Bill Gates a Winner .. at Bridge

Bill Gates in 2015There's a report in the Kansas City Star of billionaire Bill Gates' winning team at the North American Nationals - a huge event of over 5000 players - currently taking place in Kansas City. This news comes via the Tauranga site and is good fodder for this weekly column which saves you the hassle of whipping round all websites in the region to find out what's going on.

This Friday night ... it's the first round of the inaugural TWITs (The Waikato Interclub Teams) in Hamilton. Numbers are looking good but there's still time until 5pm Wednesday 29th to make an entry in any grade from your club. Don't miss out on the fun!!

Congratulations Te Awamutu on a very smoothly-run day at the WAPs last Sunday. Only two rounds gone and the leaders are putting lots of daylight between second and third place. Gold Grandmasters Jenny Millington and Barry Jones of Hamilton have Cambridge's rising stars, Di Emms and Jane Stearns, snapping at their heels just three points behind on 246. Next back are Matamata's Sonia Crawford nad Lesley Quilty on 235. ll report of the day may be viewed here

Nice going with the Huntly website Hone!! It's looking better and better with every visit.

Charity tournaments are usually fun events and so it seems at the Anne Managh Kokako Trust Tournament 2017 at Rotorua on Sunday last.

It was a busy weekend of bridge all round. Congratulations to the Mount Maunganui club for huge successes amongst its members in their Multigrade Pairs tournament on Saturday.