Welcome to our Bridge Club
Visitors are most welcome.
Table Money is $5. Please have correct change as we use a contactless payment system.

Daytime Sessions

Players to be seated 10 minutes prior to commencement: ​
​Evening Sessions

Players to be seated 10 minutes prior to commencement:
All of our evening sessions commence at 7:30pm    
  • If in doubt please ring a convenor below
Need a Partner?
  • Mo​​nday Contact Lauren Lehndorf                                      378 5158
  • Tuesday Contact Sue Swanney                                          377 1004
  • Wednesday Contact Barbara Cook                                    378 9619
  • Friday Contact Nicola Chapman                                       378 6462                       

Location

Club rooms are at 130 Tauhara Road.

Directions coming  from the North

At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Spa Rd for 1.7 km
Spa Rd turns slightly right and becomes Tauhara Rd for 1.0 km

Directions coming from Napier

At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto SH 5/State Highway 1 for 2.6 km
Take the exit toward Broadlands Rd for
210 m
Turn right onto Broadlands Rd for 500 m
Continue onto Tauhara Rd for 750 m

Directions coming from the South

At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on State Highway 1 for 5.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto SH 5/State Highway 1 for 2.6 km
Take the exit toward Broadlands Rd
for 210 m
Turn right onto Broadlands Rd for 500 m
Continue onto Tauhara Rd for 750 m

Events and Latest News
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Coming Up

October 21st Wednesday Start of the 6 night Championship Pairs.
                      Best 5 count.
                      Melville Trophy on raw scores.
                      Ballantyne Salver on handicap.

October 27th Tuesday AGM.

October 30th  Friday evening NZ wide Pairs.

November 2nd Monday Start of the 4 night Bin Inn Junior 
                         Championship Pairs. Best 3 count.

November 3rd Tuesday Melbourne Cup Day.

December 13th  Taupo Christmas Tournament

                            Click Here For Details

Taupo members please enter on the NZ Bridge web site or  email: taupobridge@xtra.co.nz
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Forsyth Barr All Grades 8B tournament - 
Saturday 17th October 2020

Club Secretary Christine Judd presented the tournaments winners' prizes for the day. Overall winners were Mairi and Matthew Bristow from Napier. 
Patricia Tyler and Pam Burry won 1st place for the Taupo leg of the Judith Howard competition. It's a competition for Waikato Bay members with the status of Provincial Master or under. 

TeAwamutu Junior tournament -
Sunday 11th October 2020

Taupo had a successful day with Lauren Lehndorf and Pamela Frank ranking equal second overall. They came overall first for the morning session and first for the N/S section with 62.80 per cent. 
In Addition Lauren came third in the Waikato-Bays Junior Championship League for 2020. Well done!! 
Everyone had a lovely scenic drive!  Thanks Chris!
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Congress 2020

Local regions ran their own congress tournaments over the last 2 weekends. 
John and Rona Driscoll played in these four tournaments and Rona indicates how they got on below.
Weekend one we stayed at Karapiro. We played at Tauranga and Cambridge
  • Tauranga 5A Pairs: They had a full room, with 10 tables of intermediates and 15 tables of open. It was a strong field, and we were pleased with our 7th place (out of 30) with an average of 54.5% and an A point
  • Cambridge 5A Swiss Pairs : also a full room with 20 tables, but not one of our best tournaments
Weekend two we stayed at Matamata. We played at Matamata and Te Aroha
  • Matamata 3A Pairs: 17 tables. We finished 10th out of 34 with 52.63% and a session prize for 58.72% in the afternoon
  • Te Aroha 8B Pairs: a friendly country tournament with 11 tables. We finished 4th (out of 22) with an average of 57.4% and  four B points, but missed out on the prizes
We are looking forward to
​Congress next year at the new location of Baypark Arena in Mount Maunganui.

50th Anniversary. 

Unfortunately due to the Covid situation the committee have decided to postpone this event to a more settled time.

Click The 50th anniversary banner above (anywhere in the red area) for some articles. Latest from Rosemary

Any other contributions welcome
Excellent Turnout for Monday's Swiss Pairs.  Well done Lauren and Patricia for encouraging our players to play in a different format.
Another good Friday Result
Kim Chung and Colin Light over 70% in X-Club and 3rd Overall out of 336 pairs.
In August
Starting Monday August 10th a 3 night Swiss Pairs Competition

Starting Wednesday August 5th the 4 night Hatepe Handicap Pairs. This is a handicap event, suitable for all players and best 3 scores count.

Happy 90th Birthday Peggy
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July Competition Winners

​Monday: Sponsored by Bin Inn 
 

Bin Inn July Pairs. Competition Winners
1.   Joan Berg / Colin Anderson
2.   Estelle Davis / Kim Chung
3.   Gillian Robertson / Alex Cornock

Tuesday:  Monthly High Flyers: ( 3 sessions to qualify) 
1.   Patricia Tyler  2.   Marilyn Sunley   3.   Betty Watts

Wednesday: Tauhara Handicap Pairs 
1.   Estelle Davis / Christine Judd
2.   Pam Burry / Rosemary Ritchie
​3.   Delia Barnes / Peggy Nisbet

Friday: Monthly Top Players: ( 3 sessions to qualify )
1.   Edna Nicholson  2.    Rosemary Ritchie   3.  Hazel Milliken
Some Tournament Results
Playing at Mt Maunganui Bridge Club
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Intermediate: Kim Chung and Christine Judd, 1st in their section in                             session one and 7th overall. 
Junior: Taupo players filled the first 3 places in one of the sections in                  session one. Heather Dickie and Rachel Young (Put.) 1st
                           Colin and Rebecca Anderson 2nd
                            Pamela Frank and Lauren Lehndorf 3rd
             Overall: Colin and Rebecca finished 3rd and
                          Pamela and Lauren finished 7th

Well Done
Looking at the X-Club results last Friday, there were 394 pairs taking part. Barbara Cook and Pamela Grayling finished 7th in that group.
Bay of Plenty Teams
Representing Taupo at Rotorua on July 26th in this annual event

​Open Team:  John & Rona Driscoll and Rosemary Ritchie & Edna Nicholson
Intermediate Team:  David Nutt & Christine Judd and Kim Chung & Garth Robinson
Junior Team:  Rebecca & Colin Anderson and Lauren Lehndorf & Pamela Frank
Report from Bay of Plenty Teams event

The day was moderately successful with Taupo finishing in 5th
place overall.

