October 2018 - Benoni Northern Sports Club

Month: <span>October 2018</span>

The Scimitar 30 Oct 2018

31st October 201831st October 2018
by Glenda Todd

BNSC NEWSLETTER

Good day from a muggy office at the North…

The rain that we were blessed with a little while back…has had some magical results on our grounds…and the fields in general are looking magnificent…I get quite excited during summer as we see the transformation from the winter “vaal” to the spring and summer greens…everything looking lush and happy again…hopefully everyone out there is feeling the same way as Mother Nature…

Our weekend began with another great Friday…I really enjoy the vibe maintained by junior cricket…majority of the boys practicing…the click of the red leather ball on a crafted willow bat always creates a village green feel…and over the past few years, their parents when they bring their children to cricket practice…have a little unwind in the beer garden….enjoying a frosty refreshment, chatting to friends, new acquaintances, committee members and coaches…a really wonderful atmosphere to end the working week for most…some of the lucky boys get to play their weekly match under lights…and this is a marvellous experience….braai smoke, spectators of all shapes and forms..(last week we even had some premier league players down to watch)…and of course this inspires these young men….irrespective of the results…they are hooked on the game and they go home satisfied and tired…eager to acquit themselves even better on the next occasion…running back to their transport to take them home….constantly practicing their bowling action…or sometimes a particularly good defensive batting stroke…or an expansive hook or pull shot….it always fills me with pride and admiration at their enthusiasm, for allowing me to watch their energy and passion that these young players have…

Continuing on busy Friday night….our Members draw has still not been won…and it is climbing by R200 every week…with it now up to a sizeable R3600….all Members are welcome to join is for the draw on Fridays at 19h00…only Members who are present, may qualify to win it….so come along this week…it may just be your turn to be drawn….the joker draw took place at 19h30…and all the ticket holders were holding their breath…that perhaps it was their chance at finding our elusive Joker…and the slip that came out of the beeeeg black box…was none other than Aliastar Hamilton…who has already had his name drawn out the hat for this draw…I think the Club should really consider selling Aliastar’s seat off….it has certainly had its own share of luck in the not too distant past….anyhow, enough of the lucky seat in the house… was it going to be third time lucky???…Aliastar had obviously decided before the time what his selection was to be…as he pointed out his choice as soon the door opened….and as it has for the last 22 weeks…the yelps of joy, the shrieks of laughter and spontaneous singing indicated that the joker was not drawn…in fact the six of hearts showed where it had been surreptitiously in hiding since the opening of this draw….and with the carry over the jackpot climbs a little more..this time to R87351…and we have one less card face down…..so 31 cards remain… we are fast approaching the half way point in this joker draw… good luck to anyone who would like to alter their circumstances…R5 is all it takes to be part of the draw….and if your slip is selected….you could be our next joker draw winner….

Last week we had a late cancellation of Cedz, but Ryno readily jumped in to assist us….thank you to Ryno, who is another firm favourite of the Northerns faithful…and he cranked out great covers, one after the other…to have the crowd baying for more…. This week we welcome back an old friend to the North Peter (Bones) Ball will be back after a trying time…he is back on the circuit with us…and I would ask anyone who has seen Bones…please come through to support this wonderfully talented musician…who has overcome some serious health issues since we saw him last….but he is fired up and ready to perform at the North for us…he is bringing a mate of his with…called Rich….and Bones says that if there are any Pink Floyd fans out there….Rich does a mean cover of Comfortably Numb…. I await Rich who will be making his debut at the North, to make my own judgement call…but knowing Bonesy as I do….he will be spot on….

Our senior cricketers set the scene alight with some scintillating performances over the weekend….and although they weren’t all playing for the first side…they definitely deserve mention….

In the Ladies massive score of 380 in 35 overs…Lila Nell was outstanding with 167 not out…well done… Fabio Longueira bagged himself a mammoth 247 not out in the Directors league win by 315 runs against Katlehong….awesome stuff…whilst I was able to watch the promo side…who had their score bolstered by a blitz unbeaten century from Brett Martindale in only 55 balls..I think the fielding side asked the question on more than one occasion, which fence do you want me on, skip? The boundary or the perimeter fence?…. in their comfortable 183 run win over Actonville at the North…

Our Premier Sunday side had a great win over Actonville by 5 wickets in the Benoni derby match at the home of the opposition….Actonville batted first and were looking very solid at 121/3…before Northerns took complete control…dismissing the remaining 7 batsmen for a meagre 11 runs….leaving Northerns to chase 133 to win… Vaughan Humphreys again starring with the bat….scoring another half century…ending up with 60…. we were able to pass their total after only 22.2 overs for the loss of 5 wickets…a great result boys…let us keep the momentum up…. this week we take on a side that caused us some headaches in the past…and we travel to Boksburg for a match against CBCOB….all the best to all the sides that are playing this weekend….enjoy yourselves…have a blast…

Tomorrow night sees the running of the Rowlin night race….for those that have no participated before…please come down…there is a wonderful festive atmosphere…the people are ever so friendly….and of course the glow sticks create images that highlight and literally light up the runners and their chariots…colours, excitement energy (add a few wee drops of alcohol) and it promises to be another memorable evening of fun at the North…in fact it is quite breathtaking…hopefully I will see many of you out there….

That is it for this week….please send your complaints or compliments to rod.scheepers@gmail.com … if however you would like to tell me face to face…feel free to come and introduce yourself to me… hope to meet you all soon

Take Care…Cheers…

Rod

Alistair Hamilton (Social) once again missed out and drew the 6 of Hearts. Joker now on R87351.00 for Friday 02nd Nov. Be present to win it!!

LIVE MUSIC WILL BE PLAYING from 18h00 on Friday 02nd November.

Sunday 25th November 2018 – Benoni Northerns Sports Grounds – 09h00 to 16h00.

ATHLETICS

Tembisa Race – Bright ran 10 kilometers in 33:13. Well done Proud of You!!

Entries for #Comrades2019 to open on Friday, 19 October 2018. Watch this space!ComradesMarathon Marketing Manager, Thami Vilakazi said, ‘We are pleased to announce the opening date for entries for the 2019 event. More details to follow once we launch the 94th Comrades a week before entry opening.’

The wait is almost over! 2019 OMTOM Ultra Marathon entries open on 1 November 2018. Get ready to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s most beautiful marathon.

For a number of years now there has been idle talk about organising a BNAC trip to an international marathon, though nothing yet has transpired. Rob Brons has taken the first step in making this happen. As this will, unfortunately, be an expensive trip we are trying to give everyone plenty of notice so if need be people can start saving. We are going to be going to the Athens Marathon in November 2019. The race is 10 November 2019. The projected dates are to leave South Africa on 08 November 2019 and leave Athens on 11 November 2019. If you are interested in this once in a lifetime opportunity please contact Robert Brons on 082 774 9997 or robertb@icon.co.za

BASEBALL

CRICKET

Please feel free to download the fixtures and follow your team on www.webcricket.co.za

Our U12 Carnival league team faced Wattville this weekend in our first match of the season. Our boys batted first and faced some great bowling from the Wattville boys. Rorke had a great knock with 54 runs. We made 130 runs with 5 wickets taken after our 25 overs. Evan and Hayden each took 2 wickets with Jason taking 1. Wattville scored 124 runs in 21 overs as they forfeited 4 overs due to a late start. Northerns won by 8 runs. The boys had a great day and played well as a team. Well done boys, you did us proud!

