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.
Mike and Colin had the unenviable task of repairing the men's urinal --
even we ladies thank-you!
Gillian has painstakingly up-dated the club inventory and also composed
an excellent application to the Noosa Council for a grant to paint
the inside of the club.
This was rejected and as the walls still look reasonably clean we
will defer the decision.
Some of the members would like to see all the painting removed from
the walls and they be left bare or decorated with harmonious works.
This movement was voted 4 for and 4 against, so no action will be taken.
The committee has voted to install a system air-conditioner
in the kitchen and this will be done after February when the switchboard is
up-graded to take the higher current load.
The dish-washer has been raised with a sigh
of relief and is much easier to load.
Colin has fixed the leaking problem, and if your cup is not clean,
place it in the bucket of condensed detergent on the sink for a
while but do use gloves as it is potent.
What would we do without you Colin!
We have bought extra white mugs and the private ones are
now on the side wall shelf.
The gutters will be cleaned every 2 months as we have so many treasured trees
The microphones are being assessed as 2 speakers are not working,
and a new mobile mike has been ordered.
We requested the Council to erect signs for our club on the Wallace Park Rd
and on our foot-path as it is difficult to find by day or night by visitors.
Negotiations are continuing
Please refrain from eating at the tables as the cards become sticky from fruit
and hands. Even biscuits drop crumbs.
A blonde declarer took a card from her hand and then returned it to her
hand.
One opposition player said testily " I saw that card and therefore you must play it. "
Declarer: " I WILL PLAY IT, BUT DO I HAVE TO PLAY IT NOW ?"
Defender: " YES YOU DO "
THE RULES SAY:
DECLARER DOES NOT HAVE TO PLAY A CARD UNLESS IT IS IN THE PLAY
POSITION ON THE TABLE
A DEFENDER DOES NOT HAVE TO PLAY THE CARD UNLESS HIS/HER PARTNER
SEES IT OR IT IS TABLED.
DUMMY: THE CARD MUST BE PLAYED IF IT HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY TOUCHED BY
THE DECLARER UNELESS THAT IS TO REARRANGE THE CARDS OR REACH A CARD NEAR IT.
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,
Click on "Bridge Links" from the left hand menu -
Click on "ABF Masterpoint Center" from the subsequent new web-page -
Click on "View Masterpoints on-line" (middle of left-hand column)
Enter your surname and/or ABF number etc. and go from there.
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.