Well done to the winners of our recent Winter Pairs event, Alison McGregor & Ray Peirce (pictured), who snatched victory with 180 matchpoints from 2nd place-getters , Les Marks & Norma Bousfield (on 179 matchpoints). In 3rd place were Sally Stockwell and Lorrie Snodgrass (on 176 matchpoints). In the Consolation section, congratulations to N/S winners Tom Siminski & Teresa Siminska, and E/W winners Judy Scott & Pam Lawrence.

After a gruelling 2-week battle, congratulations go to the winners of our 2019 Swiss teams event (with 4 wins, 1 draw & 1 loss): Don & Judy Scown, and Wayne & Fran Carroll (pictured). With 5 wins, 1 draw and no losses, special mention goes to 2nd place-getters: Les Marks, Norma Bousfield, Lorraine Adams & Barbara Williams. Well done again to all who competed!

Congratulations to our recently promoted members: Allison Maberly-Smith (Graduate Master), Eddie Hancock (Club Master), Barbara Watt (Local Master), Valda Bowd (*Local Master), Ann Kynaston (State Master), Barbara Williams (*National Master) and Jacqui Jennings (Life Master)! Also, congratulations to our club’s top 50 most improved players (as at 31 July 2019).

Yes, it’s that time of year where we gear up for one of our largest events—and if you missed the correction slip in our printed diaries, it’s only 4 weeks away in September (not October!). Entries (link) are open now. Please enter your pairs for Saturday and teams for Sunday soon. For more information, check out the brochure (link) — also available at the club.

Congratulations to Fran & Wayne Carroll (65%) on their 17th place out of over 460 competitors in this event! Special mention also goes to Ann Kynaston & Bronwyn Boehm (59%) at 62nd and Les Marks & Pamela Lawrence (58%) at 67th. Yet again our club punches above its weight! See link below for full results.

Congratulations to the winners of our 3-week club pairs event, Megan Grant and Barbara Williams (pictured) who racked up 133 total points with 7 wins, a draw and one loss. In 2nd place were Fran & Wayne Carroll (118 points, 7 wins and 2 draws) and 3rd were Judy Scott & Lance Coffey (112 points, 5 wins, a draw and 3 losses). Thanks again go to the organisers and directors of this popular and hard-fought event!

Congratulations to Gloria Devine (pictured) who won this year's Greg Simpson Memorial Trophy! This trophy is awarded to the best scoring player competing over two rounds with different partners—for members with less than 100 Masterpoints (MPs). Well done also to John McCracken who came second. This was the last year of this event in this form — from 2020, a separate section for players with less than 100 MPs will be incorporated into the Memorial Day Pairs Championship (also played over 2 days)....

Congratulations to our recently promoted members: Pam Wallingford to Regional; Pat Maunsell to **Local; and Phyll Daniel to Graduate! Also, congratulations to our club’s top 50 most improved players (as at 31 May 2019).

Many of our members venture beyond the comfort of our club to compete in congresses in NSW and interstate. And they do very well – often punching above our weight! The linked list shows six of our members — two in Intermediate & four in Restricted — on the NSW Bridge Association (NSWBA) list of leading NSW Congress Players in 2019 (as at the end of May).

Our club sent 6 teams to the regional 2019 Country Teams competition in Port Macquarie on Sunday 2 June and yet again, our members did our club proud! Congratulations to Henry Hudson, Bronwyn Boehm, Carmel Pike & Ann Kynaston (pictured) on their hard-fought win and also to 2nd place-getters Maretta Callow, Sue Eishauer, Alison McGregor & Gail Gorman who had the most wins of the field. (results) We wish them luck in the Zone Finals at the end of the month!