MVPs for the weekend!! Fabio Longueira 247* Lila Nell 167* Brett Martindale 100* Brad Simpson 95 FG Dorfling 8-1-28-6

FOOTBALL

Bridge

Bridge Results 30 Oct 2018

31st October 2018
by Bridge

Before I get to the results of last night’s activities, let me briefly address something that occurred during the last three boards, late at night!

I speak for both Ian and myself when we apologise for our somewhat loud ‘ discussion’ about the hand which we had just played. The argument was unnecessary and certainly not in the spirit of what I am always talking about. It was a misunderstanding, We are still partners.We agree to differ. Sorry. Put it down to the first six numbers of our ID’s, it was late, whatever!

OK, that’s enough! On to the events of last night. That consistent pair of Bill and Jan came out on top, but only by one matchpoint. Second was Paul and Bridie, then came Lisa and Trish.

I’m now going to take a much delayed walk with that very patient dog of mine, who just lies at my feet and expects very little, apart from the morning walks, his daily food and water and a pat on the head. We should all learn something from our animals. Patience is the first virtue they pass on to those of us who are stressed.

Roy

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams	Grand Slams
1	3	Jan Verberck & Bill Wilkie	114/ 192	59.38	25	1	1
2	1	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	113/ 192	58.85	20	3
3	2	Lisa Adamson & Trish Blair	107/ 192	55.73	15	1	1
4	8	Heather Stevens & Judy Spangenberg	105/ 192	54.69	10
5	6	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	101/ 192	52.60	5	2
6	7	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	96/ 192	50.00
7	9	Deirdre Ingersent & Helen Roberts	90/ 192	46.88		1
8=	4	Vaun Robson & Guylaine Turton	81/ 192	42.19
8=	10	Marianne Dinham & Caroline Franks	81/ 192	42.19
10	5	Ann Schreiber & Diana Boudewijns	72/ 192	37.50

Hand records

85 Oct 30

Bridge

Bridge Results 26 Oct 2018

26th October 2018
by Bridge

What a beautiful day, a day where you can truly say it’s great to be alive. When I walked down to the Sandpan this morning early, the trees and the reeds were as still as any lyrical expression you could think of. Not the slightest stirring. Only the slight ripples from fish nibbles close to the surface and, of course, the constant squawking of Sea Gulls and honking of Geese. The level of water in the dam is decreasing day by day, so the coming rains will soon return it to it’s full splendour and new life in all it’s forms.

What about yesterday? There were eight full tables, some really strange hands with distribution straight from bridge fiction, but also the mundane, hands that were contested at the one to two level, providing the lesson to all of us that bridge at this or any higher level is not only about slams, but about accuracy and consistency. If any of us are guilty of complaining about a dearth of good hands, where I am certainly one of those, then we should all realise that better results are obtainable by embracing the fact that good players still get good results at times of point shortages, simply through good defense and competitive bidding, regardless.

That ever consistent pair of Helen and Barbara came out on top yesterday, for the umpteenth time, because of exactly what I wrote in the paragraph above. Then came Diana and Vaun, followed by Lisa and Mary. Well done ladies!

We’re still taking entries for the Club Championship. I finalised the lunch menu with our caterers yesterday, with two choices for lunch including vegetarian, for those who aren’t carnivores. This comment is for you, Devan and Nisha! And, we welcome two new members in the form of Hans and Albert, who will be competing for the title as members for the first time. Only a few weeks away now, so please get your entries in.

A pleasant weekend to all of you.

Roy

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams
1	6	Helen Roberts & Barbara Goldman	217/ 336	64.58	40
2	3	Diana Boudewijns & Vaun Robson	200/ 336	59.52	35
3	14	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	198/ 336	58.93	30
4	4	Bill Wilkie & Roz Whitburn	196/ 336	58.33	25
5	9	Jill Brown & Vanessa Woltersdorf	192/ 336	57.14	20
6	2	Peter Callaghan & Neels Kloppers	178/ 336	52.98	15
7	12	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	177/ 336	52.68	10
8	15	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	173/ 336	51.49	5
9=	8	Margaret O’Neil & Ann Schreiber	167/ 336	49.70
9=	13	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	167/ 336	49.70		1
11	16	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	158/ 336	47.02
12	5	Jerome Mc Carthy & Priscilla Fuller	153/ 336	45.54
13	1	Wendy Jupp & Claire Tulej	144/ 336	42.86
14	7	Hanneke Denny & Ursel Hardy	134/ 336	39.88
15	11	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	131/ 336	38.99
16	10	Jennifer Payne & Sandy Madsen	103/ 336	30.65

Hand Records

84 Oct 25

The Scimitar

The Scimitar 23 Oct 2018

25th October 201825th October 2018
by Glenda Todd

BNSC NEWSLETTER

Good morning from a sunny but chilly office at the North

I’m not sure who was confused on the weekend…whether it was Mother Nature or myself….I look outside and saw a clear sunny day…put on shorts and went out for my walk…..and WOW! There was a bitingly cold wind whistling across the plains of the Highveld…People could have been forgiven for checking the calendar to see if was actually October….hopefully we don’t have to experience that fresh chilly wind again this summer (?!)….

Friday nights now mean cricket practice for some of our Junior members…whilst for some lucky others it is “Match Day”…playing night cricket, under lights attached with lots of excitement ….these little fellows energy and excitement is tangible….when I arrived at the Club, game time was near…there was our new acquisition rolling the pitch to the required standard…the parents were having a drink or two while preparing their braai’s….Moms were wrapping up the other siblings in the fear that they were getting cold…deck chairs were paced in strategic positions…to enable the spectators to see their favourite grand-child, son, brother or friend display their skills…. all the runs and wickets being enthusiastically applauded by the sizeable crowd….I think at the end of the day our Northerns side actually lost the game to Kempton….but I thought that each of those little fellows deserved to be on the winning side….for that night their dreams were fulfilled…they felt they were like their provincial and national hero’s…playing under floodlights with plenty of people watching…and they wanted to give of their best every second of the match….each one of them learned a lesson that night….I hope that every one of them will use the skills gained on the night, whether they be life or cricket lessons, to improve something about their circumstances…whether it was how to lose or win…bowl spin or at pace….hit the ball gleefully to the boundary or defend doggedly to ensure that he lived to face another ball….at the disappointment at losing your wicket…or the joy at taking one…..there was plenty of “food for thought” for players, coaches and spectators alike….

While the boys were fighting out the winner with bat and ball…our usual Friday night fare was continuing in the Club house….and we had a new name extracted from the beeeeeg black box….this week Megan Adams (a guest) had her name drawn…and she seemed overjoyed at the possibility of winning herself a sizeable sum of cash….unfortunately for her, the luck of the previous 20 0dd draws winners continued…. she chose a card near to the top, a little off centre to the right and….it turned out to be the eight of Diamonds….so another roll over!! And this means that the crowd have another chance for this week….there was, of course the normal rapturous applause and wolf whistles as the crowd realised…that their chance was still alive for the coming week…our jackpot this week climbs to R85572….and with 32 cards now left…it means that again the chances improve at finding the joker…come along to try your luck at finding our Joker…it is month end…just on R5 ticket will be enough for you to be the next lucky person to try your luck at finding our joker…and this week we welcome back Cedz and Tryst….who play some amazing rock classics and get everyone’s feet tapping… please come through to the Scimitar to support these great musicians….

