A link to the minutes of the first committee meeting of the years can be found here

If you have anything you would like to raise please see June or pop a note in the suggestions box under the notice board.

Next meeting will be Monday February 10th at 10.30am

Welcome back to Bridge 2020
We hope you have had an enjoyable break and are ready for another year of
play.

Here are a couple of items to note before we start.

*       Holiday bridge begins this Friday 17th, for the next three weeks.

*       The first two Monday sessions in February you don't need to arrange                                          
         partners

The Te Puke bridge Club held their very successful Christmas Party in the Queen Street Club rooms on Saturday 30 November. Members and friends met to play bridge and have a Christmas meal

The occasion also marked the 60th anniversary of the formation of the club, and was attended by more then 50 members including the Club  Patron and founding member Janett Burrett.

Congratulations to Delcie Martin and Gabrielle Harris on receiving their Local Master certificates!

Our annual Daffodil Day tournament was held on Wednesday, 21 August, with 14.5 tables.

This event has been running for over 25 years, with daffodils from Matapara Farm courtesy of the Bayliss/Matthews family.

The winners of the Margaret Reeves trophy this year were Carol Grant and Keith Reddaway.

It is with sadness that I pass on the news to you that Margaret Mackay died peacefully yesterday afternoon surrounded by her family. Margaret was a life member of Te Puke Club. Together with the then president of the Te Puke Contract Bridge Club Margaret was a prime mover in the purchase of the clubrooms.

Barry and Mereana discuss a variety of topics today. Share some time with them.

Click here or paste this link to your browser to listen to the latest episode of The Bridge Zone.

Some fascinating discussions, why not reply and give your opinion?  Click here or paste this link to your browser to listen to the latest episode of The Bridge Zone.

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The conversation with Sam Punch continues and we hear the update from Kevin Judd on his journey into the Bridge World and the Bridge PhD. HOOL is mentioned as we discuss Bridge and that it needs to become more attractive to the younger generation. Can we improve the image of Bridge, is it too boring and/or gambling related? Global domination – May 11th 2019– we jump on board with Warsaw– Universal Bridge Day. The Keep Bridge Alive Campaign starts Feb 5th 2019 and runs until end of March.