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Alan T receives his "gong"
7 May 2018
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Congratulations Alan for receiving your QSM the other day. We are proud of you and thank you for your services to Bridge. The nice thing Alan discovered as he received his medal from the Governor General, Patsy Reddy,... read more here
Auckland News by Douglas Russell
4 May 2018
The theme for this report seems to be family (and soon to be family – see below!) successes. We often tend to think that playing bridge in partnership might be a little dangerous for real life relationships, but there is little evidence of... read more here
Dan Gifford Rubber Bridge Finals 2018
4 May 2018
Congratulations to the Wellington Region who recorded the highest number of Pairs contesting the Rubber Bridge play-offs. Accordingly Wellington Region will have two spots in the finals at Congress. ... read more here
Top of The South News with Jenny Pomeroy
2 May 2018
Things are beginning to hot up on the Tournament front, with a few under our belts. The Nelson Open Teams on 10th March was well subscribed with 26 teams from across the region. Winners on the day were the Westport quartet of Glenys... read more here
CONGRESS ACCOMMODATION UPDATE
1 May 2018
LAST COUPLE OF ROOMS AVAILABLE AT 130.00 per night for National Bridge Congress at Distinction Hotel With the upgrade of the 100 wing, only the 600 wing of the Distinction Hotel in Hamilton has not beenrenovated. The 600 wing is the wing by the... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
1 May 2018
Take advantage when the sun shines You should take great care in the way you play any board as a declarer, watching out ahead for the dangers, doing what you can to minimise them. Yet, there are times when a touch of optimism is required,... read more here
System cards now in Excel
28 Apr 2018
NZB has now created blank and partially filled in System cards in Excel. The PDF version has presented challenges for some to fill in. If this is you, try the Excel version, which has been designed to virtually look the same as the PDF... read more here
VACANCY- REGIONAL BRIDGE MATE - WELLINGTON REGION
26 Apr 2018
Following the resignation of Maureen Sheldon there is an opportunity within NZB to support and grow bridge clubs across the Wellington Region. NZB is seeking to contract a motivated bridge player who is inspired by its vision to Grow the... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
24 Apr 2018
GOT THEM..OR HAVE YOU? We love to bid and make nice slams. We love to make a difficult contract. We love to catch the opponents with a penalty double. All three statements seem true though the last has a proviso…that we beat the contract.... read more here
Volunteer of the Month
20 Apr 2018
Colette Benfield - Richmond. Richmond Club Secretary, Barbara Gordon, is a big admirer of Colette and gives some of the reasons why the Club Committee felt Colette is worthy to be nominated for this award. "Colette Benfield is a great... read more here
Announcement- NZ Youth Team for 2018
19 Apr 2018
19 April 2018 I am very pleased to announce that we will sending the following team to the World Youth Championships in Wujiang, China: Nik Mitchell and Brad Johnston of Otago Zachary Yan and Vincent He of Auckland... read more here
Watch a video on how to enter a Tournament
19 Apr 2018
To make life easier, we have made a couple of small instructional videos; To show you how to enter a Tournament on the NZB website To show you how to remove or amend an entry. Click here to take you to the Instruction page and scroll down... read more here
WELLINGTON REGIONAL NEWS with Paul Maxwell
19 Apr 2018
As I write this, we are a few days away from the start of our regular Wellington Regional Congress, which will end, as usual, with a Swiss Pairs on Anzac Day. This year the calendar has started us off with two days of Teams over the coming... read more here
Canterbury News with Max Robb
18 Apr 2018
Every follower of golf knows how fickle golf results can be – even Tiger Woods could not win everything. This month has seen a few surprising results, so much so that every Bridge tournament player can live in hope of taking a first prize!... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
17 Apr 2018
giving a helping hand. Signalling for Success. Whatever methods you normally use to exchange information to partner, there are times when clear suit preference signals are required. For many pairs, this occurs when one player leads an... read more here
Congratulations!!! Our New Grandmasters
16 Apr 2018
Here is the revised list of Grandmasters now available. GOLD GRANDMASTERS Ken Yule Matamata SILVER GRANDMASTERS Stanley Abrahams Mt Albert Liz Fisher Hamilton Eileen Horsman Waiheke... read more here
