Matamata, Te Aroha, Morrinsville Clubs

It’s February....just... and here is the monthly Newsletter

There’s international success to celebrate from The Gold Coast (oh, some stories away from the table, too!)
a couple of fine slam bidders at the club (no, it’s not Rochelle and Tim!)
celebrating success at the club
Promotion of the up-coming lessons..and Domain Day
a neat player sketch
more Wisdom of Solomon

and some “flash” new equipment at the Club!

Enjoy
Richard

It may have been beach weather lately but keen players have
been coming regularly to the bridge club where the play has been
equally “hot”.

In this issue, we celebrate many “firsts” like :

a new arrival in Charlotte and Tyrel’s household
a new club frontage
Richard’s first Friday game since moving to Te Aroha
a 7NT “first” for one of our players

There’s also what all successful bridge partnerships should have (and nothing to do with the cards!)

A player climbing up the grades

Wisdom of Solomon

and plenty more...

Enjoy
Richard

The last newsletter for 2024...

and it’s a pictorial feast of the club’s Christmas Party and Prize-Giving.

There’s even a few pictures of others present too.

Have you heard of “Christmas Bells”? Well, take a look at the “Christmas Bales”!

and there’s a club player in an unusual pose. All that can be seen is his feet! Why?

“The Wisdom of Solomon” does take on a very “unChristmasy” theme which should
reflect goodwill to all players....not to the declarer, this time, alas!

So, do enjoy....and compliments of the season to all

Richard

It’s November News time from the Te Aroha Club.

Catch up on Richard's experiences in Buenos Aires....

and closer to home, those medal winners at the local A and P Show

We say “Tot ziens” to Dorine and Jan....

and catch up on the goings on at the AGM...

Oh.... some more “Wisdom of Solomon” too.

Welcome to October 24 News from Te Aroha.

catch up with what our players were up to at the National Congress... great results......

and some extra-mural activities, too. Those of you who think you ever see double, well, this time you may be seeing quintuple!

it’s “grand time for Peter and Guy and Emerald hour for Richard who is about to head off to Buenos Aires

Check on the Improvers Class and visitors from Thames and a tip yours truly wants to take with him....”The Wisdom of Solomon”

It’s time to celebrate...

there’s winning The Joy Mayall

or having a great time at the final night of the Saxon Teams: spot the decades and the players!

or welcoming our new Kiwi

or winning the club individual...and who is the super partner to have for that occasion?

There’s more “Wisdom of Solomon” too.

Enjoy

Richard

There’s plenty this time on the Cambridge Sixes....with local players coming as Ukrainians, coming from France and from the land of the haggis!

Why have Adri and Rochelle been caught on camera performing a “High 5” ...or was it a “high six?”!

There’s a wedding in the air!

There’s some choice advice on Alan on how not to deal with leads out of turn.....

and of course some “Wisdom of Solomon”, so I believe!

Enjoy
Richard

Welcome to this month’s Newsletter which includes:

a big big thank you for the early July fund-raising evening

how Richard cannot make club slams happen

what farmers get up to when they have time off milking

what happens when one...well maybe Tim...goes climbing up to the club trophy cabinet

two nights with Morrinsville

dynamic “speed scrabblers” at the club

more “Wisdom of Solomon”
Enjoy

Here is the June club news....

including.....

a look at the Spa Town Teams event

a special event that occurred on Lake Taupo recently

news of Te Aroha pairs in the National Rubber Bridge event

how Te Aroha fared in the Regional Teams events..and in other tournaments and club events

more “Wisdom of Solomon”

the last place you would ever expect to find me on a Friday evening

and what’s been happening on the shores of the Waihekau Stream
(what! You are not sure where that is! Well, you had better read on!)

Enjoy

Richard

Here is the latest newsletter including:

celebration of some really high scores

the Club Champs winners

a local grandmaster

when “Hollywood” returns to town

when not to be photographed at the club

and plenty more!

Enjoy.

Richard