Club Incorporation 2025

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 20/11/2025 - 06:06

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The Registrar of the Incorporated Societies has accepted the Clubs new Constitution hence from 27 November the Hamilton Contract Bridge Club is now re-registered under Incorporated Societies Act 2022

The current and previous Hamilton Club Constitutions can be viewed by clicking here

'allo 'allo

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 20/11/2025 - 05:13

Club Fund raiser at Hamilton Playbox Club Fund raiser at Hamilton Playbox Club Fund raiser at Hamilton Playbox
Club Fund raiser at Hamilton Playbox Club Fund raiser at Hamilton Playbox Club Fund raiser at Hamilton Playbox

The Club and Hamilton Playbox combined in a fund raiser which benefited both parties
The Club "provided the audience" ( we sold virtually 100% the tickets ) and then split the income between the two parties which resulted in the club being better off by around $3000
Response from our members was overwhelming positive so if opportunity arises again we will likely repeat the event
One of our members provided these photos of the event so enjoy....

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More photos

Hamilton Congress - Labour Weekend 2025

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 19/11/2025 - 04:29


OUR HELPERS......

2nd place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament 3rd place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament

     Richard , Gwyn & Jennifer                 Tim , Hugh , Roz , Laura & Jenny

Congratulations to the Winners at Hamilton 2025


Déjà vu - The numbers who took part in the three events held over the weekend were almost identical ( within one pair or team ) to those who played in the same events last year. Different winners, different names but a good weekend of bridge.
Unfortunately the weekend differed from last year with the non playing of the Restricted Pairs events - the numbers taking part in the past made it not economical to run. Sponsors are hard to find in the current climate and with the the Club not having one this year it becomes a challenge to run a weekend event without incurring a loss. So we need to see all those who played back in a years time for the next Hamilton Congress. Thanks to all who took part....

 
The winners of the events at the Hamilton Congress - ( click any of the photos for a larger view )

2025 Shirley Waymouth Pairs - 1st Place
Paula Boughey & Kathy Yule
Akarana / Matamata
Open / Open
1st place at Hamilton Congress - Hamilton Open Teams
2025 10A Open Teams - 1st Place
David Skipper, John Wang
Michael Ware, Gary Chen
1st place at Hamilton Congress - Hamilton Consolation Swiss Pairs
2025 3A Swiss Pairs - 1st Place
Jenna Gibbons & Julian Foster
Waikato / Australia
Open / Open

Photos of the remaining non overall winners

 

10A Swiss Pairs for 2025

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 14/09/2025 - 01:52

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Thanks to all for making it a great day of bridge
Apologies to those who missed the start of the Rugby !


50 pairs took part in this years 10A Swiss which was 8 pairs more than last year - well done YOU !
Winners were Blair and Liz Fisher from Hamilton who despite losing one round of 7 led the event from the first round to the last - Congratulations.....

Thanks to AFT Pharmaceuticals and Irenee Stewart for being our sponsor for the day and presenting the prizes. With these days of rising costs, sponsors can make the difference in having a successful event versus running at a loss so thank you for all the help.....

Do take care as Covid still lurks as shown with the late withdrawal of a pair - we hope to see you all back at Hamilton's Labour Weekend Congress

The winners of the event - ( click any of the photos for a larger view )

1st place at Hamilton Congress - Hamilton Restricted
2025 Waikato Bays 10A Swiss - 1st Place
Liz and Blair Fisher
Hamilton / Hamilton
2025 Waikato Bays 10A Swiss - 2nd Place
John Wang & Gary Chen
Akarana / Akarana
1st place at Hamilton Congress - Hamilton Open Teams
2025 Waikato Bays 10A Swiss - 3rd Place
Jenny Millington & Barry Jones
Hamilton / Hamilton
1st place at Hamilton Congress - Hamilton Consolation Swiss Pairs
2025 Waikato Bays 10A Swiss : 1st Int - Int
Catherine Cameron
Hamilton / Hamilton
Insert - Trini Lin image taken at a later date

2025 Cambridge Six's

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 27/07/2025 - 01:21

2025 Cambridge Sixes

Times Tables - Elaine Hickel , Sue Collinge, Allison Smith, Iain Paterson, Elaine Rayner, Larissa Eyre (front) (Left)

Terrific Trump Trumpers - Sean Dwyer, Kevin Lawrence, Marie Milsum, Margie Robbie, Irenee Stewart, Don MacPherson (Centre)

Int Runner Up - Irenee Stewart ( Cam/Ham ), Don MacPherson ( Cam/Ham ) (Right)

Winners of Club Events Bridge Club Logo Winners of Club Events

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2025 Hamilton 5A Teams

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 19/07/2025 - 15:20

The winning team in the 2025 Open Teams

The Jones Team - with Barry Jones, Jenny Millington, Patrick Carter & Julie Atkinson

WINNERS 2025 HAMILTON 5A OPEN TEAMS

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Photos of the remaining non overall winners

Craigs 2025 8B Tournament

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 21/05/2025 - 06:03

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 Craigs 8B Pairs

 

First up - The club says many thanks to Craigs Investments for its continued

support for the running of this event

Also from Craigs we met for the first time Codi who came along to present the prizes - Chantal who has done this

task for a number of years has moved to the Sunshine Coast

 

Numbers were a little disappointing this year due to an issue with the flyers -

advertising the product is everything !

