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Table Money Increase

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 10/11/2017 - 15:39

The Committee of the Hamilton Bridge Club finds it necessary to increase the table money from December. This has been forced upon us by the increasing maintenance requirements of a 60 year old building ( our Club-rooms ) which has in the past needed and has had little maintenance, resulting in low running costs

2017 Bridge Rule Updates

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/11/2017 - 12:33

August brought changes to the Laws of Bridge which will directly affect us as players.....

Thanks to the Tauranga Bridge Club here is a short summary of the 2017 Law changes pertaining to players

Here are key points for some of the changes -

Law 7: Board location - This law has been amended slightly to reinforce the fact that boards must remain in the centre of the table correctly orientated during play.

Law 9: Dummy - Dummy may now attempt to prevent an irregularity by any player. Dummy must not, however, ask a Defender if they have revoked or draw attention to an irregularity which has occurred, until play concludes, except for correction of a mistaken explanation by partner (Declarer).

Babich Wines NZ Wide Pairs - updated

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 27/10/2017 - 22:23

The final numbers are in - we cracked the 1000 pairs for the first time with 1018 pairs from 59 clubs taking part on November 3rd. Top Pair from our club were Gary Foidl and Brett Glass playing at Huntly finishing in 6th place with 67.6%. Read more details about the event here

A complete list of those taking part is available here by scrolling down the list to find the 2017 Babich Overall Results

Monday Night Start Times

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 27/10/2017 - 17:12

Monday Night bridge starting early at 7pm over the winter months has been a success. A couple of simple polls of the players has shown almost 100% support for this early start to carry on next year.

Extending the early start for the whole year wasn't as clear cut but the percentage in favor was still high at around 70%. As a result the committee has decided that Monday night Bridge will continue to start at 7pm for the non daylight saving months into the future and the Club will trial for next year an early start for the complete bridge year

So for 2018 Bridge will commence at 7pm on Monday & Tuesday nights and 7.30pm Wednesday & Thursday nights

Hamilton Congress - Waikato-Bays "New World" Provincial Teams

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 23/10/2017 - 20:18


On Labour weekend Monday Hamilton Bridge Club hosted the final of The Waikato-Bays New World Provincial Teams. The Ware Team consisting of Michael Ware, David Skipper, Ian Berrington & Grant Jarvis were the winners on the day having also been the top qualifiers on Sunday in a class field of 22 teams.
The tournament was sponsored by Chris Grace's company "Te Rapa New World". Chris is pictured here with Ian Berrington & Grant Jarvis - the other two members having departed to drop Christchurch visitors at Auckland Airport with the joys of Labour Weekend traffic to contend with !!

2nd place went to the Solomon Team - Richard Solomon, Gary Chen, David Dolbel & Denis Humphries followed in third by the Carter Team - Patrick Carter, Russell Wilson, Jenny Millington & Barry Jones

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Hamilton Congress - W/Bays Swiss Pairs Winners

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 23/10/2017 - 19:48



Labour weekend Monday - Hamilton Club members Brett Glass & Gary Foidl were the winners of the Waikato Bays Consolation Swiss Pairs hosted by the Hamilton Club.
The tournament was sponsored by "Te Rapa New World" owned by Chris Grace who is pictured here with the winners

Runners-Up were Barry Palmer & Andrew Tarbutt followed by Mark Robertson & Sylvester Riddell


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Hamilton 'New World' Congress Pairs

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 23/10/2017 - 15:00

Labour weekend Saturday the Hamilton Club hosted the Hamilton Open Pairs tournament which in a first for the Club was sponsored by Te Rapa New World

Winners of the Hamilton Congress Open Pairs - Matt Brown & Andi Boughey

Runners Up - Hamilton's Barry Jones & Jenny Millington

Third Place - John Wang & Andrew Liu



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Congress Intermediate & Novice Pairs

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 22/10/2017 - 12:11

Labour weekend Saturday the Hamilton Club hosted Intermediate and Novice Pairs tournaments

Winners of the Hamilton Congress Intermediate Pairs - Math Verhaegh & Saty Satyanand from Cambridge

Runners Up - Hamilton's Don McPherson & Donna Prentice

Novice winners - Delande & Clifford Lazarus from Waikato



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Congress 2017........ ( Updated )

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/10/2017 - 10:36

This week Hamilton City is hosting the 32nd NZ Bridge Congress. Amongst the 665 players taking part these are some of our Hamilton members up with the winners.....

NZ Restricted Open Pairs: Diane Emms & Jane Stearns 7th [ 62 pairs ]

Novice Pairs: Leanne Curry & Megan Jolly 1st North-South, 2nd Overall [ 18 pairs ]

                    Deane & Brenda Hogg 2nd East-West, 5th Overall

Congress Pairs: Karen Harris & Liz Fisher 8th [ 74 pairs ]

Back to the Future Teams: Yuzhong Chen & Teammates 3rd (teammates - William Liu, James Yang, George Sun) [ 60 teams ]

Monday Night START Time

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 19/09/2017 - 22:39

To all Monday night players

This weekend is notable for a number of events - The Election, no All Black test matches, commencement of Daylight Saving for 2017 - 2018 and most importantly at the top of the list, NOT the early start for Bridge on Monday nights which finishes

So all those who play Mondays please note bridge from this coming Monday 25 September until the end of the 2017 bridge year reverts to starting at 7.30pm

See you Monday @ 7.30pm.......

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