.. goes to Sue and Els who finished second in the NZ Junior Pairs (top EW in the first session) and to Kevin and Clare who finished second in the NZ Restricted Pairs Qualifying and fourth overall after 21 rounds in the NZ Restricted Pairs Final at Congress

It was announced at Congress just finished that Richard Solomon, who plays fairly often on Monday nights, has moved beyond Gold Grand Master to Emerald Grand Master. That makes four Emerald GM's in NZ - plus one Platinum. To save you the trouble of looking it up - it's 6000 total points, of which 4000 must be A points. That's a power of bridge! We can be proud to have contributed as Richard won 0.32 A's at our recent Sixes. One has been conscious of Richards' presence on the bridge scene for over 40 years.

Club Captain’s Newsletter- Ian Moore 

Cambridge Intermediate Tournament  - 20th October

Calling all Juniors and Intermediate pairs to support our Intermediate Tournament. Date- Saturday 20th October

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The Board of NZ Bridge has declared Stop Cards are no longer to be used at Bridge Tournaments. The Board's decision was taken after considering their use internationally, their inconsistent and inappropriate use nationally, and comments and increasing concerns from players. This does not prevent clubs from continuing to require their use during club sessions. Cambridge has opted not to use stop cards anymore. 

Our regular Friday night sessions - from 6 to 8pm - have been morphing slowly from week to week. We reckon we're settling into a pretty neat pattern lately. To date:

Congratulations to Pam and Ian Moore who beat last year's winners Alison Smith and Kevin Whyte to win this year's Thursday's Championship pairs by a margin of 1.67.  In third place were Malcolm Smith and Michael Neels.

It was great to see 13 pairs competing in the competition this year compared to 8 in 2023.

From our Club Captain

The 2024 Cambridge Sixes tournament was played yesterday and was a resounding success with 38 teams contesting the event. 

Coming home in grand style Ian and Lynette Bond took out the premiere pairs event in 2024 with an average of 61.6% over four of the five nights in the series. Runners-up were Richard Solomon and Anna Kalma with an average 58.67%. Michael and Malcolm came third with 56.15%.

Congratulations to Michael, winner of the R E Stowers Championship Individuals (Thursday) and also winner of the Club Championship (Monday night).

Michael, along with his partner Malcolm Smith, are now sitting in third position for the Henry Davis Championship Pairs (Monday).  But they'll need a good night this coming Monday to knock Ian and Lynette Bond off their perch, but it is doable. - Ian and Lynette are sitting on 60.61, Anna and Richard on 58.48 and Michael and Malcolm on 57.41 - watch this space!!