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ANOTHER GREAT KIWI RESULT IN POLAND
18 Sep 2016
CORNELL - BACH Finish 2nd in Open Pairs The Open, Womens, Seniors and Mixed Pairs ran alongside the latter stages of the Teams competitions. Some of the New Zealand Pairs took part. In the Seniors' Pairs, Trevor Robb- Andrew Janisz and Chris... read more here
Recently Qualified Tournament Directors
18 Sep 2016
NZ Bridge congratulates the following people who were successful in the recent exam series: Sandy McKirdy Wellington Cathy Nijman Wellington read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
17 Sep 2016
CREATING YOUR OWN FUN On a night where so many of the deals seemed to be routine games (even 6-6 in the majors is fairly common-place these days!), one player decided to create his own piece of excitement. I am not sure what your thoughts would... read more here
MORE KIWI SUCCESS IN POLAND
15 Sep 2016
This country has made an impression at the World Bridge Championships at the table. We have another success to report away from the main action. The International Bridge Press Association is what it seems, a body made up of those worldwide who... read more here
BEATEN BUT PROUD
14 Sep 2016
It was not to be but in going down to Spain, the Kiwis can hold their heads high, not just for their performance in the quarter final but in the 8 days which preceded it. New Zealand started the second half of the quarter final 44 imps down. The... read more here
Northland News with Tania Brown
14 Sep 2016
Kia Ora from the North. Looks like the rain has finally stopped and we are able to get out fishing again. Well I am hoping so anyway as it will mean less competition at our tournaments and a wee bit more luck for me. Northland has been enjoying... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
14 Sep 2016
Just In Case Are you one of those players who last took a successful finesse back in 1986…and you have played a lot of bridge since?! If so, read on. If finessing always works for you, then have a coffee instead of reading this..but take a... read more here
The Open Team's Quarter Final Match
13 Sep 2016
It Was Never Going To Be Easy Confidence in our Open Team would have been “sky high” after the defeat of France. The next hurdle, Spain, had just won over USA in the Phase of 16. So, while Spain is not a country right at the top of... read more here
Kiwis in Poland- The Day we Beat France
12 Sep 2016
NEW ZEALAND INTO THE QUARTER FINALS Yes, it’s true. Our Open team have beaten France, with just enough to spare while our Women put up a mighty fight against Sweden though the deficit of 90 with 32 boards left proved to be too much. Before... read more here
Kiwis in Poland - Phase of 16
11 Sep 2016
our successful Women's team Let The Fun Begin Once you have qualified for the final stages of any event, you have achieved. In whatever event you are competing, no matter how good you are, qualifying is hard. For our Open and... read more here
Kiwi Joy, but Spare a Thought for our Mixed Team
10 Sep 2016
In celebrating a great day in New Zealand’s international bridge calendar, let’s start with a sad story. Our Mixed team had started this event well but later results had been disappointing. Nevertheless, they still had a reasonable... read more here
Kiwis in Poland - Day 5
9 Sep 2016
THREE NEW ZEALAND TEAMS WELL IN CONTENTION Qualification for the knock-out stages is looking a real possibility for three of our four teams in Poland. Although the number of qualifying teams in relation to the size of the field is extremely... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
9 Sep 2016
‘‘Ducking and Diving” If you play a hand as well as you can, you are sometimes rewarded by an opponent’s slip. That was certainly the case for John O’Connor who is quite a new player to Akarana. He reached 3NT from... read more here
Kiwis in Poland - Day 4
8 Sep 2016
Day 4 – The Reality Check When you play 3 or 4 matches a day for 6 days against strong opposition, you are going to have a day that is tougher than others. Let’s hope that our Women’s and Mixed Teams have just experienced that... read more here
Canterbury News with Craig Shanahan
7 Sep 2016
A BIT OF COLOUR AND A QUIZ On Sunday 14th August at the RANGIORA club, famous for its hospitality, the Rangiora Rascals... read more here
Kiwis in Poland Day 3
7 Sep 2016
A GREAT DAY FOR THE KIWIS Day 3 at the World Championships was a really good one for the New Zealand teams trying to qualify for the knock-out stages. The... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
7 Sep 2016
BEWARE THE “DANGER” HAND Often there is one of the opponents you would like to keep off lead. This can be especially true in no-trumps where one opponent has led their long suit…and you have two holds in the suit... read more here
