Waikanae Bridge
National Congress 2025
Results
All Congress results are available here.
Congress Matchpoint Swiss Pairs
Many congratulations to Murray Lobb and Viv Gray,
winners by a substantial margin.
NZ Pairs
Many congratulations to Chris Farrow and James Winskill, 2nd in a field of 89.
Junior
Well done (again) to Murray Lobb and Craig Jackson (the latter on his birthday) - 4th in a field of 20.
Congress Teams
Congratulations also to Pryor Rowland and Anthea Black on their team's 2nd place in the Congress Open Restricted Teams event.
Pryor's team also finished in 10th place in the NZ Restricted Teams event.
NZ Swiss Pairs
Congratulations to Murray Lobb and Craig Jackson, who won the NZ Junior Swiss Pairs with a 7-0-2 record.
Pryor Rowland and his partner finished in 12th place (in a field of 78) in the NZ Restricted Swiss Pairs.
Chris Farrow and James Winskill were 18th (in a field of 76) in the NZ Intermediate Swiss Pairs.
Novice Event Guest Speakers
Melbourne Cup Day
Lots of great outfits for our Melbourne Cup event. Well done and thank you to all who took part.
"In Brief"
Neighbours
The above message from Richard Solomon was recently published on the NZBridge website's "All News" page.
Thank you Paraparam - your appreciation is appreciated!!
Waikanae Junior Pairs
The event was very well supported with 15 full tables and players from a wide range of clubs from as far afield as Palmerston North and Wellington. 24 Waikanae members entered the event, including a significant number of our novice players - well done to them.
I would like to thank everybody who contributed to a great day, but in particular:
- Chris Farrow for his excellent organisation of the event and for also handling the scoring (which was not without incident!)
- Anne Ricketts for directing in her usual calm and relaxed manner
- Vicky Young and Roz King for the catering
- Rae Lutman, Ady Dale and Fiona McDonald-Bates for their general assistance and running the bar
The event was won by the novice pairing of Miriam Tankersley and Victoria Liddicoat from Palmerston North - a great effort from such a young pairing. In second place were Julie Affleck and Steve Parsons from Otaki, and 3rd were our own Di Andrews and Phil Gavey.
Outside the top three, the top Novice/Novice pair were David Chalmers (Waikanae) and Corinda Taylor (Paraparaumu) and the top Junior/Novice pair were Ellie Molloy and Angus Kirtlan (Hutt).
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| (photos courtesy of Chris Farrow) |
Many congratulations to all the winners.
Thank you to everyone for your support - I hope you enjoyed your afternoon.
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| (photo courtesy of Rae Lutman) |
Looking for a Home
Anita writes:
Millie is nine years old and has been used to life with an older gentleman who gave her lots of love and attention — though not as much in recent times. None of his family are able to take her, so we’re hoping to find her a new home.
Millie would suit a quiet household, ideally with no cats (she likes to chase them!) and someone who can offer her the companionship she’s used to. She enjoyed regular walks and is a gentle, affectionate wee dog who will likely feel a bit disoriented for a while.
If you, or perhaps someone you know, perhaps has recently lost a dog and isn’t looking for a puppy, please get in touch with me. I’d love to see her go to a caring home rather than to HUHA or the SPCA.
Can anyone help?
Melbourne Cup Day
Melbourne Cup Day Celebration - Monday 3rd November
Next Monday we celebrate Melbourne Cup Day, which coincides with our monthly afternoon tea.
For our new players, to enter into the Cup fever, you may choose to dress up.
There are prizes for best dressed, female and male, and for the best hat.
You may like to place some bets, $2.00, on the horses, prior to the start of bridge.
Please come along and join in the fun!
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