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All those hands.........

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 07:13

Bridge is a game of numbers. Compass & BridgeMates which make up our scoring package also collect a lot of numbers on our playing along with keeping track of scores, results etc.... As at the end of July we have been busy bridge players having so far this year played approx. 44,000 hands of cards

So what worked and what didn't ? The most popular contract bid was 3NT followed by 4S , 4H , 2S & 2H. Surprisingly what contracts were made is not the same with the most successful contracts being - 1S , 1H , 2C & 1D. What didn't work most of the time ? - 4C , 5D , 6NT & 5C

Finally how good are we at predicting the size of the contract ? - only 27% of the time we made what we bid while 38% of the time we made more than we bid ( 22% of contracts making +1 & 11% making +2 over-tricks ) and more often than we made what we bid we went light - 35% of contracts went light ( 19% -1 trick & 10% -2 tricks )

As for who plays - NS played 51% of the contracts with EW playing 49% and a very small 270 hands passed in. Most likely lead is a Spade followed by a Heart, with an Ace being the card led 18% of the time

Slams are not common - only 2.7% of the bids made, happening about as often as Doubling at 3.6%

Happy Bridge

Other Bridge Club Results - finding the webpage that takes you there........

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 18/07/2017 - 22:37

Have you had troubles finding the link or page that will take you the results page of a tournament at another club ? Well I did have troubles so I did something about it - added a page on our web site that lists and provides links to most of the results pages of the Bridge Clubs in the Waikato & Bay of Plenty

This page can be accessed by any of the following :

⚛ Select the 3rd selection down under Results on the left hand side of the front page - "Other Club Results"
⚛ Type this link into your browser http://www.hamilton.bridge-club.org/others
⚛ or click here to be taken there........

Mona Corlett

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 15/07/2017 - 06:48

The Club sadly notes the passing of our member Mona Corlett, with the club extending its sympathy to Mona's family and friends. Mona, who was the club's oldest member, passed away last weekend.

A Tribute to Mona, a Floral Artist
For many, many years, Mona's beautiful, elegant fresh floral arrangements greeted us at our bridge club's front door.
At the beginning of the year I became aware of the bare front door table, but as I am not a floral artist I have been purchasing artificial flowers at a variety of charity shops to fill the void.
Mona's beautiful floral arrangements at my daughter, ex club-member Penelope's wedding were so elegant and admired.
Keitha Burton

A little more on Mona's life can be found here in this short item published in 2015 on our website as part of a series on some of our well known members

A tribute to Mona from Billie Phillips can be found here

Another tribute to Mona, this one from Malcolm Smith is found here

Bank Account change

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 01/07/2017 - 03:14

The Club has a new bank account for payment of Tournament Entries & Annual Subscriptions. It's a pretty easy change for those already paying on-line to make but it will make a lot of difference to the life of our secretary Donna

The account has the same base number but now has a different suffix of 01 ( 01-0315-0381282-01 )

Please complete the following first two fields and if you are being "really helpful" then also the third !

Reference - your NZB COMPUTER NUMBER into this field

Particular - your SURNAME

Code ( optional ) - assist us by entering either the TOURNAMENT NAME or SUB in this field

Another Trifecta for Hamilton......

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 13/06/2017 - 23:32

Hamilton pairs had a very successful day out at Morrinsville in the "Morrinsville Open B" on Saturday taking the first three places. Well done also to Blair Fisher & Liz Fisher, Dallas Dagg & Ella Gray, Diane Emms & Kevin Whyte and Phil Thompson & Lucie Armstrong

1st Malcolm Wilson & Gillian Corbett 1031 , 126.35 %
2nd Richard Hooper & Rodney Harris 1002 , 122.8 %
3rd Helen Healy & Timothy Healy 985 , 120.72 %

Well done to all..........

