Kiwi Teams

No Kiwi Teams for 2010

2010-04-07T09:58:00.002+12:00

Unfortunately there will be no kiwi teams this year. I had intended to restart in March but I find that I am just too busy on other things at the moment. I may try again in 2011.

If any one else wants to run kiwi teams or something similar I am more than happy to help get them started.

Thanks to all of you who have supported kiwi teams so wonderfully over the last couple of years.

Regards
Russell Wilson

Hand from Knockout Final

2009-12-01T20:58:00.010+13:00

After last night's November Knockout Final I asked seychelles, captain of the victorious No Strumpets to write up a hand from the final. Modestly she chose a hand that her team was a little lucky on. This was the first board of the extra 4 boards required after Antihomers were behind by one imp at the end of the first 12.

Seychelles explains:

"1C = strong NT hand or distributional with C or D
2H = we must have H our way
4H = intrepid bid by my partner!!! (she is sitting over the C & has S shortage)

We got lucky – with the lead of AS followed by QS.

When East wins the 1st trump, he leads a C which I take with the A on table. After east wins the 2nd trump, he continues C , KC is trumped and I can cross to dummy to discard a losing diamond on JC (I had decided that east had already shown all his points – he would have x with the strong NT type - therefore I decided that the ruffing finesse in C was necessary)

At the other table east opened a precision style 2c and there it played. This made an overtrick and we collected 11 imps."

- Well played seychelles and congratulations again to No Strumpets on their win. I do feel a bit for dolbeldjd however. With no attractive lead he chose to risk that the KS was either with partner or dummy. Partner in fact turned out to have 2 of the 3 outstanding kings, but not the king of the suit that he had bid! Looking at all four hands it is clear an early diamond switch will defeat the contract but looking only at the east hand when a diamond risks either blowing a trick or saving declarer from a guess.

NO STRUMPETS take Knockout

2009-11-30T23:07:00.003+13:00

No Strumpets came from behind to win the close and exciting finale to the November Knockout tonight. Runners up Antihomers were leading 21-14 with three boards to play but then the No Strumpets got a total of 4 vulnerable undertricks when Antihomers were in partscores at both tables. That was worth 9 imps and Antihomers could only get 1 imp on the last two boards so it was 23-22 after 12 boards.

Under the rules of the event Antihomers had an ace up their sleeve. Because they had won all their games in qualifying for the final they were able to call on an extra 4 boards. This they duly did but when No Strumpets claimed 20 imps off the first two of these boards it was all but over.

There was still interest down to the last board as a bidding accident saw No Strumpets playing in partscore when a vulnerable slam is makeable. However, the lead was 17 imps and the reward for bidding and making the slam would only have been 16 imps! As it happens the slam which needs a bit of good guessing was neither bid nor made at the other table but the vulnerable game pulled back 11 imps to leave the final score 43-37.

Congratulations to No Strumpets who are:
seychelles aka Gillian Gonthier
egmont aka Trish Anagnostou (an ex pat Kiwi currently in Malaysia)
mairi62 aka Mairi Bristow
kermit aka Pam Livingston
(mwb aka Matthew Bristow filled in for the Final because kermit was tied up playing the Fall Nationals in San Diego!)

In the Plate Final the Central Gnats prevailed over Homers Heros by 39-10. Congratulations to noelwz/ljs/mastersg/toddnz. Although it has to be said that in the last two weeks Central Gnats had help from no less that 5 subs! These were kiwi_joker/ceejae, jenstar/nable and buch99.

Thats it for kiwi teams for 2009. We start again on 1st March 2010. I hope all participants enjoyed kiwi teams this year and will be back for more next year!

Results of All Matches Played 30th November

2009-11-30T23:03:00.001+13:00

8pm:
Nov Knockout:
Cup Final:
Match 1: Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd lost to NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & mairi62/mwb 37-43 (16 Boards)
Plate Final:
Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm lost to Central Gnats: buch99/noelwz & jenstar/nable 10-39
Casuals:
Match 3: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach beat Blinking Hamsters: blinkers/sandrac & hamster_nz/glennis 39-26
Match 4: Browns: hamish32/jo99nz & bob32/sue52 beat Steve’s Crew: alp_45/blithe & best_minor/tkkiwi 70-22
Match 5: Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & homelea/robealley lost to Endangered Species: jaymac/kotuku & tehenga/rhonddaswe 20-30
Match 6: Tara’s Tribe: tarakiwi/diatribe & bruzo/mgmq beat Why’s Jokers: kiwi_joker/ceejae & janwhy/daisymb 43-8
9.30 pm Casuals:
Match 7: Stroppy Homers: patrick/barry & gambler3/stroppy lost to Half Bananas: steffbanan/diatribe & nztipg8/halfbach 1-44
Match 8: NZ NZ: hamish32/jo99nz & nz 7227/ hamster_nz lost to Best Gypsy: best_minor/tkkiwi & gypsy1308/ngaamotek 18-29
Match 9: Kiwis: hayden1/hermman & kotuku/woefuljoke lost to Kiwis + World: nzgirl/lfeather & ronbek/bcmandal 34-57

November Knockout - Full Draw for Finals

2009-11-30T17:03:00.001+13:00

Cup Final:
Match 1: Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd v NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & mairi62/mwb

Plate Final:
Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v Central Gnats: ljs/noelwz & jenstar/nable

Finalists Found

2009-11-23T23:12:00.003+13:00

The semi finals round of the November Knockout took place tonight and after two hard fought battles the finalists are:

Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd, and
NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & kermit/mairi62

The match between Antihomers and Beauty & the Beast was relatively even if you take out the two middle boards. Unfortunately (for Beauty) two hiccups on those two boards saw Antihomers pick up 12 imps each and that was the bulk of the difference in the 48-20 scoreline.

The match between NO STRUMPETS and Breg was much closer. Breg was 20-0 up after three boards. Breg pairs had bid and made three non vul games on each of these boards when game wasn't bid at the other table. However 2 "overbid" slams trump 3 "underbid" games and later in the match each Breg pair managed to bid and fail in a slam. Particularly harrowing was Board 11 where bruzo/tarakiwi bid to a pushy but making 6d. However, the declarer play was too difficult for tarakiwi and NO STRUMPETS took the lead 20-24. On to the last and both pairs were in a non vul 2s. Its difficult to get 4 imps out of that and an extra undertrick for Breg still left them trailing 22-24.

Antihomers will have home advantage in the final and also the advantage of being able to demand an extra four boards if they are behind after 12. They have earnt that by being the only team to have won all their games to date.

The Plate final will be a straight head to head between Homers Heros and Central Gnats with Homers Heros gaining home advantage by the toss of a coin.

The finals of the November Knockout will be the last week of kiwi teams for this year. After next week we go into summer recess until March 2010. A tentative program for 2010 will be posted here soon.

November Knockout - Draw for Finals

2009-11-23T23:09:00.000+13:00

Cup:
Match 1: Antihomers v NO STRUMPETS

Plate:
Match 2: Homers Heros v Central Gnats

Results of All Matches Played 23rd November

2009-11-23T22:58:00.002+13:00

8pm November Knockout:

Cup Semi Finals:
Match 1: Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd beat Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 48-20
Match 2: NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & kermit/mairi62 beat Breg: bruzo/tarakiwi & sunline77/diatribe 24-22

Plate Semi Finals:
Match 3: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1 84-18
Match 4: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & kiwi_joker/ceejae beat Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & ngaamotek/robealley 38-26

8pm Casuals:
Match 5: Tigerbees: buzzybee/acolitecs & tigerboy1/ickool lost to Bobstars: bigbob/benmont & jenstar/nable 25-30
Match 6: Steve’s Crew: best_minor/glennis & hamish32/jo99nz beat Why’s Hamsters: blinkers/janwhy & bbb_1/hamster_nz 35-10
Match 7: The Gurus: karrolle/laguru & tehenga/rhonddaswe lost to Blue Mountains: jaymac/angel733 & alp_45/blithe 13-27

9.30 pm Casuals:
Match 8: Stroppy Homers: patricck/barry & gambler3/stroppy beat Tigerbees: tigerboy1/diatribe & buzzybee/ickool 32-7
Match 9: Hamish’s Crew: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/nz 7227 lost to Bob’s Mob: bigbob/queen t & nztipg8/halfbach 15-41
Match 10: Long Tukus: long toni/trudy nz & kotuku/hayden1 beat Gypsy Blues: gypsy1308/ngaamotek & hamster_nz/bluelabel 66-14

November Knockout - Draw for Semi Finals

2009-11-22T10:10:00.003+13:00

Cup:
Match 1: Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach
Match 2: NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & kermit/mairi62 v Breg: bruzo/tarakiwi & sunline77/diatribe

Plate:
Match 3: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1
Match 4: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & kiwi_joker/ceejae v Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & ngaamotek/robealley

Antihomers Qualify Top

2009-11-16T23:53:00.004+13:00

After the third round of the November Knockout the Antihomers team of abeljan/andrewnz/hda/dolbeldjd/agt1 have qualified in top position for the semi finals. They did this by virtue of a comfortable win over the only other previously unbeaten team; Breg.

Earlier Antihomers had lived up to their name by beating Homer's Heros. Because of the double elimination format Homer's Heros got a second chance and this this time they were desperately unlucky to lose to Beauty & the Beast by one imp! When you lose by that margin all boards are potentially crucial but the one that hurt Homers the most was Board 7. At one table Beauty were doubled in a vulnerable 3c which was booked for 2 off. At the other Homers were always going one off in 3d. Unfortunately for Homers the minus 2 in 3cx turned into 3cx making when the major suit winners were cashed in what turned out to be the wrong order. This turned +10 imps into -13 imps! Beauty held their nerve and they were leading by 9 imps going into the last board. They could afford to give up 8 imps which they duly did! The final score was 26 - 25 to Beauty & the Beast.

By virtue of being unbeaten Antihomers have the choice of semi final opponents from amongst Breg, NO STRUMPETS and Beauty & the Beast.

They have chosen the "Homer killers" Beauty & the Beast. Will they come to regret that decision?

This leaves NO STRUMPETS and Breg playing off in the other semi final for the main event. The main event is now a straight knockout from hereon. However, if Antihomers win again this week they will have the advantage of being able to insist on an extra four boards in the final if they need them. This seems only fair since their opponent will already have lost one match in reaching the final.

The remaining four teams now play a straight knockout (semi finals and finals) for the plate title.

