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Congratulations to the many prize winners!
In First Place: Debbie McLeod & Anne-Marie Russell
Second Place: Sandy McKirdy & John Patterson
Best Mixed Grade Pair: Susan Baty & Tony Clear
Best Intermediate Pair: Moira & Graeme Wylie
Best Junior Pair: Bruce & Ann Barnett
This year the event was run as two tournaments - Open 5A Swiss Pairs and Restricted 3A Swiss Pairs
Congratulations to the winners:
Open Swiss Pairs
Ray Gruschow & Peter Delahunty (Wellington)
Restricted Swiss Pairs
Rhonda Graham & Nick Edginton (North Shore)
On Staturday 7 December our annual Christmas Tournament was filled to capacity with 39 Tables of eager particpants....
...all hoping to win one of the many prizes on offer!
Two sessions of bridge, followed by drinks and a sumptuous Christmas dinner, and then the prizegiving:
Taking out first place were
Anthony Ker (Wellington) & Charles Ker (Hokowhitu)
Second prize went to
Sandra Calvert & Colin Carryer (New Plymouth)
In Third Place
Lorraine McArthur & Elanor Morel (Kapi Mana)
Top Intermediate Prize went to
Susan Baty & Tony Clear (Palmerston North)
and the Intermediate Runners Up were
Hans van Bunnik & Anne Gordon (Palmerston North)
The final special mention is for the best Junior pair and that prize went to
Frances Tacon & Jenny Bradley (Masterton)
Our Open 5A Swiss Pairs tournament on Saturday 12 October 2019 attracted a record entry of 21 tables.
The Winners were Jan Whyte & Ken Bateman (Palmerston North)
pictured here with PN Bridge Club President Denise Servante (centre).
In Second Place:
Pam Livingston & John Davidson (New Plymouth/Wellington)
and in Third Place:
Carolyn Yeomans & Alister Buchanan (Napier)
On August 5th our 2019 learners had their first full evening of bridge in the Novice Plus session. Here we are with our graduation certificates for successfully completing the course and being brave enough to give it a go!
Awesome!
Palmerston North club members had a particularly sucessful day at the the Wanganui Swiss Pairs held on the 14th of July, taking out both first and second places.
Winning the tournament were Morgan Booker and Jan Whyte
and in second place were Tony Clear and Laura Griffin
In June 2019, the Wanganui, Hawera and Palmerston North clubs returned for their annual tri-match tournament which was not held last year. A very successful day was held in Whanganui, with Palmerston North winning the Wilkin Cup which is for head to head competition between Wanganui and Palmerston North. Palmerston North then won the "Claret Jug" for overall honours on the day. For more information, see the June newsletter.
This week’s show includes:
At the pond with Kermit
Plonk, the beach and Congress
Email winner announced
Book competition
Gaining the mental edge at Bridge
The book heads off to Invercargill
Judge Julie rules
Taranaki Congress is fast arriving
Who is practising or it practise really needed
Barry talks about preference
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