March 2018 - Hornby Working Men's Club

March 2018

The club café will be cooking a breakfast buffet for you early
birds who’ll be up early to watch the Parker fight! Tickets
are available now, at the club office for $15. Tickets include
choice of 1 drink (tap beer, juice/post, house wine) Walk-ins
welcome but only ticket holders receive beverage deal.

                Tickets are limited to 100

PRESIDENT’S CORNER
Hello Members,
February is gone already, and it seems to
have taken the too hot weather with it.
Cricket has been exciting but very
inconsistent by the Blackcaps. Some will be
pleased to see the Super Rugby back on
our screens. It’s been a good start to the
season for both South Island Teams.
There are a couple promotions going at the moment; in the
Club Café we’ve restarted the Lionel Richie promo now that a
new date has been set for his show. Any prior entries have been
included into the draw box.
In conjunction with Lion breweries, we will be giving away 5
Double Passes to the popular Foster & Allen concert at the Issac
Theatre Royal in April.
We celebrate St Patricks Day on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th of
March this year. The club will feature Irish Café specials,
Guinness cans & Jameson RTD’s and good music in the
Westview Lounge. We look forward to seeing everyone in their
festive attire!
We will be showing the upcoming Parker fight on April 1st, and
because of its early start time have decided to offer a breakfast
buffet for a very reasonable $15. You can get your ticket at the
office now. Due to it also being Easter weekend, we may even
have a few baskets to add to our usual raffles.
Regards, Kevin Cole

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

Kathleen G took
     home a heavy
   purse this month
   with her winnings
    from February’s
     Crack the Cube

 Did you know there are discounts available at some
       vendors just for being a club member?
 You can save money at places like VTNZ, Liquor King,
        Assure Accommodation and more……
Check out the Clubs NZ Member Market Place

ALLSPORTS
Hello everyone- Our AGM will be held on the 9th April. Please note there will
be NO monthly meeting on the 2nd of April.
Just an early heads up for our 2018 programme;

Les Griffiths              Friday 11th May
Dumbo Hampton              Friday 13th July
Alan Cole                  Sunday 5th August
Tops Driving Academy       Friday 24th August
Dick Bain                  Friday 28th September

Please put these dates in your calendar.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Cheers, Darren Smith – Allsports chairperson

CARDS
Hi to everyone- Our Euchre Card Section nights are back into full swing for the
year. We started off with our opening social BBQ night with a very tasty meal.
Then we played a few games of bingo/housie, which everyone enjoyed. Any
winning lines got a cake or chocolate, a house would take a meat tray! To
finish off we had a few quick fire games of euchre. Something different for our
opening night again this year.

The next week was normal euchre
                                        night and 3rd week was our annual Eric
                                        Pycroft Trophy night (Men vs Ladies).
                                        We had 50 members playing with
                                        supper to finish off the social fun night.
                                        And shall we say, that the men took the
                                        trophy title again, 308 compared to 280
                                        for ladies. Well done men!
                                        Now back to normal Thursday night
Euchre nights, upstairs in the Function Room, starting at 7.30pm.
On Saturday 10th March, we will be having a section 6 handed tournament.
Please check our card notice board for details.

We also have a team of 8 players travelling up to Blenheim to play in the Clubs
NZ South Island Euchre Tournament on Sunday 4th March. We have a few
hours travel inland to maybe practice on the way.
Any new members please feel free to come and join in for a couple of nights if
you wish for a start. Thursday nights at 7.30pm.
Regards, Lorraine Cole

CRIB
It has been great to welcome back all our players for 2018.
The tables were full with 36 players on the first night back. The cards have
been competitive which makes for an enjoyable Wednesday night. We are
holding the New Zealand National Champs at Hornby in April with a large
number of our players committing to play in this Tournament. This is
encouraging and shows our weekly competition is providing our players
confidence to flourish at this level. Good luck to you all and we look forward
to some great results.
During February we hosted a Crib Pairs tournament for members from all the
Christchurch Clubs. 68 Players again showed their abilities around the Crib
board. Well done to our Friends at Papanui for claiming 1st prize with a
marvellous 32 points. 2nd went to Marie and Derek on 31 points with 3rd to
Ann and James on 30 points, both locals.
Finally thanks to Rose and her Team for arranging all our raffles, the
Wednesday’s downstairs and upstairs raffle and the Friday night Scratches,
which is fundraising to help host the NZ Nationals. The support we receive
from you all is fantastic and really makes a difference to our section. We wish
you good luck and thank you all!
All the best - The Cribbage Crew
DARTS
It’s time for the 50th South Island champs. Hornby held the first championship
right here in the old back bar and now we travel to Oamaru 50 years on. 28th of
Feb is the mixed pairs. The 1st of March is the Ladies and Mens pairs, and
Friday 2nd is the Ladies singles. Saturday has the Mens singles followed by the
presentation; we currently hold the mixed & aggregate trophies and look
forward to maybe holding on to them.
If anyone wants to play Darts this winter, they should contact the darts section
ASAP, ask for Maata or JP.
Yours at tops – John Poole

GOLF
The club recently sponsored a team entry to the Legends of Golf Pro Am
held at Russley Club. Brent Mackey, Matt Lernihan, & Tony Voice happily

enjoyed a morning tee off, and even met Melbourne Australian Pro, Ben
Jackson. The guys would like to thank the club for a great day.
All the best, Steve

