and the Great Run of Results continues.....

Well done for Matamata Intermediate Pairs -
Stan Rinaldi & Helen Rinaldi - 1st place

Megan Jolly & Leanne Curry - 3rd place and still in first place in the Waikato - Bays Intermediate League

Mary Girvin & Lois Jones (Waik/Hami) - =6th place

Don MacPherson & Irenee Stewart (Camb/Hami) / (Camb/Hami) - 8th place

Marilyn Webby & Ranjith Cooray - 13th place

List of current placemeakers in WBays Int League
 
 
 
 
List of current placemeakers in WBays Int League

 

Congratulations to all.....

36 pairs took part in the Matamata Pairs event on 15 September - the 7th of 8 rounds in the Waikato Bays League. Winners were Hamilton's Stan Rinaldi & Helen Rinaldi by a comfortable margin
 
In 3rd place Megan and Leanne consolidated their lead in the Waikato Bays Intermediate League with now a 9 points lead of the final round in Cambridge on 20 September. The junior league does not run a round in September with its 6 and final round being in October - Jiwan Dhaliwal and Bill Barwood still hold 3rd and 5th place in that league

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Stan Rinaldi & Helen Rinaldi
1st place Matamata Intermediate Pairs
Hamilton / Hamilton
( Click on the photo for a larger view )

Special General Meeting - Updated

SGM Notice

Tuesday 15th September -

The SGM for Hamilton Bridge Club took place on 10 September 2024 @ 12.30pm with Tim Macindoe acting as chairperson

Item 2 - the motion re Approval for the new treasurer to vote at meetings was withdrawn

Item 3 - the motion re the Friday dated SGM was not voted on and lapsed

Item 1 - The Club requires a vote from the membership to progress the carpet replacement due to the cost

  The numbers of members at the meeting met the requirement for a quorum

  The meeting Chairperson after the presentations and time for questions raised a motion that a show of hands would be used
  to determine the result of voting on Item 1 which was passed unanimously

  The vote to approve the purchase the spending of the money to replace the carpet was taken with a show of hands and
  passed unanimously

 
Bridge Club Committee
10 September 2024
Hamilton Bridge Club

Special General Meeting (SGM) - 10th September 2024

SGM Notice

Tuesday 7th September -

The Hamilton Bridge Club has announced a SGM for 12.30pm 10 September 2024

The agenda for the meeting has 3 items -

The Club requires a vote from the membership to progress the carpet
  replacement in the O'Neill and Richmond Rooms. The cost exceeds the amount
  threshold for a major transaction thus requiring a vote by the members for
  the project to proceed.

The Club needs approval for its new treasurer (replacement) so they may vote at Committee and AGM meetings.

Should the meeting on 10 September not produce a quorum then the meeting will be re-scheduled at 9.30 Friday.
  13 September 2024

The notice from the Hamilton Bridge Club Committee is available on the notice boards at the Club along with a redacted copy on this website - click here to view
 

Richard Wagstaff
Vice President
28th August 2024
Hamilton Bridge Club

10A Regional Swiss - 2024

Corrections"

Congratulations - Winners Regional 10A Swiss Pairs @ Hamilton


42 pairs took part in this years 10A Swiss on 7th September at Hamilton
Overall winners were Papatoetoe's Aaron Starr & Rob Davies with a comfortable lead over Zachary Yan & Kevin Hu from Akarana as first runners up.
Well done to Grant James & Nick Whitten from Morrinsville competing as "Open / Junior" as the top Restricted Open pair.
Thanks go to Irenee Stewart from AFT Pharmaceuticals for being the Sponsor for the day and presenting the prizes

Thanks to all for making it a great day....

The winners of the Hamilton Swiss Pairs - ( click any of the photos for a larger view )

1st place at 2024 Cambridge Sixes - Le Frog Despair France
2024 10A Regional Swiss Pairs - Overall Winners
Aaron Starr & Rob Davies
Papatoetoe / Papatoetoe
Open / Open
6 Amigos-Mexico
2024 10A Regional Swiss Pairs - Runners up
Zachary Yan & Kevin Hu
Akarana / Akarana
Open / Open

Photos of the remaining non overall winners

Happy Playing Grounds for Hamilton and Cambridge/Hamilton members

Congratulations -
Irenee and Don - 1st place Tauranga Intermediate Pairs

Leanne and Megan - 5th place in the Tauranga Event lifting them to overall leaders Waikato-Bays Intermediate League

Karen and Mike - 1st place in the 5th round of the 2024 WAPs held in Hamilton

Irenee & Don
Well Done

List of current places on WBays Int League

Congratulations to all.....

 


Congratulations to Irenee Stewart ( Cambridge / Hamilton ) and Don McPherson ( Cambridge / Hamilton ) for winning the Tauranga Intermediate Pairs Tournament
To top that they managed to score exactly the same result - 59.46% in both sessions of the event
 

Megan & Leanne ( Hamilton / Hamilton ) didn't score as well in the same event but their 5th place together with their cumulative score after 6 rounds (of 8) puts them out in front in the Waikato Bays Intermediate League with a nice lead....

