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Hear all the latest bridge news broadcast on Community Access Radio Free FM89. Shows are given initial air time on Wednesdays at 10:30 and repeated at 6:30am on Thursdays (but you can hear them here anytime by clicking on this link. The Bridge Zone radio show is attracting well over 10,000 downloads a month by year end. Lately there have been over 6,500 hits worldwide and the Australian Bridge is bringing it to the attention of its members. If you'd like to get in touch with the Team they have their own email address: bridgezoneshow@gmail.com
- Results from Taranaki Congress
- Anna Kalma picks put her ahead of the bunch. Next feature Race - Kelly Peirse Memorial Teams
- Major and minor penalty cards, reserve your rights – yeah right, who gets 70 something percentage - Judge Julie
- Book of the week - Paul Mendolsen – Winning ways to PLAY your cards
- Sam Punch gives us an update on Keep Bridge Alive and we read her latest ventures with Postcard from Scotland
- Thoughts on cue bids after Jacoby use
- Oprah Winfrey makes it onto the Bridge Zone
- Book of the week "Bridge Secrets"
- North Island Teams – Tauranga Results
- Ware, Wear and Where – what’s in a name?
- Tip of the week – INT Doubled rears its head again
- Picks for the Taranaki Congress Teams Event
- Judge Julie and coffee
- Barry reports in from the Gold Coast Congress
- North Island Teams at Tauranga this weekend - the picks
- Zygomatic muscles – yep – you have them
- Bridge Lesson Season – phone a friend to join the pack
- Book of the week – he only just brought it last week and have already finished reading it- Saints and Sinners - by Tim Bourke and David Bird
- Keep Bridge Alive Campaign – Samantha Punch and team are spreading the passion about game
- Judge Julie – two questions today – what is her ruling?
- Barry reports in from the Gold Coast Congress
- Opening light in 3rd seat Judge Julie sets us straight
- Double Dummy: we hear the remainder of the interview with John McAlister
- The Bridge Zone Hikoi around Aotearoa bridge clubs begins with the Hutt Club featured this week
- The Bridge Zone Hikoi is reaching out to any NZ Bridge Club and giving them an opportunity to let fellow Bridgees know a bit more about themselves
- John McAlister who produced the recent documentary film "Double Dummy" tells us of his ventures at the South Island teams and we offer a teaser of his interview with us
- The Bridge Zone Racing Channels reviews the South Island teams. We ask for your picks at the Gold Coast Congress
- Pinocchio shows up in the studio today and 50 Shades of Grey (aka interpretations of the grey areas of the rules) becomes a regular feature
- Peeling back another layer of The Bridge Zone with our new Resident Ruler
- Silent bidding – own the problem – What you talking about Willis?
- Book of the week – Winning No Trumps Leads by David Bird & Taf Anthias
- Julie Atkinson joins the Bridge Zone today confirming her path to being a National Director
- Ethics, crying, sharp practise and newbies at the Bridge table
- Julie shares fantastic advice and lays down the law on a Strong 2 Club opening
- Book of the week – The Oxford Dictionary, The Bible or 50 Shades of Grey
- Did you know how many HCP you need to open 2C?
- A simple question - What’s an average hand?
- How well did Barry’s selections go at the Tauranga Mini Congress? We ask that you show us your form via email by making some picks for the South Island Teams in Dunedin
- It’s official, Barry has lost the plot. He’s in a pickle over a new drink and it’s not medicine
- Random drug testing is mooted
- Where do tributes feature in the game of Bridge and Kate Terry may be the next NZ Idol
- 121 tips for better bridge
- Gambling 3NT – the basics are discussed plus an escape route and the Irish have their own take on this bid
- Luck, skill or form – what helps you at the table to rise above them all?
- We discuss pre nuptials – who got married and who are back as a Bridge partnership after a decent separation
- Is there a reason for a Bridge Partnership to have a pre-nup agreement – Barry shares 2 lines of thought for a solid basis of a pre-nup
- Barry places his bets for the winning teams at Tauranga’s Mini Congress this weekend. Based on current form - he did well at Thames – can he repeat it?
- Playing Directors – some points of discussion and Julie Atkinson will join us next week
- We close off our conversation with Samantha Punch
- Tournament Directors are there gender and/or age inequality issues here?
- Book 3 this year – Bridge, Zia and Me by Michael Rosenburg
- Lessons and what/how/does it really matters what we deliver
- Results from the Thames Summer Festival and one from Canberra
- Hopes and Dreams – Do you have some for 2019?
- Rating Points – Barry announces the Top 4 Players from 2019 list - Does he make the list?
- How much Bridge per week, would you need to play to improve your game
- Equality in the workplace is surging forward and auto pilot is happening in the Bridge World
- Ghandi makes it onto the Bridge Zone
- Finding a partner – are you lonesome tonight and a tip to improve your Bridge this year
- Thames Summer Festival – Carol and her team are hosting a good field
- We “Punch” above our weight with Gender and things Bridge this week
- Sexism, contentious opinions, inequality at the table – are we really talking about our beautiful game?
- Angry and Upset – Is there a difference and aren’t they unisex words?
- How much are you aware …. perhaps ask yourself - do you actually care?
