Whakatane Club-one of the smallest in the Bay-made up one of the largest contingents in the final Bay Pairs on  very wet Sunday in Te Puke with 12 of us competing.

Jane and Steve Searle came 4th overall 🍷; Bobbi and Ian 2nd on the day, Jenny E and Tom 5th and Joyce and Rex took home the top intermediate pairs prize-fabulous results!

Hi Everyone

If you haven't got a partner and want to play on a Monday night we now have a new way of finding a partner for you. 

Just email me your details at jsgebert27@gmail.com or text 027 4903010, and I will send an email out to everyone on the Monday night email list. The person who would like to play with you will contact you directly.

Please include your phone number and/or email address.  Unless you state it is for a three night competition, we will assume it is only for the next Monday night.

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 👍