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PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
27 Jul 2016
SIGNAL and SAVE Save what? Today it is saving an overtrick. Tomorrow it may mean defeating the contract. So, get in the habit if you can. You are playing Pairs and just perhaps you forced the opposition higher than they wanted to go. By the look... read more here
WAIKATO BAYS NEWS with Anna Kalma
27 Jul 2016
The first comment below and the picture above should tell you which region is reporting its news this week. Is there really something more important than bridge? Gee these regional round-ups sneak up on you quickly, right in the middle of calving... read more here
The Anatomy of Success and Failure
26 Jul 2016
Grant Jarvis Auckland Provincial Pairs and Teams A Win, a “Draw” and a Loss The weekend of July 22nd/23rd saw a good weekend of bridge at the Auckland Bridge Club. Here is a slightly quirky look at a little of what happened in the... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
22 Jul 2016
“Michaels Issues” solved by James. How do you play Michaels Cue Bids? There are more theories than there are bridge players... read more here
Yo'd Wish You'd Been There
22 Jul 2016
THE NATIONAL BRIDGE TEACHERS' CONFERENCE What makes a National Conference? One aspect is meeting up with others from around the country who share similar... read more here
Northland News
21 Jul 2016
“The other side of the coin”: A Piece of Good Fortune? A new award is born. Do you ever moan about your bad luck? Like maybe when your brilliantly bid small slam on a combined 21 hcp goes down when a side suit... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
20 Jul 2016
THE BIDDING TO THE RESCUE How do you feel about the following two hands? A combined 22 hcp and you are playing in 1NT with every chance of at least one hold in every suit. It sounds quite straightforward to make your contract. They even led a... read more here
Recent High Session Scores
20 Jul 2016
June 2016. Only two session scores of over 70% in June, occurring in Levin and at the Otago Bridge Club. Read on to see then who scored over 66% in a session last month, including the two high scoring pairs. RECENT HIGH SESSION SCORES... read more here
Tournament Results Lower North Island
20 Jul 2016
June 2016. Here are the top three placings from the Hawke's Bay Congress and other tournaments this month in these two regions. Hawkes Bay Congress (June5th-7th) Taihape Intermediate/Junior Pairs... read more here
Tournament Results: South Island
20 Jul 2016
The top placing at South Island tournaments in June including the Otago/ Southland Provincial Pairs and Teams follow. Read on to see the successful pairs and teams. Otago Southland Provincial Pairs (5th June) Otago... read more here
TOURNAMENT RESULTS. "North" of the North Island
20 Jul 2016
June 2016. Here are the winners from our two northern regions during this month. Jeter Liu was not just the most generous sponsor of the Auckland Queens Birthday Congress but returned a huge average score to win one of the events. It was though... read more here
Youth Advocate
20 Jul 2016
The International committee of the Board welcomes Tracey Lewis, taking over from Susan Humphries as the youth advocate on this committee. Tracey is widely known in the Auckland/Northland area as a keen bridge player, teacher and fundraiser.... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
15 Jul 2016
What Every Aspiring Golfer Needs….. If you hit those golf balls regularly down the fairway onto the green and then with minimum shots into the hole, there are some basic things you need….rub of the green, a good swing, a reasonable... read more here
Canterbury News with Giles Hancock
13 Jul 2016
Two ladies from Wellington came down to play a double-date with two local gents. What happened next? Sorry.... you will just have to wait to find out. Firstly, though, the Rangiora 8B on July 3rd. Rangiora 8B July 3rd was a glorious... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
13 Jul 2016
MISBID…BUT HOPEFULLY NOT MISDEFENCE That’s your aim this week. When the opposition appear to have gone astray in the bidding, you must make sure they pay the price by defending accurately. Surely on the board below the opposition... read more here
It's when the music stops that counts
12 Jul 2016
South Island Pairs 42 pairs contested the South Island Pairs held over the week-end of July 9th-10th at the Christchurch Bridge Club. One spectacular round when it mattered proved to be the winning of the event. The early leaders after the first... read more here
Preserving the image
8 Jul 2016