Results of All Matches Played 16th November

2009-11-16T23:09:00.002+13:00

8pm:
Nov Knockout:
Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & bruzo/diatribe lost to Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd 15-53
Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm lost to Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 25-26
Match 3: TopTown Girls: cyber/jenter62 & ikanarat/judz1 lost to NO STRUMPETS: kermit/mairi62 & egmont/seychelles 21-28

Casuals:
Match 4: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & noelwz/ljs lost to Buzzy Bananas: tigerboy1/steffbanan & ken 436/alanz 12-49
Match 5: Scatti Stars: jenstar/nable & suescott/_kittikat lost to Queen Bob: bigbob/queen t & china suz/lmu 31-33
Match 6: Cross Ruffers: best_minor/glennis & hamish32/jo99nz lost to Why’s Docs: janwhy/nzdoc2 & alp_45/blithe 29-34
Match 7: Blue Jays: karrolle/laguru & jaymac/azuria lost to Gypsies: gypsy1308/tehenga & hamster_nz/suzieh 17-37

9.30 pm Casuals:
Match 8: Abel Homers: patricck/barry & diatribe/abeljan lost to Tiger Queen: bigbob/queen t & tigerboy1/steffbanan 25-39
Match 9: Us: buzzybee/andrewnz & hamish32/jo99nz beat Them: nztipg8/halfbach & jenstar/nable 40-38
Match 10: Cross Roughers: best_minor/nz 7227 & blinkers/major_blue beat Don’t Open Light: gypsy1308/ngaamotek & hamster_nz/bluelabel 40-14

November Knockout - Full Draw for Round 3

2009-11-09T23:43:00.005+13:00

Teams who have won twice:
Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & bruzo/diatribe v Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd

Teams who have won once:
Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach
Match 3: TopTown Girls: cyber/jenter62 & ikanarat/judz1 v NO STRUMPETS: kermit/mairi62 & egmont/seychelles

Teams yet to win:
Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & homelea/robealley - Bye
Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & noelwz/ljs – Bye

(Central Gnats are playing a casual game: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & noelwz/ljs v Buzzy Bananas: tigerboy1/steffbanan & buzzybee/ken 436)

(Central Gnats and Bright Gals will play semi finals for the plate together with the two losers from match 2 & 3 commencing next week)

The two winners from matches 2 & 3 will play semi-finals for the Cup together with the participants of match 1. The winner of match 1 gets to choose their semi final opponent, gets home advantage for the semi final and gets further advantages for the final if they win their semifinal.

All games start at 8pm Monday 16th November.

Results of All Matches Played 9th November

2009-11-09T23:34:00.002+13:00

8pm:
Nov Knockout:
Those who won in Round 1:

Match 1: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/alcihil lost to Breg: gerry/bruzo & sunline77/diatribe 24-27
Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/coldplay lost to Antihomers: petermct/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd 3-46

Those who lost in Round 1:
Match 3: TopTown Girls: cyber/jenter62 & ikanarat/drydie beat Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & homelea/robealley 50-21
Match 4: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & noelwz/ljs lost to NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & mairi62/kermit 16-34

Casuals:
Match 5: A: kiwi_joker/alanz & suzieh/blinkers beat B: tigerboy1/buzzybee & janwhy/daisymb 24-19
Match 6: Browns: hamish32/jo99nz & sue52/bob32 lost to Best Ones: best_minor/glennis & glayva1/hayden1 18-30
Match 7: JinxII: jinxii/mccullagh & azuria/jaymac lost to Tehenga: tehenga/rhonddaswe & acolitecs/kotuku 26-51

9.30 pm Casuals:
Match 8: Blue Tiger Bees: bluelabel/trudy nz & tigerboy1/buzzybee beat Abel Hamster: roskill/hamster_nz & diatribe/abeljan 27-22
Match 9: Minor Gypsy: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/gypsy1308 lost to NZNZ & Half: nz 7227/hayden1 & halfbach/nztipg8 28-33
Match 10: Stroppy Homers: patricck/barry & gamber3/stroppy lost to Queen Bob: bigbob/queen t & pjf1430/petermct 23-45

November Knockout - Draw for Round 2

2009-11-02T23:59:00.006+13:00

Those who won in Round 1:
Match 1: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/alcihil v Breg: gerry/bruzo & sunline77/diatribe
Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v Antihomers: petermct/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd

Those who lost in Round 1:
Match 3: TopTown Girls: cyber/jenter62 & ikanarat/drydie v Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & homelea/robealley
Match 4: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & noelwz/ljs v NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & mairi62/kermit

All matches commence at 8.00 pm on the 9th November.

November Knockout Teams Entered

2009-11-02T23:51:00.001+13:00

Homer’s Heros: patricck/quikjanz/barry/jenm
Breg: gerry/tarakiwi/bruzo/diatribe/sunline77
Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga/halfbach/nztipg8
TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber/judz1/ikanarat
NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont/mairi62/kermit
Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz/hda/dolbeldjd/agt1
Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz/noelwz/ljs
Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1/homelea/robealley

November Knockout Format, Rules and Timetable

2009-11-02T23:41:00.002+13:00

Format:
1. There are 8 teams entered. The format will be a Double Elimination. This format is very popular in England and has been explained to me by John Sarjeant (tigerboy1). After Round 3 the field is divided into a Cup competition (the main event) and a Plate.

2. The draw for most rounds including round 1 is done at random.

3. For round two the four winning teams are drawn randomly against each other as are the four losing teams.

4. For round 3 the two teams that have won twice play against each other. There will be four teams that have had one win and one loss. These teams are drawn randomly against each other. The two teams that have lost both games to date go into the Plate competition and have byes for Round 3.

5. For round 4 the four teams that have lost twice play for the Plate. They play “semi finals” drawn at random. The remaining 4 teams have lost once or less. They play semi-finals for the Cup. The team that has won all three games to date gets to choose their opponent for the semi final and gets home advantage.

6. Round 5 is the final for the Cup and the Plate (the two winning teams from Round 4 in each section play off). If one of the teams in the Cup Final has been undefeated throughout then that team has home advantage and, in addition, after the end of the 12 boards it has the option of requesting an additional 4 boards to be played. The scores from the original 12 boards are retained but the option holder has the chance to attempt to “catch up” if it was behind after 12 boards.

Rules:
7. IMP scoring will be used. Results will be collated from BBO records and there is no need for Captains to submit results. Captains should, however, check results once published and point out any mistakes.

8. Each week the draw (including team line-ups) will be published by 7.00 pm by email to all captains and by publication on the kiwi teams blog site at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/.

9. The team named first on the draw (generally drawn at random) is the home team. The captain of the home team is responsible for creating the match on BBO. Instructions on creating matches are on the blog site at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-set-up-kiwi-teams-matches-on-bbo.html.

10. The captain of the home team chooses who “sits” where and thus which of his/her pairs play which opposition pairs. Any team without a captain able to create the match in any particular round will lose home team advantage.

11. If any player is not online and available to commence the match at 8pm the captain setting up the match shall immediately arrange a replacement, by calling for all comers from the Lobby if necessary.

12. Teams must play each round. Outside substitutes are allowed. Any team defaulting forfeits the match.

13. Any tie will be resolved by playing an additional 4 boards, either immediately (if possible) or as soon as possible and at any event prior to the next round. Any remaining tie will be broken by successively removing the result of the most recently played board until the scores are no longer tied.

14. Kiwi Teams rules apply to all matches:

Undo’s are allowed but should be used for genuine mis-clicks only.
The Barometer is on.
Kibbitzers are allowed.
Kiwi (NZ Bridge) alerting and pre-alerting rules apply.
(The NZ Bridge manual which contains these rules (at pages D38 to D41) is available online at http://nzbridge.co.nz/2009%20Manual.pdf).

15. Please note that alerting on BBO is different to over the table alerting. Each player must alert their OWN bids. This is sometimes referred to as “self alerting”. Do not confuse this with NZ Bridge rules as to “self alerting” calls which are referred to in 15 below.

16. To alert your bid either click the alert button before making your bid or click on your bid after you have made it. Next, type a brief description of your bid in the box provided, then hit the “enter” key. Your alerts can only be seen by your opponents and cannot be seen by your partner. Accordingly there is no harm in over alerting because your partner is never aware of your alerts. Equally you can privately ask either opponent about a particular bid by clicking on the opponents bid. This will prompt a box to come up on the opponents screen for an explanation to be typed in. In addition you can privately provide further information about your bid to both opponents simultaneously by using the   button at the bottom of the screen. All of this asking and telling should be done privately (rather than to the whole table) so that your partner never knows what is being asked or told.

17. For non New Zealanders please note that all doubles, redoubles, cue bids, strong 2c openers, 2c stayman bids and 4 level or higher bids are “self alerting” calls. You should not alert them (although for BBO play where partner does not see the alert there is no harm in alerting them). Opponents are expected to ask about these calls if they wish to know. However, unusual agreements regarding these calls which may surprise opponents should be pre-alerted at the start of the match.

18. There are no prizes for winning or otherwise. Just Glory!!!

Time-table:

2nd November: Round 1
9th November: Round 2
16th November: Round 3
23rd November: Semi Finals (all teams play)
30th November: Cup and Plate Finals

Results of All Matches Played 2nd November

2009-11-02T23:35:00.003+13:00

8pm:
November Knockout Matches:
Match 1: NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & mairi62/kermit lost to Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd 22-40

Match 2: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach beat TopTown Girls: drydie/cyber & ikanarat/judz1 25-16

Match 3: Breg: tarakiwi/bruzo & sunline77/diatribe beat Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & noelwz/ljs 21-12

Match 4: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & homelea/robealley 31-4

8pm Casuals:
Match 5: Browns: hamish32/jo99nz & sue52/bob32 beat The Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga 49-34

Match 6: Why’s Daisys: janwhy/daisymb & bigbob/benmont lost to Blinking Jokers: tigerboy1/blinkers & kiwi_joker/ceejae 35-36

Match 7: Steve’s Team: best_minor/glennis & blithe/alp_45 lost to Blue Jays: suescott/_kittikat & jaymac/ngaamotek 12-33

9.30 pm Casuals:
Match 8: Homer Hive: patrick/barry & buzzybee/ gypsy1308 beat Queen Tigers: tigerboy1/abeljan & bigbob/queen t 56-2

Match 9: Steves Team: best_minor/glennis & halfbach/nztipg8 lost to Hamish’s Horrors: hamish32/jo99nz & suescott/_kittikat 17-46

November Knockout - Draw for Round 1

2009-11-02T17:46:00.001+13:00

Match 1: NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & mairi62/kermit v Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd

Match 2: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach v TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1

Match 3: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & bruzo/diatribe v Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & noelwz/ljs

Match 4: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & homelea/robealley

All matches start at 8pm tonight.