Saturday started as a cool and overcast day…but the weather did improve as the day went on….with plenty of cricket being played…and also the soccer players contesting their postponed cup-finals from the last week….three of our younger sides were triumphant in their quest to be top of the pile…our under 6A’s, under 13 super league team….whilst the Colts team, who had already won their league….were made to sweat out their result…..finally taking it 5-4 on penalties…I spoke a coach from the side…and his nails were bitten down to the quick….so definitely nail biting stuff…a double is a very satisfying set of results for the season….well done lads….a reason to be very proud….

Our senior Soccer boys had their prize giving on Saturday….and from the sound of all the applause, laughing and shouting going on…it definitely appeared to be a great success…our heartiest congratulations to all the prize winners on a job well done…our Juniors also had their prize giving a little earlier….with all their achievers and stars were rewarded with trophies and other awards and rewards….my congratulations to you all….

On Sunday morning I awoke early and was a little dismayed to see heavily overcast skies…the clouds looked about to release the heavy loads that they were carrying back to the earth (my walk was put on hold for a while…but then I went out to brave the conditions….)….but as the morning progressed…the sun started to burn off the heavy cloud cover…and the cricketers started smiling as their matches began at the allotted times….our elite Premier side were playing Alberton….in what is always a keenly contested affair….and this week proved no exception to the rule….the visitors batted first…and despite some indifferent fielding, brilliant mixed with some most lackadaisical, Alberton set us a task of 249 in out 50 overs… the armchair specialists alongside the field thought that it was going to be a tough challenge…and that the few chances that were spilled had probably cost us 50 runs and that it was not going to be easy to chase…. our innings started…not a good beginning and within a short while we were just over 50 for 4….our skipper Kurt and Vaughan battened down the hatches and slowly got themselves playing some shots and built the score up steadily….only for Kurt to be trapped in front with 100 more to get…..and as the game moved on it ebbed and flowed….from one side to the other….the spectators on the side were getting anxious…and as we thought we were almost home and dry with 15 odd runs to get and still three wickets remaining….disaster struck…and the crowd were back on the edges of their collective seats….another 8 runs and then another wicket…we needed 6 with our last wicket remaining…nail biting stuff for all present….I think Coach Nick walked a furrow in the paving as he paced up and down….alternating between the depths of despair or yipping gleefully as more runs were added to our total….the target was always in sight…with our last two batsmen displaying caution and aggression in equal quantities…with the crown egging the boys on….finally we were able to conjure up the runs needed to secure a very tense but satisfying victory over a very game opposition…. my congratulations to both sides for an amazing game….it appeared to be played in the wonderful spirit and great stuff to our boys for pulling the proverbial rabbit out of the hat in securing that win…. keep up the momentum boys…

Hockey 5’s is back on the Astro on Sunday…..please support these guys in this exciting brand of hockey…it is fast and furious….with thrill a minute action guaranteed….

I cannot believe how this year has flown by…there are only 2 months left to Christmas for this year…if you think we’re doing okay at the Club…please let me know by dropping me a line to rod.scheepers @gmail.com …..If you have any complaints please send to the same address…

Have a great week…I’ll see you over the weekend at the beloved North

Cheers Rod

Megan Adams (Guest) drew the 8 of Diamonds. Joker Draw another turnover at R85572.00 for Friday 26th October. Be present to win it 🌭🍺🍻🥂

“TRYST” WILL BE ENTERTAINING US COME AND JOIN THE FUN from 18h00 on Friday 26th October.

Sunday 25th November 2018
Benoni Northerns Sports Grounds – 09h00 to 16h00.

ATHLETICS

Entries for #Comrades2019 to open on Friday, 19 October 2018. Watch this space!ComradesMarathon Marketing Manager, Thami Vilakazi said, ‘We are pleased to announce the opening date for entries for the 2019 event. More details to follow once we launch the 94th Comrades a week before entry opening.’

The wait is almost over! 2019 OMTOM Ultra Marathon entries open on 1 November 2018. Get ready to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s most beautiful marathon.

For a number of years now there has been idle talk about organising a BNAC trip to an international marathon, though nothing yet has transpired. Rob Brons has taken the first step in making this happen. As this will, unfortunately, be an expensive trip we are trying to give everyone plenty of notice so if need be people can start saving. We are going to be going to the Athens Marathon in November 2019. The race is 10 November 2019. The projected dates are to leave South Africa on 08 November 2019 and leave Athens on 11 November 2019. If you are interested in this once in a lifetime opportunity please contact Robert Brons on 082 774 9997 or robertb@icon.co.za

BASEBALL

CRICKET

Please feel free to download the fixtures and follow your team on www.webcricket.co.za

FOOTBALL

The Benoni Northerns u19 SL team won the cup final today after a penalty shootout against Kempton Park FC. (5-4 after 1-1 in normal & extra time). Wow, mind boggling season, league and cup winners, all accolades belong to our players. So proud of these young men, only but ❤️😘 coaches Len, Marlon & Enrique.

Additional Football 2018 Season Accolades:- * U6 Div 1 – Cup Winners – Coach Steven Cook; * U13 SL – Cup Winners – Coach Trevor Xaba; * Super League Reserves – League Winners/Cup Runners Up – Darren Lee (aka Fish); * 4th Side – Div 2 Cup Winners – Coach Graham Gosling (aka Goose)

Bridge

Bridge Results 23 Oct 2018

24th October 2018
by Bridge

It’s 0730, a beautiful day outside at Country View and I’ve already walked the old guy around the side of the Sandpan. The old guy? Troy, of course! He turned 11 on the 25th of September and creaks a little when he gets up in the morning, the same as his old friend who walks him every day. But he loves the dam and splashes around in the shallows, chasing down some stick that I’ve thrown and relives his past youth in short bursts of energy that dissipate all too soon, as the toll of the passing years slow him down gradually. The walk homewards is always a little less exuberant now, ending in him flopping down on his bed and dreaming of past glories. What a life!

Thank you for allowing me to share the above with you. As we get older, we all reminisce on our passed youth and so do our pets, I suppose.

Now to last night and the events of the evening. The hands were of a certain appeal, with not everyone getting what they would have liked. But we all tried our best and dealt with the vicissitudes of the strange distribution and how to bid the contracts on offer, also the meddling types of competitive bids from competitors who weren’t going to just lie down and get run over. That’s the nature of our game and that’s what makes it so interesting.

That quite competent pair of Bill and Jan came in with a flourish towards the end and won it with an excellent 62.7%, followed by the reasonably competent pair of Hayward and Lowdon in second place. A feature of the evening was the closeness of the results, with only 2% separating the following four pairs.

Just a reminder or two. Our Club Pairs Championship is only a few weeks away, so get your entries in as soon as possible. There will be an entry form at Priscilla’s table tomorrow. We also wish our Team of Bill, Clyde, Bridie and Paul all the best for the upcoming Interclub Teams and look forward to a stellar performance from them.

I’ll see most of you tomorrow.

