Tokoroa And Putaruru Bridge Clubs

As you know Jane Stearns is travelling from Cambridge each week for the next 14 weeks to take lessons at both clubs as well as running the Nesting Pairs improvers course at Putaruru fortnightly during that period. Rather than travelling to and from Cambridge two days in a row she will be staying with us on Tuesdays, returning home on the Wednesdays after the lesson in Tokoroa.

A warm welcome to our 24 intrepid beginners who are attending lessons Tuesday evening in Putaruru and Wednesday morning in Tokoroa. Full details of the course, homework answers and upcoming lessons are on the Education tab above, under Beginners.

Peter Kraakman is a founding member of the Putaruru Bridge Club, which started in 1959. Connie Kraakman followed a year later with encouragement and lessons from Joe Van Dyk.
Between them they have put many years of work into the club.

Peter was President of the club for four years from 1995 to 1998 following several years as a committee member.

Jane will be running her Bridge-It Jane's Nesting Pairs Course at the Putaruru Club from April to July. A fortnightly, one-hour seminar, one-hour practice series of seven is designed to promote partnership understanding and tournament success.

Cambridge Bridge Club is offering an innovative seminar for OPEN players wanting to develop their game. It is innovative because they are limiting it to six tables / 24 players and it is being targeted at open players still wanting to develop their game, for whom they believe there are fewer learning opportunities available in smaller clubs that mainly comprise junior and intermediate players. Cambridge are asking that players enter as a partnership so that learning can be put into practice afterwards.

Jane has just returned from a week promoting bridge and visiting clubs in Central Otago. Read all about it by clicking the link below.

http://www.cambridge.bridge-club.org/node/945

Ann & EileenA big Congratulations to Ann Berben and Eileen Barker for their great achievement at the Rotorua Arthritis Charity Tournament held on the 25 March.
They came 1st playing East/West in the morning session, 2nd playing North/South in the afternoon session and a 2nd overall. Well done.
They each received a lovely gift basket.

In amongst a sharkpool of open players Eileen Barker and Ann Berben battled bravely in Heat 2 of the WAP in Cambridge. They finished third in their section with a very respectable 56.85%, above the reigning WAP champions Ian and Cynthia Clayton (who went on to win this heat). The afternoon saw some challenging hands but Eileen and Ann finished 14th overall out of 34, punching well above their ranks. Well played!

Yes, it is time to get Wapped at the WAPs in Jane's home club of Cambridge. SUNDAY 22 MARCH the second heat of the WAPs will take place at Cambridge Bridge Club, Fort St, Cambridge (next door to the St John Ambulance station). Just $10 entry fee gives you a day of bridge among some of the best players in our region. There is a prize for the best non-open pair and the WAPs are an encouraging and supportive environment for very keen juniors and intermediates to play against open players. You just need to turn up on the day with a partner before 9.45 and BYO lunch. No pre-entry is required.

No less than 10 members from our clubs took part in Heat 1 of the WAP series 2015 held yesterday in Matamata. Some people in the region had said to me they had never seen anyone from Putaruru at a WAP and the only Tokoroa players they knew were Vera and Sandy ... so it was wonderful to see you all braving it into the WAP arena and having a go with the big guns.
FULL HOUSE!