Eunice and Malcolm had a clear lead going into the final round in Cambridge today but they could be caught! They would have been relieved at lunch time to find they were top of the room after the morning session..However they slipped in the afternoon, but not enough of a slide to rob them of the championship they had their eye on. They kept their cool and they did it! All that practice and partnership development throughout the year paid off.

So often we do not have winners at our own tournament.... but that was not the case today.  Well played:

Saty and Calum who finished 2nd overall

Eunice and Malcolm who finished top in the morning and 4th overall

Congratulations to Mike and Ella who had a thunderous second sessions accruing 68% that put them second overall. It must have been a good lunch!  

Cambridge was on fire with Calum and Saty winning the Intermediate section and 5th overall. Meanwhile Irenee and Barbara Andrews came top of the Juniors and 11 / 26 overall. Go them!

The 2018 NZ Bridge congress held in Hamilton is over! There was a lot of bridge played over the last week and Cambridge members were seen at the event throughout the week.

Congratulations to everyone who simply took part. Good on you for just pitching up for the experience. It can be quite nerve wracking entering such a large room of bridge enthusiasts and I admire anyone who just signs up to play.  And once there, you realise that it is just the same game of bridge but with some new faces to play against.

It is that time of year again when we are preparing the new programme book. It would help me greatly if eveyone could check their details in Pianola. I use this database to produce the list for the programme book. Next year we are including email addresses instead of physical addresses. You can opt-out of having your email address in the book if you wish. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WISH TO HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS EXCLUDED.

Ian Bond playing with partner Lynette Morgan in the NZ Teams at Congress got over the line of earning 500 A points to become a Grand Master. Their team included Ella Gray and Michael Neels and just missed The Cut for the Finals phase by coming 17th in a field of 108 from all over NZ and The Rest of the World. Just think ... after all these years ... Cambridge has not seen a pair of GM's playing since Bruce and Merle Marr left town back in the 1990's. Lynette and Ian are currently right up there in the running for our Henry Davys Championship.

Well played John Little and Graeme Saunders who came 2nd in this event and to Kay Dixon and Pam Halls who came 4th overall. The event was well attended with 18 tables or 36 pairs playing.

This was the penultimate event in the 2018 Intermediate league and the results have made it exciting leading into the final at Cambridge on 28 October with Eunice and Malcolm Kirkby tying first place but there being a possibility they could yet be overtaken! We shall be cheering on our Members, Eunice and Malcolm, from the sidelines. They can do it!

There is a lovely picture of Joyce in this short article on the Matamata site. Joyce moved to Cambridge from Matamata only recently but endeared herself to us all. She was also a stalwart at Hamilton for many many years.

While Sue Peake and Clare took second honours at the Rotorua restricted in the morning, it was Eunice and Michael who had a consistent day of 3rd in the morning and too in the afternoon resulting in 2nd overall. Congratulations to them! Eunice will be an Open player in no time at this rate!