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Roundup - Week 33

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2016/08/23 - 8:34am

The two major happenings of the week were the 7th round of the WB Intermediate League held at Te Awamutu and the announcement of three new directors for the region - both reported on this site.

In other news .. read about Jane Stearns' experience of bridge in Hawaii or Thames' Greg & Nancy Daveport's visit to the Singapore Bridge Club. You can read a lovely tribute to Mona Corlett of the Hamilton Bridge Club - Mona turned 99 last Tuesday. Check out the results of last Sunday's Waikato Soup & Bun or Wednesday's Tauranga Ladies Pairs.

Waikato-Bays gets THREE new Club Directors

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2016/08/20 - 9:00pm

Congratulations to:

  • Greg Davenport of Thames
  • Allan Maine of Thames
  • Jane Stearns of Cambridge

The full list of fourteen successful candidates can be found on the NZ Bridge website.

Latest Round of the WB Intermediate Championship

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2016/08/20 - 8:59pm

The seventh round of the Waikato-Bays Championship League for Intermediate players took place at Te Awamutu on Saturday the 12th. Winning both sessions and the overall earned Mark Thomson and Jeffrey Chang of Hamilton the maximum score of nine points for the day. They also regained the lead in the competition from their co-IP-reps, Hattie Curtiss and Bruce Ballard of Waihi/Katikati to edge ahead on the ladder. With just two more rounds to go on 9th and 30th of October this competition could be pretty close.

Roundup - Week 32

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2016/08/17 - 2:06pm

Sparked by the outpouring of joy over the Cambridge Sixes your correspondent has had the bright idea of collating links to articles on the Region's websites in a weekly digest of what has been making the headlines. This should, perhaps, be compiled on a Tuesday to give the reporters time to wax lyrical over the weekend's victories and other causes celebres. If your club has something of moment you'd like others to see please please let us know by way of the Contact tab above.

As intimated above, the huge happening of Week 32 was the Cambridge Sixes. You can read about it from different perspectives here:

or .. take a look at the Huntly Bridge Club's site where Jane Stearns has been working her special brand of magic this season.

"Bridge is the wave, catch it or wipe out!" - Sapphire Mercer

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2016/08/10 - 3:45pm

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Deal 24 Boards in Under 5 Minutes

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2016/08/04 - 10:24am

Check out this YouTube video on how to get through that dealing assignment real quick!

Follow the North Island Pairs this weekend

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2016/08/03 - 11:24pm

Click here to view the results session by session as they get posted from the North Island Pairs in Hamilton over the first weekend of August.

WB Teams Grade Trophies Final at Cambridge on 28th August

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2016/07/31 - 10:56pm

With the Bay Teams settled over the last weekend of July, the Waikato-Bays Grade Teams Final is all teed up. Click here to read Tauranga's well-deserved delight at doing so well at Rotorua.

Thank you BridgeNZ

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2016/07/03 - 1:03pm

New boards filled with cards donated by BridgeNZNew boards filled with cards donated by BridgeNZPat and Martin Oyston of BridgeNZ in Wanganui have supplied the Waikato-Bays Region with a shiny new set of 32 bright yellow boards for educational use, donating all the of cards needed to fill the boards. Initially these boards are being put to good use by Jane Stearns as she gives the Huntly club a dose of her special magic.

I/J Leagues take another step forward at Tauranga

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2016/06/18 - 10:18pm

The fourth round of nine in the Waikato-Bays Intermediate League Championship took place in Tauranga on the 18th of June. The room was packed with a field of 33 players. Peter and June Hagan of Tauranga had an excellent day, coming top East-West in the morning and top North-South in the afternoon to win the day outright. They had a clear lead over second-placed John Little and Graham Saunders of the Waikato club who were followed by two of the region's nominees to attend the Inter-Provincials in Dunedin, Hattie Curtis and Bruce Ballard of Katikati.

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