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Notices w/c 6 Oct 2025
- Well DONE, HUTT, for winning the Hutt vs Upper Hutt Challenge, it was a fun night of bridge.
- Congratulations to Simon Webber and Stephanie Grummitt, who were the top intermediate and junior pair and 4th overall at the Kapi Mana Multigrade Tournament. Also, congratulations to Tani Blackburn and Martyn Hartigan were the top open and junior pair, and 5th overall.
- Fun Social In–House Tournament, Saturday, October 11, at 1 pm. 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 noticeboard.
- Loveblock NZ Wide Pairs are on Friday, the 17th of October, please enter on the noticeboard.
- Congratulations to the following teams on their wins at Interclub on Friday night: open restricted, captained by David Haines, intermediate team captained by Trish Mahoney, junior team captained by Margaret Gallagher and the novice team captained by Stephanie Grummitt. In the open restricted grade, our other two Hutt teams, captained by Jeffry Craanen and Walt Davis, had a draw. Even with one round to go, it’s early congratulations to Jeffry’s team on winning the grade, as no team can match their score in the final round on 31 October. Well done!
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NZ Ranking Report
- Congratulations to Marian Loader for coming 18th in the Provincial Master
- Congratulations to Genevieve Pronk for coming 8th in the Club Master - Congratulations to the lotto winner Doug O’Halloran, lucky number 28.
Notices w/c 29 Sep 2025
- We’re sorry, but the Prostate Cancer Fundraiser planned for Wednesday, 1st October has been cancelled. We hope to run this event again next year.
- Fun Social In–House Tournament Saturday, the 11 October at 1 pm. 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 noticeboard.
- Loveblock NZ Wide Pairs are on Friday, the 17th of October, please enter on the noticeboard.
- Tuesday Teams
Tuesday Teams are coming up on the 7th 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. - We have a social bridge for learners on Monday nights; everyone is welcome to come along.
- Revision is this week with AJ.
- Congratulations to the lotto winner Toni Kane, lucky number 12.
Notices w/c 22 Sep 2025
- Congratulations to Tani Blackburn and partner for winning the South Wairarapa Multi-grade and Ian and Genevieve Pronk for being the top, intermediate and junior pair.
- We are having a fundraiser session for Prostate Cancer. This will be held on Wednesday, the 1st of October. The cost is $25, which includes lunch. Please see the poster on the board to sign up and for more information.
- Tuesday Teams
Tuesday Teams are coming up on the 7th 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. - We have a social bridge for learners on Monday nights; everyone is welcome to come along.
- Improvers are on this Saturday, Kathryn and Paul Badcock . Response to 1NT openings, including transfers and range finders, etc.
- Congratulations to the lotto winners Esavra and Greg Delaney, lucky number 27.
Notices w/c 15 Sep 2025
- Congratulations to Mel Rowe and Margaret Gallaher for coming 3rd Victoria Junior Pairs.
- Congratulations to Angus McKay and Peter Hawkes for coming 4th Victoria Junior Pairs.
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We are hosting The Hutt and Upper Hutt Challenge this year on Friday, the 26th of September. Could you please sign up on the noticeboard and bring a plate to share?
A complimentary drink will be served at the end of play. - Tuesday Teams
Tuesday Teams are coming up on the 7th 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. -
Congratulations to six of our teams that had wins at Interclub on Friday night:
Open restricted teams captained by Jeffry Craanen and Walt Davis, intermediate teams captained by Angela Banks, Margaret Carter and Trish Mahoney and a novice team captained by Stephanie Grummit. The next round is on 3 October. - We have social bridge for leaners on Monday nights, everyone is welcome to come long.
- Revision is this Saturday with AJ.
- Congratulations to the lotto winner, Lynne Bruce , lucky number 25.
Notices w/c 8 Sep 2025
- Congratulations to Eliesha Hawkins and her partner for the best Open and Intermediate pair in the Levin Multi-grade Swiss.
- Congratulations to Ellie Molloy, Ruth Gilmore, Ruth Brucker and teammates for coming 2nd at the Wellington Sixes.
- We are hosting The Hutt and Upper Hutt Challenge this year on Friday, the 26th of September. Please sign up on the noticeboard and bring a plate to share. A complimentary drink will be served at the end of play.
- Interclub is this Friday. Good luck to all teams.
- We have a social bridge for learners on Monday nights; everyone is welcome to come along.
- The Improvers lesson with Paul and Kathryn is on this Saturday.
- Congratulations to the lotto winner, Kathy Graves, lucky number 39.
Notices w/c 1 Sep 2025
- Congratulations to the following pairs who did well in our intermediate tournament on Saturday:
- David Haines and Sam Macdonald, who were 2nd
- Jeffry Craanen and Simion Webber, who were 4th
- Lesley Haines and Jill Herman, who were 5th
- Candice Ng and John Ansell, who were 6th
- AJ and Ian Pronk, who were 7th - A big thank you to everyone who bought the lovely morning tea. And thanks to Madeline Askew, Steve Denholm, Sharmini Jones, Jill Herman, Lesley Haines, Ruth Gilmore, Paul Badcock, Debbie Komarkowski, and Doug O’Halloran. Kathryn Badcock for all their help in our Intermediate tournament. It made the day very successful. And we couldn't have run it without help. So big thank you to everyone.
- We have a social bridge on Monday nights, so everyone is welcome to come along.
- Congratulations to the lotto winner, Sharyn Bowen, lucky number 1.
- Revision is this Saturday with AJ.
Notices w/c 11 Aug 2025
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We have our Intermediate Tournament on Saturday, August 30th.
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 with either. Please put your name on the sheet on the notice table.
We would love more entries as we only have 3 and a half tables, so why not enter and have a fun day of bridge - Congratulations to the lotto winners, Esavra and Greg Delaney, with the lucky number 27.
- The Improver lesson is this week with Kathryn and Paul Badcock, and it is about doubles.
- Revision is NOT on this Saturday with AJ.
Notices w/c 29 July 2025
- Our Swiss Pairs event is coming up! Three Thursday evenings from Thursday, August 8. Open to players from all sessions. You must enter with a partner – please put your names on the sheet on the noticeboard.
- The Fundraising Raffle has been successfully relaunched, with nearly everyone renewing their support. Two numbers have become available – numbers 37 21 and - we need these sold by the end of the week. Please let Ruth know if you will take a number.
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UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
• Upper Hutt Multigrade on Sunday, 17 August
• Hutt Intermediate tournament on Saturday, 31 August - Revision is ON this week.
- Congratulations to the lotto winner, Mary Ann Mills, with lucky number 30.
Notices w/c 21 July 2025
- Congratulations, Jeffry Craanen and Simon Webber, for winning the Karori Intermediate on Sunday.
- Congratulations, Russell Dive and partner, for coming in 2nd place in the Levin Open on Sunday.
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On Friday we had the quiz night. 1st place went to Paul Brownes Golden Gate team. 2nd place to Anne Martins Inverted Minors team and 8th place and best dressed team went to Janet Paape’s 50 shades of Stayman team.
Thank you to everyone who donated prizes; it was greatly appreciated and made the event very successful. We raised $1740 - Wellington Bridge Club is hosting its open tournament on Sunday, 27 July, and is keen to receive more entries.
- Congratulations to the lotto winner Kathy Graves, with lucky number 39.
- Some Lotto numbers are up for sale: 29, 27 if you want one of these, numbers ring or email Ruth. Thanks!
- Revision is on this Saturday with AJ.