Roy

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams
1	4	Bill Wilkie & Jan Verberck	79/ 126	62.70	25
2	8	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	72/ 126	57.14	20	1
3	10	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	64/ 126	50.79	15
4	2	Helen Roberts & Pauline Lind	71/ 144	49.31	10
5=	7	Guylaine Turton & Vaun Robson	61/ 126	48.41	3
5=	9	Ann Schreiber & Diana Boudewijns	61/ 126	48.41	3
7	3	Lisa Adamson & Trish Blair	59/ 126	46.83
8	6	Heather Stevens & Judy Spangenberg	56/ 126	44.44
9	5	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	53/ 126	42.06		1

Hand records

83 Oct 23

Bridge

Bridge Results 18 Oct 2018

18th October 2018
by Bridge

As I write to you from Rynfield Close, I see there are two bars showing on the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) at the bottom of the laptop, in this case for Vodacom. I often have to wait until the next morning before I am able to send the results, because the signal is so weak. In fact, this morning a funny thing happened when I received an SMS from Vodacom, one of those irritating marketing questionnaires that asks you to rate their service and quality of signals, etc, which must have slipped through the ether by accident. I was brutally honest and rated them 1 out of 5 on each of three questions. The only problem with that was the fact that the message couldn’t get through, so they’ll never know! Oh boy!

I think I’ll organise someone to deliver it in a cleft stick.

Enough Hayward, enough. It is what it is, so just go to the results.

There were 11 full tables today, a complete about turn from Tuesday night’s two and a half! Sid and Ros won with 67.9%, followed by Jill and Vanessa in second and those two perennial achievers Helen and Barbara third.

Remember to enter for the Club Pairs Championship! We had a number of entries today, but we are aiming for 12 tables, so keep the entries coming in. The entry list will be displayed at every session, with the closing date quite a few weeks away.We are also going to firm up the menu with the caterers in the next few weeks and have had an indication of two persons asking for a vegetarian lunch, which we will be able to provide. I will organise for an alternative form to be printed, which will contain space for such requests, so no problem.

With reference to previous mails when I wrote about long hesitations when bidding the following comment was recorded during a recent game:
When asked to acknowledge that his partner had broken tempo to have a long think before taking action he said ” There was a hesitation, but I’m not sure there was any thinking involved”

Yes, well, say so more.

Goodnight all, see you next week.

Roy and an ever sleeping Troy

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams
1	22	Roz Whitburn & Sid Ismail	326/ 480	67.92	55
2	19	Jill Brown & Vanessa Woltersdorf	296/ 480	61.67	50
3	18	Helen Roberts & Barbara Goldman	273/ 480	56.88	45	1
4	11	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	271/ 480	56.46	40	1
5	5	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	269/ 480	56.04	35	1
6	6	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	263/ 480	54.79	30
7=	4	Peter Callaghan & Neels Kloppers	257/ 480	53.54	23
7=	9	Tico Poplak & Bram Van Alten	257/ 480	53.54	23
9	7	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	256/ 480	53.33	15
10	20	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	252/ 480	52.50	10
11=	1	Margaret O’Neil & Ann Schreiber	250/ 480	52.08	2
11=	2	Clyde Mallinson & Ilaudie Keeley	250/ 480	52.08	2
11=	13	Devan & Nisha Chetty	250/ 480	52.08	2
14	14	Jerome Mc Carthy & Priscilla Fuller	249/ 480	51.88
15	8	Di & Trevor England	216/ 480	45.00
16	15	Rod & Pat Norton	214/ 480	44.58
17	12	Yvonne Rimer & Claire Tulej	213/ 480	44.38
18	10	Chic & Evelyn Nisbet	204/ 480	42.50
19	17	Sandy Madsen & Jennifer Payne	186/ 480	38.75
20	3	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	185/ 480	38.54
21	21	Veronica Von & Gary Von Aulock	177/ 480	36.88
22	16	Colleen Russell & Lynn Cross	166/ 480	34.58

Hand records

82 Oct 18

The Scimitar

The Scimitar 16 Oct 2018

17th October 201817th October 2018
by Glenda Todd

BNSC NEWSLETTER

Hi there to everyone

Although this past weekend was a complete hash as far organised sport was concerned…..as the earth around Gauteng was welcoming with relief the first rains of summer…and how magic it is….the ground is soft underfoot…plants have literally grown new shoots overnight, the grass is a shade greener…the trees foliage appears to be thicker….it is amazing what the nitrates in the rain do for Mother Nature….we can water our grounds for weeks and months on end, but it does not have the same effect as the day of rain we experienced over the weekend….our grounds are now starting to look fantastic again….and summer has begun in earnest…

Due to the rain…..the weekend was very quiet at the Club….but some traditional fare was still enjoyed by everyone….by Friday we had no inkling of the inclement weather that awaited us….so the atmosphere at the Club was jovial and upbeat…. We have still not found a winner for either of the Members draws…but the raffles are still proving to be popular, with Kelly winning the beer and Jamela the meat voucher…and onto the Joker Draw….this part of the evening is always exciting for me…it is lovely to see the expectation growing…the main bar seems to fill up as the appointed time arrives and there is a buzz of anticipation….everyone is hoping it is their name to be called out…..and when it does happen they are so surprised and nervous….This week, Marge Mellis (our caterer) was the lucky name to be called…..Marge has been asking me whether I specifically remove her name from the box, as it was so long since she last got a chance….but this week Marge had her name drawn from the beeeeg black box….she promptly called for the ladder to allow her to inspect the top of the cabinet too….and proceeded to look at the board to make her selection…..left to right she scanned…then moved her gaze from top to bottom….and made her selection…on the extreme right, pretty well centred…..which when turned over was the 5 of hearts… Marge’s face displayed her disappointment..(I think possibly she had already begun spending the money!!) …but the crowd, as always, joined into the spontaneous applause and song that always breaks out after an unsuccessful joker selection….so another week gone….20 cards are now displayed….meaning that there are now only 33 face down….and the jackpot just keeps on escalating… we are now up to R83679 for this week….we are starting to get to the interesting time of the draw…so please pop along this week and try your luck….it is only R5 for a chance to win that jackpot….the more tickets you buy the better your chances are of being drawn…

Later in the evening, the budding artists arrived to showcase their talent, as Karaoke was the order of the evening….and there were some talented….some not so talented….and some downright awful contributions….I have vowed not to name and shame….for the fear of being lynched….and despite the off key and rhythmless contributions….a great evening of fun was has in the Scimitar….which we will have to repeat at a later stage in the year again….

This week we welcome Coyote….a couple of old favourites back to the North….I think these two are possibly the longest standing of our Friday night artists that we have hosted at the Club and they return this week….Martin and Billy will be entertaining us in the Scimitar from about 6.30ish on Friday…so join us then and have a great beginning to your weekend….

Last Friday I was fortunate enough to be at the Legends fund raiser….and what a great evening of laughter and fun it was… I am sure that everyone left with bigger smiles than they arrived with….and some really good cash flow was generated from the evening…thanks guys….it really was barrels of fun…

Saturday started off cool and gloomy and the weather did not really improve at all…. the Club cricket started and was washed out after a few overs….and even caused the international match on Sunday between SA and Zim to be abandoned without a ball being bowled…

Our Soccer Colts started their cup final and played out one half in atrocious conditions only for the referee to call off proceedings at half time….

All the other cup finals were all called off before kick-off….and they have been rescheduled for this weekend (weather permitting, of course)….times for these matches are still to be confirmed…so please check on our web site or Facebook page for the new playing times…these which will be published as soon as these are confirmed…

Saturday also sees both the Soccer Sections having their prize giving….Both the Juniors and Seniors will be rewarding their achievers…both on and off the field….the timing of which will be slightly disrupted by the changes in time to the various Cup Finals…but hopefully the disruptions will be worthwhile…and all of our finalists are able to bring home the silverware…

Our cricketers are in full swing at the moment with their season only being a couple of weeks old…so enthusiasm is still high amongst all the players….good luck to all the sides for this week…

Our senior baseballers are back from their tour in the Eastern Cape…and it looks like they live by the rule….what goes on tour stays on tour….so our esteemed journalist decided not to push the point when he was given a terse “no comment”…

Both Junior Baseball and Senior Softball will be back on the diamonds this weekend at the North…to all the sides…have a ball…enjoy yourselves and have fun….

