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.

From Friday 3 May we will have an informal bridge night from 6 - 8pm.  

Everyone Welcome

It will be purely social with no club points awarded.   We may have a half hour after play to discuss the boards if you should wish.

If you bring/organise a partner you are guaranteed to play, but if you turn up and we have an odd number of players, we can swap around every other hand.

Any questions or comments please contact :

Nandy 027 292 9658 or nandy_vet@hotmail.com

The club hosted its annual 3B Junior event on Saturday 20th of April. We had 15 tables under the control of director Pam Moore and scorer Liz Clayton with plenty of help and nibbles from the supporting membership. This pic of the happy players was supplied by Bob McQueen:

Junior Champion

Congratulations to our new Junior Champion Sue Keating – well done Sue! Sue was closely followed by Brian Graham-Smith in second and Ailsa Henderson third.  Thank you to all other Junior players who made the competition possible by ensuring we had more than the required number of tables (5) each night required throughout the series.

Cambridge Junior Tournament – Saturday 20th April 

The Junior Championship gets underway Wednesday next the 28th February concluding on 20 March.

I would like to encourage all Novice and Junior members to take part in this series which are a hugely important part of our annual playing calendar. To be eligible to win the championship you:

• must play with a different Novice or Junior partner each night   
• must play in all sessions (if you can’t play in all sessions come along anyway)

FRIDAY MORNING SUPERVISED BRIDGE 9-11am starts 9th February

Everyone welcome though very helpful for novices and junior players.

No partner required- just turn up

Structure

Bring hand records or bidding sheets (with board number) from this week for discussion with other players and advice from the helper.

Play boards for an hour with discussion after each board as required

There will be a an Intermediate or Open player present every week to help and advise.

Any questions phone Ian Moore 027 470 6070

A stalwart group of members took to the streets on Saturday to promote Bridge and encourage people to come to our Bridge Lessons. 

Starting off with warm fine weather at 8am at the Farmers' Market were Allison, Barb, Ian and Pam M. Pam and Anna did a fantastic job of organising the event and Anna had set up all the tables and paraphernalia required to make this event happen. 

But they couldn't control the weather!!! 

The following is the Monday Evening Programme with Intermediate Championship being swapped with Battle of the Bridges and Maxigesic Pain Relief, as per Ian's email.

                       MONDAY EVENING