Championships: Standings after Round 2

Championships: Draw for Rd 3 of Qualifying

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

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

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

Results of All Matches Played 20th July

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

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

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

Format:

1. There are 14 teams entered including a “house team” which will be made up each week to avoid a bye.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
5. The consolation will be a swiss draw of 3 x 12 board matches commencing 8pm each Monday night.
   

Rules:

1. 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.
2. 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/.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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%.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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).
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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