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Waikato-Bays IP Trials

Submitted by sitemaster on Fri, 2022/05/06 - 4:55pm

Online trials for teams to represent our region at the (online) Inter-Provincials were held on Friday 6th through Saturday 7th of May. The Womens' trial attracted only three entries who were duly appointed.

The team to represent the Waikato-Bays region at the InnterProvincials (to be held on-line on the 18th of November is:

Open: Jo Simpson & Sam Simpson, Jenny Millington & Barry Jones, John Driscoll & Rona Driscoll

Womens: Christine & Jenna Gibbons, Judy Pawson & Kate Terry, Karen Harris & Cherie Barton

Latest Covid Advisory #27

Submitted by sitemaster on Fri, 2022/04/29 - 2:00pm

Now that restrictions have eased and we all know what we're doing Allan is recommending a return to face-to-face bridge.

Click on any of the attachments below to download each pdf. These advisories are stored in dropbox/Waikto-Bays Clubs Info/Letters from the Chair.

Congress Moves to On-Line

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2022/01/24 - 5:52am

We must have upset the bridge gods. Once again we are being forced to look at an alternative for Congress.

With the decision by Government to change the “traffic light system” to red from 11.59pm this evening there is no way we can continue with a face to face event, keeping players and staff safe. Therefore with regret the face to face event is being canceled. The quote by Sir Edmund Hillary when he conquered Everest comes to mind.

However we have agreed a revised programme that will allow us to play the event online.

News From The Chair #1 in 2022

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2022/01/20 - 5:58pm

Nice newsy new newsletter to start 2022 off. On the new stationery too. Written on the cusp of the Omicron wave breaking .. which way will the catfish jump? Outlook for Congress. Good works from Sonya - great ideas. And much more ...

Click the attachments below to download any of NZB Chair Allan Morris' Letters for 2022. These documents of inestimable worth are filed in dropbox/Waikato-Bays Clubs Info/Letters from the Chair.

All the best for the new year everyone ...

Letters From The Chair in 2021

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2021/10/21 - 10:30am

Allan Morris writes of his view of things from the Chair of NZB. He addresses several topics including online play, initiatives the Board is undertaking, new appointments, Teams successes and selections, sponsorship, the IP's and the Babich.

Click on any attachment below to read all about it. These letters are filed in dropbox/Waikato-Bays Clubs Info.

Dates and Times for Waikato BBO Sessions

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2021/10/12 - 3:33pm

The Waikato BBO Sessions have been re-branded as the NZX Club sessions and are now homed on the X-Clubs website. By curious co-incidence that is also where the results will now be posted shortly after each session ends. At around 5:30 and 11pm each weekday, results for all clubs that play these same hands get scored across the field and posted. Our NZX Club BBO sessions will be included.

Advisory #19 from the Board

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2021/10/04 - 4:26pm

Click on the attachment below to download the Board's latest review of the Covid situation. Chairman Allan Morris has a feeling 90+% of bridge players will have had at least one jab and is seeking some hard data from clubs to determine the Board's policy should vaccination certificates appear. Will clubs then be able to mandate that attendees must be vaccinated? It's fascinating watching how the picture changes from week to week. Now it seems the strategy is shifting from elimination of the virus to finding ways of living with it.

WBRC Urges Clubs Not To Hold Tournaments Under Level 2

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2021/09/20 - 7:22pm

During the WBRC meeting on Monday 20 September, the level 2 bridge playing situation was discussed.

Last week a meeting between the clubs seeking clarification / guidelines in addition to the NZB advisories, was also held. The participating clubs were seeking for more direct instructions from NZB in regards to the playing conditions and we are awaiting a response.

To state the WBRC position, we strongly discourage clubs from holding tournaments under level 2 conditions

Congress Postponed

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2021/08/30 - 5:27pm

In a nutshell .. as with the Olympics the 2021 Congress is to be moved to the following year. It is now scheduled for 10th to 17th February 2022. Announcement in the attachment below and further detail has been subsequently published on NZB.

We Have A Winner!

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2021/08/08 - 8:33am

The national competition (known as the Dan Gifford Rubber), is contested annually by one pair from each Region competing for a very attractive prize pool. All Regions run their own qualifying knock-out rounds to decide who is to represent them. Congratulations to Jo and Sam Simpson from Tauranga Bridge Club who won in a cliff-hanger against Brian Gallaher and Brian Sullivan from Waikato Bridge Club. Caught accidentally in the background of Sam & Jo's photo is Rona Driscoll who organises the Rubber Bridge for our region: many thanks to her.

Jo writes: We are delighted to once again represent Waikato Bays for the Dan Gifford Rubber Bridge competition at NZ congress.

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