Waikanae Junior Pairs 2026

 Calling all Junior and Novice players:

NZBridge Board - Election Cycle 2026

Two current members will retire by rotation and both are eligible for re-election.

Open Days at Rymans

 Published for information at the request of Charles Fleming Village.

 

Recent Results

Kapi-Mana Multigrade Pairs 4th October 

Congratulations to Graeme Norman and Murray Lobb who finished 3rd with a score of 56.76%.  Both John Donbavand and his partner and Karen Eriksen and Jude Lucas recorded top 10 finishes in a field of 38 pairs.

Wellington Region "Hui"

Further to my previous post about the Wellington Region "Hui", the Minutes of the meeting are available here. The full set of meeting papers may be found on the Wellington Region Bridge website.

Recent NZBridge Ranking Updates

As at 30th September, Graeme Norman is ranked 103rd in the top 200 all-time Masterpoints winners list.

John Donbavand is 8th in the Life Master category, and Stella Jury (who has only very recently joined the club) is 1st in the Master category.

Congratulations to all three.

Precision Lessons

John Donbavand and Pryor Rowland are offering to provide a course of lessons in the Precision system, subject to sufficient interest (and Committee agreement as to the administrative details). Players would learn the basic Precision system that is approved for Intermediate tournaments.

The lessons would take place in February next year. They would be available to players of Intermediate level and above. It is anticipated that those taking the course would later have the opportunity to play a series with a partner with experience playing Precision.

If you're interested in this opportunity please contact either John or Pryor by email not later than 31st October, with the following information:

Name:

Grade:

Have used Precision system before: Yes/No

Available in February: Yes/No

Preferred session times: day of week, morning/afternoon/evening

Interested players may also wish to reserve a gap in their 2027 programme for the practice series.

Contact details for John and Pryor are as follows:

John - johndonbavand@hotmail.com

Pryor - pryorrowland@gmail.com