Congratulations to our class of 24 who graduate into the club on July 1. There are 3 not in this pic who are travelling the world but will return to play.

Huge thanks to our wonderful tutor Bobbi and to the many of you who have come along to support our learners on a Thursday evening.

Let's give them a mighty welcome when they arrive; remember to be encouraging and sparse with your advice 😎

This month we are showing our sponsors appreciation by taking them baking or some other lovely treat.

Willets, our major sponsor, showed how much they liked their baking with this photo on their webpage.

Thanks to you all for supporting our sponsors.

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Team Joyce Reid    122.79 VPs    1st   

Team Rex Tulloch   119.08 VPs   2nd

Team Tom Henwood   113.11 VPs  3rd

Team Jane Searle   104.77 VPs  4th

Team Stave Searle  104.33  VPs 5th

Team Eric Burnie   95.92  VPs  6th

Great participation with 6 teams involved.

Kia ora whanau

Great to see 18 attend last week's class. Thanks to Bobbi and her team of helpers.

Tonight's topic 'Responding in a suit to a 1 No Trump opener.'

Happy learning ❤♣♦♠ 

Bobbi had 15 new learners on Thursday night [brilliant!] We need 4 assistants each night to help our learners. Please consider putting your name down to assist for at least one night over the next 8 weeks.

This week’s topic is responding to the 1 No Trump opener.

Here are the teams for the upcoming Wednesday Teams Tournament with allocation based on current rankings list. (Click on 'Read More' to enlarge the photo). Start time is 7:00pm - please arrive by 6:45pm

These begin this Thursday 18 April at 7pm with Bobbi. The first session is mini bridge; I know some of you novices are coming along for a refresh but you won't need this session which is more about  learning to physically manage the cards.

The team's competition is running on a Wednesday evening 1,8 and 15 May and is open to everyone. there's a list on the whiteboard for you to add your name. The committee will decide on the makeup of the teams; each team will have one open, at least one junior and two other players.

It's quite a different experience of playing bridge; we don't use the bridge mates for scoring and instead return to our team after each round, compare notes and work out the score.

We'd be very keen to see you play on a Wednesday night and this is a great, non scary way to do it 👍

Bay Pairs Round One Whakatane 14 April was a wonderful event with 19 ½ tables. 

Our club rose to the challenge yet again of being superb hosts with the most amazing morning tea which provided enough surplus that it served as lunch and afternoon tea too. The raffle was well supported-thank goodness that one of the three prizes went to a visitor! 

We have had a wonderful response to our Bay Pairs tournament with 20 tables entered! Huge thanks to Julie for arranging the raffle and Ali/Kat for overseeing the tournament organisation; and thanks to all of you who are involved either in playing or helping in the kitchen etc.