April 2019 - The Hornby Table Tennis Section celebrated their 50th Anniversary in March with a Jubilee - Hornby Working Men's Club Christchurch
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April 2019 The Hornby Table Tennis Section celebrated their 50th Anniversary in March with a Jubilee.
PRESIDENT’S CORNER Hello Members, Colder weather is on its way, and the redevelopment is moving along steadily. Demolition has finished and the grounds have been completely cleared and are awaiting the next phase. It’s good to see so many of you supporting the club over this time. Your loyalty is truly appreciated, and we are doing all that we can to bring you as much entertainment, member promos and events as we always have. The Club Café has several specials running throughout the week, so you’re spoiled for choice really. Upstairs, the Sunday buffet has been going well and a Music & Meal night was introduced last month. The entertainment is free as always, but now there is an option to have a roast meal as well. On Friday the 12th we have Paul Madsen bringing us a tribute show - Bohemian Rhapsody. This should be a great night for those who enjoy the music of Queen. A certain Bunny will be here later in the month for his big day out on Sunday the 21st. The café will be running a kids lunch special on the day, so we hope to make it a family affair. Regards, Kevin Cole Renovation Progress Photo from April 1st
Crack the Cube
Winners
February- Mick
(sorry we missed you last month!)
March- Sandy
St.
Paddy’s
Day
2019
Tuesday to Sunday approx. 4pm – 6pm
Saturday approx. 11:30 – 1pm
$2 per ticket Great value for everyone
MEMBER’S CARD
LUCKY DRAW
TUE – WED – THU
2 draws – each winner gets
$100 onto their card
Register personally at Reception by 6pm
Prize Draw approx. 6:10pm
You must be here to win!
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
When there are 5 Fridays in the month, Crack the Cube
will be replaced in the 5th week with 5 x $100 draws
HAPPY HOURS
LOSING TAB TICKETS
Put your membership number of the
back of your losing TAB tickets and
MON – THURS placed them in the tin below next to
the TAB Self Service Terminals – one
NOON – 1PM ticket drawn at 12 noon every
Saturday – the lucky winner gets $50
5PM – 6:30PM worth of Easybet tickets
$1 OFF BEER JUGS
ALL SPORTS
Please take note, our AGM on Monday the 15th of April will now start at
7:30pm. We have moved it back to accommodate the travel section AGM on
the same night. Also, don’t forget the Les Griffiths evening on May 10th.
Cheers, Darren Smith
CARDS
There has been a bit happening within our section
since we restarted 2 months ago. We had a team of
8 play in the Clubs NZ South Island Euchre
Tournament held at Papanui Club. There were 20
clubs participating. This was a well-run tournament
and I’m pleased to say that Diane Heath and Derek
Petch were the Pairs winners overall receiving the
winning cup, a
great victory for
Hornby. The overall winner of the
Steinlager Teams Trophy was Oamaru
Club, a first time for them, since the
inaugural tournament held in 1989.
We had our 1st pair’s night in Feb,
which is held on the last Thursday
of each month. Members get to
play with the same set partner for
the night. We had 2 winning teams on the night, Glen Milne and Warren
Grimwood & Helen James and Janne Mayo. Our next pair’s night is Thursday
28th March, followed by one on Thursday 25th April.
We had the Eric Pycroft Trophy, which was originally started years ago as a
Men vs Ladies night. We had 12 tables, with 48 players and a supper to finish
off with. We did start off with confusion after the 1st table movement, but
with more numbers of ladies compared to number of men playing,
we managed to overcome the challenge.
Individual best scores on the night were
1st Anne Hepburn, and 2nd Cheryl
Gianelly, followed by Bev Smith, Val
Giddens and Ricky Winter all tied 3rd.
We held a fun 6 handed tournament on a
Saturday afternoon amongst ourselves as
well, with 6 tables, 36 players.
The winners on the day were Brent Berg,
Jeanette Hosking and Max McBeth, 2nd John
Churchill, Helen James, and Marcia Whaanga
and 3rd Bev Bulmer, Cheryl Gianelly and
Anne Hepburn.
So, to this month, we have our normal
Thursday nights, with a special Easter Theme
night planned for Easter Thursday, April 18th
with a chance to win a special Easter Raffle
as well.
I wish to remind members that our Annual
AGM will be held on Thursday 2nd May at
7.30pm. We urge that everyone comes to
this meeting and gives their input and
feedback. We as a committee are only a
small team, and we all give our time, so our
members can come and enjoy a night of
cards and any activities. After the AGM, we’ll
have a few friendly card games, with supper
to follow. Also at this point, we wish to
thank those other section members that
help out on a regular basis each Thursday
night, with raffles, or setup/put away tables
etc. We appreciate your help.
