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Inter-Provincials Heading South ... and Souther yet

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2015/11/22 - 12:04pm

The 2015 event is almost upon us and will be held at the Christchurch Bridge Club from 28th November until 1st December.

However, there is news of the 2016 event …

When The Inter-Provincial Championships left their regular pre-Congress Hamilton home, the intention was to move them around our three main centres, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. New Zealand Bridge is delighted to announce that in 2016, this event will take place at the Otago Bridge Club in Dunedin where all the well-known hospitality of the “Deep South” will be evident.

So .. how'd we go in the Babich?

Submitted by xqAdmin on Tue, 2015/11/10 - 11:08am

Your Waikato-Bays committee, pictured below, mostly pulled its weight in various ways. Anna, playing with nephew Jacob was the star of the show coming in at 29th of 970 pairs with 64.4%, Brett and fellow GM Gary Foidl managed 56th with 62.3%, Michael playing with Joyce Catchpole at Cambridge (where Jan dealt/scored/directed) was 238th with 55.4%, Rona and husband John 439th with 51.2%, and Ray was quite likely off somewhere pulling lustily on the end of a kite string.

The Waikato Bays committee

Submitted by Anna on Thu, 2015/11/05 - 2:22pm

The Waikato Bays regional committee met in Cambridge last weekend for their annual face-to-face meeting. All their other meetings are conducted via monthly Skype calls.

Your committee hard at work: Back row L-R; Rona Driscoll, Michael Neels & Ray McCully. Front Row L-R; Brett Glass, Jan Spaans & Anna KalmaYour committee hard at work: Back row L-R; Rona Driscoll, Michael Neels & Ray McCully. Front Row L-R; Brett Glass, Jan Spaans & Anna Kalma

The committee welcomes any feedback or ideas around the promotion and betterment of Contract Bridge in the region and their contact details can be found on the WRBC tab of this website.

Ron Klinger Phenomenon Hits Waikato-Bays

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2015/11/05 - 11:28am

Ron KlingerRon KlingerRon and Suzie Klinger’s recent visit in the first week of November was organised by the Waikato-Bays Regional Committee. Karen Martelletti of Tauranga collected Ron and Suzie from their billet in Auckland and conducted them through their itinerary of four clubs in our region. Prior to that, Ron had ran five sessions in the Auckland region – averaging 90 attendees per session. On Thursday morning he and Suzie flew to Wellington to do another two.

Intermediate League Wraps up at Cambridge

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2015/11/01 - 5:34pm

Intermediate League FinalIntermediate League FinalThe 2015 Intermediates League ended at Cambridge on the first day on November. The final of nine rounds saw good results for some of the top runners but Rosalind Phillips of Tauranga had to do no better than 9th to become the 2015 Waikato-Bays Intermediate Champion. Rosalind's partner for all but one event of the series, Garth Robinson from Taupo came a deserved second two points behind on 28.

We mix it up in Taupo!

Submitted by Rona D on Mon, 2015/10/19 - 9:39am

Taupo 8BTaupo 8B
At the Taupo Open 8B on Saturday 17th October we had 80 players from 15 clubs round the North Island, and from beginner to silver grandmaster.
Here we have Taupo players Christine and John, fresh out of lessons a few months ago, playing against Grandmaster Liz and Silver Grandmaster Blair.
Where else can beginners play internationals! Fantastic!
You can see results at http://www.contractbridge.net/taupo/results/

Waikato Bays Novice Tournament

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 2015/10/18 - 2:44pm

Peter and MalcolmPeter and Malcolm

Bridge and RugbyBridge and Rugby

The Novice Tournament was held at Matamata this weekend. It kicked off with some sterling play and great refereeing ....with the ABs trouncing the French...

Yes happily the Matamata club had the rugby on and the timing was perfect with start of play (bridge that is) timed for 15 minutes after the final whistle (rugby that is).

Some of the players even came dressed up for the occasion.

Intermediate Leagues come down to the wire

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2015/10/12 - 3:08pm

Intermediate League StandingsIntermediate League StandingsThe penultimate round of the Intermediate Leagues took place at Matamata last Sunday. With the final in Cambridge to come on the 1st of November it looks like being a very tight race.

Grades, Ratings, Rankings

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/10/10 - 12:40pm

With the quarterly masterpoints updates about to be released, here's a way of looking at what many find confusing about Grades, Ratings and Rankings. Let's start with Grades because they're easiest to define:

The Boon of Sponsorship

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2015/10/06 - 4:43pm

Gilda Rowland and Deborah GreenwayGilda Rowland and Deborah GreenwayTHAT's the way to do it ... put your hand up for some Waikato-Bays sponsorship to Congress and WIN the Intermediate Swiss Pairs!!

Yay!! for Mount Maunganui's Gilda Rowland and her partner Deborah Greenway from Perth who scored an impressive 8 out of 9 wins to come top in their field. Two very happy ladies celebrate with their prizes.

Gilda and her husband came to live at Welcome Bay at the end of 2014. They have been showing Deborah around Rotorua and associated attractions. Gilda was awarded entry of the Intermediate package by the Waikato-Bays Regional Committee after meeting some not-too-steep requirements. She learned to play bridge in Singapore about 30 years ago but has only been playing socially until three years ago. Gilda and Deborah are both hoping to play at Congress again next year and they are also checking out dates and events for the Gold Coast Congress.

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