Results of All Matches Played 26th October

2009-11-01T21:55:00.002+13:00

8pm Casuals:
Match 1: The Morons: best_minor/blinkers & ttkiwi/ngaamotek lost to Beauty and 2 Beasts: andrewnz/trudy nz & nztipg8/jenstar 15-29

Match 2: Kermit’s Kiwis: tarakiwi/halfbach & mairi62/kermit lost to Bob’s Mob: bigbob/benmont & tigerboy1/steffbanan 29-39

Match 3: hamish32/jo99nz & kiwibridge/kiwitweetz lost to kiwi_joker/ceejae & glennis/suzieh 24-50

Match 4: rhonddaswe/jaymac & gypsy1308/bassy1 lost to ickool/homelea & jinxii/whetu 13-49

9.30 Casual:
Match 5: hamish32/jo99nz & tigerboy1/steffbanan beat nztipg8/alcihil & bigbob/elisha 36-31

Results of All Matches Played 19th October

2009-10-19T23:59:00.002+13:00

8pm Casuals:
Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat Noel’s Tribe: ljs/noelwz & diatribe/bruzo 50-15

Match 2: Napier-NP Express: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/mairi62 beat The A Team: abeljan/andrewnz & susanjane/hda 79-10

Match 3: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach lost to Bobbing Tigers: tigerboy1/steffbanan & bigbob/benmont 16-36

Match 4: Spouses x2: hamish32/jo99nz & alp_45/blithe beat Blue Gypsies: jaymac/azuria & gypsy1308/suzieh 61-3

Match 5: Blinkered Jokers: kiwi_joker/ceejae & blinkers/lmu beat The Bee Happys: buzzybee/krun & karrolle/laguru 45-21

9.30 Casuals:
Match 6: Stroppy Barry: patricck/barry & stroppy/gambler3 beat Jan’s Tribe: agt1/dolbeldjd & abeljan/diatribe 23-7

Match 7: Alco HalfBees: nztipg8/alcihil & halfbach/buzzybee lost to Banana Bob: bigbob/elisha & steffbanan/tigerboy1 29-10

Match 8: Sweet Angels: kiaora/sweetjane & kskrops/angel733 lost to Jo’s Gypsies: rhonddaswe/gypsy1308 & hamish32/jo99nz 14-40

Results of All Matches Played 12th October

2009-10-12T23:28:00.002+13:00

8pm:
Match 1: The A Team: abeljan/andrewnz & susanjane/hda beat Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm 34-24

Match 2: Kiwi Tribe: tarakiwi/kiwibridge & diatribe/bruzo beat Noel’s Tigers: noelwz/ljs v blair20/tigerboy1 31-29

Match 3: Why Blink: janwhy/whaea & blinkers/lmu lost to Aggog: trudy nz/gogga & gypsy1308/glennis 15-18

Match 4: The Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga lost to Aqua: kiaora/steffbanan & jaymac/azuria 29-52

Match 5: kiwi_joker/suzieh & halfbach/nztipg8 beat alanz/keg & acolitecs/crochet 22-21

9.30:
Match 5: Belle Tribe: hda/dolbeldjd & abeljan/diatribe lost to Stroppy Homers: patricck/barry & gambler3/stroppy 19-34 (16 Bds)

Match 6: Blair’s Men: manawa/ierut & blair20/steffbanan beat Bob’s Gypsies: bigbob/elisha & gypsy1308/oakura 63-36

Results of All Matches Played 5th October

2009-10-10T19:30:00.002+13:00

8.00 pm Casual Matches:

Match 1: TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1 lost to Blinking Emus: blinkers/lmu & hamish32/jo99nz 28-37

Match 2: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat Gerry A Trick: dolbeldjd/hda & gerry/tarakiwi 59-23

Match 3: Joking A’s: kiwi_joker/alanz & andrewnz/abeljan lost to Buzzy’s Tribe: buzzybee/steffbanan & jafa/diatribe 28-40

Match 4: Best Macs: glennis/best_minor & rhonddaswe/jaymac beat Karoles Gypsies: karolle/laguru & gypsy1308/john_4nz 55-23

Match 5: Tigers: tigerboy1/k1w1 & dancer77/crochet lost to Flamingoes: flamingoes/kelvingt & nztipg8/halfbach 22-28

9.30 Casual:

Match 6: Gypsy Homers: patricck/barry & gypsy1308/asilnz beat Buzzy Hamish: jo99nz/hamish32 & buzzybee/steffbanan 63-14

Homer's Heros are 2009 Champions

2009-09-21T23:04:00.004+12:00

After a solid 19-11 win tonight Homer's Heros have completed their domination of the inaugral Kiwi Teams Championships. Runners up TigerBees had needed a win tonight by 19-11 but instead found themselves on the wrong side of that result. Homer's Heros won all but one of their 10 matches. They qualified first with a margin of 20 VPs and they have won all the games in the final to win by 15 VPs.

Beauty & the Beast had a big last round win over Breg to take out the Bronze medal.

In the Plate, Palmy Punters beat The GEMs 21-9 to sort out first and second there. Palmy Punters won all their plate matches. A last round draw was enough to enable Cross Ruffers to hold off Freezing Jokers for third.

A big last round win to Starlites completed their clean sweep to take out the Consolation. Fairly close behind were TopTown Girls and Gurus in second and third.

So...drum roll please, Congratulations to:

Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz/barry/jenm - FIRST

TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1/abeljan/andrewnz/hda/dolbeldjd - SECOND

Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga/nztipg8/halfbach - THIRD

Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & noelwz/ljs - FIRST IN PLATE

Starlites: acolitecs/jenstar/hoki/limboman/long toni/kiwijane - FIRST IN CONSOLATION

I hope all teams will be back for the November knock out and I hope there may be a few extra teams then too.

Finally a special mention for Beauty & the Beast and Gurus. Not only did these two teams field the same line up for all 10 weeks of the competition but their captains emailed in the line-ups on time every week without fail!

Championships: Final Standings

2009-09-21T23:01:00.002+12:00

Results of All Matches Played 21st September

2009-09-21T22:52:00.001+12:00

Championships:

Final:
Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd 19-11 (32-17 imps)

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo lost to Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 7-23 (13-42 imps)

Plate:
Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & noelwz/ljs beat The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac 21-9 (31-9 imps)

Match 4: Freezing Jokers: steffbanan/kiwi_joker & pjf1430/alanz drew with Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis 15-15 (27-27 imps)

Consolation:
Match 5: Starlites: acolitecs/jenstar & long toni/kiwijane beat Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet 24-6 (50-17 imps)

Match 6: Flawless: manawa/major_blue & gypsy1308/john_4nz drew with Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga 15-15 (29-29 imps)

Match 7: House: jaymac/azuria & angel733/glayva1 lost to TopTown Girls: cyber/clientje & ikanarat/judz1 11-19 (9-23 imps)

8. 00 pm Casual Match:
Match 8: Bob’s mob: bigbob/benmont & buzzybee/tigerboy beat Blair’s World: blair20/suescott & asoke51/skji 38-18

9.30 Casuals:
Match 9: Stroppy Barry: patricck/barry & stroppy/gambler3 beat Alan’s All Blacks: bigbob/elisha & agt1/hda 39-21

Match 10: Fish with Limbs: hoki/limboman3 & hamish32/jo99nz lost to Fish n Hats: hat/dsole & halfbach/nztipg8 41-16

Match 11: manawa/ierut & sweetjane/hawki lost to oakura/hayden1 & whichname/bluelabel 0-62

Championships: Full Draw for Rd 3 of Final/Plate/Consolation

2009-09-21T18:18:00.002+12:00

Final:
Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach

Plate:
Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & noelwz/ljs v The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac

Match 4: Freezing Jokers: ickool/judyon & pjf1430/alanz v Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & angel733/glennis

Consolation:
Match 5: Starlites: acolitecs/jenstar & long toni/kiwijane v Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet

Match 6: Flawless: manawa/major_blue & gypsy1308/john_4nz v Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga

Match 7: House: jaymac/azuria & ?? v TopTown Girls: cyber/clientje & ikanarat/judz1

Championships: Standings after Rd 2 Post Qualifying

2009-09-14T23:20:00.002+12:00

Championships: Draw for Rd 3 of Final/Plate/Consolation

2009-09-14T23:16:00.001+12:00

Final:
Match 1: Homer's Heros v TigerBees
Match 2: Breg v Beauty & the Beast

Plate:
Match 3: Palmy Punters v The GEMS
Match 4: Freezing Jokers v Cross Ruffers

Consolation:
Match 5: StarLites v Jinxed
Match 6: Flawless v Gurus
Match 7: House v TopTown Girls

All games start at 8pm Monday 21st September. A Draw with full line-ups will be published around 6pm on Monday. Please email your captain to ensure he/she knows whether or not you are available this week.

Results of All Matches Played 14th September

2009-09-14T23:07:00.004+12:00

8.00 pm Championship Matches:

Final:
Match 1: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach lost to Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm 8-22 (21-47 imps)

Match 2: TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd beat Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 20-10 (43-26 imps)

Plate:
Match 3: Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & glennis/mpemble lost to Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & noelwz/ljs 13-17 (26-34 imps)

Match 4: The GEMS: mastersg/toddnz & blinkers/sandrac beat Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/alanz & ickool/coldplay 18-12 (24-14 imps)

Consolation:
Match 5: Starlites: acolitecs/davetaupo & long toni/kiwijane beat TopTown Girls: cyber/clientje & ikanarat/judz1 20-10 (34-16 imps)

Match 6: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga beat Jinxed: marj/nzjj & dancer 77/crochet 20-10 (48-30 imps)

Match 7: Flawless: manawa/major_blue & gypsy1308/john_4nz beat House: jaymac/azuria & wdavis/glayva1 25-3 (70-20 imps)

8.00 pm Casual Match:
Match 8: kermit/susiecue & _kittikat/suescott beat maggies_s/kiwiannie & tigerboy1/judyon 42-11

9.30 Casuals:

Match 8: Auckland Amazons: trudy nz/gogga & qwikjanz/malmaison lost to Bobbing Barry: patrick/barry & elisha/bigbob 10-41

Match 9: abeljan/judyon & hamish32/jo99nz lost to _kittikat/suescott & diatribe/coldplay 17-43

Match 10: Half Gates: halfbach/nztipg8 & mpemble/glayva1 lost to Cyber Space: manawa/ierut & cyber/clientje 13-57

Championships: Standings after Rd 1 Post Qualifying

2009-09-07T23:14:00.004+12:00

Championships: Draw for Rd 2 of Final/Plate/Consolation

2009-09-07T23:09:00.002+12:00

Final:
Match 1: Beauty & the Beast v Homer's Heros
Match 2: TigerBees v Breg

Plate:
Match 3: Cross Ruffers v Palmy Punters
Match 4: The GEMS v Freezing Jokers

Consloation:
Match 5: StarLites v TopTown Girls
Match 6: Gurus v Jinxed
Match 7: Flawless v House

All games start at 8pm Monday 14th september. A Draw with full line-ups will be published around 6pm on Monday. Please email your captain to ensure he/she knows whether or not you are available this week.

