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Notices w/c 20 Feb 2023
- Interclub starts again on the 24th March. If you are wanting to enter a team please sign up on the notice board or alternatively let Madeleine know. Entries need to be confirmed by the 27th February.
- Our lessons started last week, and we have over 20 starters. Thanks to those who have helped promote them.
- Congratulations to the following Helen Poulsen who has gained her Certificate of Proficiency, Ria Janssen for becoming a Local Master and Margaret Carter for becoming a Club Master.
- Our first tournament for the year is our multigrade tournament on Sunday 26 February. Please sign up on the noticeboard.
We need helpers for one to two hours on the day and baking for the tournament. If you can help with this please add your name to the sheet on the notice table.
Notices w/c 13 Feb 2023
- Interclub starts again on the 24th March. If you are wanting to enter a team please sign up on the notice board or alternatively let Madeleine know. Entries need to be confirmed by the 27th February.
- Online bridge next Monday the 20th February is a one off session hosted by the Hutt Club. All grades are welcome.
- Saturday revision is on again this week start time is 10.30am.
- Our first tournament for the year is our multigrade tournament on Sunday 26 February. Please sign up on the noticeboard.
We need helpers and baking for the tournament. If you can help with this please add your name to the sheet on the notice table.
Notices w/c 06 Feb 2023
- Our bridge lessons start next week, we would still love to see more interest. Family and friends of our current members are our best bet - please encourage anyone you think may be interested to give it a try - and even accompany them to their first lesson! Help yourself to flyers on the table to assist you.
- Saturday revision is on again this week start time is 10.30am.
- Our first tournament for the year is our multigrade tournament on Sunday 26 February. Please sign up on the noticeboard.
We need helpers and baking for the tournament. If you can help with this please add your name to the sheet on the notice table.
Notices w/c 30 Jan 2023
- From this week Madeleine Askew is our interim manager. Madeleine will be in the office most mornings. The best time to reach her will be 10-11 each day on the office phone or by email. Our thanks to you Madeleine for helping the club out in this way.
- Twenty club members took part in the Queensgate bridge promotion on Saturday. Thanks to all who came and played, to Ian Pronk for lending us the furniture, and to Kathryn and Paul Badcock for organisation and set up. While quite a few passers-by expressed interest in our upcoming lessons, we still need more. Family and friends of our current members are our best bet - please encourage anyone you think may be interested to give it a try - and even accompany them to their first lesson! Help yourself to flyers on the table to assist you.
- Saturday revision starts again this Saturday 4th February start time 10.30am.
- Just a reminder the annual subscription for 2023 was due on 1 January. If you have yet to pay, please do so as soon as possible. If you need a copy of your invoice, please call or email Madeleine.
- Our first tournament for the year is our multigrade tournament on Sunday 26 February. Please sign up on the noticeboard.
Notices w/c 23 Jan 2023
- This week is Megan’s last week with us. She has done a stirling job for us as Manager over the past five years and we will miss her friendly face and sharp administration. Please take the chance to get in touch with Megan this week if you want to say a personal goodbye.
- Bridge Promo this coming Saturday 28 Jan at Queensgate from 10am to 5pm. Please drop in to say Hello and bring any friends or family - the chance to see Bridge Live! The stand will be near the Foodcourt, underneath the escalator. Thanks to all those who are helping with this promo.
- Congratulations to Elisa and John Mendzela who won the handicapped online Monday Summer Pairs series.
- Lessons flyers and posters are available on the notices table for you to take. Please share the flyers with your family and friends and take a poster if you know of a suitable notice board you can place it on.
- Just a reminder the annual subscription for 2023 was due on 1 January. If you have yet to pay, please do so as soon as possible. If you need a copy of your invoice, please call or email Megan.
- Our first tournament for the year is our multigrade tournament on Sunday 26 February. Please sign up on the noticeboard.
- The Hutt Bridge Club is still welcoming applicants for the role of Manager of our Club, a part-time role. For more detail, please see the ad which is on Trade Me until Sunday 29 January. If you know of someone you think we should approach, please email Lesley Haines on haines.wells@gmail.com. Thank you for your support.
