August 2018 - Hornby Working Men's Club Christchurch

August 2018

PRESIDENT’S CORNER
Hello Members,
The days are starting to get longer, and the
weather is just a bit warmer with spring right
around the corner.
In Rugby news, The Warriors are close to
qualifying for the playoffs, and the Crusaders are a hot favourite to
win the finals. The Mitre 10 Cup will be starting soon, and the All
Blacks will be heading to Sydney to kick off the Championship. We
do our best to have it all on the Big Screen, but understandably
they overlap sometimes.
We had a good turnout for the Boxing Breakfast on Sunday the
29th. Unfortunately the outcome of the fight was not in Parker’s
favour.
Our winter Bingo will wrap up this month on the 28th, so there is
still a bit of time, if you haven’t had a chance yet to come along.
Family Day will be Sunday August 12th from 1:30 to 3:30 in the
Sports Hall, bring the kids or grandkids for a fun afternoon.
We are now booking seats for the Methven Race Day on Sunday
September 16th. This is a great day put
on by Clubs NZ. You don’t want to
miss!
Riverside Boxing will be here again on
September 7th for a live professional
tournament upstairs in the Sports Hall.
We are hoping to have some key dates
regarding the Club’s renovations
coming soon! Keep watch of the TV in
the foyer.
Regards,                                   Congratulations to lucky Leon!
                                             Winning $900 from July’s
Kevin Cole
                                                  Crack the Cube

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

ALLSPORTS
Hello Everyone. The Dumbo Hampton event was held on Friday the
13th of July with 11 teams entered. A fun night was had by all. The

Golf team were the winners on the night, with a score of 191/2. Mixed
Bowls and Darts were joint 2nd on 18 ½ points and Fishing came 3rd on
18 points. Congratulations Golf, this was the 3rd year in a row you
have won this event. Thank you to everyone who participated and
helped run another successful night. Our next event will be the Alan

Cole Tournament on Sunday the
5th of August starting at 1:00pm
sharp. There are 10 teams
entered. The following event
will be the Tops Driving evening
on the 24th of August. We look
forward to seeing you all there.
 Dumbo Hampton Trophy Winners:
         Golf Section

Also, please note: there is an Allsports notice board located with the
section notice boards in the Main Bar. Dates for our monthly
meetings and upcoming events are posted there.
Cheers, Darren Smith

CARDS
Hi members, July has now come and gone...with our card section
members enjoying another month of Thursday Euchre nights
and those playing in our Saturday weekly "Combined Crib and Euchre
Tournament” Interclub games. We have just completed the second round
of games with all games going against us, a turn around from how we
won all 1st round games, but everyone will agree we all enjoyed and
played our games in good spirits .Better luck next year!!
We are still playing our 2nd round set of six Aggregate games on
Thursdays finishing on 9th August, waiting for best accumulated scores
over these weeks. Those playing in our in-house Winter Tournament
Games are progressing through with friendly rivalry amongst section play.
So to this month, our section are looking forward to the All Sports "Alan
Cole Trophy”, on Sunday 5th August, with 2 card teams and the Cole
team participating with all the other sporting sections. Great to hear we
will have 10 teams participating in this fun afternoon for euchre cards, as
it has been a special, long time heritage tournament for our section.
On Thursday 16th August, we have 14 members flying up to Hastings for
the Chartered Clubs National Euchre Tournament on the 18th/19th
August being held at Club Hastings. It will be a full on weekend. We play
36 games of Euchre on the Saturday, and then 27 games on Sunday
.Results go from there, hopefully all good for us...
The following weekend, again we have the All Sports Tops Driving Night
for all sections to play in.
Then on Sunday 26th August, Hornby are again hosting a 6 handed
tournament upstairs, open to all clubs and Hornby members, looking to
get our usual approx. 20 tables. Members make up a team of 3, be part
of, and come and play...Report 12noon.
To finish off the month, on Thursday 30th August we will have our end of
month Thursday Pairs night, with members playing with their chosen
partner for the night. Always a fun night.
A busy month for our section, and lots to come next month...Check out
our Cards noticeboard upstairs or on the HWMC website under Cards
Sporting Section.
Regards, Lorraine Cole

CRIB
Our month started with the
TASMAN SINGLES. A tightly
contested battle played over 14
games with two sisters ending
the night on 20 points each. A
great effort Ladies, winning 10
out of 14 games. This required a
3 match play off with Ann
Kavanagh taking the title from
younger sister, Lesley Bulman.
Well played Ann, those extra
couple of years’ over the              Lesley Bulman and Ann Kavanagh
younger sister showed through!                 (Tasman Singles)