OUTDOOR BOWLS
The February bowls section match was played at Bowls Hornby with a
theme of “State of Origin”. The weather was great, but a wee bit windy,
the green run very well and the added colour of the player’s strips made an
enjoyable day for all. Once again we thank Bowls Hornby for the use of
their excellent facilities. After the two games we had two, two winners
with the John Bowley skipped team, Fay Pedersen, Frances Streetley and
Ian Smith winning by points difference over Dick Wragg’s skipped team,
John Cowan, Lois Cowan and Leona Williams.
Our next game is at Bowls Hornby - report at 12 noon, 25th of March. We
are always looking for new members, contact numbers and section
information on upcoming games can be found on our notice board in the
main bar of the Club.
Robin Leary - Chairperson

MIDWEEK BOWLS
After a very successful 2017, the New Year has rolled off to a very
pleasing start. We opened again on 16 January with a very good
number of players and supporters for the first day. We held a BBQ on
27 February, and other activities such as mystery trips and fun days
will take place during the year.
Our policy has always been “friendly bowls” and that’s our objective
for the coming year. New members are always welcome.
Regards, Tony McBride

FISHING
Well here we are at the start of autumn, where did our summer go?
Alas, the summer we did have was not kind to the trout and
salmon fishers, with the seemingly continual high temperatures
(water temp above 70F in Benmore over the past weeks) taking
the fish very low in the lakes and high winds making conditions
unpleasant for boat fishing and darn near impossible for fly-
fishing. However, members I have talked to have reported some
good catches of trout and landlocked salmon.
On the horizon we have the South Island Clubs NZ Trout
Tournament, being run by the Cromwell Club, coming up over the
weekend of March 23rd & 24th. Also don’t forget the Jack Elcock
@ Lake Brunner on the 13th & 14th of April.
Would all section members and intending members please pencil
our AGM date, 18th April, in your diaries. Don’t forget that our
meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Club,
all Club member are welcome to come along.

Tight Lines- Denys Street

TABLE TENNIS
NEW ZEALAND MASTERS GAMES 2018
Table tennis was held at Edgar Centre in Dunedin from 3rd to 6th of February.
Club members Alan & Helen Law and Malcolm Campion compete with great
success in respective age group sections playing Singles, Doubles and Mixed
Doubles.

   Helen Law            6 Gold Medals * 2 Silver Medals * 1 Bronze Medal
   Alan Law             3 Gold Medals * 6 Silver Medals
   Malcolm Campion 4 Gold Medals * 3 Silver Medals
Social Table Tennis is held every Tuesday morning (10am-12pm) in the Sports
Hall and Competition is held every alternate Tuesday evenings (7pm-10pm)
New Members are welcome to join us for a lovely morning and evening!
Regards, John

TRAVEL
                    Race and Gala day at Hurunui
This was a very well supported day, with 40 people attending.
It was a great day out, and full credit to the organisers of this event.
A big thank you has been extended to them, for looking out for us, by
responding to request for cover with the fabulous gazebo that had
enough room for almost all to sit inside. The generous help from
Kevin and board members in supplying us with tables, ice and general
help was also much appreciated.
The day was fun, with trotting, galloping races including Clydesdales.
Horse racing for the young ones as well, along with tug of war and
just general fun events. Excellent food stalls and bars available,
although I think most of ours decided to BYO.

Next events
Well after months of planning, Napier is now just around the corner.
When this goes to print it will be just over two weeks until 23 of us
depart. For those of you attending you should have all received your
itineraries by now. I am holding the airline tickets to enable the group
booking, but the suitcase labels all have to be sorted so please ensure
you are no later than 8am to meet at the check in foyer at airport. The
check in luggage allowance is 23kg with hand luggage 7kg.
If any of you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to call
me.
                       Wednesday, April 18th 2018
A booking has been made to visit the Kate Valley Landfill in Hurunui
area. One of the employees at the Landfill will board our coach and
explain how the landfill and recycling works. This will be followed by
a presentation.
We will then have lunch at the Waipara Springs vineyard with
tastings, followed by further tastings at Waipara Hills vineyard.
This is still in the planning stage so no cost available yet, but keep an
eye on the notice board.
Next meeting in the Alpine Room 7pm Monday 19th March

Warm regards, Lyn Wright

Auction Items To Date:
•   Signed Steven Curry NBA Singlet
•   Weekend in Queenstown
•   Panasonic “58 TV
•   Weekend in Fox Glacier
•   BBQ & Outdoor Furniture
•   Signed 2017 All Blacks Jersey
•   Home security package
•   Signed 2018 Crusaders Jersey
•   Akaroa getaway
•   Year supply of pizza
•   Year supply of beer
•   Weekend in Hokitika
•   Groceries from New World
•   Ken Nysee painting
•   Signed 2017/18 Black Caps bat
•   Paslode Nail Gun

A huge thank you to those that helped at our Old Timers Christmas Party back
in December. You made our club proud & seeing you work as a team was really
great. Seeing the smile on all the oldies makes it really worthwhile. If it was
your first time or you are a regular helper, we hope to see you back next year!
Once again, many thanks.           Terry McCallum – Old Timers Convenor

Old Timers Christmas Party

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             Denys Street           03-349-5142
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 2nd
        7:00 Jo’s Karaoke
        Sat 3rd
March   4:30 Reminisce with Anthony
        8:00 Medium Rare
        Fri 4th
        1:30 Richie Venus & The
        Busker $5
        Fri 9th
        8:00 Ryan Neville & The
        Midnight Blues $22
        Sat 10th
        4:30 Barross
        8:00 Little City Duo
        Fri 16th
        7:00 Robbie Drew
        Sat 17th
        3:30 Norm Bland
        7:00 Boru

        Sat 24th
        4:30 Pat Kearns
        8:00 Ian Mac

        Sat 25th
        1:30 Annette’s Heart of
        Country $5

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