The image. What image? It’s not an image. It’s a cold hard fact, a black fact, set in concrete. Well, you need a spade or two to “set concrete”. The image…the fact…is that if you hold more spades, you are... read more here
Remembering Paul Hobbs
8 Jul 2016
Paul Hobbs, a Life Member of New Zealand Bridge, passed away this week, aged 91. Paul was a founder member and first President of the Te Awamutu Bridge Club back in 1961. Both Paul and his wife Kathy played in the late 1950's at the newly formed... read more here
South Island Pairs- Link to Results
8 Jul 2016
TALES OF AKARANA
8 Jul 2016
The “slow” or the “fast” lane? A night of fairly routine games and part-scores was brought to life at some tables by a deal where no pair could bid the better of the available slams but where there was much interest in... read more here
Otago/Southland News with Brad Johnston
6 Jul 2016
Tournament results have been flying in fast and furious over the last few months, but thanks to Richard's write-ups on these for each month, it means I can instead focus on those that deserve special mention. Congratulations to Chris Ackerley and... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
6 Jul 2016
TAKING INFERENCES AND AVOIDING LOSERS A good declarer should do both of the above. Also, we know that one of the worse parts of bridge is a two way finesse. When your finesse is one way, you just know if you have to take it, there seems to be a... read more here
Update on Improver Lesson material
6 Jul 2016
We have the next installment of teaching material now this website. This is the Powerpoint presentations for Improver classes. A big thank you to the Teaching committee and Amanda Smith for their hard work in providing the... read more here
RICHARD'S THOUGHTS
2 Jul 2016
September in Hamilton Our National Congress is less than three months away. We hope many of you are not just thinking of coming to Hamilton for all or part of the week but have started planning to do so. Some have already registered and paid. For... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
1 Jul 2016
LEADING AGAINST SLAMS There are those who think leading against slams is a pretty random occupation. Actually, “leading” against any contract is pretty random. By the time they have key carded or cue-bid their way to slam, you may... read more here
Share The Moment
30 Jun 2016
Nice Defence If defence is regarded as the hardest of the difference aspects of playing the game, then when it goes right, it can be the most rewarding. Maybe we should find a dynamic defence to beat a cold slam or at least a cold game but the... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
29 Jun 2016
Tried and True Sayings “When all they have is trumps……. Playing Teams, the 5 level can be a risky place. In a recent Teams match, one North-South pair decided to shoot it out at the 5 level while the other made a good bidding... read more here
WELLINGTON REGIONAL NEWS with Paul Maxwell
29 Jun 2016
The Wellington Regional Committee has thanked and farewelled Dinnie Hall, our chair over the last 6 years. She was still smiling as we broke up, which is a tribute to the enervating effect of bridge administration. Or maybe it's just the way... read more here
International Programme for 2017
27 Jun 2016
27 June 2016 Bulletin 1 - International Programme for 2017 In 2017 NZ Bridge has decided to send teams to the APBF in Seoul, Korea and the World Championships in Lyon, France. The provisional dates for the APBF are... read more here
Volunteer of the Month- June 2016
27 Jun 2016
This is a new award, to be made monthly, to someone in our bridge community who “gives”, a true volunteer. So many people volunteer to help make our game so enjoyable. New Zealand Bridge wants to highlight, say “thank you”... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
24 Jun 2016
Which is more important: The Bidding or the Play? It’s a long-standing debate. Is the battle won or lost when you reach the right contract or has the real battle not started yet? Let’s judge from two hands from this week’s play.... read more here
Draft 2017 tournament schedule
23 Jun 2016
The draft 2017 tournament schedule is available for checking so please have a look at the Tournament page and address any queries or corrections to your regional committee. read more here
Share The Moment
23 Jun 2016
Here’s an opportunity for you to tell an interesting,perhaps funny story about some recent bridge happening. Maybe your partner or an opponent did something pretty smart. (You are far too modest to own up to your own brilliancies, I hope!).... read more here
Central Districts' News with George MacLachlan
22 Jun 2016
Junior/Intermediate Teams winners at the Hawke's Bay Congress, Susan Brown, Karen Eriksen, Jolene Zink and Judith Lucas There’s only one place to begin, at this year’s, the 24th, Hawke’s Bay Congress. It was held as... read more here