Our annual Rowlin night race will again be hosted at the North on Wednesday 31^st October…. the normal offerings of a 5km fun run with 10 and 15km races being offered…this promises to be a super evening of family fun….I have participated in a few of the 5km fun runs….and there is always a cascade of colour with everyone clambering to have the most unique offering of glowing costumes, prams, wheelchairs, you name it…it is emblazoned with colourful glow sticks of varying hues….the atmosphere is most relaxed and it is a pleasure to participate in this spectrum of varying shades festival…. please feel free to showcase your talents and exhibit your natural flair with glow sticks at this annual fun event…

The hockey fives competition was also disrupted by the rain on the weekend…with only a handful of matches being completed…but we are hoping for the full compliment to be on show this Sunday…so please come along and watch this exciting brand of hockey which is now being played….matches start early on Sunday morning and continue throughout the day.

That is it for this week…I’m going to sign off with my normal request that you contact me what you think of how we’re doing things….whether we need complaints or compliments…please send them to me on rod.scheepers@gmail.com

Cheers Rod

Marge Mellis from the Kitchen drew the 5 of Hearts. Joker Draw a turnover at R83679.00 for Friday 19th October. Be present to win it !!!

“COYOTE” WILL BE ENTERTAINING US COME AND JOIN THE FUN from 18h00 on Friday 19th October.

ATHLETICS

Entries for #Comrades2019 to open on Friday, 19 October 2018. Watch this space!ComradesMarathon Marketing Manager, Thami Vilakazi said, ‘We are pleased to announce the opening date for entries for the 2019 event. More details to follow once we launch the 94th Comrades a week before entry opening.’

The wait is almost over! 2019 OMTOM Ultra Marathon entries open on 1 November 2018. Get ready to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s most beautiful marathon.

BASEBALL

Always a pleasure to represent the green and gold ⚾️🔥 Words from our very own Rowen Ebersohn

Masters Baseball 2018 Port Elizabeth tour

CRICKET

Please feel free to download the fixtures and follow your team on www.webcricket.co.za

FOOTBALL

Bridge

Bridge Results 16 Oct 2018

17th October 2018
by Bridge

Last night we had a huge turnout, with two and a half tables, complete with bustling action, periods of inaction, with sitouts of five boards, tea and coffee being taken on the run, or during 5 board sitouts.

Exciting stuff.

And, for those of you who have never competed in a two and a half table event, do you know that a top is worth 2 match points, second is a zero and a shared top is worth 1 match point.

Scoring manually is really easy, taking about 5 minutes. Writing down the names, five of them, takes about 45 seconds. Adding up the scores takes about another 5 minutes.

The longest part of this process is sending this email out.

The winners, the results?

First, Paul and Bridie, joint second, Roy and Ian, together with Vaun and Guylaine, fourth Caroline and Heather, 5th Bill and Jan.

By the way, after my chirp about whether people actually read my mails, I received two replies, which is encouraging, I suppose. Better than nobody.

Back to more positive matters, the entry form is now available at the Treasurer’s desk for the Club Championship, so just enter your names there when you register to play. We will require payment at least two weeks prior to the event in order to firm up your participation. To reiterate, it it open to all comers, but the title of Champion pair may only be awarded to a pair of members, also the cash prize for best overall result for the day. The individual sessions will also have cash prizes, for which non-members are eligible.

Roy. No, I’m not grumpy, just saying it as it is.

See most of you tomorrow.

Bridge

Bridge Pairs ladder Sep 2017 to Sep 2018

16th October 2018
by Dylan Coates

For all of your interest, attached is a self explanatory ladder of pairs results for the 12 month period Sept to Sept. Well played, consistently, to Paul and Bridie for topping the averages, followed by Sid and Ros, then Ian and myself.

Roy

Ladder

Position	Players	Played	Average	Up to 3 Highest and Up to 3 Lowest scores
1	Bridie Bullen-Smith & Paul van der Wal	76	69.15%	82.64%	72.14%	71.43%	66.23%	66.07%	65.10%
2	Roz Whitburn & Sid Ismail	7	64.39%	76.62%	68.86%	65.91%	61.62%	58.33%	56.88%
3	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	61	64.06%	69.79%	66.41%	65.42%	62.22%	60.94%	60.91%
4	Helen Roberts & Barbara Goldman	41	63.64%	69.09%	68.18%	63.89%	62.22%	61.81%	60.12%
5	Barbara Goldman & Di England	33	63.31%	71.00%	67.82%	66.67%	60.42%	59.52%	59.38%
6	Deirdre Ingersent & Pat Eve	37	62.39%	72.02%	67.71%	63.99%	58.33%	58.24%	57.55%
7	Bram Van Alten & Tico Poplak	56	61.99%	67.00%	66.67%	63.80%	59.95%	59.79%	58.41%
8	Ann Schreiber & Margaret O’Neil	44	61.73%	64.94%	63.64%	62.88%	60.68%	59.74%	59.34%
9	Bill Wilkie & Jan Verberck	25	61.70%	69.05%	63.49%	63.18%	59.03%	57.74%	57.73%
10	Neels Kloppers & Peter Callaghan	42	61.68%	69.55%	65.34%	62.22%	58.81%	58.59%	58.52%
11	Cathy Saville & Robert Stephens	7	61.50%	69.35%	69.03%	63.54%	59.66%	54.83%	53.65%
12	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	42	60.99%	66.59%	62.24%	61.61%	59.85%	59.09%	59.03%
13	Vanessa Woltersdorf & Jill Brown	39	60.43%	63.39%	63.33%	62.12%	58.52%	58.41%	57.64%
14	Diana Boudewijns & Vaun Robson	43	59.84%	67.56%	64.77%	62.05%	57.58%	56.25%	55.36%
15	Helen Roberts & Deirdre Ingersent	33	59.63%	65.28%	63.66%	61.98%	56.77%	56.55%	55.56%
16	Bill Wilkie & Roz Whitburn	9	59.43%	74.07%	67.17%	63.54%	53.70%	49.62%	45.83%
17	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	17	59.41%	69.68%	63.38%	62.73%	57.03%	53.41%	53.13%
18	Cathy Saville & Tor Meyer	25	59.24%	68.25%	65.63%	65.50%	54.69%	53.13%	52.27%
19	Ann Schreiber & Diana Boudewijns	31	59.10%	68.06%	64.29%	62.50%	55.21%	54.76%	54.76%

Bridge

Bridge Results 11 Oct 2018

12th October 2018
by Bridge

Good evening all of you. Before I get going with today’s results, I would just like to enquire whether all of you receive my emails. I ask this, because I conducted a small experiment today, where I asked at least ten people what they thought about yesterday’s mail,in particular what they thought about the hand from Tuesday night. To my absolute disappointment, there were only three out of the ten who had read the mail and I was also told that they looked at the results before leaving, so they didn’t need to see it again!
I now realise that the above paragraph doesn’t make sense, because if you don’t receive it, then you wouldn’t know about this enquiry, would you? I give up, I’ll just continue sending them and if you don’t read it, just delete, or tell me, so I can delete your address from the data base. Whatever!

