Tournament Reporting

No sooner had we published the new tournament report form required by NZBridge than they decided to update it! 

The new form is available here.  Tournament organisers are requested to complete the form and forward it to NZBridge following all official tournaments run by the Club.

Training for Club Directors

 

Waikanae Multigrade Pairs

 Details of our next major event:

Duty Officers

The Club is currently short of volunteers to carry out the functions of Duty Officer as follows:

• Monday afternoons - August and November
• Tuesday evenings - October
• Thursday afternoons - October

If you can assist in filling any of these vacancies please contact Ann Verboeket.

The Duty Officer's responsibilities are set out below: Ann will ensure that any new volunteers have someone to guide them when they first start.

2026 Charity Tournament

This year's Waikanae/Paraparaumu Charity tournament took place on Sunday 28th June, in support of this year's charity, Kaibosh.

We were delighted to have 20 tables for the afternoon, with 17 pairs from Paraparaumu.

The competition winners were:

1st North/South and 1st overall - Graham Cheater and Jeanne Wardill

1st East/West and 2nd overall - Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick

The winner of the main raffle prize (a trailer load of firewood valued at $200) was won by Maureen Pratchett (who doesn’t own a woodburner!)

The "Baby Photo" competition (organised by Anne Ricketts) was won by Margaret Gordon.

Special thanks are due to:

• Margaret Gordon, who not only organised the event but also - almost single-handedly - ran the kitchen
• Anne Ricketts - Director
• Murray Lobb - Scorer
• Marg Gott - for running what was probably the best raffle in the club’s history
• Derek Snelling and Steve Ricketts - for running the bar

Thanks also to all Waikanae members who brought a plate, and to everyone who generously brought an additional food item for donation to Kaibosh.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the day - a worthy cause well supported and a fun afternoon of bridge.

The raffle prizes
(1st prize not included!)

Congratulations to
the winners

Isobel speaking
on behalf of Kaibosh

I’ll let you know how much money we raised as soon as the numbers have been crunched!

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 -

NZBridge Newsletter

The latest newsletter from the Chair of NZBridge is available here.