Blogs

• Ruth is away this week at Congress. The office will be manned Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Emails and phone messages will be checked at other times.
• The committee is confirming next year’s programme book. Please check your contact details are correct with the membership list on the notices table. This is also a good time to consider sponsoring a monthly series next year. Sponsorship is a vital source of income for the club. If you would like more information about this please contact Ruth.
• Coming up Events
  - The Upper Hutt and Hutt Challenge is on this Friday the 4th October at Upper Hutt Club at 7.30pm. We would love more entries. Please sign up on the notice board.
  - Fun Social In–House Tournament Saturday the 12 October at 1pm. This is a multi-grade event and a great Tournament Taster! All members are welcome from novices to open players. Juniors and Novices are free, $10 for all other players which includes nibbles and a complimentary drink. Sign-up sheet on the notices board.
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, Juliette Lister, with lucky number 32.

• Congratulations to Ian Pronk and Ken Chin for coming 1st in the Intermediate and Junior section of the South Wairarapa Multi-Grade Pairs.
• Ruth is away this Friday at Congress from the 27 September to the 4th of October. The office will be manned Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Emails and phone messages will be checked at other times. Good luck to all who are going to Congress.
• The committee is confirming next year’s programme book. Please check your contact details are correct with the membership list on the notices table. This is also a good time to consider sponsoring a monthly series next year. Sponsorship is a vital source of income for the club. If you would like more information about this please contact Ruth.
• Coming up Events
  - Tuesday Teams
  Tuesday Teams are coming up on the 1st of October. Open to all members!
  This is our only team event in the club! We have a prize for the best junior team, as well as for the overall winners. You must enter to play, so please enter your team on the noticeboard as soon as possible.
  - The Upper Hutt and Hutt Challenge is on the 4 October at Upper Hutt Club at 7.30pm. Help us retain the cup! Sign up on the notice board.
  - Fun Social In–House Tournament Saturday 12 October. This is a multi-grade event – a great Tournament Taster! All members are welcome from novices to open players. Juniors and Novices are free, $10 for all other players.
• AJ’s Revision is on this week.
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, TJ Dolstra, with lucky number 13.

• Congratulations to Ian and Genevieve Pronk for coming 2nd in the Victoria Junior Pairs on Sunday!
• Interclub
  Congratulations to the open restricted teams captained by Jeffry Craanen and David Haines, and the intermediate teams captained by Trish Mahoney and Jill Marsden on their wins in round 7 on Friday night. The next Interclub night is Friday 18 October.
• Tueday Teams
  Tuesday Teams are coming up on the 1st of October. Open to all members!
  This is our only team’s event in the club! We have a prize for the best junior team, as well as for the overall winners. You must enter to play, so please enter your team on the noticeboard as soon as possible.
• Monday Teams
  Monday Night Teams - a six-week development series led by Vil Gravis. Begins tonight at 7pm!
• UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
  - South Wairarapa Multi-grade 22 September
  - Upper Hutt and Hutt Challenge on the 4 October at Upper Hutt Club at 7.30pm. Help us retain the cup! Sign up on the notice board
  - Fun Social In–House Tournament Saturday 12 October. This is a multi-grade event – a great Tournament Taster! All members are welcome from novices to open players. Juniors and Novices are free, $10 for all other players.
• Improvers this week is on Defence.
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, Ruth Brucker with lucky number 27.

• Monday Night Teams
  Monday Night Teams Ladder is coming up! This is a six-week development series led by Vil Gravis. It is open to all players keen to improve their game. Get your team together for this series beginning on September 16 and running till Labour Weekend. More info on the noticeboard or on the Club’s Facebook page.
• Tuesday Teams are coming up on the 1st of October. You must enter to play, so please enter on the noticeboard.
• Interclub this Friday.
• UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
  - Victoria Intermediate and Junior Pairs 15 September
• Revision is on this week.
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, Christine Dunstan, with lucky number 17.

Monday nights 7 – 10pm: 16, 23, 30 Sep & 7, 14, 21 Oct

Objective
• To familiarise players with teams play, from scoring to tactics, and to improve
everyone’s bridge play.

Format
• One match per session of 16 boards
• Discussion covering any aspects from play during the session.
• First session randomly drawn, then teams will be graded to form a ranking based on their score.