- Nature verses nurture, gender behaviour – it’s all too much!
- Continued conversation with Samantha Punch
- More on HOOL and its potential to attract younger players
- Keep Bridge Alive Campaign starts Feb 5th 2019
- Barry’s Christmas tip – you hold 2 Aces – now what…
- Diet, Nutrition, and Exercise and what that has to do with Bridge
- Party at the Simpsons - how many years of Bridge-playing under their roof last Saturday
- What gets your juices flowing
- The peanut butter coup
- Roll over Houdini
- Squeezes
- Thames Bridge Festival in January 2019
- Norwegian Boye Brogeland and his book Bridge at the edge
- Samantha Punch, Professor of Sociology from Stirling University, begins her sessions with us about general Bridge, her current Bridge projects and updates us on the Bridge Graduateship
- Directors
- Squeezes
- Points systems, weak and strong no trumps
- Sacrificing
- And featuring a poem to Yuzhong
- Last bit of the interview with Zia Mahmood
- Postcard from Scotland
- What the heck is HOOL… Check out Amaresh Deshpande and his creation – a great way to introduce Bridge to the one and all
- Some comical personal insights to the Bridge Zone Crew - Hot Legs, Sadie, the cleaning lady and the Mighty Quinn
- Join us and hear about the convention – The Paki Spade
- The Bridge Legend, Zia Mahmood continues his chat with Mereana and Barry
- Talking about carding systems, suit preference and his partnership with another great - Michael Rosenburg
- His thoughts on how he prefers to win Bridge and etiquette at the table - some may find this debatable
- Youth Bridge and professionals and amateurs in the game
- This Week... Bridge legend Zia Mahmood joins Mereana and Barry – he proudly offers his opinion on the ‘cheating scandal’ that rocked and still taints the World Bridge scene. We talk Heat 1,2 and 3 and he offers his solutions to better Bridge using the Four F’s. Part 2 of this interview next week
- Puppet Stayman rears its head again
- We talk Overcalls, Christmas Parties and about Taupo and Thames Bridge Clubs
- Plus results of the NZ Team Trials at Orewa over the weekend
- And Double Dummy with John McAlister.
- NZ-Wide Babich Pairs Winners
- Hugh McGann - Irish International
- Ed Roggeveen - TOPS director
- and ... find out if Bruce picked the Melbourne Cup winner!!
- Why join a bridge club?
- Etiquette around beginners
- How Transfers and Super-Accepts work
- When to sacrifice
- The Smolen Convention
- Labour Weekend congress in Hamilton
- Labour Weekend congress in Otago
- No Trumps and 5 Card Majors
- Postcard from Scotland
- Herman Yuan
- NZ Youngest Directors Waikato Bridge Club
- NZ Team Trials For China
- Wrap up from National Congress as the roving Bridge Zone Crew track down the winners of the different events
- About the Dan Gifford legacy for rubber bridge
- Learn how many shirts you can iron whilst listening to an episode of The Bridge Zone
- Hosted this week by Mereana Cullen and Bruce Cresswell
- Interview with Murray Wiggins, Chief Director at NZ Congress
- Interview with Brad Johnston for tips re hair colour
- Snippets from National Congress
- Hosted this week by Bruce Cresswell and Jane Stearns
- Interview Paul Marston
- Catch up with Catherine Gough, RBM for the Wellington Region
- Wellington's Super Social Sundays
- Interview with Karen Martelletti
- Catch up with Professor Samantha Punch from Stirling University
- Comparison of ranks and gender bias
- Maori language week episode
- Balancing and Stayman
- The value of part-scores at Swiss pairs
- The rules of 7, 11, 10, 12, 20 and Jenny!
- An interview with newly minted Gold Grandmaster Alister Stuck who is also secretary of NZ Bridge
- news from Professor Samantha Punch in Stirling and Orlando
- .. and much much more
- An interview with Bridge Jack, Brad Johnston, recently returned from the Youth Champs in China with a gold medal
- Brad also appeared on the Otago Morning show and you can hear that interview by clicking this link.
- Interview Professor Samantha Punch and discuss her fascinating research work at Stirling University into the sociology of bridge
- Is bridge good for your health?
- Interview Bridge Development Officer Richard Solomon
- Profile the South Island Pairs winners
- A look at unusual leads including the Lightner Double
- Chat with Blair Fisher on winning NI Pairs
- All about Masterpoints
- PhD in bridge being offered by Stirling University
- Signals and discards
- Opening leads
- Ducking and count
- Interview with Jane Stearns of Cambridge
- The upcoming Cambridge Sixes
- Professional bridge players
- X-Clubs
- Partners as partners
- Announcing bids
- 5-card pre-empts
- World Bridge Day
- When to ask for explanations
- Opening 1NT with a 5 card major
- Announcing bids
- Funny things said at the table
- What brought you to bridge?
- South Island Pairs
- Assess how hot you are according to Zia!
- Yeh Bros Cup
- Tips on dealing with the 4-4-4-1 hand
- Activities of the Bridge Blacks and the Bridge Jacks overseas
- Round-up of the bridge results at local clubs, upcoming tournaments and results nationwide
- Discussion on partnership systems, play techniques, improving card play and thought patterns, bridge etiquette and ethics
