Matamata, Te Aroha, Morrinsville Clubs

The Matamata Intermediate Tournament took place last Sunday and the overall winners were Te Awamutu Pair Bunny Cox and Richard Knight.

Winners Matamata Intermediate

Top Matamata Pair were Coral and Elaine who received the coveted bottles of Crawford wine for their achievement. Sonia Scott and Beth Vosper also received bottles for their performance in the second session.

All the Matamata Pairs had a less than perfect start to the day and only one local pair managing to crack 50% (Nelson and Zelda with 50.35%) but the afternoon proved more lucrative for many.

Full results available under the Results tab.

Good turn out of 8 teams representing a mix of hippies, farmers, tourists, rock chicks, royalty, fairytales and pirates turned out for the final night of the teams in Te Aroha.

Some more pics

teams: peter pan and pochahontas pair up for some magic bridge

farmers: Milking the cards for all its worth

Te Aroha Teams: the girl band (oh and Henk on the air guitar)

Te Aroha Teams: far out dudes (the Matamata committee)

Te Aroha Teams: The Scary Godmother

Te Aroha Teams: June, our Chinese pirate.

Te Aroha Teams: this wasn't the best photo of our Queen and fisherfolk

Te Aroha Teams: ahoy there maties

Te Aroha Teams: another rock chick

Te Aroha Teams: tourists vs rock chicks

Players at both ends of the spectrum were podium winners at recent competitions - from our most experienced to our newest club members.
Sonia and Ann

Winners of the Championship Pairs were our life members Ann Ring and Sonia Crawford who bettered the rest of the Monday night field with an average score of 57%. Lynette Morgan and Ian Bond were second 55%.

Donna
The Thursday night President's Trophy was won by Donna Gaskell (63.44% average) with Shirley Townsend (63.22%) coming second. Both of these players are recently out of lessons and performed consistently well over the six nights to top the field.

Fantastic results!

Good to see 5 and a half tables competing at the Waikato Bays Novice Tournament.

Novice

Congratulations to Jol and Catherine Glyde who won the Novice with a magnificent 77.50% in the afternoon session to take the title ahead of Liz Clayton and Peter Vincent.

Attached is information regarding the special one session Novice Pairs event that takes place at Congress this year. Those that played today get a half price entry to the event.

Here are some photos from the second round of the Mini Moos held at Morrinsville Bridge Club today. Eight beginners from lessons at Matamata took part.

Sherie and Maeleen

Mike and Sandra
Austin and Pamela
Michele, Austin, Pamela and Barb
Mike relieved to be dummy!

Sherie and Maeleen in action
Moos 2 in Morrinsville
For those interested in what the Mini Moos is all about there is an article in the NZ Bridge Magazine this month ... not subscribed? It is free ... go to http://www.nzcba.co.nz/ and sign up today. The mini moos noosletter, Moos Noos is attached below.

Help Matamata! Te Aroha are looking for an extra team (or even two) to join the 7 teams who are registered to play in an upcoming local club competition.

The Teams event takes place over three Tuesday nights on the 9th, 16th & 23rd of September.

Of course - any competitors who play in a competition at Te Aroha over the year are entitled to attend our famous end of year Christmas Party ... a highlight on the bridge calendar!

Talk to or email Anna Kalma to register (anna_kalma@hotmail.com)

After great performances in the two junior tournaments held so far this year, Raewyn Richards and Barbara Keys are currently lying in joint 3 place on the Waikato Bays League Ladder.

The next event on the calendar is the Junior and Intermediate Tournament in Tauranga on the 30th August.

Attached are the league table to date for both the Intermediate and Junior Sections.

A concerted effort by members selling raffle tickets in town and a great turn out for the annual Benefit night at Matamata saw $1500 raised for the Matamata Health Shuttle Service last Thursday.

Sandra Hunter gratefully received the cheque from President Lawrence Teaz and explained how popular the service was with over 2500 user trips over the past year.

There was 16 tables on the night with visitors from our neighbouring clubs of Morrinsville and Te Aroha also competing and enjoying the supper.

The winners on the night were Dorothy Stubbins & Alex Randrup (North South) and a great result from newly graduated player Maeleen Borkin who partnered Helen Reid for top East West.

Perhaps the happiest player on the night could have been Sherie Gill ... another new player who not only performed admirably to come second North South but also took home the coveted raffle.

The recipe for Jane's slice is attached here.

In the final round of the WAPS held in Hamilton there was success for Matamata and Te Aroha competitors. Well done to Anna and Jacob who finished the top non-open pair in the competition. Supersub Judith Howard stood in for Jacob in the final round which placed the junior junior pairing top of the non-open field.
Meanwhile Sonia and Lesley were having a grand day out, finishing second in the final heat. Ian Bond and Lynette Morgan have had a great season at the WAPs and finished a determined 3rd overall in the competition with Lynette still battling her cold. Well done Piako!
Ed's final round up report can be viewed on the WAP 2014 tab to the left.

Cream of the CountryJacob and Anna cleaned up at the Cream of the Country afternoon of bridge in Morrinsville on Sunday. They beat the field coming first in a Butler Datum scoring event. Nick Whitten's enthusiasm and the excellent afternoon tea provided by members ensured a grand time for all the competitors. Many congratulation to Anna and Jacob!
Jacob
Anna