Clare and Kevin have had a magical run this year in the National Rubber Competition. Normally played face-to-face at Congress, all regional matches have been played on BBO this year.

From the Tauranga boat club.....

The starting gun has fired and the race is underway ! 

Tauranga has found its foils and is at the 54.23% mark with Cambridge Dragging its anchor and trailing slightly behind at the 51.19% Mark.

A slight change to the way this is calculated this year.  We are now using the X Club handicap system which takes into account the strength of the partnership, the opposition and the field. We average the handicap scores for each club and use that as the total for the club.

 On Sunday Beth Kingsley and Josie van Weerd won our Intermediate tournament. Many congratulations to them. A 70 percent score in the afternoon clinched the win for them!

 After winning the Waikato bays Rubber bridge  final Clare and Kevin  then moved on to the national competition. They  faced off against the Pair from  Otago/Southland in the Rubber bridge national quarter final. With congress cancelled they had to play the match on BBO with Michael officiating.

During the second lockdown Reg Anderson sadly died. He was a long standing and important member of our club who contributed hugely  to the life of our club.  Reg was President in  2006 and 2007. We are grateful for his contributions.  He will be missed.

On the 21st September, hopefully at level 1, the club will reopen.

Monday mornings will have two fun covid sessions before starting their October series handicapped.

Monday evenings will have two fun sessions before starting the Lilies By Blewden series.

Wednesday evening will have one fun covid session before starting the Cambridge dry cleaners individuals series.

Thursday afternoon will go straight into Lipo-Vitamin C Individuals Handicapped.

Fridays can operate as usual.

If we are at Level 1 safety precautions will still continue.

NZ Bridge has let us know that bridge clubs can re open at Level 2 with safety standards in place if they choose.

It is up to each club to decide whether they want to open or not.

Several clubs in our region have re opened.

Well done Ayako!

It was lovely to see 12 tables of Junior members and their partners on Sunday afternoon.

We played Bringo and answered Clare's bridge questions for fun spot prizes.