Results of All Matches Played 7th September

2009-09-07T22:58:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm Championships Matches:

Final:

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 18-12 (23-11 imps)

Match 2: TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd beat Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 21-9 (37-14 imps)

Plate:

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & noelwz/ljs beat Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/pjf1430 & ickool/pascalls (judyon played first three bds) 23-7 (41-12 imps)

Match 4: The GEMS: mastersg/toddnz & blinkers/lmu beat Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/mpemble 22-8 (44-17 imps)

Consolation:

Match 5: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga lost to StarLites: maggies_s/leonella & jenstar/acolitecs 13-17 (31-40 imps)

Match 6: TopTown Girls: cyber/clientje & ikanarat/drydie beat Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz 23-7 (35-5 imps)

Match 7: Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet beat House: jaymac/azuria/ & _kittikat/middlec 24-6 (59-23 imps)

8.00 pm Casual Match:
Match 8: kermit/timsch & nigel_k/petermct lost to bigbob/benmont & tigerboy1/ steffbanan 16-68

9.30 Casuals:
Match 8: Auckland Amazons: trudy nz/gogga & qwikjanz/malmaison beat Bob’s Mob: bigbob/petermct & gypsy1308/manawa 42-31

Match 9: Hamish Homers: patricck/barry & hamish32/jo99nz beat Half Able: abeljan/nigel_k & nztipg8/halfbach 23-18

Championships: Full Draw for Rd 1 of Final/Plate/Consolation

2009-09-07T18:00:00.001+12:00

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo

Match 2: TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & noelwz/ljs v Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/pjf1430 & ickool/judyon

Match 4: The GEMS: mastersg/toddnz & blinkers/lmu v Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/mpemble

Match 5: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga v StarLites: maggies_s/?? & jenstar/acolitecs

Match 6: TopTown Girls: cyber/clientje & ikanarat/drydie v Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz

Match 7: Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet v House: jaymac/azuria/ & _kittikat/middlec

Championships: Standings after End of Qualifying

2009-09-06T12:20:00.001+12:00

Sorry I was so late posting this - I thought I had done it on Monday night!

Championships: Draw for Rd 1 Post Qualifying

2009-08-31T22:57:00.002+12:00

Final:
Match 1: Homer's Heros v Breg
Match 2: TigerBees v Beauty & the Beast

Plate:
Match 3: Palmy Punters v Freezing Jokers
Match 4: The GEMS v Cross Ruffers

Consolation:
Match 5: Gurus v StarLites
Match 6: TopTown Girls v Flawless
Match 7: Jinxed v House

All games start at 8pm Monday 7th september. A Draw with full line-ups will be published around 6pm on Monday. Please email your captain to ensure he/she knows whether or not you are available this week.

Results of All Matches Played 31st August

2009-08-31T22:50:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm Championship Matches:

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 19-11 (40-24 imps)

Match 2: Palmy Punters: janwhy/nzdoc2 & noelwz/buch99 lost to Freezing Jokers: petermct/judyon & kermit/alanz 14-16 (17-20 imps)

Match 3: TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd beat Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 25-4 (44-1 imps)

Match 4: TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1 beat StarLites: hoki/limboman3 & jenstar/acolitecs 19-11 (26-11 imps)

Match 5: The GEMS: sandrac/blinkers & seychelles/tuckaway beat Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis 16-14 (14-12 imps)

Match 6: House: cfleming/petamoon & jaymac/azuria lost to Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz 11-19 (18-32 imps)

Match 7: Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet drew with Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga 15-15 (32-31 imps)

9.30 Casuals:

Match 8: Auckland Amazons: trudy nz/gogga & qwikjanz/ malmaison lost to Joking Homers: patricck/barry & abeljan/kiwi_joker 15-56

Match 9: Half Gates: nztipg8/halfbach & cfleming/ianthe beat Oliver’s Army: hoki/limboman3 v manawa/jinxii 46-10

Championships: Standings after Round 6

2009-08-24T23:08:00.002+12:00

Championships: Full Draw for Rd 7 of Qualifying

2009-08-24T23:06:00.002+12:00

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo

Match 2: Palmy Punters: janwhy/nzdoc2 & noelwz/buch99 v Freezing Jokers: ickool/judyon & kermit/alanz

Match 3: TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach

Match 4: TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1 v StarLites: hoki/limboman3 & jenstar/acolitecs

Match 5: The GEMS: sandrac/blinkers & seychelles/tuckaway v Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis

Match 6: House: cfleming/petamoon & jaymac/azuria v Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz

Match 7: Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet v Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga

All games start at 8pm Monday 31st August.

Results of All Matches Played 24th August

2009-08-24T23:00:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm:
Championship Matches:

Match 1: Freezing Jokers: suescott/coldplay & pjf1430/alanz lost to Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm 7-23 (12-41 imps)

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo lost to Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noewlz 13-17 (11-18 imps)

Match 3: TopTown Girls: ikanarat/judz1 & brommer/drydie lost to TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & hda/dolbeldjd 10-20 (11-31 imps)

Match 4: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz lost to Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 2-25 (2-55 imps)

Match 5: StarLites: hoki/limboman3 & jenstar/acolitecs lost to Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis 4-25 (24-68 imps)

Match 6: Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet lost to The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac 7-23 (4-35 imps)

Match 7: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga lost to House: oakura/hayden1 & jaymac/azuria 13-17 (26-35 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 8: Big Ben: bigbob/benmont & criseyde/eeb lost to Frogs with Peaks: seychelles/egmont & susiecue/kermit 10-48

9.30 Casuals:
Match 9: Springbok Homer’s: patricck/barry & hda/agt1 beat Bob’s Mob: bigbob/elisha & criseyde/eeb 19-1

Match 10: Buzzy Fish: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & hoki/clavis beat Kool Gates: ednz/ickool & nztipg8/halfbach 5-2

Match 11: Jinxed Gypsies: jinxii/hayden1 & manawa/gypsy1308 lost to Best Moon: petamoon/cfleming & best_minor/glennis 35-49

Championships: Full Draw for Rd 6 of Qualifying

2009-08-24T17:19:00.001+12:00

Match 1: Freezing Jokers: ickool/coldplay & pjf1430/alanz v Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noewlz

Match 3: TopTown Girls: ikanarat/judz1 & brommer/drydie v TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & hda/dolbeldjd

Match 4: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach

Match 5: StarLites: hoki/limboman3 & jenstar/acolitecs v Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis

Match 6: Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet v The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac

Match 7: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga v House: oakura/hayden1 & jaymac/azuria

All games start at 8pm Monday 24th August. The first named players of the first named teams are responsible for setting the matches up.

Championships: Standings after Round 5

2009-08-17T23:15:00.002+12:00

Championships: Draw for Rd 6 of Qualifying

2009-08-17T23:12:00.002+12:00

Match 1: Freezing Jokers v Homer's Heros
Match 2: Breg v Palmy Punters
Match 3: TopTown Girls v TigerBees
Match 4: Flawless v Beauty & the Beast
Match 5: StarLites v Cross Ruffers
Match 6: Jinxed v The GEMS
Match 7: Gurus v House

All games start at 8pm Monday 24th August. A Draw with full line-ups will be published around 6pm on Monday. Please email your captain to ensure he/she knows whether or not you are available this week.

Results of All Matches Played 17th August

2009-08-17T23:05:00.003+12:00

8.00 pm Matches

Championships:
Match 1: House: oakura/angel733 & china suz/hayden1 lost to Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm 2-25 (12-64 imps)

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/sunline77 beat Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/clientje 17-13 (30-22 imps)

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & buch99/noewlz lost to TopTown Girls: ikanarat/judz1 & brommer/drydie 14-16 (25-29 imps)

Match 4: The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac lost to Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/alanz & ickool/coldplay 11-19 (16-29 imps)

Match 5: TigerBees: buzzybee/abeljan & hda/dolbeldjd beat Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis 24-6 (51-18 imps)

Match 6: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach beat Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga 16-14 (24-20 imps)

Match 7: StarLites: hoki/limboman3 & jenstar/8ok beat Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet 18-12 (24-13 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 8: asilnz/azuria & eeb/criseyde lost to seychelles/egmont & hat/dsole 13-40

9.30 Casuals:
Match 9: Sweedish Springboks: agt1/hda & criseyde/eeb beat MEN’s Homers: patricck/barry & malmaison/qwikjanz 57-14

Match 10: Stroppy Gamblers: gambler3/stroppy & hoki/mccullagh beat Manawa’s Gypsies: manawa/gypsy1308 & nztipg8/halfbach 43-1

Championships: Full Draw for Rd 5 of Qualifying

2009-08-17T16:06:00.003+12:00

Match 1: House: oakura/?? & china suz/hayden1 v Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/sunline77 v Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/clientje

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & buch99/noewlz v TopTown Girls: ikanarat/judz1 & brommer/drydie

Match 4: The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac v Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/alanz & pjf1430/coldplay

Match 5: TigerBees: buzzybee/abeljan & hda/dolbeldjd v Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis

Match 6: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach v Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga

Match 7: StarLites: hoki/limboman3 & jenstar/8ok v Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet

All games start at 8pm Monday 10th August. The first named players of the first named teams are responsible for setting the matches up.

Championships: Standings after Round 4

2009-08-10T23:29:00.002+12:00

Championships: Draw for Rd 5 of Qualifying

2009-08-10T23:25:00.002+12:00

Match 1: House v Homer’s Heros
Match 2: Breg v Flawless
Match 3: Palmy Punters v TopTown Girls
Match 4: The GEMS v Freezing Jokers
Match 5: TigerBees v Cross Ruffers
Match 6: Beauty & the Beast v Gurus
Match 7: StarLites v Jinxed

All games start at 8pm Monday 17th August. A Draw with full line-ups will be published around 6pm on Monday. Please email your captain to ensure he/she knows whether or not you are available this week.

