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!!

Beginners’ Lessons

The lessons were very successful with evening lessons on Tuesday night and daytime lessons Thursday morning with over 40 players completing the 10 week course. Kim Grounds and Pam Moore were very grateful for the amazing help from Anne Blewden and Josie van Weerd plus all the club members who came to assist at the tables and approximately 40 members who have offered to be buddies at club sessions for three weeks. 

Congratulation to Mike and Ella who won the 5A Open Tournament at the Taupo Bridge Club!

We all know how much Mike and Ella contribute to the game of bridge, and Mike, in special, generously donates his time to any club needing a hand with Compass, scoring, and much more…how lucky we are to have Mike as a member of our club!

This weekend (11 and 12 of May), it was great to see Mike and Ella playing in Taupo, and it was even better to see their efforts rewarded against a very competitive field.