To all clubs re 2017 bridge laws

Submitted by Rona D on Wed, 2017/06/07 - 11:29am

To all clubs:

You will have recently received a bulletin from Murray Wiggins, NZ Bridge Chief Director, regarding the 2017 Laws of Contract Bridge.

The Waikato Bays seminar has now been confirmed as Sunday 2nd July at the Matamata Bridge Club.
Morning tea at 9:30am followed by the seminar at 10am, and estimated finish time is 12-12:30pm.

2nd Round BOP Pairs Tauranga 28th May 2017

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2017/06/04 - 12:54pm

Hi All,
The Tauranga Bridge Club hosted the second round of the Bay Pairs, Sunday the 28th of May. Winners on the day were our local Women’s International Pairing of Christine and Jenna Gibbons. Second place went to Bobbi and Ian Drysdale of the Whakatane Club with Pam and Ian Moore from Rotorua taking out third place.
After two rounds played we have first equal pairings of Bobbi and Ian Drysdale (Whakatane) with Rachelle Pelkman and Murray Wood (Tauranga). Taking third spot is Dorothy Skousgaard and Julie Sheridan (Tauranga and Mt Maunganui)

2017 Inter-provincial trials

Submitted by Rona D on Tue, 2017/05/16 - 11:23am

Thanks to all who participated in the inter-provincial trials over the weekend. As usual, it was very well organised by the Tauranga Club, and smoothly run by director Dallas Dagg and scorer Jan Spaans. We had 20 pairs participating in the open/women/seniors field, and 8 intermediate pairs which was a pleasing turnout.

New Season Gains Lift-Off

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/05/04 - 10:03am

The tournament scene at the start of a new year always seems to take a long time to get going. There's all those stat weekends and delays in the programme to allow for people attending likes of the Canberra and Gold Coast Congresses but FINALLY there comes a sense of buckling down and getting into it. The first of the Bay pairs took place at Whakatane last Sunday .. in tandem with the third round of the WAPs at Te Aroha. Links to results may be found under the tab in the top menu.

Big Round-Up Expected at Papatoetoe

Submitted by sitemaster on Thu, 2017/04/27 - 10:46am

Some Minor Miracles

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2017/04/19 - 4:16pm

There was a frisson of excitement throughout clubs in the Region as the quarterly Ranks Report was released just before Easter. If you've never heard of those before, they report the top ten most successful players by gender in each of the ten ranks (like in the army: Boot Camp to Brigadier corresponds with Unranked to Gold Grandmaster). You may download your own copy by clicking here.

Rubber-Dub-Dub

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2017/04/10 - 12:29pm

The Waikato-Bays section of the national Dan Gifford Rubber Bridge competition started at Putaruru last Sunday 9th April. There was a good turnout for Clare Coles' presentation on what it's all about and a number of first-round matches were completed either side of a very fine lunch organised by members of the host club. The ladder may be viewed under the Results tab on this site. The Cambridge club has gotten so enthusiastic about rubber bridge that they've organised a rubber competition for non-Juniors alongside the Junior Championship series starting this Wednesday.

Great New Concept from The Mount

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2017/03/28 - 2:09pm


Talk about multi-sport .. just add canoeing and this could be a triathlon! The Mount club have come up with a revolutionary concept to take place on the 15th of May .. golf in the morning, bridge after lunch! Read about it in this link.

Challenge to all WB Clubs - it's time for Rubber Bridge again!

Submitted by Rona D on Thu, 2017/03/23 - 10:18am

As you undoubtedly know, each year the Dan Gifford Rubber Bridge competition is played at National Congress and pairs from all regions participate.

The Waikato-Bays has had some very good partnerships in the past who have given the other regional pairs a good run for their money, including Christine and Jenna Gibbons who won the national title in 2012.

Bill Gates a Winner .. at Bridge

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2017/03/21 - 9:47am

Bill Gates in 2015Bill Gates in 2015There's a report in the Kansas City Star of billionaire Bill Gates' winning team at the North American Nationals - a huge event of over 5000 players - currently taking place in Kansas City. This news comes via the Tauranga site and is good fodder for this weekly column which saves you the hassle of whipping round all websites in the region to find out what's going on.

This Friday night ... it's the first round of the inaugural TWITs (The Waikato Interclub Teams) in Hamilton. Numbers are looking good but there's still time until 5pm Wednesday 29th to make an entry in any grade from your club. Don't miss out on the fun!!

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