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Daily Bridge
Revenge! We love to make the bidding as awkward as we can for our opponents by preempting to as high a level as possible. Sometimes,...
Mar 26, 20255 min read
Daily Bridge
Number Nine! That is the key number of tricks you should always have in mind when you are in 3NT. With that in mind, after you survey and...
Mar 25, 20253 min read
Daily Bridge
or so it seemed…..and indeed was for some players. Some even made an overtrick…and yet some recorded a minus score in their seemingly...
Mar 24, 20253 min read
Daily Bridge on Friday... for Junior, Intermediate and Novice players..and others
Two “Rights” spells “Disaster” The problem today is that both partners were correct in their interpretation of the key bid. It’s just...
Mar 21, 20252 min read
Daily Bridge
Hard Decisions Michael’s, not Michael, to the rescue! You should make it to game. You might even try for slam. For many, the question is...
Mar 20, 20253 min read
Hair raising
A “Hair-raising” Charity event in Dunedin. Today, we salute Dunedin bridge players who raised $4,000 for a local good cause, one...
Mar 19, 20253 min read
Daily Bridge
Double Shot : Part 2. Yesterday’s article could have been called “second time lucky”. Could that phrase be used for today’s deal? It’s an...
Mar 18, 20254 min read
Researching Bridge Opportunity
A message below from Samantha Punch, Prof. Samantha Punch | Bridge: A MindSport for All (BAMSA) Faculty of Social Sciences |...
Mar 14, 20251 min read
National Teams - Wellington Bridge Club 15-16 March 2025
Link to Results Link to Viewgraph
Mar 14, 20251 min read
NZ Bridge Foundation
Introducing Dwayne Crombie I thought it would be good to introduce myself as the new Chair of the NZ Bridge Foundation. Jonathan Westoby...
Mar 14, 20252 min read
That Extra Trick!
You open light. You are propelled to slam. Partner kindly allows you one loser. Yet, you still seem to be a trick short. What’s to be...
Mar 13, 20252 min read
Board Vacancy- Expressions of Interest
Following the recently announced resignation of Anna Kalma from the Board of New Zealand Bridge we are keen to bring a fresh face or...
Mar 13, 20252 min read
Mind Reading.
The same could be said of playing boards but when defending a deal, it pays at times to be able to be a mind-reader. Take these two...
Mar 12, 20253 min read
Big Teams Victory at New Plymouth.
Blair and Liz Fisher Six teams competed in the finals of the Teams competition at the Taranaki Bridge Congress but there was only ever...
Mar 11, 20253 min read
“Crime” should not pay.
“Crime” refers to getting away with making a contract you really should not bid. This is particularly true in the slam zone. What would...
Mar 10, 20253 min read
The Power of Aces.
For Junior, Intermediate and Novice players…and others. It’s Fri Yay! Day. You may have heard it before. Aces are often worth more than...
Mar 7, 20252 min read
NZ Seniors Teams confirmed for international duty in 2025
APBF –Hefei China May 2025 Michael Cornell and Geo Tislevoll Malcolm Mayer and Brian Mace Anne Summerville and Murat Genc With Michael...
Mar 6, 20251 min read
Being a nuisance!
Weak Bids do Work. Well, they do but this particular one should not have worked as well as it did in many cases. Ironically, the wrong...
Mar 6, 20253 min read
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