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QCBC Clubhouse, 67 Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba, QLD 4012 www.qcbc.org.au
A recent comment from one of our perceptive members in
response to the deaths of the famous in 2016: You wouldn’t
want to be a celebrity right now. Well celebrity or not it has been
a devastating year for the Ellaways and for Toni – best to
anticipate a much happier 2017. So best wishes to all of you
from Ray, Kim and Toni. Keep your chins up but be prepared to
duck.
Latest addition to the QCBC Committee: Val Holbrook
Husband, Gordon, and I moved
from Canberra to the Gold Coast in November 2014. After playing
a few games at QCBC, I decided that this was my new bridge
‘home’. Following a long career in human resource management, I
co-managed the Canberra Bridge Club for two and a half years. I
was a member of the CBC’s Committee for 3 years prior to that. I
love playing bridge and helping others to improve their bridge. I
currently play at the Club on Tuesday evenings (with Bronnie
Macleod) and Thursdays (with Ian Barfoot). In 2017 I hope to play
in some Tuesday and Friday daytime games and look forward to
meeting many more of the Club’s members. In joining the Board I
am looking to contribute to the Club in the areas of fund-raising, marketing and mentoring.
QCBC Newsletter
Ray Ellaway
QCBC Chairman
A big thank you to all
of our sponsors: Clean Cruising
Superannuation Property
The Village Coorparoo
KM Smith Funeral Directors
Green Finance Group
Lyn Gray and Jenni
MacIntosh, KM Smith
representative -
Sponsors of the QCBC
Teams championship
Teams Champions
Paul Collins, Normand
MacLaurin, Ann
MacLaurin, Terry
O’Dempsey
Please note
MONDAY AM SESSIONS WILL START AT 10 AM
FROM JANUARY 9
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Northern Suburbs Pairs
Nov 5, 6
A grade
1 P. Evans, J. Kelly
2 P. Wyer, C. Miller
3 J. Magee, M. Doran
B Grade
1 D. Gehrke, E. Miller
2 M. Radke, I. Halford
3 R. Fox, R. Clark
Sept 11 Noosa Spring
Teams
A Grade
2. R. Ward, T. Hutton, R.
Parker, N. Francis
Annette Scott,
Tilley Thillainathan, Ross
Currin, Narelle McIver
Barry & Agnes Kempthorne,
Kerry Wood, Charles Howard
QBA Senior pairs Nov 13
A Grade
1 A. Dawson, M. Jakes
2 M. Pemberton, J. Gough
3 P&D. McLeish
Congress Successes
Brodie Loxton, Jim Taylor,
Cora Taylor, Nanette Loxton
Lex Ranke, Alan Boyce,
Jack Rohde, Joan Jenkins
Murray Perrin & Allison Dawson
Toowoomba Swiss Teams Nov 13
A Grade
1 E. Zeller, P. Larsen, B. Langford, A. Mayers
B Grade
1 L. Ranke, J. Rohde, R. Webke, J. Gardiner
2 M. Fawcett, L. Tracey, R. Rox, R. Clark
C Grade
1 A. Hyland, F. Jeppesen, R. Murtagh, B. Kent(4th overall)
Sunshine Coast Novice
Pairs Nov 13
B Grade
3 R. Stevens, J. Hefferan
Noosa Pairs Nov 19, 20
A Grade
1 S. Kamalarasa, N. Francis
2 I. Halford, M. Radke
3 L. Vincent, R. Ward
B Grade
2 L. Norman, W. Gibson
Gold Coast Teams Nov 20
A Grade
1 A&B. Kempthorne, K. Wood, C. Howard
2 A. Hung, T. Tully, P. Hooykaas, P. Rankin
B Grade
1 A. Boyce, J. Jenkins, J. Rohde, L. Ranke
C Grade
2 J&C. Taylor, N&B. Loxton
3 A&V. Chotai, S. Clifford, K. Goodwin
D Grade
2 N. McIver, A. Scott, R. Currin, T. Thillainathan
Sadly, John Hay passed
away in November after an
impressive career as a
newspaper journalist
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Congratulations
Joan Butts
Andy Hung
Therese Tully
Honorary
Teaching Fellows
Geoffrey Thomas, Bronwyn
Macleod, Connie Schoutrop,
Charles Adamson
New Members
Jenny Nunn, Cliff Miles, Robert Mitchell, Gary & Lyn Andersson, Terry Strong, Jill Magee, Helene Nasser, Mark & Carol Brennan
