Anna Kalma's blog

I went into the clubrooms today to download last night results and work out the overall winner of the 4 night pairs and it appeared that not all the results had been captured last night.

Hence the reason for some altered scores (for those that hung around for the results last night).

The winners of both the scratch and handicap sections from last night were: Alison Cradock and Hermanna Hemmes

BUT ... the big winners for the 4 night competition were ... drum roll ...Jillian O'Neill and Greg Saxon.

Because they were the only pair who managed to play every week!

Although to make the ladder appear a bit more interesting - I allowed one score to be dropped and 3 sessions allowable. So on that basis Alison Cradock and Hermanna Hemmes were the unofficial winners (scratch and handicap.

Reminder that on SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER—MINI MOOS 4 AT TE AWAMUTU BRIDGE CLUB

Jane will be on holiday right up to that weekend so you need to register for the event with NICK. His email is morrbridge@xtra.co.nz $5 entry fee.

If you need help finding the Te Awamutu bridge club ... check out directions on their site: http://www.teawamutu.bridge-club.org

Congratulations to Henk and Hermanna Hemmes and Jacob Kalma.

Henk and Hermanna (along with John and Rona Driscoll from Taupo) competed at the week long congress and took home the prize for top team henk and hermanna playing at teamsless than 150 A points.

JAcob competed with the Waikato Youth Team and they came a creditable fourth. As Jacob said, we played pretty good but unfortunately got whupped by the eventual winners Auckland.

Congress is a pretty tough work with at least 60 boards played each day for a week ... The creme of New Zealand (and Australian) bridge compete fiercely. Not for the faint hearted.

Without even having to play the third round, the results have changed with a new leading team!

Appears that my manual input of scores created some IMP anomalies which once sorted out have seen the Four Fillins (aka Ian MArtindale, Nelson Hodgetts, Betty McLaren and Foster Kalma) rocketing to the lead.

Mind you, this is before handicaps are applied ... once we have figured out a fair handicap for our visiting team, we may see a tighter contest ensuing.

Looking forward to Tuesday night.

A bit of a late finish ... but awesome work to get through 24 boards tonight. Would have been earlier if we hadn't attempted to play last week's boards first.

Congratulations to Tim Rigter who won the Individual 3 night handicap followed by Greg Saxon and Rochelle van Heuven.

Looking forward to the TEAMS next week. This is a great event where we partner with each member of the team and play directly against an opposing team (rather than play against every other pair in the room like a normal weekly session).

Remember the theme is F ... stands for fantastic, fun and flawless (ha ha) bridge playing.

Impressive number of hits to the Te Aroha website last month ...

Month Hits
January 37
February 300
March 597
April 571
May 665
June 179
July 1846

No doubt driven by holding the Spa Teams event in mid July but the website editors (ie me and Jane) also take heart that people are logging in regularly to check out the latest news and pics.

Some shots from the tournament

Morrinsville: Ensuring etiquette and sensible bidding is upheld - our Director Jane Stearns!

Morrinsville Cream: "Bring it on" said Alison

morrinsville Cream: A formidable duo prepare for battle

morrinsville cream: Jillian Rubbing her hands with glee at the idea of calling a slam ... and making

Morrinsville Cream: what 1NT with 10 points????

Apologies folks, took the wrong file home so no results until I can get back to the bridge club computer...

However, all i can remember is that it was memorable for Greg & Tim who managed 75% at the expense of others in club (no mentioning names).

The overall result of the two night will be tight ... I think Tim & Greg will have pipped Melba and Anne for the two night match win. However this will remain unofficial until we can confirm with accurate results to hand.

Looking forward to the start of the three night competition next week (starting with a small celebration to welcome new members to the table).

Some pics from over the weekend . . .

Where's your shirt Greg???

From Left to Right: Lindsay Reid, founding member of the Te Aroha Club; Carol Wilson (daughter of Connie and Jack Jacobs also founding members) and Steph and Tom Jacob (half of the winning overall team and grandson of aforementioned founding members)

Jacob battling with the best

Competition begins

Hermanna and Henk find something amusing

Lesley Quilty, Matamata (foreground) and HErmanna Hemmes in the background.

Tim and Jane look pleased with themselves!

Ben Kalma, the caddy takes a break

Not only did Jacob Kalma cap off his 15th birthday with a session win on Tuesday Night with bridge partner Jos Sonne, but he celebrated later with an appropriately themed cake!

birthday cake