Notices w/c 16 Jan 2023
- Congratulations to the following members who have received awards from NZ Bridge:
James Abel - Club Master
Mary Anne Mills - Certificate of Proficiency
Zsuzsanna Sinclair - Certificate of Proficiency
Shirley Ulusele - Certificate of Proficiency
Maureen Wagg - Certificate of Proficiency
Mike Ward - Certificate of Proficiency - Just a reminder the annual subscription for 2023 was due on 1 January. If you have yet to pay, please do so as soon as possible. If you need a copy of your invoice, please call or email Megan.
Notices w/c 9 Jan 2023
- Welcome back to bridge. We hope you had a good break and festive season and are ready to resume playing the game we all love.
- Just a reminder the annual subscription for 2023 was due on 1 January. If you have yet to pay, please do so as soon as possible. If you need a copy of your invoice, please call or email Megan.
Notices w/c 12 Dec 2022
- Queensgate Stand Saturday 28 January 10-5
Most of you will have heard that the Club is hosting a stand at Queensgate to promote bridge in our community and attract learners to our lessons. We need help from you - all you have to do is come and play bridge for a couple of hours at our demonstration table. Come single, as a pair or as a table. Just let Megan know when you are available, thanks.
And to playing committees: The Committee would much appreciate your help in finding four players for a table from your session for the stand. That way it’ll be about an hour and a half slot for each group at the demo. Thanks for your support! - Your programme books are on the table in the foyer. Also included is your 2023 subscription invoice and a flyer to help you promote our 2023 lessons. Please use these to talk to friends, family, neighbours and others and interest them in learning the world’s best card game. Also, please uplift and deliver books to people who live near you.
- To help fill in what will seem a long gap for some players, online bridge will be offered in December on Thursday 15th, Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 28th. These sessions will be like the casual Sunday night bridge, costing $5 by direct debit and starting at 7pm. The links will be on the club’s website.
Notices w/c 5 Dec 2022
- Congratulations to Peter & Dale McLeod for providing the best answer to Vil’s conundrum in Spring Finesse.
- Queensgate Stand Saturday 28 January 10-5
Most of you will have heard that the Club is hosting a stand at Queensgate to promote bridge in our community and attract learners to our lessons. We need help from you - all you have to do is come and play bridge for a couple of hours at our demonstration table. Come single, as a pair or as a table. Just let Megan know when you are available, thanks.
And to playing committees: The Committee would much appreciate your help in finding four players for a table from your session for the stand. That way it’ll be about an hour and a half slot for each group at the demo. Thanks for your support! - Your programme books are on the table in the foyer. Also included is your 2023 subscription invoice and a flyer to help you promote our 2023 lessons. Please use these to talk to friends, family, neighbours and others and interest them in learning the world’s best card game. Also, please uplift and deliver books to people who live near you.
- To help fill in what will seem a long gap for some players, online bridge will be offered in December on Thursday 15th, Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 28th. These sessions will be like the casual Sunday night bridge, costing $5 by direct debit and starting at 7pm. The links will be on the club’s website.
- The final Saturday Revision for 2022 is this Saturday 10 December at 10:30am in the playing room.
Notices w/c 28 Nov 2022
- At Interclub last Friday night, congratulations to four of our Intermediate teams captained by Elaine Richardson, Joan Finley, Kathryn Badcock and Neil Sargisson and Louise Clendon’s Novice team on their wins.
The final placings were:
3rd - Hutt 3 (Elaine Richardson)
8th - Hutt 1 (Neil Sargisson)
12th - Hutt 5 (Madeleine Askew)
14th - Hutt 4 (Kathryn Badcock)
18th - Hutt 2 (Joan Finley) - Junior/Novice: Hutt 2 captained by Phillip King were runners-up in the Junior championship final. Hutt 1 captained by Louise Clendon were 3rd in the Novice championship.
- Your programme books are on the table in the foyer. Also included is your 2023 subscription invoice and a flyer to help you promote our 2023 lessons. Please use these to talk to friends, family, neighbours and others and interest them in learning the world’s best card game.
- We are also running an all-day stand at Queensgate on Saturday 28 January, 10-5. We are looking for members to come along and play bridge for a couple of hours during this time. Our plan is to have a table playing, and two other helpers to chat to those interested. To staff those two-hour slots, we will need 20 people. You can make up a table, come as a pair, or come solo. Please let Megan know when you can help - morning, early afternoon, or late afternoon. We’d like to have our Queensgate roster sorted before the bridge year ends.
- December online holiday bridge is coming. More information to come.
- Saturday Revision is on this Saturday 3 December at 10:30am in the playing room.
