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Grade Teams Finalised

With the completion of the Bay Teams event held in Rotorua today, we are now in a position to formally invite the following teams to the Final of the Waikato Bays Grade Teams Trophies to be held at the Cambridge Bridge Club on the 25th of August.

Latest Letter from The Chair

From the Chair
Newsletter No: 5 for 2019 26 July 2019

Our strategic plan has a focus on growing membership, club participation and tournament participation. All ideal as they contribute to the well-being of Clubs and the game as a whole. As previously reported over the last 18 months we have seen growth in all areas which is particularly encouraging.

NZB Website Improvements Listed

Alister Stuck, permanent secretary on New Zealand Bridge reports on upgrades made to the website in the last three weeks

Transfer of Australian Masterpoints

We now have an automation function in place enabling us to transfer these on a monthly basis. I have cleared the backlog from last year and have run the files for the first 4 months of this year.

Google Maps function on the Club’s page on the Website

Latest Letter from The Chair

Click to download the attachment below in which Allan Morris summarises what transpired at last Saturday's National Conference, plans for the Babich NZ-Wide Pairs, and the start of the APBF in Singapore.

NZB Constitution Review

John Skipper announced the release of the draft NZ Bridge Constitution. The draft document is now ready for all to read and consider. Click on the attachments below to download both this document and its associated feedback form. Feedback is sought and changes can still be made ahead of the final voting at the AGM in September this year. Key changes are:

  • The document is considerably shorter than the existing Constitution

The Trials Are Over

Two days of play at Tauranga have produced our 16-strong IP squad to contest the 2019 Inter-Provincial event in Christchurch on November 23rd. In the Opens we have Yuzhong Chen and Noel Grigg accompanied by Tom Winiata and Tom Henwood. The Womens team will be comprised of Christine and Jenna Gibbons along with Kate Terry and Judy Pawson (selected) while the Seniors are Julie Sheridan and Karen Martelletti accompanied by Ella Gray and Michael Neels. Our Intermediates are to be Ted Cliffin and Barbara McFarlane along with Judith Howard and Joanne Swanwick.

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Rodney Harris

Rodney HarrisRodney HarrisMorrinsville Contract Bridge Club members are deeply saddened by the sudden death of a long standing member Rodney Harris.

Rodney was a member for nearly 40 years and many club trophies bear his name-including Club Championship, Individual Championships and Morrinsville Tournament several times.
Rodney was also an associate member of Hamilton Contract Bridge, playing regularly on Wednesday nights.

Chance to Represent Our Region

doggiedoggieThe IPs are one of the premier events on the NZ Bridge calendar pitting Region against Region. Parochialism and bridge passion unites teams of all grades. Everyone will be striving to play their best for their region. Each grade has its own competition and their placings are awarded points which go towards the Dougal McLean Trophy for the top Region.

Rubber Bridge Entries About to Close

We're not fooling! Entries for the knockout competition to find the region's winning pair to contest the inter-regional final at Congress close on the 1st of April.

Bridge - Your Private Brain-Care Specialist

Check out this article that appeared in the NZ Herald on the 11th of March.

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