Central Climbers Win

I thought I would celebrate the Central Climber's first win by posting a few hands from the match on another blog that I have just started. Since it turned into quite a long post I decided not to clog up Russell's announcements here.

You can have a look over herehttp://newzealandbridge.blogspot.com/2008/08/kiwiteams-080813-few-hands.html

Russell let me know if you would like this sort of thing posted here.

Results of Kiwi Teams matches 13/8/08

First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo beat
The Masters: mastersg/ikanarat & clientje/rolfuhlhor 43-20

Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt beat
Judy + North Shore: phoenix4/hairy_scot & dave27nz/lixixing 56-17

Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & mpemble/tfacol beat
Snakes: susiecue/janwhy & nikzti/pavlova64 19-15

Western Gals: seychelles/Lmu & sandrac/jenter62 lost to
Central Cellar Dwellers: gerry/tarakiwi & cascade/kermit 7-47

NON LADDER MATCHES:
Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/Clarkson lost to
Scaffolding: Ljs/noelwz & derfson146/glennis 30-39
mumofthree/kiwiannie & masham/oakura lost to idlelupino/sweetjane & mpemble/kelvingt 28-55

Ladder Positions after Round 4

(provisional - one result subject to review)

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

Kiwi Teams Ladder Draw; Round 4

WEEK FOUR DRAW and line ups (Home team named first):

Match 1: First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo v The Masters: mastersg/ikanarat & clientje/rolfuhlhor

Match 2: Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt v Judy + North Shore: phoenix4/hairy_scot & dave27nz/lixixing

Match 3: Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & mpemble/tfacol v Snakes: susiecue/janwhy & nikzti/suescott

Match 4: Western Gals: seychelles/Lmu & sandrac/jenter62 v Central Cellar Dwellers: gerry/tarakiwi & cascade/kermit

NON LADDER MATCH:
Match 5: Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/Clarkson v Scaffolding: Ljs/noelwz & derfson146/??

It is the responsibility of the captain of the home team to set the match up at 8.00 pm. Any player not online and available to play at that time should be replaced by the captain of the home team.

Results of Kiwi Teams matches 6/8/08

The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat
Aussie Flavoured: oakura/kelvingt & masham/wdavis 51-15

Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & tfacol/mpemble lost to
First Sun davetaupo/carriemac1 & acolitecs/glennis 17-57

Snakes: susiecue/janwhy & jonz/boatman beat
Mavericks: tigerboy/ickool & buch99/clarkson 48-25

Judy + North Shore: phoenix4/hairy_scot & jenter62/dave27nz beat
Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/ikanarat 34-29

NONLADDER MATCHES:
noelwz/ljs & whetu/clavis beat tinycrab6/petal25 & lixixing/idlelupino 45-13
oakura/kelvingt & kiaora/sweetjane lost to whetu/petal25 & buch99/flamingoes 26-30

Masters Stay on Top

Round 3 of the Kiwi Teams Ladder event saw The Masters as the first team to hold off a challenge for the top spot. Aussie Flavoured were repelled with apparent ease. Further down First Sun moved up into third spot while further down again the Snakes started their move up the ladder by displacing the Mavericks. At the bottom, as always, the Central Climbers remained! Judy + North Shore proved too good for them this week. In a desparate effort to bring about a change in fortune the Central Climbers have decided to take up the suggestion of mastersg and change their name to the Central Sinkers! If you have any other suggestions for possible names please let us know by posting a comment! (Click on "comments" at the end of this article).

I have not noticed any particular hands of note this week but if you have one, or have anything else of interest please post a comment below. Cascade tells me that anyone can post a comment and I'm interested to see it in action.

