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The Kairangi Bridge Club News Update – April 2010
WE WON, WE WON.
There was a group of ecstatic members when they realised they had achieved an outstanding result –
Kairangi 57% and Kapi Mana 43% overall.
There were 16 pairs entered from Kairangi, and well done to all of you, especially Glen and Ann Ballantyne with their top score – 69.68%. And, interestingly Kairangi pairs filled the top six places.
A big thank you to Shirley Binks, and Kitty O’Shea’s Irish Bar for support and a very generous donation towards the Intermediate Tournament, held 28 February.
Online Diary of Events and Room Use
On the Club website - find ‘what’s on’. The Web: www.contractbridge.net/kairangi, then ‘News’.
Lessons
A good number are attending these ‘beginners’ lessons run again by Lorraine and her team of willing helpers. If you know of anyone who has played previously and is interested in brushing up playing skills, it is not too late to join in. Pass their name and details to Lorraine Sutich Tel 388 3472.
Interclub Teams - 1st Round Friday, 26 March. A great start for the Junior and Novice teams who both had good wins, particularly the Novice team who scored the maximum VP’s. Unfortunately the Open team and both Intermediates did not fare so well. Better luck next time. The next round will be played Friday 23 April. Always check the notice board, or call Rosa 389-8514.
Thought: Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
Wednesday Bridge – Starting 14 April
Are you interested in joining this group? All are very welcome. Ring Rosalie Linklater Tel. 389-8945.
Junior Tournament – 11 April
This will be held at the Club on the Sunday after Easter. Make up a partnership and enter as we would like to see as many as possible from Kairangi. Form on the notice board.
Let’s all tuck in our chairs, empty the bins and tidy the table tops. Thanks in advance for your efforts.
From December to present time we have a couple of great scores – congratulations to:
Dale Joy/Owen Gebbie, Fri 4 Dec – 73.21%
Deidre Forde/Ann Buckley (Visitor)
Mon 8 March – 74.84%
Congress? How it is Defined
Have you ever wondered how and why we call some bridge events a ‘congress’.
A ‘congress’ is determined when any bridge contest or series of tournaments is conducted over at least 2 days and in addition to an ‘open’ grade tournament, there is at least one other tournament for lower grades such as a multigrade or intermediate.
The Very Special Birthday Girl
Hosted by Freda’s family at the Club rooms after Bridge, Friday 19 March – she was just a mere ‘94’.
Freda is our oldest playing member and has been associated with the Club for many years. She joined shortly after the Club was started and after a period living in the Hawkes Bay rejoined when she returned to Wellington.
Please, please don’t be afraid of the biro pen(s) hanging on the notice board – these are special and don’t bite. If you wish to enter a tournament or buy a discount book, etc. write or print your name(s). This would be very helpful.
Bridge and food. It’s time again for that day great out; and it is only next month. Starting
around 9.30am with tea/coffee, a grand lunch prepared by Willie Wong, with drinks and nibbles at the end of play. Entry is $25 and this year the Eastern Suburb Lions are raising money for ‘Camp Quality’ for children
with cancer.
There will be raffles galore so come along for this enjoyable day
The Committee are looking for someone to attend to the Club admin duties. If you are interested please call Tony 388 3472. Register your interest by 12 April.
DIRECTORS CORNER - APRIL 2010
REVOKE
A revoke is a fairly common occurrence, (and also very frustrating for both the revoking player and partner, as most of us are aware).
The usual revoke is not following suit when able; but a revoke is also the failure to lead or play, when able, a card or suit required by the Laws.
The 2007 Laws brought about substantial changes to the rectification of a revoke, and for the director the application of the revoke law is now much simpler.
If the revoke card did not win the trick, then only one trick is transferred.
If the revoke card did win the trick, then two tricks are transferred.
Keep in mind that only tricks won from the revoke trick onwards can be transferred.
Even if the revoke would have made no difference to the number of tricks won, the director is bound by the Laws to transfer the prescribed number of tricks.
There are other ways to revoke, probably less well known:
Creating an abnormal trick (e.g. by not playing a card to it), is also treated as an established revoke costing one trick if the mistake is discovered after both sides have played to the next trick.
Similarly, if a player plays too many cards to a trick, this may also create a revoke, if the card should have been played to subsequent tricks (before the extra card is discovered).
A revoke is established when the offending side leads or plays to the next trick.
A revoke must be corrected if the player becomes aware of it before it becomes established; he/she should call the Director.
If a revoke occurs on the 12th trick, even if established, it must be corrected before all 4 hands are returned to the board.
There are a number of revoke situations which do not warrant transfer of tricks, including a revoke in dummy’s hand, or when both sides have revoked on the same board, or a subsequent revoke in the same suit by the same player.
Lastly, if the director deems that the non-offending side is insufficiently compensated for the damage caused by the revoke s/ he is empowered to assign an adjusted score by transferring more tricks to restore equity.
Allan Joseph
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Time is marching on but it’s not too late to enter your partnership for this annual event - at the Kapi Mana club rooms
Place an Offer
There is a pair of exquisite glasses/ornaments in the ‘cup/trophy’ cabinet to view. A very good reason to come and play a session of bridge. The sheet is on the notice board - write in your name and amount you are prepared to pay. Top bid wins them! Get bidding now.
Letterbox Drops
Your shoes walked well !! – pat yourselves on the back, all leaflets have been delivered. A big thank you to all members who helped distribute the advertising leaflets for the lessons, which are starting soon. If you know of anyone interested in learning Bridge pass their name and details to Lorraine Sutich, Tel 388 3472.
