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Wellington News
8 Aug 2018
The winter months are a good time for a bridge club to hold a quiz night, which often doubles as a fund raiser and fun social evening. At the Wellington club, our local Chess players use the club rooms, with several also being (excellent) bridge... read more here
The North Island Pairs
7 Aug 2018
The 2018 North Island Pairs “The Come-Back Kids”. Every good event has a good story to go with it. This year’s North Island Pairs had two, both involving the winners. So, there you are in Hastings contemplating how you will... read more here
Bridge Jacks ready for action
6 Aug 2018
The 17th World Youth Bridge Championships in Wujiang, China start on Wednesday. The Bridge Jacks team of Nik Mitchell, Brad Johnston from Otago and Zachary Yan and Vincent He from Auckland are representing New Zealand in the Junior Teams. Meet Nik... read more here
Play and Defend Better: for improving players
6 Aug 2018
If at first you do not succeed, try try again. But where? Which suit?... read more here
North Island Pairs - 4th-5th August Auckland
4 Aug 2018
LINK TO RESULTS read more here
Central Districts News with George McLachlan
3 Aug 2018
71.30% is a mighty good score in a tournament. It came in a Junior tournament last month. Here are recent tournament winners in our region including the Juniors who excelled: Date Tournament Winners Score/%... read more here
Tales of Akarana
3 Aug 2018
“ Game Forcing” Bids? Two pieces of interesting hand evaluation thrust partnerships up into the slam zone..but would they drive on to too high a level? Let’s see: The first board offered both partners a chance to value... read more here
Volunteer of The Month
3 Aug 2018
AUGUST 2018 - RUTH LEWIS (ROTORUA) Just indispensable This acknowledgement from the club committee comes from Pam Moore. It really says it all. "Ruth has been a member of the Rotorua Bridge Club for well over 30 years. She has been a... read more here
THE BRIDGE ZONE 006
1 Aug 2018
You can access the direct link to the latest episode of The Bridge Zone by opening this article. This week Barry and Mereana discuss the PhD in bridge being offered by Stirling University, signals and discards, opening leads, ducking and... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
31 Jul 2018
The Singleton That Isn’t… …or not where the defender thinks it is. It is a common plan when in a suit contract to win the opening lead and play immediately a singleton towards dummy’s king or king, queen in a suit... read more here
A Week for the Youth
30 Jul 2018
If you were around Auckland during the last week, you could really have thrown aside the belief that Bridge is for the older folk in our society. Let’s see what has been happening. Auckland Grammar School where bridge is played two... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
27 Jul 2018
Camouflage. If you make it plainly obvious how you are going to play a contract, then the chances are that the... read more here
Northland News with Tania Brown
26 Jul 2018
Welcome again from the Winterless North. We nearly had our second frost this morning which will just about signal the end of Winter here as there are only normally around three frosts a year. (It sounds like Whangarei’s temperatures are... read more here
New Zealand at the World Youth Championships
25 Jul 2018
New Zealand has a team in the up-coming World Youth Championships which will be held in the Chinese city of Wujiang, just north of Shanghai from Wednesday 8th until Saturday 16th August. Follow the progress of this team with daily reports on this... read more here
THE BRIDGE ZONE 005
25 Jul 2018
You can access the direct link to the latest episode of The Bridge Zone by opening this article. This week Barry and Mereana find out more about the Cambridge and Christchurch Sixes, the Boat Race and discuss how professional bridge players... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
23 Jul 2018
Damned if you do: Damned if you don’t. It’s that old problem: leading to 3NT when you and your partner have a bid a suit. Do you lead your suit or do you not? It’s time for you to decide. Here are two lead problems:... read more here
VACANCIES- CONTRACT SHARE REGIONAL BRIDGE MATES - OTAGO/SOUTHLAND REGION AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS REGION
23 Jul 2018
NZB is seeking to contract motivated bridge players who are inspired by its vision to Grow the Game of Bridge. Two opportunities have arisen within NZB to support and grow bridge clubs across the Otago/Southland Region and... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
20 Jul 2018
“Badley” Done The title hardly literally reflects the theme of what follows because in this case, the defence can reflect on a job well done. The hero for the defence was, of course, Duncan Badley. So, let’s put you in... read more here
Canterbury News with Max Robb
19 Jul 2018
A Tournament with a great welcome - Akaroa Scnic Bridge Tournament, May 5th. A bridge tournament in the South Island with a powhiri is rather unusual! Thanks to Darryl Dowthwaite for reporting on this tournament: “Every... read more here
The Bridge Zone 004
18 Jul 2018
You can access the direct link to the latest episode of The Bridge Zone by opening this article. This week Barry and Mereana ponder the pleasures and pitfalls of couples being bridge partners, pre-empting with a 5 card minor, announcing... read more here
Top 100 All Time Masterpoint Earners
17 Jul 2018
List Updated 16 July 2018 read more here
Congratulations!!! Our New Grandmasters
16 Jul 2018
Details Here read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
16 Jul 2018
Which Club? Give a bridge player an opportunity to go wrong and the chances are they will accept it with open arms. So, if there is anything we can do to save one’s partner from themselves, then we should strive to do that. It’s a... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
13 Jul 2018
"UNLUCKY" FOR SOME. That’s Board 13. It was there this evening to test one’s superstitions and liking or otherwise of safety plays! Safety plays are there when there is no apparent danger in taking one…so, you be the judge!... read more here
THE BRIDGE ZONE
12 Jul 2018
You can access the direct link to the latest episode of The Bridge Zone by opening this article. Save the link as a bookmark - and you will be able to tune in each Wednesday at around midday for the latest show broadcast. Click... read more here
Otago/Southland News with Brad Johnston
11 Jul 2018
It’s been a few months since Moss’ last regional write-up, and it’s good to see that some other correspondents have weighed in on the issues brought up by Moss with regards to the IP trials. But the trials are over and the IPs... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
10 Jul 2018
YOUR 12 TRICKS ARE? You have reached a reasonable but slightly pushy 6 spade contract and your bidding has telegraphed to your opponents that a trump lead is a good idea. So, that’s what you got…and now is the time to decide how you... read more here
South Island Pairs
10 Jul 2018
A WEEKEND FOR TWO RUSSELLS AND A ROBIN The South Island Pairs came to the Top of The South and players came from all over New Zealand to Picton for two wonderful days of Bridge. The event involved five barometered sessions, 46 pairs playing... read more here
South Island Pairs - Picton 7th-8th JuLy 2018
6 Jul 2018
LINK TO RESULTS read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
6 Jul 2018
AND THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE IS? That’s for bidding games, especially vulnerable ones. How bad can they be for us to say we should be in part-score? There were 6 low point-count, lowish percentage games to be bid this week. Most were makeable... read more here
Volunteer of the Month
5 Jul 2018
Barbara Fitzgerald - North Shore. We go to Auckland's North Shore Bridge Club for this month's nomination. Not only has this club got an absolutely beautiful setting, being next to Lake Pupuke, but it has one most valuable member in Barbara... read more here
WAIKATO BAYS NEWS with Anna Kalma
5 Jul 2018
Tournament Successes. The big tournament winners from the past few months included Grant Jarvis and Ian Berrington who took over by a whisker from Michael Ware and Geo Tislevoll on the final round of the National Swiss Pairs in Hamilton across... read more here
A Lighter Look
4 Jul 2018
SLAM ON “14” One side has 26 hcp between their two hands and the other a more modest 14. One side can make 9 tricks with their best combined suit as trumps. The other can make 12. Naturally, you would much rather be holding the... read more here
New Zealand at the Yeh Bros event, Day 3.
4 Jul 2018
Consolation Swiss at Yeh Bros Cup After the disappointment of just missing out the main knock-out stage, the New Zealand Open team looked to improve in the Consolation Swiss. It was not to be as after 5 of the 8 rounds, they are in 14th place in... read more here
New Zealand at the Yeh Bros event, Day 2.
3 Jul 2018
LIKE NEW ZEALAND: LIKE JAPAN Choose whichever team you wish, the Japanese football team or the New Zealand Bridge team..and they are both suffering from last kick/last board disappointment. Japan were seconds away from extra- time and a chance of... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
3 Jul 2018
“CAN I HELP?” Another unmakeable contract makes! It’s only a part-score but it’s 5 imps to the opposition which they really should not have got…or it would have been a lot better had their contract failed.... read more here
New Zealand at the Yeh Bros event, Day 1.
2 Jul 2018
IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EASY This year’s Yeh Bros event had plenty of strong teams taking part. After doing the necessary against one of the weaker teams present, South Africa, New Zealand came up against three strong European countries in... read more here
New Zealand Open Team at the 2018 Yeh Bros Cup
29 Jun 2018
Follow the New Zealand Open Team at the 2018 Yeh Bros Cup which will take place in Beijing from Sunday 1st July until Thursday 5th July. You can follow the link below to see how our Open Team is faring or else read daily reports on this site... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
29 Jun 2018
DISASTER! So you think our top players always get it right? It’s nice to show how well they can play. Sometimes, though, it is just not their night. So, if you have a bad night at bridge, then what follows is here to cheer you up. It can... read more here
Auckland News by Douglas Russell
27 Jun 2018
The rainy season has started in earnest in Auckland, and partly as a consequence the tournament season is in full swing, with a pretty crowded calendar. The Howick Restricted Pairs was won by John Craig and KC (what does the KC stand for?) Lee,... read more here
NZB launches weekly radio show The Bridge Zone 001
27 Jun 2018
Listen in to the new all bridge radio show sponsored by NZB. A half-hour weekly slot "The Bridge Zone" had its first broadcast today. Wednesdays at 10.30am and repeated Thursdays at 6.30am are the times to tune in live. ... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
25 Jun 2018
THE PRICE YOU PAY We like to bid when we get the opportunity though there are times when you do bid when you wish you had not. One such occasion is when you tell the declarer how to play a hand by the bid you have made. Watch the following:... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
22 Jun 2018
PUSHING THE RULE TO THE LIMIT. You may have heard of it, “Hamman’s Rule” where if 3NT is a possibility from among your options, then you should give it a go. The boards at Akarana this week did little to doubt the wisdom of this... read more here
INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER - BACKING BLACK!
21 Jun 2018
Read the latest news on the international programme, meet the Youth squad heading to China, hear from Michael Cornell on what it means to "Earn the Fern" or bid in an auction to play with one of our top players in the Youth Fundraiser. ... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
19 Jun 2018
Go for Gold..but how? A touch of overbidding but you have ended in not too bad a contract…at least on their opening lead. You are in 3NT and there are only two suits wide open! So, let’s see how many tricks we can count.... read more here
Top of The South News with Jenny Pomeroy
19 Jun 2018
The last couple of weeks have seen a good few records broken (and not the only thing broken!) in Top of the South. The Inter Provincial Trials hosted once again by Marlborough had 8 ½ tables of hopefuls in the Intermediates; plus a... read more here
Refresher Boards for Beginners
18 Jun 2018
We had a great suggestion from Christchurch asking for a couple of sets of boards that include hands from each lesson for refresher sessions. One set has a selection of 12 hands from Lessons 2 to 5 (in case you have a refresher... read more here
The National Open Swiss Pairs
18 Jun 2018
A Good Time to hit the lead This event was held over the weekend of June 16th and 17th at the Hamilton Bridge Club. It was run as an 11 round Swiss of 9 board matches with 58 pairs competing. Grant Jarvis and Ian Berrington hit the front at just... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
15 Jun 2018
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, DO NOTHING! How many boards when you are defending have you had no idea how you should be defending? If you are truthful, then the answer could be “quite often”! I would put two boards from this... read more here
National 15A Swiss Pairs- Hamilton 16 & 17 June 2018
14 Jun 2018
LINK TO RESULTS read more here
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