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For Junior and Intermediate players…and others. It’s Fri   day. The Rules are there to be followed. Well, they are usually guidelines rather than hard and fast rules. Sometimes they backfire and you concede a big minus score... read more here

Which Way Next? Your partner opens the bidding with one of a suit and you can see 18 or 19 high card points in front of you. You have no particular fit for partner’s first bid suit but immediately you are focused on slam possibilities. Yet,... read more here

The Present and The Past: Useful Agreements. Have we improved over the years? I can answer this rhetorical question by saying “I hope so.” We can ignore those memory lapses which come with advancing years, of course! A very recent... read more here

A Passing Thought? No way, Jose! (or so say Jack and Richard!) You are sitting there minding your own business…well, listening to the opponents conducting theirs.. and a thought crosses your mind. Tell me. Do any cross yours?... read more here

Bob Fearn. A Visitor from Seattle. There was a special guest at the inter-club Pairs competition last Tuesday evening held at Thames Bridge Club between the Thames and the Te Aroha Bridge Clubs. That was Bob Fearn, the developer of the Compass... read more here

WBF Online Women’s Spring Festival is near: April 7th to 13th Information here promoting the WBF Online Women’s Spring Festival.  Dear Friends in Bridge, The WBF Online Women’s Spring Festival is taking place very soon... read more here

  For Junior, Intermediate and Novice players..and others! It’s Fri day. “Make it Easy on Your Self” The title of a Burt Bacharach/Hal David song from the 1960s (am I showing my age?!) can be applied to today’s... read more here

Hugh McGann and Candice Smith.  “Fall” in Tasmania. Some Kiwis spent last weekend at the Tasmanian Festival of Bridge and we can record some successes there. Ashley Bach, playing with his regular Australian partner, Arlene... read more here

Dai Redshaw before his "hairy" moments.  A “Hair-raising” Charity event in Dunedin. Today, we salute Dunedin bridge players who raised $4,000 for a local good cause, one particular player there who "lost plenty" in the cause... read more here

"if you do not succeed at first, try, try again!" Double Shot : Part 2. Yesterday’s article could have been called “second time lucky”. Could that phrase be used for today’s deal? North DealsE-W Vul... read more here

Top team: Hugh McGann, Michael Ware, GeO Tislevoll and Matthew McManus.  National Open Teams….a Double Shot! The Wellington Bridge Club hosted a wonderful event this past weekend, the National Open Teams, in conjuncture with the... read more here

No guess at all! For Junior and Intermediate players and others…even US pros! It’s Fri day. We all hate it. We have the king and the jack and our opponent leads a small card in the suit. Who has the queen and who has the ace? It... read more here