We will be starting our Saturday Interclub Competition playing Euchre/
Crib on a Home Game and Away Game to our other local ChCh Clubs on
Saturday 4th May thru to Saturday 3rd August. If you would like to be part of
this, come and talk to us on a Thursday night. We will have a list up for names
for those interested and Card Section Uniform Requirements.
It has been great to welcome our new members that have joined our section over the last few weeks. It can be quite daunting coming along for the first time, but I hope you feel okay once playing with us all. So just a reminder to our Hornby Members that have played for years, --when we have a new player, slow down and just give friendly guidance if need be, but don't scare them off.... We want these new members to feel welcome and want to come back. See you all on Thursday nights. Regards, Lorraine Cole CRIB We have been busy on Wednesday nights with some very good numbers of players turning up. To have 24 players competing, certainly makes for an enjoyable and competitive night. Over the month there has been a different winner each week which shows how even the games are or……. maybe it is just the luck of the cards! The offer is there to any Club Member who wishes to come along. You only need to be able to count to 31. The rest of the game is just as easy as that – guaranteed you will pick up the game quickly. You can even download an app to play against the computer or other people around the world. Looking forward to April, we have our AGM. Thanks to the committee for the work they have done for the section over the year. The section is extremely grateful. If any of the section members would like to join the committee their assistance would be most welcome. We also have our National Champs in Petone, Wellington on the 6th April. Twelve talented players will contest with around another 150 players from around New Zealand for the National singles and teams event. Good luck to all and we look forward to reporting on some winners next time! Finally, a couple of messages to our section members. It’s great to have Michael Gray playing with us again after a health scare. Good to see you fighting fit and also coming first one week, with your cheerful smile and positive approach to crib it is always a delight to meet across the pegging board. And our dear VP, Ricky Winter. One of our youngest member’s decided he should join some of our more senior member’s by declaring himself a sitter for a couple of nights after breaking a toe nail (or a little bone higher up). Ricky, your life as a flying winger in touch rugby has long gone. Stick to the crib board and move those pegs a little faster!! It is also of great sadness that we say goodbye to two lovely ladies who have played Crib for many years, Margaret Mills and June Scholes who both passed away earlier this year. All the Best from the Cribbage Crew
DARTS
Welcome back to another year and what a great start
we’ve had, returning from the South Islands with some
new silverware for the cabinet (4 in total).
The Mixed pairs were played on Wednesday with Craig &
Sarah getting 5th equal. On Thursday we had the Ladies
and Men’s Pairs Maata & Raewyn got to the last 16 in the
Ladies, and in the Men’s Pairs it was an all Hornby final
Mark & Lucas beating Warren & Craig.
Then on Thursday night it was the Junior tournament
which was won by Hornby Lachy Rountree.
On Friday it was the Ladies singles with Vernaleigh getting 5th
equal. Saturday was the Men’s singles and what a great effort
from the Hornby boys with Mark, Lucas & Craig all getting 5th
equal and Warren played in the final
taking runner up. Craig Ross got the Men’s
most “180” with a total of 10, and Hornby
won the aggregate trophy.
Saturday was a great night with the
announcement of the South Island team
and Hornby got 4 players in the team well
done Vernaleigh, Sarah, Lucas and Mark.
I would just like to say how proud I was of all the Hornby WMC
& MSA dart players and supporters that attended the South
Island tournament in Nelson and that you all did us proud. The
winter round starts on the 3rd of April and we have 7 teams,
good luck to you all.
Regards, Andrea
GOLF
Eight golfers ventured north for the New
Zealand Pairs Championship. Castlecliff golf
course was the venue. Hopes were high after
day one with Geoff Baldwin and Colin Ellison
leading the field. But with 108 pairs playing that
was there lot. Close behind them waiting to
pounce was another Hornby team, consisting of
Andrew Ataera and Young-Pyo-Hong- and that
was that. They were gone. Day 3- All over red
rover. The Pen Hawkins Rosebowl was won by
HORNBY Andrew and Young. A great effort and well deserved win to top off a
good week for the lads from Hornby. Geoff, Colin, Andrew and Young were
selected for the South Island team, which is a 6 man team so 4 out of 6 is a
top effort. On the sections scene was a game at Waimak Gorge with overcast
skies, but luckily no rain. The match of the day was the Sexton Trophy winners
being Glenda-Kingi-Hazel and Ray Strange. Nearest to the pin for Ladies- Pam
Brewer. Men’s- Wayne Grueber. Other major winners were Colin Ellison,
Wayne Brewer and Jack-Kingi-Hazel. Our next game is at Tinwald against
Ashburton on the 7th April, 10:30 start. If you are interested in having a game
or joining the section we’re always taking new ladies & gentlemen, feel free to
give Geoff a buzz on 02102935971
Cheers, The Big Fella
FISHING
We have just attended the Club’s New Zealand South
Island Trout Fishing Tournament held at Rangiora RSA.
