https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz en-nz Tauranga Bridge Club 30 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:03:28 +1200 daily 1 https://www.website.world https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985627 On the weekend our club members played the Tauranga Open Teams tournament and the Cambridge Junior Pairs. The notable results are: Tauranga Open Teams: 1st - Jenna Gibbons & Christine Gibbons and team mates 5th - Lyn Bailie & Diane Rodger, Kay Wright & Julie Downs 6th - Judy Pawson & Judy McLeod, Hugh McAlister & Diana McAlister Congratulations everyone ! Click on the heading to see all the more results and achievements. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985627 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/610712 “I'd like a review of the bidding with all of the original inflections” - George Kaufman Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/610712 Quote https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/794505 Take a listen to the latest podcast. This is a great radio programme just for bridge. Hosts, Barry and Mereana, put a new spin on the game and have fun. Click on the link below to get the latest podcast or click on the heading to read more... Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/794505 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/623346 Well done Kate Terry for winning the 2020 Daytime Championship Singles. Click on the heading to view all the winners from 2015 to 2020... Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/623346 Draft https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/965021 The Boston Cup teams started on 6TH May. Get your costumes ready and wear them on the MondAY 27th May (the last day of the Boston Cup) and join in the fun!!! Mon, 1 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/965021 Draft https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987924 This Sunday we have the first of our monthly supervised play sessions for the year with play starting at 1pm, no partners required. .... Click on the heading to read Mike's update. Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987924 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987793 Can I draw your attention to two upcoming events which you may not know much about? Pot-Luck Pairs is on Thursday March 14 ... And a 6-month knockout Rubber Bridge competiton is coming up.... Click on the heading to find out more. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987793 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987794 Our weekly lunchtime club session kicks off for the year on Monday 4 March... Click on the heading to find out more. Mon, 4 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987794 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/965127 As scheduled, the bridge club rooms are closed on Tuesday 25 April - there is no bridge on Anzac Day Fri, 1 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/965127 Draft https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987299 One of our club members, Angela Newton, had a goal to compete in the 'Coast to Coast' multi-sport event. This year she achieved her goal. Well done Angela - this a huge achievement!!! Mike Newton has written a great article about Angela's experience. Click on the heading to read the article and see the photos of Angela in action! Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987299 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987223 Our bridge year has started again, we have had a very successful Congress (many thanks to all those who assisted), and there are lots of positive signs around. This is going to be a great year. There are a few changes to the 2024 Programme we must make, mainly because of unforeseen clashes. Click on the heading to find out more... Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987223 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987161 It is my absolute pleasure to inform you that our very own Kate Terry will be representing New Zealand in the Women’s Team at the World Bridge Games in Argentina later this year... Click on the heading to read more... Fri, 9 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/987161 Home Members https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/986391 2024 EVENING PROGRAMME - Calling all interested Open, Intermediate and Junior members. Many of you will have noticed a progressive increase in specific events which we hope will attract more Junior and Intermediate players to evening and Teams bridge.... Click on the heading to find out more... Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/986391 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/956985 The Home page has been updated so that tournaments in the near future will now appear on the Home page under the 'Looking for a challenge' section. Click in the links and it will take you to NZ Bridge to register for the tournament. Also, the 'Tournament Calendar' has been updated with ALL bridge tournaments through to the end of December 2024. Click on the 'Tournaments' menu on the website and a calendar will appear. Click on any calendar entry to find the link to NZ Bridge to register. Take a look and book into any tournaments that interest you. Contact Deidre with any feedback. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/956985 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985609 'Back to Bridge' Improver Seminars start next Wednesday. These are for anyone who wants to develop their game, dust off some old skills and learn a few new ones. Thanks to those who have already signed up!... Click on the heading to find out the dates and lession topics... Sat, 6 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985609 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985181 Pete has finished his Brain Buster series, though all the previous video plus much much more are available on YouTube. Click on the link below to find Peter Hollands' videos. Watch, enjoy and challenge yourself! Please contact Deidre or Mike if you have any queries. Fri, 5 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985181 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985586 I hope you have had a fabulous Christmas and New Year with family and friends. I spent Christmas with family in Hawkes Bay and ... Click on the heading to read more... Fri, 5 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985586 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985561 You may remember in December, that a new Committee page has been setup to enable the committee members to communicate and collaborate through the website. Security has now been added!... click on the heading to find out more... Thu, 4 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985561 Committee https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985563 There have been requests to enable more collaboration, so I have added a discussion forum .... click on the heading for more information... Thu, 4 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985563 Committee https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985562 This is a test blog for the committee. Thu, 4 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985562 Test https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985335 "The "About Us" page has been resdesigned and now has a completely new look. Meet our 2024 Sponsors on the new look "About Us" page. Scroll down the page and you will see all our sponsors - wait a while and you will see the Sponsors scroll across the page! Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985335 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863729 Click on the heading to watch this awesome video... Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863729 Drafts https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985192 "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... Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985192 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985145 The quote of the week has returned to the website. Each week, a quote will appear on the home page. Enjoy! Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985145 OldNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985134 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) Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985134 Committee https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985036 The home page on the website has been freshened up - I hope you like it! Any feedback, please contact Deidre. Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/985036 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/962971 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. Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/962971 Draft https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/984688 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. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/984688 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/961931 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. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/961931 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/984860 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 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/984860 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/963570 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. Mon, 4 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/963570 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/984620 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. Fri, 1 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/984620 MoreNews https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/969038 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... Thu, 7 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/969038 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/791941 Read more about the History of this club... Thu, 7 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/791941 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628871 How to count your losers Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628871 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628868 As Declarer Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628868 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628867 As Defender Fri, 9 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628867 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628865 4 key points for playing in Notrumps Fri, 2 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628865 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/638126 Leads against a slam Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/638126 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628875 Improving your card sense... Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628875 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/635961 Sure can, just click on the link to find out how Wed, 9 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/635961 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628874 Practice on your own... Fri, 4 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628874 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628873 Undertake a regular review of your lessons... Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/628873 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619230 When giving partner a ruff Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619230 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/629054 Take the test... Click on the heading to go to the quiz Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/629054 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619229 Leading a short suit Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619229 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619228 Lead during play Fri, 7 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619228 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/627398 Take the test... Click on the heading to go to the quiz Sat, 1 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/627398 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619225 Following to Partner's lead Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619225 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619224 One doesn't lead the same against 6NT as against 3NT Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619224 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/626221 Test yourself on this quiz. Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/626221 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619219 Don't count shortage before the bidding starts ! Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619219 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619220 Doubling artificial bids Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619220 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619182 How to handle 2 five card suits Fri, 3 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619182 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619187 How to handle the 1NT overcall Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/619187