Masterpoint search
12 Apr 2018
Newly released We have improved the Masterpoint Search page so players can see more than just the last month's points earned. We know this has been something many have wanted and we are happy to report this is now available. During... read more here
Club Level Director Exams - July 2018
10 Apr 2018
LINK TO INFORMATION read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
10 Apr 2018
The Curse of Board 11 Keen bridge players and most Scottish people (surely all Scots play Bridge!) know that the diamond 9 is the “Curse of Scotland”. Our der knowledgeable friend “Google” will enlighten any ignorant... read more here
TOURNAMENT AND GRADINGS TASKFORCE UPDATE
10 Apr 2018
Information and toplines are now available from the tournament and grading survey sent out late 2017. The purpose of the survey was to inform the Tournament and Gradings Taskforce in their review of the current tournament schedule and current... read more here
Otago/Southland News with Brad Johnston
4 Apr 2018
The start of 2018 hasn’t seen too many tournaments down South, with only the Invercargill 8B Pairs, the Oamaru 5A Pairs, the Taieri and Queenstown 8B Pairs since Moss last wrote to y’all. The winners of these events were as follows:... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
3 Apr 2018
Signalling and Counting One of the advantages of being a defender is that you have someone else at the bridge table on your side, with the same aims as you have and someone who is taking an active part in the play of the hand. So, even though you... read more here
Northland News with Tania Brown
29 Mar 2018
Kerikeri winners, Neil Ruddell and Andrew Liu Once again we are in the Winterless North and while we hope to have a nice Easter Weekend, they don’t call it “Whangarainey” for nothing. Life is slowly getting back to normal... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
29 Mar 2018
a real hold FOUR VIEWS OF DUMMY So, what is a hold for no-trumps? You cannot always have AQJT in the suit the opposition bids. Sometimes with Kxx, you have to play the whole hand trying to keep one opponent off lead. Then, there are lesser holds... read more here
Opportunity- NZ Bridge Foundation
28 Mar 2018
NZ Bridge, in conjunction with the Trustees of the NZ Bridge Foundation, is looking to increase the number of Trustees supporting the Foundation and invites expressions of interest from interested parties. The Foundation, which... read more here
Welcome to New & Returning Players
28 Mar 2018
Welcome to the new (and some returning) players around the country since the start of the year. We will report number regularly in future. We hope you love this game as much as those who have played for years. Here are the numbers by club,... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
26 Mar 2018
King for Count in Queenstown This is the tale of an actual hand (well, all the stories are) but this is a kind of special one from last weekend’s Queenstown tournament. Are you ready for a defensive problem? Board 2East... read more here
HAMILTON BRIDGE CLUB TAKES TO THE AIRWAVES
23 Mar 2018
Members from Hamilton Bridge Club were invited to appear on the Free FM show Aapki Mehphile Harmony. You can listen to the broadcast by clicking on the link below. You may like to start 7 mins into the broadcast. Click here to listen to the... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
23 Mar 2018
Triers “Rewarded” 26-30 high card points between your two hands are an awkward number to handle. On some days, you want to be in a cold slam while on others, you are picking up the mess of how many under-tricks you need to concede.... read more here
High scores
22 Mar 2018
High scores around the country 1 Jan - 20 March, Pairs events only, 40C club venues in first section, A and B tournaments later. 40C Club events Auckland Northland Region 40C Club events Patricia Porter, John Cooper... read more here
WAIKATO BAYS NEWS with Anna Kalma
22 Mar 2018
There is always a surfeit of Teams Events in the Waikato Bays at the start of the year, culminating (for a few months at least) with the Kelly Peirse Teams in Rotorua. This was held last weekend with 30 teams signing up to the 10A... read more here
JUST LOVING HIS BRIDGE
20 Mar 2018
"I Love playing Bridge with People" So says one of our youngest Bridge players. Introducing 8 year old Ollie Benton. Ollie's story is told here by Regional Bridge Mate for Otago-Southland, Susannah Pinckney: Stayman from the start... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
20 Mar 2018
