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 -
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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

2024 Hamilton 5A Open Teams

The winning team in the 2024 Open Teams

The Buckleton Team - Karen Harris, John Buckleton, Jenna Gibbons, Christine Gibbons
Winners of 2024 Hamilton 5A Teams with Irenee Stewart from AFT the events sponsor

The 2nd placed team in the 2024 Open Teams

2nd place - the Atkinson team of Barry Jones, Jenny Millington, Patrick Carter, Julie Atkinson
In the center with the players is Irenee Stewart from AFT the events sponsor


16 Teams from Auckland and the Waikato / Bay of Plenty completed in the
Hamilton Open 5A Teams tournament
Competition was intense and while the Buckleton Team was comfortably ahead
overall there were a number of close run placings - 3rd and 4th place were
separated by a mere 0.26VPs apart with 5th and 6th being close at 0.7VPs
Would that extra trick have made a difference....
 
Thanks to helpers on the day and our sponsor AFT Pharmaceuticals
 

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2024 Waikato Interclub Teams Trophy

Corrections"

  Congratulations to the HAMILTON TEAM for winning the 2024 Interclub Trophy

  In Cambridge today ( Sunday 23rd ) the Hamilton team competed against teams from
  Waikato, Cambridge, Matamata and Te Aroha in a round robin teams competition
  As can be seen below Hamilton came out on top by a very small margin !
 
  The following members made up this year's Hamilton team -
  Open: Malcolm Smith - Jeffrey Chang / Karen Harris - Michael Curry
  Intermediate: Trini Lin - Catherine Cameron / Nigel Gresson - Helen Rinaldi
  Junior: Jiwan Dhaliwal - Bill Barwood / Larissa Eyre - Iain Paterson
 

Open          Intermediate Junior        Total
VPs VPs VPs
1 Hamilton 55.83 82.72 65.67 204.22
2 Waikato 47.72 87.02 67.41 202.15
3 Matamata 28.73 74.43 96.80 199.96
4 Te Aroha 32.25 49.59 44.75 126.59
5 Cambridge 35.47 56.64 31.51 123.62

Quiz Nite - the results

The winning team at Hamilton Bridge's Quiz night

Quiz Nite : The winning team - it was a close run thing !

Thank you    

Friday night and 10 teams met to do battle for the title of "Hamilton Bridge Quiz Champions". Contested
over 8 rounds the "Mrs Harris Goes to Paris" team triumphed by 6 points from the two teams in second equal place Pepe Lopez and Quizzicals. Rounds consisted of 10 questions from the selected
subject along with two specialised questions on bridge in general and the Hamilton Bridge Club.
 
Many thanks to the Dinsdale Lions Club for the preparation and the running of the quiz - it made
for a very successful evening
 
The proceeds from the quiz will help fund the Hamilton members in the NZ REPRESENTATIVE TEAM to compete in the
WORLD BRIDGE GAMES to be held in Buenos Aires in October - Barry Jones, Jenny Millington, Blair Fisher, Liz Fisher ( Mixed ) and Jenna Gibbons ( Women ) taking part.
 
Come Tuesday when we are able to total all the numbers we will update the fundraising total to date
 

Answering the quiz questions at Hamilton Bridge's Quiz night

Action - Hard Work ! The questions went from easy to very difficult / impossible

 

Scores at Hamilton Bridge's Quiz evening

Results - The final placing

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Craigs Multi Grade Pairs

1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament 1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament

Welcome to the Hamilton 2024 Craigs Multi Grade Pairs - Photos above: Orders from the "Boss" !

Thank you to our Sponsor   

Tuesday, 7 May and Craigs Multi Grade Pairs was our first attempt at "re-bridging" what was in the past known as Ladies Day. Unfortunately for the Club and the players this format seemed to have had its day over the last few years. 32 pairs beating the numbers for the last 2 years played in the 2024 Craigs Investment sponsored Multi Grade Event which was a trifecta for the Hamilton Club by winning the first 3 overall places !!
Prizes were presented by Chantal Baxter from Craigs Hamilton office.

The winners were -
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1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament Craigs Multi Grade Pairs winners
Barry Jones & Jenny Millington
Hamilton
1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament 2nd place overall
Catherine Cameron & Helen Rinaldi
Hamilton
1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament 3rd place overall
Judith Brooks & Colleen De Luen
Hamilton

Photos of the grade winners Hamilton Multi Grade Pairs

2024 Restricted

2024 Hamilton Bridge Club's Restricted Pairs

Sunday 7 April a smaller field than those in the past with 20 pairs played the 2024 Hamilton Restricted Pairs. For those not familiar with Restricted Pairs format in this form of competition any combination of grading can play together as long as both two grades are NOT Open.

The winners were -
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1st place at Hamilton's Restricted Pairs event 1st Overall ( 1st Open / Intermediate )
Angela Signal & Rob Davies
Papatoetoe
1st place at Hamilton's Restricted Pairs event 2nd Overall ( 1st Intermediate / Int. )    
Bettina Dudley & Marcus Dudley
Te Puke
3rd place at Hamilton's Restricted Pairs event 3rd Overall ( 2nd Open / Intermediate )
Duncan White & Barbara Daly
Hamilton

Photos of the remaining non overall winners

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