It's a Wrap for the WAPs

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2018/08/05 - 7:25pm

Lesley and SoniaLesley and SoniaThe sixth and final round of the Waikato Area Pairs was held at the Morrinsville club last Sunday the 5th of August. A cruisy 60 and a 52 were enough to hold onto top slot for Lesley Quilty and Sonia Crawford who claimed the sum of their ages to far exceed that of any other partnership in the room. Certainly these ladies have been at the forefront of the game for as long as most people can recall and it is awesome to see them still going strong.

Click here to see the final ladder.

The WAPs AGM was held at lunchtime and, after some discussion, it was agreed nothing much needed changing any time soon. After play we were treated to a couple of dozen pizzas and a glass of choice to wind up the series.

The Mount Cleans Up Large at the Bay Teams

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/07/31 - 3:24pm

Half a dozen of the Bay clubs gathered at Rotorua last Sunday to contest the Ib Thulin Shield which, when the dust settled, went to the Mount Maunganui club this year. The day's results can be viewed by clicking this link.

That leaves us with 12 teams to contest the WB Grade Teams final at Cambridge on 26th of August. The two top-placed teams in each grade from either side of The Hill will play off in three separate sections of 16-board round-robins. Teams from the following clubs are invited to attend:

Allan Morris Writes

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/07/24 - 2:25pm

Alan Morris's Newsletter #5 from the Chair of New Zealand Bridge may be downloaded to your computer by clicking here. Alan reports on the National Conference held in Wellington on 15th July which covered may interesting topics such as:

  • Progress on the Constitution Review
  • Task force on Grading, Tournaments and Handicapping
  • Future of the InterProvincials
  • Work of the Regional Bridgemates

TWITs Heating Up

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2018/07/16 - 5:07pm

The six-week series of The Waikato Inter-Club Teams is approaching its penultimate round to be held at the Hamilton Bridge Club on Friday 27th July. Things are tight at the top in the competition for Indie Twit. Radars Lot is stretching out in front in the Junior and Waikato Wonders looks to be unassailable in the Oscars.

As there have been five teams in the Juniors and seven in the Indies we have been having a guest appearance by a different Indie team in the Juniors each month. This time it will be Hamilton Mosaic sitting at Table 1 while Ringers will play at Table 11. Here are the current placings:

TOPS at TAURANGA BRIDGE TOURNAMENT

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2018/07/12 - 7:48pm

Mike,Dee,Jerry,and LesMike,Dee,Jerry,and LesDee and LesDee and Les

Moving Right Along ..

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2018/07/10 - 9:49am

It's about now that one gets the feeling that the season is at "shoulder" as we approach the main event of the year .. being NZ's own National Congress. This, of course, is still some way off at the end of September. Nevertheless, we have just this last weekend seen the completion of the Bay Pairs with Kate Terry and Judy Pawson of Tauranga coming out on top.

The Great Boat Race has Started

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2018/07/05 - 11:19am

Check out this article concerning an exciting new contest between clubs. Tauranga and Cambridge have a similar level of competition on Wednesday nights - fun/social/newbies type of thing. Karen Martelletti had an inspiration to compare scores using X-Clubs results. The first night was really close.

HUNTLY go INTERNATIONAL!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2018/07/04 - 3:33pm

John, Lynne and AndreasJohn, Lynne and AndreasWell done to Huntly Club who took part in the UK’s Bill Hughes Memorial Simultaneous Pairs on Friday, June 29th. John Gates and Andreas Theodorou won the Huntly heat with a great score of 62.96%. All heat winners receive two small prizes and a trophy to keep. Huntly say their results have not yet materialised on the global stage but the players wait with bated breath! This event is held each year during the week containing the last Tuesday in June.

Mini Moos Day One at Morrinsville

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2018/07/02 - 5:07pm

A highly successful first outing in 2018 for Nick Whitten's Mini Moos programme. There is a new Mini Moos menu provided under the Initiatives tab above to provide a home for this invaluable programme. Along with the long-standing Bay Pairs and the Waikato Area Pairs, the Mini Moos and the TWITs are of great interest to many Waikato-Bays players at different stages of their bridge careers.

National Head-Count Looking Up

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2018/07/01 - 10:28am

Comparisons with July head-counts over the past four years show an encouraging increase in numbers for this time of year.

  • July 2015 13750(est)
  • July 2016 13641
  • July 2017 13541
  • July 2018 13726

Aug 2015 to Jul 2018Aug 2015 to Jul 2018

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