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Visitors are most welcome.

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Midwinter Bridge and Dinner   Sunday 13th July


Special General Meeting of the Taupo Bridge Club 
 
You are invited to attend a Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Taupo Bridge Club Incorporated to be held at the clubrooms on Tuesday 22 July at 4.30pm following the Tuesday bridge session.
 
The meeting has been called to consider/approve:
- registering the club under the Incorporated Societies Act 2022
- (We are currently registered under the 1908 Act and this will cease as of the 5th April 2026)
- the new constitution to meet the Incorporated Societies Act 2022.

Click Here to view the draft constitution and make any comments.

Comments plus any other items for the Agenda must be received by July 1st.
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May Liquorland Teams
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Well done to the 16 teams playing this month. This completes the Point of Board Matches. The following months will be Round Robin matches using IMP scoring.

Point a Board winners were as follows(all winning wine this month):

Spades Group        The Revokes

Hearts Group         The Four Aces

Diamond Group   Bridge to Nowhere

Club Group            The Aces    

The Dealer of the month is Annie Armstrong and takes home the Sponsors Prize. During May our dealers dealt over 1000 boards. Fantastic effort.


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Ongoing competition results are here.
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Point a Board Champions
Monthly Competition Results (this is updated at the end of each month as well as Special Clubs)
May Competition Winners (Handicap)
Monday Penny Homes Pairs:
  1. Chris Jones / David Hamilton (1st on Raw score)
  2. Jude Merwood / Patricia Tyler
  3. Ruth Hennebry / Aline Fletcher

Tuesday Bayley's Swiss Pairs : 

Results below


​Wednesday G M Painters Pairs: 
  1. Joan Berg / Celia Bockett     (1st on Raw score)
  2. David Hamilton / Chris Jones
  3. Barbara Cook / Jude Merwood​
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Friday Rangatira Trophy  (raw scores):
 
  1. Ella Gray / Sharon Opai
  2. Jan Cook / Rosemary Ritchie
  3. Christine Judd / Hazel Milliken
For Monday Handicap events prizes are awarded on Handicap Scores only.
For Handicap events (Tues, Wed, Fri-Non Trophy ) prizes are firstly awarded on Raw scores and then on Handicap Scores
No pair can win more than one prize on a given day and on Monday a winning pair must include a Junior.

​Swiss Pairs on Tuesday Afternoons in May

For the final two Tuesdays the 26 pairs were divided into 3 playing groups

600 Group            Winners         Gillian Sellar-Maude and Rebecca Mathieson with 61.29 VPs
                                Runner Up    Ann Robertson and Pamela Burge with 52.97 VPs

400 Group            Winners         Judith Davis and Heather Dickie with 51.77 VPs
                                Runner Up     Sue Gallien and Chrissy Hamilton with 51.47 VPs          so close!

200 Group            
Winners        Ella Gray and Lauren Lehndorf with 53.06 VPs
                                Runner Up    Tineke Baldwin and Hazel Milliken  with 50.16 VPs

Well done to all who took part in something different and the dealers for dealing extra boards
April Liquorland Teams
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Well done to the 14 teams playing this month and thank you to the many subs playing.

Winning both matches this month were The Four Aces, Bridge to Nowhere, The Revokes, The Aces and The Misfits.

The Dealer of the month is Mary Plummer and takes home the Sponsors Prize.

Taking home the wine this month were The Contractors who improved 7 pts in their revenge match.
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Ongoing competition results are here.
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April Competition Winners (Handicap)
Monday Penny Homes Pairs:
  1. Pamela Frank / Colin Light  (1st on Raw score)
  2. Kim Chung / Patricia Tyler
  3. Pam Carrington / Christine Bailey

Tuesday Bayley's Pairs : 
  1. Judy Godfrey / Jean McKenzie
  2. Sue Gallien / Anne Velvin
  3. Ruth Hennebry / Joan Berg  

​Wednesday G M Painters Pairs: 
  1. Jude Merwood / Gill Scrymgeour
  2. Joan Berg / Sheryl Righton
  3. Ella Gray / Sylvia Lee    (1st on Raw score)
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​Friday April Pairs:
 
  1. Patricia Tyler / Rosemary Ritchie
  2. Ella Gray / Pamela Burge   (1st on Raw Score)
  3. Kim Chung / Hazel Milliken 
Taupo 5A Swiss Pairs Tournament held on Saturday May 10th and Sunday May11th
Thanks to our Sponsors Pak'n'Save


Once again this was a very popular tournament. Great and enjoyable comments from the players.
 A great meal on Saturday and this change of format proved very popular. Thanks to all involved.

