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A Comedy of Errors

Setting the Scene:

The last night of the Barbara Minogue teams.  8 teams playing and the winners names will be put on the board for all to read.  No pressure then.

The Problem:

Computers are wonderful things, aren't they?  When they work well they are terrific. When monkeys in control they can go awry.  That's what happened last night. This monkey (Cherie Barton) couldn't get the bridgemates working.  I called in reinforcements (Dallas Dagg) and she managed to get the first session working.  Neither of us could get the final session to read.  We tried and tried and eventually gave up.

The Solution:

All is not lost. The players recorded their results on paper in a very old school way.  Fortunately, all present knew how to work a pen and paper and did a magnificent job of it too. ( Click "Read more" below )

Hamilton Restricted Results by Grade

It's proving difficult to get the graded results from Sunday's Restricted Tournament displayed
on our Web site. Space limitations preclude the complete list being displayed here so in the
interim these are the top three place getters in each grading with the full list of results
for the Hamilton Restricted being found here
        Junior / Junior
   46   Pip Gresson & Jenny Henley                    1366   93.82           
   50   Deane Hogg & Brenda Hogg                      1241   85.23            
   52   Carrol Willoughby & Mark Hodges               1239   85.10           

        Intermediate / Junior
   28   Lois Jones & Phil Thompson                    1511  103.77            
   38   Melva Johnstone & Lucy Harper                 1421   97.59        
   42   Lorane Ardern & Marlene Morey                 1405   96.50         

        Intermediate / Intermediate
    5=  Brian Sullivan & Brian Gallaher               1653  113.53        
    5=  David Edson & Catherine Cameron               1653  113.53          
   29   Sally Whitaker & Anne Williamson              1505  103.37         

        Open / Junior
    3   Laurie Belfield & Malcolm Kirkby              1709  117.37         
    4   Charlotte Jager & Anna Kalma                  1673  114.90           
    7   Liz Fisher & Leanne Curry                     1620  111.27         

        Open / Intermediate
    1   Sam Armstrong & Tim Healy                     1715  117.79           
    2   Duncan White & Yuzhong Chen                   1710  117.44         
    8   Mereana Cullen & Barry Jones                  1608  110.44

Amended MONDAY start times

Monday night commences at 7pm from next Monday - 3 April
This will be the norm for Monday evenings during the months when daylight saving is not active - April thru September.

7.30pm start time - up to and including March 27

7.00pm start time - April 3 until 18 September ( 30 minutes earlier )

7.30pm start time - 25 September on.......

The third and final round of the Charles Holland Goodwin Pairs will be decided here on Friday morning. Bridge can't can't get any closer than this - there is only 0.26% between the leaders Blair and Liz Fisher and Lindsay Reid and Ian Clayton in a big field of players. The current ladder can be found here

It's also exciting to see that that Liz and Michael Kelly have a handy lead in the Handicap event going into this Friday.

Most members know that the Club awards vouchers for Bridge Sessions. However did you know you can purchase table vouchers in advance ? Think how convenient it would be not having to find small change each time you play bridge, and it also makes life easier for the directors and our secretary

There are several ways of purchasing the vouchers:

•   Ask your director - they have a limited number of voucher packs - 5 vouchers for $15 available for purchase

•   Email the secretary with your details ( name & bridge number ) and then pay by internet banking with your Bridge Number & code ‘Vouchers’ in the Banking Application "free entry" fields

•   Via the director with an envelope containing your details and a cheque or cash at any bridge session ( as our secretary is part time allow for this in the delivery time )

•   See Yvonne in the office ( see programme book for office hours )