The junior team had a nice 1st place run for
three sessions out of five and finished in 3rd overall.

The open team hovered mid-field for most sessions with the
intermediate team following their suit.

Everyone enjoyed a convivial day of bridge

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Thank You Letter in the Weekender

A letter by Christine, acknowledging the help we had before the mid winter tournament.
​Click here for the letter
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July Night's Competitions
Monday and Wednesday Competions are now the same as in the programme book.

Wednesday 8th July is the start of the Tauhara Handicap Pairs

This is a four night event based on Handicap. The best three results count and one substitute is allowed. As this is based on Handicap, the event is suitable for ALL PLAYERS. If you need a partner then contact Barbara Cook (convenor) or use the "Need a Bridge Partner" Link at the top right or just ask other players.

You Travel Midwinter Bridge and Dinner 

Over fifty members enjoyed this annual bridge and/or  dinner tournament. 
Thank you Joan Berg, Ruth Hennebry and Christine Judd for all the work in running this excellent tournament.
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Steve & Julie Sievwright from YOU travel our Sponsors of this tournament are shown with the winners. 
1st  Tineke Baldwin and Hazel Milliken
2nd  Rona and John Driscoll
3rd  Sue and Ted Swanney 
More photos in the gallery 
Birthday Girl
Playing bridge on your Birthday

Dont swipe your card.

Ask the director to swipe the birthday card.

​You play for free on your birthday.
On Line Teams for Taupo Bridge Members
Well Done to all the teams over the last month. You are all winners. These matches are now completed. Only eight points separated the top 3 teams which gave a very close contest.

Thank you Christine, David and Sheila for your help in setting up some of these matches and the other leaders for organising your matches.

Please Click Here to find the final results.


Don’t come to bridge if you are unwell, or have been in close contact with someone who is unwell. 
If someone in your family has just returned from overseas we strongly recommend that you don’t come to bridge for 14 days after the date of their return.
In particular, because the early symptoms of infection with the coronavirus are the same as a cold, do not come to bridge if you have a cold. 
The directors / convenors have the power to send members home if they appear to be unwell.  
The coronavirus spreads the same way as the cold viruses spread. By coughs, sneezes, and by touching an object or surface with viral particles on it, and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
Hygiene when playing
Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze, or you can cough or sneeze into your sleeve
If you are worried about contamination wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or use the hand - sanitizer.

Hamilton Intermediate and Junior Tournament

In the Intermediate group of 20 pairs, Jacques Richard and Christine Judd came 3rd in session 2 and finished a very good 5th overall, beating the winners of the previous week's Taupo Tournament. This was the first time playing together at a tournament.

Taking part in the first round of the Waikato / Bays Junior League of 26 pairs, Taupo players came away with some very good results.
Chris Younger & Helen Younger 1st N/S in session 2 and 16th overall.
Christine Knowles & Lauren Lehndorf 1st E/W in session 2 and 5th overall.
Rachel Young(Putaruru) & Heather Dickie finished 10th overall.

Bayley's Intermediate 5B Tournament 
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The tournament held on Saturday 29th February and sponsored by Bayley's Taupo was once again popular and drew a good attendance with 13 tables filled. Local members welcomed players from far afield as Thames to New Plymouth and many of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Clubs. Congratulations to Carol Crowfoot and Sabrina Peters from Thames who won the tournament for the second year in a row.

Results can be found using the tournament results link. For the stratified group rankings ( for prizes), the results can be found by clicking HERE

Group prize winners below with Ben Westerman from Bayleys
Click Photos to enlarge.
​More Photos in the Gallery
Welcome to Bridge 2020. Sessions start on January 6th for Summer Bridge through out January.

Changes for 2020 Please check the links on the left for playing conditions for Monday and Wednesday.

Handicap sessions in 2020 from the start of February, the Wednesday night competitions will in the main be monthly ( 4 weeks) competitions based on Handicaps. This is suitable for players of all abilities. We encourage as many players as possible to participate in this new format.

Invitational Pairs This is the first Wednesday Handicap competition, starting at the beginning of February. 

​ “The Invitational Pairs are to introduce more players to Wednesday nights. Wednesday evenings are fun, challenging and can improve your play by playing with and against different members playing different systems of Bridge. We encourage you to come along and enjoy Bridge with the regular Wednesday players”
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Grade Changers
Congratulations Estelle Davis and Patricia Tyler on becoming Open Players.

Also well done ​ Helen Heatly on moving from Junior to Intermediate Grade.
Members Area

These pages have information of interest to club members.
  • Calendar: This shows the club events.

  • Championships: Gives the winners of  these and clicking on any image brings up a list of previous winners.

  • Competitions: This gives the winners of the trophies played for during the year and clicking on any image brings up a list of previous winners. There is also a link to a list of all prize winners for all years.

  • Archives: This column is archived at the end of each year and can be found there. At the beginning of each year this column starts blank.
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  • Update contact details: Changes can be made here. Fill out the form and submit. If we don't have sufficient information on who to contact in case of an emergency ( ICE ) then please fill out those details there as well.

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