Novices To The Fore at Tauranga
22 Jun 2016
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A "Recipe for Success" by Karen Martelletti The Tauranga club decided to take a leaf out of the book of the Hamilton club and run a novice session alongside their Intermediate and Junior tournaments (all held on the same day). The novices... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
22 Jun 2016
You wish, don’t you that the line you take for any contract is the right line, the play that ensures your contract is “cold”. You do not want always to have easy contracts, at least not if you want to do well,... read more here
Sweet Success for Jeter and Fuxia
22 Jun 2016
National Swiss Pairs, Auckland. (18th/19th June) Akarana’s Fuxia Wen and Jeter Liu had only played one tournament together before they agreed to play The National Swiss Pairs this year. They struck gold on this occasion when a series of... read more here
A "Royle" Fundraiser
17 Jun 2016
Congratulations to the Royle Epsom Bridge Club and especially to the club owner, Angela Royle, who organized a 24 hour Bridge Marathon on Friday/ Saturday 11th/12th June in the clubrooms. The event raised $7245 for children with severe burns... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
17 Jun 2016
The Art of Diving Two boards offered East-West the chance of diving at perhaps uncomfortable levels but few achieved the optimum results on the two boards. Certainly, one required North-South to take mildly aggressive action before the... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
15 Jun 2016
Why Take One Finesse When You Can Take Two? Good players do not take them if there is any way to avoid doing so. Their track record is no better than yours or mine. They have a habit of failing! So, why am I suddenly advocating taking more... read more here
Top of The South News with Jenny Pomeroy
15 Jun 2016
Like all regions it’s been a busy couple of months with tournaments on many weekends, IP Trials, club champs well underway, learners’ lessons in full swing and I have even had a grammar lesson from Richard Solomon! (no charge!)... read more here
Recent High Session Scores in May
14 Jun 2016
To average over 73% in a two session tournament is a great achievement. Genevieve and Tim Webb did that last month at Gore with the top two scores anywhere in May and two of the four highest scores in tournaments anywhere this year. They are still... read more here
Tournament Results: Lower North Island
14 Jun 2016
Here are the May 2016 results for the Central Districts and Wellington Regions. The Inter-Provincial results have been shown already and are not repeated here. Upper Hutt Open Pairs (1st May ) Feilding Intermediate Pairs (7th May)... read more here
Tournament Results: South Island
14 Jun 2016
Here are the results for May for the South Island regions. Once again, the Inter-Provincial week-end has been ignored. Look at that huge percentage at Gore for Genevieve and Tim Webb winning a two session tournament by over 32%. Naturally, they... read more here
TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Upper North Island
14 Jun 2016
Here are the May 2016 results from the upper North Island. The Inter-Provincial Results have been shown previously and are not included in these or the other areas' results. High Session scores follows as well. Kerikeri Open Pairs... read more here
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11 Jun 2016
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Our Kids Can Enjoy Bridge with Your Help
10 Jun 2016
We bridge players are used to hearing comments made like “My grandmother plays bridge.” The comments we want to hear more of are ones like: “My grandchildren are playing bridge…and love the game.” New... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
10 Jun 2016
Wild Weather and Hands The dealing machine was certainly in tune with the elements this Wednesday night and threw up some freaky hands with awkward decisions in the bidding and play. One of the more awkward ones came early in the evening.... read more here
AUCKLAND NEWS with Douglas Russell
8 Jun 2016
Douglas's co-correspondent. Read on to find out more. Well, the weather in Auckland might be pretty chilly at the moment, but the bridge is hot hot hot, with tournaments just about every weekend (and more) to... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
8 Jun 2016
“Be Prepared” That’s the motto for boy scouts and for bridge players, especially defenders. You know those precious few moments when you as a defender see dummy…and the declarer does their thinking about how to play the... read more here
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