 

Karen Harris and Mike Curry ( Hamilton / Hamilton ) won both sessions of the Hamilton WAPs - the 5th round of the 2024 event. They were joined in 2nd thru 4th places by Malcolm Smith & Kevin Whyte ( Hamilton / Cambridge ), Megan Jolly & Leanne Curry ( Hamilton / Hamilton ) and Catherine Cameron & Helen Rinaldi ( Hamilton / Hamilton).
 
Overall Lynette and Ian Bond ( Matamata / Matamata ) pipped Catherine Cameron & Helen Rinaldi to win the 2024 Waikato Bay WAPs

List of current placemeakers in WBays Int League

Te Awamutu Winners

Megan & Leanne - 1st place Te Awamutu Intermediate

Megan and Leanne
Well Done

A fabulous 72.8% for the first session set up Megan and Leanne for a convincing win at Te Awamutu today and a yet to be confirmed first place in the Waikato-Bays Intermediate Championship League
Well done to both of you

The Winners - Le Frog Despair France


Congratulations -
Le Frog Despair France - Overall Winners 2024 Multigrade Cambridge Sixes

Corrections"


Congratulations to our Hamilton members who combined as Le Frog Despair France team for coming first in this years Cambridge Sixes out of the 38 teams entered. The Open Team consisted of Malcolm Smith & Karen Harris who placed first in their grade, Ian Ross & Jenny Seavill who were in seventh in the Intermediates and Stewart Lawrence & Bob Jones in the Juniors in twenty second place.

Well done to all....

The winners / Hamilton teams were -
( click any of the photos for a larger view )

1st place at 2024 Cambridge Sixes - Le Frog Despair France
Le Frog Despair France - Overall Winners
Open - Malcolm Smith & Karen Harris
Intermediate - Ian Ross & Jenny Seavill
Junior - Stewart Lawrence & Bob Jones
Hamilton
6 Amigos-Mexico
Amigos-Mexico
Open - Linda Lin & Richard Fletcher
Intermediate - Lois Jones & Mary Girvin
Junior - Maggie Fisher & Karen Mackenzie
Hamilton
Flamenco Dancers
Flamenco Dancers
Open - Deborah Tangney & Marie Milsum
Intermediate - Irenee Stewart & Don MacPherson
Junior - Larissa Eyre & Iain Paterson
Cambridge / Hamilton / Auckland / Rotorua
Morris Dancers From England
Morris Dancers From England
Open -Cherie Barton & Doris Chapman
Intermediate - Helen Rinaldi & Catherine Cameron
Junior - Judy Simonson & Colleen White
Hamilton

Help needed.....

hello 2025

Dear members

As this year’s term of service for committee members is coming to a close, we are looking for new members to join the committee to support and manage the Hamilton Bridge Club. The 2023-2024 committee has had a difficult year where it has taken a lot more effort than anticipated and not all has gone to plan.

To manage the Club going forward next year we really need more members to assist in the running of the Club in both elected and volunteer positions. So we are asking members to think about their availability and whether they are able to donate some time to the running of our Club.

Sub committees were in the past used to make use of members with limited time but were keen to help. These allow the Main Committee to concentrate on more pressing tasks and the Club would like to increase their use.

So we are asking members to think about their availability and can they help ?

The positions needed to be filled are numerous -

Elected Club Management -
Club Officers

Club President
Club Vice President
Treasurer

Supporting Cast

Club Committee members (6)
 

Sub Committee outside the Club Committee -

Membership Numbers Drive : increase membership - advertise / promote bridge and the club
Building and Grounds : car-parks, gardens, trees, building appearance
House Committee : oversee the buildings facilities and make sure they are fit for purpose, need upgrading or replacement
Club Togetherness : Social events, Quiz nights, raffles, book table, sponsors etc
Volunteers : be part of a pool available to be asked as and when required
 

If you wish to accept our invitation to join please contact the Club secretary either by email or in person and the Club will then start the process.

To read the more detailed version then click here

Regards

The Committee
Hamilton Contract Bridge Club

The winning team in the 2024 Open Teams

Winners of the Intermediate - Junior Section of Morrinsville Restricted


Congratulations -
Irenee and Mary - 1st place Intermediate / Junior Morrinsville Restricted

Irenee & Mary
Well Done


Congratulations to Irenee Stewart ( Cambridge / Hamilton ) and Mary Cave Palmer ( Hamilton ) for winning the Intermediate - Junior section of the Morrinsville Restricted Tournament
To top that result they were also placed second overall with 56.4% in a field containing Open - Junior pairs.

Irenee is better known as being a sponsor for a pair of Hamilton's Tournaments - Thank you

Winners of the Mount Junior Pairs


Image of Jiwan and Bill at Mount prize giving

Congratulations

 Well done to Hamilton's Bill Barwood & Jiwan Dhaliwal for winning the Mount Maungauni Junior Pairs last weekend. With session results 67.60 and 65.69 they comfortably won in a field of 32 pairs.
This Junior Pairs is one of 6 events in I/J Leagues organised by Waikato Bays. After 4 rounds Bill and Jiwan hold 3rd & 4th places in the J League.

Also held at the Mount at the same time was the Intermediate Pairs were Megan Jolly & Leanne Curry in a competitive field of 24 pairs finished 3rd.
In the I League Megan and Leanne are currently in 4th and 5th place.

                                  Jiwan & Bill with Mount President Michele

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