Ladder Positions after Round 3

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

Kiwi Teams Ladder Draw; Round 3

Match 1: The Masters mastersg/tuckaway & cyber/clientje v Aussie Flavoured: oakura/kelvingt & masham/wdavis
Match 2: Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & tfacol/mpemble v First Sun davetaupo/carriemac1 & acolitecs/glennis
Match 3: Snakes susiecue/janwhy & jonz/boatman v Mavericks: tigerboy/ickool & buch99/clarkson
Match 4: Judy + North Shore: phoenix4/hairy_scot & jenter62/dave27nz v Central Climbers gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/ikanarat

Results of Kiwi Teams matches 30/7/08

LADDER MATCHES

The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat
Trans Global: tfacol/mpemble & whetu/petal25: 33-27

First Sun: mumofthree/carriemac1 & acolitecs/davetaupo lost to
Aussie Flavoured: oakura/argyll2nz & kelvingt/wdavis: 33-39

Snakes: susiecue/janwhy & nikzti/suescott lost to
Western Gals: seychelles/Lmu & sandrac/jenter62: 2-9

Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/cascade lost to
The Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/Clarkson: 24-29

NON LADDER MATCHES:

Judy + North Shore: phoenix4/hairy_scot & oshlyn/dave27nz lost to Left Overs: jonz/boatman & diatribe/lixixing 21-26

timsch/buch99 & mumofthree/whetu beat cyber/clientje & lixixing/kiwiboy 55-1

News - New Leader for Ladder

Round 2 of the ladder competition saw The Masters (mastersg, tuckaway, clientje, cyber, ikanarat) jump to the top rung. A very tight match against incumbants Trans Global saw The Masters one imp behind with one board to go. A defensive error allowed a 3S part score to slip through meaning that a 1 imp gain (which would have left the match drawn) became a 7 imp gain and a 33-27 win for The Masters. According to the rules a draw would have left Trans Global at the top, but alas, it wasn't to be.

A remarkable feature of this round was that all matches were close with the biggest winning margin being 7 imps in the super tight match where the Western Gals beat the Snakes 9-2.

Another interesting feature is that for the second week in a row the only match that has seen a change in ladder position has been the battle for the top spot. This is quite surprising given that the starting ladder position was a reverse seeding. I'm afraid to say that tarakiwi's Central Climbers have been left languishing at the bottom for the second week in a row. We're now contemplating a change of name! :-)

The full results for tonights matches will be posted on this site very shortly.

Ladder Positions after Round 2

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

Kiwi Teams Ladder Draw - Round 2

Hi All,

 

This email is sent to you as captain of your team.  Feel free to pass it on to team mates if you wish. 

 

Please note that home teams are named first and the captain of the home team is responsible for setting up the match.

 

Kiwi Wednesday Ladder Draw Week 2

(Home team named first):

 

Match 1: The Masters mastersg/tuckaway & cyber/clientje v Trans Global tfacol/mpemble & whetu/petal25

 

Match 2: First Sun mumofthree/carriemac1 & acolitecs/davetaupo v Aussie Flavoured oakura/argyll2nz & kelvingt/wdavis

                                                                                                                                                                            

Match 3: Snakes susiecue/janwhy & nikzti/suescott  v Western Gals seychelles/Lmu & sandrac/jenter62

                                                                                                                                                            

Match 4: Central Climbers gerry/tarakiwi & cascade/kermit v The Mavericks tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/Clarkson

 

 

Good luck to all teams!

 

 

Regards Russell

 

Russell Wilson

40G Karina Rd, New Plymouth ,

Ph (06) 758 9587 (hm), (06) 769 6564 (wk), (027) 496 1167 (mobile)

 

News - Ladder Competition Commences

The Wednesday Ladder Competition comenced last Wednesday with 9 teams competing. The initial ladder positions are at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/2008/07/ladder-positions.html. Teams were seeded with the top seeded team starting at the bottom of the ladder and the bottom seeded team starting at the top!

Results largely went against seedings with the result that most teams have so far held their starting positions. At the bottom, the Central Climbers stumbled at the first rung by losing to the Snakes who failed to slide. The Mavericks were fancied to beat the Western Gals but it wasn't to be with the ladies from New Plymouth holding firm. Likewise Judy + North Shore could not budge the lesser fancied First Sun (including two from Gisborne). The Masters were the unlucky team to be drawn for a non ladder match. They will get a tilt at the top of the ladder this week.

