Teams Entered for Winter Swiss

The Teams for the Winter Swiss competition (captains named first) starting tonight are:

1. Breg: gerry/tarakiwi/bruzo/diatribe/sunline77

2. Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu/blinkers/sandrac

3. Ojays: jenter62/judy o/ikanarat/judz1

4. Trudy’s Treasures: trudy nz/gogga/nztipg8/bluelabel

5. Homer’s Heros: patricck/quikjanz/barry/jenm

6. Tiger-bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1/abeljan/andrewnz/kiwi_joker

7. The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway/clientje/cyber

8. Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89/hda/motbocaj

9. Oakura Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh/manawa/hermman

10. Musketeers: hoki/memell/ickool/halfbach/ken436/janwhy

11. Hugh’s BBC: best_minor/varange/glennis/crowie_11/whichname

12. House Team: - personnel will vary from week to week.

Winter Swiss Competition Starts Tonight

Kiwi Teams is alive and well with the 8 round Winter Swiss competition starting tonight. There are 12 teams entered. A full list of entries and the draw for round 1 will be published on this site prior to 7.00 pm tonight. Subsequently this blog site will be used to publish all draws, results and standings for the event.

Kiwi Teams went into recess at the end of November but restarted with casual games each Monday from the 9th March. After the first week we have had between 5 and 7 matches each week.

The Winter Swiss is only played at 8pm each Monday. Casual games will still be available for all who wish to participate at both the 8 pm and 9.30 pm time slots. Just enter in the usual way by responding to the weekly email.

If you are not already on the Kiwi Teams email list and want to be just send a BBO message to tarakiwi with your email address.

Palmy Punters take Nov Knock

In a wild but close final the Palmy Punters have prevailed over the Auckland Tigers in the inaugral kiwi teams November Knockout. Both teams were battle fit after close wins in the semi-finals. In the final no less that 77 imps were exchanged as both sides socked it out. The Auckland Tigers needed 10 imps on the last board but could only manage 7. The final score 40-37 to the southern team.

The playoff for third and fourth was also close with BERGlers stealing the win over Homers Hero's by 28-21.

In the plate final DEAP Thinkers were more dominant in beating Minnt's Moments 52-14.

So the Awards go like this:

Cup: - Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy

Runners-up: - Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis

Third: - BERGlars: tarakiwi/gerry & diatribe/bruzo

Plate: - DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers

Results of matches on 24/11/08

8.00 pm:
November Knockout Results:
Final:
Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis lost to Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy 37-40

Third/Fourth playoff:
BERGlars: tarakiwi/andrewnz(cascade –sub) & diatribe/bruzo beat Homers Hero’s: patricck/barry & kiwi_joker/frets 28-21

Plate Final:
DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & sandrac/blinkers beat Mintt’s Moments: glennis/derfson146 & jaymac/mintt 52-14


Casual Matches:
KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/crowie_11 & manawa/mccullagh beat Challengers: judz1/lmu & oakura/argyll2nz 49-12

9.30 pm
Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/fretts beat Kool Kiwis: kiwi_joker/ickool & buzzybee/bluelabel 67-6
kotuku/mastersg & blinkers/sandrac beat oakura/argyll2nz & sweetjane/idlelupino 28-1
acolitecs/grazy69 & abeljan/diatribe lost to manawa/lowu & hairy_scot/varma 41-42

Draw for November Knockout 24/11/08 (Finals)

Cup Final:
Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis v Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy

Third/Fourth Play-off:
BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm

Plate Final:
DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers v Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt

Casual Game:
KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh v chalengers who dare!

This will be the last night of Monday Kiwi Teams for 2008. We will start up again late Feb - Early March 2009.

Results of matches on 17/11/08

November Knockout:
Cup:
Match 1: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm lost to Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis 12-30
Match 2: Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy beat BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 38-28

Plate:
Match 3: KAMM Carr’s: oakura(sub)/acolitecs & suescott(sub)/mccullagh lost to Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt 25-31

Casual Matchs:
Match 4: DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers beat Challengers: andrewnz/kiwibridge & crowie_11/dama 1 50-13
Match 5: DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers beat Challengers: kiwi_joker/trudy nz & grazy69/acolitecs 44-25
Match 6: Sweet Latinos: idlelupino/sweetjane & argyll2nz/oakura lost to Kool Kiwis: ickool/varange & derfson146/judy o 7-78

Close Matches in first round of November Knockout

The November Knockout got underway tonight with three relatively close matches. The BERGlars prevailed over Mintt's Moments by 16 imps whilst the Palmy Punters had a winning margin of 15 over KAMM Carr's. The story of the round however came in the match between Auckland Tigers and DEAP Thinkers. The latter were ahead by 4 imps going into the last Board. At one table they chose to defend a vulnerable 3d doubled whilst at the other they defended 3s not vul and undoubled. Unfortunatly 3d made 5 and the net result was -14 imps.

The good news for DEAP Thinkers is that their 10 imp loss was the narrowest of the three losses which means that they are straight through to the plate final on 24th November.

