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Noosa Bridge Club News
January 2008


A very warm welcome to the latest new members of the Club :-

HOME CLUB MEMBERS

NON-HOME CLUB MEMBERS

Please make them feel welcome.

We wish all our members and their families a healthy, prosperous and joyous New Year.   Already we are off to a great start, having had 360 players here last week.   Despite the heavenly deluge, we are the fortunate few who had such a rewarding cerebral alternative to staring at the walls! Noosa has figured highly in these awards which recognize the players with the highest points for the year in each Masterpoint rank in Queensland. Five of our members starred---

Congratulations to all of the above for their excellent achievement! These start in February, on:
    Monday 4th and
    Wednesday 6th
    from 9.15am to 11.15am.
Please encourage friends to join our happy group and have the satisfaction that we enjoy.
PHONE
BEV SALTER -- 5474-4630
DAVID HENDERSON -- 5448-3212
A club runs smoothly on the generosity of its members so the Committee appeals to all to make an effort to help with the various functions during the year. Our first call is for volunteers to form a Congress Committee to organize our three congresses in 2008.   We have a blueprint of the tasks and it is not difficult, as the lunches are wonderfully provided by the Caloundra Meals on Wheels and members supply cakes etc .   The Convenor need only ring the necessary caterers, put up lists for donated food, and supervise on the day.
Please offer your help to one of the Committee members.

As we need more help in the kitchen for the congresses, the committee has agreed to pay someone from 9am to 2 pm on the 4 congress days if necessary. Please advise a committee member if you know of a suitable person. The daily session clean up does not seem to be working with the director's call for 2 volunteers.   There are many able bodied members who could help, so please remember to take a turn. Muriel and a few others are still selflessly doing too much of the work. This book exists near the microphone and also functions as a complaints book.   It features on the agenda at monthly committee management meetings.

There is also an Incident Book which advises the committee of details of reportable incidents e.g: Slips or injuries on the premises.

All suggestions are welcome. As there is often a waiting time for these, we may improve efficiency when there is more than one movement if a player from the other section copies the opposite record in free time. Check with the director.

Also, the volunteer dealers often copy hand records if they are here during a session. Peter Busch has offered to upgrade and maintain our website and add many innovations.

Since it's inception, David Henderson has generously and efficiently updated it.   We thank David heartily for his time and effort. Please refrain from eating at the tables as the cards become sticky from fruit and hands. Even biscuits drop crumbs.
THE RULES SAY:
PLEASE CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR ALL PROBLEMS AT THE TABLE --- DON'T TAKE THE WORD OF THE OPPONENT Want to know your current masterpoint status?  Go into www.qldbridge.com,

Interested in recent results?  From the same site, go to 2007/8 results.
These are usually updated within 24 hours of the end of an event.