Especially Pamela and the members who help in the kitchen . Also 
Sylvia and the match Committee for the organisation.
Also the dealers who dealt 350 boards.
The tournament was well directed by Justine Hart.

Winning the tournament from the Spade Group were Don and Robyn Nightingale from Wanganui 
Runner up were Brett Glass and Emma Russell
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The winners of the Heart Group were Christine  Haronga and Trish Murphy
Runner up Derek and Frances Rankin

The Betty and Trevor Watts trophy awarded to the top Taupo pair not winning a major prize was Sue Lower and David Young


​More photos are in the gallery
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March Liquorland Teams
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Well done to the 16 teams playing this month and thank you to the many subs playing.

Also welcome to a new team this year. The Four Aces.

Winning both matches this month were Tricksters and The Four Aces and 3 other teams had a win and a draw.

The Dealer of the month is Gillian Sellar-Maude and takes home the Sponsors Prize.

Taking home the wine this month were The Dealers who improved 7 pts in their revenge match. Won on the Countback from the Misfits

Ongoing competition results are here.
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Audrey hits the jackpot!
March Competition Winners (Handicap)
Monday Penny Homes Pairs:
  1. Catherine McKibbin / Sue Lower
  2. Kim Chung / Patricia Tyler     (1st on Raw Score) 
  3. Dav id Hamilton Ron Bailey

Tuesday Bayley's Pairs : 
  1. Lauren Lehndorf / Ruth Hennebry 
  2. Christine Judd / Jill Jones
  3. Sheryl Righton Kim Chung     (1st on Raw Score) 
   
​Wednesday G M Painters Pairs: 
  1. Jude Merwood / Patricia Tyler
  2. Ella Gray / Rosemary Ritchie     (1st on Raw Score) 
  3. Garth Robinson / Joan Berg

​Friday Rosebowl 
  1. Colleen Mankelow / Rosemary Ritchie
  2. Alex Cornock / Patricia Tyler
  3. Hazel Milliken / Joan Berg     (1st on Raw Score) 
Bayley's Taupo Intermediate Tournament 

A very successful tournament held on Sunday. Thank you to all the organisers ​and to our Sponsors. 

Overall winners Ted Cliffin and Barbara McFarlane with Yvonne Westerman from our tournament sponsors Bayley Real Estate.

More photos in the Gallery
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February Competition Winners (Handicap)
Monday Penny Homes Pairs:
  1. Kim Chung / Colleen Mankelow  (1st on Raw Score)
  2. Joan Berg / Helen Younger
  3. Sue Lower / Tony Poole

Tuesday Bayley's Pairs : 
  1. Lauren Lehndorf / Rosemary Ritchie (1st on Raw Score) 
  2. Jill Jones / Anne Velvin
  3. Pamela Frank / Colleen Mankelow

​Wednesday G M Painters Pairs: 
  1. Barbara Cook / Ruth Hennebry
  2. Jude Merwood / Ann Robertson
  3. Pamela Frank / Sylvia Lee

​Friday February Pairs: 
  1. Bruce Perkins / Jennifer Perkins (1st on Raw Score)
  2. Barbara Lee / Patricia Tyler
  3. Chris Younger / Helen Younger


​Competitions Start in February.

All competitions are in the main, monthly events. 
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.



Congratulations to our new Intermediate Players: Ruth Hennebry, Sue Lower and David Young

Further congratulations go to Sue Lower, David Young and Tony Poole who all featured in the top 20 rankings in their section of the NZ Bridge Rankings. Sue (9th) and David (13th) were in the Club Master section and Tony (18th) in the novice section. A great achievement - well done.
Members Area

These pages have information of interest to club members.​
  • 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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