Alas, our funds are diminishing. We, the committee, have decided to stop the weekly prize tokens on Thursday evenings as from now.

The directors are also paying their table money. This will result in a weekly saving of £12

We will discuss further savings at the AGM.

Janet Anderson retires from being our Master Point Secretary & Scorer for over 40 years.

Until recently, this involved collecting the travellers, collating the scores and producing a list of results 3 times a week.

Janet has also worked out our master points, written out our points earned and sent off returns and cheques to the WBU.

As well, she has produced our calendar each year and the ladder results.

We thank her most sincerely for the work she has done for the club and hope to see her back at the bridge table very soon.

In appreciation of her services, Janet becomes an honarary life member.

Ben, our youngest member, presented Sheila with her card and gift.

Sean Aspey, our deputy mayor, proposed the toast

Congratulations to Janet and Keith on winning the Sid Gibbins Salver - the Club Championship Pairs (Janet's very modest - I've posted this on her behalf - Tony.)

Membership is £10 per annum.

Table money to remain at £1.50 for members and £2 for visitors on ordinary club nights.

Cheese & Wine evenings will be £2.50 members and £3 visitors.

Simultaneous Pairs - Entry fee + table money

Triathlon - £2 per person for 2 Saturdays and £2.50 for Final (Cheese & Wine)

                  1st Prize £50, 2nd Prize £30 and 3rd Prize £20

'Win a Turkey' night - £3 members, £3.50 visitors.                

Christmas Party - £10 members only.

Winners of the Ladies' Pairs are Vera Robinson & Connie Dick who receive the Gaskell Cup

and Rob Charlesworth & Peter Bennett whoe receive the Cornish Cup.

When you click on a results event, at the top of the page you will now see an extra 'information' option.

This will give you  a copy of the print-outs that are available at the end of an evening.

It shows the optimum contract.

Congratulations to our medal winners :

Gold - Emer & Pat

Bronze - Tony

 Porthcawl Ladder Competition

The current Thursday Ladder competition has been successfully running for a number of years, but the committee now feel that the time has come to slightly modify the event. It has decided that:

The three ‘Divisions’ will continue as at present, with the same ranking, promotion, and relegation criteria for all Divisions (i.e. best 8 scores to count; 6 scores needed for possible relegation).

Divisions 2 and 3 would be awarded quarterly prizes as is the current situation (i.e. £15, £10, £5 per division).

However players in Division 1 would not be eligible for a quarterly prize. Instead a weekly (Thursday) prize of £1.50 per player is to be given to the night’s winners (irrespective of Division).

The benefits of the above are that the incentive for the lesser players (i.e. those in Divisions 2 and 3) still apply. Also the winners on the night (statistically from Division 1) would be more varied – far more people would have a chance of winning a nightly prize.

Visitors will be eligible for the nightly prize.

Peter Jenkins will be responsible for prize distribution by way of a voucher (£1.50) which can be used instead of table money.

(This voucher is unforgeable - watermarked, special paper, unique serial numbers. Beware of Eastern European gangs trying to sell you counterfeits - they will not be accepted. Also it can be used at other clubs - but they will charge a £5 administration fee).

The new scheme will commence from July 5^th. 2012.

This year's winners are Pat Haworth & Terry Dolan.

They scored over 60 %  and had some Jubilee Teacakes as well!

The positions of CTD, Scorer, Web Admin, Equipment Officer were clarified.

It was decided to go ahead with electronic scoring and we have decided to purchase Bridgemate II.

The ladder competition will change slightly in July. Leagues 2 & 3 will carry on as before but there will be a weekly prize for the outright winner each week whatever league they are in. League 1 will not qualify for the quarterly prize money - further details later.

Tea money is 30p as from Thursday this week.

Calendar & trophies will be discussed at next meeting on Tuesday 19th June.