2019 NZ Bridge Congress - Days 4-6

Submitted by Catherine on Fri, 04/10/2019 - 20:50

Day 4 of the Congress was the NZ Open Teams qualifying & the Restricted Open Teams with a total of 116 teams taking part. The top 16 Open teams qualify for the second day's play. Liz and Blair Fisher & teammates qualified in 8th place but didn't manage to get to the quarter finals. Still it was a great effort. Day 5 was other team events and day 6 the pairs events.

Event Placing / Hamilton Members
NZ Restricted Open Teams 2nd / Catherine Glyde 4th / Diane Emms 6th / Kevin Whyte
Senior Teams 2nd / Ian Clayton 9th / Richard Fletcher
Intermediate Teams 2nd / Kay Dixon 3rd / Leanne Curry, Megan Jolly
Multiple Teams 8th / Jenna Gibbons
Senior Pairs 3rd / Michael Neels, Ella Gray
Same Sex Pairs 5th / Graham Stern, Alan Parkes
Mixed Pairs 6th / Jo and Sam Simpson
Junior Pairs 8th / Mike Everard, Jo Millington

Congress 2019 - Days 1...3

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/10/2019 - 22:34

Over 700 players are currently in Hamilton taking part in the 2019 NZ Bridge Congress. The Congress attracts the best players from around New Zealand along with about 80 players from Australia this year. It is being held at the Distinction Hotel in Te Rapa.
150 pairs played in the New Zealand Pairs while 92 teams are currently playing in the NZ Teams.

Hamilton members' results to date - these Hamilton club members have finished in the top 10 in their events so far (top 20 for Premier events, top 5 for Novices)-

Event Result
Rubber Bridge: 1st - Sam & Jo Simpson
NZ Restricted Open Pairs: 7th - Kevin Whyte (partner Jan Spaans)
Novice Pairs: 4th - Jo Millington & Mike Everard
NZ Pairs: 17th - Jenna Gibbons (partner Julian Foster)
Matchpoint Swiss Pairs: 6th - Michael Curry (partner Ant Hopkins)
8th - Liz Fisher & Karen Harris

TWITs 2020

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 28/09/2019 - 13:24

FOR ALL Twits PLAYERS - current and future

We noticed there weren't as many teams taking part in the Waikato Interclub Teams (TWITs) this year and some feedback provided was that Friday evening was not great timing for some, for various reasons ie finished too late for a Friday night (end of week) or interfered with Saturday tournament participation etc. Can you please let us know whether you and/or your friends or team-mates would prefer to play next year if TWITS was to be held in Hamilton on:

1) Friday evening 7-10 pm

2) Sunday afternoon 2-5 pm

3) Sunday afternoon 1-4 pm

4) Doesn't matter, happy with any of these options

Directors will be asking for feedback the week after next. Please don’t vote on more than one night.

Ella

Waikato Bays Swiss Pairs

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/09/2019 - 22:21

On Saturday Hamilton hosted the Rymans Healthcare Sponsored WBays 10A Swiss Pairs with 48 pairs taking part - 7 rounds later we had our winners......

 
 

In conjunction with hosting the Swiss Pairs the Hamilton Club ran the Hamilton Junior Pairs with 18 pairs playing two sessions....





















Hamilton Novice Pairs
A small field of keen Novice players completed in a single session alongside the second session of the Junior Pairs competition. Tied for first place were Finn Birnie-Selwyn & Beverly Birnie and Hugh Barton & Alyson Mackey

2019 Entertainment Books help boost Club funds

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/09/2019 - 07:27

Sales are complete for this year but again we thank all members who supported the club by buying the Entertainment Book. Buy purchasing via the Club the club yielded a profit of close to $400. Many thanks again to Judith Brooks for organising this for us. Judith asks that anyone who decides to buy an addition one please talk to Judith on 852 5644 first

Thanks

Acting Thursday Partner Stewards

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 29/08/2019 - 07:45

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We have acting Partner Stewards - Margaret B is away for the next little period when the Teams are running. For this period Kevin & Anne McCarthy will be helping those who need a partner for bridge - contact number is in your Programme Book - DO TRY YOURSELF before contacting them.......

All Blacks in town - September 7

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 25/08/2019 - 23:25

The AB's and Tonga meet at 2.35pm @ FMG Stadium September 7 ALL Blacks

This is the day the Club hosts Waikato Bays Swiss Pairs & the Hamilton Junior / Novice Pairs

There will be street closures in place with heaps of fans going to the game along with fans looking for parking ( the curtain raiser starts @ 12pm so this is an all day event )

So make sure if you are playing or assisting on the day you allow sufficient time to navigate the mass of fans and road closures....... ( Click here to see the map )

It's a Wrap for the TWITs

Submitted by sitemaster on Sat, 24/08/2019 - 18:06

Eighteen teams met for the last of six rounds of the 2019 TWITs (The Waikato Interclub Teams) on Friday 23rd of August. The six Open teams had completed a double round-robin over the preceding five outings and the Intermediate/Junior section of ten teams a single round-robin plus a filler last month.

The Hamilton Intermediate team Cinders which was comprised principally of Karen Thomson, Kim Thompson, Roger Gunning, and Ian Ross with three or four ring-ins over the season had held Indie TWIT hostage for the whole season. They were so far in front that we promoted them to the Open section for the last night so we could run a Multiple Teams event. They even came third in that session.

Restricted Teams - starting 29 August

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 19/08/2019 - 21:23

The format for this event has been changed - the "Restricted" requirement for the Teams has been removed

Teams are able to be either -

* a regular team of 4 players with NO player grade requirements

* a pair of players - no restriction on grades with these pairs being drawn to make up teams

Any queries then please contact Dallas

Dallas

Swiss Pairs Winners

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 19/08/2019 - 00:54

Hamilton's Wednesday Swiss Pairs Winners
 

 

The winners of the Wednesday 5A Swiss Pairs - Sam Simpson & Jo Simpson after being presented with their prizes

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