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Well Done
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At the Taranaki Congress in the Intermediate Teams

Team captained by Christine Judd with her partner Kim Chung and joined by Derek and Frances Rankin won this event. Going into the last round 1 VP behind, they put together good last match to finish the winners.
It was a great team effort as the Taupo pairs finished 1st and 2nd on the Bultler Ladder as well.

  • Thursday Teams start on the last Thursday in March. Please get your team in by preferably the end of February. Teams can join the competition at any stage during the year without being a problem.
  • This is a monthly competition on the last Thursday of the Month. Also an ongoing competition over the whole year (9 months 18 rounds) where the average of your best 12 rounds is used.
  • ​This is a fun, social event for the club with refreshments at the end of play.
  • 17 teams now registered. Only one more spot available!
Supervised Play
On Wednesdays at 2pm with Frances and Joan
February Competition Winners

Monday Property Brokers Pairs
​Handicap     :
  1. Alex Cornock / Gillian Robertson  ( 1st on Raw Scores )
  2. Jude Merwood / Patricia Tyler
  3. Sue Hadlington-Hight / Aline Fletcher

Tuesday G M Painters Pairs
​Handicap     :
  1. Sharon Opai / Gillian Robertson ( 1st on Raw Scores)
  2. Paula Birch / Jan Cook
  3. Rosemary Ritchie / Patricia Tyler

Wednesday Justin Harris Joinery Pairs
Handicap :
  1. Garth Robinson / Lauren Lehndorf   ( 1st on Raw Scores)
  2. Gillian Robertson / Alex Cornock
  3. Kim Chung / Joan Berg
            
Friday Pairs 
​Handicap     :
  1. Hazel Milliken / Patricia Tyler  ( 1st on Raw Scores)
  2. Kim Chung / Gillian Robertson

NOTE: The Prizewinners for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday  competitions are firstly the winner on Raw Scores and secondly the top placed pair on Handicap (excluding the Raw score winners).  Prize winners for that month, will have their Table Money Account credited. As the same pair on a given day cannot be a prize winner more than once, runner ups will then get the prize instead.
Bayleys Intermediate Tournament.
A very enjoyable tournament was enjoyed by 64 players. It was good to see many Taupo members playing in this event. The lunch provided was supreme so will done Pamela and her helpers. Thank you to the match Committee headed by Christine Judd for their time in organising this tournament and thank you to our sponsors, Bayleys.

Winners on the day were Flo Mield and Annie Barry
Second were  Kathryn Morgan and Jackie Pulman
Third were Mandy Jones and Cath Preen

Top Taupo Pair ( 9th ) Pamela Burge and Sylvia Lee

Please check the Gallery for Photos from this event.
Happy New Year and Good Bridging in 2023
Please check our list of Tournament and Session Sponsors in the right column. Some are new this year and please support them when possible. All Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday sessions are now sponsored
Competitions Start in February.

All competitions are in the main, monthly events. Note this is a change from previous years for Tuesday and Fridays.
General Information:
  • Any pair can play in these competitions.
  • You can miss one session and you are allowed a substitute for one of the sessions.
  • It is important that the Director is told before the start of play if you are playing with a substitute.
  • Most sessions will be scored on Raw and Handicap.

Your Programme Book has details of these events.

Whether you are playing in the competition or not, come along and enjoy the game.


Well Done Joan Berg and Tineke Baldwin. A very good 71.26% and top in X-club on Friday
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Supervised Play starts Wednesday February 15th at 2 pm.
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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.      
  • 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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