Undoubtedly the match of the round was the top of the ladder clash between Aussie Flavoured (the incumbent leaders) and Trans Global. After 11 tight and hard fought boards Aussie Flavoured were leading by 13-9. Then on board 12 south held T6543 A3 KT83 KT. At one table North showed spade support with an 18-19 count and 4s was the resting place. At the other table North opened 1d and then showed a balanced 18-19 count over south's 1s. This was enough to tempt a bold South to leap all the way to 6d! North, with his 3433 shape, converted this to 6s which was icy as the cards lay. This earned Trans Global 13 imps and a 22-13 win, raising them to the top of the ladder. Well done to hermman for his bold bidding!

For the full results from last Wednesday go to http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/2008/07/results.html.

What is Kiwi Teams?

Kiwi Teams are regular teams matches that I (tarakiwi) organise regularly on BBO (Bridge Base Online). Kiwi Teams has been running since 5th March 2008. Matches are of 12 boards with a barometer. Kibbitzers and undo’s are allowed. Kiwi alerting rules apply. There is no requirement to play regularly and entries will be accepted even as a one off. Entries can be by team, pair or individual.

Currently (July 2008) matches occur every Wednesday at 8 pm NZ time. However, from October 2008 I'm planning to change to Monday nights. Wednesday nights may continue if I can find someone else to organise them.

Kiwi Teams is designed for, but by no means exclusive to, kiwis (New Zealanders). Most players are kiwis who play acol. The time of play and alerting rules are set to suit kiwis. All communictions regarding Kiwi Teams are in English. However, non kiwis are most welcome and we have a number of non kiwi regulars. You are free to play any system or carding methods. All standards of play are catered for.

In July 2008 we started a ladder competition which will run until mid September. Most matches during this time will be part of that competition but I will still arrange casual matches for anyone that enters before 5 pm on the night of play.

Each week an email is sent to a distribution list calling for entries. If you want to be added to my distribution list just email me or if you don't have my email send a message to tarakiwi on BBO requesting to be added to the list and giving your email address. (I don't want to publish my email on the web because it always seems to lead to an increase in spam!)

News - Blog site for Kiwi Teams

Thanks to cascade (Wayne Burrows) Kiwi Teams now has a blog site. The site can be found at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/. I intend to publish all draws, results, rules, information and news relating to Kiwi Teams on a regular basis.

I always appreciate feedback and feedback on this blogsite will be no exception.

How to Set up Kiwi Teams Matches on BBO

1. It’s not hard to set up matches on BBO but it’s a good idea to have a practice beforehand if you’re a first timer.
2. Click on “click to play or watch bridge”, then “Team Matches” then click on “create match” and a box comes up for you to complete. Call the match “Kiwi Teams Match 1” (or whatever number it is). You don’t need to fill out “description” or “director”. Change the number of boards to 12. Tick the “barometer” and “allow undos” boxes. Then fill in the team names and players BBO names. Take care to spell everyone’s name exactly right. Take care to ensure you have the correct pairs playing as team mates (team members should be together in either the "Team 1" or the "Team 2" box). Then check everything and then click “create match” (bottom left). You will see everyone accepting and then after a little while the match magically starts. You sometimes get an error message that someone is not online. This usually means (for me anyway) that you have not quite got their name right but it may mean that they have logged off for some reason.
3. I recommend that you start on the set up process about 5 mins beforehand so that when 8 o’clock comes around all you have to do is click the “create match” button. It is also a good idea to make sure that all of the players in your match are on your friends list. That way you can “see” everyone and check in advance that they are all logged on. To add a person to your friends list when they are not online click on your own name when you are in the lobby, then click the friends tab, complete the friends BBO name in the box provided then click “add”.
4. If any player in your match is not online and available to play by 8.00 pm then you should arrange for a replacement. The quickest way of doing that is to call for participants from the lobby. Do that by using “the lobby” option in the chat box and sending a message like “need one adv + player for 12 board teams match – please message me”. This usually brings at least one response within short order. Choose the person you think most suitable, let them know that they are in and include their name in the team list. It is generally polite to then send a message to the lobby that the team is full.
5. BBO has further instructions about the “create match” function as part of its help site. This is the link to get there: http://www.bridgebase.com/help/3/common/text/index.html. Click on “contents” then “team matches” then click in the “create a match” area to get information specific to setting up team matches.