The semi-finals for the Cup will be played on 17th November. They will be fought out between this weeks winners together with Homers Heros who, as top seeds, had the bye this week. Full details of all teams and how the draw works are at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/2008/11/draw-and-details-for-november-knockout.html.

Draw for November Knockout 17/11/08

Cup:
Match 1: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm v Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis
Match 2: Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy v BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo

Plate:
(DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers = Bye/Casual Match)
Match 3: KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh v Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt

All matches start at 8.00 pm on 17th November. Home teams are named first and the first named player is the captain who is responsible for setting up the match.

Results of matches on 10/11/08

8.00 pm Matches:
November Knockout:
Match 1: BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo beat Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt 45-29
Match 2: KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh lost to Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy 10-25
Match 3: Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis beat DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers 33-23

Casual Matches
Match 4: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm lost to Stroppy Gamblers: gambler3/stroppy & tkkiwi/andrewnz 27-42
Match 5: bythesea/clarkson & oakura/argyll2nz lost to derfson146/trudy nz & blair20/suescott 14-24

9.30 pm Matches (all casual matches):
Match 6: manawa/mccullagh & cyber/nztipg8 lost to noelwz/tkkiwi & kotuku/iamwill 23-71
Match 7: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers beat oakura/argyll2nz & idlelupino/sweetjane 69-31
Match 8: Homers Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm beat Stroppy Gamblers: gambler3/stroppy & diatribe/minuet 51-13

Draw and Details for November Knockout

We have ended up with 7 teams in the November Knockout. Seven teams is not ideal but is manageable. All teams will get at least two “live” games. Teams who have a bye will always be provided with a casual game unless they specifically ask, before 5pm on the Monday, that they not play at all.

The teams entered are:

Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm
BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo
Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & janwhy/ken436
DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers
Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis
KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh
Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt

The seeded draw for round 1 is:

Match 1: BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt
Match 2: KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh v Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & janwhy/ken436
Match 3: Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis v DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers

Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm have been seed straight into the semi final. However they will still have a “casual” match tonight as follows:

Match 4: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm v Stroppy Gamblers: gambler3/stroppy & minuet/andrewnz

Please note that captains are named first and it is the responsibility of the captain of the first named (home) team to set up the match. The home team captain chooses which pairs play each other.

Rounds 2 and 3:
Next week Homers Heros will play the winner of Match 3 and the winners of Matches 1 and 2 will play off. The winners of these matches will contest the final on the 24th November and the losers will play off for 3rd and 4th.

The Plate event will run as follows. The losing team from week 1 who loses by the least margin will qualify for the plate final and will only play a “casual” match next week. The other two losers will play off for the right to contest the plate final. The loser of that match will just play a casual match on the 24th November. The least loser from round 1 and the winner of the round 2 match will play off for the Plate on 24th November.

May the best team win!

November Knockout Starts

The Monday night November Knockout starts tonight. There are seven teams and will be three rounds to decide cup and a plate winners. A full draw and further details are contained in a separate post. Although the blog site has been somewhat dormant it will now spring back to life with draws and results each week!

Climbers reach the top

It's been and long and fraught ascent but the Central Climbers made it to the top of the ladder last night. The Snakes, who had beaten them twice previously, and who probably have the best overall record in the competition, self destructed in the last two boards. Earlier on they had given up 5 imps as a result of a misclick which wasn't noticed in time to use the undo button. It was a portent of things to come. With 3 boards to go it was 22-11 to the Snakes. Then nikzti/suescott for the snakes doubled and caught the weak 1nt. gerry/tarakiwi of the climbers wriggled and squirmed (snakes would have been proud of them) but nikzti/suescott kept their bottle and kept doubling. They collected 1100 against a vul game at the other table. It was now 32-11 to the Snakes and that should have been that. Next board nikzti/suescott had a gerber accident and played in 4c which gave 11 imps. On the final board at the other table jonz continued the kiwi teams tradition of strange and unusual things happening on the last board of matches by finding a different kind of abberation. She was declaring 3nt after partner had trasferred to spades. A cow flew by which momentarily distracted her into thinking she was playing in spades. The result was a vulnerable game swing and the final result 35-32 to the Climbers.

The bronze medal play off saw The Masters convincingly beat Western Gals 34-1. I don't have any details of this match. Perhaps one of the participants could post a comment filling us in.

In other mathes the higher teams prevailed so that the only change in the final week was at the top.

So (drum roll) I hereby present the medals:


Gold: - Central Climbers

Silver: - Snakes

Bronze: - The Masters


Thanks to all who participated. Running a ladder was a bit of an experiment and I'm not sure whether or not it worked that well and whether in future we would be best to try knock-outs, round-robins and/or swiss events. I would REALLY appreciate your feedback. Please post your comments below. See http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/2008/09/posting-of-comments.html for how to post comments.

