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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

Results for the 2017 Waikato Inter-Club Teams

Submitted by ella on Wed, 28/06/2017 - 00:18


Overall Club Placings :

  

Open       Intermediate Junior      Total
Waikato 96.00 111.66 115.66 323.32
Hamilton 104.2 96.54 84.64 285.38
Matamata 110.75 59.10 94.31 264.15
Tokoroa/Putaruru 84.31 82.41 90.26 256.98
Cambridge 78.55 94.30

2017 Waikato Interclub Teams

Submitted by ella on Tue, 27/06/2017 - 23:32


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.

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 )

Teaching Migrants and Refugees bridge

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 27/04/2017 - 13:58

In my work as a volunteer with English Language Partners I have often thought how easy it should be to combine my skills and teach bridge to those who do not have English as their first language.
I am helping the Papatoetoe Bridge Club this year - and Ayako (from the Cambridge Club) and I were interviewed on Monday. The result is the article below which I hope you enjoy.

Teaching bridge to migrants and refugeesTeaching bridge to migrants and refugees

I have gone into the Cambridge and Papatoetoe English Language classes to teach students there minibridge and hope to go into the Nelson class next month. My goal is to set up a class for migrants and refugees at the Resettlement Centre out near Claudelands in Hamilton.

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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