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  • The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 173

    24 Nov 2021

      Here is the link to this week's show     The weekly Bridge gossip, views, tips and chatter with Barry and Mereana              At the pond with Kermit    ... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    23 Nov 2021

    An uncomfortable discard. Defending is rarely straightforward and one of the more uncomfortable parts can be discarding when a declarer runs a long suit at you. The long suit in today’s hand, from last weekend’s Inter-provincials, is... read more here

  • New Club Manager sought by Auckland Bridge Club

    23 Nov 2021

    The Auckland Bridge Club is seeking a new Club Manager. If you are or know someone who might be interested in this part-time role, please press the following link.    ... read more here

  • Real Live Inter-Provincials

    22 Nov 2021

    Real Live Inter-Provincials. A question for you to ponder as you read and salute the winners of last weekend’s Inter-Provincial Championships. You have been silent so far in the bidding. Are you going to remain so? This is your hand and... read more here

  • A Household with two Gold Grand Masters

    20 Nov 2021

      Meet Christchurch's latest Gold Grand Master, Jane Skipper. Jane and her husband John have been huge contributors to the Christchurch Bridge Club for many many years. For Jane, away from the table, this means being one of the club’s... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    19 Nov 2021

    Too strong to pre-empt: too weak to open. 8 Points 10 Tricks. but not in the way you might expect. We feature a hand today that just does not fit into any traditional opening bid. If you were told that it had a 7-card spade suit and 8 high-card... read more here

  • Interprovincials 2021

    19 Nov 2021

      Link to Kibitzing on RealBridge   Link to Results read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    18 Nov 2021

    “CARE”  for less experienced players and others. That’s the word we are focusing on today. Sometimes it is rewarded. Another aspect to the same question is would you rather have a 42% or 83% result on a board, playing... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    17 Nov 2021

    Jan’s Day: A Time to Bid and a Time to Pass. We look today at the subject of balancing. Sometimes, we balance and find a making contract or else we push them one level higher than they want to be. We may even go for a smaller minus score... read more here

  • The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 172

    17 Nov 2021

      Here is the link to this week's show   The weekly Bridge gossip, views, tips and chatter with Barry and Mereana              At the pond with Kermit     Judge... read more here

  • Covid 19

    16 Nov 2021

      Over the weekend we learnt that a member of the Dargaville Bridge Club was admitted to hospital. All members of the club are now in self isolation.  I am sure you join us in wishing those infected a speedy recovery. We are thinking... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    16 Nov 2021

    Simple Stayman: Difficult Decision. How could Stayman become so awkward? You get your response to 2 and on the basis of that, you can either bid or invite game depending on strength, maybe even just choose to play in a major suit at the 2 level.... read more here

  • Congratulations to our new Grandmasters

    15 Nov 2021

    Details Here read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    15 Nov 2021

    Vivienne Sexton and Maureen Russ celebrate here in 2020. A Repeat Performance in the Babich. Just 12 months after scoring  72.16% in the 2020 event, Kerikeri’s Vivienne Sexton and Maureen Russ did it all over again with 73.04% to win... read more here

  • 10 minutes of something- From the Bridge Zone

    14 Nov 2021

      Some funny stuff happens at the table ...  131121.mp4 read more here

  • Babich NZ Wide Pairs booklet

    12 Nov 2021

    Here is the link for the booklet for the boards played in this year's event. NZWP Booklet 2021.pdf (2.91MB) I hope you all enjoy reading them.   If anyone wants a paper copy, please email me at rksolomon@xtra.co.nz   and tell me... read more here

  • Babich NZ Wide Pairs results link and news about the event

    12 Nov 2021

      An on-line version of the booklet about the hands you have played will be posted on this site at 10.30 pm tonight, Friday. It contains a discount offer regarding wine purchase from the event’s sponsor, Babich Wines.   TONIGHT... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    12 Nov 2021

    A good suit to make trumps? A "Major" Disaster. That’s the last thing you want with such a potentially nice hand as the one below. Yet, that is exactly what happened. Let’s relive the sad story, a story that would never have happened... read more here

  • Win a Beach House at the February 2022 National Bridge Congress

    12 Nov 2021

      Win  free luxury accommodation at The Mount for you and your friends while at the National Congress. Are you a fun loving, a bridge loving person.. and like mixing with others who are? Then, this offer is right up your alley. ... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    11 Nov 2021

    Any rethink? For less experienced players and others. When you play “500”, you bid first time round or not at all. In Bridge, of course, you can pass several rounds of bidding and emerge “out of the bushes” with a bid. In... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    10 Nov 2021

    Never in Doubt! The title of yesterday’s article was “Could Be Worse” and the theme around today’s could be along the lines of “could be a lot better”! Indeed, chances of South bringing home 10 tricks would... read more here

  • The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 171

    10 Nov 2021

    Here is the link to this week's show     The weekly Bridge gossip, views, tips and chatter with Barry and Mereana              At the pond with Kermit     Judge... read more here

  • 10 minutes of something- From the Bridge Zone

    9 Nov 2021

       The Chair.mp4 The Bridge Zone catch up with Allan Morris   Alan talks with Barry and Mereana about Congress, Plans A, B and C, vaccinations, passports, the traffic light system and the potential effect on Bridge  ... read more here

  • Covid-19 Advisory from NZ Bridge

    9 Nov 2021

    Advisory No 20 9th Nov 2021 read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    9 Nov 2021

    Could Be Worse. That’s one way to describe our partner’s bidding on today’s deal. We have got two nice suits of our own and unusually, the suit in which our partner has plenty, is not our shortest. We have a fit! Onwards, for... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    8 Nov 2021

