The start of another season and all those opportunities to play, to improve, to fall down - and to get up again and strive to do better next time.
The Waikato Area Pairs is a series of five tournaments played in local clubs. There are prizes for each tournament and overall prizes for the series.
Congratulations to Herman and Mike who won the Tauranga Congress Consolation Pairs today. I doubt either of them needed any consoling after two great rounds of bridge while the big fish battled it out in the teams finals.
Google has pulled the mat from under the way we have been sending the results from our scoring system. Some members have found the results turning up in their Junk Mail folder when their email client thinks it suspicious. If you do find your missing results there regularly then it is usually possible to "white-list" the sender
Thanks to Property Brokers sponsoring the first night of the year and providing an amazing BBQ, we had over 50 members taking part on the club’s opening night. PB Waikato regional manager, Chris Moore and his wife Teresa were ably assisted by their son, Cooper and sales consultant, Malinda. Their BBQ skills was like watching poetry in motion and loaded table of hamburgers quickly vanished!
To help navigate the 2025 programme, here is the President’s first letter of the year for anyone who missed the email!
Congratulations to Sue and Els for winning the dress up prize (reported to be $100 this year) and being placed 5th in the stratified Diamond section results at Rotorua’s Christmas tournament. They certainly brought some fun to the event as well as to our club organising the Christmas series. A big thank you to them for making the last official series of the year so entertaining. A big shout out to our director, Ayako, who has been Santa’s secret helper being a non-playing director, serving us yummy eats and being a magic fairy in the kitchen.
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It was no surprise to many to see Vicki become a Life Member at the conclusion of this year’s AGM. As Paul said, Vicki has been an extremely valued member since she joined as a newbie learner in 2010. Since this time she has supported the lessons, been Club President for five years, done the Programme Book, been the Computer manager as well as helped out in numerous other ways like making her fabulous Victoria sponges to mark special birthdays! |
It was a nice turnout at this year’s AGM. While Paul thanked the many people who make the club such a success, the Committee - represented by Kim - took its turn to thank Paul for the work Paul has done in his two year stint as President. Her words were echoed by Bob McQueen who thanked Paul for his strategic leadership in this time and also acknowledged the excellent financial report by Kevin Whyte and ongoing behind the scenes help by Mike Neels. Again these were sentiments shared by others during the evening.
A fun day was had at Waikato Christmas tournament by the ten or so appropriately attired Cambridge players participating. And lunch seemed to help members find their form! Sue and Els were rewarded for the biggest increase in scores between the first and second session. Steve and Jo won the afternoon session prize. Anna and Clare had a better afternoon session finishing 6th overall. The top prize was won by our very own Herman with partner John Wang, who had two cracker sessions. Well done to them!
It was wonderful to see a full room of 18 tables on Sunday for our Intermediate tournament this year sponsored by Ryman Retirement villages. Thanks to Paul P and Sue K for stepping in at short notice so there was no phantom. They were amply rewarded by finishing 8th overall and winning the prize for the best junior pair.
14 Fort Street
Cambridge 3434
Clubrooms: (07) 827 9392
Club Captain: 027 4070 6070
President: 021 762 543
