It was wonderful to see a larger field partake the intermediate champs once again.  The larger numbers were also due to some juniors taking part.  It was a nail biting leadership board going into the final night with about six players in the running.

Di had a winning week striking three successes in a row! Congratulations to her and Jenny who won the Te Awamutu restricted competition overall and in their section (Open - Intermediate) on Saturday. They had a winning morning and did enough in the afternoon to achieve a clear win.  In the same tournament, Marlene Morey and her partner came first in the Intermediate/ Intermediate section.Well done to both pairs!

Congratulations to our many winners at the Hamilton Ladies Day Intermediate competition! It was all very tight at the top!

In first place were Kay Dixon and Pam Halls with 116%.

Second were Liz Clayton and Ayako Imahashi just beating

Ruth Van Praegh and Dayelle Cole with 115.51% 

Meanwhile in the novice section Barb Wilson and Lesley Roberts came up trumps.

Fabulous to see Cambridge make its mark! Well done to everyone who took part.

Congratulations to Diane Emms who is our 2018 Monday night champion. She conquered a field of 39 who completed the champs.  Wonderful to see the field so strong and big this year. Thank you all for participating!

After 21 years of dedicated cleaning of our Clubrooms, Dayelle (ably assisted by husband Michael) has put away her brush and pan.

I was sorry to receive Dayelle's letter of resignation, but when I read that she had been doing this job for 21 years I was very impressed and didn't have the heart to try and talk her into carrying on with the wonderful job she has been doing.

Thank you Dayelle!

Are you confused about what your grade or rank means? And how do masterpoints work?

Attached is a copy of a booklet explaining Masterpoints. This was put together by the Canterbury Regional who has kindly let New Zealand Bridge share it with us.

As the Interference over our 1NT lesson is not yet completed by NZ Bridge, we have decided to re-do Checkback Stayman as previously advertised for 12 April.  Kate is also happy to take other questions relating to NT hands.

It was a very pleasant afternoon of bridge with perfect numbers after both sides declaring 14 pairs available to play. After an initial hiccough with the room setup, Cambridge found its stride moving around the room in castle fashion. We finished late enough to find an excuse to crack open the wine to go with the Steiner scrummy savouries or enjoy a cup of tea with the sweeter offerings. One Te Awamutu person was heard to say , "We only came for the afternoon tea!" and I don't think Cambridge let them down on that score with all the delicious offerings on display.

Time to sign up on the clipboard in club or online on the Waikato Bays Site.

The Waikato Interclub Teams is a fun event. There are 7 Friday nights played on 4th Friday of each month.  The winning team in each section gets to take Oscar, Indie or Junior home.  We stop for wine and cheese half way through and finish by 10pm.  The goal is a relaxed fun evening playing new faces.

So far we have 16 teams entered and we would like MORE! More is more fun!!

If you would like help compiling a team, please let me know.

Clare