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Team Foidl takes a First in the Kelly Pierse

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2016/02/09 - 8:30am

Congratulations to Gary Foidl/Brett Glass and Mark Robinson/Sylvester Riddell for winning the Waikato Bays Kelly Pierse Memorial Teams. Hosted by Rotorua, this iconic 10A Teams event is run annually and named in memory of Kelly Pierse who died in a tragic car accident in 2001. This year the occasion attracted 24 teams with players from as far away as Wellington.

NZ Bridge Switches on its New Website

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2016/01/18 - 10:32am

Under development for some time, the new-look website for NZ Bridge appeared quietly in the second week of January.

A major change on the new site is the ring-fencing of the Masterpoints section in a user-only area. To access your own data and that of others it is now necessary to first register as a user on the My NZB page .. a one-off job. Full detail on this tricky process can be found by clicking here.

WB Thames Festival Hugely Successful

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2016/01/11 - 2:36pm

Your regional committee's foray into Tournament Management over the weekend of January 8-10 went very satisfactorily. Thanks to the hard work of several Thames club members ably lead by new president Carol Crowfoot with great backup from a surprising number of non-combatants, the players were able to enjoy an almost seamless delivery of this iconic event.

Live across the Universe ...

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/12/19 - 11:59am

NZ Bridge unleashes its series of ten Lessons for Beginners as YouTube videos

Filmstars of CambridgeFilmstars of CambridgeThe links to the YouTube videos are available on the NZB website but more readily accessible here to the right of the page. Each lesson is presented by Jane Stearns. In her own words:

The idea came from my husband. He works at the Uni and as I explained my frustration at trying to arrange catch up lessons for students he told me uni students no longer attended lectures ... they could watch all their lectures online as the tutors filmed them all and uploaded them to the web. Couldn't NZB do the same?

New Deal for Compass Users in 2016

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2015/12/08 - 7:02am

The clubs of the Waikato-Bays Region predominantly using Compass Scoring, this seems a good place to announce that the latest release of Compass contains a brilliant new feature called Dealer Assist. This module will definitely ease the task of those of your members on the dealing roster. You can read about it by clicking this link to go to the X-Clubs Site.

Bridge Ad to Hit a Movie Theatre Near YOU!

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2015/12/07 - 7:23am

New Zealand Bridge, in a bid to stimulate uptake of our much-loved game, has commissioned a commercial advertisement intended for use at cinemas throughout the land. You can get a sneak preview of it by clicking here.

CinemaCinemaClubs are invited to approach the production company Screen Vistas of Palmerston North to negotiate terms for the screening of this 30-second clip at their local theatre. An ideal time would be 4-6 weeks before local lessons are due to start. NZB will be releasing funds to Regional Committees to assist with costs should your club like to send in an application for subsidy before 30th April 2016. More information is provided in the general notice here appended which was circulated to club secretaries in early December.

Results of the Inter-Provincials now in

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2015/12/01 - 7:38am

Karen MartellettiKaren MartellettiThe 2015 IPs were held at the Christchurch club over the weekend of 28/29 November. Each section played a double Round Robin twice meeting teams from the other six regions. Full results are posted on the Christchurch Bridge Club site but, in summary:

  • The Open team which included Yuzhong Chen/Hank Peng and Barry Jones/Jenny Millington came 4th
  • Our Womens of Judy McLeod/Amanda Smith with Christine and Jenna Gibbons came 5th
  • The Seniors of Malcolm Smith/Ian Clayton and Tom Henwood/Tom Winiata finished 2nd
  • Liz Wilcox/Jenny Penhale with Hattie Curtiss/Bruce Ballard managed 5th in the Intermediates.

Auckland won three out of the four sections, graciously leaving the Womens to the hosting region, Canterbury. Our chef de mission was Karen Martelletti. See more pics below ...

Inter-Provincials Heading South ... and Souther yet

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2015/11/22 - 12:04pm

The 2015 event is almost upon us and will be held at the Christchurch Bridge Club from 28th November until 1st December.

However, there is news of the 2016 event …

When The Inter-Provincial Championships left their regular pre-Congress Hamilton home, the intention was to move them around our three main centres, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. New Zealand Bridge is delighted to announce that in 2016, this event will take place at the Otago Bridge Club in Dunedin where all the well-known hospitality of the “Deep South” will be evident.

Ron Klinger Phenomenon Hits Waikato-Bays

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2015/11/05 - 11:28am

Ron KlingerRon KlingerRon and Suzie Klinger’s recent visit in the first week of November was organised by the Waikato-Bays Regional Committee. Karen Martelletti of Tauranga collected Ron and Suzie from their billet in Auckland and conducted them through their itinerary of four clubs in our region. Prior to that, Ron had ran five sessions in the Auckland region – averaging 90 attendees per session. On Thursday morning he and Suzie flew to Wellington to do another two.

Intermediate League Wraps up at Cambridge

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2015/11/01 - 5:34pm

Intermediate League FinalIntermediate League FinalThe 2015 Intermediates League ended at Cambridge on the first day on November. The final of nine rounds saw good results for some of the top runners but Rosalind Phillips of Tauranga had to do no better than 9th to become the 2015 Waikato-Bays Intermediate Champion. Rosalind's partner for all but one event of the series, Garth Robinson from Taupo came a deserved second two points behind on 28.

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