THE BABICH COMES ROUND AGAIN ...

... although in almost certain-to-be reduced form tonight. We have 45 heats involved, five of which are being played on the RealBridge platform. RealBridge has taken the bridge world by storm in just over a year and certainly appears to have a role in the future of our game. It's something you can play on a device which might well make bridge, or minibridge at least, attractive to the younger set.

Richard Solomon's commentary, which has always appeared in booklet form, will be posted on the NZ Bridge site after 10:30 tonight .. something for you to read while you wait nervously for the first cut of results. In previous years we've managed 80% of the results in 20% of the time but you never know .. maybe tonight we'll have it all wrapped up by 11:30pm (yeah, right!). Tragically there have always be one or two clubs' results we haven't managed to get before noon the next day. Anna Kalma will no doubt be posting progress reports on social media and this page will alert you to posting updates as soon as they take place. Best presentation is on the Wide View tab above.

Enjoy your game everyone!