Club Captain's Newsletter

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. 

Thanks also to the regular players whose sessions are slightly “disturbed” by the fun and frivolity from the tables with newbies and buddies. As they get accustomed to club sessions they will understand the protocol but in the meantime they are having fun and learning the many intricacies of the game we all love. 

When the buddy sessions end we would appreciate you asking a player to have one event with you (or even one session) to welcome them into the club. Monday morning and Wednesday evening are the best times for them to play or come along to the supervised play on Thursday morning 9.30-11.30am. 

REMINDER -PLEASE PLAY ACOL with our new players as this is the system they have learnt and we don’t want to confuse them even more by teaching them new systems. 

Waikato Area Pairs

This was supposed be held at the Cambridge   Club on Sunday 26th May but due to a power outage in Fort St that day-it will now be held in Morrinsville. The Cambridge WAPS will now be held on Sunday 21st July 

Waikato Interclub Teams Event

to be held on 23rd June at Cambridge Bridge Club.

Our team is as follows:-

Open- Michael Neels & Kevin Whyte and Pam & Ian Moore

Intermediate – Karen Payne & Kim Grounds and Josie van Weerd & Don Wilson

Junior – Els Cochrane &   Sue Keating and Bill Bayley & Kay Hanna 

Thanks in advance to Jan Spaans who is scoring and dealing boards and Vicki Jacobsen who is directing (William Harlow -Consulting)

Ian Moore