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Sunday's Restricted

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 31/03/2017 - 19:46

The club is gearing up for a great day out at its Restricted Tournament on Sunday. At last count there were 112 players entered , 28 tables in all, which means both rooms will be in use with many of our club members taking part. Jane and her team will be providing another of their wonderful lunches for the players and thanks to our generous sponsor URGE Tea and Coffee Boutique, there will be good prizes for those in all grades who do well on the day.

Our very own Cherie Barton is directing and it will be a massive job for her looking after this huge field. Go well Cherie. Any club members not taking part are welcome to come along and watch if they wish. The clubrooms will be buzzing !

The first session starts at 10am after a welcome by President Nigel, and it should be all over by about 5pm. After playing around 50 hands many of the players who may be playing their first ever tournament will sleep well on Sunday night and will no doubt appreciate the extra hour from the end of daylight saving this weekend.

Good luck to all our members who have been brave enough to put their names forward and have a go, I'm sure you are in for a very good day.

Barry

Monday Bridge start times

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 27/03/2017 - 23:05

Hamilton Bridge - 2017

Amended MONDAY start times

Monday night commences at 7pm from next Monday - 3 April
This will be the norm for Monday evenings during the months when daylight saving is not active - April thru September.

7.30pm start time - up to and including March 27

7.00pm start time - April 3 until 18 September ( 30 minutes earlier )

7.30pm start time - 25 September on.......

WAIHI WINNERS!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 25/03/2017 - 18:28

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CONGRATULATIONS to Lucie and Rodney, working wonders in Waihi today! They came away with the winners'prize. Yuzhong and Jeffrey put in great work and came third.

Hamilton Restricted Tournament

Submitted by Dave Edson on Mon, 20/03/2017 - 23:19

On Sunday April 2 Hamilton hosts the Hamilton Restricted, an 8B tournament which is open to Pairs in any combination EXCEPT Open – Open players. The tournament is sponsored by URGE Tea & Coffee Boutique which is letting the Club offer an extended prize list due to this generous sponsorship. Prizes are waiting for the top pairs in each of the possible combinations – Junior/Open, Intermediate/Junior, Intermediate/Intermediate, Intermediate/Open & Junior/Junior along with usual top NS, EW & Overall so there are multiple ways to win a prize

Jane is again providing one of her excellent lunches so for $25 it’s a great day out with 2 sessions of bridge as a bonus !

Dallas

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/03/2017 - 22:20


Hamilton Club's Dallas Dagg

"Close Bridge" - Charles Holland Goodwin Pairs

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/03/2017 - 21:39

The third and final round of the Charles Holland Goodwin Pairs will be decided here on Friday morning. Bridge can't can't get any closer than this - there is only 0.26% between the leaders Blair and Liz Fisher and Lindsay Reid and Ian Clayton in a big field of players. The current ladder can be found here

It's also exciting to see that that Liz and Michael Kelly have a handy lead in the Handicap event going into this Friday.

$10 Man!

Submitted by sitemaster on Tue, 07/03/2017 - 11:25

The North Island Teams 20A tournament took place in Auckland over the weekend just gone. Congratulations to Hamilton pair Jenny Millington and Barry Jones who, with long-time team-mates Patrick Carter and Julie Atkinson came second in this marathon of bridge. Full results may be seen by clicking here.

One amusing tale from the weekend ..

WAP 1 at Hamilton last Sunday

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 13/02/2017 - 17:03

21 tables competed at Hamilton on Sunday in the opening round of the Waikato Area Pairs.

Congratulations to Diane & Jane for first place, Barry & Jenny for coming second and the Healy's in 5th place

Final results can be found here

Vouchers for Bridge.....

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 14/01/2017 - 21:22

Most members know that the Club awards vouchers for Bridge Sessions. However did you know you can purchase table vouchers in advance ? Think how convenient it would be not having to find small change each time you play bridge, and it also makes life easier for the directors and our secretary

There are several ways of purchasing the vouchers:

•   Ask your director - they have a limited number of voucher packs - 5 vouchers for $15 available for purchase

•   Email the secretary with your details ( name & bridge number ) and then pay by internet banking with your Bridge Number & code ‘Vouchers’ in the Banking Application "free entry" fields

•   Via the director with an envelope containing your details and a cheque or cash at any bridge session ( as our secretary is part time allow for this in the delivery time )

•   See Yvonne in the office ( see programme book for office hours )

New Directors

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/12/2016 - 17:49

Hamilton Club has two recently qualified Club Directors in it's membership

Congratulations to Ella Gray and Phil Thompson - both were successful in the latest exam series run by NZ Bridge

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