Cambridge has been well represented in this weekend's National Open Restricted Pairs which was held at the Distinction Hotel in Te Rapa. Jane Stearns  & Di Emms finished 7th with solid results in all four sessions while Kate McFadyen & Gwyn Lobb came 18th followed by Clare Coles & Kevin Whyte in 22nd place out of a field of 62 pairs.

Our very own Eunice Eccles has been appointed one of seven Regional Bridge Mates (RBMs) in the country. (RBMs are distinct from the Bridgemate tabletop devices we use at the club.) They are a newly implemented concept of Jane Stearns who was elected to the NZ Board on the back of the work she has been doing these last five years rejuvenating memberships of clubs in decline.

On Friday 22 Sep we enjoyed our final round of The Waikato Interclub Teams more fondly known as TWITs.

A belated congratulations to Michael Neels and Eunice Eccles for leading the way in the Open-Junior section of the Rotorua Open Restricted competition on Saturday. Coming 5th overall they really did themselves proud scoring 56% in the morning and 55% in the afternoon. Very consistent!

A well deserved win to Clare and Kevin for consistent play throughout this series.  Their average result of 67.59 was 7.82 ahead of the rest of the field and sets a real challenge to the rest of the club for next year.   It was a real close finish for second, third and fourth. Carol Wilson and Joyce Catchpole, Michael Neels and Jane Stearns, and Jan Spaans and Don Wilson (who had a whacking 72.69 on the last night) only had .68 separating them.

Eunice booked herself in for a double whammy of bridge tournaments this week-end.  First Hamilton yesterday playing with Sue McKenzie and today in Thames with Kay Dixon.  Today they had a cracking morning coming 4th N-S with 55% in an Open restricted field. As many pairs are Opens playing with a intermediate or junior this was indeed a great result! And it was the first tournament they had played together as well!

The afternoon did not fare as well but was enough to secure them top Intermediate/Junior pairing.

Congratulations to long-time member Gloria Gilmour who has come out on top of our monthly roundup of Grand Slam makers. Full listings can be seen under the Results tab above or by clicking here.

Our amazing Open team the Bridge Blacks are challenging for the bronze medal in the Bermuda Bowl in Lyon, France.  The matches will be live on BridgeBaseOnline on Thursday night 9pm, 12.30am and 3.20am and then Friday night 9pm and 12.30am.  Five 16 board matches.  Please let your club members know of this opportunity to tune in and watch their team in action.