The following week was the TASMAN PAIRS. Again this is played over
14 games with drawn partners at the beginning of the night. This
                                                  always brings the
                                                  smiles out as the
                                                  partners are found.
                                                  Once again the night
                                                  ended in a tie on 22
                                                  points, Marie Musson
                                                  and Lesley Bulman,
                                                  Jocelyn Gianelly and
                                                  James       Kavanagh.
                                                  Congratulations      to
                                                  Marie and Lesley
       Jocelyn Gianelly & James Kavanagh          winning the play off
         Marie Musson & Lesley Bulman             and being the Pairs
                  (Tasman Pairs)                  Champions.
                                                  CHARLIE GIBSON is
played in pair’s format with the highest individual points on the night
taking the title. Again it was a very close race, with 5 players within 3

points of each other. However the deserved
winner, Gina Howden- Winter on 21 points
taking the Silverware. Well played Gina with
a noted change in form over recent night’s
results.
This takes care of our annual Crib titles for
the year. The Ladies have shown all the class
in these competitions – come on Guys pull
your socks up and improve the pegging for
2019.
Well played by the winners however just as        Gina Howden-Winter
importantly these competitions are enjoyed           (Charlie Gibson)
by all and ensures Hornby remains a competitive section where ever
we play which showed in the Sunday tournament held at the Papanui
Club. Our members, Val Giddens and Elsie Malkin taking the win with
28 points followed closely by Marie Musson and Derek Petch runners
up on 27 points. Also during the month we had our Mid-Winter
Christmas dinner at the Chalmers Restaurant. It was nice to be able
to socialise away from the cards with drinks and a lovely meal.
                          A special moment also took place during
                          the month with Natalie Stevenson awarded
                          Life Membership of the Crib Section. This is
                          to honour the countless years Nat has put
                          into the section, being on the Committee,
                          selling raffles at the Club, always helping
                          with those extra little things at Sunday
                          tournament’s, playing countless nights of
                          crib on Wednesday’s and maybe even her
                          dry sense of humour! We are very grateful
                          to you for all those years you have given to
                          make the Crib section successful. Thank you
    Natalie Stevenson     very much, Natalie.
       Life Member        Lastly we would like to welcome back
Derrick Hoskins and a warm welcome to our newest member Julie.
All the best - The Cribbage Crew

DARTS
Hornby had a great start in July. One of our top players Craig Ross won
the Canterbury singles followed by Jim Poole at 3rd=.In the ladies, Sarah
Pitama was 2nd and Maata Atkins 3rd=.
Then away to Invercargill for the 51st Nationals and 1st the mixed pairs
3rd= to Warren and Vernaleigh, great start. Then we had a lot of 9= for
many players, just not falling in I think.
But we did manage to get Raewyn Edwards in the New Zealand team for
the 2nd year running. Also South Island reps to Australia in October are
Warren French, Craig Ross, Sarah Pitama, and Raewyn Edwards. Great
stuff and good luck. Wednesday inter club is ongoing and all 8 teams are
going well, some can still improve but all enjoy.
Last thing this month is the Auckland masters and tip of this is back a
local, yes I know the top 8 pros are here but they have to travel and some
of our young guns are very good.
3 names to remember Cody Harris,               Haupai Puha, and a very
young Tahuna Irwin. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Yours at Tops, JP

FISHING
Fishing wouldn’t be fishing without a story to go with it. Winter is time to
reflect on the more enjoyable moments of past fishing. I remember well,
the trips to Coleridge one in particular as we set off full of expectation,
with a slight Norwest arch, on arrival the lake was calm as, with a couple
of hours to set up camp with a good BBQ tea and some ales ready for an
early morning start the Army Tent was quite a challenge to put up having
not been used for a few years. Lawrie grabbed the spot next to the door
with the excuse he wouldn’t wake anybody with his five o’clock start.
Some wives had come along with the assurance that it was a relaxing
weekend and they would not have to do the dishes or cook any meals.
The BBQ tea was one of the best I have tasted and a wine to wash it
down; this set the scene for turning in early. A gentle breeze rustled the
bushes between the tents and campervans as some of us attempted to
get an early night, with shouting at those that continued to talk well into
the night. Finally all was silent until a voice from within a caravan said sod
off you idiots and stop rocking our van, followed by a jet engine roar and

