2023
Rubber Bridge Entries Close: 25th March 2023
Taranaki Congress: 11-13 March 2023, venue New Plymouth
IP Trials: 6/7 May 2023 venue Realbridge
Hawkes Bay Congress 3-5 June 2023
Fullarton Teams: 13/14 August 2023, Venue New Plymouth
Zelda Morris Pairs: 28/29 October 2023 Venue Napier
Sunday https://oceania.realbridge.online/dq.html?p=230507225662&q=SeniorSun
Senior Teams Format Document (PDF)
This is a modified draw for the last 3 rounds of the senior's Trials These changes are as a result of a random draw made by the Regional Chair Bryan Green
Sunday https://oceania.realbridge.online/dq.html?p=230507225661&q=IntermediateSun
Intermediate Teams Format Document (PDF)
This i is a modified draw for the last 3 rounds of the intermediate Trials These changes are as a result of a random draw made by the Regional Chair Bryan Green
Intermediate Teams Revised Draw
Sunday https://oceania.realbridge.online/dq.html?p=230507225660&q=OpenSun
Open teams format document (PDF)
This is a modified draw for the last round for the open Trials These changes are as a result of a random draw made by the Regional Chair Bryan Green
Open players
Seniors
Intermediates
Your director is Lorraine Stachurski
The trials will start at 9.30 am on Saturday 6th May.
You will be playing 9 rounds of 12 boards over the two days.
Exact round timing will be emailed along with the regulations and Realbridge links on Friday 5th May
Open trial will play 108 Boards.
Intermediate and Senior trial will play from a pool of 108 Boards. However, each team will have 3 Byes so will play 72 Boards.
There is a minimal cost of $20 per player for this trial to offset costs. Please pay this to the CD region Bank Account with your Name and Iptrials as the reference to . A/c 02-0644-0128181-025
Please provide by Thursday 4th May a PDF copy of your system Cards Open and Seniors should fully complete the 4 page card and Intermediates need to complete the 2 sided card to cd.region@nzbridge.co.nz Systems Cards will be made available to the other teams via email
All of the information re the trials will also be posted on the IP team page on the regional website http://cdregionalbridge.nz/ip-trials
2023 Inter-Provincial Trials
Teams Trial
Intermediate - Seniors - Women - Open
Entries Close: Friday 28 April 2023
Cost of Entry $20.00
Entries to: Enter online at nzbridge.co.nz
Trials will be played online on RealBridge
6/7 May 2023
The Regional Committee is running the trials as per below.
1. All categories will trial separately if there are enough players.
2. Players enter as a 4 Player team.
3. Cross-IMP scoring
4. The format will be finalised once the numbers are known. Be prepared to play for up to two days.
5. If there is a youth section, youth players will not be required to trial and will be selected. If any youth players are interested, if there is a youth section, in being considered, please email the Central Districts Secretary.
6. In the event of a person or pair pulling out the CD Committee reserves the right to appoint a replacement person or pair.
7. The region will field a 6 Player Team. The other two players will be selected by the regional committee in consultation with the winning team. The regional selectors will have the final decision
a. To be considered for the 3rd pair in the team you must trial as part of a team
b. If the pool of teams is insufficient for a trial then a selection process will occur
As you are aware, the 2022 Inter-Provincial competition finals were held using the Real Bridge medium, this format was very successful for this event.
Thus, the Board have decided that the finals of the 2023 event will be run using the same Real Bridge format. There are considerable financial savings in using this method The Board wants to give certainty to the Regions.
The finals will be for Open, Women, Seniors and Intermediate. We expect there will be a Youth event, too, though information about this will be provided later.