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Hard Choice. A low-level opponents’ auction seemed to be petering out quietly when belatedly your partner entered the bidding. What does their double mean and what should you do about it?      ... read more here

Rat Catching? A fairly normal sounding auction left you on lead when the end contract was just a little surprising. What then would you lead?       South DealsN-S Vul   N... read more here

The Best Game. for Junior and Intermediate players....and others. It's Fri day! Sometimes, the best game is not in the trump suit where we have the most trumps. It is not in no trumps, either. We are normally talking about the situation where... read more here

Bad luck….or bad play? It was not South’s day. Firstly, they decided against penalising East by passing their 2 overcall and then passing the anticipated take-out double from their partner. There was too much chance of finding a... read more here

“Mixed Success” once more on “29”. As per yesterday, it is Board 29 once again we feature with the partnership of Jan Alabaster – Graeme Tuffnell nearing the end of the Zonal Mixed Team play-off match against... read more here

Board 29             : “Mixed Success”.   Today’s and tomorrow’s  two boards involving our Mixed Team at the APBF have something in common, a board number we do not often... read more here

Having a “whale” of a time in Kaikoura. The following article has been submitted by Pam Whitehead. Now, Pam may be just a little biased being the Kaikoura Bridge Club President, but the Kaikoura Club has run excellent tournaments for... read more here

The online supported play series starts on the 8th of June and the first session is free.  There is no need to register on Hello Club to experience the real bridge free trial for supported play. Beginners can use the following link after... read more here

APBF 2025: the final few days. The last day of the main competitions was on Friday. There were mixed fortunes for our four teams with honours going to our Mixed Team who finished with three victories (Thailand 16.21, Philippines 17.19 and Chinese... read more here

APBF Day6  A Brighter Day. In what has been a difficult few days at the APBF, yesterday offered some more hopeful signs for our teams. Although our Open Team were well beaten by the table-topping Australians at the start (1.83), two... read more here

APBF Day 5: Little Change. That could sum up the results of our four teams on Day 5 of the competition. Our Open Team dropped one place to 11th, hugely clear of the bottom 2 and still realistically in reach of 7th placed Japan 16.67 vps ahead.... read more here

  APBF 25  Day 4…a “Grand” day. An average day for our four teams with only our Senior team in contention for medals. They recorded wins over China (14.42) and the leaders, Japan (11.87) but lost (7.84) to Chinese... read more here

Day 3 at the APBF. Our Open Team started with a big loss (on BBO!) to Australia (3.79vp) and then after their bye, had a small loss to Thailand (8.13) and then a 30 imp win over Macau to end the day where they started, in 5th place, on 121.47vp... read more here

New Zealand at the APBF. Saturday saw the start of the Asia Pacific Bridge Championships in Hefei, China, in which New Zealand is competing in the Open, Ladies, Mixed and Senior competitions. Australia are also playing in all 4 events. All... read more here

For Junior, Intermediate and Novice players…. And others. It’s Fri   day. Keeping partner happy. What to lead? That usually seems to be a problem! So, you are defending 1NT and your partner overcalled a suit and you are on... read more here

Jonathan Westoby. Bravo…the Chef! Yesterday, we looked at a game contract which seemed destined for defeat though a little thought enabled the declarer to survive and record a making game. We are going to continue that theme again today.... read more here

Supported online play poster FINAL.pdf read more here