Perhaps the most well-known event in world bridge, the Bermuda Bowl is about to take place from August 12-16 in Lyon, France. The playing schedule is attached below.

Something that is adding local flavour are the articles that Jane Stearns is putting up on the NZ Bridge Facebook page. Jane is doing in-depth profiles of various team members - Kris Wooles, Michael Cornell, Matt Brown, Jena and Christine Gibbons, Barry Plamer, and Steph Jacob have given fulsome interviews to date ... and they make fascinating reading.

The Waikato Bays Regional Committee applied to Pub Charity Ltd for funding to assist our Inter-Provincial representative team with accommodation in Wellington at the end of the year.

We are very pleased to announce that the application was successful, having received $3166.09, which was the amount we applied for, minus the GST component. Thanks to Jan Spaans for his hard work in putting the application together.

Thanks to Murray and Caroline Wiggins for their seminar today, educating our region's directors on The Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017. These come into effect in New Zealand on 1 August, and there are a few changes from the 2007 Laws that we all need to be aware of.

Thanks also to all the directors who gave up their Sunday morning to come to the seminar. I forgot to do a head-count, but we had directors from Cambridge, Hamilton, Huntly, Katikati, Matamata, Mount Maunganui, Morrinsville, Putaruru, Rotorua, Taupo, Tauranga, Te Aroha, Te Awamutu, Te Puke and Waihi.

Hi All,
Mount Maunganui Club hosted the third round of the Bay Pairs, Sunday the 11th June. Winners on the day were Murray Wood and Rachelle Pelkman (Tauranga). Second place went to Kate Terry and Judy Pawson (Tauranga) with Bobbi and Ian Drysdale (Whakatane) taking out third.

After three rounds played we have in first position Rachelle Pelkman and Murray Wood (Tauranga). Bobbi and Ian Drysdale in second and climbing into third spot is Alan Turner and Stephen Francks (Tauranga) last year’s champions.

Last weekend was the annual NZ Bridge National Conference, where the Board members and the regional chairpersons get together in Wellington. We hear about what other regions are doing, listen to presentations from the board, and discuss remits from clubs and/or regional committees.