Rules for Wednesday Ladder Competition

1. Teams can enter as teams of 4, 5 or 6. Entrants must nominate a captain capable of setting up matches on BBO. The real names, email addresses and BBO nicknames of all team members must be given. Please also provide a team name (otherwise team names will be invented!).
2. Entries close on Tuesday the 22nd July 2008. Teams entering after this date can join in but they will start at the bottom of the ladder.
3. The competition goes for 9 weeks commencing 23rd July 2008.
4. Teams may play as many or as few rounds as they like however there are demotions under rule 12c for inactivity.
5. Each week the captain of teams wishing to play must enter by emailing the team line up to xxx prior to Wednesday 5.00 pm.
6. Teams may play with one outside substitute. The substitute may be a member of another team but should be of similar or weaker playing strength than the average strength of the team the substitute is playing for.
7. Each week a draw will be done according to the following ranked priorities where possible:
   a. Teams to play an equal number of matches against teams above them as against teams below them,
   b. Matches to be between teams within 3 places of each other, and
   c. Matches will not be between teams who have played within the previous three weeks.
8. The draw will be sent to all team members by 7.50 pm each Wednesday.
9. Teams will be designated home and away. The captain of the home team is responsible for setting up the match at 8.00 pm. The home team captain chooses which pairs play NS and which EW. The captain of the home team must obtain a substitute from the lobby for any player(s) not online by 8.00 pm. Matches are of 12 boards, undo’s and kibitzers allowed, barometer on.
10. During matches NZ Bridge alerting and pre-alerting rules apply.
11. The starting position of teams on the ladder will be determined by the average rating points of team members who have NZ Bridge ratings. If teams have less than two such members then an average rating for the team will be assigned (guessed at!). The team with the lowest average will start at the top of the ladder. Then the next lowest and so on down to the team with the highest average rating who will start at the bottom!
12. After each round the ladder positions will change as follows:
    a. When the lower ranked team wins it swaps places with its opponent,
    b. When the higher ranked team wins or the match is drawn there is no change, and
    c. Any team that has not entered for a second or subsequent consecutive week or any team that doesn’t enter for the final week will swap with the team immediately below it, except if it is already at the bottom or if all the teams below it are also subject to this sub-rule. This sub-rule shall be applied first to the lowest team that is subject to it then to the next lowest team and so on.
13. The new ladder position will be emailed to all participants after each week.
14. The team at the top of the ladder after the final round is the winner!

Ladder Positions after Round 1

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

Initial Ladder Positions:

1. Aussie Flavoured: oakura, argyll2nz, masham, wdavis, kelvingt.
2. Trans Global: kotuku, hermman, mpemble, tfacol.
3. The Masters: mastersg, tuckaway, clientje, cyber, ikanarat.
4. First Sun: mumofthree, kiwiannie, acolitecs, davetaupo.
5. Judy + North Shore: phoenix4, hairy_scot , oshlyn, dave27nz.
6. Western Gals: seychelles, Lmu, blinkers, sandrac, jenter62.
7. The Mavericks: tigerboy, andrewnz, buch99, clarkson, kiwigirl4.
8. Snakes: susiecue, janwhy, nikzti, suescott, jonz, boatman.
9. Central Climbers: gerry, tarakiwi, kermit, cascade, diatribe.

Results 23/7/08

Results of Kiwi Teams Matches 23/7/08

LADDER MATCHES:
Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & kelvingt/argyll2nz lost to
Trans Global: manawa/hermman & tfacol/mpemble; 13-22

Judy + North Shore phoenix4/hairy_scot & oshlyn/dave27nz lost to
First Sun mumofthree/kiwiannie & acolitecs/davetaupo; 27-42

Western Gals seychelles/Lmu & sandrac/jenter62 beat
The Mavericks tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/Clarkson; 45-28

Central Climbers tarakiwi/janwhy & cascade/diatribe lost to
Snakes nikzti/suescott & jonz/boatman; 17-35

NON LADDER MATCHES:
The Masters mastersg/ikanarat & cyber/clientje beat
Ad Hocs tinycrab6/petal25 & kiwigirl4/ohdarn; 61-17

Gisborne/Wellington kiwiannie/mumofthree & hermman/manawa lost to
Others mpemble/marges & kclee/wolfree166; 21-49