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A very Successful Weekend

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 14/07/2019 - 10:37

Saturday saw the Hamilton Club run the 10A Hamilton Open Teams which was very well supported by 25 teams from around the top half of the North Island. Running out the winners were the McGann team - Hugh McGann, Michael Ware, Tom Jacob, Steph Jacob by a rather comfortable 21 VPs over the 2nd placed Boughey team. Hamilton members were to be found across the top 4 teams. There was some very close bridge with the Chen team - Yuzhong Chen, James Yang, Herman Yuan, John Wang who missed being in second place by 0.01 VPs - this close run competition continued for the next few placings

 

 

While the Open players were contesting the Teams event 34 pairs took part in the Hamilton Intermediate Pairs. Winners on the day were the Taupo Pair of Frances Rankin & Derek Rankin followed by Judith Howard & Joanne Swanwick from Matamata
Top Hamilton Pairs were Catherine Cameron & Trini Lin in 4th place and Bruce Cresswell & Vaughan Samuelson in 5th. The majority of the players in this event were from the Waikato / Bays area but it was nice to see two pairs from New Plymouth competing

Hamilton's Karen Harper & Carissa Oliver - Top Juniors in the Intermediate Pairs

Greeting Cards

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/07/2019 - 02:16


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Session Start Times

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 21/06/2019 - 11:02


The club's committee has asked Directors to remind members to arrive on time to enable sessions to start on time i.e., to be seated by 6.50 pm Monday and Tuesday evenings, 12.50 pm for Tuesday and Friday sessions and 7.20 pm for Wednesday and Thursday sessions.

Members arriving late may find they are unable to play.

Bridge Puzzles

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 01/06/2019 - 20:52

Lindsay Reid is a long time contributor to the Club's Newsletter with his series of bridge puzzles. A number of these have been collected and along with the answer to the latest newsletter puzzle all can be found here

Earrings

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 30/05/2019 - 15:13

The club has a number of earrings found around the Clubrooms
Recognise any as yours then contact Donna in the office to arrange getting them back ( click on image for a larger view )

2019 Entertainment Book now available

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 29/05/2019 - 08:44

2019 Entertaiment Book 

Check out the 2019 Entertainment Book with 2-for-1 offers, special rates and up to 50% off on activities, dining, shopping, travel and leisure

To order your Entertainment Membership visit: www.entbook.co.nz/154092a

Our Club contact: Donna in the Club office or email secretary@hamiltonbridgeclub.org.nz

NZ Bridge Constitution

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 28/05/2019 - 07:29

New Zealand Bridge is in the process of updating its own Constitution

The just released draft version along with a feedback form can be found on the NZ Bridge website

Click here to be taken to the appropriate page on the NZ Bridge website

Inter-Provincial Teams

Submitted by ella on Tue, 28/05/2019 - 07:08

What are The Inter-Provincials or as they are more commonly known the IPs ?

The IPs are a teams competition in which the 7 NZ "Bridge Regions" ( Auckland-Northland, Waikato-Bays, Central Districts, Wellington, Top of the South, Canterbury & Otago-Southland ) complete against one another
These competitions take place in 4 different "grades" - Open, Intermediate, Women & Seniors with the overall winner being the the Region with the most points from the events in the 4 different grades

The overall winner is awarded the Dougal McLean Trophy which for the past 3 years has been held by the Wellington region

Again in mid November battle commences in Christchurch over 3 days were the regions will challenge each other with the aim of being the best!

Waikato Bays held trials recently in Tauranga with the result that these Hamilton Bridge Club members qualified for the inter-provincial teams :

Senior     -   Ella Gray and Michael Neels
Open      -   Yuzhong Chen and Noel Grigg
Women   -   Jenna Gibbons

Chef de Mission (CDM) for Waikato-Bays for the event is Jenny Millington

Ella

Submissions - Hamilton City's Western Green Belt

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 26/05/2019 - 23:16

The time has come to make a submission on the City Councils Western Green Belt Plan. While there is a reduction of proposals that affect the Club directly they still have potential to affect the Club both financially and operationally

So please take a little time to make a submission on the plan

The key points that concern the Club are on the white board in the playing room at the Club - take some time to read them before you submit

If you wish to re-read the Councils proposed plan follow this link

Thanks

Hamilton West Town Green Belt Masterplan

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 09:15

The Hamilton City Council has released the draft version of its West Town Green Belt and opened public submissions on the plan. The plan covers changes in the "Green Belt" between Hamilton Lake, the Rugby and Cricket parks and then the area around the Bridge Club before finishing at the Waikato River. These submissions run until the 26th May and it is important for the Club that members read the plan and then comment on the draft plan.

These proposals in the plan have potential to effect the Club both financially and operationally. More information will be available shortly but to start the process here is a link to the Council's draft plan - the relevant section pertaining to the Club can be found on page 41 of the PDF ( page 80 of the document enclosed )

Hamilton City Council West Town Green Belt Masterplan

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