Tauranga Bridge Club

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"I just wanted to send out a message before we all get too caught up in the holiday spirit, this time next week I'll be in Hastings unwrapping presents with the kids! Bridge at the club is now finished for the year with no holiday bridge this week. It was great to see so many players taking advantage of our new holiday bridge initiative that allows anyone to show up without a partner and be guaranteed a game. ... I just wanted to send out a message before we all get too caught up in the holiday spirit, this time next week I'll be in Hastings unwrapping presents with the kids! Bridge at the club is now finished for the year with no holiday bridge this week. It was great to see so many players taking advantage of our new holiday bridge initiative that allows anyone to show up without a partner and be guaranteed a game... Click on the heading to read more...

The quote of the week has returned to the website. Each week, a quote will appear on the home page. Enjoy!

Hi fellow committee members, I have set up a "Committee News" feed - these are blogs that will ONLY be displayed on this page (i.e. they will not appear on the home page (these blogs are tagged as "Committee"). This could be used for reminders or anything that you want to inform the committee about. (Mike, you might want to use this feature)

The Sunday daytime bridge sessions will start on Sunday 18th March. These sessions are monthly on the 3rd Sunday of every month from February through to November BUT will be weekly from 16 June - Aug 18. Please be seated by 1:15 for 1:30pm start. All grades welcome. Please watch the website for any changes to the Sunday sessions.

The home page on the website has been freshened up - I hope you like it! Any feedback, please contact Deidre.

Yes, Holiday Bridge will run over December and January. The club is trialing a new initiative for ALL holiday bridge. You do not need to arrange a partner. Mike Newton (or substitute) will be available as a ‘reserve’ (spare player). If two players arrive without prearranged partners, they will play together. Holiday Bridge will be face-to-face at the Bridge Club. Click on the heading above for Holiday Bridge dates.

You can now view the club programme on this website. Take a look at the "Club Calendar" menu above...You can also upload this calendar into your own Google calendar - click on the headinging to find out how.... Contact Deidre with any feedback or amendments.

If you weren't able to make it along to the Chirstmas Party on Saturday 7 December, you missed a fantastic day of food, drink, laughter and even some cards played! I've included a very small selection of photos of the day, mostly of committee members except I just had to include one of Ron and his absolutely stunning outfit. A complete selection of photos will be posted to the website in due course. We have Holiday Bridge starting this week on Monday night, Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon and all are welcome! So that you have no reason not to attend, we are this summer trialling having a standby player at the club for all our Holiday Bridge sessions. So you can come along without a partner and you will be guaranteed a game! See you at the table! Mike Newton - President

A fun day was had by all who attend the Tauranga Christmas Party and Prize Giving. Trophies earned throught the year were presented follwed by a yummy lunch and a fun afternoon of bridge. The winners were: 1st North/South Gillian Corbett & Rebecca Osborne, 1st East/West Diana McAlister & Tracey Mancer. Congratulations everyone and Merry Christmas!!! Click on the heading to see all the more results and achievements. To find a tournament to play, take a look at the tournament calendar click on the link below.

Congratulations to David Fornusek. David has been appointed as our new club administrator. Welcome David! Click on the heading to read the Mike's update.

Special thanks to Simon Eminson who noticed this hand and wrote up this 'Hand of the Week'... Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are playing this hand - an entertaining and informative read. Click on the link to see this hand...