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Congratulations to ...

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/08/01 - 4:23pm

... Brenda Birss and Pamela Pedersen of the Mount Maunganui club who will be joined by Gilda Rowland of Mount/Tauranga in winning Waikato-Bays sponsorship to the National Congress in Hamilton for the week to October the 3rd. These ladies qualified because:

  • They have never attended a Congress (Novice Pairs excepted)
  • They have played in at least five Tournaments since 1-July 2014
  • They applied to go in the lucky draw before 31-July 2015

John & Rona Driscoll Win Waikato-Bays Rubber Competition

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2015/07/27 - 9:59am

Rona & JohnRona & JohnThe winners of this year's Rubber Bridge competition, John and Rona Driscoll of Taupo, will go forward to represent the Waikato-Bays region in the national finals at Congress in the week Sep-26 to Oct-3.

John and Rona advanced to the finals after meeting Gwynn Lobb and Olive Davis in the semis. There they won against Nick Whitten and Janice Bell to claim the $100 prize and the right to play in the nationals.

Rubber bridge is the game in its primal form. One can picture four cavemen hunched over their cards beside

Newcomers Tokoroa/Putaruru Blitz the Waikato InterClub Teams

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2015/07/08 - 11:33am

Saturday 4th July - huge event! Three teams - Open, Intermediate and Junior - from each of eight Waikato clubs slugged it out in the annual Waikato InterClub Teams held at the Hamilton clubrooms.

The Hamilton folk did us proud with base tables set up attractively for each club team in the O'Neill Room while the matches took place in the adjoining Richmond Room.

The WINNERS!! the Tokoroa/Putaruru TeamThe WINNERS!! the Tokoroa/Putaruru Team

WAP 5 at Morrinsville

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2015/07/08 - 11:10am

Julian Foster and Jenna GibbonsJulian Foster and Jenna Gibbons
16 tables turned out for the penultimate heat of the WAPs. We were in esteemed company as NZ international Jenna Gibbons joined with her partner Julian Foster and came out winners today.

Here is Nick's analysis of the boards with a few photos along the way of the other successful runners and riders.

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Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2015/07/07 - 11:28am

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IP Team Announced

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/06/27 - 5:00pm

The team to represent the Waikato-Bays region at the InterProvincials to be held in November at Christchurch is:

NOVICE PAIRS AT THE 2015 NATIONAL CONGRESS

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/06/27 - 1:42pm

A special one-session event, the Novice Pairs, is to be held at the 2015 National Bridge Congress at The Kingsgate Hotel, Te Rapa, Hamilton starting at 2pm on Sunday September 27th. The cost will be $10.00 per player.

This excellent initiative aims to give new players a flavour for tournament bridge and show them what the National Congress is like. The Novice Pairs will be played in the main playing room at the same time as the New Zealand Pairs and Restricted Pairs are being played. There will be prizes and finger-food after play for those in the Novice Pairs.

The definition of a Novice is contained on the attached poster. Pre-entry is not required but would be appreciated.

Claytons in form at Te Aroha

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2015/06/16 - 1:48pm

WAP HEAT 4 - TE AROHA BRIDGECLUB

Results from today's WAP are now available on X-Clubs - scroll back to the 7th of June in Week 23. Likewise the overall ladder is now available on X-Clubs.

Cynthia & IanCynthia & Ian

Ian and Lynette take out WAP3 at Waikato

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2015/04/19 - 4:35pm

Ian & LynetteIan & LynetteThe results from the third heat of the Waikato Area Pairs held at the Waikato Bridge Club on 19th April are available on this site as is the overall ladder.

Ian Bond and Lynette Morgan won the day just pipping Sonia Crawford and Lesley Quilty. Two sections of nine tables enjoined battle for the day. Nick Whitten was the director and has picked out some boards of interest below:

First Round of Bay Pairs a Success for Whakatane

Submitted by sitemaster on Fri, 2015/04/17 - 3:02pm

It was a great turn out for the first round of the Bay Pairs; great to see a lot of new faces as well as the regulars.

Well done to the winners on the day Kathy Yule and Kate Terry.

Top Junior pair on the day was Leonie Pritchard and Mark Bendall.

The best Intermediates were Cecily Munro pairing with Gloria Hawthorne who took out sixth place. Gloria - loved your bright red top!

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