End of year news update

The year is rapidly drawing to a close and what a strange year it has been. Of the 37/38 playing sessions scheduled this year for each playing day, 18 or 19 have been cancelled due to Covid 19 lockdowns. We are fortunate that we are able to play our club championships which conclude this week. A big thank you to …

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Upcoming events and news

• Babich NZ Wide Pairs We need more entries for this competition to be held on 30 October at 7.30 pm in the Rotorua club rooms. The same cards are played simultaneously across the country so you are competing with pairs nation-wide. It is a very enjoyable competition and you can enter online or at the club rooms. • Saturday …

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Ib Thulin 2020

Despite the change in date and the ‘stop-start’ nature of bridge in these Covid times we had a very enjoyable and successful tournament on Sunday. We had 9 tables, a little down on previous years, but in the circumstances not surprising. On Handicap the winners were: First: Colleen Allen and Rowan Friend Second: Shirley Gainsford and Gill Nelson Third: Mark …

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Covid-19 update 7 September

The goalposts do keep changing! We are now in Level 2 lockdown until at least 16 September. Our last communication on 25 August indicated that club bridge and the Rotorua Restricted Tournament on 12 September would not go ahead unless we were in Level 1. The committee has again reviewed the situation by email over this weekend. *ROTORUA RESTRICTED TOURNAMENT: …

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Bridge lessons 2020

We will be offering two options for bridge lessons this year: Wednesdays 7.00 – 9.30 pm beginning 2 September Fridays 10.00 am – 12.30 pm beginning 4 September. Cost is $60.00 for 12 lessons and if you bring a friend to create your own partnership it is $100.00 for 2 people. Please contact Val 07 347 1713 or Marie 027 …

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Lockdown Bridge

The committee hopes you are all coping in your respective ‘bubbles’, that you are well and surviving the rigours of ‘lockdown’. In the absence of knowing when we will be able to return to a semblance of the old normality, we do not foresee that club bridge will be occurring for quite a few weeks yet. Therefore playing on-line is …

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