Prostate Cancer

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.  It provides a timely opportunity to promote greater awareness of prostate cancer and to encourage men in their 40s, 50s and 60s to have regular prostate health checks with their doctor.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ and Calvin Chua Philanthropic Trust have prepared the following short information piece on prostate cancer to encourage men to have regular prostate cancer checks with their doctor:

Recent Results

Hutt Intermediate Pairs 29th August

Craig Jackson and Murray Lobb were 4th overall (1st E/W am). Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick were 6th and Karen Eriksen and Jude Lucas 7th. Well done to all.

Otaki Junior Pairs 23rd August 

Congratulations to Steph Cheeseman and Jim Gordon, who were 2nd overall (by a tight margin of only 2 match points), finishing 1st N/S in the morning session and 1st E/W in the afternoon.

Otaki Intermediate Pairs 23rd August 

Chris Farrow and James Winskill were 3rd N/S in the morning session, and Vicky Young and Lorraine Gaffaney were 3rd E/W.  In the afternoon session Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick placed 3rd E/W, with Megan Bruynel and Craig Jackson 5th.

Karori Open Swiss Pairs

Graeme Norman and his partner placed 5th.  John Donbavand and his partner were in 9th place.

Upper Hutt Multigrade 16th August

In the morning session Naciye Bagci and her partner were 1st N/S.  Suzanne Duncan and her partner were 3rd N/S.

In the afternoon session Ryan Crowley and his partner were 5th= N/S.

Overall, Naciye Bagci and her partner placed 6th in a field of 40 with 56.22%.

KHAP 

In the latest round of the Kapiti Horowhenua Area Pairs (KHAP), Anthea Black and Naciye Bagci were 1st, Pryor Rowland and Nicky Bradley 2nd, and Kevin and Helen Walker 3rd.  Full results available here.

Horowhenua/Kapiti Quadrangular Tournament

This year's Horowhenua/Kapiti Quadrangular Tournament (colloquially known simply as the "Quad") will take place at Waikanae on Saturday 19th September.

The Waikanae team for this event is selected by the Bridge Advisory Group (BAG), who would like to thank all those who expressed interest in playing for our club, noting that “it was a challenge ... to separate those chosen from the other pairs”.

The team is as follows:

Open -
Pryor Rowland and John Donbavand
Derek Snelling and Isobel Ross

Intermediate -
Miriam Lewin and Suzanne Duncan
Karen Eriksen and Jude Lucas

Junior -
Stephanie Cheeseman and Jim Gordon
Hugh Wolfensohn and Judi Vernau

Waikanae players are asked to bring a plate for morning tea.

If you would like to assist in any capacity on the day please contact Nicky Bradley, who has kindly volunteered to organise the event.

NZBridge Tournament Regulations

NZBridge have advised that the NZBridge Manual will no longer be produced, as all the information it contains is available on their website.

From 1st October the latest Tournament Regulations will come into force: they are available here, along with an accompanying explanatory note.

Practice Sessions for Juniors at Otaki

Otaki Bridge Club invites Juniors, especially Novices, to play in their guided practice sessions. The sessions are on Wednesday evenings from 7pm and will run until approximately the end of November.  Table money is $5. 

Junior/Novice Tournament

As a new initiative, we're organising a half day tournament for Junior and Novice players only, to be held on Saturday 10th October.

Details are as follows: 

• one session only commencing at 1.00pm
• entry fee $20.00 (payable to our Bank Account [02-0591-0005881-00] in advance or in cash on the day)
• strictly limited to junior and novice players below the rank of Club Master
• XG handicapped
• played under our "Monday Rules" (a copy of which will be provided in advance and displayed at each table on the day)
• C points only
• no more than 26 boards
• drinks and finger food on completion

Entries from Paraparaumu, Otaki and Levin are warmly welcomed.

You can enter by email to waikanaebridge@gmail.com.

I'll provide more detailed information nearer the time.

Vice President

I'm delighted to announce that the Committee at its meeting yesterday (10th August) unanimously elected Judi Vernau as Vice President of the Club.

Under our Constitution the Vice President is "the Officer elected by the Committee to deputise for the President as required".

Congratulations Judi!