401173 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz en-nz Tauranga Bridge Club 30 2021 Bridge Lessons https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/594667 Starting 9th March, 2020 at 7:15pm. Our Tutor is Kate Terry. Click on the heading to get more information... 003, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/594667 Christmas Party https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/883709 Another great party and fun had by all. Click n the heading to see a couple of photos. More to come soon... 051, 19 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/883709 What a Wonderful Club ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/883542 Click on the link if you want the words to the song sung by the choir at the Christmas party. 051, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/883542 2021 Programme online https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/849735 Click on the link below... 051, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/849735 Holiday Bridge https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/588959 Monday evenings, Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Click on the heading to check the dates... 051, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/588959 2020 AGM https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/883183 Click on the link below to read the full report and proceedings of the AGM held n the 8th December 2020 050, 9 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/883183 2021 Committee has been elected ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/850413 Click on the link below to view the full committee for 2021... 050, 9 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/850413 Tournament Success for 2020 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/851714 Congratulations to the members who have had success at recent Christmas tournaments. Click on the heading to view all tournament successes for Tauranga... 050, 8 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/851714 Subscriptions 2021 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/588160 $65 for full membership and $45 for Associate members. Please pay via your Hello Club Account if you can or pay at the club with eftpos. Click on the heading for more details... 049, 3 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/588160 Women's Inter-Provincial Success ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/882490 Congratulations to the Waikato-Bays IP team made up of 3 club members who bought home the bacon (and a trophy). Click on the heading to read more... 048, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/882490 Waikato Bays Junior Championship League https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/744083 A very disruptive year in 2020, but we still got a result. Sadly no Tauranga players in the prize money this year. Click on the heading to view the events in the League 044, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/744083 The Judith Howard League https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/851719 CONGRATULATIONS Graham Young and Jan Gyenge for taking out the quinella for 2020. Click on the heading to read more... 044, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/851719 Waikato Bays Intermediate Championship League https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/744082 The final results are in after a disruptive year. No Tauranga members featured in the prize money for 2020, so bring on 2021 ! Click on the heading to read more and view the 8 events that are eligible for this League... 044, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/744082 Next tournament in Tauranga https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/680057 30th January to 1st February 2021: Tauranga Mini Congress 044, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/680057 Guess what is coming to town ? https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/878246 Good news everyone...NZ Bridge has confirmed the National Congress will be held at the Baypark Arena next year and long term. Click on the link to read about it and click on the heading to see what it means to us. 040, 1 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/878246 Bridge Parody of the musical "Hamilton" https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/877964 Click on the heading to view this fun video created by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL)... 040, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/877964 BREAKING NEWS https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/876205 The Tauranga Bridge Club has been granted two tournaments for Saturday the 26th September... Click on the heading to read more... 038, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/876205 Bridge Club will open on the 18th September https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/873300 Click on the heading to read the President's message ... 038, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/873300 Tauranga-Mount Pairs on BBO https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/873216 Congratulations Dot Skousgaard & Pam Bell for winning the last BBO Tournament on the 16th Sept. Congratulations Judy Pawson for winning the ladder after 16 sessions on BBO. The club opens Friday 18th Sept... yipppeee. Click on the heading to see the results and the Tournament schedule... 038, 16 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/873216 Please register to play on Friday Sept 18 and Monday Sept 21 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/876029 While on Alert level 2, we cannot have any more than 24 tables playing, so please click on the link below to take you to the registration page... 038, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/876029 How to join the Tauranga & Mount BBO tournaments https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/873214 We will continue these tournaments while on Level 2 or higher. Click on the heading to read more... 033, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/873214 Championship Event winners 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... 031, 1 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/623346 Online Bridge - Thursday afternoon BBO Sessions https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/868206 Prizes for the overall ladder got to.... 1st= Lyn Bailie & Diane Diane Rodger, 2nd= Carol Cullen and Mike Nicholson and 3rd Kay Wright. Click on the heading to view results and the full Ladder... 031, 30 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/868206 Our sponsors https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/790056 are a big part of our club. They are all local, so please support them as well as they support us. To view a complete list of our sponsors, click on the link below 029, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/790056 Farewell Amanda and Stephen https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/869543 Whilst we celebrated the return to bridge recently, we also had to say farewell to two long serving members. Click on the heading to read more... 028, 11 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/869543 Bridge is good for you ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/867718 Click on the heading to view this news item... 025, 19 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/867718 BBO Tournaments for the Tauranga & Mount clubs https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/862176 Congratulations Stacey Hilton & Graham Young for winning the Friday Pairs on 19th June. Well done Graham for winning the Daytime Pairs ladder (by 1 point over Heather) and to Kate & Judy for winning the Speedball Ladder. That is the last of the Lockdown events. We will run a Daytime Pairs every Thursday at 2:00 pm for at least a month, starting 25th June. Click on the heading to see the event details and results of each tournament... 