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 …
Hooray – back to Level 1 at last! All bridge sessions will re-commence from Wednesday 23 Sep at 7pm. Please note that next week (30 Sep) the start time for Wednesday night changes to 7pm because we will be on daylight savings time. Start times for all other sessions are as per normal, so contact your partners and arrange some …
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: …
Club Bridge: As you will be aware, we are now in level 2 lockdown until 6 September when the government will again review the situation. Therefore, there will be no club bridge play until we move into Level 1, hopefully after 6 September. Rotorua Restricted Tournament 12 September: On the basis we move into Level 1 we are continuing to …
Mark these dates – • Pot luck Welcome dinner 5 August cancelled and a 1 day pairs competition instead. This was to welcome our beginner bridge players at the completion of their lessons. Now lessons will be beginning on 2 and 4 September and we have decided to have a Spring Fling evening on 7 October and to include our …
The Bay of Plenty Teams Tournament for the Ib Thulin Shield was held at the Rotorua Club on Sunday 26 July with 6 clubs participating – ourselves, Tauranga, Taupo, Mt Maunganui, Whakatane and Te Puke – and each club competing with a Junior, Intermediate and Open Team, 72 players in all. We had a great day particularly since Rotorua came …
It is heartening to see so many people back playing bridge at the club. This is encouraging for our up-coming events that we hope you will be enthusiastic about participating in. Sunday 26 July 2020 Bay of Plenty Interclub Teams Each club in the BOP who wishes to participate submits a Junior, Intermediate and Open Team to contest the Ib …
We are pleased to let you know that playing bridge at the club rooms, in person, will be resuming next week beginning on Monday 15 June. To reiterate the main guidelines: *All sessions will be open as per the programme booklet, with events shortened to accommodate the start date. For example, a 4 day pairs will become a 3 day …
The Bridge Club committee very much hopes that you are all ‘champing at the bit’ to come back to in-person bridge. We met last night to discuss when and how to reopen the club rooms for play and resolved the following: • We will not open for bridge until Level 1 is reached. When it is reached, regular bridge will …
We are hopefully nearing the end of the ‘lockdown’ road! Gatherings of 100 are allowed as of midday Friday 29 May but we are still in Alert Level 2. Government has also announced that this will be reviewed on 8 June and with the possibility of a shift to Alert Level 1 on 22 June. As NZ Bridge recommends in …
Lockdown 3 has provided some flexibility for those of you in your isolated bubbles but we will all be looking forward to a lift of the restrictions. Quite what this means for Bridge is still uncertain until Level 2 becomes a reality and we understand exactly what the constraints are. We will be guided by NZ Bridge recommendations on when …
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 …
UPDATE: As of Wednesday March 18 the Bridge Club will be closed for four weeks. See latest bulletin from NZ Bridge. Members may be concerned as to what steps the bridge club is taking to guard against the spread of the coronavirus. NZ Bridge has issued a bulletin to all clubs outlining their policy at the moment. The main points …
We hosted a very successful 10A Teams tournament on Saturday with 30 teams entered, the most we have had for some years. We had many high calibre teams made up of top NZ players amongst the entires as well as 4 teams consisting entirely of Rotorua club members, one of which won the handicap prize! Congratulations to all prize winners. …
Summer bridge has kicked off again and is played on Monday starting at 1:30pm and Wednesday starting at 7pm. There is no need to have a partner as a float is available. If you haven’t already got your programme booklet, this can be picked up at the club. They are on a table near the north end of the room. …