Kiwis in Poland Day 2
6 Sep 2016
More of Day 1's Results It was a repeat of the first day with our Women and Mixed Teams being very much in the mix, our Open Team in midfield and our Seniors Team wishing they were! The Open Team started with their bye and then produced... read more here
Kiwis in Poland
5 Sep 2016
OUR MIXED TEAM OFF TO A FLYING START New Zealand’s 4 teams had mixed starts on day 1 of the World Teams Championships in Wroclaw, Poland. The Mixed and Seniors are in Round Robins of 23 and 24 teams respectively with the top 8 qualifying... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
3 Sep 2016
“The High Road or The Low Road?” There are times when the standard approach to bidding makes it difficult to explore for the best contract especially when you are in the “maybe slam zone”. “One step too many”... read more here
2016 World Bridge Games, Wroclaw
1 Sep 2016
Look up the results of the 4 Kiwi Teams competing. Also a radio interview, some photos and a video. Click here to listen to Richard Solomon being interviewed by RNZ (13th Sept, 2016) Click here to view a video clip from Wroclaw... read more here
National 15A Pairs - 3rd & 4th Sept 2016
31 Aug 2016
Link to Results read more here
Otago/Southland News with Moss Wylie
31 Aug 2016
South Island Pairs winners from Dunedin Congratulations to Ellena Moskovsky and James Coutts on winning the South Island Pairs, storming home with a 67% session in the second round of the final. They are part of the New Zealand team which will... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
31 Aug 2016
The “Free” Finesse that “Cost”. Call it a free finesse, one where you will not lose the trick even if it fails. Call it a “Greek Gift”. Whatever you call it, it was one down in a contract that never should... read more here
Are you going to Congress ? Then register now on this website
29 Aug 2016
If you are going to Congress and not yet registered on the NZB website, you may like to do so now. We plan to email Congress players notices during Congress, such as session times, when results are posted and anything... read more here
Pay for The National Bridge Congress NOW
29 Aug 2016
ARE YOU PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS? Saturday September 23rd until Saturday October 2nd 2016 Do you remember the wise old owl? He is a wealthy creature. Why? He paid for the National Bridge Congress BY 31st August. We will give you a... read more here
Recent High Session Scores
29 Aug 2016
Here are the top session scores for tournaments in July. One unusual fact was the score recorded by Yuzhong Chen and Gary Foidl in the Matamata Open Pairs. We will not mention their first round score but their 71.09% was over a 30% improvement.... read more here
Tournament Results: South Island
29 Aug 2016
The South Island Tournament Results for July 2016 follow. Teams results come after Pairs results. See also Recent High Scores for the top scores in the month. Nelson 3B Junior Pairs (2nd July) Rangiora 8B Open Pairs (3rd... read more here
Tournament Results: Lower North Island
29 Aug 2016
These are the July Tournament Results for the Central Districts and Wellington regions. Teams results come at the end of the Pairs results. Dannevirke 5B Pairs (2nd July) Taradale Junior Pairs (9th July) 1 Carol... read more here
TOURNAMENT RESULTS. UPPER North Island
29 Aug 2016
Here are the results from tournaments in the Auckland-Northland and Waikato Bays regions in July 2016. Howick Open 3A Pairs (2nd July) Howick 5B Intermediate Pairs (2nd July) Faisal Alam - Gina Hsu... read more here
Volunteer of The Month
28 Aug 2016
A joint award this month as Peter Bowyer and Angela Royle have been a real team on the Auckland Northland Regional Committee for a very long time. This award is in recognition of that. While Angela may not be regarded as a "Volunteer" in terms of... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
26 Aug 2016
A “Helping” hand Your partner is there to help your side. Believe it! It’s true. Just because they do not always lead the suit you bid (they had their reasons, maybe valid ones!) or return your suit to give you a ruff (check out... read more here
2017 International Squad Application Forms - Released 25 August 2016
25 Aug 2016
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
24 Aug 2016
Counting ... Down That’s the idea if you are defending. “That”? Why, to beat the contract! Playing Pairs, there are times when you want to restrict overtricks but generally, your score will look much better if you have beaten... read more here
WELLINGTON REGIONAL NEWS with Paul Maxwell
24 Aug 2016
