What's been happening recently out there in our clubs?

Apart from the usual plethora of localised celebrations of the successes of various players in club competitions we have:

The annual round of lessons in most clubs is coming to an end. Star performer this year has to have been the Omokoroa club who, like the kiwi, have hatched an egg almost as big as itself. They started the year with 35 full members and 5 affiliates. Working to prescription with Regional Bridge Mate Eunice Eccles they attracted 27!! beginners of whom 24 ran the course of lessons and 22 will likely join the club. A HUGE success story!

Sunday's fourth round of the WAPs was held at Matamata. The current ladder is starting to settle down now as the restrictions on dropped scores and substitutes come into play. The next round is to be held at Tokoroa on the 8th of July.

Also, on the same day, the second round of the Bay Pairs was played at Tauranga. Clear winners on the day, Rachelle Pelkman and Murray Wood do not feature in the ladder as they missed the first round when all must be played.

And at Matamata on the final night of the long-running annual Quilty Tray, recently arrived (as in 2016) member Ken Yule was presented with his Gold Grand Master's certificate - one of only 29 in the whole country. Unfortunately the Quilty Tray itself could not be located to be presented to the winning team from Rotorua.

The third round of the WB Intermediate League was held recently at Katikati. The current Ladder is available.

There are some very good pics of familiar faces of the Huntly club on its front page.

The Hamilton club has a well-written article on use of bridge in improving the language skills of recently arrived immigrants and refugees at the Hamilton Settlement Centre.

Amongst some amusing anecdotes in the side strip menu on the Rotorua site there is one concerning the difficulties of their members in navigating from Rotorua to Te Awamutu.

And finally ... The Cambridge Sixes poster has just come out. This iconic event is into its sixth year and we can expect a big fuss to made of that fact.