Matamata, Te Aroha, Morrinsville Clubs

Just click on the X Club tab to the left of this screen under Results for details of today's WAP heat at Morrinsville. The commentary and photos can be found under the WAPS tab at the top of this page.

A huge turn out of 20 tables competed at the Morrinsville Open 8B tournament this weekend.

Heather Kneebone and Lesley Quilty topped the field with an impressive average of 64 against strong opposition. A great result:)

The other notable performance from locals was a fine 7th from Tim Rigter and Victor Kooter. Victor was the only junior featuring in the top half of the field and they were the top non-open pairs.

Attached are the final placings.

We received sad news that Allan Barclay of Thames died on Tuesday after a short battle with cancer. Allan was instrumental in organising and running the Thames summer festival of bridge, was a recent NZ Bridge board member and also proactive in organising interclub events with Te Aroha which is where most of our new members will remember him from.

Richard Solomon from NZ Bridge has written a very fine obituary on the NZCBA website and can be accessed via the following link here.

The funeral will be held at 11am on Monday 15th June at St Francis Catholic Church in Thames.

Enjoy the results and photos from today's play by clicking on the X-Clubs Results tab to the left (7th of June in Week 23) or view the current standings by clicking here. The commentary supplied by Nick Whitten is now available to enjoy. Click on the WAP 2015 tab above. Select the Results and Commentaries option from the drop down list and enjoy his analysis of his pick of the boards today.

The Waikato Team of Lesley Chubb, Judy Butler, Brian Nicholson and Alan Dawkins have finally triumphed in the Quilty Trays after competing in every event since it was opened to visiting teams.

They had an emphatic win and could have gone home at supper with an unbeatable 32 point lead at supper time on the final night. It turned out that their last match against runner-ups (and last year's winners of Lesley Quilty, Sonia Crawford, Ann Ring and Heather Kneebone)was their closest with just a 1 IMP win but meant they retained their perfect record of 9 wins from 9 matches.

Third place was the Hamilton Team consisting of MAlcolm Smith, Alison Smith, Linda Lin, Richard Fletcher and Richard Hooper!

Well done to Ari and Tim Rigter for winning the 2015 Championship Pairs. Ari and Tim are long time members of the Te Aroha club and have paired up for this competition for many years without success until this year which makes their victory all the sweeter.

Ari and Tim

Their victory was aided with a timely 70% score in the penultimate week which left a bit of breathing space between them and the chasing pack.

The winners of the Mokena Handicap Trophy which is run alongside the event was Pamela Clydesdale and Laurie Belfield. A great result for Pamela who just learnt bridge in the past year.

A stunning home win for mother and daughter combo Barbara and Raewyn at the Matamata Junior Tournament. A stunning top of the room score of 63.64% in the morning session followed by a steady 54.17% in the afternoon saw them clinch the Matamata Junior Pairs title by just 1.5%. Well done to Barbara and Raewyn who have now taken the lead in the Waikato Bays Junior League at the half way point. Runners up from Rotorua were Colleen Allen and Maureen Carter. A notable third place for a beginner from lessons last year Michele Liddle playing with her "Buddy" Jan Wills.

For results and ladder including overall ladder go to X-Club under Results to left of this page. Commentary on the day's proceedings and photos under the WAP 2015 tab, results and commentary.

Te Aroha and Matamata members created a storm over at Waihi today in the 8B Open tournament. Finishing 5th out of a field of 40 pairs were Greg Saxon and George Sherrill. Topping that were a magnificent 3rd placing for Anna and Jacob Kalma. Henk and Hermanna also came in at 9th with a very respectable score for the day. Congratulations!

Attached the latest newsletter from the Waikato Bays region.