the nor west took hold, even the seagulls had landed and grabbed the
tussock to hold on as lanterns and torches appeared everywhere to tie
down flapping awnings and campervans starting up and turned into the
wind to stop them blowing over. Missiles of flying objects disappeared
into the darkness along with a large Marque skirt erected for Fish and
Game prize giving the next day as well as an empty trailer supporting an
advertising hoarding took off over the boundary fence. The army tent had

survived with a few bent poles and many slabs of beer holding it in place
along with Lawrie and Daniel snoring all through the commotion. With
only what seemed a few minutes of sleep, Tony was knocking on every
ones camper, come on are you going fishing make the most of this calm
before the wind gets up again, hell he must have been a heavy sleeper or
deaf not hearing the gale force winds that kept us awake all night. Our
wives now prefer not to go fishing at Coleridge unless a motel is on offer.
Brass Monkey fishing at Lake Coleridge will be on Sat 4th August for those
hardy souls who like ice conditions for fishing.
Screaming Reels

GOLF
Sunday 22nd had 24 of our golfers at McLeans Island for the Ian Watson
trophy. This is a Stableford game with the partners drawn at the end. Our
winners on the day were: Y Hong & G Baldwin on 77 pts followed by G
Kingi-Hazel & T Voice on 66 pts, R Farmer & D Benn on 63, P Brewer & J
Anderson on 63 pts.
Nearest to pin for the ladies: R Adler and for the men J Kingi-Hazel.
2s J Kingi-Hazel on hole 2 and K Melhopt on hole 11.
Our losing card winner was W Scott.
Well done to the winners on the day.
Last month I didn’t mention we had two of our ladies come back from the
nationals in Oamaru with a 3rd place in the Stableford game. Great work
Pam Brewer and Marie McLeod.
Our next game is at Rangiora on
Sunday 19th August for the 2nd
round of the Sisson & Staff
trophies, Tee off is 9.30 check the
notice board for the game sheet.
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

MIDWEEK BOWLS
Indoor bowls has continued upstairs in the Sports Hall very
successfully over the past month. It has been pleasing to welcome
some new members who are enjoying the experience of friendly mid-
week bowls. We had a bus trip out for lunch on 3 July which was
enjoyable. We lunched at Lincoln and then went on to Leeston and
home through Rolleston where we viewed all the new sub-divisions
which are very much underway. As always, new members are
welcome.
Regards, Tony McBride

SNOOKER
The section is going ok with teams in the interclub all in good places,
but only a third of the way through.
The intermediate snooker champs start on the 9th of August. The
junior snooker championship was won by Tom Ng, who beat Paul
Templeton in a good final. 5 teams are away to the South Island Pairs
and we wish them well. Players keep a lookout on the notice board as
we must have all our contests done by November 1st. Support your
section!
Cheers, Pot Black

TRAVEL
Thursday 12th July saw 18 travel section members depart the club for
Court Theatre.
The play was called “The Biggest” based on a story of four guys from
a working men’s club with a plan to endeavour to win the biggest fish
competition to enable them to win money for a boat.
Unfortunately as can often happen when four guys are having quite a
few drinks in a bar, the conversation can turn to be undesirable. This
certainly was the case, which unfortunately ruined what could have
been a very good show. It had lots of humour along with tinges of
sadness.
However the evening was enjoyable, finishing off with a most
enjoyable supper back at the club.
                            Future events
Saturday 25th August 31 members have booked and paid for an
excursion on the Alpine Express, with a 3 hour stopover in Moana for
lunch and relaxation.
Here’s hoping for some snow on the mountains with a lovely clear
day. That would really enhance the views.
Tickets have been reserved for Wednesday 5th September for the
musical show featuring Suzanne Lynch and Marian Burns to name
just a couple. This is held in the Al Vida hall in Hansons Lane

commencing at 11am. There is a light lunch of sandwiches and
scones to follow. Cost is $25 you need to supply your own transport
there. Please put your name on the list and money in the box if you
wish to attend.
Always look on notice board for future outings.
I will send an email out soon with preferences for the annual ladies
day out in November
Next meeting Monday 20th August 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

Entertainment
     Fri 3rd
August
     7:00 Jo’s Karaoke
     Sat 4th
     4:30 Marion’s Outlaws
     8:00 Robbie Drew
     Sat 11th
     4:30 Barross
     8:00 Big Daddy
     8:00 DnD Showband $20
     Sat 18th
     4:30 Ian Mac
     8:00 Medium Rare
     Sat 25th
     4:30 Peter Cairns
     8:00 John McCabe
     Sun 26th
     1:30 Annette’s Heart of Country $6

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