Thursday Night Programme Changes

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 26/03/2024 - 15:16

Thursday night events Changes

Intermediate / Junior Teams Championships date changes
 
Principal change is the Championship Teams now starts April 4th
( Thursday after Easter ) running on new dates for the next 5 weeks
 
The reasoning behind this is Numbers for Thursday night have been poor and variable as regards numbers wise this year along with ANZAC day falling on a Thursday.
This makes running a Teams Competition very difficult for the the Director / Partner Steward as Teams requires requires the same numbers for each week of the event. In addition the event needs a reasonable number of Teams to make the event interesting and competitive for the players.
Due to the numbers experienced this year it has been decided to change the event to a Butler Pairs event ( Swiss type scoring like Teams ) starting on April 4. This will allow for greater latitude in the number of players each week as it has no need to be the same as that for the starting week of the competition.
The championships will be held as advertised for both Intermediate and Junior Grades

 
Consequential changes

Due to the changes to the teams dates -

April 4th - May 2nd : Championships Teams held as Butler Pairs - new start time of 7pm from April 11

May 9th - May 23th : changes to Thursday Winter Pairs

May 30th - Jun 13th : changed to Thursday Butler Pairs

 
Hamilton Bridge Match Committee

Working hard - the Intermediate, Junior and Novice Pairs

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 17/03/2024 - 08:50

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

Welcome to the 2024 Hamilton Bridge Club's Intermediate, Junior and Novice Pairs

Thank you to our Sponsor   

Saturday, 16 March and the Club hosted 14 tables for the Intermediate Pairs and 11 tables in the Junior / Novice Pairs. What a terrific group they were - very few complaints, a very quiet time for the directors, they purchased nearly all the raffle tickets and the majority stayed for the prize giving having first severely dented the bar stock !
Thanks
The Club does want to apologise for a delay at the beginning due to an issue with one set of the boards and later the failure of a printer - it worked the day prior but on the day nothing which caused a delay in printing 1st sessions personal score records
The bridge wasn't bad at all......

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

1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament Intermediate Pairs
Robin Stevenson & Deirdre Oliver
East Coast Bays
1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament Junior Pairs
Lyudmyla Watts & Heather Sharp
Matamata
1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament Novice Pairs
Shirley De Almeida & Tilak De Almeida
Waikato

Photos of the runners of Hamilton Intermediate and Junior Pairs

And finally the end of the roof.......

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 22/02/2024 - 17:04


Observant Members will have noticed the Bridge club-rooms building and more importantly the roof and turrets have been restored to a state close to that when the building was constructed in the early seventies.
Richard Wagstaff has been responsible for the project - from the finding of a suitable contractor, writing the grants to obtain the finance and then overseeing the work process - thank you Richard. This project was the repair of the sloping parts of the roof and turrets and then re-coating the Decramastic tiles which cover the sloping roof. Thanks also go to Jol Glyde for the repair and sealing of the flat parts of the roof and and the barge boards edging the roof which was a prerequisite for the turret repair. Together they have refurbished the roof such that the Club should not have any concern about problems for a considerable period.

The Club has to thank the three Charities which together equally contributed three quarters of the cost of the project - WEL Energy Trust, Trust Waikato and Pub Charity Ltd. Without them the the job would be still waiting to commence so many thanks to each of them from a very grateful Bridge Club

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

1st place at Hamilton Bridge's Congress Pairs Tournament

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Click on the photo for an enlarged view

Bereavements

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/02/2024 - 04:34

Two long time players at the Hamilton Club both sadly passed away recently -

Thelma Bird, a long time member of the Club, passed away at the beginning of last week. We extend our sympathy to her family and friends

Hermanna Hemmes was not a member of our Club but was well known, playing tournaments here on many occasions. Hermanna was the mother of of our past member Anna Kalma. The Club extends our sympathy to Henk, Anna and Guy and the family and friends

Programme Book Corrections

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/02/2024 - 07:53

Corrections"

 Additions / Updates - Programme Book corrections

 
  Tuesday Day Summer Pairs - the 3rd session date should be March 5
  Tuesday Day - Monica Heard Trophy- Dates should be March 12, 19, 26
 
  Social Events (page 42) - Dates yet to be confirmed

Web Site Updates

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 30/01/2024 - 11:17

The

  2023 Club Events - Session Winners / Most Improved and Most Promising ( Champions )
  2023 Club - "Over 70%" and "Grand Slam" lists ( Champions )
  Printable session list - 2024 programme for Individual days or All days in a single list ( Info )
  Events TAB - new display format showing Club events
  2024 Club dates - Start dates for Summers Bridge / Regular Bridge ( Front page )
  2024 Introductory notice on lessons ( Lessons )
  2024 Programme - Added or changed Events on a number of days to use Butler scoring

