As many people know, John and I met at the Gold Coast Congress eight years ago, so it's always somewhat of a sentimental journey for us, despite the fact that we haven't really distinguished ourselves in the past, although John, playing with his original team, had come second in the Restricted.
This time we played with Sue and Ken Moffitt, a really interesting couple who live in the Northern Territory. Sue has achieved local fame for writing a book called "Darwin in the Wet".We met them at the Darwin Congress last year, and, as we all got on well, decided to play together.
Peninsula were runners-up in the 2017 Margaret Smale Interclub Teams Challenge held at the club on Sunday 12 March. With 14 club points Peninsula was just beaten by Trumps on 16.5. See the full results below.
A stand-out success on a day with many for Peninsula was Peninsula's 8th team winning Category D. Heidi Colenbrander, Ray Hurst, Marieta Borthwick and Annegrete Kolding decisively won their category winning 5 points for the club.
Peninsula Bridge Club is going to revamp its website to make it more representative of the large and vibrant club that it represents.
This involves many aspects such as its design, structure, and functionality and of course the content it presents.
We'd love your help in reviewing what we have and what we want. If you have used our existing website or have used any other bridge club website, we want to capture your views of what works well and what doesn't. We have a simple form below to help capture your thoughts in a way we can use. Please give us your views - and submit a comment many times if you have thoughts on lots of pages!
39 pairs from clubs all over northern Sydney competed today for the News Local Northern Sydney Pairs trophy. The overall winners were Anne Morris and Noreen Grant. The runners up were Lyn Smith and Jocelyn Bertram. The best Peninsula pair were Maureen Cooksley and Beryl Dawson. A good time was held by all!
The Eldridge team with Ray Bragge, Ken Watson, Alan Davies and Vivien Eldridge were the overall winners in a very close match. The runners up were the Smith team with Lyn Smith, Cath Whiddon, David Grout and Yong White.
The winners of the 2014 Club Pairs competition are Ann Small and Cath Whiddon. Congratulations!! Second were Rica Osmo & Jacqueline Hayden.
The SMP club qualifier was won by Rachael and Maurice Loomes and in second place were Alan Davies and Vivien Eldridge. Well done to all! The club will sponsor the top 4 pairs to be sent to the final which will be held at the NSWBA on the 23rd and 24th of May.
There were 35 tables at the Peninsula Congress today directed by John McIlrath. The full results can be found in Peninsula Results. The best Peninsula team were Lynn Baker, Yvonne Perkins, Vona Hadfield and Erin Waterhouse. Peninsula came first and second in the novice section. Well done to all!
Many thanks to all who contributed to make this a great day especially Alan Davies who did most of the hard work, Rachael and Maurice who bought all the food and wine and everyone else who brought along snacks and cakes. Thanks also to John McIlrath for his fine directing.
