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Thank you BridgeNZ

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2016/07/03 - 1:03pm

New boards filled with cards donated by BridgeNZPat and Martin Oyston of BridgeNZ in Wanganui have supplied the Waikato-Bays Region with a shiny new set of 32 bright yellow boards for educational use, donating all the of cards needed to fill the boards. Initially these boards are being put to good use by Jane Stearns as she gives the Huntly club a dose of her special magic.

Register your interest in the upcoming Directors Exams

Submitted by Anna on Tue, 2016/06/21 - 4:17pm

The Waikato Bays sponsored a seminar for budding club and tournament directors at Matamata in the weekend.

Alan Turner led the seminar imparting his wealth of directorial knowledge to 22 who attended.

Alan imparts his directorial knowledge at Matamata

For anybody that is interested, the directors exams are scheduled for 16/17 July (club and tournament exams) and the 29/30 October (club exams only).

I/J Leagues take another step forward at Tauranga

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2016/06/18 - 10:18pm

The fourth round of nine in the Waikato-Bays Intermediate League Championship took place in Tauranga on the 18th of June. The room was packed with a field of 33 players. Peter and June Hagan of Tauranga had an excellent day, coming top East-West in the morning and top North-South in the afternoon to win the day outright. They had a clear lead over second-placed John Little and Graham Saunders of the Waikato club who were followed by two of the region's nominees to attend the Inter-Provincials in Dunedin, Hattie Curtis and Bruce Ballard of Katikati.

WB Inter-Provincials Team Named

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2016/05/15 - 7:43pm

The Waikato-Bays Inter-Provincial Teams trials were held at the Tauranga Bridge club on the weekend of 14th-15th May. The director was Rona Driscoll also Chair of the WB committee and the scorer was Jan Spaans, the WB secretary. These two combined to make the whole weekend seamless and enjoyable by everyone.

X-Clubs and Pianola

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2016/05/09 - 5:04pm

There are a couple of exciting new developments are happening in this area.

Vil Gravis, long-time respected Grandmaster (since before 1992) has started contributing commentary on the X-Clubs Home Page
Pianola reporting is now available for all X-Clubs sessions. Click here to Register for Pianola results e-mails.

1st Round Bay Pairs 2016 Whakatane

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2016/04/27 - 1:53pm

Hi All,
Sunday 17th April saw the first round of the 2016 Bay of Plenty Pairs, being Hosted by the Whakatane Contract Bridge Club.

There was a slight incident at the start that saw us revert back to manual scoring for the first session of the day, it was lucky that Reit remembered where some old scoring sheets where stored. A massive thank you goes to the Dynamic Director (Norm Silcock) who had the problem solved before the second round and the room back to electronic scoring.

Nominations for Regional Committee

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2016/04/24 - 2:45pm

The close-off date for nominations to your Regional Committee is just a week away. Nominations must be made in writing using the appropriate form which is attached below.
They must be in the hands of the secretary of the Waikato-Bays Regional Committee by the 30th of April.

Round Three of the WAPs now detailed under the tab above

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2016/04/17 - 9:17am

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Great response to the Rubber Bridge Challenge

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2016/03/21 - 10:14am

Waikato Bays Rubber Bridge Competition has eventuated into a good competition with 15 pairs putting themselves up to battle it out for Regional Supremacy and the right to take on the rest of NZ at the Dan Gifford Rubber Bridge competition being played at National Congress.

Can you get a good deal for your club and support youth bridge at the same time? Yes you can!

Submitted by Rona D on Tue, 2016/03/15 - 1:36pm

Cynthia's sample cardsIf you are anything like the Taupo Bridge Club, you will be frequently sending out get-well cards, sympathy cards, and the odd special birthday or thank you card as well. So rather than buying commercial greeting cards, Taupo buys a selection of lovely handmade cards from Cynthia Clayton so they always have greeting cards on hand when needed, while at the same time are supporting youth bridge.

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