This Club has undergone extensive renovations and we
were treated to a fantastic weekend. Once again our Tony
McGregor showed the way becoming second, with our
junior Ryley Wilson picking up a prize.
Our next outing is the Jack Elcock Memorial competition
to be held on
Lake Brunner.
The Moana Hotel
let us use their facilities and have
donated a Trophy for Best Factor fish
caught. This is the biggest outing for
the Christchurch Fishing Interclub
clubs. We have around 100 rods
compete in this competition, hosted
by Hornby Fishing Section. Saturday
night in the Moana Hotel with prize
giving, tall storytelling, eating good
meals, washed down with your
favourite drop, usually watching the
rugby Crusaders v Brumbies at
5:15pm kick off this time. This is the
last major fishing outing for us this season with winter fast approaching.
Screaming Reels
INDOOR BOWLS
The indoor bowls season is now underway. We had a
great turnout on opening night and three new
members joined.
Ten members played in the first Canterbury
tournament, Open Singles, last weekend. Two of our
members reached the semi-finals - A good start to the
season for our section. With a lot more competitions
scheduled for April, it will be a busy month.
Regards, David Philpott Greg Hill and Simon Thomas
Canterbury Open Singles Semi-Finalists
MID-WEEK BOWLS
It has been a good month for our bowls group since our last report. On 12th
March we had a day trip to Kaikoura which included a lovely lunch at Donegal
House. It was an interesting trip as it gave passengers the opportunity to view
all the incredible work that has been carried out on the highway since the
earthquake. The bus was full and our members enjoy our periodic trips out
and we plan to have more during the year.
We have been getting very good attendance at our Tuesday afternoon bowls
and it is pleasing to see new members enjoying our friendly games. If any club
members are interesting in coming along on a Tuesday afternoon please don't
hesitate to make contact.
Regards, Tony McBrideOUTDOOR BOWLS The end of the summer season coach trip needed good weather and we were not disappointed as one of the best days in the New Year made our coach trip to Cust Bowling Club, enjoyable, by all that attended. The Ann Wright / Ron Harwood skipped team with Neville Houston, Alf Shearman and Sid Payne made the best of the well-presented green winning over all with three big wins. Cust Bowling Club also supplied great food and kept on members well supplied in refreshments. The highlight of the day was a draw for all our financial members, $2415 worth of accommodation at the, Peninsular Resort Moolooaba Beach, this was kindly arranged by one of our members Alf Shearman. Robert Palmer was the lucky member but we can’t thank the Resort and Alf enough for this Grand prize. Regards, Robin Leary SNOOKER Hi to you all. The section has just completed two in-house tournaments. The first was the Flying 50- the object is to be the first to 50 points (best of three.) The winner was Maurice Lancaster over Paul Templeton. The intermediate billiards was the same result, with Maurice beating Paul. Interclub Billiards has started so the room shall be closed to non-section members every Wednesday from 6:30pm till the end of May. The room will also be closed at 6:30pm on Thursdays for our sections club nights until further notice. The next game to be played is the handicap billiards. Cheers, Pot Black
TABLE TENNIS
The photo on the front cover is of our own Helen Law & Ron Woods cutting
the Anniversary cake from our 50th Jubilee celebration on Saturday March
16th. A group of the over 70 members, ex-members, guests & partners
attended the dinner on the night. A huge thanks to all those who helped make
this a very enjoyable evening. And also to the past members who shared their
knowledge of the sections history since its inception.
Thanks to Kevin Cole for
opening the ceremony and to
Cyril Williams who was our M.C.
Photographed above are Life Members
Ray Treloar, Ron Woods, Alan Law & Cyril Williams.
By the time you read this the Canterbury Clubs competition would have
started with 24 teams competing over four grades. Hornby has entered 9
teams this year, 3 in the A/A Res Grade, 3 in the B Grade, 1 in the C Grade,
and 2 in the D Grade. The interclub competition is run fortnightly and
concludes on the 1st of October.
It’s great to see a lot of new players, especially in the D and B grades. Good
luck to you all.
Regards, GlennSports Section Chairpersons
Section Chairperson Contact
All Sports Darren Smith 027-388-9030
Billiards/Snooker Geoff Baldwin 021-029-35971
Cards (Euchre) Diane Heath 03-349-2455
Cribbage Diane Heath 03-349-2455
Cricket Sam Walker 027-825-4939
Darts Wendy Gibb 03-942-2395
Fishing Jason Smith 03-942-8182
Golf Geoff Baldwin 021-029-35971
Indoor Bowls David Bullock 03-980-8667
Midweek Bowls Tony McBride 03-322-8803
Outdoor Bowls Robin Leary 03-349-9390
Pool Paul Morris 027-520-6427
Table Tennis Michael Hills 027-231-8356
Travel Lyn Wright 021-507-671Entertainment
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Sat 6th
4:30 Barross
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Fri 12th
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