Farewell to Anne Cummins

We have been told the sad news that Anne Cummins - a long time member of both the Matamata and Te Aroha Bridge Clubs - passed away today.

Anne Cummins: Anne getting into the spirit of things at the Te Aroha club.

She has battled illness over the past few years and we all had hoped she was on the road to recovery. So the news was unexpected today only a few weeks after celebrating her 80th birthday.

She had told her daughter that if she passed away on a Wednesday to ring the Matamata Bridge Club as many of her long time friends would be gathered there and playing bridge and this is how the bridge community heard about it.

Anne was made life member of the Te Aroha Bridge Club in 2014 after many years of dedication to the club having joined not long after incorporation in 1953.

Anne didn't regularly play at nights in the past few years ... however she was always available to be called upon to make up a full table at short notice at Te Aroha. She loved playing in Matamata on Wednesday during the day with many of her friends and rarely missed a week.

Sympathies go to Owen and the rest of her family and we will advise arrangements when they are confirmed.