Bridge
The drought is finally over. No, not in Auckland but at the Ohakune Bridge Club. After quite a long dry spell Mark Hays and Bob Tumataroa have finally had a win. On Tuesday of last week eight pairs from Ohakune and five pairs from Taihape met in Waiouru for social bridge. Mark and Bob played conservative bridge to score 148 pts and win the evening' s competition with 61.67%. It was the narrowest of wins as just one point behind were Ron Frew and Brian Eades while one point further back were Sue Treadwell and Gerry Cranston giving them scores of 61.25% and 60.83% respectively. In fourth place for the evening were Ron Martin and Heather Cranston with 59.17%. Bridge on Wednesday consisted of 20 boards played over four tables and the north-south competition was won by Ron Martin and Heather Cranston on 53.80% and in second were Ron Frew and Brian Eades with 49.47%. Rita Kaiwhare and Betty Hammond played the better cards in the east-west direction winning with the evening' s top score of 67.72% while second place, with 53.50%, went to Gordon and Jenny Mottram.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 542, 28 June 1994, Page 12
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