Defibrillator Training

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 21/05/2017 - 16:16

The Club has organised an introductory level training session on the operation and use of the defibrillator. This training will be carried out by Francoise Campbell and is for all Directors and any members interested in attending this session and will take place this coming Wednesday, 24th May @ 6.30pm. Any queries, please contact Nigel at the number in the programme book

Introduction to the Defibrillator - Wednesday @ 6.30pm ALL WELCOMEIntroduction to the Defibrillator - Wednesday @ 6.30pm ALL WELCOME

Hamilton Club wins Trifecta @ Te Awamutu

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 20/05/2017 - 22:01

Hamilton pairs had a very successful day out at Te Awamutu in the "Bloom Hearing" Restricted on Saturday

1st Trini Lin & Catherine Cameron 922 , 120.05%
2nd Blair Fisher & Nigel Gresson 903 , 117.57 %
3rd Zheng Zhang & Mereana Cullen 895 , 116.54 %
4th Yuzhong Chen & Duncan White 892 , 116.15%

Well done to all..........

Wednesday Night Teams - the results.........

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 27/04/2017 - 19:00

Hamilton Bridge - A Comedy of Errors

A Comedy of Errors

 

Setting the Scene:

The last night of the Barbara Minogue teams.  8 teams playing and the winners names will be put on the board for all to read.  No pressure then.

 

The Problem:

Computers are wonderful things, aren't they?  When they work well they are terrific. When monkeys in control they can go awry.  That's what happened last night. This monkey (Cherie Barton) couldn't get the bridgemates working.  I called in reinforcements (Dallas Dagg) and she managed to get the first session working.  Neither of us could get the final session to read.  We tried and tried and eventually gave up.

 

The Solution:

All is not lost. The players recorded their results on paper in a very old school way.  Fortunately, all present knew how to work a pen and paper and did a magnificent job of it too. ( Click "Read more" below )

Thursday Teams ( Elsie Pohio Intermediate and Junior Teams )

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/04/2017 - 23:17

Entries are now open for Thursday Night Teams ( commences April 27 ) until Friday 21 April

Junior Teams - All players and Substitutes must be Junior as per NZ Bridge January grading

Intermediate Teams - All players and subs must be Intermediate or Junior as per NZ Bridge January grading
Players ranked as Open as per NZ Bridge January grading are able to participate but the Team is not eligible for any prizes

Entries can be made via the Web Site or on the Entry List on the notice board at the Club

Hamilton Restricted Results

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 07:50

Hamilton Bridge - Restricted Results

Hamilton Restricted Results by Grade

It's proving difficult to get the graded results from Sunday's Restricted Tournament displayed
on our Web site. Space limitations preclude the complete list being displayed here so in the
interim these are the top three place getters in each grading with the full list of results
for the Hamilton Restricted being found here
        Junior / Junior
   46   Pip Gresson & Jenny Henley                    1366   93.82           
   50   Deane Hogg & Brenda Hogg                      1241   85.23            
   52   Carrol Willoughby & Mark Hodges               1239   85.10           

        Intermediate / Junior
   28   Lois Jones & Phil Thompson                    1511  103.77            
   38   Melva Johnstone & Lucy Harper                 1421   97.59        
   42   Lorane Ardern & Marlene Morey                 1405   96.50         

        Intermediate / Intermediate
    5=  Brian Sullivan & Brian Gallaher               1653  113.53        
    5=  David Edson & Catherine Cameron               1653  113.53          
   29   Sally Whitaker & Anne Williamson              1505  103.37         

        Open / Junior
    3   Laurie Belfield & Malcolm Kirkby              1709  117.37         
    4   Charlotte Jager & Anna Kalma                  1673  114.90           
    7   Liz Fisher & Leanne Curry                     1620  111.27         

        Open / Intermediate
    1   Sam Armstrong & Tim Healy                     1715  117.79           
    2   Duncan White & Yuzhong Chen                   1710  117.44         
    8   Mereana Cullen & Barry Jones                  1608  110.44
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