The local Wellington weather has again provided excellent conditions for bridge. The big event of this period was the 10A Regional Teams event, hosted by the Hutt Bridge Club and attracting 18 teams. Newell (Peter Newell, Martin Reid, GeO... read more here
Summer Festival of Bridge Canberra - Speacial Early Bird Offer for NZ Players
22 Aug 2016
Special limited promotion for NZ players – enter online NOW Offer applies only to Pairs and Teams comprising all NZ players Entry must be done online and paid in full by single credit card before 5 October A 20% refund to credit card... read more here
Congratulations To Our Recently Qualified Club Directors
19 Aug 2016
NZ Bridge congratulates the following people who were successful in the recent exam series: Julie Ballance Wellington Doris Chapman Hastings Greg Davenport Thames Lorraine... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
19 Aug 2016
Crashing Honours A series of curious events resulted in 12 well won imps on the following board (4). In the cold and reflective light of the post-mortem, one can find a reason why the defence could have prevailed but the declarer, Carol... read more here
Bingo.. Mafia..Speedball
18 Aug 2016
All in the name of Youth Bridge. "Mafia" takes over from Bridge. The Christchurch Bridge Club was taken over from Friday 12th until Sunday 14th August by a group of 44 keen young bridge players coming from all over the country to indulge in a... read more here
Central Districts' News with George MacLachlan
17 Aug 2016
Winners of the Wanganui Open held in mid-July were Bob Hurley and Pam Livingston though the highest score of the day (67.11%) came from the familiar faces of Ken Bateman and Noel Woodhall (pictured above). Meanwhile, Patrick D'Arcy and Graeme... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
17 Aug 2016
EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS EASY, IT’S HARD. Or” It Isn’t over until the fat lady sings.” “What’s that” you may ask? “Why, defence, of course!” Another way of looking at this is that a contract is not... read more here
Plenty of Fun at The Cambridge 6's
16 Aug 2016
"The Union Jacks" from Cambridge...just there to have a good time. It was all happening at the Don Rowlands Centre at Karapiro near Cambridge on Saturday 13th August where Cambridge Bridge Club hosted the largest one day event... read more here
Website improvements
16 Aug 2016
Over the last 12 months, NZB has been working on major changes to our site. It has been a work in progress and still is. We know it is not perfect and there are still things we want to improve, but recently we addressed some issues.... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
12 Aug 2016
AVOID THOSE MINORS Two boards played this week proved some well-known rules about where you should be playing game if you can and conversely what to avoid. They both involved some potentially hefty opposition pre-emption. One involved one of... read more here
AUCKLAND NEWS with Douglas Russell
11 Aug 2016
Hello from a very wet and chilly Auckland. Many of our bridge players have taken refuge from the incessant rain by playing in the warmth and comfort of our very welcoming clubs over this period. Down in Papatoetoe in June, Gary Chen and Blair... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
10 Aug 2016
BEATING OR NOT BEATING THE PART-SCORE Sorry, no great end-play to make an impossible slam this week. This is routine every day what went right or in this case wrong defending a part-score. The first question is after an illuminating sequence of:... read more here
Seniors' Success at Hamilton
9 Aug 2016
Andrew and Trevor The North Island Pairs Trevor Robb and Andrew Janisz, members of this year’s New Zealand Seniors team which is soon to leave for the Olympiad events in Poland, were victorious in last weekend’s North Island Pairs at... read more here
Pacific Asia Women's On-Line Bridge Festival
8 Aug 2016
NZ Bridge is very pleased to advertise the third Pacific Asia On-line Women's Bridge Festival to be held from Monday 22nd August to Friday 26th August 2016. For all details, including the registration pages, go to... read more here
TALES OF AKARANA
5 Aug 2016
“Twice in one night” Can lightning strike twice in one night? With our weather at present, the answer must certainly be “yes”. Yet, we are talking about more pleasant matters like “opening leads”. You can get... read more here
PLAY and DEFENCE for Improving Players
3 Aug 2016
AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS Now, I am not calling you an elephant, at least not in public! I do, though, want you to justify my faith in you by getting two problems right. One is a little easier than the other. Both are on the same theme. In each... read more here
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