Tournaments

Rubber Bridge Finalists Found

The Rubber Bridge has been completed for 2009. Congratulations to the two successful pairs, Ray Gruschow & Graeme Norman, of the Wellington Bridge Club, and Allan Joseph & Rosa Mishkin of the Kairangi Bridge Club. We wish them luck for the national finals in Hamilton in September. For full details of the Rubber bridge tournament, see the Tournament section of this site.

2009 Wellington Regional Club Championships

The Wellington qualifying for the National Club Championships was held at the Victoria Bridge Club on 14 June.
Congratulations to Wellington Bridge Club, who won by a slim margin from Karori Bridge Club.
Last year's representatives, Hutt Bridge Club were third. Full results in the tournaments section.

Centre Island Teams held in Wellington August 15-16

A summary of the the results of this tournament may be found here in the tournaments section of this website.
Full results are available at the Wellington Bridge Club web site:
http://www.wnbridge.wellington.net.nz/

Wellington Regional Congress 2009

Dates: 10-12 July 2009
Venue: Wellington Bridge Club 17 Tinakori Road & Victoria Bridge Club (If required)
Catering: Lunch (Sat & Sun) & after function finger food
Registration: By Saturday July 4th
To: Wellington Regional Committee Secretary Paula Jenner, paulajjenner@xtra.co.nz

Events

Provincial Pairs 10A 3 sessions. Session 1 starts Friday July 10 at 7.30 pm.
Provincial Teams 10A 3 sessions. Session 1 starts Saturday 1 July at 7.30 pm.
Congress Pairs Walk-in Friday 10 July at 7.30 pm and Saturday July 11 at 7.30 pm
Multi-Grade 8B 2 sessions. Session 1 starts Sun July 12 at 10 am.

Fees

Provincial Pairs $40 per player
Provincial Teams $45 per player
Congress Walk-in $10 per player per session
Multi-Grade $25 per player.

Interprovincial Trials Entry Notice 2009

Date: Sun. June 29, 2009 (& Sat. June 28 if needed)
Venue: Kairangi Bridge Club, 138 Hobart St. Miramar
Format: 4 x Person Teams (Open; Senior; Women & Intermediate)

Special Exceptions:

In acknowledgement of Wellington International players who will be out of NZ at the time of the trials, they may register their interest in selection as a third pair partnership.

If fewer than 3 teams enter any grade, then the selection of a representative team will be by the Independent panel appointed

Grade Requirements

Open Grade: Nil
Senior Grade: Born 1951 or earlier
Women's Grade: Nil
Intermediate Grade: Intermediate or Junior rank at January 1st 2009. In addition: Systems must comply with regulations governing Intermediate Tournaments. *(See NZBI manual 2008, NZ Bridge Systems Policy, p.p.D3)

Entry Fee: $20.00 per player
Closing Date: Tuesday 16 June at 5pm, 2009. Late entries will not be accepted
To: WRC Secretary – Email: paulajjenner@xtra.co.nz

Youth Team

The Wellington Youth Team, for players aged Under 26 at 1 January 2009, will be selected by a panel approved by the committee. Any individuals interested in playing should contact the WRC Secretary at the above email address.

Wellington Regional Tournament Points Trophies

A point trophy. Open to all grades

(Events counted: Christmas Cheer, Suzanne Duncan, Poppy Roberts, all local club 5A's & all regional tournaments. (November – November))

1) Anthony Ker 22 A
2) Alan Grant 19 A
3) Robyn Freeman-Greene 18 A

Next Open Tournament: Hutt 5A, June 21

Intermediate Tournament points Trophy

(1st= 5pts; 2nd = 4pts; 3rd = 3pts; 4th =2pts; 5th = 1pt.) (January – November)

1) (5pts) Hans Diederichsen, Max & Ynys Faatafa, Alice Huang, Tapaf Sarkar, Stephanie Smith, Alex Swainson

Next Intermediate Tournament: Upper Hutt May 24

Junior Tournament points Trophy

(1st= 5pts; 2nd = 4pts; 3rd = 3pts; 4th =2pts; 5th = 1pt.) (January – November)

1) (8pts) Glen Bush, Michael Cox, John Elliott, Paul Maxwell, Gail Tippett

Next Junior Tournament: Hutt June 21