Peninsula Bridge Club Inc is a non-profit association, incorporated under the NSW Association Incorporations Act (2009) and Associations Incorporation Regulation (2016) which are administered by the NSW Department of Fair Trading. The Club's Constitution was updated by a Special General Meeting on 16 May 2018 to take into account the 2016 Regulations with two further amendments approved at the AGM on 29 September 2018 and further amendments approved at the AGM on 26 November 2022.
The club Teams Championship was held over three Thursdays in November and nine teams participated in an enjoyable event.
Congratulations to Alan Davies, Vivien Eldridge, Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies who won with John and Margaret Rogers, Lynn Baker and Chris Duggin not far behind.
We hope to run more Teams events in 2023.
Congratulations to Lyn Baker and Jim Stewart who came first in Division A of the Metro North Inter-Club Pairs.
Congratulations to Alan Davies, Vivien Eldridge, Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies who won the club Teams Championship.
Congratulations to Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies who, together with Colin Speller and Jodie Gudaitis from the Central Coast, won the 2022 State Novice and Restricted Teams in Wollongong. Also to John Simmonds, Sachiko Cathcart, Trish Berry and Sue Evershed who came fifth.
The Australia-Wide Restricted (U300) Pairs results are available here. Congratulations to Noleen Cregan and Suzanne Cole who placed FIRST with a score of 70.9%!
After 9 months, this closely fought competition concluded with Ian Hobbs and Roslyn Braund the joint winners (59.7%) ahead of Jane Cummings and Anne Moulston (58.5%) and Barbara and Liam Gavin (58.4%). Congratulations!
Although this was an individual competition, many players played as a pair throughout. The best 7 scores were counted.
Thankyou to Jen Ardill and Vicki Busteed for convening.
A successful Charity Day was held in the clubhouse on Wed 19th October.
We raised $3,120 to add to our Charity account which has $1,464 and will donate $4,500 (once the figures have been confirmed) to One Meal (Northern Beaches branch) who specialise in providing meals and other services directly to the needy and other humanitarian local support groups.
Thankyou to everyone who donated and helped and Rob Scott for organising.
You can see some photos here.
On Saturday Sept 3rd, Peninsula hosted a special event in honour of Charlie Mitchell.
Charlie Mitchell was a long term member of PBC, and he was well known for his excellent bridge skills well beyond our club. His contributions to our club were remarkable. He was a committee member, a director and chief director for many years.
Congratulations to the winners of the competition Brian Ody and Trevor Laughton. Lyn Smith and Jocelyn Bertram were the runners up.
Thank you to Sue Riley for directing.
After the game many players stayed back to enjoy a glass of wine and a chat with fellow PBC members.
The inaugural Sue Riley Shield was held on Saturday 27 August.
The winners were Lynn Smith and Jocelyn Bertram,closely followed by Brian Ody and Trevor Laughton. Congratulations!
Those who attended enjoyed wine and cheese after the event. Many members commented on how good it was to finally be able to compete and celebrate at the Club again.
Congratulations to John Simmonds, Sachiko Cathcart, Susan Eason and Simon Hunter who won the Teams event on 18th June. Sandy Carter and Nerida Gillies and two non-members came second just behind.
