For the last time ever, the Brassey Hotel was the location of our annual games afternoon. Unfortunately the Brassey has been sold and the function rooms won't be available for hire any more. Despite the somewhat sad occasion, everyone was in good spirits and out to enjoy themselves.
Accompanied by champagne, we played bingo, and answered trivia questions. There was also a set of mathematical problems for those who could count without using their fingers. One problem was ti work out the number of handshakes a group of 9 people could have if they only shook hands with someone once. The only way people could be sure was to stand up and do it!
Everyone had come prepared with a horse racing joke, so one-by-one people got up and told their jokes. Unfortunately someone ruined Mick's thunder by telling his joke first, so he managed to re-tell the 30-second joke as a 10-minute saga.
Everybody had come dressed as either Gai Waterhouse or Bart Cummings. So there was a lot of choice in the Best Of competitions. Dawn won Best Gai and Keith won Best Bart.
At the end of the day the scores were added up by Lee and Jan and the competition winners announced. The winners won a dinner at Sue and Gerd's with the runners' up winning a lunch at Lyn and Bob's farm.
A slideshow of the day is below. If you can't see it, click here.
