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Top of The South News with Jenny Pomeroy
3 Nov 2020
I am a little tardy with the Top of the South bulletin,but it does mean that I can include Friday night’s Babich Wines NZ Wide Pairs and the Michael Green Trophy. A good turn-out of both clubs and players in the Babich NZ Wide Pairs... read more here
Babich Wines New Zealand Wide Pairs
2 Nov 2020
Saluting the winners. The Babich Wines New Zealand Wide Pairs took place on the evening of Friday October 30th at 57 clubs all around New Zealand. That was the same number of clubs as in 2019 though there were 26 fewer tables this year. That was... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
2 Nov 2020
“Hidden Treasure”. A fairly straightforward bidding sequence with presumably a fairly strong hand which opened the bidding about to go down in dummy. They need a stop in the suit... read more here
Australian on-line Teams competition using Real Bridge
30 Oct 2020
Calling for New Zealand entries. All those who have been to any NZ National Congress will know the name if not the face of the most popular Australian visiting director, Matthew McManus. We also know that in many parts of Australia, live bridge... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
30 Oct 2020
Just waiting…. Nearly Positive. Bidding styles continue to change with bidding after a strong Game-Forcing 2 opening no... read more here
The Bridge Zone Radio Show -118
30 Oct 2020
This weeks show includes: We discuss this with Liam Milne NZ gets their 1st official complaint Hamilton Labour Weekend Congress - some results Judge Julie with overhearing/eavesdropping... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
29 Oct 2020
Dispensing with the safety barrier. I have no head for heights, or to be exact sheer drops. If I am somewhere high, I like to feel there is a good strong safety barrier between me and the world down below. In bridge terms, my safety barrier, in... read more here
National Rubber Bridge Finals update
29 Oct 2020
National Rubber Bridge update. The first semi-final in the National Rubber Bridge event was played earlier this week and saw Clare Coles and Kevin Whyte from Cambridge (Waikato Bays) take on Wellington’s Russell Dive and Anthony Ker. Three... read more here
NZ Wide Pairs 2020
29 Oct 2020
Link to online results read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
28 Oct 2020
“IF” So, what do you do when dummy appears which is some two or three tricks short of what you anticipated, or hoped for rendering your contract next to impossible? Thanking partner is of course, the polite thing. No need... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
27 Oct 2020
Make them vanish! Ruff Away If you have not got enough top tricks to cash in your suit contract, then using your trumps separately to create extra tricks seems a good way to try to make your contract. When most of your trumps are above the level... read more here
Decision- NZB Conduct, Discipline and Disputes Committee
27 Oct 2020
The New Zealand Bridge Conduct, Discipline and Disputes Committee considered a situation that occurred during the Auckland Bridge Club BBO sessions during lockdown. A player was found to have been using two BBO logins and computers for the purpose... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
23 Oct 2020
Did you see it? Dallas’ Diamond Double. An interesting double in a recent hand led to an unusual sequence of events in which the other three players were not leave the table without a little piece of egg on their faces. Was the double an... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
22 Oct 2020
Partner. Our trump suit is..? Setting Trumps. The sun is shining today. Partner has made a take-out double of a weak 2 and you have a goodly 18-count including a decent 5 carder in a suit partner is almost certain... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
21 Oct 2020
Declare or Defend? We seem to have too much support for our partner’s suit to allow our opponents to play in their major suit game but too much defence to want to sacrifice. Do we bid on and sacrifice or trust our defence will prevail?... read more here
The Bridge Zone Radio Show -117
21 Oct 2020
Afternoon Delights What a round from the Bristow’s 73% to take out the Forsyth Barr All Grades Taupo 8B I could certainly of done with some of that cream And INT opening bids Have you ever heard... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
20 Oct 2020
The Wrong Road. This might seem a strange title for an article which we hinted yesterday would come under the overall heading of “You never know your luck”. Yet, both statements are relevant as most declarers, given the opportunity to... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
19 Oct 2020
You Never Know your luck. Today and tomorrow, we feature a couple of deals where the defence and declarer can earn themselves a piece of good fortune. That’s right. It does not come on a silver platter but if you do the right thing, you... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
16 Oct 2020
Common Mistakes in Bridge taught by Tina McVeigh. Today’s article is a taste of some excellent free videos produced and made available by Tina McVeigh who has run the most successful House of Cards Bridge Club in Christchurch for some... read more here
The Bridge Zone Radio Show -116
16 Oct 2020
Celebration of Bridge Enter a tournament Count, counts and counting Tips for you... read more here
A sneak peek of the new Congress venue
15 Oct 2020
Congratulations - To our new Grandmasters
15 Oct 2020
Details here read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
15 Oct 2020
Enough Stuff? Are you? Have you? Your partner has used a Michaels bid, quite an aggressive one as it took your partnership to the 3-level opposite what could be a misfitting yarborough in your hand…and you have much more than that. So,... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
14 Oct 2020
A “Cross” Ruffer! A look today at playing a hand where you seem to have very few losers but on the other hand, not that many winners. The answer in many such cases is to make good use of the asset you do... read more here
Online Bridge Event - Open to all Players
14 Oct 2020
Presentation - Bridge International... read more here
Wellington News with Paul Maxwell
14 Oct 2020
Fingers crossed on history not repeating. I started the previous update at level one, but sent it north under the uncertainty of new community cases of Covid-19. We did have to cancel some tournaments during the second lockdown, and, of course,... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