Results of All Matches Played 10th August

2009-08-10T22:57:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm:

Championship Matches:
Match 1: Homer’s Heros: barry/fretts & jenm/davetaupo lost to Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 11-19 (23-37 imps)

Match 2: TigerBees: buzzybee/dolbeldjd & andrewnz/abeljan lost to Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/bruzo 2-25 (0-51 imps)

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noewlz beat Jinxed: jinxii/oakura & dancer 77/crochet 23-7 (50-21 imps)

Match 4: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga lost to Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/alanz & pjf1430/coldplay 7-23 (14-46 imps)

Match 5: StarLites: hoki/limboman3 & acolitecs/8ok beat House: desilva/angel733 & jaymac/cfleming 20-10 (30-13 imps)

Match 6: TopTown Girls: jenter62/dave27nz & ikanarat/drydie (309855 subbed for jenter62 for last 7 boards) lost to The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/lmu 8-22 (22-48 imps)

Match 7: Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis beat Flawless: bassy1/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz 25-4 (47-6 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 8: BigBen: bigbob/benmont & criseyde/eeb beat Kool Boats: boatman/jonz & chiwi/ickool 33-25

9.30 Casuals:
Match 9: Bob’s Mob: bigbob/playerpc & criseyde/eeb lost to Fretting Homers: barry/fretts & gambler3/slybird 17-39

Match 10: Fish with Limbs: hoki/limboman3 & oakura/jinxii lost to Kool Gypsies: ickool/ gypsy1308 & trudy nz/gogga 23-41

Championships: Draw for Rd 4 of Qualifying

2009-08-07T21:29:00.003+12:00

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: barry/fretts & jenm/davetaupo v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach

Match 2: TigerBees: buzzybee/dolbeldjd & andrewnz/abeljan v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/bruzo

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noewlz v Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet

Match 4: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga v Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/alanz & coldplay/pjf1430

Match 5: StarLites: hoki/limboman & acolitecs/8ok v House: desilva/angel733 & ??/??

Match 6: TopTown Girls: jenter62/dave27nz & ikanarat/drydie v The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/lmu

Match 7: Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis v Flawless: bassy1/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz

All games start at 8pm Monday 10th August. The first named players of the first named teams are responsible for setting the matches up.

Championships: Standings after Round 3

2009-08-03T23:30:00.001+12:00

Results of All Matches Played 3rd August

2009-08-03T22:56:00.003+12:00

8pm Matches:

Championships:

Match 1: Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis lost to Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm 9-21 (34-56 imps)

Match 2: The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac beat Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 17-13 (35-28 imps)

Match 3: House: angel733/gillyfleur & oakura/glayva1 lost to Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & seychelles/egmont 8-22 (16-43 imps)

Match 4: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz lost to Freezing Jokers: ickool/coldplay & judyon/marokopa 14-16 (29-32 imps)

Match 5: Jinxed: jinxii/glayva1 & dancer 77/crochet lost to TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan 10-20 (13-31 imps)

Match 6: StarLites: jenstar/acolitecs & cleaver/china suz lost to Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 10-20 (17-34 imps)

Match 7: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga beat TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1 (clientje subbed in for jenter62 after 6 Bds) 16-14 (28-26 imps)

Casual Match:

Match 8: BigBen: bigbob/benmont & criseyde/eeb drew with Sole’s Hat: suescott/maggies_s & dsole/hat 30-30

9.30 Casual Matches:

Match 9: Dolb’s Jokers: kiwi_joker/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd lost to Bob’s Mob: bigbob/agt1 & criseyde/eeb 13-18

Match 10: MEN’s Homers: patricck/barry & malmaison/qwikjanz beat Tippy Buzz: buzzybee/kskrops & nztipg8/halfbach 26-8

Match 11: Sweets: sweetjane/kiaora & tehenga/karrolle lost to Majors: major_blue/hayden1 & marj58/nzjj 19-32

Championships: Full Draw for Rd 3 of Qualifying

2009-08-03T15:54:00.003+12:00

Match 1: Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis v Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm

Match 2: The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo

Match 3: House: angel733/?? & oakura/?? v Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & seychelles/egmont

Match 4: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz v Freezing Jokers: ickool/coldplay & judyon/lmu

Match 5: Jinxed: jinxii/glayva1 & dancer 77/crochet v TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan

Match 6: StarLites: jenstar/acolitecs & cleaver/china suz v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach

Match 7: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga v TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1

Home teams are named first and first named player of the home team is responsible for setting up the match.

All games start at 8pm Monday 3rd August.

Championships: Standings after Round 2

2009-07-28T09:17:00.001+12:00

Championships: Draw for Rd 3 of Qualifying

2009-07-28T09:10:00.002+12:00

Match 1: Cross Ruffers v Homers Heros
Match 2: The GEMS v Breg
Match 3: House v Palmy Punters
Match 4: Flawless v Freezing Jokers
Match 5: Jinxed v TigerBees
Match 6: StarLites v Beauty & the Beast
Match 7: Gurus v TopTown Girls

All games start at 8pm Monday 3rd August. A Draw with full line-ups will be published around 6pm on Monday. Please email your captain to ensure he/she knows whether or not you are available this week.

Results of All Matches Played 27th July

2009-07-28T08:51:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm Championship Matches:

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet 25-1 (79-19 imps)

Match 2: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga beat Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & sunline 77/bruzo 16-14 (27-21 imps)

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noelwz lost to Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & mpemble/glennis 14-16 (20-26 imps)

Match 4: Freezing Jokers: ickool/judyon & alanz/pjf1430 lost to StarLites: hoki/tor & jenstar/acolitecs 0-25 (6-72 imps) (gdo7 subbed for judyon for last 5 boards)

Match 5: TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & hda/dolbeldjd beat House: lexitnz/best_minor & homelea/01kerry 25-4 (53-12)

Match 6: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach beat
The GEMS: blinkers/sandrac & tuckaway/seychelles 25-5 (52-15 imps)

Match 7: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/glayva1 lost to TopTown Girls: cyber/ikanarat & judz1/jcleaver 12-18 (7-19)

8.00 Casual Match:

Match 8: Bob’s Mob: bigbob/agt1 & criseyde/eeb lost to Cold Jokers: kiwi_joker/coldplay & andrewnz/kermit 49-53

9.30 Casual Matches:

Match 9: Bob’s Mob: bigbob/agt1 & criseyde/eeb lost to MEN’s Homers: patricck/barry & malmaison/qwikjanz 28-33

Match 10: Auckland Warriors: best_minor/minuet & andrewnz/tigerboy1 beat Halfbacks: nztipg8/halfbach & pjf1430/tor 19-16

Match 11: Gypsy Blues: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/wahwah lost to Cyber Sweets: cyber/ikanarat & sweetjane/tehenga 8-77

Championships: Draw for Rd 2 of Qualifying

2009-07-25T17:14:00.002+12:00

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet

Match 2: Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & sunline 77/bruzo

Match 3: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noelwz v Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & mpemble/glennis

Match 4: Freezing Jokers: ickool/judyon & alanz/pjf4130 v StarLites: hoki/clavis & jenstar/acolitecs

Match 5: TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & hda/dolbeldjd v House: angel733/best_minor & homelea/01kerry

Match 6: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach v
The GEMS: blinkers/sandrac & tuckaway/seychelles

Match 7: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz v TopTown Girls: cyber/ikanarat & judz1/jcleaver

All games start at 8pm Monday 25 July. First named player of the first team is responsible for setting the match up.

Championships: Standings after Round 1

2009-07-21T00:10:00.003+12:00

Results of All Matches Played 20th July

2009-07-20T22:57:00.002+12:00

8pm Championship Matches:

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & judz1/fir 24-6 (52-19 imps)

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo beat StarLites: hoki/clavis & jenstar/acolitecs 25-4 (44-3 imps)

Match 3: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach drew with Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noelwz 15-15 (35-36 imps)

Match 4: Freezing Jokers: ickool/judyon & alanz/keg beat TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd 18-12 (25-14 imps)

Match 5: The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac beat House: angel733/lexitnz & crowie_11/gabrieln 21-9 (40-16 imps)

Match 6: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz beat Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet 17-13 (38-30 imps)

Match 7: Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/glennis lost to Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga 14-16 (25-30 imps)

9.30 pm Casual Games:

Match 8: Kool Homers: patricck/barry & ickool/nzpaua beat Buzz BAA: buzzybee/blair20 & abeljan/andrewnz 58-32

Match 9: NZ Moon: marj58/nzjj & petamoon/cfleming beat Jo’s Gypsies: manawa/gypsy1308 & hamish32/jo99nz 35-25

Championships: Draw for Rd 1 of Qualifying

2009-07-20T17:49:00.002+12:00

Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & judz1/fir

Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v StarLites: hoki/clavis & jenstar/acolitecs

Match 3: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach v Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noelwz

Match 4: Freezing Jokers: ickool/judyon & alanz/keg v TigerBees: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd

Match 5: The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway & blinkers/sandrac v House: angel733/lexitnz & ??/??

Match 6: Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz v Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh & dancer 77/crochet

Match 7: Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz & mpemble/glennis v Gurus: karrolle/laguru & rhonddaswe/tehenga

Teams Entered for 2009 Championships

2009-07-20T17:45:00.002+12:00

Pool A:
Homer’s Heros: patricck/quikjanz/barry/jenm
Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436/ljs/noelwz
TigerBees: buzzybee/tigerboy1/abeljan/andrewnz/hda/dolbeldjd
StarLites: hoki/clavis/jenstar/acolitecs
The GEMS: mastersg/tuckaway/blinkers/sandrac
Flawless: manawa/gypsy1308/major_blue/john_4nz
Gurus: karrolle/laguru/rhonddaswe/tehenga

Pool B:
Breg: gerry/tarakiwi/bruzo/diatribe/sunline77
Freezing Jokers: kiwi_joker/coldplay/ickool/judyon/alanz/pjf4130
Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga/halfbach/nztipg8
TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber/judz1/ikanarat/fir
Cross Ruffers: hamish32/jo99nz/mpemble/glennis
Jinxed: jinxii/mccullagh/dancer 77/crochet
House: personnel will vary from week to week.

2009 Championships - Format Rules and Timtable

2009-07-20T17:29:00.004+12:00

Format:

There are 14 teams entered including a “house team” which will be made up each week to avoid a bye.
There will be seven rounds of qualifying. Teams have been seeded into to evenly matched pools of 7. In qualifying each team in pool A will play each team in pool B. Each round will be of 12 boards commencing 8pm each Monday night. The top 2 teams from pool A and the top two teams from pool B will qualify for the final. The 3rd and 4th teams from each pool will qualify for the plate. The remaining 6 teams will play a consolation event.
After qualifying there will be a final for the top two teams from each pool, a plate competition for the 3rd and 4th teams from each pool and a consolation event for the remaining 6 teams.
The Final and the Plate will each be separate three round, round robin events of 12 board matches commencing 8pm each Monday night. The formula for these Round Robins will be:

Round 1: 1v4 2v3
Round 2: 3v1 2v4
Round 3: 1v2 4v3
The consolation will be a swiss draw of 3 x 12 board matches commencing 8pm each Monday night.

