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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........

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

Sunday at the club was a mass of over 100 players – 27 club teams from the Waikato area competing for the grade honours to represent their clubs against the top clubs from the Bay of Plenty in August. Two Hamilton teams qualified for this final – the Open and Intermediate teams both finishing 2nd in their respective grades with our Junior team performing very creditably against strong opposition.

A huge thanks go to all the club members who spent many hours preparing for this event – Cathy who dealt the untold number of boards necessary, Dallas and David for setting up the innovative computing system to run the scoring, Karen and Gwyn who come and quietly do all the necessary tasks that need to be completed, Jane and her team in the kitchen and Cherie as the Director, brought in on Sunday morning due to an illness, who kept the playing room running smoothly in a very efficient and convivial manner.

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 WELCOME

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 )