 

Thanks to all who played and helped making it nice day....

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

1st place at Hamilton Congress - Hamilton Restricted
2025 Craigs Investments 8B Pairs - 1st Place overall
Richard Fletcher & Yuzhong Chen
Hamilton / Hamilton
2025 Craigs Investments 8B Pairs - 1st Place
Helen Rinaldi & Catherine Cameron
Hamilton / Hamilton
Intermediate / Intermediate

Photos of the remaining non overall winners

2025 Restricted Pairs Winners

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/04/2025 - 18:02

Restricted Pairs scenery Restricted Pairs scenery Restricted Pairs scenery
Restricted Pairs scenery Restricted Pairs scenery Restricted Pairs scenery

Hamilton 2025 Restricted Pairs

Hamilton, 6th April the Club hosted the 2025 Restricted Pairs. Great improvement in numbers with a 100% increase over last year with 42 pairs. Bridge was not too bad either !! Open - Intermediate combinations (26prs) dominated the competition followed by Intermediate - Intermediate (11prs) with just enough Junior - Junior pairs to warrant a prize.
Field was mostly Waikato or Bay of Plenty players with a smattering from Auckland and 2 pairs from from New Plymouth who maybe got lost leaving town ?
Thanks all for coming and making a great day of bridge.....

The winners were -
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Hamilton Restricted 1st Place overall
2025 Hamilton Restricted Pairs - 1st Place
Blair Fisher and Megan Jolly
Hamilton / Hamilton
1st place Junior / Junior
2025 Intermediate - Intermediate Pairs - 1st Place
Trini Lin & Helen Rinaldi
Hamilton / Hamilton
Absent - Trini Lin
1st place Junior / Junior
2025 Junior - Junior Pairs - 1st Place
Don Weston & Debbie Weston
Hamilton / Hamilton

Photos of the runners of Hamilton Intermediate and Junior Pairs

Intermediate and Juniors

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 16/03/2025 - 11:19

Hamilton Intermediates Hamilton Juniors

Hamilton 2025 Intermediate and Junior Pairs

Saturday, 15th was a great day of bridge at the Hamilton Intermediate and Junior Pairs. Great field for the Intermediate Pairs with 22 tables with players from north of Auckland, down to New Plymouth and across on the East Coast from Thames down to Te Puke. The juniors event wasn't as well represented with just 10 tables from Franklin to Tauranga but one very very keen player traveled all the way from Asburton ! Was also very nice to see the majority stayed for the prize giving having best dent in the clubs bar stock for a quite a period !

The Intermediate Pairs was the second round of 8 of the Waikato Bay Intermediate League with current standings after two rounds can be found here . The Junior Pairs was the first round of the Junior League with the next being at Cambridge on 29 March

Thank you all for making for a great day
Happy Bridge.......

The winners were -
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1st place Intermediates at Hamilton
2025 Hamilton Intermediate Pairs - 1st Place
Catherine Cameron & Trini Lin
Hamilton / Hamilton
Absent Trini Lin
1st place Juniors Hamilton
2024 Hamilton Junior Pairs - 1st Place
Iain Paterson & Larissa Eyre
Hamilton / Hamilton

Photos of the runners of Hamilton Intermediate and Junior Pairs

Joan

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 27/11/2024 - 06:16

The Hamilton Bridge Club acknowledges the passing of Long Time and Life Member Joan Egger and extends sympathy to her family and friends

click here

Joan sadly passed away on Tuesday evening after a returning illness.
Having joined the Bridge Club in 1990, Joan was until recently in the top two or three players in the Club when the numbers for sessions played were totaled up at years end - Joan enjoyed her bridge !

The Bridge Club also benefited from Joan's time at the Club as she held a number of
management roles in the Club over those years -
♥  President , ♥  Vice President , ♥  Committee Member , ♥  Scorer , ♥  Partner Steward , ♥  Dealer , ♥  Bar custodian

Then, in 2020 Joan joined a very select group of 16 other past and present members when the members of the Club voted her as a Life Member of the Hamilton Bridge Club - a very popular addition to the Club's Life Members.

In addition to the above "more formal positions" Joan has also been constantly involved in many other aspects of the organisation of the Hamilton Bridge Club such as working in the kitchen at tournaments over many years, billeting players from out of town attending our tournaments and generally assisting at tournaments, helping where ever she is needed.

Her last game of bridge came in early October with a deserved 5th placing in a session
of Friday morning bridge - Joan will be greatly missed.....

Hamilton Bridge

Meet Our Members – Joan Egger from the Bridge Club Newsletter - August 2019

More detail on Joan's Life Membership - Click here

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