July 2018

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

Hello Members,

Half way through the year already!

I’d like to thank those of you that came out and voted back in June. The success of our club depends on members support. I’d like to congratulate all of the new and returning Board Members. This will be an exciting year at the club.

The Warriors couldn’t get run of the green against the Cronulla Sharks recently, hope they can bounce back in the upcoming weeks. On Friday the 6th we’ll be showing the Crusaders v Highlanders on the big screen, so come along and make a night of it.

Family day will be on Sunday August 12th at 1:30 in the Sports Hall. Look out for the poster and save the date. It’s a great day for the kids, so come along and enjoy the fun.

The Club Café is hosting the annual Oyster Lunch on Wednesday July 18th. Tickets are available at the club office now, get in quick as this day always sells out.

Bingo is now underway, and as always a huge crowd braving the cold mornings. This only goes for 8 more weeks, starting at 10am on Tuesday’s. All members welcome.

Some good entertainment coming up over the next few months, keep your eye on the Entertainment calendar for details. Until next month- see you around the club.

Regards, Kevin Cole

Tuesday to Sunday approx. 4pm – 6pm Saturday approx. 11:30 – 1pm

$2 per ticket Great value for everyone

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

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!

LOSING TAB TICKETS Put your membership number of the back of your losing TAB tickets and placed them in the tin below next to the TAB Self Service Terminals – one ticket drawn at 12 noon every Saturday – the lucky winner gets $50 worth of Easybet tickets

HAPPY HOURS MON – THURS NOON – 1PM 5PM – 6:30PM $1 OFF BEER JUGS

ALLSPORTS Hello Everyone. Our Report is short and sweet this month. We have our monthly meeting on Monday the 2nd of July, and the Dumbo Hampton All Sports night on the 13th of July. We look forward to seeing you there for a great night.

Cheers, Darren Smith

CARDS Hi members. Who would think, we are into the 2nd half of our year already! July is here now and we have again had a busy month of activities for our card section members. As far as our "Combined Crib and Euchre Tournament' results are going, we have completed the first round of 6 games with 6 wins, currently in front, however we had a bad loss just in the 1st game of 2nd round. So hope we can go well from now on for the remaining 5 games.

On Sat June 16th our interclub bye day, we had a "Fun Day" for our section members. We had 53 people enjoy a social afternoon, starting with a great lunch of platters from the restaurant. We then had 10 games of Bingo/Housie with prizes of Club Vouchers and Chocolate for the lucky ones. Then we finished off with a few games of Euchre.

We have just completed our 1st set of Aggregate games, best accumulated scores of 5 from 6 nights. The overall win was shared between Barry Grose & Brent Berg on 77 points. Next was Joyce Davison on 75 points followed by close scores by others. Congratulations to everyone with the consistently good scores. This Sunday 1st July, we are hosting a 6 handed Euchre Tournament, open to all other Clubs as well. Hopefully we will get a good turnout of at least 20 tables. Also we will be having a pairs night on the last Thursday in June, but not in July, due to the next round of Aggregate games being played. Pairs nights are always fun, with members playing with their chosen partner for the night.

We are waiting for members to play our "Winter Tournament Games", with groups of pairs playing in 4 different sections for a start. Most of these will be played in the main bar at various times. Finishing off, we welcome any new members to come and join our fun Euchre nights every Thursday night $3.00 to play, report at 7.15pm, progressive play 12 games. Finish at approx. 9.50pm. Regards, Lorraine Cole

CRIB

Sunday May 28, we held another Crib pairs tournament where once again Clubs from all over Christchurch came to compete & challenge for bragging rights to be the best. The day started hot & beautiful but soon the rain packed in which made playing more enjoyable. We had 13 tables with Richmond’s Kimberly Simpson & Mike Austin winning the rights to be the Champs with 28 points followed closely by Hornby’s Derek Petch & Marie Masson tied with Ricky Winter & Gina Howden-Winter with 27 points, we also had the pleasure of listening to the live band next door. Thanks to our helpers on the day, the committee members & their partners. We completed our aggregate with Val winning on 75 points, 2nd was Margaret with 73 points & 3rd James on 73 points. Our thoughts go out to Pete & wish him a speedy recovery. We would like to welcome back our Travelling Wilburys Paul (Polyester) Bulman & Lesley Bulman. Champions of Tournament

Left - Kimberly Simpson, Mike Austin, Ricky Winter, Gina Howden-Winter, Derek Petch, Marie Musson. We are still playing on Wednesday nights at 7pm come up & meet some awesome people, play some cards, have some laughs.

