Hello:
Our report for Crib Night follows.
This year Crib Night was slotted near the beginning of our year which I think helped in getting 29 members out of which included 2 proposed members; Brian Wolfe and Ian Bannatyne. Past years the meeting has been held in March and attendance was lower because of members seeking sunny and warmer weather. It should be noted that Bill Carter and Jack Beattie were in attendance and stayed right to the bitter end; great to see them both out and being able to participate again at meetings.
Dorne and myself thought it might be faster to play teams rather than singles which we thought would result in faster play. The format was double knock out with a winner for A side and B side. We assigned members attending to their teams and started play before dinner. Play continued after dinner until winners were declared at around 9:00 pm. A side winners were Jack Beattie and Lloyd Wilson, B side winners were Earl Korber and Peter Elzinga. Each winner picked a bottle of wine to take home as a prize; the cost of which was our program budget. Someone was heard to say. “Doesn’t Lloyd loose at anything.”
Both Dorne and I felt it was a good meeting and well attended which should continue as it was this year in November.
Yours in Gyro,
Don and Dorne