John Mills, Jenny Cater,
Tony Treloar, Peter Evans
Redlands Graded Teams Dec 4
A Grade
1 N, Francis, M, Perrin, T, Hutton,
M. Carter
2 R. Parker, J. Mills, P. Hooykaas,
R. Ward
3 I. Afflick, P. Collins, T.
O’Dempsey, N. MacLaurin
B Grade
1 D. Giles, J. Argent. B. Mackay, L.
Dominikovich
2. M. Fawcett, L. Tracey, R.
Murtagh, B. Kent
C Grade
2 R. Langton, N. Hansen, A. Scott,
J. Hefferan
Toowong Graded Teams Nov 27
A Grade
1 J. Mills, J. Cater, T. Treloar, P. Evans
2 P. Shoen, P. Hale, L. Moses, J. Gough
3 N. MacLaurin, T. O’Dempsey, S. O’Brien, P. Collins
B Grade
1 B. Macleod, C. Adamson, C. Schoutrop, G. Thomas
2 A. Boyce, J. Jenkins, B. Kent, R. Murtagh
3 G. Gosney, M. Plunkett, J. Wilkinson, A. Loh
C Grade
1 L. King, H. Steadfast, P. Mitchell, L. Marshall
2 J&C. Taylor, R. Spelman, N. Price
3 T. Thillainathan, R. Currin, D. Gaskill, J. Tregea
D Grade
2 J. Bennett, D. Dudman, H. Blair, A. Marsland
Lorraine King, Liz Marshall,
H. Steadfast, P. Mitchell
QLD-Wide Pairs
1 T. Tully, R.
Wallis (NS)
3 A. Woollons, R.
Fox (EW)
Greg Gosney – QBA
Individual winner
QCBC Novice Teams
Winners: Peter Heard,
Kiku Mukai, Loretta Lovett,
Richard Spelman
QCBC Novice Pairs in the
Club Pairs Championship
winners Mary Simon and
Jennifer Finigan with
Chairman Ray Ellaway
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QCBC OPEN & NOVICE CROSS-IMP PAIRS -
SUNDAY 15 JANUARY - 9.30AM START - $60
PER PAIR - sponsored by The Village Coorparoo
Masterpoint Promotions October 2016
Richard Fox Grand
Michael Stoneman Grand
Peter Nilsson Gold Life
Joanna Bratko *State
Rachel Langdon State
Ming Shu Yang Regional
Jeffrey Kennedy Club
Anne Carmody Graduate
Christine Andertone Graduate November Promotions
Evelyne Mander Silver Life
Yang Ming Shu State
Albert Duff **Local
Dominique Treloar **Local
Judy Hefferan *Local
Ryan Syevens Local
Sandra Aring Club
Christine Bolger Club
Fenna Coopere Club
Margaret Dwyer Graduate
John M Kelly Graduate
Vivienne Van Rooyen Graduate
QBA Teams of Three Dec 11
A Grade
1 N. Francis, A. Barry, J. Hay, C. Henry
2 A. Hung, T. Thillainathan, C. Sobey, R. Currin
B Grade
1 B. Longford, DJ Edwards, R, Fatseas, H. Robinson
2 R. Ward, J. Finigan, M. Simon, B. Larcombe
C Grade
1 T. Tully, A. Sharp. S. Sharp, P. Allingham
2 C. Woolley, F. Cooper, Sandra Aring, C. Sobey
Wondering why
you don’t see
much of Bev
Watson? Recently
awarded the ‘most
cruised’ couple on
an Asian cruise.
Also aboard were
Dawn and Maurie
Cullen and
Malcolm and Lyn
Carter
Richard Fox &
Rachel Langdon
Coming up Tuesday AM 10 January - QCBC is running a section for players with <50mp. This is red masterpoints and runs as a separate section alongside the normal session. Australia Day Pairs - red mp -
Thursday 26 January - 10.30am start
GNOT - Thursdays 2 & 9 February -
10.30am start Valentine Day Pairs - red mp - Tuesday 14 February - 10am start
Important QBA Dates for your
Calendar
Qld Senior Teams – February
4/5 – host Sunshine Coast –
venue Sunshine Coast Bridge
club
Results on QBA and ABF
Events
Qld Senior Pairs – Maureen
Jakes and Alison Dawson
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MASTERPOINT MESSAGES
QCBC is affiliated with the Australian Bridge Federation (ABF) and in line
with the 100% Affiliation Rule must issue masterpoints in accordance
with the ABF Masterpoint Scheme at all sessions including supervised
play. This means that players need to become ABF registered players by
joining an affiliated club such as QCBC. It is really against the rules for
players to remain unregistered for more than 15 sessions of play,
including those in supervised play. With the start of a new year it’s an
appropriate time for unregistered players to grab a membership
application form and become affiliated as members of QCBC.
Julie Jeffries, Masterpoint Secretary
Another fascinating story from Paul
Marston’s column in The Australian
George Rosenkranz, who turned 100 in
August, is the International Bridge Press
Association’s personality of the year. Born in
Hungary, he completed his doctorate in
chemistry in Switzerland before fleeing
Europe to escape the Nazis. He ended up in
Havana when the Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbour. While there, he met Edith, his wife
of more than 70 years. In 1945 he joined the
Syntex Corporation in Mexico to pursue his
research into steroids. He built a team of
world class biochemists whose research
resulted in the contraceptive birth pill,
prednisone, cortisone, and many other
steroids. During the 1940s and 50s,
Rosenkranz was the author or co-author of
more than 300 articles on steroid chemistry
and he is named on more than 150 patents.
At bridge he has won 2 North American
national titles. He has also written or co-
written more than 10 books on bridge, in
which he made significant contributions to
bidding theory. The Rosenkranzes hit the
headlines in 1984 at the Summer Nationals in
Washington, DC when Edith was kidnapped.
The ransom of $US1 million dollars was paid,
but as soon as Edith was released, the police
swooped in and captured the miscreant, who
turned out to be a bridge player from Texas.
Unfazed, Edith returned to the bridge table!
A Paraprosdokian is a figure of speech
in which the latter part of a sentence is
unexpected and sometimes very funny
If I had a dollar for every girl that found me
unattractive, they'd eventually find me very
attractive.
I find it ironic that the colours red, white,
and blue stand for freedom, until they're
flashing behind you.
Today a man knocked on my door and
asked for a small donation towards the
local swimming pool, so I gave him a glass
of water.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural
stupidity.
I'm great at multi-tasking-I can waste time,
be unproductive, and procrastinate all at
once.
If you can smile when things go wrong, you
have someone in mind to blame.
Take my advice - I'm not using it.
Hospitality is the art of making guests feel
like they're at home when you wish they
were.
Behind every great man is a woman rolling
her eyes.
For Noting
Bridge Players pay ONLY one ABF levy in
a year however if they are members of 3
different clubs in 3 different states – they
will be required to pay 3 state levies. 3
clubs in the same state requires only one
state levy.
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Melbourne Cup
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