All the best - The Cribbage Crew

DARTS Another month gone all ready. Hornby hosted the Canterbury men's and ladies singles last Sunday and had a great turn out. Men's winner was our own Craig Ross with Jim Poole 3rd =. The Ladies Maata Aitkins and Sarah Pittima were both 3rd =. We have 14 players going to the Nationals next week in Invercargill. They start on Wednesday with the mixed pairs then Men's and Ladies pairs on Thursday. Friday has the Ladies singles and Saturday the Men's singles. And add in the Youth champs and North - South game and prize giving it makes for a great 5 days. Yours at tops – John Poole

FISHING We had a great Mid-Winter Function in the Chalmers Restaurant on 23 June. The cold weather kept a few away but those that attended had a very enjoyable night, food and service could not be faulted. Sea Charter to Moeraki is in September, still some spaces left, see Ron Woods or contact Jason Smith. First weekend of October we have our Twizel competition a very popular trip with usually twenty or so going to try their luck ending with a unique BBQ at

the House on Saturday night this could include, Crayfish, Whitebait patties, Duck, Trout, Chicken Kebabs, Meat Patties, Salad and Cheese Board followed by desserts, and washed down with a good wine and the odd ale or two. Our meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month all welcome. Regards, Screaming Reel

GOLF Well here we are another month has flown by and another round done. Thanks to Moggy for his help at the start, and another cook up on the bbq on a cool day it went down very well. Ellesmere was our host this time for the 2nd round of the club champs. Starting with the ladies,

Gross Nett R Adler 101 J Benn 77 For the men, Senior B MacKey 82 Intermediate T Voice 85 R Hampton 72 Junior A J Sykes 87S Lambert 74 Junior B W Farrelly 96R Farmer 65 Nearest to pin for the ladies was R Adler and the men was B MacKey. Our losing card winner was C Ellison. Well done to the day’s winners, our next game is on 22 July at McLeans Island for the Ian Watson trophy and a 9.00 am tee off. Anyone wishing to learn or get back into golf and have a fun day out meeting a great bunch of people can contact Steve Stevens on 3446332. All the best, Steve

INDOOR BOWLS In May and June our members played in a number of competitions. Mike King was runner up in the Canterbury Singles Championship. At the Open Nationals held in Ashburton, Jenny Hamilton, was in a team that was Runner up in the Open Masters Fours Championship. In the main Open NZ Championships, David Woods

and David Philpott reached the last 16 in the singles. At the Men’s Clubs NZ Nationals held in Invercargill David Bullock and Bevan Matthews reached the semi-finals of the Pairs, and Mike King, David Philpott, David Bullock and Greg Hill reached the semi-finals of the Fours. The Hornby club finished second in the overall

standings which was a great effort from the six players that travelled to Invercargill to compete.

After 7 rounds of the Super Sevens, Hornby A is first equal and Hornby B is fourth.

We had two players; David Philpott and Bev Diamond go to England to play in the World Festival of English Carpet

Bowls in May. In the Pairs they reached the last 32 losing on an extra end. A great experience playing the English version. Coming up, we have a team going to the Women’s Nationals at the St Johns Club in Wanganui in July. Regards, David Philpott - Captain

MIDWEEK BOWLS The number of people attending our Tuesday afternoon bowls continue to be very pleasing despite the gloomy and cold weather we have been experiencing. Actually, it is good to get out and enjoy playing a few games of bowls on our friendly and fun Tuesday afternoons.

We have another lunch out and sight-seeing trip planned for 3rd of July and members are looking forward to that outing.

New members are always welcome on Tuesdays, upstairs in the sports hall.

Regards, Tony McBride

Winners of our Open Pairs Malcolm Pollock & Aven Placid

OUTDOOR BOWLS Finally the weather was kind to us and last month’s section game was played in fine but cool conditions at the Racecourse Bowling Club. As this was the last game, on our calendar for the 2017/18 season, our numbers were down but good facilities and a great green made for a good day out. Bowling in good conditions the Pam Howorth’s skipped team with Neville Houston, Fay Pedersen and Susan Low were overall winners by points difference from the Barry Taylor skipped team with Les Wilson, Lois Clark and Rosemary Pilcher. Sorry no photos I think they are in cyber space if or when they reappear I will place them on our notice board. Only one notice that is our A.G.M. on Sunday the 8th July @ 10.30am in the Westview Lounge of the Main Club, keep this date free, look forward to seeing all our member’s attending. Regards, Robin Leary

POOL We are 3 matches into the second round of our Inter club season and a few teams have a chance of making the playoffs. Division 1 sees the Yellow team sitting 4 and performing well in a very competitive grade. Division 2, the Miscues are going well and are in finals contention. Division 3, The Diamonds are mid table and have a chance of making the play-offs. There are still 8 rounds to go so good luck to all our teams. We held the Jack Elcock Cup Open Pairs on the 17th. This was taken out by

Malcolm Pollock & Aven Placid over Leo Tafu & Adam Chapman and it was another fun day.

