Hamilton 2026 Restricted Pairs

Sunday 19th April the Club hosted our 2026 Restricted Pairs Tournament. A pleasant sized field of 36 pairs enjoyed a good days bridge with a field mostly from Waikato / Bay of Plenty or Auckland with a smattering from as far New Plymouth, Palmerston North and Wellington. Open - Intermediate and Intermediate - Intermediate combinations as expected dominated - it would be nice to have a few more juniors competing in the future

Thank you to all for coming and making a great day of bridge.....

The winners were -
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2026 Hamilton Restricted Pairs - 1st Place Alex Meyer and Jack James Akarana / Palmerston North

2026 Hamilton Restricted Pairs - 2nd Place Bill Leach and Aaron Starr Mount Albert / Mount Albert

2025 Hamilton Restricted Pairs - 3rd Place Cynthia Clayton and Duncan White Hamilton / Hamilton

Barbara joined the Hamilton Club in 2019 having moved here from the Wellington Region and was until last year one of the most regular players in the Tuesday afternoon and Friday morning groups.

Barbara, a bridge Life Master, also enjoyed playing tournaments and played in numerous events in the Waikato / Bay of Plenty Region over the years.
Until last year she also directed both day and night sessions at the Club

Barbara passed away after a short illness on 22nd March.

She will be missed.....

Hamilton Bridge
 

A Requiem Mass for Barbara will be celebrated at Saint Columba's Church, 50 Rifle Range Road, Frankton, Hamilton, on Friday 27 March at 11.00am.

Liz Fisher , Jenny Millington , Karen Harris , Blair Fisher
Hamilton Members who feature in the 2025 NZ Bridge Baden Wilson List for the top 'A' Point Winners

At the start of each year NZ Bridge releases a list of the top 20 men and women players scoring the most 'A' Points in NZ in the previous calendar year - the Baden Wilson Trophy for men and women
Over the past few years Liz and Blair Fisher have been making this Trophy their own !
Liz having topped the list for the past 4 years and Blair for 3 out of the past 4 years. Backing up Liz in the woman's competition has been Jenny Millington holding a place in each of the same years in the top 10.
Last year joining Liz and Jenny for the first time another Hamilton player - Karen Harris has made her first appearance in the event at 18th place
Congratulations to you all.....
 
The men and women lists for the 2025 year along with earlier years can found on these links -
 
NZB Women's 2025 Top A Points achievers                 NZB Men's 2025 Top A Points achievers
 
Complete details of last years result (2025) plus detail from the past
 
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Hi all

Bridge in the latter end of 2025 turned into a difficult year we would mostly happily forget but it has finally come to an end. Hamilton Bridge is now on holiday with the Club closed for regular bridge until late January
Summer Bridge for 2026 commences on 6th January - the Club will be running five sessions of Bridge each week - see below for the dates

Subscription notices for 2026 will be sent shortly to all members - the increase in the subscription from last year is due to an increase in the NZ Bridge's Levy which while the Club absorbed the rise last year is unable to do in 2026.

Programme Books for next year have been delivered with those who played during the last week of the bridge year you should have your copy. For those who would like to see the programme prior bridge restarting in 2026, there is each session's programme on the front of our web site under the Info TAB - click here ( the dates are correct as at the date the information was placed on the web site but confirm dates when your programme book arrives )

Learner Lessons run by the Club in 2025 had very good year with it being close to a record number of learners taking part and hopefully returning to the Club in 2026 as full members. Our intention is to run lessons using the same format in the first quarter of 2026.

Our updated Constitution required for the shortly to be invoked 2022 Act was approved by the Registrar of Incorporated Society's effective end November 2025. The Club will be advising all members in the new year of what these changes are and how the members will be effected. Details can he found here if interested !

The repair of the building roof will continue as as funds allow. While the peaked part of the roof was repaired a year of two back the buildings flat roof has had minimal repair work with the result being the flat roof over the kitchen is now in urgent need of repair. This is planned to commence early into the new year.

Take care, keep safe and have a happy and enjoyable break

Hamilton Bridge
 
N.B. The Programme Book dates for Summer Bridge in the O'Neill Room is wrong - it is on Friday not Saturday !
 
P.S.
Should you need to contact the Bridge Club over shutdown, use email via this link or (contact@hamiltonbridge.co.nz)

Club Office - Closed from 19th December 2025 until 6th January 2026