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Tuesday April 28 2015
SELWYN TIMES
Bridge club celebrates 40th
ON TOP: Peter and Jenny Story, winners of the 2014 pairs competition, were presented with the Hubert Kraak Cup by Ans Kraak.
MILESTONE MARKED: Ans Kraak, left, and Francis Fox cutting the Lincoln Bridge Club’s anniversary cake.
The Lincoln Bridge Club’s two longest standing members Ans Kraak and Francis Fox cut the cake as the club marked its 40th anniversary. The club’s inaugural committee meeting was held on March 16, 1975. Originally part of the Ellesmere Country Club, it later moved to the old Lincoln Community Centre, and more recently to the Lincoln Event Centre when it opened in 2011. The club has a membership of about 50, with members coming from Leeston, Rolleston, Prebbleton and Halswell, as well as more locally in and around Lincoln. The anniversary was attended by 44 members.
Mrs Kraak is the only original member still with the club and she gave some reminiscences of the last 40 years. She has served on the committee for many years, was president from 1991 to 1999 and on her retirement from that role was elected a patron. She has donated a cup for the winners of the annual pairs competition in memory of her late husband, Hubert Kraak. The first winners of the Hubert Kraak Cup were Jenny and Peter Story. The club plays duplicate bridge on Monday afternoon and Thursday night. Beginners’ classes are held on Tuesday nights. New members are welcome