Tokoroa And Putaruru Bridge Clubs

At the Kelly Pierce teams event in Rotorua Sandy and Vera shone for Tokoroa. They finished the 6th ranked pair on the Butler Datum Ladder for the day out of 58 top ranked pairings. A stunning performance = CONGRATULATIONS to them both.

Eddie Kantar
There is just no stopping Putaruru and Tokoroa clubs this year. First they have No 1 player in NZ Michael Ware lending his support to them. Now they have TWO TIME WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPION, the bridge legend EDDIE KANTAR cheering them on from his home in Santa Monica, California.

Beginners 2014

Bridge is a game for everyone. Four intrepid beginners from 2014 lessons recommend the game to newcomers. Mike, 2 Sandras and Derek loved their bridge lessons last year and found the game a new challenge in their lives. "Jane is a great teacher and she made the class such fun. Her enthusiasm is infectious." They are hoping to repeat lessons this year to reinforce their learnings. Lessons start at both clubs in April 2015. Click on the Education tab above for all the details.

Congratulations to all the winners at the Putaruru Prize giving held on Monday night. A big thank you to all the committee members for their hard work during the year.

Drinks & nibbles from 7pm. AGM and prizegiving. Then fun games of bridge.

Eileen's Photo Comp Entry

A team of 6 from the Tokoroa Bridge Club took part in the second annual Cambridge Sixes event on Saturday.

Here are a small selection of photos to give you a flavour of this fun event and a couple of your players in action. The team comprised Michael Ware, Vera Verhaegh, Gary Cuttriss, Graeme Farrow, Sven Johannsen and Judith Cutriss.

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Bay Titty Rollers

Vera Verhaegh and Sandy Davies turned in another steady performance for Tokoroa today at the Te Awamutu Christmas Tournament.
Sandy and Vera
A morning score of 55% followed by an afternoon score of 58% saw them a creditable 10th overall out of 40 pairs competing and only a smidgen away from a top 5 place. Winners today were Ed and Heather Roggeveen by a whisker. You can see the full results on the X Club in the Results tab at the top of the page.

I was invited to speak at the Regional Conference in Christchurch at the weekend. Some of you attended the Waikato Conference a couple of weeks ago. It was a pleasure to be the guest of the Rangiora Bridge Club and to meet bridge players from a different region and hear how their clubs are faring. And so that was how I got to meet "Curly Shirley" of NZ Bridge Magazine fame and she was kind enough to billet me and take me on a tiki tour of Christchurch CBD. I had not been there since the earthquakes. Here are some pictures of the things I saw:

Trust Anne Berben from Putaruru to find the ideal wine to present to Eileen, the label says it all!
Prize wine
Eileen
Eileen received her prize for winning the Spirit of South Waikato Photo Competition at Monday night's play at the Putaruru Club.

Putaruru Bridge Club is justly proud of its very own National Congress winners.
Congress Winners

Playing in the inaugural Novice event, Margaret Hook and Beverley Smith, both unranked players, creamed the field to finish the 2014 New Zealand Novice Pairs Champions. They feature in the current New Zealand Bridge Magazine. Many congratulations to them both for putting Putaruru on the national bridge playing map!