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Letter from the Chair

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2018/03/01 - 2:11pm

Click here to download the full content of Allan Morris' latest newsletter. In it Allan reports on last week's Zone 7 AGM on the Gold Coast which was attended by Rona Gianarrigo, President of the WBF. Zone 7 of the World Bridge Federation includes Australia and the Pacific Islands. Alister Stuck, our very own permanent secretary of NZ Bridge, also performs the same function for Zone 7.

Waikato-Bays Novice Tournament

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2018/02/28 - 10:24am

A reminder of the Novice tournament on Sunday March 11th. A novice is anyone who has not reached "Certificate of Proficiency" (which means less than five masterpoints) as at the beginning of this year, OR anyone who started bridge in 2016 or later, regardless of how many masterpoints they have (unless they are already out of Junior grade).

Play starts in the Matamata clubrooms at 10am, come for morning tea at 9.30am. Two sessions. $10, bring your own lunch. Log in to the NZ Bridge website and make your entries there. Or email secretarywbbc@gmail.com if you need some help with entering. Come on Waikato-Bays Novices and Juniors, get together, take a group YOU could win free entry to the 2018 Novice tournament in October's National Congress held in Hamilton.

2018 WAPs kick off this Sunday 11 February in Cambridge

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/02/06 - 10:44am

Yes, that's right! The first of the Waikato Area Pairs 2018 is this Sunday in the newly refurbished Cambridge club rooms. We are looking forward to seeing as many attendees as possible. It is not just for Open players. There is always a prize for the best non-Open pair on the day as well as best Junior and Intermediate pairings with Open players for the series. The WAPs is a marvelous way to develop your bridge and make a bridge partnership stronger. If you are learning the Nesting Pairs system, playing in the WAPs is an ideal practice ground.

Letter from the New Chair of NZB

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2018/01/31 - 9:06am

31st January 2018
This newsletter is tinged with some sadness but also a real commitment towards the future. On Sunday the 21st the Board regrettably accepted the resignation of Alan Dormer as Chair.

Alan was hopeful that his recovery would be speedy and that he would be in a position to commit fully to the task of Chair. Unfortunately Alan has hit a few road bumps and has concluded he has not got the strength to continue. The Board was united that Alan’s health and recovery must come first.

Shock News - NZB Chairman Resigns

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2018/01/17 - 12:42pm

Due to continuing ill health Alan Dormer, chair of New Zealand Bridge is tendering his resignation. Having made such a promising start to reviving confidence in the Board, Alan is sad that he must step down. The full text of this announcement is in his letter attached below. We thank Alan for his efforts to date and wish him well.

2018 Season Opens

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/01/16 - 3:48pm

The first major event took place at Thames over the second weekend of January. Although table numbers were down on last year due to the attractions of the Canberra Festival of Bridge it was still a respectable turnout. Canberra had slipped back in the calendar to clash with our Thames event. Richard Solomon was one such attendee and has done a great job of covering the whole event on the NZ Bridge site - you can read about it by clicking here.

Alan Turner Awarded QSM

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/01/02 - 8:01am

Alan CelebratesAlan CelebratesYes - it's true. There is an award for Services to Bridge and Tauranga's Alan Turner has been officially acknowledged. Full coverage is given on the Tauranga site.

It's pretty quiet this time of year but there is a sense of anticipation about several things as we look forward to the start of the new season. Amongst other things:

Holiday Bridge Begins

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2017/12/12 - 10:49am

An innovative tournament format was played at the Huntly Christmas Party; the last event on the Waikato-Bays calendar for the year. The field was split into three groups according to perceived stage of advancement. The highest rank group played a 7-table Howell in the morning while the other two groups faced off in a 13-table Mitchell. After lunch the highest ranked group was unleashed to savage the middle group in the Mitchell while the others played amongst themselves in the Howell.

New Tricks

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2017/12/06 - 4:36pm

The season draws to a close and the IT Manager's thoughts inevitably turn to getting things set up for 2018. There are a couple of new tools to make the job even easier this year.

Three Videos from the IPs

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/11/30 - 10:19am

CDM Karen Marteletti has posted three video taken at the InterProvincials played at Wellington last weekend. You can watch them sequentially starting with this first one of our victorious Intermediate team scoring up after their VuGraph match or individually: Richard Solomon's interview of Karen, and then his interview of Brian Gallaher.

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