    Breaking those Rules. That’s part of the beauty of Bridge. We create rules (or guidelines) and then we break them! Of course, sometimes, maybe most of the time, we should not but recognising the times when we should is the mark of good... read more here

  • 10 minutes of something- From the Bridge Zone

    6 Nov 2021

      Is online bridge a threat to clubs?    051121.mp4 read more here

  • Babich Wines NZ Wide Pairs

    6 Nov 2021

      Held on Friday evening. Face to Face heats in Level 2 areas. https://www.nzbridge.co.nz/current-tournaments.html Real Bridge on line heats to be run by the following clubs:... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    5 Nov 2021

    New Zealand featured in International Bridge Press Journalism Awards. International Bridge Press Association makes several annual awards to both players who bid, play or defend exceptionally well and to the journalists who wrote up their fine... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    4 Nov 2021

    A Common Conundrum – for less experienced players and others. It would not happen to you, would it? However, it does happen rather often to others. So, this article is for their benefit not yours! However, to be sure, to be sure, just cast... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    3 Nov 2021

         Jan’s Day:  Fear the Worst. If you survive when the news is bad, you are on the road to being a very good declarer. That is the theme behind today’s Jan’s Day article. The bad news was not a bad... read more here

  • The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 170

    3 Nov 2021

      here is the link to this week's show     The weekly Bridge gossip, views, tips and chatter with Barry and Mereana             At the pond with Kermit     Judge... read more here

  • 10 minutes of something- From the Bridge Zone

    2 Nov 2021

      Lightner doubles and adrenaline junkies  011121.mp4 read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    2 Nov 2021

    Too aggressive? Over and Under Bidding. Today, we seem to feature a bit of both. Throw into the mix the need to record as high-scoring a game as possible because we are playing Pairs and we have both controversy and perhaps riskiness in the... read more here

  • Cancelled Tournaments

    1 Nov 2021

      Timaru 5A Anniversary Pairs 6 Nov 2021 Golden Bay 3A Pairs 6 Nov 2021 New Plymouth 8B Anniversary Pairs 6 Nov 2021 North Island Teams Auckland 6-7 Nov 2021 Waikanae 5B... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    1 Nov 2021

    From the Frying Pan to the….. I do hate those movies where you start off with the ending and work your way back to it over the course of the next couple of hours. It kind of spoils the climax! Or does it? Why cannot we have a different... read more here

  • LABOUR WEEKEND HAMILTON 10A TEAMS ONLINE TOURNAMENT

    1 Nov 2021

      On behalf of the Hamilton Bridge Club, I would like to thank all the all the players who entered our inaugural Online 10A Teams’ Tournament. 54 teams entered this tournament. Entries were received from Invercargill to Keri Keri as... read more here

  • 10 minutes of something- From the Bridge Zone

    31 Oct 2021

      Bridge is a sport - right?    291021.mp4 read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    29 Oct 2021

    Sweet Smell of Success. The success, say, of a well bid and a well- played hand. Well, when both occur together… how good is that! South DealsBoth Vul ♠ K 8 ♥ Q 6 4 ♦ A K 9 6... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    28 Oct 2021

    Hard Graft. Yesterday, we talked about a rare time to shine with an opening lead to beat a game. Winning a major event, well any event really, requires hard graft, consistently so, over a session. In the Waikato Real Bridge Open Teams, GeO... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    27 Oct 2021

    Tom Jacob. Reading his system notes is really not that hard! A Time to Shine. So often, we hear bridge is a game of mistakes and that those who commit the fewest will come out on top. There is unquestionably a lot of truth in that statement.... read more here

  • The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 169

    27 Oct 2021

      Click here to enjoy the show     The weekly Bridge gossip, views, tips and chatter with Barry and Mereana              At the pond with Kermit     Judge... read more here

  • Daily Bridge in New Zealand

    26 Oct 2021

    A strong hand: but how to handle it? More pairs are playing transfer responses to what is usually a short 1C opening. Thus, whether or not you play such a system, you are quite likely to have to defend against some of the unusual situations it... read more here

  • Great Kiwi Week "in" Sydney

    26 Oct 2021

    We can report yet another Kiwi success in last weeks’ “Real Bridge” Sydney Spring Nationals. The team of Steph and Tom Jacob and Susan and Denis Humphries won the 8 round 2-day Mixed Teams. This follows on the success of Nick... read more here

  • Westport Club Radio Podcast

    26 Oct 2021

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  • Hamilton - 10A Online Teams - Link to Results & Kibitzing options

    24 Oct 2021

      Hamilton Teams / Tables list  Useful if trying reconcile player with team etc….     https://www.hamilton.bridge-club.org/node/5686   Kibitzing          ... read more here

  • 10 minutes of something- From the Bridge Zone

    23 Oct 2021

      Does anything go with a 1NT opener?  And Waikato Teams - where? what? when?  221021.mp4 read more here

  • Cancelled Tournaments

    23 Oct 2021

      CD Region Zelda Morris Provincial Pairs 30 & 31 Oct 2021 Orewa 5B Intermediate Pairs 31 Oct 2021 Orewa 3A Open Pairs 31 Oct 2021 Timaru 5A Anniversary Pairs 6 Nov 2021... read more here

  • Congratulations - To our recently qualified Club Directors

    23 Oct 2021

        NZ Bridge congratulates the following people who were successful in the recent exam series:   Jeremy Ballantyne              Waipukurau Heather... read more here

  • Auckland News with Douglas Russell

    22 Oct 2021

      Welcome back. The latest Level 4 lockdown in Auckland came into force exactly as I submitted my last report, and subsequent restrictions have effectively killed both club and tournament play in the region ever since. So slim pickings as... read more here

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