Interclub Teams
This year the Club has five teams entered in the Interclub events – 1 Open, 2 Intermediate, 1 Junior and 1 Novice. The first night’s play is set down for Friday 26 March. For all details regarding Interclub please check the notice board.
Intermediate Tournament
A good turnout (10½ tables) for this event held at the Club, 28 February. An enjoyable day was had by all participants. The winners overall were the Becker pairing – congratulations to Mary and Anne.
Junior Tournament, 11 April
This will be held at the Club on the Sunday after Easter. Make up a partnership and enter as we would like to see as many as possible from Kairangi. Form on the notice board.
The Committee are looking for someone to attend to admin duties for the Club. A full list of duties, hours etc is available now; contact either Tony 388 3472 or Pam 383 8062. Closing date – 12 April.
Thought – I love cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food.
This is the announcement many of you will be looking forward to. These daytime sessions begin 11am, BYO lunch finishing around 2.45pm. If you are interested in coming ring Rosalie Linklater Tel. 389-8945 and register your interest. All are very welcome
AGM
The Club AGM was held Wednesday 3 March and was attended by 24 members. Many came and enjoyed a wine and a shared ‘fish and chip’ meal prior to the start of the meeting. The meeting went well with all committee positions being filled. Tony Sutich nominated unopposed is now our new president; and Lambros Kondogiannis is the new treasurer. And welcome to our new committee member
Allan Joseph thanked Lorraine Sutich for all her work as treasurer (11 years) and presented her with a bouquet of flowers and vouchers for her long and loyal service to the Club. Allan Joseph then read out a very nice card written by Susan on behalf of all Club members acknowledging
Thursday Night Survey Result
The main item of general business at the AGM was the results of the survey that was circulated mid-February regarding Thursday and general declining numbers at other sessions. Tony summarised the responses and the majority indicated they wanted the status quo to remain. And, the Friday afternoons sessions will definitely continue. It was agreed by all those present to let the new committee discuss and make some arrangements for a trial of new ideas and then report progress back to club members, including a shorter playing year for the Thursday sessions.
There is a surprising number of books overdue – 3 months in some cases. Please check your book shelves, cabinets etc and return any books to the Club. This will allow someone else the opportunity to read them. If not, the Librarian is proposing an email reminder! Like the public libraries 4 weeks is considered to be an appropriate period for a book loan. And of course you can always get them out again.
THE KERR CUP
The Kerr Cup is an annual, enjoyable event played between the Kairangi and Kapi Mana Bridge Clubs. The cup was presented by Dennis Kerr in 1989 when he moved to the Kapi Mana area and club, after having been President of our club in 1988-89.
Kapi Mana won the cup in the first 5 years (1989-93), with Kairangi winning it over the next 5 years (1994-98). Kapi Mana then won it in 1999 and held on to it for a rather long 10 years (1999-2008), with many of the results going to the wire. Kairangi finally wrested the cup back last year at home and we now hope it is our turn to have a long tenure!
Apart from last year when we won it on a “Teams” basis, the event has been contested on a “Pairs” basis and Kapi Mana have requested that we revert to a “Pairs” basis again. This means that Kairangi as the visiting club will have all its pairs seated for the night (including half of our pairs being stationary East / Wests), whilst all the Kapi Mana pairs will be on the move. Therefore Kairangi pairs only play against Kapi Mana pairs. At the end of the night, all the Kairangi pairs scores are added up and the winner of the cup is the club with the best aggregate of all its pairs scores.
This popular event has been played in a good friendly spirit between clubs of similar size and background, starting with a complimentary drink about 7.00 / 7.15pm, with play starting at 7.30pm and a light supper at the conclusion of play (about 10.30pm) when scores are being computed.
Please consider coming along and putting your name on the notice on our notice board and help us to hold onto the Kerr Cup. This event will be played on Friday night 19 March and as we need to co-ordinate the same number of pairs with Kapi Mana, we would prefer to have entries on the notice board by Tuesday night 16 March. However, entries will be accepted up to Wednesday night 17 March on a first come first served basis by phoning Tony Sutich at 388.3472.
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Thanks
Thanks to all those who participated in a general clean up on Saturday 23 January where many treasures were discovered. *** And, a big thank you to Wynn and Catherine for providing a delicious morning tea.
Thought - Be brave, take risks; because nothing substitutes experience.
New Year Honours
Warmest congratulations to Alan Kerr for his award in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List: Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM).
Obituary
Katherine Smith
It is sad that I report the passing of Katherine, In December 2009. She was a long time member and in recent times acted as librarian. Katherine played mostly on a Friday afternoon and Wednesdays through the winter months.
Len Kitching
Len passed away late January; and many members attended his funeral. He was a long time member having joined the Club in the 80’s. In recent time he acted as Almoner and Friday co-ordinator. Len gave up these roles due to failing health in September. He was a popular member who cared very much about his Friday afternoon ladies, and gentlemen. One of the very best communicators always keeping in touch with those who were not so well.
Resignation
Regretfully Jim and Betty van Praag have resigned because with their move to the inner City the closest clubs are on
Also longtime members Bob and Margaret Condon have also tendered their resignation. An invitation has been given to them to come and play occasionally as ‘visitors’.
A form is on the notice board for you to enter your partnership for this annual event. Hosted this year by Kapi Mana at their Club rooms,
*** Silent Auction
Treasures found at the Club clean-up are now being sold to Club members by way of a silent auction. It is on the notice board now.
Look at this pair of exquisite glasses/ornaments and place an offer. A very good reason to come and play a session of bridge. Happy Bidding all - the auction and the bridge!