Through the Eyes of Babes ...

Submitted by sitemaster on Fri, 2015/08/21 - 5:01pm

Click here to read about a very strange happening at the Tauranga club the other night.

Jane Stearns - Ambassador from the Waikato

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/08/15 - 12:40pm

Jane StearnsJane StearnsThe talents and enthusiasm of Jane Stearns from Cambridge have been recognised and put to good use by New Zealand Bridge. Jane has addressed the regional conferences of Canterbury, Auckland, Otago, and this week she will be speaking at the Central District's annual conference. Her main message is of fundamental importance to our game: how to arrest the fall in numbers participating.

** NEW ** .. the Waikato-Bays Virtual Noticeboard

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/08/08 - 9:52am

Virtual NoticeboardVirtual Noticeboard

Take a look at this!! Click on the Tournaments tab above and then Tournament Posters. You'll be whisked away to the WB Clubs Info folder in Dropbox where you'll see all these tournaments and more lined up tidily in date order.

Forgotten, as you're rushing out the door, whether they supply lunch? ... this is where to check.

Does your club spend heaps on postage of paper leaflets? ... have your secretary scan and save the poster here.

Are your noticeboards overflowing with posters in no particular order? ... tell your members about this great new facility. You'll be able to print off your own copies for just the next month's offerings and free up lots of extra wall space.

We got it ALL on the new Waikato-Bays site!

About this new web site

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2015/08/02 - 2:13pm

The Waikato Bays Regional Committee agreed some time ago that the website used at www.wbbc.co.nz had too many restrictions for modern web site use. The results publication method and the results themselves in text form were still from the ark and photos couldn’t be uploaded. We decided to take the regional web site to the 21st century.

Good News

Submitted by sitemaster on Sun, 2015/08/02 - 10:29am

The latest figures from NZ Bridge show an encouraging growth in the number of registered players.

While this increase is most likely due to the seasonal intake of learners, it is particularly interesting to see that Waikato-Bays is leading the way thanks to the efforts of the many dedicated teachers and their helpers.

Congratulations to ...

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 2015/08/01 - 4:23pm

... Brenda Birss and Pamela Pedersen of the Mount Maunganui club who will be joined by Gilda Rowland of Mount/Tauranga in winning Waikato-Bays sponsorship to the National Congress in Hamilton for the week to October the 3rd. These ladies qualified because:

  • They have never attended a Congress (Novice Pairs excepted)
  • They have played in at least five Tournaments since 1-July 2014
  • They applied to go in the lucky draw before 31-July 2015

John & Rona Driscoll Win Waikato-Bays Rubber Competition

Submitted by sitemaster on Mon, 2015/07/27 - 9:59am

Rona & JohnRona & JohnThe winners of this year's Rubber Bridge competition, John and Rona Driscoll of Taupo, will go forward to represent the Waikato-Bays region in the national finals at Congress in the week Sep-26 to Oct-3.

John and Rona advanced to the finals after meeting Gwynn Lobb and Olive Davis in the semis. There they won against Nick Whitten and Janice Bell to claim the $100 prize and the right to play in the nationals.

Rubber bridge is the game in its primal form. One can picture four cavemen hunched over their cards beside

Newcomers Tokoroa/Putaruru Blitz the Waikato InterClub Teams

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2015/07/08 - 11:33am

Saturday 4th July - huge event! Three teams - Open, Intermediate and Junior - from each of eight Waikato clubs slugged it out in the annual Waikato InterClub Teams held at the Hamilton clubrooms.

The Hamilton folk did us proud with base tables set up attractively for each club team in the O'Neill Room while the matches took place in the adjoining Richmond Room.

The WINNERS!! the Tokoroa/Putaruru TeamThe WINNERS!! the Tokoroa/Putaruru Team

WAP 5 at Morrinsville

Submitted by sitemaster on Wed, 2015/07/08 - 11:10am

Julian Foster and Jenna GibbonsJulian Foster and Jenna Gibbons
16 tables turned out for the penultimate heat of the WAPs. We were in esteemed company as NZ international Jenna Gibbons joined with her partner Julian Foster and came out winners today.

Here is Nick's analysis of the boards with a few photos along the way of the other successful runners and riders.

Test Blog

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 2015/07/07 - 11:28am

This is a temporary blog for new users to acquaint themselves with how easy it is to add and edit content.

Please humour me by signing your name below as a first step.

Mike N

Once you’re in Edit mode you'll see the script here accommodates some basic html capability for effect (click on Input format below to toggle to Full html). You can use italics or do bold.

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