Well done Bill and Cathy, the old Precision player and his convert to the system. Then came Vaun and Diana, followed by Margaret and Ann.

And, a welcome back, from all of us, to Ian, who walked in today a little slimmer(?) but looking as if he’d just been on holiday for a few weeks. Well done Ian and may I say it was a pleasure to play with you again today.

That’s it for now, have a good weekend, those of you who read these mails, also to those who don’t.

Roy, the scribe whose words seem to fall on deaf ears, but who knows?
But if they don’t reach the ears in the first place, then there would be nowhere to fall? And if those people …..? Whatever!

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams	Grand Slams
1	15	Bill Wilkie & Cathy Saville	300/ 432	69.44	50	1	1
2	18	Vaun Robson & Diana Boudewijns	249/ 432	57.64	45	2
3	1	Margaret O’Neil & Ann Schreiber	248/ 432	57.41	40
4	14	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	233/ 414	56.28	35	1
5	5	Helen Roberts & Barbara Goldman	241/ 432	55.79	30
6	19	Tico Poplak & Bram Van Alten	234/ 432	54.17	25
7	13	Pat Eve & Deirdre Ingersent	231/ 432	53.47	20	2
8	20	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	227/ 432	52.55	15	1
9	10	Devan & Nisha Chetty	225/ 432	52.08	10	1
10	17	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	223/ 432	51.62	5	4
11	11	Hanneke Denny & Ursel Hardy	222/ 432	51.39
12	2	Neels Kloppers & Peter Callaghan	212/ 432	49.07
13	3	Yvonne Rimer & Cherylin Mitchell	211/ 432	48.84
14	16	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	210/ 432	48.61		1
15	12	Chic & Evelyn Nisbet	194/ 414	46.86			1
16	8	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	200/ 432	46.30		2
17	9	Jerome Mc Carthy & Priscilla Fuller	187/ 432	43.29
18	6	Rod & Pat Norton	176/ 432	40.74
19	7	Colleen Russell & Lynn Cross	153/ 432	35.42
20	4	Charles Berriman & Len Harrison	126/ 432	29.17

Hand Records

80 Oct 11

Bridge

Bridge Results 9 Oct 2018

10th October 2018
by Bridge

There were several very interesting hands last night, none more so than hand 7, where 6C, 6S and 6NT were makeable. Look at it on the attached file of hands from last night. A truly remarkable hand, which, ultimately, relies on instinct rather than accurate bidding only in order to reach the correct contract. Ian and I, along with input from Bill, discussed how we might have bid it in Precision. Look at it. Discuss it with your regular partner and tell us how you would have bid it, without resorting to just instinct or conducting a seance at the table. The following sequence is that which would be used by experienced Precision players, where they aren’t using transfer bids over a 1C opening.

First, here’s the hand;
North
S 942
H 4
D A
C AQJT9765

South
S AQJT83
H K7
D K763
C K

Bidding

S 1C* N 2C
2S** 3H***
4C**** 5C*****
6S

Explanation of above bidding
1C 16 Pts, not necessarily Clubs
2C Natural, at least 5 cards, 8 or more pts.
2S ‘Alpha’ bid, new suit by 1C opener, asking for support in that suit and total controls, where an Ace is 2 and a King is 1.
3H Showing support with 4 or more controls
4C Gamma bid, asking about Club suit.
5C Showing at least 6 Clubs, with 2 of top 3,
6S Natural, enough information to bid it.

Confused? Well, it’s the wonderful world of bridge, with it’s billions of hand variations, it’s vast array of bidding availability, with all the various conventions, the blood and guts of combat across the table, the play of the hands. Such bidding is what is being used by top players, it is actually not that difficult to learn, if you’re prepared to read and research a little.

Enough of that, the very capable pair of Bill and Jan won with 63.5%, followed by Paul and Bridie, then Diana and Anne. My thanks, as usual, to Tico for a very pleasant 24 boards last night.

We will be holding our annual Pairs championship on Saturday, 17th November. We have a target of at least 12 tables, and it will be an all day event, over 48 boards, with morning and afternoon tea and biscuits, lunch and great camaraderie. We will put up an entrance form and display it at all coming events, at the table where you pay your entrance fees and urge you to get your entries in as soon as possible. It will be open to non members as well, but the Championship itself can only be won by a fully paid up member of the club.We will be subsidising the cost of lunch and therefore the entry fee will comprise of the normal R25 per player per session, plus a contribution of R30 to cover some of our cost, a total of R80 per player, R160 per pair.

Goodbye for now, see most of you tomorrow.

Roy

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club
1	9	Jan Verberck & Bill Wilkie	80/ 126	63.49	25
2	3	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	76/ 126	60.32	20
3	7	Diana Boudewijns & Ann Schreiber	69/ 126	54.76	15
4=	1	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	72/ 144	50.00	8
4=	5	Roy Hayward & Tico Poplak	63/ 126	50.00	8
6	10	Vaun Robson & Guylaine Turton	57/ 126	45.24
7	8	Judy Spangenberg & Heather Stevens	55/ 126	43.65
8	4	Lisa Adamson & Trish Blair	54/ 126	42.86
9	6	Deirdre Ingersent & Helen Roberts	50/ 126	39.68

Hand Records

79 Oct 9

The Scimitar

The Scimitar 9 Oct 2018

10th October 201810th October 2018
by Glenda Todd

BNSC NEWSLETTER

Back at my desk at the North….so a warm welcome from a sunny North….

I have found that as the number reflecting my summers spent on earth has grown….time appears to pass quicker than it did in the past…when I was in primary school, it seemed to take forever for a week to pass…but our time on holiday…appears to have flown away in a flash….it feels like yesterday that the excitement was still building and we were about to embark on a dream holiday…now it is a distant memory…confirmed only by the flash backs in my memory banks….and the photographs that are fortunately a constant reminder that it did actually happen…we had a marvellous time….snorkelling on a reef in a nature reserve….a beautiful sunset cruise…swimming in the aquamarine blue paradise… tanning on powdery white beaches…experiencing some amazing sunsets..my early morning walks down the beach….of course we did savour the tastes of the local cuisine and did indulge in an odd few tipples (whether they were of local or international standards) and all these will forever be etched in my mind….but we are back in Benoni and it feels as though we were never away…..

