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Our vision: "To provide a safe, friendly and supportive environment for the learning and enjoyment of competitive bridge”

Waikanae Bridge

Waikanae Bridge

Tip of the Month

For the past 10 months, we have been posting on the notice board a "Tip of the Month" to explain  different parts of the bridge laws.  These have also appeared in the monthly newsletter and on "Hugh's News".

We would like to hear from you - do you read these? do you find them useful? And mostly, do you have any ideas for a topic you would like to see explained? Please email secretary@waikanaebridge.nz with any comments both negative and positive.

This month's tip -

2026 Charity Tournament

This year's Waikanae/Paraparaumu Charity tournament will take place on Sunday 28th June.

This year's charity is Kaibosh.

Detailed information can be found below (also available on the noticeboard). 

Waikanae players are asked to please bring a plate and an item for donation to Kaibosh (see below):


Team Selection

The following message is from Graham Cheater on behalf of the BAG:

The Bridge Advisory Group (BAG) is tasked by the Committee to select a team to represent the club in the Regional Club Championship and also the Quadrangular match where Waikanae compete against Otaki, Levin and Paraparaumu.

We have encouraged members to consider being part of the team in the forthcoming Regional Championship, 12th July. We received some interest but would have liked to see more.

For those members who wish to be considered for the Quadrangular match on 19th September BAG will be selecting 2 pairs from each main grade viz Open, Intermediate and Junior.  To assist in the selection process BAG will look at current XG ratings but particular consideration will be made of current partnership results and most notably in this year's past tournaments and also forthcoming local tournaments (Charity Tournament 28th June, Waikanae Multigrade 2nd August and Novice/Junior Pairs 10th October).

Tournament Organisation

The Committee has approved a new top-level guide to the organisation and running of tournaments at the Club:



The document is available on the Club website here.

Recent Results

KHAP

In the latest round of the Kapiti Horowhenua Area Pairs, Lorraine Gaffaney and Vicky Young were 2nd (with 59.58%), Maureen Pratchett and Vivienne Cannell 3rd, Ady Dale and Marg Gott 4th, and Anthea Black and Naciye Bagci 6th. 

Upper Hutt Multigrade Pairs - Sunday 14th June

Congratulations to Murray Lobb and Graeme Norman on their 2nd place finish, and also to John Donbavand and his partner who were 5th.

Karori Junior Pairs - Saturday 6th June

Many congratulations to Liesbet and Phil Gavey who won the event with a score of just under 62%, and also to Lori Dianne Fernando and her partner who were 2nd.

Membership Survey Results

This document is the first part of the report on the findings of the recently-conducted Membership Survey.

A proportion of the feedback received was in the form of text responses: these are still being collated and will be the subject of a further report in due course.