025, 19 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/862176 Rubber Bridge 2020 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/864696 The first National Competition in the Waikato-Bays Region, since lockdown began, will begin soon. Click on the heading to read more... 021, 22 May 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/864696 Why play bridge https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863729 Click on the heading to watch this awesome video... 020, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863729 Who won a bottle of wine recently at a tournament ? https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863405 Click on the heading to read more... 019, 7 May 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863405 Bridge and the impact of Covid-19 - research participants wanted https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863392 Prof. Samantha Punch works in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling and you may have heard her being interviewed on the Bridge Zone. Click on the heading to read more... 019, 7 May 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863392 97 year old Sybil Cornell from Auckland gives BBO a pluc ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863145 Click on the link below to watch this on TV1... 019, 5 May 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/863145 Tauranga-Mount Pairs on BBO https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/861128 Now running on Tuesdays and Friday at 2:00pm and finishing around 4:00pm. You must be signed up to BBO and have a user name before you can participate. Click on the heading to read more... 019, 5 May 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/861128 BBO (Bridge Base Online) https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858249 Do you need to know how to use BBO ? If so, click on the link below to access a document that will help you get started and find your way around. If you click on the heading, you will be able to see a small video that is helpful for those not used to the alerting process... 018, 26 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858249 St George’s Day celebrated https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/861030 Click on the heading to view... 017, 25 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/861030 First ever online committee meeting https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/860527 Your committee met on the 21st April via Zoom video and audio conference. We had a great meeting (joined by various pets, saw a few non-bridge playing partners in the background and got a sneak peek of one another’s home décor ). It is really good to be able to communicate in this way when we can't meet face to face. Click on the heading to see a committee meeting in progress... 017, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/860527 We took up the challenge https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/859157 Thanks Andrea Andresen for challenging us to partake in the nation wide rendition of Pokarakare Ana on the 18th April 2020 at 3pm. Click on the heading to view the video... 017, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/859157 Play Bridge online the Waikato Bays Region https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858689 The Region is running BBO tournament for those in our area and aimed for the mainly newer players. If you are interested, click on the link to read more... 016, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858689 Keeping in touch via Zoom https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858378 Many are communicating with each other many ways. Recently a group got together to celebrate Judy Pawson's 70th birthday. Click on the heading to view a photo of the gathering... 015, 9 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858378 Happy 100th Birthday Ivy McKinley https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858253 Many will fondly remember Ivy McKinley and member of our club for many years who now lives in Auckland. Ivy turned 100 on the 3rd April. A great milestone. Click on the heading to read more... 015, 8 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/858253 A good Bridge article by GeO Tislevoll (from Auckalnd) https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857838 Click on the link to open the document... 014, 1 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857838 Master Bridge on TV https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857727 Master Bridge was a TV series created and broadcast in England in 1983. The Pakistani expert, Zia Mahmood, stars in both series. Click on the heading to view a couple of series... 014, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857727 When will the club open again ? https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857193 Your guess is as good as ours ! A this stage we do not think it will not before the 27th April. A revised programme with various options has been drawn up, but of course it can change any day, so keep a watch on this page. Click on the link to view the revised programme... 013, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857193 Welfare team https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857187 Click on the heading to find out who can help if you need it... 013, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857187 Free downloads to help you fill in the hours and days https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857199 Click on the heading to read more... 013, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857199 Play Bridge online https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857117 How are you going during this uncertain and unsettling time ? Click on the heading to read about playing online... 013, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/857117 IMPORTANT MESSAGE No. 1 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/856747 Please click on the heading to read a message from our President re the COVID-19 virus and club closedown period... 012, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/856747 That virus ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/856391 Given the Covid-19 virus has now be declared a pandemic we need to be careful when among our members and friends at the bridge club. Please read on by clicking the heading... 011, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/856391 New Handicaps calculations for club events https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/854448 Click on the heading to read more... 010, 3 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/854448 Gold Coast Congress hits the 9 News https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/854081 There are 10 members of the Tauranga club competing. Click on the link to watch the news 010, 3 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/854081 We have gone keyless !! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/852972 Click on the heading to read more... 007, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/852972 Woo Hoo ! Two of our club members have been selected to represent NZ https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/852968 Well done Jo and Sam Simpson who have been selected for the NZ Mixed teams to play in the World Teams Championships at Salsomaggiore, Italy in August 2020. 