Nigel joined the Hamilton Club in early 2025, having previously been a member at the Waikato Club, playing here regularly on Tuesday afternoon and the O'Neill Room on Friday morning.

Nigel passed away after a short illness on 16th June.

A short event to remember Nigel's Life will be held in the Richmond Room at the Bridge Club and following a "meet the family" there will a short session of basic bridge and a catered afternoon tea.
This short service commences Wednesday 24 June at 1pm - all club members are welcome.

4 Hamilton Pairs completed in the Omokoroa Junior Pairs May 30th

Congratulations to -

Lucy Schumacher & Aini Su - 1st place

Jane Sandelin & Bruce Bettany - 2nd place

 
Also well done to the pairs Kevin Lawrence / Sean Dwyer and Maggie Fisher / Karen Mackenzie

 
Auckland Bridge Clubs - Kings Weekend 10A Teams Final

Congratulations to -

Ware Team :  MICHAEL WARE - MATTHEW MCMANUS - ELIZABETH FISHER - BLAIR FISHER - 2nd place

Jones Team : BARRY JONES - JENNY MILLINGTON - ANNE SOMERVILLE - MURAT GENC - 3rd place
 
Well done all......

Hamilton 2026 Craigs Multigrade Pairs

Tuesday the Club ran its first midweek tournament of the year - The Craigs Multigrade Pairs - aka Hamilton Craigs Investment Open Pairs aka Hamilton Craigs Investment All Grades Pairs aka Ladies Day. Since Covid the tournament has yet to find "a name" to call its own!
A smallish field of 28 pairs enjoyed a good days bridge with the field made up by about half of Hamilton Club players, a smattering from Auckland with the balance from the Waikato - the state of the economy does not seem to be helping midweek events ?

Thank you to all for coming.....

The winners were -
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2026 Hamilton Craigs Investments Multigrade Pairs - 1st Place Grant Jarvis & Jack James Franklin / Palmerston North

2026 Hamilton Craigs Investments Multigrade Pairs - 2nd Place Jenny Millington & Barry Jones Hamilton / Hamilton

2026 Hamilton Craigs Investments Multigrade Pairs - 3rd Place Malcolm Smith & Ian Clayton Hamilton / Hamilton

Well done !

Hamilton's Aini Su with Te Puke's Marcus Dudley won the inaugural event in the Waikato Bays Restricted 3A Swiss League hosted by Te Awamutu last Saturday by a small margin from a chasing field - congratulations.

Waikato Bays has added five Swiss Pairs events to the annual I-J Leagues programme with all 5 events being held in the Waikato between now and early October.

Details of the of the the Te Awamutu result can be found here while the details of Junior League overall placings are here

 

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