Kelly Peirse Memorial Teams 2025

The Kelly Peirse Memorial Teams, held on Saturday, was very successful. There were 24 tables and a very strong field, with players from 22 different clubs around the North Island entered!

Congratulations to the winners, the team of Lysandra Zheng, Tim Pan, Zachary Yan and Jeremy Fraser-Hoskin from the Howick, Akarana and Auckland clubs. Runners-up were the team of Herman Yuan, Yuzhong Chen, Murray Wood and Rachelle Pelkman.
The handicap winners (and top Rotorua team) were Elspeth Goodrick, Wendy Blackman, Suellyn Caudwell and Cathy Ward.

Thank you to everyone who helped, participated and brought food. Special thanks must go to Wendy Fraser who worked so hard and efficiently in the kitchen, as she so often does, and also made some delicious nibbles. Thanks also to to her helpers and our caddie Grace, our fill-in team who were called up at the last minute, scorer Jan Spaans and director Phillippa Gardiner, who all contributed to a smooth-running and enjoyable day for everybody.

The 2025 Kelly Peirse winners for Zachary Yan, Lysandra Zheng, Tim Pan and Jeremy Fraser-Hoskin.

Handicap winners Suellyn Caudwell, Elspeth Goodrick, Cathy Ward and Wendy Blackman.

 

Interclub Teams

Our club once again hosted the BOP Interclub Teams on Sunday 28 July .We had a full turnout of 3 teams from each of 6 clubs in the BOP, 18 teams in all. This meant a full day of bridge; 5 ten board matches for each team against the other 5 other teams in their grade. The day went exceedingly …

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BOP Interclub Teams

Congratulations to the Tauranga Bridge Club, who are the winners of the BOP Interclub Teams Shield. Six clubs from around the region battled it out at Rotorua on Sunday, in Junior, Intermediate and Open grades, and Tauranga were the overall winners. Unfortunately Rotorua did not quite make it to the finals in any of the grades, although the Intermediate team …

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Tournament Success

An outstanding attendance at the Cambridge Junior Tournament by members from our club. Seven pairs, which is getting back to numbers that went to tournaments in the days when often there were more players from Rotorua than any other club in the area. Well done everyone who attended. Christine and Hilary are leading the Junior league and Kathryn and Jackie …

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BOP Interclub Teams 25 July

Rotorua hosted BOP teams from Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, Te Puke, Taupo and Whakatane Bridge Clubs to contest the Interclub Ib Thulin Trophy. Unfortunately, we were not able to hold on to the shield, which we had won last year. In the three divisions, our Intermediate Team won their division, with the Senior and Junior teams outside the top two. Congratulations …

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