The prize winners of this years Hamilton 5A Swiss Pairs

   Thanks to all for taking part....

   The complete list of those competing are here - with Round placings

   Sorry for the delay in posting the results

Nigel joined the Hamilton Club in early 2025, having previously been a member at the Waikato Club, playing here regularly on Tuesday afternoon and the O'Neill Room on Friday morning.

Nigel passed away after a short illness on 16th June.

A short event to remember Nigel's Life will be held in the Richmond Room at the Bridge Club and following a "meet the family" there will a short session of basic bridge and a catered afternoon tea.
This short service commences Wednesday 24 June at 1pm - all club members are welcome.

4 Hamilton Pairs completed in the Omokoroa Junior Pairs May 30th

Congratulations to -

Lucy Schumacher & Aini Su - 1st place

Jane Sandelin & Bruce Bettany - 2nd place

 
Also well done to the pairs Kevin Lawrence / Sean Dwyer and Maggie Fisher / Karen Mackenzie

 
Auckland Bridge Clubs - Kings Weekend 10A Teams Final

Congratulations to -

Ware Team :  MICHAEL WARE - MATTHEW MCMANUS - ELIZABETH FISHER - BLAIR FISHER - 2nd place

Jones Team : BARRY JONES - JENNY MILLINGTON - ANNE SOMERVILLE - MURAT GENC - 3rd place
 
Well done all......

Congratulations

Well done to Hamilton's pair of Annette Downey & Aini Su for winning the Matamata Junior Pairs last weekend. With a reasonable result in session 1 followed with a great result in session 2 they won with a small margin in a field of 26 pairs.

The Matamata Junior Pairs was the third of 6 events in I/J Leagues organised by Waikato Bays. After 3 rounds Annette and Aini hold a comfortable place at the top of the J League.

Details of the of the the Matamata result can be found here while the details of Junior League overall placings are here

( click on the photo for a larger view )

Waikato Bays has added five Swiss Pairs events to the annual I-J Leagues programme.
These run as Restricted Open 3A Swiss events commencing with the Te Awamutu event in May and finish with the 5th in October at Matamata. Three of these events replace existing Restricted 8B events, the Waitomo event is new to the Waikato Bays Region programme with the last event being a change in grading to the Matamata 5A Swiss Pairs event.
There has been confusion regarding the Restricted 3A title - it is NOT equivalent to the 8B Restricted where any open players may partner with non-open players BUT is limited specifically to players up to the Open National Master grade level only. The NZ Bridge 3A point category is designed for players who are between high-level intermediates and lower-ranked open grade participants hence players will no longer encounter higher-ranked open players such as grand masters. This however does not stop less experienced players competing.

These events have generous sponsorship: the first four from WB Committee member Judith Howard with the last from Nulook Waikato - Matamata

Read the Waikato Bays announcement - click here