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Not only did Warren and Ron Sowden finish top of the room in Tokoroa last night ... they finished 2nd across NZ. Sandy Davies and rookie Allen Cant finished 5th across the country. This was out of the 150 pairs playing the same hands nationwide last night. Many congratulations to them!
The conclusion of the Welcome Pairs series saw rookie Helen Haigh with seasoned campaigner Ngaire Fisher (on hot form following her return from Alaska - perhaps we should all go?) victorious. Well played ladies!

Fabulous result today in Te Aroha for the Spa Town Teams. Winners of the Intermediate field were a last minute entry team from Putaruru . They stormed the field to secure an outstanding victory. Many Congratulations to Maria and Ross who finished first on the datum and Eileen and Anne who finished 3rd.
Winners Intermediate Team Spa Town Teams 2015

What a fun night! Mulled wine, food, applause ... a wonderful celebration of our 19 new bridge players for the two clubs. A lovely speech by Anne Berben as she presented Tokoroa with blue tablecloths she had made to thank the club for the support they are giving them providing deals for their club so they can join the X Club. Click on Read More below for some lovely photos from graduation and to meet your new members:

The combined team of Tokoroa and Putaruru romped home in first place at the Waikato Interclub Teams event in Hamilton today.
Interclub Team 2015
Eight teams from the region competed. In the junior section Ross and Susan Provan, using some of their new bidding techniques from the Nesting Pairs course combined with Sven Johannsen and Willy Ryder from Tokoroa to win the Junior section.
Pride of Putaruru

I definitely heard Vera say, "You should go away more often" at the half time point in the WAP on Sunday at Morrinsville. They put in an outstanding performance and are clearly on hot form going into next Saturday's interclub competition.
Vera and Sandy rampage the field in Morrinsville

Tokoroa went LIVE across the nation Tuesday night. With their new electronic scoring they were able to not only have their club results recorded, but the scores were then compared across the wider field of other clubs playing the same boards on the same night. So they also competed aganst Hutt, Hamilton, Te Aroha, Invercargill, Te Puke, Papatoetoe. When compared against a larger field variations in the result occur as strange anomalies are ironed out. Congratulations to Gary Cuttriss and Barbara Brammall who were the top placed Tokoroa pairing in 6th position.

Putaruru and Tokoroa Bridge Clubs are joining forces to enter the Waikato Interclub Teams event on 4th July. Smaller clubs have been encouraged to join together to form a team and the clubs will be on debut at the start of next month. The Open team comprises Sandy Davies and Vera Verhaegh from Tokoroa with Michael Ware and Mary Ellen Newton kindly stepping in to make up the open section as Putaruru do not at this stage have an open pair.

Congratulations to Eileen Barker and Rosemary Ward coming top in the afternoon session at the Rotorua Charity Tournament on Wednesday. Also Putaruru's Eva Wadey and Dora Davies, currently on a roll of good form, came third in the afternoon session. Meanwhile Tokoroa's Katie Mole with partner Max Burne came third in the morning session. Sadly there seems to have been a gremlin in the scoring and the full results are not on display but we have it on good authority that Eileen and Rosemary finished 6th overall.

TOP PUTARURU PAIR
Taking top slot for the home side were Eva Wadey and Dora Davies. In an open field these two intermediates battled bravely for a finish above halfway in the field and an over 50% average. Congratulations to them both. The winners were Susan Hardy and Margaret Hodgson from Rotorua. The event was scored using Bridgemates and the detailed analysis of the boards can be found on the results page.

Many thanks to Joyce Catchpole from Matamata and Wayne Benefield at Auckland Bridge Club. They have donated books to start a library at Putaruru. Marjorie has taken on the task of setting it up. You should soon find a lovely selection of books to choose from to inspire and raise your game! Thanks to Marjorie for stepping forward to organise this. We hope to have it on show in time for the Putaruru Open tournament.