Here are some photos of happy winners and bridge players from the prizegiving held on 1 December.
A full list of prizewinners is here
Some of you may be aware of the changes in structure being proposed by the board of NZ Bridge and the strong opposition to these by some members, in particular the letter sent to all affiliated bridge clubs by board member Alan Turner. Alan asked all clubs to also write to NZCBA expressing their opinions on the proposed changes and …
After consultation earlier in the year it was decided that this years holiday bridge would be on MONDAY AFTERNOONS starting at 1.30pm. WEDNESDAY NIGHTS starting at 7.30pm. The Christmas Party is on December 14th, starting at 6pm. SUMMER BRIDGE MONDAY AFTERNOON 1.30pm START December 5th Christmas Party 6pm. December 19th January 9th January 16th January 23rd. January 25th. WEDNESDAY NIGHT …
Four pairs from Rotorua played at the Matamata Intermediate Tournament on Sunday, in good bridge playing weather, and had some success, all ending up in the top half of the field.
Joyce Reid and Cathy Ward (pictured) took out third place after a great morning and not so good afternoon, and Wendy Blackman and Elspeth Goodrick finished in eighth place.
Rotorua players are also doing well in the individual Intermediate League, with one of the ten rounds still to play. Joyce is currently in 5th place, not far behind the 3rd equal pair and Wendy and Elspeth are 8th equal. It should make for an interesting final round in Cambridge later this month!
Congratulations John Kelly, who together with partner Michael Neels from Cambridge won the New Zealand Open Restricted Title 2016 at Congress last week. Here they are enjoying a well-earned drink!
Other players from Rotorua also did well in the teams and seniors events.
(Thanks to Cambridge BC for photo.)
To the club members who brought plates and especially the people who helped in the kitchen. Judy,Colleen,Tina,Grace,June and Margo. thank you all, you helped to make it a successful tournament. Margaret
Three Night IMP Teams for no more than 2 open players per team Starts 3rd.October Please support this event and enter on the list on the Directors Notice Board
We have now joined the other X-Club participating clubs in the region, meaning we are all playing the same hands and can compare results over a much larger field. It works like this: Files are sent to all clubs of the hands, for the playing times set. The dealing machines deal out the cards and they are played at the …
One of the good things about bridge tournaments is that even if the bridge doesn’t go well, there is always the chance of winning a prize in the raffle. One pair from Rotorua were at a tournament recently where they were watching the prize pool dwindle until there were just two options left – a pair of socks and a …
The Bay Teams Shield was contested on Sunday 31 July between Rotorua, Tauranga, Whakatane, Taupo, Te Puke and Mount Maunganui clubs with Open, Intermediate and Junior teams competing. Every team payed matches of 12 boards against each other team within their grade and the scores for each match are aggregated to determine the winning club. After an excellent start, unfortunately Rotorua flagged in the middle rounds and finished third overall and the shield has gone to Tauranga, who won with a massive total of 196 VP’s. Whakatane was second on 170 and Rotorua third on 163.
In addition the teams that were first and second in each grade are to play off for top club in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty on the 28th of August in Cambridge. The Rotorua Open Team of Neil Dravitzki and Paul Cosgrove, Ian Moore and Alan Dick made this event. An interesting fact about this team that was pointed out on the day – to considerable laughter – is that this team has three people who have had heart bypasses and the other team member is a doctor! In fact this team was the only team on the day that won every match – but it wasn’t enough to win the Open Team title as the winning margins were not great enough.
The Rotorua teams played their best, but it wasn’t good enough on the day – but well done everyone!
The way our results are shown on the website is changing, as we have subscribed to an much improved method of displaying results, using software developed by Milan Durovic of Sydney. When you have clicked on a session or other result, starting from a listing of the field, you can click on a name and proceed to a listing of …
The Bay of Plenty Interclub Team Competition is being held in Rotorua on 31 July, with 6 clubs taking part at this stage – Te Puke, Tauranga, Mt. Maunganui, Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo. The top two clubs go through to the Waikato BOP finals in August. The Rotorua teams for the Bay Clubs Team Competition are: Open: Neil Dravitzki and …
The AGM instructed the Committee to investigate best practice for Club Championship events. The Committee has posted queries on line and talked face to face with a number of people in bridge management including Alan Turner and Patrick Carter on the request made at the AGM to review what is commonly used at other clubs and/or what is best practice. …
Another great mid-winter Christmas dinner was put on this year to welcome our new members from their learners class. It was a fun evening, enjoyed by all.
The Rotorua Restricted Tournament was held on Sunday and was a very enjoyable day, with 18 tables and entrants from clubs around the region. Congratulations to the Rotorua pairs who featured among the top placings. Sarah Easthope-Wilson and John Kelly were runners-up in the Open/Intermediate section, as were Bob Johnston and Lara Cordonni in the Open/Junior. Rex Tulloch and Joyce Reid came third in the Intermediate/Intermediate and Bruce Whiteman and Christine Kampfraath third in the Intermediate/Junior – see the results page for a full list of winners. Many thanks to the organisers and the helpers in the kitchen for the delicious lunchtime soups, and morning and afternoon tea.
