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Alan and MarcusAlan Parkes and Marcus Dudley take out the first round of the 2025 Bay Pairs at Whakatane on Sunday 13th Apr.

We had 21 tables for our Multigrade Tournament on Sat 5th April, sponsored by Ryan Double Glazing, with members among the prizewinners in each of the 5 Grade combinations. Full results in 'Results' above.
Photos attached.

Beginner's Lessons commence on Monday 3rd March at 7.00pm and Wednesday 5th at 1.00pm.
Members may attend, free of charge, any lessons they wish. There are lists on the Notice Board of the topics for each week.

2025 Subscriptions are now due and payable by 28th Feb
Home Club Members - $60, Associate Members - $37
Preferred payment method by direct credit to our bank account
03-0374-0045537-01 showing Surname, Bridge Number and Subs

Our 2025 series of Beginner's Lessons start on the following dates and times
Monday Night 3rd March 7.00 - 9.30pm
Wednesday Afternoon 5th March 1.00 - 3.30pm
Lessons go for 13 weeks and include all material.
Cost- $70, includes membership to the Club for the remainder of the year.
For more information contact Michele on 021 042 7330 or email the Club - mtbridgeclub@gmail.com

The 2025 Programme is in "Articles". The Programme Books are now available at the Club.

The Regional Championship Teams event was held at the Wellington Bridge Club from Saturday 30th Nov to Monday 2nd Dec.
6 of our members represented our Waikato Bays Region.
Senior - Rachelle Pelkman and Murray Wood
Intermediate - Tina and Marcus Dudley and Diane Rodger and Lyn Bailie

The return round of Fun Over The Bridge for 2024 was held at the Mt Maunganui Clubrooms on Sunday 3rd Nov. 21 Teams competed for the coveted Trophy. Congratulations to the Tauranga Club who made a clean sweep of the 3 divisions. Sadly the Trophy has to go back over the Bridge until next year.
FOTB

Congratulations to our Open team of Rachelle Pelkman, Murray Wood and Pamela Pedersen, Alan Parkes who won the Open Waikato Bays Interclub final at Rotorua on Sunday 25th August.
Open Team with Alan Dick, Chairperson Waikato Bays
Results attached.

We had a full house with 32 tables at our tournament on 20th July with players from 17 different clubs.
Members among the prizewinners were
Novice 2nd - Jo Craig & Jo Shanks
Junior 8th - Karyl Anderson & Desrai Karl (Tga)
Junior 10th - Jeannie Bruning & Mike Bailie (Tga)
Intermediate 4th - Julie Downs & Flo Nield
Intermediate 6th - Kay Wright & Hilary McKenna
Full results in 'Results' above.
Photos attached