MEET THE INTERPROVINCIALS - Brian Sullivan

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2017/11/22 - 11:42am

Brian was born in Hamilton and has lived in Ohaupo all his life. He was educated at Ohaupo Primary school and then went on to Mighty Melville High School.He had always enjoyed playing cards though no other members of his family play Bridge. About seven years ago a friend, John Hickey, explained the basics of the game and he was hooked. John then introduced him to the Waikato club where he now plays the Acol system.Brian has a wide variety of other interests including watching Test Cricket and playing tennis and table tennis in his spare time, when he is not relaxing. He enjoys travelling and earlier this year with his wife Dianne, he enjoyed a trip to Malaysia and Singapore along with other members of his family.This is the first time Brian has represented the region, we hope it will be the first of many.Good luck Brian, we are all rooting for you!

MEET THE INTERPROVINCIALS - Brian Gallaher

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2017/11/21 - 11:02am

Brian Sullivan, Bren Birss, Pamela Pedersen, Brian GallaherBrian Sullivan, Bren Birss, Pamela Pedersen, Brian GallaherBrian was introduced to Bridge at an early age when, during his mother’s Bridge parties, he was obliged to fill in while his mother got supper ready. They formed a useful partnership until he married and had children, when family life took precedence.His efforts to encourage his wife to play Bridge have failed, given that she prefers to watch paint dry! His daughter enjoys rowing, which is where Brian spends much of his spare time these days - a strange sport as his objective when sitting down is to relax, not get totally exhausted (Congress doesn’t count apparently)!

WB RBM Busier Than Most

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2017/11/19 - 4:31pm

.. and not because we're in need of more help in the Waikato Bays region. Read on ..

Hats off to Kawerau

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2017/11/10 - 2:15pm

Fun was the order of play on Tuesday evening for by members of the Kawerau Bridge club this week. Members and friends arriving wearing a variety of different hats to take part in a singles night and to participate in a Mini-Bridge session. The event was organised to give members the opportunity to experience how beginners begin to learn Bridge at their initial lessons. "Rather like playing SNAP compared to the excitement of Bridge" observed one experienced Bridge player.

Hello Regions of NZB

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/11/02 - 5:27pm

Wearing her Bridge-It Jane hat (not NZB Board member hat) Jane Stearns is encouraging all clubs to give their members this introduction to the Nesting Pairs course:

intermediate League winners decided

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 2017/10/30 - 9:33am

After nine tournaments, the final intermediate event at Cambridge wrapped up and also decided the top of the Intermediate League and who won the coveted Barclay Cup.

intermediate League winners decided: Mike and Carol share the Barclay Cupintermediate League winners decided: Mike and Carol share the Barclay Cup

Top performers in the Intermediate LeagueTop performers in the Intermediate League

What's been happening lately on the region's websites

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/10/26 - 9:02am

The Rotorua site is seeking to update the personal information of its members. This is both topical and typical for clubs at this time of year as they prepare to print their 2018 programme books. There is a quite brilliant feature in Compass that not many people have tried though it's been there for a while. In the Club database under the EMail Options tab there is a function to email or print for all members a personal dump of just what data is held on them by Compass. This seems a pretty good way of getting everything squeaky-clean at any time.

KAWERAU HOSPITALITY

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2017/10/20 - 10:42am

Newly appointed Regional Bridge Mate Eunice Eccles travelled with NZB Board member Jane Stearns over to the Kawerau Bridge Club on Tuesday. The hospitality shown to them will now become legendary - the members provided a feast for us to enjoy while discussing their club and its future. As Kawerau rarely feature on the Waikato Bays website - here are a few pictures to put them firmly on the map.
View from Kawerau ClubroomsView from Kawerau Clubrooms

Babich Upon Us

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2017/10/18 - 6:24am

The Babich NZ-Wide pairs is to be held at various centres around the country on Friday 3rd of November. To date the only Waikato clubs that appear to have registered are Cambridge, Hamilton, Huntly, Morrinsville, Taupo, Thames, and Tokoroa. This is a fun evening with everyone playing the same cards at the same time. Last year it attracted over 1000 pairs. Some clubs arrange to gather for a meal of pizza, curry, or the like and a glass of the sponsor's product beforehand. This year the event is going international with one section playing a couple of hours after they fly to Rarotonga on a bridge holiday. Register at the host club.

Winners of the Junior League decided

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 2017/10/15 - 7:53pm

It was a Te Aroha 1,2 & 4 (equal) in the Junior League decided today at Te Awamutu after 6 junior tournaments held throughout the region.

Well done to Charlotte Jager from Te Aroha who played in every event and topped the field in half of them to give her a convincing win with 38 points.

Charlotte and Anna: Charlotte Jager (left) receiving her prize from Anna Kalma WBRCCharlotte and Anna: Charlotte Jager (left) receiving her prize from Anna Kalma WBRC

Second place went to Victor Kooter, Charlotte's regular partner who missed one event to hand the overall result to Charlotte.

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