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When last year's committee decided to include a Concession renewal category it was intended to be for only those on Full Commonwealth Pensions and it was anticipated that the take up would be modest. The inability to simply discriminate between Full and Part Commonwealth Pension entitlements has been one factor in a much larger than expected take up of this Concession.
At the same time our preliminary discussions with the Northern Beaches Council have suggested that we will need to contribute financially in order to secure a lease on any adequate premises when our current lease expires in three years. This puts additional priority to building up our retained surpluses.
As a consequence of both these factors, the Committee decided on 22 January to withdraw the Concession membership category immediately for new members and from 31 January for renewing members. We trust members will appreciate our reconsideration of this decision, which was not taken lightly.
Peninsula had great success at the ABF Summer Festival of Bridge in the Novice category.
In particular Marieta Borthwick and Annegrete Kolding had two great triumphs:
- They partnered with South Coast pair Louise and Michael Brassil to win the Novice Teams event, and
- They were runners-up in the Novice Swiss Pairs.
Heidi Colenbrander, Susan Jensen, Ray Hurst and Sandie Rooke also had a great event, being runners-up in the Novice Teams event.
Our open players had some success at the ABF Summer Festival in Canberra.
David Farmer and Cath Whiddon were runners-up in the one-day open Penline Swiss Pairs.
They followed this with eighth place in the two-day Chris Diment Matchpoint Swiss Pairs event. (Performance in their other event was not so newsworthy...)
Many of our volunteers need a way of transferring files to the club's computers for printing or storage at the club. Here are the easiest ways to do this:
- Use a USB Flash Drive - Do a virus scan, copy the files to the USB flash drive, take it to the club, insert it in a computer there, and copy or print the file from the USB flash drive.
- Email the file to yourself - Then when you go to the club, access your own email via a browser on a club computer and copy or print the file. You will need your email address and password to access your email at the club computer and check that you are NOT storing your password on that computer.
- Use a shared Peninsula Bridge Club Google Drive folder - If you also want to store files for use by others, then this is probably a good long term approach. It will allow you to permanently store the relevant files in a folder that others, and you from a club computer, can access. Contact David Farmer for instructions and the login details.
We're having a Mix-up, Meet and Greet pairs event on Saturday 3 February. Come and get to know others from across the club! Check the event details and find out how to enter.
The emphasis is on fun and getting to know new people.
And there will be post game wine and cheese and prizes - invite your life partner along for this!
A number of Peninsula players featured in the Australian Bridge Federation 2017 McCutcheon tables. These show the players who accumulated the most masterpoints in their masterpoint category over the year.
Major highlights were Peter Clarke being runner-up in the National category accumulating 106.12MP over 2017 and Hans van Weeren winning the State with one star category with a massive 149.30MP. Congratulations to Hans and Peter.
Also evident based on a quick scan of the full results were:
Peggy Fisher won the First Wednesday <10MP year long competition run for the second time over 2017. Neville Wells was the runner-up.
This was an individual competition that allowed eligible players to play with the same or a range of eligible partners over the year - their best percentage scores were added.
This competition continues in 2018 on the first Wednesdays of March through November. The best 7 scores will be counted. This complements the regular Wednesday Rookie section (restricted to those with less than 10MP).
For those that have not yet scrutinised their 2018 diaries closely we highlight our four year long competitions - so that you can join one that suits. Check the details are in your diary - including in the Special Events section at the back of the diary, but in brief:
- Padman Trophy - first Tue Nights from Feb to Dec (2nd in Nov) - open - 2017 winners David Farmer / Cath Whiddon - convener John Rogers
- First Wednesday Rookie Individual - first Wed from Mar to Nov - <10MP (as at 1 Jan) - 2017 winner Peggy Fisher - convener John Rogers
- Sloman Cup - first Thu from Mar to Dec - open - 2017 winners Alan Davies / Vivien Eldridge - convener Alan Davies
- First Friday Rookie Individual - first Fri from Mar to Nov - <20MP (as at 1 Jan) - 2017 (when it was <50MP) winner Sue Evershed - convener David Farmer
This is in addition to the ten great individual, pairs and teams competitions played over a number of weeks within a particular month - see the diary for details and plan the ones that suit.
