Hills Results for 23 June 2014

See the opening paragraph for Alexandrina results for the 18th .

No hand records for this day.

The results:

Better late than never.

Alexandrina Results for 18 June 2014

Sorry about the delays. The week starting 23 June was a bit full for Leicester G (actually they are all pretty full at the best of times), but we will see what we can do.

The 18th of June was the day we got so complacent with our processes at Alexandrina Contract Bridge Club that we mucked it up. Two tables played the wrong boards in Round 1 and as a penalty the eight players involved had the boards they should have played deleted and were docked one trick the second time they played a board.

Here's the result:

And the hand record:

In a Howell, it is each player's responsibility to ensure they are in the correct seat playing the correct boards. At least, that's the way this director wants it.

Hills Results for 16 June 2014

Results:

Hand record:

See you all next Monday.

Alexandrina Third Birthday Celebrations 11 June 2014

The following is expected to appear in the Southern Argus (but without the privacy considerations)

Members of Alexandrina Contract Bridge Club celebrated the club’s third birthday with lunch followed by the annual prize giving at the Hotel Victoria on Wednesday 11 June.

In welcoming members, the Club President, Beryl W, reminded them that the Club had first met to play Duplicate Contract Bridge on Wednesday 25 May 2011 in the CWA rooms in Sumter Street but soon moved to the current and larger venue of The Lutheran Church Hall.

The club continues to grow, drawing players from surrounding areas from Bridgewater to Murray Bridge to its relaxed and friendly but still competitive atmosphere. Beryl hoped that a proposed Wednesday evening session would provide a venue for local Bridge players who were unable to attend a day time session. She then invited the Club’s Play Director and Scorer to announce the various prize winners.

Play Director and Scorer, Norman B, noted that while the Club remained unaffiliated with the Australian Bridge Federation, about a quarter of Club members were registered ABF members who also played with affiliated clubs.

He reported that in the 50 playing days between 29 May 2013 and 28 May 2014 there had been 39 players forming 70 different partnerships. There were actually 14 regular partnerships all of which had won at least one weekly prize. Norman thanked those players who had regular partners at other clubs but were happy to play in ad hoc partnerships such as Rae Judd from Nairne who had played 19 times with 12 different partners to fill in for absent members.

For the Club Championship a partnership needed to have played at least 10 times to qualify and all weekly results were included in calculating an average weekly percentage.

Civic prizes went to Isabel G and Marie P for looking after afternoon tea.

The Partnership Attendance Prize was won by Ruth D and Malcolm T of Strathalbyn who played together 38 times and at least one of the partnership was present for every playing session.

 The Encouragement Prize winners for 2014 were Judy R of Strathalbyn and Beryl W of Nairne. The Best Weekly Winning Percentage (Regular Partnership) went to Jane M and Bill S of Strathalbyn and Best Weekly Winning Percentage (Ad Hoc Partnership) went to Marj E of Strathalbyn and John M of Mount Barker. Second Place in the Club Championship went to Ron and Lesley B of Mount Barker.

Club Champions and Winners of the Margret W Cup were Beryl L and Fran G of Murray Bridge. They join previous winners Ron and Lesley B in 2012 and Margret W and Norman B of Strathalbyn in 2013. In accepting the Cup, Fran thanked everyone, expressed her surprise at the win saying it was the first trophy she had ever won and thanked her partner for the all bidding tutorials they had on the drives back to Murray Bridge. Beryl agreed with Fran’s sentiments and both expressed their pleasure in playing at the Club. 

Following the presentation, the Club played their regular weekly competition in the Hotel Victoria Conference Room and it will count in the 2015 Championship.

 

Club President Beryl W (left) presents prizes and Trophy to 2014 Club Champions Fran G and Beryl L (right) while Club Founding Patron Margret W looks on.

Full Club Championship Results:

 Post Presentation Play results:

And the hand record:

See you all next year! 

Alexandrina Results for 4 June 2014

Last week's results had a weird date in the heading which I missed. As soon as I have worked out a way fixing that without having to re-enter all the data, I will post a corrected version.

This week the date is correct. Results:

And the hand record:

Next week we celebrate our Third Birthday with free lunch at the Victoria followed by 2013-2014 Prize Giving then Bridge at the Victoria. Be there at noon or be square. Or on holidays if you must.

Mount Barker Results for 2 June 2014

Reminder: No Bridge for the Public Holiday (Queen's Birthday) next week.

Results:

And the hand record:

See you in 2 weeks.