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.

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)

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.

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.