman
     E/W John Donbavand & Marian Loader
  
  Wednesday:
     1st Joan Norman & Doug O’Halloran

Hutt Bridge Club strongly supports the initiative of raising funds for the rebuild of Te Omanga Hospice and therefore would like to invite all players to participate in this noble event!

This fundraiser is part of the ‘Days of Care’ Programme which gives you the opportunity to make an extremely positive contribution to the life of a special person at a difficult time. Our goal is to raise $1,500 from this afternoon to provide a Day of Care at Te Omanga Hospice.

• When?
  

• The office will be closed this Friday 22nd June.
• Interclub at Hutt this Friday 22nd June.
• Have you bought your Entertainment book yet? See Megan for more details or click here.
• Congratulations to winners from last week:
  
  Monday:
     N/S Josephine Mills & Margaret Smith
     E/W Simon Grant & Kevin Bateman
  
  Tuesday:
     N/S John Ansell & Kum
     E/W August Dubois & Ria Janssen
  
  Wednesday:
     1st Andeana Pilalis & Dougal Watson

Young Guns getting ready to take down the "older" teams!

WOW! Approximately 90 people fronted up on Friday night for the Hutt Bridge Club Quiz! It was a night of fun and laughter and mental stimulation!

A huge thank you goes to our members, family and friends for attending the evening as well as a big thank you to those who donated an amazing array of prizes! Special thanks to AJ who acted as a Quiz Master:

• Recent Hutt successes:
  Congratulations to Maciej Szczesny and Andeana Pilalis who came second in the Karori Junior tournament held on Sunday 10 June.
  
• Quiz night was extremely successful with around 90 people attending! Special thanks to AJ for running this fundraiser, the volunteers who made it such a successful night and to the membership for donating prizes.
• Interclub at Hutt on Friday 22nd June.

• Hutt successes over the last week:
  Congratulations to Heather Jared and Gary Duncan who won the main pairs event at the Hawkes Bay Congress over the long weekend.
• Quiz night is on Friday 8 June. There is still room for more teams so sign up now! We do need more prizes – donations of wine, chocolates and goodies would be much appreciated. These can be left in the box in the foyer. Please support this fundraiser. It is going to be a fun night!
• Congratulations to winners from last week:
  
  Monday:
     N/S Gerry Williams & Eileen Dick
     E/W Shirley Wiseman & Wendy Cooper
  
  Tuesday: