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Zia MahmoodThis week's episode of the Bridge Zone features an interview with Zia Mahmood, a professional Pakistani Bridge player. It talks about his life and how he started to play Bridge. Zia was born in 1946 in Karachi and was educated in England. To listen to this interview click on this link.

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This week's show includes:
Puppet Stayman rears its head again, we talk Overcalls, Christmas Parties and about Taupo and Thames Bridge Clubs. Plus results of the NZ Team Trials at Orewa over the weekend and Double Dummy with John McAlister.

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This week's episode of The Bridge Zone includes:

- Why join a bridge club?
- Etiquette at the table around beginners
- A look at transfers and super accepts

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Enjoy this week's episode of The Bridge Zone. When to make a sacrifice, the Smollen convention and a round-up from the two Labour Day Congresses.
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This week's episode brings you all the latest information from the National Congress as the roving Bridge Zone Crew track down the winners of different events and we hear more about the Dob Gifford legacy for rubber bridge. Click on the link.

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This week's episode of the Bridge Zone comes live from National Congress 2018 at Hamiltyon. Tune in to hear all the action as it unfolds. Click on the link below to listen to the show.

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Hi Everyone,

Have you listened to the weekly broadcasts from Hamilton? They have lots of interesting information about what is going on in the world of Bridge, You meet and hear from local and overseas players. There are tips on how to improve your Bridge. In this week's episode, we hear about Super Social Sundays in the Wellington Region and enjoy an interview with author Paul Marston at his own club in Sydney. The link below will take you to the broadcast. Enjoy the show!
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Willy and GraemeTokoroa and Putaruru had great success at the penultimate session of the Intermediate League hosted by Matamata on Sunday.Graeme and Willy came 2nd in the morning session and 1st in the afternoon session and were top on the overall ladder, winning the tournament on the day. Ross and Susan also had success being 4th in the afternoon session and finishing 5th overall. Great results, guys!

WinnersA fabulous day was enjoyed by all the competitors in the fifth round of the WAPs held this weekend. The hospitality was great and the atmosphere friendly and relaxed, though the competition was keen. Tokoroa players did well, with Bob Side and Warren Wilton coming in sixth position and Graeme Farrow and Willy Ryder coming eighth, both partnerships having intermediate players. The winners for this round were Lesley Quilty and Hermanna Hemmes. Lesley and Sonia Crawford are now in first place overall.

If at first you don’t succeed …

So, I have to admit the robots got the better of me. But then I am just a mere mortal. The challenge now to improve, not too difficult looking at my miserable 37%! Roll on next week's tournament, I'll let you know how it goes! So how about YOU?