The World Contract Bridge rule book gets updated every 10 years. The 2017 edition has just been rolled out and came into force in NZ on the 1st August. Murray Wiggins, NZ Bridge Chief Director held a seminar for directors in Matamata recently to explain some of the changes.

There have been a lot of minor changes to the rules which you probably don't need to be aware of (and many the rules have changed to reflect what people are doing already like it is now officially against the rules to move the board from the centre of the table during play).

Congratulations to Ruth and Dayelle who achieved an East West Session prize in the afternoon with 61.09% and this meant they finished in 4th place overall - well done! It was good to see five Cambridge pairs playing in this very enjoyable competition directed by our own lovely Joyce Catchpole.

It was a bit of an endurance test with nine rounds of 9,8 and 7 board matches for the Opens, intermediates and juniors respectively. All teams got off to a rocky start but all showed their fortitude by picking up their performance at the end of he day (7pm!) when the opposition started to wane.