WB Grade Teams Sorted

A relaxed and happy day was had by all twelve teams contesting the Final of the Grade Teams at the Cambridge club. The attending teams were the two best-performed in each grade at the Ib Thulin Trophy (Bay-of-Plenty clubs) and the Waikato Inter-Club Teams event both held some time ago. To break the suspense of not knowing, click here for the summary results or go to the full detail on either this or the Cambridge site under the Results tab for proof that we have one and a half of the best club teams on THIS side of The Hill!!

BRIDGE BLACKS GET PRIME TIME TV SLOT

Our sport featured on the Prime sports cafe news programme The Crowd Goes Wild courtesy of the stellar performance by the Bridge Blacks in Lyon, France at the Bermuda Bowl. Currently challenging for a bronze medal - whatever the outcome - they have done their country proud. If you missed the show live - the clips featuring the bridge items can be viewed on this YouTube link. Enjoy and Go the BBs!!
https://youtu.be/_7gfyzwcyOc

Tune in to The Crowd Goes Wild at 7pm on Prime tonight!

Remember - bridge is a sport! So bridge will be featuring....somehow..... in relation to our Bridge Blacks playing for 3rd or 4th place in the Bermuda Bowl in Lyon. Tune in to The Crowd Goes Wild at 7pm on Prime tonight!

Bridge Blacks in Play-Off for Bronze at Lyon

Our amazing Open team the Bridge Blacks are challenging for the bronze medal in the Bermuda Bowl in Lyon, France. The matches will be live on BridgeBaseOnline on Thursday night 9pm, 12.30am and 3.20am and then Friday night 9pm and 12.30am. Five 16 board matches. Please let your club members know of this opportunity to tune in and watch their team in action.

Bridge Fever Grips NZ!!

.. and it's really gripping!! Check out the NZB report on the record-writing Bridge Blacks' fantastic performance at the Bermuda Bowl overnight 21-Aug NZT. Never before had a New Zealand team made it to the quarterfinals and now our lads have advanced to the semis after defeating the Netherlands in Lyon, France. Plenty of excited chat on the NZB Facebook page too.

Looking for a New Career?

The Board of NZB are advertising two year fixed term contracts from those keen to grow the game across the country as a Regional Bridge Mate (styled to date as a Regional Bridge Development Officer). The spec can be downloaded by clicking on the attachment below.

Board Seeks Urgent Response to Its Draft Strategy to 2020

The purpose of this strategy is to provide NZ Bridge Board, regional committees and clubs with an agreed common purpose and high level plan.

Two Big Events ..

Event 1: Daily reports on the progress of the three New Zealand teams (Open, Senior and Women) in the 43rd World Championship in Lyon, France are now available on the NZ Bridge site from Monday 14th August. Live matches may also be viewed on BBO as the draws advance. See also Jane Stearns' interviews with members of our teams on the NZB Facebook page.

Bermuda Bowl about to begin

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.

Whip Around the Traps

Let's see what's been happening around the websites of the region:

Cambridge .. two Juniors made it through to the semifinals of the WB Rubber competition and went down gracefully to last year's winning GM's ... seminar from HeartSafe on the use of the AED (defibrillator) stored at the neighbouring St John's station. One is noticing a marked raising in awareness of these devices - saw Hamilton Bridge Club has its very own one.

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