Recent Results

Otaki Open Swiss Pairs 18th October

John Donbavand and his partner placed 8th and Pryor Rowland and Graham Cheater were 11th.

KHAP Round 8

In the latest round of the Kapiti/Horowhenua Area Pairs, Sue Legat and Ady Dale were 2nd, Murray Lobb and Rae Lutman 3rd, Naciye Bagci and Anthea Black 4th, and Ernie Davis and Marg Gott 5th.

Palmerston North Open Swiss Pairs 11th October

Well done to John Donbavand and Graham Cheater, who placed 5th.

Paraparaumu Multigrade Pairs 11th October

Session Results

In the morning session Ryan Crowley and his partner were 1st N/S, and Nicky Bradley and Suzanne Duncan were 4th N/S.  In the afternoon session Anthea Black and Naciye Bagci were 1st N/S, Stella Jury and Ann Verboeket were 5th N/S, John Donbavand and his partner were 1st E/W, Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick were 3rd E/W and Ady Dale and her partner were 4th E/W.

Overall:

Open/Open - 

John Donbavand and partner 4th

Anthea Black and Naciye Bagci 5th

Open/Intermediate - 

Ady Dale and partner 1st

Stella Jury and Ann Verboeket 3rd

Rae Lutman and partner 4th

Intermediate/Intermediate - 

Nicky Bradley and Suzanne Duncan 3rd

Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick 5th

Congratulations to all, but especially Ady on achieving 1st place in the Open/Intermediate category.

Kapi-Mana Multigrade Pairs 4th October

(Photo: Kapi-Mana Bridge Club)

Congratulations to Graeme Norman and Murray Lobb who finished 3rd with a score of 56.76%.  

Well done also to both John Donbavand and his partner and Karen Eriksen and Jude Lucas who recorded top 10 finishes in a field of 38 pairs.

NZ-Wide Pairs

The NZ-Wide Pairs were contested on the evening of Friday 16th October in 53 clubs around the country (4 more clubs than last year). A total of 795 pairs took part. The event raises money for New Zealand Bridge Foundation in its support for bridge in New Zealand, especially in the development of young players.

The final results nationwide show Waikanae's Graeme Norman and Carol Hogan in 12th place overall and 1st in the Open/Intermediate category, and John Donbavand and Pryor Rowland in 20th position - two great results: congratulations!

The Waikanae-only results were:

N/S 

1st - Graeme Norman and Carol Hogan

2nd - Ann Edwards and Vicky Young

3rd - Jeanne Wardill and Graham Cheater

E/W 

1st - John Donbavand and Pryor Rowland

2nd - Miriam Lewin and Rae Lutman

3rd - Murray Lobb and Viv Gray

A very generous finger food supper was well attended before play - thank you to everyone who contributed. Many thanks also to Chris Farrow who not only organised the evening for us, but also directed.  

NZBridge - Complaints Officer

 

Farewell to Jeanne Wardill

As many of you will already know, Jeanne Wardill is leaving the club and moving to Tauranga to be nearer to her family.

We're planning a farewell gathering for Jeanne, which will take place on Thursday 29th October, commencing at 4.30pm following play.  In keeping with Jeanne's wishes, this will be a "low key" event, with a free glass of bubbles, and speech making kept to a minimum.

All members of the club are warmly invited to come along to say goodbye to not only one of our very best and most successful players but also one of the nicest people any of us could have ever hoped to know.

31 Years

Before play began on the evening of  Tuesday 13th October we marked 31 years of the bridge partnership of Jeanne Wardill and Graham Cheater.  

As a pair, Jeanne and Graham have won the Tuesday Pairs alone on more than 18 occasions, plus countless other events, and have been perhaps the dominant partnership in the club over many years - a remarkable achievement, not least because they’re still speaking to each other!

Many congratulations to them both on a great milestone.

Bridge Regulations

Graham Cheater has kindly contributed the following synopsis of practical guidelines from the new Tournament Regulations, which as of 1st October have superseded the NZBridge Manual published in 2022.

The Regulations are not available in written form but may be found on the NZBridge website here.

Graham writes:

There have not been any significant changes that will impact regular club bridge sessions and most tournaments.

It is however an opportunity to identify a number of issues of which players can be reminded.

1.  A call is not complete until the full bid has been written.  If, for example, a player wishes to make a bid at the 1 level they must write ‘1’ immediately followed by the appropriate symbol viz :

11.3 Players must decide their call before commencing to write (on the bidding pad). Any vacillation among calls may convey unauthorised information and restrict partner’s actions according to Laws 16B1 and 73C.1

2.  If a player holds a hand of undisclosed strength ( i.e. not a passed hand ) and makes a bid that is non-forcing but would, in most natural systems, be considered forcing then that bid must be alerted viz :

11.3.2 Alertable calls over an opponent’s takeout double:

(a) Any bid in a new suit which is non-forcing (except by a passed hand)

(b) Conventional fit-showing jumps

11.3.3 Alertable calls over an opponent’s suit overcall:

(a) Any bid in a new suit which is non-forcing (except by a passed hand)

b) Any natural NT bid which does not promise a stopper in the opponent’s suit

(c) Lebensohl type responses after interference over your 1NT

Slow play

Players are reminded that slow play can adversely affect the concentration and enjoyment for players. Directors, in the interest of harmony, are reluctant to impose penalties but if necessary the recommended procedure dealing with slow play is as follows:

• 1st infringement: a warning is given
• 2nd and all subsequent infringements: a penalty of 25% of the available matchpoints for that board can be applied.

Multi 2 diamonds

This convention is not permitted to be used in tournaments restricted to Novice and Junior players.

5-Year Strategic Finance Plan

At its meeting on 12th October the Committee approved a 5-Year Strategic Finance Plan for the club:

The document is also available here.

The Committee will be holding a special budget planning meeting in November to discuss the implementation of the Plan and the financial forecast.