Whew!  I needed a stiff drink after that episode.

Over to the events of today, which were played out in quite a quiet hall today. Did I just say that? Heaven forbid I should praise you lot for something like that, but I found it a little quieter today and for that, I thank you.

Before I get on to the day’s results, I must also repeat what I said about the new bidding cards, which are already being mishandled, bent and missing in some cases. Please, please, look after these cards because they cost us thousands of Rands to replace. Another thing that happened today was that someone spilled some sticky substance on one of the side tables, which could have been transferred to the boards that are placed there. We totally discourage eating at the table for all of the above reasons, so please don’t hesitate to admonish anyone you observe doing this.

OK, my schoolteacher cap is now off and I want to comment on today’s session by starting off by thanking all of you for growing the Thursday numbers in leaps and bounds. We’re almost disappointed if we don’t have at least 8 tables now and as I told you we’ve purchased another 4 Bridgemates and are ready to move into two sections when we exceed 12 tables.

Congratulations to Paul and Bridie for a good win and to that pair of old guys, Ian and myself for a second and finally to Margaret and Ann for third.

Remember that Teams starts on the 27th and please read the attachments in the accompanying email, which contain the full schedule, the rules and the handicaps that will apply.

Regarding the planned kick-off of the proposed Monday afternoon teams games, I will be addressing this during next week.

All the best and welcome to Cyril and goodbye Nkandla! (That’s a personal opinion)

Roy

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams	Grand Slams
1	17	Bridie Bullen-Smith & Paul van der Wal	243/ 384	63.28	50	1
2	12	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowden	209/ 352	59.38	45
3=	4	Margaret O’Neil & Ann Schreiber	196/ 352	55.68	38
3=	8	Helen Roberts & Barbara Goldman	196/ 352	55.68	38
5	3	Robert Stephens & Cathy Saville	193/ 352	54.83	30	2
6	15	Pat Neuman & Judy Spangenberg	203/ 384	52.86	25	1
7=	2	Neels Kloppers & Peter Callaghan	183/ 352	51.99	18
7=	11	Pat Eve & Deirdre Ingersent	183/ 352	51.99	18	1
9	10	Wendy Jupp & Claire Tulej	174/ 352	49.43	10
10	7	Jill Brown & Vanessa Woltersdorf	171/ 352	48.58	5
11	19	Di & Trevor England	183/ 384	47.66
12	6	Jerome Mc Carthy & Priscilla Fuller	167/ 352	47.44
13	16	Diana Boudewijns & Vaun Robson	178/ 384	46.35
14	1	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	163/ 352	46.31
15	5	Len Harrison & Charles Berriman	160/ 352	45.45
16	9	Chic & Evelyn Nisbet	157/ 352	44.60
17	13	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	169/ 384	44.01
18	14	Geoff Ridyard & Ursel Hardy	165/ 384	42.97
19	18	Mari Steyn & Pam Reed	163/ 384	42.45		1