2020 Waiheke Bridge Club

Would you be interested in being part of a 2020 Waiheke Bridge Club Interclub Team in 2025? This year they had 18 teams, and entries closed around Mid March. 

Friday - 7:15pm - one Friday per month check: https://www.akbc.co.nz/realbridge

  There are no fixed member line-ups as long as all participating players are junior or novice using the NZB gradings.( It also seems that you can have substitutes and also any amount of pairs of players).    A link will be on the Auckland website for the monthly rounds which are usually two matches per evening (full round robin). Master points given.

There is no team entry fee - costs are covered by player table money ($7/night) which is deducted from each players Hello Club account (details on the Auckland Bridge Club site).  Masterpoints are issued and at the end of the year there are a trophy, certificates and wine to award.  

NZ Bridge will contact us in the new year to guage our interest.

At various times throughout the year, we will introduce a trial series of Playing Tips, Techniques, ACOL bidding etc, at 6.45pm before Real Bridge gets underway from 7pm–9pm.

The first series started Monday October 14th, 6.45pm on Leads with Sati.

The second week on 21 October, Rob led us through Finessing. 6.45pm

The third lesson was on Monday 11 November, Stayman with Jan.

The fourth lesson will be on 18 Nov, Establishing a long suit with Tana.

Series will be free and optional. People can choose not to start earlier and to arrive by 6.55pm to the Lobby to be ready for play at 7pm.

A series will be limited to no more than 4 sessions, and then it would be Play & Discuss as usual for the next weeks.

Series will be based on NZ Bridge Resources, which will also be highlighted on our website under RESOURCES and also at each of the Play & Discuss sessions.

The Play & Discuss session may not necessarily have focused-boards on the content of the series, depending on the topic.

The “Discuss” part of the night would be focused around the topic selected with feedback where appropriate.

Series content will cover the areas that were highlighted on the club survey e.g. Stayman, Leads and defence, Establishing a suit in NT, Transfers, Vulnerability, Doubles,

Suggestions for sessions and contributions and offers  to run a short session will be gratefully received by the Committee.

The session topics will be listed on the Club Calendar.

The session series will be reviewed and your feedback requested.

Graeme Tufnell is a highly regarded teacher (and player) of bridge. Not that you will find much about him on the web. Here is one description.

"Graeme Tuffnell might be the black sheep of the bunch. He doesn’t like titles – or flaunting his achievements – but if you give up all your worldly possessions and go hike up a mountain seeking the meaning of life bridge, when you finally approach the little hut at the very top, you might just find it is Graeme who opens the door for you and offers a cup of tea."

Here are another 10 hands with Graeme Tufnell.  Luck's on your table tonight

He also has another video called It's not the hands you are dealt. It is how you play them Not what you are dealt

6 December

5pm

Further details are on the

Whats App group mail.

Subscribing (free) to  Graeme Tufnell on uTube. He plays 10 hands a week and highlights a different aspect of bridge.

Check these two links out:

A short introduction https://youtu.be/UrJNa1JtswA?si=rl-fFvdGaLAZxhgR

10 hands of bridge looking at scoring https://www.youtube.com/live/GdlIJdBW8zo?si=uafKA4SJJZ1ehmnM