Liz makes GOLD

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 16/12/2023 - 06:03

Image of Liz Fisher

Congratulations

 
Well done to Liz Fisher for becoming Hamilton's 5th Gold Grand Master

To achieve that milestone Liz has accumulated a mere 4,000 A and B points of which 2,500 must be A. Should she carry on and aim for an Emerald Grand Master - you need 8,000 A and B points of which at least 6,000 must be A Points. "Think I might pass on mine - Ed"

The Grand Master was achieved in 2012 with the Gold Grand Master reached in December 2023

Liz being awarded her Gold Grand Master by NZ Bridge Chairperson Allan Morris
Well done

Hamilton Constitution update

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 29/10/2023 - 13:23

Hamilton Bridge - Constitution Update

 

At the 2023 AGM meeting the Hamilton Bridge Club intends to introduce a resolution for the members to vote on changes to the current constitution. The vote for these changes will take place at a Special General Meeting ( SGM ) to be held immediately after the AGM. The vote is a simple YES / NO vote - there is no discussion on the content so concerns or suggestions need to be resolved prior to the meeting and "Constitution Lock" date of November 8th

The reason for the updated constitution – in 2020 the Government announced and then in 2022 passed a parliamentary bill with a lot of changes to the Incorporated Society legislation. These changes will have a number of impacts on the Hamilton Contract Bridge Club and will require a multitude of changes to the Club constitution and practices at the Club

However, more importantly, Inland Revenue has identified a problem it has with the Hamilton Club’s current constitution which it requires the Club to fix this year or the Club will lose its current tax exemption !!

As this must take place this year the Club is using the opportunity to make a start on the changes it will ultimately need to make. The changes proposed for the coming SGM, with the exception of one item ( this adds “Conflicts of Interest” ), concentrate on making the constitution reflect current working practices at the Club thus getting them out of the way and allowing the Club to concentrate on the changes due to the Government.

 

Further information is available on the links below

Proposed Constitution -

The New Constitution to be voted on @ SGM

Current Constitution showing the changes to be made to the current Constitution

Summary of the future changes required by the Government Legislation and the 2022 Act

 

Incorporated Societies -

Incorporated Societies - a short introduction

Information on Incorporated Societies (links)

 

Prior versions of the Hamilton Constitution -

Versions of the Hamilton Club Constitutions

 

Should you require more information on the changes proposed, disagree or wish to comment on them then contact the Club secretary @ contact@hamiltonbridge.co.nz or speak to one of the Committee. Comments or changes must be with the secretary before they close on the 8th November.

Wednesday Night Bridge FINISHED for the Year !

Submitted by Dave on Fri, 27/10/2023 - 06:54

Wednesday night event Change

Wednesday Night Bridge for 2023 has Ended....

 

Hello all

After weighing up a number of factors it has been decided that the last Wednesday event for the year will not go ahead. It was not really going to be possible to play a teams event due to numbers and a pairs event was definitely going to be down in numbers.
I have tried to get at least 6 tables going this year and I think by and large we have achieved that.
I could see that enthusiasm for the last event starting next week was low.
Rather than ask a small group to gather I think we should re-energize and look to get the Wednesday group going again in the new year.
However I would still encourage you to join up next week with the players on either Monday or Thursday evening who will no doubt be pleased to see you and add to their table numbers

Thanks for playing this year on Wednesday evenings  

Mark

Shirley Waymouth

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 30/09/2023 - 18:26

Thank you Shirley

Unless one is a "dedicated follower" of competitions and the various cups and trophies the Hamilton Club use to identify its numerous competitions one could be excused for not knowing who Shirley Waymouth was. Shirley was a very long term member of Hamilton Club, joining back in the early sixties and being active through until the nineties. In 1990 she was recognised for all she had done for the Club being awarded Life Membership to the Hamilton Bridge Club. The Club's Friday players in the Richmond room still compete for the Waymouth Trophy for the annual Championship pairs.
Life was more difficult back when Shirley started bridge - no computers or dealing machines so her passion for scoring as described below meant a tough job compared with today..... It wasn't that easy for the players either - at the end of the session there was no just walking away - the cards had to be all sorted by suit and value before being returned to the holders !

Shirley passed away at the end of 2022 but as a final act of great generosity bequeathed the sum of $10,000 to the Club. The committee is investigating what this generous sum can be used for, as we would like the "item" to be something Club members can see, admire or use on a regular basis. If any member has a suggestion these are welcome - pass them along to the committee or the Club's secretary

The Club has in a small way started the process by re-naming the Hamilton Congress Open Pairs which is played annually at Labour Weekend to the Hamilton Shirley Waymouth Pairs, The first playing of the event with its new name takes place next month on the 21st October @ Hamilton's Labour Weekend Congress

Shirley Waymouth Life Nomination

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