Rules:

IMP scoring will be used with the results being converted to Victory Points. Results will be collated from BBO records and there is no need for Captains to submit results. Captains should, however, check results once published and point out any mistakes.
Each week the draw (including team line-ups) will be published by 7.00 pm by email to all captains and by publication on the kiwi teams blog site at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/.
The team named first on the draw is the home team. The captain of the home team is responsible for creating the match on BBO. Instructions on creating matches are on the blog site at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-set-up-kiwi-teams-matches-on-bbo.html.
The captain of the home team chooses who “sits” where and thus which of his/her pairs play which opposition pairs. Any team without a captain able to create the match in any particular round will lose home team advantage.
If any player is not online and available to commence the match at 8pm the captain setting up the match shall immediately arrange a replacement, by calling for all comers from the Lobby if necessary.
Positions after qualifying and final positions will be determined by Victory Points. For the final, plate and consolation there will be a carryover from qualifying of 40%.
Teams must play each round. Outside substitutes are allowed. Any team defaulting will score no victory points for the round. The opponents of any team defaulting shall receive 18 VPs or the average number of VPs won by the team in all its other matches in the stage (including later matches), or the average number of VPs won by the opponents of the forfeiting team in matches played against that team in the stage (including later matches), whichever is the greater.
Ties will be broken by net imps. If net imps are equal the result of any head to head match between the tied teams will be used. Any remaining tie will be broken, if possible, by a 4 board head to head match arranged before the next round or within one week after the final round. If this is not possible the remaining tie will be broken by the toss of a coin.
Kiwi Teams rules apply to all matches:

Undo’s are allowed but should be used for genuine mis-clicks only.
The Barometer is on.
Kibbitzers are allowed.
Kiwi (NZ Bridge) alerting and pre-alerting rules apply.
(The NZ Bridge manual which contains these rules (at pages D38 to D41) is available online at http://nzbridge.co.nz/2009%20Manual.pdf).
Please note that alerting on BBO is different to over the table alerting. Each player must alert their OWN bids. This is sometimes referred to as “self alerting”. Do not confuse this with NZ Bridge rules as to “self alerting” calls which are referred to in 15 below.
To alert your bid either click the alert button before making your bid or click on your bid after you have made it. Next, type a brief description of your bid in the box provided, then hit the “enter” key. Your alerts can only be seen by your opponents and cannot be seen by your partner. Accordingly there is no harm in over alerting because your partner is never aware of your alerts. Equally you can privately ask either opponent about a particular bid by clicking on the opponents bid. This will prompt a box to come up on the opponents screen for an explanation to be typed in. In addition you can privately provide further information about your bid to both opponents simultaneously by using the ç è button at the bottom of the screen. All of this asking and telling should be done privately (rather than to the whole table) so that your partner never knows what is being asked or told.
For non New Zealanders please note that all doubles, redoubles, cue bids, strong 2c openers, 2c stayman bids and 4 level or higher bids are “self alerting” calls. You should not alert them (although for BBO play where partner does not see the alert there is no harm in alerting them). Opponents are expected to ask about these calls if they wish to know. However, unusual agreements regarding these calls which may surprise opponents should be pre-alerted at the start of the match.
There are no prizes for winning or otherwise L. Just Glory!!!

Time-table:

20th July - Round 1 Qualifying
27th July - Round 2 Qualifying
3rd August - Round 3 Qualifying
10th August - Round 4 Qualifying
17th August - Round 5 Qualifying
24th August - Round 6 Qualifying
31st August - Round 7 Qualifying
7th September - Round 1 Final/Plate/Consolation
14th September - Round 2 Final/Plate/Consolation
21st September - Round 3 Final/Plate/Consolation

Results of All Matches Played 13th July

2009-07-18T10:56:00.002+12:00

8pm:
Match 1: Homer’s Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm lost to Tiger-Rewnz: tigerboy1/tarakiwi & abeljan/andrewnz 27-32
Match 2: Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & halfbach/ickool lost to Why’s Blinkers: ken 436/janwhy & sandrac/blinkers 23-43
Match 3: Bests Boys (and girl): best_minor/glennis & fa35/gabrieln beat Gurus: karrolle/laguru & hamish32/jo99nz 43-38
Match 4: alanz/pjf1430 & petal25/mccullagh beat steffbanan/jaymac & gypsy1308/crochet 53-32

9.30 pm:
Match 5: MEN’s Homers: patricck/barry & malmaison/qwikjanz beat Janz Tigers: tigerboy1/alanz & pjf1430/abeljan 30-22
Match 6: Lite Stars: jenstar/acolitecs & hamish32/jo99nz beat Gypsy Blues: gypsy1308/bluelabel & gabrieln/mpemble 41-34

Results of All Matches Played 6th July

2009-07-10T12:31:00.002+12:00

8pm:
Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo lost to Tigers: andrewnz/kiwi_joker & tigerboy1/suescott 21-23

Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat Why Minors: janwhy/ken 436 & best_minor/glennis 45-4

Match 3: GMJJ: gypsy1308/phoenix4 & judz1/jcleaver drew with BMHJ: mastersg/blinkers & hamish32/jo99nz 28-28

Match 4: JJ Stars: jenstar/john_4nz & karrolle/jinxii beat Pembles Sweets: mpemble/mccullagh & rhonddaswe/glayva1 42-21

9.30 pm:
Match 5: Minor Homers: patricck/barry & best_minor/glennis lost to Tiger Bells tigerboy1/kskrops & hda/dolbeldjd 21-26

Match 6: hamish32/jo99nz & blinkers/acolitecs beat jenstar/gabrieln & major_blue/wahwah 50-27

Past Competition Winners

2009-07-05T11:42:00.003+12:00

With the Monday night Championships coming up I thought it was a good time to publish on the blog the past winners of previous kiwi teams competitions. Here they are:

2008 Wednesday Ladder: Central Climbers: kermit/cascade/gerry/tarakiwi/diatribe

2008 November Knockout: Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy

2009 Winter Swiss: Homers Heros: patricck/qwikjanz/jenm/barry

The Championships start on 20th July. Entries close 19th July. See here for further details.

Results of All Matches Played 29th June

2009-07-05T11:39:00.001+12:00

8pm:
Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo beat Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm 48-35
Match 2: Joking Tigers: kiwi_joker/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan beat Cybers: ken 436/janwhy & suescott/cyber 51-12
Match 3: best_minor/glennis & jenstar/acolitecs beat sandrac/blinkers & judz1/lmu 30-23
Match 4: nztipg8/john_4nz & karrolle/varange beat trudy nz/gogga & gypsy1308/manawa 74-25

9.30pm:
Match 5: Big Ben: bigbob/benmont & hda/dolbeldjd beat Homers Gypsies: patricck/barry & tigerboy1/kskrops 35-12
Match 6: diatribe/kiwibridge & best_minor/glennis lost to major_blue/angel733 & gypsy1308/manawa 14-26

Lucky Lotto Ladder Cancelled, Club Champs coming soon

2009-06-22T23:03:00.003+12:00

We only had four teams entered for the Luckly Lotto Ladder. This is not a viable number so it has been cancelled. We will just have casual matches on Mondays until the "Club Champs" start on the 20th July.

The "Club Champs" will run for 10 weeks finishing just before the NZ National Congress. There will be a round robin pool qualifying stage and a final/consolation format after that. There may even be a head to head final depending on the numbers and format. All games will be played in the 8 pm time slot. I'm accepting entries now, they will close on 19th July.

Please start getting your teams organised now for this event. It will be a great chance to practise for Congress or a great chance for Interprovincial Teams to practice.

Results of All Matches Played 22nd June

2009-06-22T22:59:00.001+12:00

8.00 pm
Match 1: Young & Quick: patricck/qwikjanz & mastersg/tuckaway beat Tigerbees: tigerboy1/nztipg8 & andrewnz/abeljan 37-6
Match 2: Palmy Punters: janwhy/ken 436 & ljs/noelwz lost to Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 27-4
Match 3: Gypsies Best: best_minor/glennis & gypsy1308/manawa beat Ham Rolls: oakura/masham & rhonddaswe/karrolle 40-22
Match 4: Bluebirdnz: trudy nz/bluelabel & crowie_11/maggies_s lost to Sandy Blinkers: judz1/fir & sandrac/blinkers 20-35

9.30 pm
Match 5: Big Ben: bigbob/benmont & hda/dolbeldjd lost to Homer’s Tigers: patricck/barry & tigerboy1/abeljan 24-30
Match 6: Gypsy Bees: diatribe/buzzybee & gypsy1308/manawa lost to NZ48: trudy nz/nztipg8 & best_minor/ john_4nz 24-30

Homers Heros take out Winter Swiss

2009-06-15T23:02:00.004+12:00

Congratulations to Homers Heros who extended the daylight between them and the rest of the Winter Swiss field with a 19-11 win over Breg tonight.

Drum Roll please for the full 2009 Winter Swiss awards:

Champions: Homers Heros
Plate: Tiger-Bees
Consolation: Ojays

In the plate Tiger-bees secureed their win with a 20-10 over Online Go Girls. They were chased hard though by the Musketeers who also had a good win but 22-8 was not quite enough and even a 25 would have seen them 1.4 VPs short.

The real excitement was in the Consolation. The Masters went into their match against Ojays 8 VPs ahead and their superior net imps meant that so long as they didn't lose by more than 11-19 they would be ok. Ojays went into the last board 8 imps ahead. That converts to only a 17-13 result. On Board 12 N/S were cold for a vulnerable 4h but there was no way to make 5. Ikanarat and judz1 found a good dive of 5c which pushed The Masters N/S to 5. They will be kicking themselves for not doubling. At the other table E/W were a little unlucky not to find their club fit and 4h were bid and made for 12 imps to the Ojays. That pushed the difference out to 20 imps which converts to (you guessed it) 20-10 and the Ojays were home by the narrowest of margins.

