It's all over for another year. Cambridge turned on the usual Best Tournament in the Country last Saturday. Indeed - with the extremely generous sample packs from our sponsor AFT Pharmaceuticals this event must surely be the only one ever to have paid everyone to attend! A big thank you to Irenee for organising such a marvellous windfall.

In response to a number of Covid cases last week it has been decided to close the clubrooms for the time being. Our events will simply move to our RealBridge online facility. Here are the links for Week 32

10am Monday Morning - Monday Mornings in August (2)

7pm Monday Evening - The Henry Davys Championships (3)

The final results of the R E Stowers Championship had a rather interesting pattern - Congratulations to Ian who won the event (64.67) and he was followed by Allison Smith (62.71) then Pam Moore (61.69) and in 4th place Malcolm Smith (58.73).  

Today we welcomed 12 pairs from Te Awamutu who braved the weather to come to Cambridge and compete for the Fairlands Trophy, an annual event named after an apple orchard in TA (no longer there) who donated the shield. It was good to see some of older friends but also newer members from the TA club and to have time to chat with them over afternoon tea once play had finished

After playing 24 boards Cambridge members had played well enough to retain the shield.

All members of the Cambridge Bridge Club will be sad to hear that Saty died yesterday.  Saty was a much loved and stalwart member of our club for 25 years until this year when, along with possible risk of covid exposure and ill health, he was unable to attend the club

We had a great turnout for the first of the beginners lessons last night.

22 people have expressed an interest in learning the game we love and 18 enthusiastic learners made a start.

Thanks to Kim and Sue and all the helpers who made the night such a success.

Don't forget the improver lessons with Clare and Kate continue on Thursday night at 7pm.

Hope to see you there

Congratulations to Michael Neels who has been selected to represent Waikato Bays in the Senior Interprovincial Team.

Michael and his partner Ella Gray played in the trials last weekend and finished in first place, which was an outstanding performance.

We all look forward to following Michael's progress in the IP even later in the year.

Ian Moore, Club Captain

Covid has certainly caused many disruptions to many aspect of our lives, including Bridge.  

To get members back into the swing of Bridge Clare and Kate have made changes to the Improver Bridge Lessons to help everyone regain their confidence and enjoyment of Bridge.

Please refer to the attached poster for details (just click on it and it will download).