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Hamilton's Improvers......

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/01/2020 - 16:20


NZ Bridge has released the 2020 player gradings - congratulations to 9 of our members who have made the step up........

Open –........ Catherine Cameron, Karen Thomson, Trini Lin

Intermediate –........ Eddie Tan, Jacqui Mackenzie, Jane Weir, Karen Harper,

Intermediate –........ Lois Jones, Mark Hodges

Hamilton's Best......

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/01/2020 - 19:00

On New Years Day New Zealand Bridge released the top 100 players based on all time Master Points earned
7 Hamilton Club members make it on to the 2019 version of the list......
( FYI - Hamilton makes up only 2% of NZ Bridge players but we are 7% of the Top 100 ! )

The full 2019 top 100 list can be found here

Position Name A Points B Points C Points Total Match Points
6 Ian Clayton 4175.58 3122 77 7298.35
12 Barry Jones 4146.76 1872 15 6018.91
20 Jenny Millington 3730.60 1314 53 5045.13
32 Blair Fisher 3145.25 1130 11 4275.36
56 Cynthia Clayton 1831.77 1825 62 3657.39
81 Brett Glass 1869.76 1270 51 3140.27
90 Liz Fisher 1984.47 946 35 2930.82

Hello 2020

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 20/12/2019 - 05:55

Summer Bridge starts 7 January and runs for the following three weeks

Regular Bridge begins on Monday 27th January with all the regular sessions back

Merry Christmas and Happy New year from Hamilton Bridge......

Labour Weekend Congress for 2019

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 27/10/2019 - 01:29

Saturday the Hamilton Club hosted both the Intermediate Pairs and Hamilton Congress Pairs events with Geo Tislevoll & Grant Jarvis ( Akarana & Franklin ) heading home a small field of 28 pairs to take out the Congress Pairs event

Intermediate Pairs In the Intermediate Pairs Duncan White & Kevin Johns from the Waikato Club came out the winners over Adrienne Donald & Nita Knight from Thames

On Monday the Swiss Pairs was won by Barry Jones and Michael Curry from Hamilton. The Don team comprising Michael Courtney, Rose Don, Jo and Sam Simpson took out the Waikato-Bays Provincial Teams final.

2019 AGM Date Change

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 21/10/2019 - 06:48

The date of this years AGM has been brought forward to Sunday 17th November

This change in the date has been made as our President is part of the Waikato Bays Team for the Inter-provincials held this year in Christchurch on the old AGM date

The format of the day will not change with the AGM at 2pm followed by a session of "fun" bridge before Christmas Dinner concluding the evening - more details to follow shortly

Jewel Cresswell

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 18/10/2019 - 07:15

The Club sadly notes the passing of our very long time member Jewel Cresswell

Jewel, a Life Member at the Club since 2002, passed away earlier in the week

We extend our sympathy to her son Bruce and Jewel's family and friends

Update your mobile phone number for 2020

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/10/2019 - 07:50

Cell Phone numbers please !
The 2020 programme book is now being prepared. This year we would like to add as many mobile phone numbers as possible to the book - it makes the task a little less difficult for our partner stewards as they can text groups when looking for a partner for you......
A list of all members’ details is on a table in the main club-room. Please take the time to check your phone number and confirm it is correct and add or change the details, or if you are not playing bridge at the moment let the bridge club secretary know of any change needed.

NZ Bridge Congress 2019 - Days 6 & 7

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/10/2019 - 22:30

The evening of Day 6 and all of Day 7 were reserved for the Swiss Pairs - Open ( 132 pairs ) , Restricted ( 56 pairs ) and Intermediate ( 70 pairs )
This event bought Congress for 2019 to a close

Event Placing / Hamilton Members
NZ Open Swiss 7th N-S / Jo Simpson & Sam Simpson 14th N-S / Blair & Liz Fisher
6th E-W / Barry Jones & Jenny Millington 9th E-W / Yuzhong Chen
 
Restricted Swiss 20th / Cathy Nolen & Karen Thomson
 
Intermediate Swiss 14th / Terry Wells & Ranjith Cooray 22nd / Leanne Curry & Megan Jolly

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
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