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Shock News - NZB Chairman Resigns

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2018/01/17 - 12:42pm

Due to continuing ill health Alan Dormer, chair of New Zealand Bridge is tendering his resignation. Having made such a promising start to reviving confidence in the Board, Alan is sad that he must step down. The full text of this announcement is in his letter attached below. We thank Alan for his efforts to date and wish him well.

2018 Season Opens

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/01/16 - 3:48pm

The first major event took place at Thames over the second weekend of January. Although table numbers were down on last year due to the attractions of the Canberra Festival of Bridge it was still a respectable turnout. Canberra had slipped back in the calendar to clash with our Thames event. Richard Solomon was one such attendee and has done a great job of covering the whole event on the NZ Bridge site - you can read about it by clicking here.

Alan Turner Awarded QSM

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/01/02 - 8:01am

Alan CelebratesAlan CelebratesYes - it's true. There is an award for Services to Bridge and Tauranga's Alan Turner has been officially acknowledged. Full coverage is given on the Tauranga site.

It's pretty quiet this time of year but there is a sense of anticipation about several things as we look forward to the start of the new season. Amongst other things:

Season's Greetings

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2017/12/24 - 12:11pm

Season's GreetingsSeason's GreetingsWishing all the members of W/Bays Bridge clubs,the Regional and National Committees, a very Merry Christmas and a world of good Wishes. One of the real joys this holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you to everyone and wish you all a happy new year. I couldn't have managed without your help, you have all been fantastic! Looking forward to successful year ahead.

Holiday Bridge Begins

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2017/12/12 - 10:49am

An innovative tournament format was played at the Huntly Christmas Party; the last event on the Waikato-Bays calendar for the year. The field was split into three groups according to perceived stage of advancement. The highest rank group played a 7-table Howell in the morning while the other two groups faced off in a 13-table Mitchell. After lunch the highest ranked group was unleashed to savage the middle group in the Mitchell while the others played amongst themselves in the Howell.

A gem set on the Paradise Peninsula - Omokoroa Bridge Club

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2017/12/08 - 8:09pm

The generosity and friendliness of the members of the Omokoroa Bridge Club is well known to the local inhabitants. W/Bays RBM was invited to attend their Christmas lunch and Prize-giving and was given a royal welcome to the beautiful harbourside village.
View over the harbourView over the harbour

New Tricks

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2017/12/06 - 4:36pm

The season draws to a close and the IT Manager's thoughts inevitably turn to getting things set up for 2018. There are a couple of new tools to make the job even easier this year.

Three Videos from the IPs

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/11/30 - 10:19am

CDM Karen Marteletti has posted three video taken at the InterProvincials played at Wellington last weekend. You can watch them sequentially starting with this first one of our victorious Intermediate team scoring up after their VuGraph match or individually: Richard Solomon's interview of Karen, and then his interview of Brian Gallaher.

Success for W/Bays Teams at Interprovincial Championships

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2017/11/28 - 10:11am

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Fantastic Results for the Waikato Bays teams competing in the final of the New Zealand Interprovincial Bridge Teams Championships in Wellington this weekend.

Four teams of four players competed representing Waikato Bays in different levels.

Winning IntermediatesWinning Intermediates

MEET THE INTERPROVINCIALS - Rachelle Pelkman

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2017/11/24 - 5:34pm

Rachelle was born in Auckland and attended St Cuthbert’s College and Selwyn College. She learned to play Bridge many years ago when Ailsa Hollis took lessons at her school and filled in when her friends needed a fourth player. Family commitments meant a break for about twenty years. When her daughter Rebecca started playing Bridge about four years ago Rachelle returned to the bridge table, now the whole family play.

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