Chairman’s Corner

No.5, November, 2005

As this is the last Bulletin for the year I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your support during my freshman year as Chairman of the NSWBA.

As you’d be aware, the AGM is coming up on December 14th . Two of our councilors, Mike Hughes and Ross Stuart, are stepping down this year and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their contribution to Council.

Special mention should be made of Mike Hughes’ unstinting service as Treasurer for many years which has contributed in no small measure to the healthy financial position the NSWBA is in today.

Thanks also go to the other members of Council who continue to give many hours of their valuable time to promote and foster the health of Bridge in NSW. I am also grateful to our admin staff, Liz Fanos and Carrie Foster, without whose unrelenting effort the Association’s activities would rapidly degenerate to chaos.

We have many events planned for the coming year and welcome your attendance at them. I would especially like to see as many country players as possible on December 10th & 11th when we are staging a one off event to choose NSW representatives to play at the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship to be held in Melbourne in March 2006.

It is your support at events such as these, and at our regular championships, that enable us to maintain the standard of Bridge in NSW at a level unmatched in Australia.

My final thanks go to Peter Jamieson, the Editor, who does a wonderful job of producing the Bulletin throughout the year.

All the very best for the festive season and I wish you a happy, productive and rewarding year in 2006.

Alex Yezerski
Chairman NSWBA