News from AGM
Our Bridge Club AGM was held on 26 November 2020 Elected committee members for 2021 President: Colleen Allen Treasurer: Kathryn Morgan Secretary: Jody Richardson Committee: Suellyn Caldwell, Alan Dick, Wendy Fraser, Rowan Friend,Heini Lux, Marie Milsum, Jim Morgan, Margie Robbie. Colleen said her main goal as president was to improve the culture of the Bridge Club, and make the Club …
Prizegiving 2020
Farewell to Ian and Pam
It is with great regret that we must say farewell to Pam and Ian Moore, both Grand Masters, who have been hugely instrumental in setting the standard to which we bridge players should aspire. They have been members of the club for 35 years and during that time have done so much to support club activities. This includes Pam’s highly …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Back to bridge!
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 …
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: …
Covid-19 update and new dates 25 August
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 …