Hamilton Sevens

Last weekend on Saturday and Sunday Hamilton hosted the New Zealand round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens at the FMG Stadium. Our Club uses car parking at the Sevens and other games at FMG as a fund raiser for the Club. This year the Sevens car parking brought in excess of $3000 to the Club funds.
Organising the parking for the first time was Bruce Cresswell who has taken the job over from Nigel G the previous leader of the team running the parking on the day. Bruce started out with the biggest event of the year but had excellent support making the two day event a successful fund raiser.....
Bruce C and the Police....


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks also to Nigel, Margaret, Richard, Don, Mary, Roger, Sonya, Michael, Cath, Marilyn, Cathy, Karen along with reserves Phil & Ann. We were so well served we even sent some Volunteers home but you can be assured of our appreciation for all the time volunteered.

Special Trophies for 2018

The Hamilton Club awards a number of trophies each year based on performance of a player or a pair across the entire bridge year rather than just a single event.
The Mike Barton Trophy is awarded to the most promising player or pairs ( excluding Grand Masters ) based on their increase in Rating Points over the Hamilton Club bridge year.
This year the Trophy was awarded to Jo Millington & Mike Everard
The Audrey Dixon Cup for the most improved Junior player is also calculated on rating points was awarded to Shaun Hewitt. Megan Jolly was in a very creditable second place a very small number of points behind Shaun

Winner of the Audrey Dixon Cup - Shaun Hewitt with very close runner up Megan Jolly

Mike Barton Trophy Winners - Jo Millington & Mike Everard

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2018 Hamilton Congress

36 Pairs contested the 2018 Hamilton Congress Pairs. After three sessions we had our winners......

2018 Hamilton Congress Pairs Winners


20 pairs entered the Hamilton Congress Intermediate Pairs contesting two sessions....
2018 Hamilton Congress Intermediate Winners

24 teams competed in the qualifying with the top 6 teams going on to the finals on Monday. Top qualifiers were the Carter team followed by the Cormack and Ware Teams.
In the W/B Consolation Swiss Pairs 40 pairs contested the event while the top 6 teams contested the W/B Teams final
2018 Hamilton Congress Teams & Swiss Winners

2018 NZ Bridge National Congress - Final wrap-up (Days 5...end)

Congress has finished for another year and in the final few days once again Hamilton players featured in the results. More results for Hamilton club members who finished in the top 10 in their events (with special congratulations to Mark and Jeffrey!)

Event Result
Same Sex Pairs: 6th - Dan Lulu (with John McIntosh)
10th - Graham Stern & Alan Parkes
NZ Seniors Teams: 2nd - Ian Clayton & Teammates
4th - Rodney Harris, Lucie Armstrong & Teammates
7th - Malcolm Smith & Teammates
10th - Tim Healy, Helen Healy & Teammates
Point a Board Teams: 7th - Yuzhong Chen & Teammates
10th - Liz Fisher, Blair Fisher & Teammates
Open Swiss Pairs: 8th - Jenny Millington & Barry Jones
Restricted Swiss Pairs: 1st - Mark Thomson & Jeffrey Chang
6th - Diane Emms & Jane Stearns

2018 NZ Bridge National Congress - Day 4......

Day 4 of the Congress was the start of the NZ Teams. 108 Teams, some with up to 6 members are taking part this year. After 2 days of qualifying 3 Teams with Hamilton players are in the top 16. These top 16 teams now compete with the winners advancing via the quarters and semi's to the finals on Friday / Saturday

Commiserations to the Morgan team with Hamilton's Ella Gray & Michael Neels who missed qualifying by 1.43 VPs

Teams qualifying for post play with Hamilton club members -

Placing / Team Hamilton Members
4th / Gibbons Brett Glass & Gary Foidl
5th / Carter Barry Jones, Jenny Millington
16th / Li Yuzhong Chen

2018 NZ Bridge National Congress - Days 1...3

A record number of players (close to 700!) are now in Hamilton taking part in the NZ Bridge Congress. The Congress which attracts the best players from around New Zealand along with players from Australia is being held at the Distinction Hotel in Te Rapa.
One of the premier events the New Zealand Pairs has now reached the Finals stage and concludes Monday evening. The top 28 pairs from the qualifying will battle for national honours with the next 28 pairs competing in the plate final

In the running from the Hamilton club are Barry Jones and Jenny Millington (qualified in 7th place) and Blair Fisher (with George Masters qualified in 16th place).

Results to date - these Hamilton club members have finished in the top 10 in their events so far (top 5 for Novices)-

Event Result
NZ Youth Teams: 2nd handicap - Shaun Hewitt,Daniel Spencer & Teammates
Novice Pairs: 1st NS - Megan Jolly & Janice Wilton
Congress Pairs: 5th - Yuzhong Chen (partner Herman Yuan)
9th - Ella Gray & Michael Neels
10th - Liz Fisher (partner Michael Curry)
Open Restricted Pairs: 3rd - Clare Coles (partner Anna Kalma)
NZ Pairs: 12th - Blair Fisher (with George Masters)
18th - Jenny Millington & Barry Jones
NZ Pairs Plate: 10th - Brett Glass & Gary Foidl
11th - Ian Clayton(with Noel Woodhall)
Back to the Future Teams: 3rd - Graham Stern, Alan Parkes & Teammates
4th - Liz Fisher & Teammates

Hamilton Teams & Intermediate Pairs

14 July saw Hamilton run the Hamilton Teams & Intermediate Pairs competitions. 20 Teams took part in the teams event with 28 pairs competing in the Intermediate Pairs.
The Intermediate event was won by Judith Howard & Joanne Swanwick from the Matamata Club with Ruth Van Praagh & Dayelle Cole from Cambridge in 2nd place. Hamilton pair Phil Thompson & Ian Ross were in 3rd place.
In the Junior section Megan Jolly & Leanne Curry came in first place followed by Jane Weir & Francoise Campbell

Winners of the Hamilton Pairs - Judith Howard / Joanne Swanwick

Runners Up - Ruth Van Praagh / Dayelle Cole

Top Juniors- Megan Jolly / Leanne Curry


( click on any of the images for a larger view )

You can check all the results the Hamilton Web Site by clicking the following link for Hamilton results




The Hamilton Teams Competition was won by the "Carter Team" consisting of Patrick Carter & Julie Atkinson from the Auckland Club together with Hamilton's Barry Jones & Liz Fisher

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