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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Craigs Multi Grade Pairs winners Barry Jones & Jenny Millington Hamilton

2nd place overall Catherine Cameron & Helen Rinaldi Hamilton

3rd place overall Judith Brooks & Colleen De Luen Hamilton

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

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

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 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

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