| CHRISTMAS PARTY DEC 10th 2012 |
On Monday December 10th 2012 members celebrated our annual Christmas Party at the Club. On arrival everyone was greeted with a drink and members provided a good variety of tasty savouries and sweets which we all tucked into halfway through the evening.
Members were also very generous in providing lots of nice raffle prizes. The raffle this year raised a total of £170.00 which was given to "The Nancy Oldfield Trust" located in Neatishead. This organisation is a charity that provides a centre and facilities where anyone with a disability, or is socially disadvantaged, can experience and participate in water-based activites on a day or residential basis.
During the evening we played a bridge pivot movement, resulting in individual winners for North, South, East and West.
WINNERS PRIZES WERE PRESENTED BY CHAIRPERSON, CATHY SMITH
NORTH (+4340) David Willets SOUTH (+2890) Ron Boote
EAST (+910) Matt Jackson WEST (+1170) Jill Abbott
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| MORE PICTURES FROM CHRISTMAS PARTY DEC 10th 2012 |
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| HONORARY LIFE MEMBER - JOYCE BROUGHTON |
 At this years' AGM, held on 17th September 2012, Joyce Broughton was presented with an Honorary Life Membership Certificate from President Suzanne Gill in recognition of the wonderful support she has always given the club and especially this year following the sad loss of her husband, Bill, who was the Chairman of the club at the time.
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| DIAMOND WEDDING CELEBRATIONS |
On Monday 10th September 2012, Daphne and Ted Taylor kindly provided wine for members to mark the happy occasion of their Diamond Wedding Anniversary which had occurred a few days earlier.
Robert Harber hosted this special occasion by greeting each member with a glass of wine on arrival and proposed a toast. Chairperson, Cathy Smith congratulated Daphne and Ted and presented them with a floral tribute provided by club members.
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| THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION - JUNE 11 2012 |
In order to mark the special event of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, members turned out in force for a celebratory party evening of bridge. A wonderful spread of food, including lots of varieties of savouries and sweets, was provided by the members. In additon, a special Jubilee cake was donated by Margaret de Feyter - a photo of the cake can be seen in the "More Pictures" section of this News Item.
Prior to the start of the evening's celebrations, a loyal toast was proposed by President Suzanne Gill.
After the loyal toast, a bridge pivot movement was commenced until halfway through the evening, when a break for food was announced. Following the food interval, a raffle was held - again members were extremely generous in providing the prizes and Pat Whittle did her usual excellent job in organising the sale of the tickets which raised a total of £166.00 for the charity "Nelson's Journey". Nelson’s Journey is a Norwich based charity which supports children and young people under the age of 18 years, living in Norfolk, who have experienced the death of a significant person in their life e.g. parent or sibling.
The bridge pivot movement was concluded, resulting in a North, South, East and West individual winner as shown below. Each winner received a special Royal Worcester Diamond Jubilee Celebration Mug.
Chairman Cathy Smith, who was unable to attend the party, expressed her thanks to all those members who made the evening's event the success it appears to have been.
WINNER'S PRIZES WERE PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT SUZANNE GILL
NORTH (+3400) Suzanne Gill (prize presented by Robert Harber)
SOUTH (+3000) Doreen Hamilton
EAST (+1600) John Weddall
WEST (+1700) Christine Summers
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| MORE PICTURES FROM DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS JUNE 11 2012 |
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| HBC AWAY DAY MONDAY 16 JANUARY 2012 |
The Holiday Inn at Norwich Airport again provided a wonderful venue to hold our annual Bridge Away Day.
To start the day, while players were settling down in their places at the bridge tables, we were treated to coffee, tea and biscuits and a general resume of how the day was to progress.
Bridge got under way at about 10:30 am and we played a fun-filled Pivot Movement resulting in a separate North, South, East and West winner.
A break from bridge was taken at lunch time with the Holiday Inn providing a splendid cavery buffet with lots of choice.
Bridge continued after lunch until mid-afternoon, when winner's prizes were presented. Everyone enjoyed a really good day.
In the absence of Chairman Bill Broughton, winner's prizes were presented by Vice-Chairman, Cathy Smith.
NORTH Gordon Wishart 2240
SOUTH Janet Hill 570
EAST Doreen Hamilton 6140
WEST Janet Bartram 6600
From the above scores, it can be seen that East-West enjoyed the majority of the cards!!
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| MORE PICTURES AWAY DAY MONDAY 16 JANUARY 2012 |
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