Final Standings

Full Results for 15/6

Program for Mondays for rest of 2009

Enter Lucky Lotto Ladder

Call for Entries - Lucky Lotto Ladder

2009-06-15T22:53:00.003+12:00

Entries are called for for this event which will run on Monday nights for 4 weeks only commencing 22nd June. Entries close 5.00 pm 21st June. Entries can be by teams of 4,5 or 6. You must provide a team name and nominate a Captain who is capable of setting up matches (click here for instructions)

Enter by emailing tarakiwi (Russell Wilson) or by messaging him on BBO.

The Lotto Ladder event will be a fun experiment. It will be run on a challenge based ladder system. Teams will be seeded to start with. Team names will be drawn out of a hat each week and teams will get to choose their opponents amongst those teams left. Obviously this could work quite unfairly if you’re not lucky with the draw! There will be recognition for the top team as well as the team that improves the most places on its original seeding.The Lotto Ladder event will be a fun experiment. It will be run on a challenge based ladder system. Teams will be seeded to start with. Team names will be drawn out of a hat each week and teams will get to choose their opponents amongst those teams left. Obviously this could work quite unfairly if you’re not lucky with the draw! There will be recognition for the top team as well as the team that improves the most places on its original seeding.

Program for Rest of 2009

2009-06-15T22:47:00.002+12:00

Here is the kiwi teams Monday night program for the rest of the year:

22 June to 13 July - Lucky Lotto Ladder

20 July to 21 September – Kiwi Teams Championships

28 September – NO KIWI TEAMS because of NZ National Congress

5 October to 26 October – Casual October – Casual matches only

2 November to 30 November – November Knockout

The Lotto Ladder event will be a fun experiment. It will be run on a challenge based ladder system. Teams will be seeded to start with. Team names will be drawn out of a hat each week and teams will get to choose their opponents amongst those teams left. Obviously this could work quite unfairly if you’re not lucky with the draw! There will be recognition for the top team as well as the team that improves the most places on its original seeding.

The Championships will have a much more serious and formal format designed to find the best Kiwi Teams Team for 2009. Depending on numbers and feedback it may be divided into open and restricted divisions.

Results of All Matches Played 15th June

2009-06-15T22:40:00.003+12:00

8.00 pm Winter Swiss Matches:

Final:
Match 1: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm beat Breg: tarakiwi/sunline77 & diatribe/bruzo 19-11 (36-22 imps)
Match 2: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/hda & 2smiths/crunch3nt lost to House: gypsy1308/lexitnz & bigbob/agt1 14-16 (18-23 imps)

Plate:
Match 3: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan beat Online Go Girls: seychelles/egmont & sandrac/blinkers 20-10 (30-10 imps)
Match 4: Musketeers: janwhy/ken 436 & halfbach/steffbanan beat Hugh's BBC: best_minor/kiaora & crowie_11/whichname 22-8 (46-21 imps)

Consolation:
Match 5: The Masters: cyber/clientje & tuckaway/jenstar lost to Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 10-20 (15-35 imps)
Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: manawa/hermman & glayva1/kinleith64 lost to Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/bluelabel & maggies_s/nztipg8 2-25 (11-62 imps)

9.30 pm Casual Matches:
Match 7: Homer’s Mercenaries: patricck/barry & manawa/lexitnz lost to Gypsy Blues: gypsy1308/ major_blue & halfbach/best_minor 11-16
Match 8: Big Ben: bigbob/benmont & hda/dolbeldjd beat Tiger-bees: buzzybee/abeljan v kiwi_joker/tigerboy1 47-5

Winter Swiss - Final Standings

2009-06-15T22:24:00.002+12:00

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 2 Post Qualifying

2009-06-08T23:58:00.001+12:00

Homers Heros tighten grip

2009-06-08T23:37:00.002+12:00

Homer's Heros tightened their grip on the title of Winter Swiss Champions this week. They had a resounding 25-1 win over the House team. With one week to go they are well clear of the field. Second placed Breg can snatch the title but they will have to win by 25-5 or better!

In the plate its a three way race. Tiger-bees are on top after their 25-2 win this week. They need 19 VPs next week to stay there. However, their third placed opposition, Online Go Girls, can overtake them with a 22-8 win or better. In second place are the Musketeers who may sneak through if they have a win AND if the result of the other match is kind to them.

In the consolation it is a two way tussle between The Masters and Ojays. The Masters are in the box seat but if Ojays win by 20-10 or better it will be the latter who get the Consolation.

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 3 of Final, Plate, Consolation

2009-06-08T23:14:00.002+12:00

Final:

Match 1: Homer's Heros v Breg
Match 2: Youthz & Oldz v House

Plate:
Match 3: Tiger-bees v Online Go Girls
Match 4: Musketeers v Hugh's BBC

Consolation:
Match 5: The Masters v Ojays
Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices v Trudy's Treasures

Home teams are named first. A draw with team lines up will be published by 7.00pm next Monday. All games commence 8pm Monday 15th June.

Results of All Matches Played 8th June

2009-06-08T23:02:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm:
Winter Swiss:

Final:
Match 1: House: gypsy1308/lexitnz & angel733/rhonddaswe lost to Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm 1-25 (0-57 imps)
Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/sunline77 beat Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj 16-14 (29-25 imps)

Plate:
Match 3: Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & betoven/whichname lost to Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan 2-25 (4-58 imps)
Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/marokopa & lmu /blinkers lost to Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach 9-21 (12-35 imps)

Consolation:
Match 5: Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/ maggies_s & nztipg8/bluelabel lost to The Masters: mastersg/toddnz & clientje/cyber 8-22 (18-46 imps)
Match 6: Ojays: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 beat Oakura's Apprentices: manawa/wckedkadie & jinxii/mccullagh 18-12 (36-26 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 7: Wise Crows: ken 436/janwhy & crowie_11/galyva1 lost to Kiwi Souls: kiwi_joker/tony20 & hat/dsole 19-24

9.30 pm
Casual Matches:
Match 8: Homer’s Mercenaries: patricck/barry & diatribe/sunline77 lost to Bob’s Soldiers bigbob/agt1 & hda/dolbeldjd 21-24
Match 9: Dandelions: hoki/memell & halfbach/ickool lost to Buzzy Tigers: tigerboy1/buzzybee & best_minor/Glennis 9-16
Match 10: manawa/wdavis & gypsy1308/angel733 beat sweetjane/timsch &lexitnz/dave27/nz 31-30

Winter Swiss - Full Draw for Post Qualifying Round 2

2009-06-08T17:56:00.002+12:00

Final:
Match 1: House: gypsy1308/lexitnz & angel733/rhonddaswe v Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm
Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/sunline77 v Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj

Plate:
Match 3: Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & varange/whichname v Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/(abeljan/kiwi_joker)
Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/egmont & lmu /blinkers v Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach

Consloation:
Match 5: Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/ maggies_s & nztipg8/bluelabel v The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber
Match 6: Ojays: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 v Oakura's Apprentices: manawa/wckedkadie & bewoulf100/mccullagh

All games start at 8pm.

Homer's Heros take handy lead

2009-05-25T23:40:00.002+12:00

Homer's Heros had a big win tonight to give them an 11 VP lead in the Final of the Winter Swiss. Breg remain in second after a modest win.

Online Go Girls have shot to the lead in the the plate event which is very close. They had a 18-12 win whilst former leaders; Tiger-bees had the narrowest of losses to Musketeers (14-16). Tiger-bees remain in second but you could put a blanket over the whole plate field.

The Masters are dominating in the consolation after a 24-6 win tonight. Not far away in second are Ojays who won 20-10 tonight.

There is no play next week due to Queens Birthday weekend but after that there is just two rounds on the 8th and 15th June to complete the event.

Kiwi Teams to restart on Wednesdays

2009-05-25T23:35:00.002+12:00

Starting this Wednesday the 27th May 2009 kiwi teams will restart on Wednesdays in addition to Mondays. Matt Geare (known in BBO land as "veryeavy") has very kindly offered to organise kiwi teams on Wednesdays.

An email will be sent to all players on tarakiwi's distribution list advising of Matt's email address. If you are not on the list you should message veryeavy on BBO giving him your email address so he can add you to his distribution list.

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 2 of Final, Plate, Consolation

2009-05-25T23:29:00.002+12:00

Final:
Match 1: House v Homer's Heros
Match 2: Breg v Youthz & Oldz

Plate:
Match 3: Hugh's BBC v Tiger-bees
Match 4: Online Go Girls v Musketeers

Consolation:
Match 5: Trudy's Treasures v The Masters
Match 6: Ojays v Oakura's Apprentices

Please Note that there is NO kiwi teams next Monday the 1st June.

This draw is for the 8th June 2009.

Home teams are named first. A draw with team lines up will be published by 7.00pm Monday the 8th. All games commence 8pm Monday 8th June 2009.

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 1 Post Qualifying

2009-05-25T23:17:00.003+12:00

Results of All Matches Played 25th May

2009-05-25T23:11:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm:
Winter Swiss:

Final:
Match 1: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm beat Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj 25-3 (59-13 imps)
Match 2: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo beat House: gypsy1308/web70 & rhonddaswe /john_4nz 17-13 (25-17 imps)

Plate:
Match 3: Tiger-Bees: kiwi_joker/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan lost to Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach 14-16 (22-25 imps)
Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers beat Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & varange/whichname 18-12 (53-43 imps)

Consolation:
Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat Oakura's Apprentices: manawa/wckedkadie & bewoulf100/mccullagh 24-6 (35-2 imps)
Match 6: Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 beat Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/ maggies_s & nztipg8/bluelabel 20-10 (27-10 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 7: Big Ben: bigbob/benmont & eeb/criseyde beat Catz n Crowz: _kittikat/ernie1 & crowie_11/janwhy 29-21 imps

9.30 pm
Casual Matches:
Match 8: Homer’s Mercenaries: patricck/barry & diatribe/kermit beat Mothbells: hda/dolbeldjd & mothman/varange 27-23
Match 9: Dandelions: hoki/clavis & halfbach/ickool beat NZ Gypsies: trudy nz/nztipg8 & gypsy1308/web70 30-24
Match 10: manawa/suzieh & crowie_11/whichname lost to _kittikat/s o x & sweetjane/kiaora 10-48

Field Sorted for Winter Swiss Finals

2009-05-18T23:56:00.003+12:00

The final round of qualifying tonight has sorted out the teams which will now slog out three rounds of round robin for the final, plate and consolation titles.

A top of the table draw saw Homer's Heros and Breg maintain their respective first and second places. They are joined in the top four by the House team who had a stunning 23-7 upset over the Musketeers to elevate themselves to third. Meanwhile Youthz & Oldz stung the Tiger-bees after illness to one of the "olds" (Tom Jacob) paved the way for wife (and mother), Steph, to come in and show them how it was done! Their 20-10 win took them to fourth.

