Levin Bridge Club

Levin Bridge Club Constitution 2025 (PDF File)

·       Starting Times:

•  Monday logged in, ready to play by 6.50 pm to start play by 7.00 pm.
•  Tuesday seated by 1.05 pm to start play by 1.15 pm.
•  Wednesday & Thursday seated by 7.10 pm to start play by 7.20 pm.
•  Fridays seated by 10.50 am to start play by 11 am

•        Table Seating: Before play starts, one person will toss. The winners must sit North/South. Notwithstanding, the director has the right to assign seats.
•        West is responsible for checking the table money 
•       Bridge Tabs: The person entering the data into the bridge tabs must hand over the Bridge Tab to the opposition to check and enter their PIN code. 
•        System Regulations: Blue, green, and red systems acceptable in up to 5a tournaments conventions may be played in any club event. Details of different systems and conventions are specified in the NZ Bridge Manual (Pages D46-D49) and on the NZ Bridge website. 
•        Psychic bids are not permitted on Thursday evenings.
•        Announcing 1C and 1NT. As soon as your partner bids 1C or 1NT, you must announce your agreement regarding these bids.   
•        North is responsible for ensuring the table is left tidy and that boards and bridge tabs are returned to a central place.
• Parking: The four reserved parking spaces adjacent to the main entrance are for the use of our less mobile members.

updated 12/01/2026

Grading of Club Members

Based on Bridge NZ calculated rankings as of Jan. 2026

Open      7- Star Local Master or higher Rank

Intermediate -      0 - 6 Star Local Masters

Junior - Club Masters, Novice, and Certificate of Proficiency

A list of current grades is published on the website from early January.

Supporting Notes

·       Players who are returning to bridge from a break will be graded at the discretion of the committee.

·       For tournament play NZ Bridge gradings will apply.

·       Wednesday is for Open and Intermediate competition events. Thursday night is for Junior competitions.

·       Players may only play in one set of club championships: Junior, Intermediate or Open

Thursday Junior Room

·       Intermediate players with less than 10,000 C Points (0 Star Local Masters) can play without penalty if they play with a Junior player in any Thursday night competition.

·       Eligible Intermediates must play with a Junior player in all Thursday night competitions.

·       Non-eligible Intermediate players may be invited into the room by the Convenor or as a director. A 5% penalty will apply. Open players who direct may play with a 10% penalty.

 ·       For the first three competitions after the new class joins the room, mentor Intermediates will not be penalised.

Updated 12/01/26

·       In all competitions, all scores to count except in Championship events where the best 5 of 6 sessions will count.

·       Competition winners will be decided by highest overall percentage.

·       System cards are recommended to be carried for all pairs events and are required for Championship events.

·       Individual events require different partners for all playing nights if you wish to be included in the competition.

·       One substitute only is allowed in Pairs events. No player may substitute for a player who is present at the same session. Where two players require a substitute, the score will count for both substitutes.

 ·       Visitors are welcome to play in any face-to-face session for up to six nights in any year. Monday’s online is open to visitors at every session with no limits.

updated 12/01/2026