Timaru Town & Country hosted the CNZ South Island 8 Ball Champs and Hornby was again well represented. Ladies Pairs, Sherralee Boyce & Debbie Purdon and Maxine Soal & Letitia Jackson both pairings made the quarter finals. Ladies Singles, Letitia Jackson, Sherralee Boyce & Pauline Laugesen all made last 8. The Main Flight, Maxine Soal made the last 8. In the Trophy Flight Debbie Purdon

made a Semi-final. The Hornby Ladies won the Teams Event. Open Pairs, Barry Henderson & Graham Carr made the quarter final. The Trophy Event was taken out by Alan Robertson & Lee Taylor and the Trophy Flight was won by John Renwick & Sherralee Boyce. Open Singles, Dan Bowen made the last 8 of the main event. Main Flight, Barry Henderson, Leo Tafu, Chris Ford & Mike Jeffery all made the last 16. Trophy Event, Sherralee Boyce & Blair Lasenby both made the last 16. Trophy Flight, this was won by Alan Robertson over Ricky Bell. Overall our Hornby players performed well in what was an extremely strong field. Geraldine held the Four Peaks Classic at the Heritage Hotel and Hornby were represented by 18 players out of a field of 43. An outstanding number once again. In the main event Leo Tafu was the best of the Hornby players only going down in the Final. In the Main Flight, Malcolm Pollock played sensational to win the Final. In the Trophy Event, Dean Skelton & Richard East both made the last 8. It was another great weekend away with the Hornby team, a lot of fun and it was enjoyed all. Regards, Allan Cowan SNOOKER The Open Billiards has nearly been completed. Results will be posted at a later date. The section has 5 teams competing in the South Island pairs early in August. Just one month later 3 pairs teams are in the Nationals. Both tournaments are snooker events. Interclub Snooker starts on the 25th June, we have 5 teams entered. The interclub billiards were held on the 10th June. We had only one team in on finals day. The team of Rob Evans, Maurice Lancaster and Peter Gormley competed in the Division 1 final. They lost 2-1 with Rob Evans winning. Spotted on the tables the other week having a hit was Dave Merideth. Winner of 7 National Snookers Titles and winner of 13 National Billairds Championship. Watch this space. Gary Olliver whom has also won 13 National Billiards has moved to Wellington to live. We wish him well. Cheers, Pot Black

TABLE TENNIS On 5th of June, we had a successful Hornby vs Richmond Trophy night. This is a resume of old days tradition where members from two clubs only having a social game night rather than competition. Hornby club has well planned for this to happen and this even has been agreed by two clubs to continue in the future. We have also started a day time mid-week table tennis session.

Time for this event is every Tuesday morning from 10 am - 12 pm. New players welcome. Kind Regards, Watson Ou

TRAVEL

Fun. Fun. Fun! A Fabulous Night, Great food and excellent music.

That is just some of the comments received throughout the evening of Thursday 28th June from the travel section members who attended the mid-winter Christmas dinner in the Chalmers restaurant (104 in all when two or three at last minute could not make it) The time went way too quickly.

The buffet was just incredible, and our excellent duo of “Fire and Ice” who harmonise beautifully, played soft mellow music while we ate, then hyped it up a bit after dinner which brought crowds to the dance floor.

A huge thank you to all the staff who coped admirably with the crowd all arriving together and keeping the supply of food and drinks flowing throughout.

Upcoming events Thursday 12th July, visit to Court theatre to watch the play “The Biggest” This will be followed by supper in the café back at the club. Coach will depart at 6pm from the club; transport us to the theatre, then back to the club for supper. In September there will be a notice shortly for a concert held at The La Vida Centre, Hanson Lane. This is on Wednesday 5th September at 11am. Always look on notice board for future outings. Next meeting Monday 16th July at 7pm

Warm regards, Lyn Wright

Sports Section Chairpersons

Section Chairperson Contact All Sports Darren Smith 027-388-9030 Billiards/Snooker Geoff Baldwin 03-942-2982 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 Steve Stevens 03-344-6332 Indoor Bowls David Bullock 03-980-8667 Midweek Bowls Tony McBride 03-322-8803 Outdoor Bowls Robin Leary 03-349-9390 Pool Paul Morris 03-338-6513 Table Tennis Michael Hills 027-231-8356 Travel Lyn Wright 021-507-671

Fri 6th 7:00 Jo’s Karaoke

Sat 7th 4:30 Ian Mac 8:00 Th’ Art of Cheese

Sat 14th 4:30 Barross 8:00 Sha-Low

Sun 15th 1:30 Mid Canterbury Country $2

Sat 21st 4:30 Marion’s Outlaws 8:00 Ian Mac

Sun 22nd 1:30 Annette’s Heart of Country $6

Sat 28th 7:30 The C-Bay Band

Sun 29th 2:00 Neville Wilkins & The Viscount $7

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