Volume 27 Issue 31 19 Oct 2018 10 Heshvan 5779

Connecting our Community – Gesher

Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Bridge across the generations

There is a misconception that bridge is a game only for old people. This however, is certainly not the case amongst our own school community. Not only are many of our grandparents avid and very good bridge players, but so too are many of our parents, and we now have an emerging group of students who are also keen to learn this game. A group of Year 5 and Year 7 Emanuel students who started beginner bridge lessons in the July school holidays, have continued with weekly lessons and many of them also attended further lessons again in the October school holidays. Emanuel Grandparents Lee and Frank Dreyer together with their daughter Tracy Newfield who has children at the School, have kindly volunteered their expertise and time to teach the basics of bridge card play to this group of students, using the facilities at Grand Slam Bridge Centre in Double Bay.  
 
Last Friday afternoon Emanuel parent Derek Manoy and I also helped these student players at one of the holiday bridge sessions. If your children would also like to learn to play bridge as part of this beginners group, please let me know: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au
 
 
I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to attend the Noosa Bridge Week with my bridge partner Carolyn Bromberger who coincidentally, is an Emanuel grandparent. Syd and Barbara Cohen, who are also grandparents at the School, were part of this group of about 100 bridge players from around Australia.
 

Sonia Newell, Carolyn Bromberger, Syd Cohen and Barbara Cohen

 
 
We are hoping to hold an intergeneration bridge afternoon next year as part of our 2019 Grandparents Committee events program, so please watch this space!
 
Singer/song writer alumnus Adam Harpaz (Class of 2013) will be touring around Australia over the next couple of months. His tour schedule is below. If you have the opportunity to attend one of his gigs, you will be suitably impressed by this talented young musician. Check out his website: www.adamharpaz.com
 
If you have news you would like to share with our community, please send to:snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au