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SPA Town Teams


By Anna Kalma - Posted on 29 June 2016

The Spa Teams were held on a very frosty day in Te Aroha.

18 open team and 10 intermediate teams turned up to contest the tournament.

The winning Open team (and only team with 5/5 wins) were Aucklanders Tom Jacob, Steph Jacob, Viv Cornell and Andi Boughey. It was particularly memorable for Andi who collected the A points required to gain Grand Master status - a phenomenal achievement for her at just 22 years old.

Spa Town Open Teams winners: Winning team from L-R Tom Jacob, Vivien Cornell, Steph Jacob and Andi BougheySpa Town Open Teams winners: Winning team from L-R Tom Jacob, Vivien Cornell, Steph Jacob and Andi Boughey

The intermediate section was won by the Bay team of Gilda Rowland, Tina Dudley, Muriel Cruickshank and Carol Cullen.

Intermediate Spa Town Teams winners: Intermediate winners from L-R Tina Dudley, Carol Cullen, Muriel Cruickshank and Gilda RowlandIntermediate Spa Town Teams winners: Intermediate winners from L-R Tina Dudley, Carol Cullen, Muriel Cruickshank and Gilda Rowland

The day went relatively smoothly thanks largely to the directing of Norm Silcock and scoring maestro Jan Spaans. Also thanks to the many helpers of the Te Aroha Bridge Club, Matamata club for lending so much stuff required to hold the tournament off site and clubs who came to the rescue to put a team in to assist with team numbers.

Whilst the past few years we have had torrential rain to deal with, this year the old St Joes Hall was struggling to warm up after -2 degree frost in Te Aroha but at least the sun was shining ... or so we thought until some of the South/East players were hit with a bout of sun strike in the afternoon. There was some novel ways to overcome this including the 'napkin tucked into the glasses' method from Barry Jones...

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