Rubber-Dub-Dub

The Waikato-Bays section of the national Dan Gifford Rubber Bridge competition started at Putaruru last Sunday 9th April. There was a good turnout for Clare Coles' presentation on what it's all about and a number of first-round matches were completed either side of a very fine lunch organised by members of the host club. The ladder may be viewed under the Results tab on this site. The Cambridge club has gotten so enthusiastic about rubber bridge that they've organised a rubber competition for non-Juniors alongside the Junior Championship series starting this Wednesday.

Hamilton's front page in some very colourful blogs celebrates recent successes in their own 8B Restricted on the 2nd April and the Waihi 8B All Grades on 25th of March. Please forgive the tardiness of this news (some of it has even grown whiskers) but the site is looking so good that it's worth a visit to see that alone. As is the constantly-evolving Huntly site. Go Hone!! Other clubs celebrate the success of their newer members at Saturday's first-up Waikato-Bays Junior League series at Cambridge. See articles on the Mount, Taupo and Cambridge sites.

More great tips from Kathy Yule on the Matamata site. This week's one is how to sharpen up your declarer play.