sitemaster's blog

WB RBM Busier Than Most

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2017/11/19 - 4:31pm

.. and not because we're in need of more help in the Waikato Bays region. Read on ..

Hello Regions of NZB

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/11/02 - 5:27pm

Wearing her Bridge-It Jane hat (not NZB Board member hat) Jane Stearns is encouraging all clubs to give their members this introduction to the Nesting Pairs course:

What's been happening lately on the region's websites

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/10/26 - 9:02am

The Rotorua site is seeking to update the personal information of its members. This is both topical and typical for clubs at this time of year as they prepare to print their 2018 programme books. There is a quite brilliant feature in Compass that not many people have tried though it's been there for a while. In the Club database under the EMail Options tab there is a function to email or print for all members a personal dump of just what data is held on them by Compass. This seems a pretty good way of getting everything squeaky-clean at any time.

Babich Upon Us

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2017/10/18 - 6:24am

The Babich NZ-Wide pairs is to be held at various centres around the country on Friday 3rd of November. To date the only Waikato clubs that appear to have registered are Cambridge, Hamilton, Huntly, Morrinsville, Taupo, Thames, and Tokoroa. This is a fun evening with everyone playing the same cards at the same time. Last year it attracted over 1000 pairs. Some clubs arrange to gather for a meal of pizza, curry, or the like and a glass of the sponsor's product beforehand. This year the event is going international with one section playing a couple of hours after they fly to Rarotonga on a bridge holiday. Register at the host club.

AGM Presentations

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2017/10/10 - 7:07am

Click here to download the presentations made by members of the Board on their portfolios at the AGM on 30th of September. They cover papers by Clare Coles on the Board's Strategy 2018-2021, Allan Morris on Communications and Relationship Management, Jane Stearns on Bridge Development, Karen Martelletti on aspects of the new website, and Alan Turner on Constitution Review.

Dear Jan ..

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2017/10/09 - 11:06am

... & the Waikato Bays Regional Committee,
Just a wee note to say – thank you so much for sponsoring me to Congress this year.
I really appreciated the opportunity to participate in the Intermediate Pairs, Teams & Swiss Pairs. It was an amazing experience, & inspiring to participate in such challenging card-play.

Dust Settles After Congress 2017

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2017/10/08 - 10:25am

For anyone who didn't already know it, the 32nd annual New Zealand Bridge Congress has just finished in Hamilton. Reporting of this country's biggest event is well-covered on the NZB website and Facebook so we shall restrict ourselves to singing the praises of Lauren Lehndorf of Taupo (left in the photo) who was one of the ones that Waikato Bays Region sponsored to Congress. She is standing next to her partner Christine Knowles (eyes closed - must have been a hard week) who is also a junior from Taupo, and their team-mates who are the pair that Richard Solomon matched them up with for the teams.

Best Team with three or more Juniors in the Intermediate Teams Lauren Lehndorf / Christine Knowles / Tonni Keijzer / Charmaine Churches (all Juniors).

WB Regional Conference

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2017/09/26 - 9:32am

The annual Waikato-Bays Regional Conference took place at the Matamata rooms on Sunday 24th September. A goodly turn-out of representatives from 13 of the 22 clubs in the region was present with apologies from two more. We had several presentations, mostly geared at ways to maintain and increase participation in our wonderful game:

Anna Kalma reviewed the State of the Nation comparing our region to the wider NZ Bridge population. In summary:

Inaugural TWITs a great success

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2017/09/25 - 1:57pm

On Friday 22 Sep we enjoyed our final round of The Waikato Interclub Teams more fondly known as TWITs.

New Tournament Entry Procedure

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/09/21 - 11:30am

We're moving to a new model of streamlined tournament entry. Your committee encourages everyone to make their entries for mostly all tournaments on the NZ Bridge site. The only exceptions would be certain special events played at various centres - eg the Babich NZ-Wide Simultaneous Pairs - which may require entry on the host club websites.

Syndicate content