Leading the plate (and favourites for it) are Tiger-bees. Online Go Girls had an 18-12 win over the Masters to slot in at 6th. Hugh's BBC and Musketeers will also compete for the plate.

The remaining four teams will fight it out for the Consolation. They all get a clear sheet with no carry over.

One interesting quirk is that after round 1 if you had swapped the Musketeers and the House team you would have the same teams filling top 4, middle 4 and bottom four as have done so after a further four rounds of swiss qualifying. Makes you wonder why we bothered playing all those rounds I guess! :-)

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 1 of Final, Plate, Consolation

2009-05-18T23:50:00.005+12:00

Final:
Match 1: Homer's Heros v Youthz & Oldz
Match 2: Breg v House

Plate:
Match 3: Tiger-bees v Musketeers
Match 4: Online Go Girls v Hugh's BBC

Consolation:
Match 5: The Masters v Oakura's Apprentices
Match 6: Ojays v Trudy's Treasures

Home teams are named first. A draw with team lines up will be published by 7.00pm next Monday. All games commence 8pm Monday 25th May.

Winter Swiss - Carry Overs

2009-05-18T23:49:00.002+12:00

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 5

2009-05-18T23:30:00.004+12:00

Qualifying is now finished. The top 4 teams play a round robin final with 40% carry over. Teams 5 to 8 play a round robin plate with 40% carry over. The remaining teams play a consolation with no carry over.

Results of All Matches Played 18th May

2009-05-18T23:08:00.002+12:00

8.00 pm:
Winter Swiss:

Match 1: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm drew with Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 15-15 (25-25imps)

Match 2: Tiger-Bees: kiwi_joker/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan lost to Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/longlegs 10-20 (29-46 imps)

Match 3: Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & janwhy/ken 436 lost to House: gypsy1308/web70 & angel733/lexitnz 7-23 (20-50 imps)

Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers beat The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber 18-12 (30-19 imps)

Match 5: Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/maggies_s beat Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 23-7 (32-2 imps)

Match 6: Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & varange/whichname beat Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/manawa & bewoulf100/mccullagh 19-11 (52-38 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 7: Kiwi Jays: kiwibridge/blair20 & jaymac/jinxii lost to Home Crows: crowie_11/hermman & kiaora/ homelea 31-41

9.30 pm
Casual Matches:

Match 8: Humph Homers: patricck/barry/hda/dolbeldjd beat Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach 62-26

Match 9: Gypsies Angels: angel733/gypsy1308 & crowie_11/whichname lost to Blairs Web: blair20/web70 & maggies_s/ manawa 25-51

Winter Swiss - Full Draw for Round 5

2009-05-18T17:48:00.003+12:00

Match 1: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo

Match 2: Tiger-Bees: kiwi_joker/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan v Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj

Match 3: Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & janwhy/ken 436 & v House: gypsy1308/web70 & lexitnz/angel733

Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers v The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber

Match 5: Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/maggies_s v Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1

Match 6: Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & varange/whichname v Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/manawa & bewoulf100/mccullagh

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 4

2009-05-12T00:23:00.002+12:00

Results of All Matches Played 11th May

2009-05-12T00:17:00.002+12:00

Winter Swiss:
Match 1: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & abeljan/andrewnz lost to Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm 9-21 (13-34 imps)

Match 2: Breg: gerry/sunline77 & diatribe/bruzo beat Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj 19-11 (33-19 imps)

Match 3: Online Go Girls: seychelles/egmont & lmu/blinkers lost to Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/hoki 13-17 (20-27)

Match 4: House: davetaupo/acolitecs & lexitnz/john_4nz beat Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/maggies_s & nztipg8/alcihil 25-1 (72-15)

Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/toddnz & clientje/cyber lost to Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & crowie_11/whichname 13-17 (21-29 imps)

Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/masham & manawa/mccullagh lost to Ojay's: jenter62/dave27nz & ikanarat/judz1 2-25 (14-68 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 7: Jan’s Angels: jaywhy/ken 436 & rhonndaswe/angel733 beat Cold Macs: oakuramac/coldplay & derfson146/nomanacero 66-5

9.30 pm
Casual Matches:
Match 8: Evs Boys: petermct/diatribe & hda/dolbeldjd beat Tiger-bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & kiwi_joker/abeljan 31-28

Match 9: Dandelions: hoki/angel733 & ickool/halfbach beat Gypsies: acolitecs/davetaupo & manawa/gypsy1308 27-11

Match 10: Homeric Tips: patricck/barry & nztipg8/alcihil beat Taranaki Silver: tarakiwi/coldplay & desilva/trudy nz 48-45

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 5

2009-05-12T00:12:00.004+12:00

Match 1: Homer's Heros v Breg
Match 2: Tiger-bees v Youthz & Oldz
Match 3: Musketeers v House
Match 4: Online Go Girls v The Masters
Match 5: Trudy's Treasures v Ojays
Match 6: Hugh's BBC v Oakura's Apprentices

Home teams are named first. A draw with team lines up will be published by 7.00pm next Monday. All games commence 8pm Monday 18th May.

Winter Swiss - Full Draw for Round 4

2009-05-11T17:41:00.001+12:00

Match 1: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & abeljan/andrewnz v Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm

Match 2: Breg: gerry/sunline77 & diatribe/bruzo v Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj

Match 3: Online Go Girls: seychelles/egmont & lmu/blinkers v Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/hoki

Match 4: House: davetaupo/acolitecs & lexitnz/john_4nz v Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/maggies_s & nztipg8/alcihil

Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & crowie_11/whichname

Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/masham & manawa/mccullagh v Ojay's: jenter62/dave27nz & ikanarat/judz1

All games start at 8pm

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 4

2009-05-04T23:10:00.004+12:00

Match 1: Tiger-bees v Homer's Heros
Match 2: Breg v Youthz & Oldz
Match 3: Online Go Girls v Musketeers
Match 4: House v Trudy's Treasures
Match 5: The Masters v Hugh's BBC
Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices v Ojays

Home teams are named first. A draw with team lines up will be published by 7.00pm next Monday. All games commence 8pm Monday 11th May.

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 3

2009-05-04T23:03:00.003+12:00

Results of Matches Played 4th May

2009-05-04T22:46:00.003+12:00

8.00 pm Matches:

Winter Swiss:
Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo lost to Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & abeljan/andrewnz 11-19 (7-21 imps)

Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm beat Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/hoki 18-12 (41-29 imps)

Match 3: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj beat House: gypsy1308/john_4nz & acolitecs/davetaupo 20-10 (44-26 imps)

Match 4: Ojays: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 lost to Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/sandrac 5-25 (15-55 imps)

Match 5: Hugh's BBC: varange/glennis & crowie_11/whichname lost to Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/maggies_s 14-16 (16-19 imps)

Match 6: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh & manawa/suzieh 22-8 (47-21 imps)

Casual Matches:
Match 7: Lexicons: trbm280/janwhy & rhonddaswe/lexitnz lost to Angels: angel733/coldplay & kiaora/gillyfleur 25-32 imps

9.30 pm
Match 8: Tribal Homers: patricck/barry & diatribe/petermct beat Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/coldplay v kiwi_joker/abeljan 27-1

Match 9: Dandelions: hoki/clavis & ickool/halfbach beat Gypsies: acolitecs/davetaupo v gypsy1308/manawa 36-21

Winter Swiss - Full Draw for Round 3

2009-05-04T17:59:00.002+12:00

Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & abeljan/andrewnz
Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm v Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/hoki
Match 3: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj v House: gypsy1308/john_4nz & acolitecs/davetaupo
Match 4: Ojays: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 v Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/sandrac
Match 5: Hugh's BBC: varange/glennis & crowie_11/whichname v Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/maggies_s
Match 6: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh & manawa/hermman

All games start at 8pm tonight

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 2

2009-04-28T14:04:00.002+12:00

Reviewing Hands played on BBO

2009-04-28T12:59:00.004+12:00

In my opinion one of the best features of BBO is that you can always review every hand played afterwards. Its better than just getting a hand record. You can go over every hand, trick by trick and card by card. You can even get GIB to do a double dummy analysis on a trick by trick basis (this feature works best with "lin" files). Here's some information on how to review hands:

The best way of reviewing a match that you have played is to do the following:
Using the same computer that you played the match on open bridge base (without logging on).
Then click the bottom button called “Open Bridge Movie from your Computer”.
Double click on the folder which is named with your BBO name (eg tarakiwi).
You should now have a list of all the BBO sessions that you have played on that computer. Teams matches will be named something like “Tournament ### 03 26 08”. Where ### is a unique tournament number assigned to your match and 03 26 08 is the date of the match in (US) mm dd yy order. You may have to scroll along the grey scroll bar at the bottom of the box to find the right file (they are in alphabetical order). Double click on the appropriate file and Voila! You now have the full record of the match. If you click on any result you get the full record of the hand which you can replay card by card! Even better you can get to see (card by card) the full record of what team mates did. It’s great for “apportioning the blame!”.
Alternatively you can do much the same thing by clicking this link. Enter your (BBO) user name (eg “tarakiwi”) click “get hands” and you get all the hands you have played on BBO in the last two days. (You can adjust the time to retrieve up to one months worth of hands.)

Results of Casual Matches Played 27th April

2009-04-27T23:37:00.002+12:00

Match 7: Y20: janwhy/blair20 & jaymac/middlec beat KK’s: gillyfleur/lugiu & kiaora/koppie 46-31

Match 8: Froggy Homers: patricck/barry & gerry/Kermit beat Joking Tigerbees: kiwi_joker/coldplay & tigerboy1/buzzybee 32-21

Match 9: Musketeers: hoki/clavis & ickool/memell beat Gunners: major_blue/nzchuck & diatribe/petermct 43-24

Winter Swiss - Round 2 - Results

2009-04-27T23:32:00.002+12:00

Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo beat Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach 20-10 (25-8 imps)

Match 2: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj lost to Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm 10-20 (4-23 imps)

Match 3: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan beat Hugh's BBC: best_minor/varange & crowie_11/whichname 23-7 (46-14 imps)

Match 4: House: acolitecs/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz beat Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/glennis 16-14 (40-37 imps)

Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber lost to Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 9-21 (16-38 imps)

Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh& manawa/hermman lost to Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/bluelabel 14-16 (24-30 imps)

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 2

2009-04-27T18:04:00.001+12:00

Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach
Match 2: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj v Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm
Match 3: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan v Hugh's BBC: best_minor/varange & whichname/crowie_11
Match 4: House: acolitecs/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz v Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/glennis
Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Ojay's: jenter62/judy o & ikanarat/judz1
Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh& manawa/hermman v Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/bluelabel