So although I wasn’t right here…I still got the report backs on the goings on at the North…and was kept abreast of the news and reviews to muse over…. Friday night was another busy start to the weekend…with the Zimmer Twinz providing the entertainment at the Club….they have become some firm favourites with our Members…playing a wide variety of tunes which were enjoyed by all present….and so onto the major attraction for most on a Friday…. the Joker Draw….Glen, my able stand-in for the evening…..rummaged in the beeeeeg black box…and extracted a new name from the depths…Leanne Hellon was the name reflected on the till slip selected…..and she appeared to have sussed out the choices before….she calmly relaxed herself on the bar counter and made her selection….which, to everyone’s relief, turned out to be the ten of spades…again the partisan crowd broke out into spontaneous song and laughter….knowing that their chances of being drawn and winning next week…had just improved significantly….so 19 cards have been revealed and 34 cards(sorry I was on holiday last week and incorrectly reported that there were 34 last week…..I do apologise….my solar powered calculator obviously had lost its charge…and brain…from being locked in my suitcase for such a long time) are left to choose from….but the Jackpot has moved up to R81738 for this week….now don’t forget…you only need one R5 ticket to win it and you have to be present at the draw….come along this week to try your luck….we will also be having a home grown talent evening…with karaoke being presented on the evening…..so if you believe you are the next Voice, Idol or should not be on the SA has Talent show….pop down on Friday and showcase your talent at the North…

Our first and second Sunday cricket sides had good wins on Sunday which means a great start to the season for them both….well done lads…keep up the good work….this week there are byes for the Sunday sides as our National team play Zimbabwe at Willowmoore Park in a T20 international…Great to see international cricket back here in Benoni….I am sure there are a lot of our older Members who will fondly remember gracing that same playing field….it used to be presided over by a strict authoritarian with the name of Mister Bunce….and you never wanted to get on his wrong side….who used to prepare emerald green pitches that used to shimmer in the early morning light and was the nightmare of many an opening batsmen in those days….. but this is now the home of Easterns cricket and only played on by representative, provincial and national sides these days…

Our “older” Baseballers are all on tour at the moment…as the National Masters is being held in Port Elizabeth for the remainder of the week….good luck ot all of our boys down there…particularly our newly elected Baseball President Shaun Deysel….hope you all enjoy a great time….

Senior Soccer on a Saturday has been wrapped up for this year…but the Juniors have their Cup Finals over the weekend….and we have a fair representation of talent on display….Glenda has all the details of the sides playing elsewhere in the Scimitar….but I would like to remind everyone that the Super League Colts side…who I reported had won their league last week already (with some games in hand)…and now going to try to pull off the “Double” by competing in the Final in Saturday (14h00) at the Greek Club in Senderwood (near Linksfield for those who aren’t sure where that is)…please let us go and support them in numbers…I am certain the young men will appreciate some noisy and vociferous support from the stands… all the best to the lads….give your best…it is the most we can ask for….we have four other teams contasting Cup Finals over the weekend…these fixtures are also elsewhere in the Scimitar…please consult these for further information…our soccer section never rests though…and summer means the start of Vets league on Wednesday nights…whilst the Ladies are also in full swing….with both Ladies teams registering wins in the opening encounter of the weekend…means a cracking start to the season for them both…

Hockey 5’s will continue on Sunday at the Astro…and if last week is anything to go by…it appears that this sport is also growing exponentially…well done to the Administrators and researchers on coming up with the concept…it is lovely to watch….a game consisting of three periods of extremely quick non-stop action which appears to be most energy sapping…judging by the regularity of substitutions….definitely not a game for my Masters boys….

Rugby has wound down for the year…with the sevens “circuit” now complete…we were hoping to host one of the legs here at the North…but we are confident that next year we will have a 7’s tournament…that should be awesome….

I am going to bid you farewell for this week……if you believe we are doing things wrong (or right) at the North…please leave me a message on rod.scheepers@gmail.com Have fun…Cheers!!

Rod

Leanne Hellon (Guest) drew the 10 Spades. Joker Draw another turnover sitting on R81738.00 for Friday 12th October. Be present to win it!!

“KAREOKE” COME AND JOIN THE FUN from 18h00 on Friday 12TH October.

ATHLETICS

Entries for #Comrades2019 to open on Friday, 19 October 2018. Watch this space!ComradesMarathon Marketing Manager, Thami Vilakazi said, ‘We are pleased to announce the opening date for entries for the 2019 event. More details to follow once we launch the 94th Comrades a week before entry opening.’

The wait is almost over! 2019 OMTOM Ultra Marathon entries open on 1 November 2018. Get ready to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s most beautiful marathon.

BASEBALL

We would like to wish all of our players that are participating in the Masters Tournament safe travels and best of luck for their tournament which is starting on Wednesday.

CRICKET

BNCC Legends are running a fund raiser. Each table will need to provide their own food and drinks. We still have some tables available. Cost R100 per person. Come and support the Guys

Please feel free to download the fixtures and follow your team on www.webcricket.co.za

The Cricket transfer window closes on 15 October 2018. There is still a few days left to join our prestigious club

FOOTBALL

Bridge

Bridge Results 4 Oct 2018

5th October 20185th October 2018
by Bridge

Good morning all of you good people. I tried to send the results out last night, but the ether wasn’t kind. I couldn’t get enough signal strength from Vodacom to even open Gmail, let alone for it to last long enough for one of my long emails to you!

I’m happy to be back home after our seaside jaunt, and even Troy is showing some residual effects after having to breathe such highly saturated oxygen down there. But that’s over now and we’re back in business, bridge-wise.

When I walked into the hall yesterday afternoon, it really felt good to see all your young and not so young faces after 10 days and may I just say it was good to see you all and feel the atmosphere of my second home, Benoni Northerns Bridge Club. I think of you when I’m away and wonder who’s doing what, whether there is improvement, whether you’ve adopted a new convention in your partnership, and so on and so on.

With the above in mind, I cannot help noticing a few interesting results from yesterday. In particular, my normal congratulations go to the deserving winners, Paul and Bridie, but a huge well done goes to Geoff and Pauline for second place and to the winners of the handicap, Charles and Len, who, co-incidentally, came in 12th overall, with nearly 50%. I’m thrilled to see such improvement and urge you guys to keep it up.

That’s all for now folks, love you all,

Roy and a sleeping Troy

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams
1	7	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	222/ 336	66.07	45	1
2	14	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	180/ 308	58.44	40
3	11	Pat Eve & Deirdre Ingersent	171/ 308	55.52	35
4	4	Helen Roberts & Barbara Goldman	182/ 336	54.17	30	1
5	2	Vaun Robson & Diana Boudewijns	163/ 308	52.92	25
6	16	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	159/ 308	51.62	20
7	5	Neels Kloppers & Peter Callaghan	157/ 308	50.97	15
8	9	Wendy Jupp & Claire Tulej	148/ 308	48.05	10
9	18	Margaret O’Neil & Ann Schreiber	147/ 308	47.73	5	1
10=	3	Shirley Cooper & Jennifer Payne	146/ 308	47.40
10=	13	Chic & Evelyn Nisbet	146/ 308	47.40
12	6	Charles Berriman & Len Harrison	145/ 308	47.08
13	8	Pat Neuman & Judy Spangenberg	157/ 336	46.73
14	1	Pat & Rod Norton	155/ 336	46.13
15	12	Jerome Mc Carthy & Priscilla Fuller	152/ 336	45.24
16=	15	Jill Brown & Vanessa Woltersdorf	129/ 308	41.88
16=	17	Hanneke Denny & Ursel Hardy	129/ 308	41.88

Hand Records

78 Oct 4

Bridge

Bridge Results 2 Oct 2018

3rd October 2018
by Bridge

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams
1=	6	Lisa Adamson & Trish Blair	77/ 126	61.11	23	1
1=	8	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	77/ 126	61.11	23	1
3	9	Judy Spangenberg & Heather Stevens	69/ 126	54.76	15
4	4	Diana Boudewijns & Ann Schreiber	68/ 126	53.97	10
5	1	Guylaine Turton & Vaun Robson	67/ 126	53.17	5
6	10	Deirdre Ingersent & Helen Roberts	62/ 126	49.21
7	5	Jan Verberck & Bill Wilkie	56/ 126	44.44
8	7	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	62/ 144	43.06
9	2	Geoff Ridyard & Tony Bremer	38/ 126	30.16

The Scimitar

The Scimitar 3 Oct 2018

3rd October 20183rd October 2018
by Glenda Todd

BNSC NEWSLETTER

A warm and humid good morning from an island off equatorial Africa….