13 Oct 2020
A Multi Problem. It is pretty certain when an opponent starts with 2and you have the hand below, that they will have a Weak 2 in one of the major suits. You are strong enough to rule out their strong option. Yet, which suit do they have and how... read more here
National Rubber Bridge Finals update
13 Oct 2020
There may have been no National Congress this year but we are still able to complete the final stages of this one National event, thanks to BBO. The 8 pairs are playing their matches on BBO, 30 deals as usual, and with a supervisor present for... read more here
CLub Level Director Exams 2020
12 Oct 2020
Information- Club Level Exams Nov 2020 read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
12 Oct 2020
Where to from here? To bid? If so, what? Or maybe to pass? If we choose to bid, what do we bid? What does partner’s double mean, anyway? Too many questions! Suddenly, a fairly simple hand has become rather less simple to handle. It looks... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
9 Oct 2020
Saved from the Brink of Disaster. So, sometimes you make the right lead and it turns out to be an unlucky lead. Sometimes, you make the wrong lead and pay the price. Maybe West on today’s deal deserved the latter fate as the lead made was... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
8 Oct 2020
don't stay where you are! The “Strength” of Weak Jumps. We are not talking about Weak Jump Overcalls, though they can be quite useful, too. We are talking about Weak Jumps when your partner opens the bidding. You can play Weak Jumps... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
7 Oct 2020
Strong and hard to handle. That’s a reasonable description of today’s hand. Hard to decide where to start and then if you decide on a simple overcall, even harder to know where to go next. Was that overcall right in the first place?... read more here
The Bridge Zone Radio Show -115
7 Oct 2020
Pianos and Barry Any excuse to play Bridge Congress Gatekeeper talks it up about the Congress venue for the next 3 years Over leading verses Underleading Reverse Dummy Somethings to think... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
6 Oct 2020
ONE GOOD PLAY NEGATES ANOTHER. When both the declarer and a defender find a good play on the same board, you might expect each to achieve an average result. That was not quite true in reality. ... read more here
Covid 19 Advisory
5 Oct 2020
From 11.59pm on Wednesday the entire Country will be at Alert Level 1. This is good news, allowing resumption of club bridge and tournaments. We want to thank Auckland players for supporting the guidelines to take your Alert Level with you when... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
5 Oct 2020
All over an overtrick..well almost all! Well, you are playing Pairs and as we all know so often to our cost, +140 can be a top and +110 a bottom. So, the battles over an overtrick in a part-score deal can be as meaningful as one’s attempts... read more here
Bulletin - International Squads for 2021
2 Oct 2020
Information from Derek Evennett Bulletin Announcing NZ Squads for 2021.pdf read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
2 Oct 2020
No Time to Fail. We can all go down in our contract when finesses fail and suits break badly. Oh, you hear during the post-mortem how you could have end-played one opponent or squeezed them and be like the computer analysis making an overtrick!... read more here
Breaking News - Congress 2021 and beyond.
1 Oct 2020
The new venue for our National Congress is Baypark Arena, Mount Manganui, Tauranga and will be a long term booking. The Trustpower Baypark location is central to all services in Tauranga, effectively ten minutes from Tauranga... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
1 Oct 2020
Moving Forward….and “Minties’ Moments”. A board for all tastes, whether you like the difficult problem an opposition bid can cause or some lighter moments that happen frequently at the table. Let’s look:... read more here
The Bridge Zone Radio Show -114
1 Oct 2020
Results – wahoo we have some: Invercargill New Plymouth Tauranga Cambridge COVID May have meant visitors still came up to this part of the motu... read more here
Central Districts News with George McLachlan
30 Sep 2020
The Hawera Open Pairs tournament held on September 6th attracted a high quality field and indicated that players were keen to re-establish their links with competitive bridge play after such a disjointed programme in recent times. Players from New... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
30 Sep 2020
(well almost!) Too Low, Jo(e). The title is no attempt at personalising a poor score: hence, the bracketed letter! We are all capable of over and under bidding a particular board! Some hands are, like the problem we gave you yesterday, very hard... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
29 Sep 2020
Choices? Some bids are easy, come from a beginners’ textbook on the game. At other times, we have a... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
28 Sep 2020
Grand’s Over the Horizon. Well, it may be but you would like to get close. While at times we have to acknowledge that pre-empts do work, we would still like to make a decent effort at what is “our hand”. Take the following:... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
27 Sep 2020
DOWN! The feeling you get when you make less tricks than you needed for your contract. It’s also the term to describe your result. As usual, the finesse failed and there seemed no recovery. Did it have to be... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
26 Sep 2020
The good and the bad. One of the advantages of a splinter bid (showing a side-suit singleton or void with trump support for your partner) is to identify when the two hands do not match so that you can sign off at the game level. A sign of such... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
25 Sep 2020
Taking the Right Lead. Today’s story revolves not just around making the right opening lead but is also a story of bridge ethics, of doing the right thing at the right time. Ironically, the choice of opening lead did not matter greatly as... read more here
Daily Bridge in New Zealand
24 Sep 2020
But you gain! Sacrificed in a Good Cause. You are defending a no-trump contract, a tell-nothing about my suits 1NT opening. There... read more here
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