Final Ladder Positions

The Ladder competition concluded last night. The final positions are:

1. Central Climbers: gerry, tarakiwi, kermit, cascade, diatribe.
2. Snakes: susiecue, janwhy, nikzti, suescott, jonz, boatman.
3. The Masters: mastersg, tuckaway, clientje, cyber, ikanarat.
4. Western Gals: seychelles, Lmu, blinkers, sandrac, jenter62.
5. First Sun: mumofthree, kiwiannie, acolitecs, davetaupo, carriemac1, glennis.
6. Aussie Flavoured: oakura, argyll2nz, masham, wdavis, kelvingt.
7. Judy + North Shore: phoenix4, hairy_scot, oshlyn, dave27nz.
8. The Mavericks: tigerboy, andrewnz, buch99, clarkson, ickool.
9. Trans Global: kotuku, hermman, mpemble, tfacol.

Results of matches on 17/9/08

Snakes: jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott lost to
Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & cascade/kermit 32-35

The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat
Western Gals: seychelles/lmu & jenter62/blinkers 34-1

First Sun: mumofthree/carriemac1 & davetaupo/paul3210 beat
Judy + North Shore: desilva/hairy_scot & oshlyn/dave27nz 36-6

Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & lexitnz/manawa lost to
Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/clarkson 5-84

Tamworth Tigers: varange/roseof & lowiq/michael01 lost to jk_24653/nbailey & kiwi_joker/timsch 30-58

alanz/ant & diatribe/zog beat ljs/noelwz & ickool/pascalls 65-53 (24 Bds)

Aussie Flavoured: oakura/argyll2nz & masham/wdavis lost to glennis/gillyfleur & mpemble/as90 14-33

Kiwi Teams Ladder Draw; Final Round

Match 1: Snakes: jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott v Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/cascade

Match 2: v The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Western Gals: seychelles/Lmu & jenter62/blinkers

Match 3: First Sun: mumofthree/carriemac1 & davetaupo/paul3210 v Judy + North Shore: desilva/hairy_scot & oshlyn/dave27nz

Match 4: Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & tfacol v manawa v Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/clarkson

NON LADDER MATCHES:
Match 5: Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/wdavis v glennis/gillyfleur & ??? (to be advised)
Match 6: to be advised.

Snakes Secure Second

The Snakes won a close fought encounter against the Masters last night to maintain their spot at the top of the ladder. With only one week to go and with the last round involving first against second the Snakes cannot now finish worst than second. Of course they will be hoping for another win next week against Central Climbers, a team they have beaten twice already in this event. Central Climbers may be coming into form however as they sucessfully defended their second spot against previous leaders First Sun.

Lower down Western Gals and Judy + North Shore both won against teams below them meaning that for the first time in the event there was no change to the ladder positions.

It was a cruel slam hand which decided the fight for the top spot. You hold xx Kx AKJxxx Axx. Partner deals and opens with the auction starting 1s - 2d - 3s. After that you find out that you and partner hold all the aces and all the kings. Do you sign off, bid slam or grand slam? Who knows? I'm waiting for someone who knows more about biding than me to write the hand up! What I can tell you is that tuckaway opted for 7s. Cruelly that cost 22 imps as there is always one loser (a trump) and the hand was played in 4s on a slightly different auction at the other table. The Snakes won 32-19 so the result would have been different if tuckaway had opted for 6s!

Ladder Positions after Round 8

1. Snakes: susiecue, janwhy, nikzti, suescott, jonz, boatman.
2. Central Climbers: gerry, tarakiwi, kermit, cascade, diatribe.
3. The Masters: mastersg, tuckaway, clientje, cyber, ikanarat.
4. Western Gals: seychelles, Lmu, blinkers, sandrac, jenter62.
5. First Sun: mumofthree, kiwiannie, acolitecs, davetaupo, carriemac1, glennis.
6. Aussie Flavoured: oakura, argyll2nz, masham, wdavis, kelvingt.
7. Judy + North Shore: phoenix4, hairy_scot, oshlyn, dave27nz.
8. The Mavericks: tigerboy, andrewnz, buch99, clarkson, ickool.
9. Trans Global: kotuku, hermman, mpemble, tfacol.

Results of matches on 10/9/08

The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/ikanarat lost to
Snakes: jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott 19-32

Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/cascade beat
First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo 48-17

Western Gals: Seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers beat
Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt 59-17

Judy + NS: pheonix4/jenter62 & oshlyn/dave27nz beat
Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/tinycrab6 40-20

alanz/ant & noelwz/ljs beat ickool/pascalls & diatribe/zog 21-17

Trans Global: mpemble/tfacol & hermman/lixixing beat glennis/gillyfleur & crowie_11/varange 36-18

alanz/ant & noelwz/ljs lost to ickool/pascalls & diatribe/zog 29-46

Kiwi Teams Ladder Draw; Round 8

Match 1: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/ikanarat v Snakes: jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott

Match 2: Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/cascade v First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo

Match 3: Western Gals: Seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers v Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt

Match 4: Judy + NS: pheonix4/jenter62 & oshlyn/dave27nz v Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/derfson146

NON LADDER MATCHES:

Match 5: alanz/ant & ickool/pascalls v noelwz/ljs & diatribe/zog

Match 6: Trans Global: mpemble/tfacol & hermman/lixixing v glennis/gillyfleur & ??

Posting of Comments

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