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The Christchurch Club and Regional Committee ran on behalf of NZ Bridge a very successful National Swiss Pairs event in mid -February. While the runaway winners were Wellington’s Martin Reid and Peter Newell, local pair Fiona Temple and John Kruiniger had a great weekend and finished 2^nd. Other Canterbury players to finish in the top 10 were Jan Alabaster (4^th), Tim Schumacher (5^th) and former Cantabrian, Graeme Tuffnell 10^th.

2nd place for John and Fiona

GERALDINE 8B                                                   23^rd February

                I appreciated Giles Hancock sending me these results of this regional tournament

A Grade

1^ST           Eamon Jackson and Darcy Preston

2^nd          Moss Wylie and Saul Sheehy

3^rd           Viv Hill and Colin Coulter

                                                 Geraldine Grade Winners

 
A Grade:                                                         B Grade:                                                C Grade:

Darcy Preston and Eamon Jackson         Gordon McCormick and Sally Croy  Colin Clemens and Maryke Blignault

 

B Grade

1^st           Gordon McCormick and Sally Croy

2^nd          Robyn Howie and Glynis Sullivan

3^rd           Lorraine Jamison and Beverley Dryden

 

C Grade

1^st           Maryke Blignault and Colin Clemens

2^nd          Peter McMullan and Alan Luscombe

3^rd           Pam Taylor and Ann Patterson

 

ASHBURTON ANNIVERSARY PAIRS          8B                           7^th  March              %

Top scorers in the morning session were               David Sewell/Mary Buckland        60.8,

                                                                              Lesley Andrew/Kay Nicholas        58.7,

though in the Howell, Shirley Lattimore/Sam Gurney were well out in front with         65.3

Trish and Peter Downward and Paula Gregory/Michael Johnstone were contenders with 58% session scores.

 

It was very high scores in the afternoon that was the telling factor in the end results:-

                Sue Rosevear/John Fechney                        68.6%

                 Paula Gregory/Michael Johnstone                64.1%

 

I don’t have the breakdown of the different grades, unfortunately, Here is the list of the first 10 place-getters overall.

                                                                                     %

1^st           Sue Rosevear/John Fechney                     125.10

2^nd          Paula Gregory/Michael Johnstone             122.88

3rd=       Kathy Hamilton/John Hamilton                     115.00

3^rd=        David Sewell/Mary Buckland                       115.00

5^th           Shirley Lattimore/Sam Gurney                   114.72

6^th           Trish Downward/Peter Downward              113.56

7^th           Maryke Blignault/Colin Clemens                111.82

8^th           Kay Robb/Rosemary McLaughlin              108.94

9^th           Bev Turton/Rona Brownlie                         106.16

10^th         Jill Lockett/Giles Hancock                          105.96

 

Remember The Gold Coast?

Lots of Cantabrians headed off to the Gold Coast Congress in the last week of February where they would certainly have had a great time. We had no first place successes but the following appeared in respectable positions in the reporting on this website of the final placings in events:

 Pairs

Robyn Findlay- Jan Stupples

Sam Gurney- Caroline Caseley

Judith Roose-Driver- Johan Roose

Hayden Seal- Jan Davis

Bruce Anderson- Kathryn Tennant

Ann Deaker- Anne Simpson

Lyn Mould - Erica Tie

 

Teams

Ann Deaker, Anne Simpson, Lyn Mould, Erica Tie

Sam Gurney, Caroline Caseley, Linda White, Viv Hurst

 

Swiss Pairs

Michael Sykes

Jane Morris

Hayden Seal- Jan Davis

Julian and Pamela Glyn

Jan Lenton- Lizzy Hornsey

Bruce Anderson- Kathryn Tennant

Caroline Casely- Sam Gurney

 

Tournament Cancellation

                The Corona virus is going to have a widespread effect on the playing of bridge, and in this region it is the Timaru Club that has cancelled its congress for the first weekend in April. Just this week a good number of teams had had to withdraw as team members had decided that they did not want to risk participation. It is going to be a long winter.

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