PAIRS AND TEAMS PHILOSOPHY They can be the same and they can be so different. One similarity would be when you are in a normal contract, you would not risk going down in your contract by taking a finesse for the sake of an overtrick, unless you... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
16 Mar 2018
Making the best of a bad job Whatever happened to Hamman’s Rule? If 3NT is amongst your choice of makeable game contracts, then go for it….or words similar to that! It did not seem to be particularly true at Akarana this week. When... read more here
Auckland News by Douglas Russell
15 Mar 2018
Greetings from the “Big Smoke”. As the weather turns less inviting, the appeal of spending several hours indoors with like-minded friends playing the game we love becomes even more appealing. Quite a light period for tournaments in the... read more here
Volunteer of the Month
15 Mar 2018
March 2018. Val Darragh, Hastings Our Volunteer of the Month is a quiet achiever, the kind of person every club needs. A Quiet worker Val has been a member of the Hastings Bridge Club for many years and while she has held no formal... read more here
2018 Board Election results
13 Mar 2018
A Big Bridge Weekend in Taranaki
13 Mar 2018
The team of Moss Wylie- Wayne Burrows and Steve Baron – Matthew Brown had a comprehensive victory in the Teams event at the weekend’s Taranaki Bridge Congress. Although only finishing 5th out of 6 qualifiers on day 1 and needing a big... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
12 Mar 2018
CUTTING ONE’S LOSSES Unless we know we are sacrificing, we bid games to make them. It is great if we do, especially with an overtrick or two. However, either partner’s hand is a let-down (never yours, of course!) , a bad break or good... read more here
33RD New Zealand National Congress
10 Mar 2018
Did you enjoy the Gold Coast Congress? Whether or not you went, it’s time to start planning for Hamilton. In just under seven months, it will be time for the 33rd National Bridge Congress to be held at the Distinction Hotel in Hamilton.... read more here
Taranaki Bridge Congress
10 Mar 2018
LINK TO RESULTS read more here
South Pacific Zone- World Bridge Federation
9 Mar 2018
I was honoured and humbled to be elected President of the South Pacific Bridge Federation at our annual meeting at the Gold Coast Congress in February, and at the same time, as our zonal representative on the World Bridge Federation... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
9 Mar 2018
Viva “The Law” Many pairs use cue-bids of the opponents’ suits to make serious game tries when our partner makes an overcall. This enables a jump raise, or in certain circumstances, even a simple raise to be of a pre-emptive... read more here
Entering a tournament on this website
8 Mar 2018
We hope more and more clubs will use this online entry process which was introduced in September 2017. It utilises the Tournament schedule, to avoid duplication and errors. How to enter. Read the instructions below or scroll down to view the... read more here
Top of The South News with Jenny Pomeroy
7 Mar 2018
We seem a bit too far into the year to talk about Christmas, but several good parties with great attendances were held in TOTS region not to make mention of them. Kaikoura had almost a full house at their annual prize giving and lunch;... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
6 Mar 2018
Finessing is Fun Yes, it can be. Trust me. They do work sometimes. Indeed, sometimes, well maybe all the time, you really hope they work. Let’s see how many finesses you need on the following board. If they all fail, you could be in serious... read more here
Only ever one winning team. The 2018 North Island Teams.
5 Mar 2018
Last month’s South Island Teams was a relatively close run affair though only one team was going to win the North Island Teams, held at Palmerston North Bridge Club over the weekend of 3rd/4th March. The team of Michael Ware- GeO Tislevoll,... read more here
North Island Teams- Palmerston North 3rd-4th March 2018
2 Mar 2018
LINK TO RESULTS LINK TO ENTRY LIST read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
2 Mar 2018
Forcing and Invitational Bids 25 hcp between the two hands, a 4-4 spade fit, and not one of the 12 East-West pairs made it to the almost cold 4 game. Four will claim some dispensation as they reached and made 3NT, a contract which relied on the... read more here
Central Districts - News with George MacLachlan
28 Feb 2018
Wise Head on Young Shoulders It was a case of wise heads on young shoulders when Paula Martin partnered 12 year old Libby Winyawonk on Wednesday’s C grade night at New Plymouth on 7th February. Can you imagine the excitement when the... read more here
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