Target audience
• Juniors who want to improve knowledge and play.
• Intermediate/Open players who want to improve and expand on their methods and tactics as well as their general play.

Teams
• Get a full team and determine a captain.
• Captain will be responsible to make sure everyone turns up.
• Substitutes may be found in exceptional circumstances.
• Table money = $10 per person, per session

How to enter
• Email: hbcmgr@huttbridgeclub.nz
• Include the Team name and/or Captain’s name.
• Entries close 9 September

For more information
• Email: hbcmgr@huttbridgeclub.nz
• Phone: (04) 567 1058

Director and discussion moderator: Vil Gravis

• Congratulations to Russell Dive and Partner for winning the Kairangi Multi grade on Sunday.
• Hutt Intermediate tournament on Saturday was a great success. 13 tables, an excellent director/scorer team of Colin Hayward and Chris Jared, delicious and abundant food. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen - especially to Ruth as chief organiser.

  Winners on the day were Eleisha Hawkins (Hutt) and Walt Davis (Wellington), with Denise Barnett and Wayne Stechman (Wellington) second, and Candice Ng and Ian Posseniskie (Hutt) third. Congratulations especially to our Hutt players who made the top three!

• Have you noticed that our building facade is looking much better?? Thanks very much to Paul Badcock who did the water blasting. Brian Ross from upstairs is doing his shortly, giving our building the facelift it so badly needs!
• Monday Night Teams
  Monday Night Teams Ladder is coming up! This is a six-week development series led by Vil Gravis. It is open to all players keen to improve their game. Get your team together for this series beginning on September 16 and running till Labour Weekend. More info on the noticeboard or on the Club’s Facebook page.
• UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
  - Levin multi-grade Swiss Pairs 7 September
  - Victoria Intermediate and Junior Pairs 15 September
• Improvers lesson is on this week on defensive play.
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, Ian Possenniskie with lucky number 4.

• Congratulations to Russell Dive and Anthony Ker for winning the Karori Open Pairs on Sunday.
• Interclub results
  Congratulations to the following teams that had wins on Friday night:
  Open restricted captained by Jeffry Craanen
  Intermediate teams captained by Angela Banks and Trish Mahoney
  Junior teams captained by Margaret Carter and Toni Kane
  After six rounds, the teams captained by Jeffry and Margaret are sitting in first place, with three rounds to go. Next round is on Friday 13 September.
• We have our Intermediate Tournament on Saturday August 31st.
  At the moment, we have 8 tables. We would love more entries, so why not enter and have a great day of bridge?
  A big thank you to all those members who have offered to bring baking or to help on the day. We will be in touch.
• UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
  - Karori Open on Sunday 25 August
  - Kairangi Multi Grade 1 September
• No Revision this week.
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, Rob Wilson, with lucky number 34.

• We have our Intermediate Tournament on Saturday August 31st. We would love some baking for morning tea and/or if you have an hour free, we’d appreciate offers of help on the day. If you can help in either of those ways please put your name on the sheet on the noticeboard. We love more entries, so why not play and have a great day of bridge?
• Inter club is on this Friday 23rd August.
• UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
  - Karori Open on Sunday 25 August - They would like to have more entries!
  - Kairangi Multi Grade 1 September
• Improvers are on this Saturday on Opening Leads.
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, Juliette Lister, with lucky number 32.

• We have our Intermediate Tournament on Saturday August 31st. We would love some baking for morning tea and/or if you have an hour free, we’d appreciate offers of help on the day. If you can help in either of those ways please put your name on the sheet on the noticeboard.
• The Fundraising Raffle has been successfully relaunched with nearly everyone renewing their support. It is an important source of income which helps us keep the club going. Two numbers are available–numbers 37 and 21 - you can take a number for four weeks ($20), 3 months ($65) or longer. Please let Ruth know if you can help us by taking a number.
• UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
  - Upper Hutt Multigrade on Sunday 18 August
  - Karori Open on Sunday 25 August
  - Hutt Intermediate tournament on Saturday 31 August
• Revision is not on this Saturday
• Congratulations to the lotto winner, Lesley Haines, with lucky number 36.