006, 5 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/852968 Christmas Party a great success again https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/851260 Well done all for making this a happy occassion. A special thanks to the committee and choir for their hard work. Photos are yet to be received, but in the meantime click on the heading to hear the choir... 002, 8 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/851260 Tournament Success for 2019 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/815906 Well done Jo Simpson & Christine Gibbons for coming 2nd & 5th in the Rotorua Christmas tournament Click on the heading to view all tournament successes for Tauranga... 050, 9 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/815906 Melbourne Cup winners https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/847913 Congratulations Alan Turner and Sue Grieg for winning the best dressed man and woman and to all the winners of the 11 Sweepstakes run on the day. Click on the heading to see if you were a winner... 045, 6 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/847913 Congratulations Mavis for becoming the 5th member of our club to reach 100 ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/846357 Well done Mavis Meyer for reaching this wonderful milestone and allowing the club to celebrate with you and your family yesterday. 35 tables turned out, which is a mark of respect for such a wonderful woman. We all love you. Enjoy your special day ! Click on the heading to view photos... 041, 9 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/846357 2019 National Congress successes https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/845930 Click on the heading to read all about it... 041, 8 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/845930 Please support our sponsors... https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/845929 A special thank you to our new sponsor for 2019, Cooper Young Construction who is based in Tauranga. Click on the link to go to their website. 040, 2 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/845929 The Open WB Trophy comes home ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/843586 Congrats to our Open Team who won the Open Teams trophy on the weekend. Also a great result from our Junior team who were 2nd, by a whisker. Click on the heading to read more... 035, 26 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/843586 Waikato-Bays Rubber Bridge Champions https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/843229 Well done Sam and Jo Simpson for winning the knock-out Rubber Bridge competition for the Region. Click on the link to read more... 034, 20 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/843229 Cambridge Sixes 2019 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/842997 A few Tauranga players ventured over the hill recently and played in this great event. There were 42 teams in all. The organising was great, the venue was fantastic and the food was fabulous. Click on the heading to view the photos and see what silly things some of us got up to.... 033, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/842997 Merle Marr - RIP https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/842952 It is with sadness we report that a New Zealand Bridge legend and past member of our club, passed away on the the 14th August 2019. Our condolences to Bruce and Merle's family at this sad time. She will be missed. 033, 14 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/842952 Congratulations Jo https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/842270 Woo hoo ... on the weekend, Jo did enough by winning the North Island Pairs with Sam, to become a Silver Grand Master. Well done Jo, our 3rd Silver GM this year ! 032, 6 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/842270 Hello Club 5th Aug update https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/832971 To view your transactions, click on the Hello Club tab on our website. When in your account, you can see what you have been charged for: Click on the Finance section then click on Account Credit to view the details. 032, 5 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/832971 Congratulations Norm ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/837147 Woo hoo ... on the weekend, Norm got the last 2 A points he needed to become a Silver Grand Master. Well done Norm, looks like you celebrated in style ! 031, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/837147 2019 BOP Interclub Teams https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/837159 What a great weekend for Tauranga. We won the the BOP Interclub teams in Rotorua. Click on the heading to read more... 031, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/837159 Famous people who play or have played bridge https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/834620 You may know some of the famous people who play bridge, but some may surprise you ! Click on the heading to read more... 029, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/834620 47th Boston Cup another hit https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/831442 Victories for women ! Not only did a women's team take out the trophy but a women's team won the Handicap sections as well. Click on the link to view the photos or the heading to view the result... 022, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/831442 Congratulations Sam ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/830821 Sam Simpson is now a Silver Grand Master which means he has over 2500 Masterpoints of which at least 1250 must be A Points. An awesome achievement Sam, well done. Click on here to view all our Grand masters... 021, 21 May 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/830821 Marvellous Marie D makes the headlines ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/829296 Well done Marie for the wonderful work you are doing and raising $2,330 for a good cause was awesome. We are proud of you. Click on the link to read more 019, 6 May 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/829296 Gumboot Friday was a great success ! UPDATE https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/826832 Thank you Friday afternoon players who generously donated to the very worthy cause. We have had some late donations and have now raised $400. Click on the header to read more... 016, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/826832 Changes to the Ladders calculations https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/803354 Please click on the Heading to read more... 011, 10 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/803354 Quasquicentennial celebration for Christmas https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/813493 Hope you enjoyed the party. A big thank you to all the hard workers who made this such a great day with a near record attendance. Click on the link to view some photos. More will be added as they come to hand 050, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/813493 Congratulations Derek - our newest Life Member https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/813495 At our AGM, Derek Webb was nominated as Life Member and those attending were asked not to say anything until the Christmas party. It was so nice to spring the surprise on Derek and we detected a little emotion when he gave his speech. The photo shows us one of his hidden talents when dressing up. Thanks for supporting the cause Derek, as only you know how ! 050, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/813495 Go Mavis ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/813496 Well done Mavis and Kate who got 74.96% at the Christmas party. What is more amazing, is that this is the average age of the partnership ! 050, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/813496 AGM - President's report https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/812978 Click on the link to have a read 049, 6 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/812978 Tournament Successes for 2018 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/773530 Congratulation to all the Tauranga players who did well at the Rotorua Christmas Tournament. Click on the heading to view all tournament successes for Tauranga... 049, 5 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/773530 Great result in Australia https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/808948 A New Zealand team was successful at the Spring Nationals in Sydney recently and Christine Gibbons with her daughter Jenna and team mates Steph Jacob and Rebecca Johnston from Auckland won the Women’s Team event. Well done ! 044, 1 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/808948 Mavis turns 99 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/807815 Congratulations Mavis for reaching this amazing milestone. 042, 18 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/807815 Congratulations Alan Turner https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/806166 At the NZ Bridge AGM on Saturday, Alan was awarded Life Membership to NZ Bridge. This is in recognition for his contribution to bridge over many years. Congratulations Alan. 040, 1 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/806166 Thank you Pub Charity https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/801999 Pub Charity has confirmed we were successful in applying for a grant so we can refurbish the Men's toilets. Thank you Pub Charity for your support. 035, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/801999 Woo hoo - two trophies in one day ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/801996 Well done to our Open and Intermediate teams who won the Waikato-Bays Grade trophies for 2018. Click on the heading to read more... 035, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/801996 Happy Birthday Norm https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/799561 Norm will be celebrating his 70th birthday while on holiday, so the club gave him an early birthday surprise of a cake and afternoon tea on Friday. Not only that, members had a whip around so has some extra spending money to enjoy while away. Safe travels Norm and enjoy your special day... 033, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/799561 Margaret is a Facebook hit ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/797504 Sir Peter Leitch (of Mad Butcher fame) invited Margaret Mangos into the Stacey Jones lounge to enjoy watching the Warriors in comfort. Click on the link to see the viedo interview of Margaret by Sir Peter 030, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/797504 The Great Boat Race - the FINAL Race has been held...TAURANGA WINS ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/795067 Race 3 (of 3): Cambridge wins by the smallest of margins, but Tauranga leads overall after two races ! Click on the heading to read more and click on PDF to view the Final Pairs Ladder 029, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/795067 Class of 2018 have graduated ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/792828 A great night of bridge, food, friendship and certificate presentation on Tuesday night. Click on the heading to read more... 024, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/792828 Boston Cup https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/791941 Read more about the History of this club... 023, 7 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/791941 Women have done it AGAIN ! https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/790778 The battle of the sexes has been running for 51 years and still rated one of the best events in our calendar. Click on the link to view more photos and click on the heading to read more about the Boston Cup... 023, 6 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/790778 Inter-Provincial teams found for 2018 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/788463 Well done to our club members who made the team this year. Peter & June, Murray & Rachelle, Pat & Tony and Jo. Click on the heading to read more... 020, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/788463 Alan George Turner - QSM https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/787759 Alan was awarded his gong on the 4th May, for services to Bridge. Congrats Alan. We are very proud of you. Open this news item to view the video of the Investiture... 019, 8 May 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/787759 Funding https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/787563 We are please to announce the Lion Foundation has given us some funding to go towards the new chairs. You will be pleased to know that we will be ordering them soon... 018, 2 May 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/787563 Alan Turner's Investiture https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/787050 Alan's recieves his QSM on Friday the 4th starting at 10am. The ceremony is going to be streamed live on the Governor-General's website, so click on the link below and look for ceremony link 017, 27 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/787050 Need help to enter a tournament online ? https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/785654 Click on the link to see instructions. Make sure you scroll down the page to see the video 016, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/785654 Pearls of wisdom from our "Nearly 99" year old https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/772062 Mavis received a standing ovation when she gave her view on life this at the the Christmas Party. Click the heading to read more... 003, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/772062 Woo hoo Congratulations Alan Turner https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/770720 Alan has just received the QSM for services to Bridge. Click on the heading to read more 052, 30 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/770720 Christmas party https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/769279 Another year is over and another wonderful day had by all. 150 for breakfast and 39 tables for bridge which is an all time record for the day. Click on the link to see ourselves in lights ! 050, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/769279 Tournament Successes for 2017 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/714005 Well done Heather Melville and Graham Young for coming 2nd at the Te Awamutu Xmas Pairs and Rachelle Pelkman & Murray Wood for coming 5th in the National Teams. Click on the heading all tournament successes for Tauranga... 047, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/714005 Want to read about Buffett. Bill, Bridge and a bus ? https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/751323 Click on the link to read more... 032, 9 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/751323 1982 prediction... https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/750279 It all seemed far fetched back then, didn't it ? 031, 3 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/750279 2017 Law changes https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/749516 Every 10 years the bridge laws are reviewed. The 2017 laws have been released and posted on the NZB website. Click on the link to read all about it. Rule books can be purchased through the club. Please ask Norm to order you a copy. 030, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.taurangabridge.co.nz/blog/749516