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Waikanae Bridge
Membership Survey Results
Winter Health and Safety
As we move into Winter it's important that we all understand that as a group we are all to one extent or another vulnerable to the full range of seasonal illnesses. With the clubroom doors and windows mostly closed to keep us warm, our germs can spread quickly and easily, and lead to potentially serious consequences for all of us, particularly the older and more susceptible among our number - and our extended families.
I'm not talking here about those chronic non-infectious conditions which affect some of us; these deserve to be - and should be - treated with tolerance and sympathetic understanding.
IF YOU ARE UNWELL PLEASE DO NOT COME TO BRIDGE UNTIL YOU ARE SURE YOU ARE NOT INFECTIOUS.
If you do come when you are unwell, you are not letting your partner down (he or she can always find a replacement for you) - you are letting the whole club down: it's not fair on you and it's not fair on your friends at the club. They will not thank you for playing when you are ill - but they will thank you for staying away and protecting their health as well as your own.
On a separate note, the Committee asks all members to be considerate of those who suffer from allergies and try to avoid making things worse for them. Examples include the wearing of strong perfume or scents, the indiscriminate use of insect killing sprays, or bringing flowers.
Your co-operation will be appreciated.
Calling All Junior and Novice Players!
The new session will be held weekly on Friday evenings, commencing on Friday 14th August at 7.15pm. It will be combined with (but separate from) the existing Friday evening session, will use the same boards, and will be open to all junior and novice players.
Subject to demand, the session will run as a trial for up to 18 weeks until 4th December, and will feature 6 three week series, with players required to have different partners for each series. Recognising that - especially for our newer players - this will all be a new experience, there will be no need for juniors to play the same number of boards or at the same pace as the rest of the room. The minimum number of boards to qualify for C Points will be played, however, and C points will be awarded in accordance with normal practice.
Vivienne Cannell has kindly agreed to direct, at least initially. We very much hope that as many members as possible of this year's learners' class will choose to play and Vivienne will be able to guide those new players on play at a club session.
The Committee would like to emphasise that this new Friday session is additional to and not instead of the established afternoon sessions which attract many of the club's junior players. We hope that it will be of special interest to those junior players who for whatever reason are unable to attend those Monday and Thursday sessions.
If you are a Junior or Novice player and would like to play with others at the same level, please come along to these Friday evening sessions - we'd love to see you!
NZBridge AGM 2026
For those who are interested, the paperwork is available here.
Recent Results
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.
Congress Results
Saturday 30th May
Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick were 2nd in the Intermediate Pairs. Karen Hutchins and Miriam Lewin placed 5th.
In the Open Pairs Graeme Norman and his partner finished 5th N/S and Murray Phillips and his partner were 12th N/S.
The team of Karen Hutchins, Miriam Lewin, Viv Gray and Craig Jackson (seen here in training)
Monday 1st June
Craig Jackson and Viv Gray won the Intermediate Swiss Pairs event.
Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick were 8th, and Karen Hutchins and Miriam Lewin 13th.
Sunday 31st May
finished 5th in the Intermediate Teams competition.
In the the Open Teams Qualifying Graeme Norman's team placed 3rd and Murray Phillips' team were 8th=.
Monday 1st June
Vicki Boffa and Rachel Patrick were 8th, and Karen Hutchins and Miriam Lewin 13th.
Graeme Norman's team were 3rd in the Open Teams Final.
Many congratulations to all concerned.
Detailed Session Results can be found on the Congress website here
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