Our summer party took place on Monday 9th of June. A short game of bridge was followed by drinks in the bar and BBQ spread laid out in the hall. The food, prepared by Off the Rails Catering, was delicious and after the food we returned to the bar for the end of year prize giving. It was a lovely evening to end our formal bridge season.
Winners of end of year awards
Player of the year: Mary Seaver
Best Master: Mary Seaver
Best A1: Walter McNicholas
Best A2: Cassandra Byrne
Best B1: Liz Kevans
Best B2: Charles Alken
Best Novice: Bill Harte
Most slams bid and made: Walter McNicholas (collected on his behalf Play Walter’s son Macken)
We were delighted to present the Spirit of Railway Union Award to Bernie O'Donnell, who has been a consistent helper, supporter and participant in the bridge club over the years.
In addition to the top 3 President’s Prize places announced 2 weeks ago (overall winner Mary Seaver, 2nd place Mervyn Whaley, 3rd place Walter McNicholas) the awards for best master, A, B and novice thereafter within the president's prize competition were announced.
They were:
Best Master: Graeme Williams
Best A: Jennifer Nolan
Best B: Bernie Price
Best Novice: Anthony Alken
We were also delighted to announce that third place in the recent Celtic Sims competition was taken by Fiona O’Gorman and Caroline Crowley in Railway Union.
We took the opportunity to call out our special thanks to our tournament director John Royds, to Peter O’Meara for his help with setup, to Fiona and Caroline for their work as tournament directors on Thursday mornings and to Ruth O’Maher for her work representing RUBC on the Committee of Railway Union Sports Club.
Hearty congratulations to all our winners and thank you to all our members for making the evening such an enjoyable and fun one.
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