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WB Intermediate League Down to the Wire

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2018/09/17 - 10:54am

After Sunday's penultimate heat of the nine events scheduled for the Waikato-Bays Intermediate League we have a tie for first on 28 points between Eunice Eccles of Cambridge and Malcolm Kirkby of Te Aroha. With five other players six or seven points behind there is an outside chance that these two could be overtaken. It is possible to score the maximum of nine points for the final day at Cambridge on 28th October.

Stratified Pairs - a New Concept

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/09/11 - 10:51am

The Thames club held its annual Restricted tournament on Sunday 9th September .. but with a twist this year. Instead of the usual groupings by grade where prizes go to best O-I, O-J, I-I, I-J, J-J pairings the club opted to go with Stratified - a format new to Compass scoring. Although this sort of event is popular in Top of The South region it is new to most of the North Island. It works by taking an average of each pairs' Rating Points - the number you are given at the start of each season which is intended to reflect your current form. Compass allows to split the field by these averages into as many groups as the club wants. You can see the day's result by clicking here.

Calling All YOUTH Players

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/09/04 - 10:54am

New Zealand Bridge has, for a long time, maintained a register of Youth players for whom the opportunities are immense! At the pointy end, players of only a few year's experience have found themselves representing New Zealand at overseas venues. Closer to home NZB runs a training weekend in Wellington which costs attendees mere peanuts. And around the country clubs and dedicated people are only too keen to put youth players on a fast track to success.

TIME gives Bridge a write-up

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/08/28 - 5:54pm

Ed Roggeveen sends this link to an article in TIME magazine on the costs of drinking and playing bridge.

It is not often our game gets a write-up in such a global and respected publication such as TIME so thought it worth sharing for you to forward on as you like.

Ed

Grade Teams Final

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/08/28 - 3:37pm

Twelve teams turned out to contest the Grade Teams trophies at Cambridge on Sunday 26th August. They played 16-board round-robins in three pools of four teams. In the Open section Tauranga took home the shield and also prevailed in the Intermediate, and Waikato, who were represented in all grades, won the Junior. Full results may be seen on this or the Cambridge site. For a summary, click here

TWITs come to an end

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/08/28 - 3:13pm

The final of six Friday sessions took place at the Hamilton club on the 24th August. Teams, having met each other twice in a double round-robin over five nights, had the pleasure of playing everyone in their grade at Multiple Teams to finish the series. When the dust settled the final placings were:

PUB CHARITY provides for WB IP Accommodation

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2018/08/22 - 11:50am

The Waikato Bays Regional Committee once again applied to Pub Charity Ltd for funding to assist our Inter-Provincial representative team with accommodation during the Inter Provincial Championship at the end of the year.

We are very pleased to announce that the application was successful, having received $3469.57, which was the amount we applied for.

Our committee is extremely grateful to Pub Charity Ltd as their grant ensures we are able to fund other activities rather than siphon of our funding in this area.

Shh .. don't spread this around ...

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2018/08/20 - 11:51am

From Friday's WB Regional Committee meeting .. so far we have only one nomination to take advantage of the four entries each to the value of $200 on offer to attend Congress events. Entries close 26th Aug - details attached. Applicants can self-nominate or be nominated by a club. Seems a pity to see it going to waste ... if we snow Jan with names we could get $800 worth of Congress entries for our club (shh .. don't spread it around the other clubs).

Record Attendance at the Cambridge Sixes

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/08/14 - 10:22am

According to directors Murray and Caroline Wiggins - who should know - the Cambridge Sixes is not only the long-claimed biggest one-day event in the country but also the third largest after National Congress and Hawkes Bay Congress. This year they were pleased to attract a record sixty-six tables to their sixth birthday. Held at the magnificent Sir Don Rowlands Centre bordering Lake Karapiro the fun-loving crowd was able to enjoy the sunny terraces over lunchtime. The catering was, as usual, sumptuous. Two things go to making up a memorable tournament - the food and the venue.

It's a Wrap for the WAPs

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2018/08/05 - 7:25pm

Lesley and SoniaLesley and SoniaThe sixth and final round of the Waikato Area Pairs was held at the Morrinsville club last Sunday the 5th of August. A cruisy 60 and a 52 were enough to hold onto top slot for Lesley Quilty and Sonia Crawford who claimed the sum of their ages to far exceed that of any other partnership in the room. Certainly these ladies have been at the forefront of the game for as long as most people can recall and it is awesome to see them still going strong.

Click here to see the final ladder.

The WAPs AGM was held at lunchtime and, after some discussion, it was agreed nothing much needed changing any time soon. After play we were treated to a couple of dozen pizzas and a glass of choice to wind up the series.

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