Today…I do not look out on the beautiful avenue of oaks at the North….but rather from a hot and humid Zanzibar…where I am fortunate enough to be spending a family holiday…pristine white powdery beaches…aquamarine blue seas..and balmy holiday weather to match …and just to explain…Zanzibar is like Durban on steroids…hot but with humidity to make sure that you are in a constant glaze of perspiration…albeit the temperature has not exceeded 30….I felt like I was back in Natal in my youth…with drenched clothing from 6 in the morning till late at night… but just because I am away from the confines of the North… doesn’t mean that it was any further from my heart than it usually is….

Friday saw the start of our usual weekend of madness at the North….but with a new development…which allowed me to proceed on my holiday bound route….I was able to welcome Shepherd back from his very tragic and sad Zimbabwe trip….he has definitely lost some weight…so I think we will need to fatten up our favourite son…which will allow him to continue to work at his fast and furious pace…welcome back Shep…your family at the North have missed you so dreadfully much……

And then on to Friday evening….our first night market of Spring…and with Nature’s penchant for throwing a spanner in our work….she brought down the rain…sending everyone and everything scurrying indoors for cover….the travelling footballers were treated to an indoor meal sit down…while the joker draw sales were relegated to behind the ladies bar counter…I think Lockey had more requests for tequila than for Joker tickets…and with the band setting up in the bar too… it meant that the Ladies bar was a cog of action for the evening…..Omega showed us exactly why they are so popular…playing tunes for the young and old…displaying their style and class…which also included some special guest appearances…. a great evening of music….this band is always of the “please come again” list… and onto the joker draw…the beeeeeeg black box produced a new name for this round…as Hutch was the lucky fellow from the pile of names it contained…..and he seemed fairly certain at his choice….but his system of analysing came to naught…. as his pick proved to be the five of spades….so we now move onto week 19….18 cards have been revealed…and there are now 34 left…while the winning value has moved up to just short of R80k….R79668 in fact….so please pop down this week to try your luck at producing our next winner of the joker draw….

Saturday and Sunday we hosted a ladies football tournament at the North…with some quality ball skill on display…the Natal sides displaying some rare finesse and touches…this is the second year of us hosting the tournament…and we trust all the players and administrators enjoyed their time with us….we love to have players from far afield to share our fantastic facilities with…

Our second soccer side unfortunately did not have the fairy tale ending season that we were all wishing for them….going down 1-0 to Linhill in the Final on Saturday….Fish, you and your young team still have every reason to be very chuffed with your performance this season…with the mantle of league champions and runners up in the Cup being a tribute to your brilliantly creditable seasons performance….we are all extremely proud of your team…not just for the wonderful football skill displayed….but the spirit they maintained and their attitude and behaviour are a credit to the Club…well done….

Our even younger side seem to be following in the footsteps of the second side….as our Colts have wrapped up their Super League in style…with still a couple of games to go…. after 22 matches (of which only 2 were drawn) they cannot be caught by the chasing pack….so massive congratulations and kudos to the boys, who displayed some very mature characteristics in overcoming any obstacle in their way…well done fellows….a special word of thanks to the coaching staff…who have worked together to mould this bunch of talented players into a winning unit…. well done to Enrique and his most able colleagues on a job well done….

Our rugby boys played in a 7’s competition last weekend and although not landing up on top of the pile….were able to win the bowl section of the competition…this season has been an eye opener for us all and our boys…who have improved steadily every week….a special word of thanks to the players and coaches…who have stuck manfully to their task…and are finally reaping some rewards after a long and arduous season… well done guys…great news and this augers well for the future….

And as we move into the summer…. the winter sports are crowning their champions of league and cup….and the summer sports are starting off their competitions….our Cricket boys played in the opening T20 competition…and got themselves into the finals against our arch rivals, Kempton Park….. not the final result we were wanting…. an eight wicket loss…. a real case of so near… yet so far…. I hope that the boys have learned a lesson…and that we will be able to overturn this result the next time we meet….

All the best to the cricketers as their season begins….it is wonderful to hear the click of leather on willow again….and the excited screams of “howzat” echoing around the fields again.

That is all I have for this particular episode…so I am going to love and leave you…I would believe that we could improve or that you particularly agree or disagree with the goings on at the North…please leave me a message on rod.scheepers@gmail.com

Thanks….take care…Cheers!!

Rod

Eric Hutchinson (Social) drew the 5 of Spades. Joker Draw a turnover at R79668.00 for Friday 05th October. Be present to win it 🌮🍸🥂🍻

“ZIMMER TWINZ” will be entertaining us from 18h00 on Friday 05th October.

ATHLETICS

BNAC Runner – Barry Kendall participated on a road trip through the northern USA to run three marathons. First stop Corning for WineGlass marathon then off to Chicago for the big one. Then a quick excursion across into Canada for the Niagara Falls marathon. Well done Barry.

Congratulations to our new BNAC Comrades Green Numbers (Eric Ladbrooke and Lebogang Mokoana ) and Double Green Numbers (Selvan Naidoo and Louise Visser). Louise is the first woman in the club’s history to achieve a Double Green.

BNAC having a Fantastic morning at the Irene Run

BASEBALL

CRICKET

Benoni Northerns vs Boksburg premier league cricket captains. Benoni Northerns 219 for 5 in 20. Boksburg 170 for 9 in 20. and got themselves into the finals against our arch rivals, Kempton Park….. not the final result we were wanting….an 8 wicket loss.

BNCC Legends are running a fund raiser. Each table will need to provide their own food and drinks. We still have some tables available. Cost R100 per person. Come and support the Guys🏏

FOOTBALL

BNFC beat Bryanston Warriors – 7-0 away from home to win the u19 SL. Played 22 won 20 and drawn 2, goals for 85 and conceded 17. Congrats to all players and coaching staff.⚽️⚽️

HOCKEY

RUGBY

Benoni Northerns Rugby 7’s won the Bowl final in Klerksdorp on Saturday 29th September. Well done to the Guys💪🏈

Bridge

Bridge Results 27 Sep 2018

2nd October 2018
by Bridge

Results

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams
1	5	Jill Brown & Vanessa Woltersdorf	213/ 336	63.39	40
2	12	Sid Ismail & Roz Whitburn	210/ 336	62.50	35	1
3	3	Helen Roberts & Barbara Goldman	200/ 336	59.52	30	1
4	8	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	197/ 336	58.63	25	1
5	14	Judy Spangenberg & Pat Neuman	192/ 336	57.14	20
6	2	Margaret O’Neil & Ann Schreiber	190/ 336	56.55	15
7	10	Vaun Robson & Diana Boudewijns	182/ 336	54.17	10	1
8	11	Shirley Cooper & Jennifer Payne	180/ 336	53.57	5	1
9	15	Pat Eve & Deirdre Ingersent	171/ 336	50.89		1
10	9	Jerome Mc Carthy & Priscilla Fuller	164/ 336	48.81		1
11	7	Peter Callaghan & Neels Kloppers	161/ 336	47.92		1
12	1	Charles Berriman & Len Harrison	139/ 336	41.37
13	16	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	138/ 336	41.07
14	6	Hanneke Denny & Ursel Hardy	134/ 336	39.88
15	4	Claire Tulej & Cherylin Mitchell	118/ 336	35.12
16	13	Lynn Cross & Colleen Russell	99/ 336	29.46