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Tom Winiata - gentleman and card shark

Submitted by Anna on Thu, 2020/10/15 - 5:31pm

Updated with funeral service information.

The Waikato Bays committee and wider bridge community were sad to hear about the passing of Tom Winiata after a short illness.

Tom Winiata: Tom Winiata (left) alongside regular partner Tom HenwoodTom Winiata: Tom Winiata (left) alongside regular partner Tom Henwood

Waikato Area Pairs - final heat

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 2020/07/27 - 12:05pm

This Sunday the final heat of the Waikato Area Pairs will be held at the Hamilton Bridge Club.

The event is a walk-in ... you don't need to register just turn up by 9.45 with your lunch, a partner and $10 to participate.

The 2020 WAP is a different beast - due to COVID we will have run just 3 heats and the overall winner will be decided by the best 2/3 scores (and while a sub is allowed - the two scores that count must be played with the same partnership).

The field is still wide open and you can see who is in contention via the following league ladder:

Interclub Results

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 2019/08/26 - 7:40am

Well done to all those who competed at the Waikato Bays Interclub Finals over the weekend.

Waikato led the way with the most teams in contention and managed to convert two of those divisions into winning performances.

Junior Winners: From left Jill Rumney, Alastair Barnett, William Harlow and Lorrae Taylor from the Waikato ClubJunior Winners: From left Jill Rumney, Alastair Barnett, William Harlow and Lorrae Taylor from the Waikato Club

Best clubs in the Waikato Bays converge on Cambridge

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 2018/08/26 - 7:26pm

Well done to the Tauranga club that won two of the three divisions at the Waikato Bays interclub held in Cambridge today … Waikato Club gave the Waikato region some kudos by winning the Junior division for the second year in a row and were the only club to feature a team in each division.

It was a good day of bridge with three sessions of 16 boards played as a round robin. Alan Dick was the director and the Cambridge club were great hosts. Well done to all that represented their clubs today.

intermediate League winners decided

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 2017/10/30 - 9:33am

After nine tournaments, the final intermediate event at Cambridge wrapped up and also decided the top of the Intermediate League and who won the coveted Barclay Cup.

intermediate League winners decided: Mike and Carol share the Barclay Cupintermediate League winners decided: Mike and Carol share the Barclay Cup

Top performers in the Intermediate LeagueTop performers in the Intermediate League

Winners of the Junior League decided

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 2017/10/15 - 7:53pm

It was a Te Aroha 1,2 & 4 (equal) in the Junior League decided today at Te Awamutu after 6 junior tournaments held throughout the region.

Well done to Charlotte Jager from Te Aroha who played in every event and topped the field in half of them to give her a convincing win with 38 points.

Charlotte and Anna: Charlotte Jager (left) receiving her prize from Anna Kalma WBRCCharlotte and Anna: Charlotte Jager (left) receiving her prize from Anna Kalma WBRC

Second place went to Victor Kooter, Charlotte's regular partner who missed one event to hand the overall result to Charlotte.

Good group contests the 2017 Waikato Bays Novice Event

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 2017/03/12 - 6:28pm

A late flurry of entries perhaps due to the expected rain saw 7 full tables of newish players come together at the Waikato Bays Novice held in Matamata - a car load from Taupo joined other players from Te Aroha, Waihi, Putaruru,Hamilton, Morrinsville, Huntly and Waikato clubs as well as the host club Matamata. Full results may be seen by clicking here and scrolling down to "Sunday".

Learn to Play Bridge in 2017

Submitted by Anna on Fri, 2017/03/03 - 2:43pm

We have 22 bridge clubs in the Waikato Bays with many of them kicking off bridge lessons in the upcoming few weeks.

Click here for more information on each of these clubs.

Thames Festival kicks off the 2017 Bridge year

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 2017/01/08 - 10:06pm

Thames and Waikato Bays threw a great tournament to herald in the New Year. Over 140 people turned up to compete in one or more of the four competitions taking place over the three days.

The main prize winners are pictured below - with results available here

Register your interest in the upcoming Directors Exams

Submitted by Anna on Tue, 2016/06/21 - 4:17pm

The Waikato Bays sponsored a seminar for budding club and tournament directors at Matamata in the weekend.

Alan Turner led the seminar imparting his wealth of directorial knowledge to 22 who attended.

Alan imparts his directorial knowledge at MatamataAlan imparts his directorial knowledge at Matamata

For anybody that is interested, the directors exams are scheduled for 16/17 July (club and tournament exams) and the 29/30 October (club exams only).

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