New Zealand National Bridge Congress 2015

September 26th to October 3rd Daily Bulletin 3 28th September Editorial Staff : Mark Hangartner Welcome to day three of Congress, Is this too small to read? There are a few copies in larger format at the registration Desk. Ask for one!

By now the NZ Restriced Open Pairs will have completed. Congratulations to NZ Bridge on adding this event which judging by the number of entries and the feedback I received went very well. One of the effects of this event is to make qualifying rounds for the New Zealand Open Pairs very competitive indeed. So if you made it through to the plate or the final, well done. If you didn’t never mind there is always the teams.

Winners of the Novice Pairs: Lee McGovern, Heather Robertson, Poppy & Will Fulton

The Daily Bulletin is extremely grateful to Babich Wines for their on-going sponsorship. Babich is a top quality New Zealand vintner. Babich Wines has been voted amongst the world’s top 50 most admired wine brands in a survey by Drinks International. Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS

Congress Noticeboard Monday October 1st NZ Pairs Final: 9:30am & 2:15pm Back to the Future Teams: 10:00am & 2:15pm Back to the Future Final Only : 8:00pm Rubber Final 8:00pm Pairs 8.30 pm

Goulash Pairs - $5 Table Money As this is an additional event, there will be a $5 charge. 50% of the money collected will be returned as prize money and 50% will go to the New Zealand Bridge Foundation. Goulash dealing is done in groups of cards and this ensures that there will be wild and woolly distributions . It really is FUN bridge.

Tuesday October 2nd NZ Teams Q1 10:30am - Lunch - NZ Teams Q2 & Q3 1:30pm - Dinner - NZ Teams Q4 & Q5 7:45pm Back To The Future Teams Entries close at the desk at 9 am. If you want team-mates please see Nola or Gwyn at the Congress Desk. Remember that you must play each session with a different partner. It may be tactically advisable to play your most practised partnerships in order to qualify or to save them for the final .....you decide. Teams containing contestants in the Rubber final CANNOT qualify for the final of this event. Only 26 teams qualify for the final. Any request for substitutes must be approved by the Chief Director New Zealand Teams Entries close at 9.00 am on Tuesday. System regulations for the Teams will be published tomorrow

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Overseas Players Please use your NZ computer number when using the scorers. If you don’t know your number, please see Nola or Gywn at the desk Correction Period The correction period for each Matchpoint pairs event expires 30 minutes after the scores are made available for inspection. This includes the back to the future teams. The correction period for each match in the teams and swiss pairs expires 15 minutes after the scheduled conclusion of the following match and 30 minutes after the scores are made available in the final match of each session.

Vugraph in the bar You asked for it the tech staff provided it. Mary-Ellen asked me if we could provide it, I took it to Murray and immediately David was on the job testing it out. “You know about BBO ?” I ask, “Never heard of it but if it comes over the Internet should be possible.” It might mean an early start for keen fans.

The eternal plea from editors of bulletins is give me your stories. I know there gems out there and unless you tell me. If there are extra copies of bulletins you might like to take them back to your club, it may attract future congress players, and even better if there is a story involving a player from your club or region. Thanks to Alan Parkes my first email contribution!

2 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS Welcome to the novitiate

If I were Douglas Russell I would have several erudite word plays about mothers superior, wimples, learning the rule, and enclosed orders. The Novices competition took place today, welcome to all these who are making their Congress debuts.

NS Sue Aitken & Paula Schwikkard, EW Josephine Gordon & Barbara Andrews

NS John Paine & Christine Judd EW David Dunlop & Sinny Wei

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NS Sheryll Hill & Leanne Crosby, EW Jon Verhoek & Jill Rogers

NS Jane Weir & Mariane Kingham EW Michelle Stevens & Karen Mackenzie

4 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS First slam in the Novice section For at least one of our players in the novice section 10 will be memorable for a long time to come. This was the first time she bid and made slam. Something good happened in the play and she made 7.

West East Paula Josephine 2♣ 2♦ 2♥ 4♣ 4NT 5♦ 6NT

More players had more gadgetry to get to the grand in clubs. How did you fare?

Josephine (Jose) with her prize. May there be many more slams to come!

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All the Novice prizewinners

Joint winners

6 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS Who needs a 6-2 fit when a 4-2 will do? Alan Parkes writes: My partner Graham Stern and I were playing N-S

I passed with the south cards and west opened 1NT. Graham decided to bid 2♦ showing ♠+another at least 5/4 distribution with 11+ points but not necessarily 5 spades. With 3 card support for the known suit I would bid 2♠ otherwise bid 2♥ which he can pass or bid 2♠ with 5 or bid a 5 card minor. Of course I have this sinking feeling but dutifully bid 2♥ which is passed out. West leads the 3♣ won by East's A and a diamond returned. I won the A, played K♣ discarding a diamond from dummy. I ruffed a diamond then played A♠ and K♠ and a third spade. East ruffed with the 8♥ and I over ruffed with the K. I then played another diamond ruffed in dummy and played another spade which was ruffed by East with the 10♥ and I threw a club. West was a little distracted and under ruffed with the 2♥! East then played another club ruffed in dummy again. I led another spade ruffed by East with the J♥ and west had to under with the 6♥ leaving the dummy holding the 6♠ and Q♥ and West with ♥A9. East was left with the Q♦ and 9♣ so the Q♥ in dummy became good. Making 3♥. Who needs a 6-2 fit when a 4-2 will do? (with a little help from the opponents of course) for a middle score of 53%. Thanks Alan, the joys of the sub-moysian.

7 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS Ian Berrington and the fatal throw-in

West North East South Ian Colin Alan Sandra Pass Pass 1♣ X 1NT Pass Pass 4♥ All pass

Lead A♣

Well used to getting himself out of trouble with little help from dummy this hand was child’s play for Ian Berrington who currently plays at Akarana.

Ian ruffed the club continuation, cashed AK♠, and exited with a little ♠. This was the first throw in, south cannot afford to ruff his partner’s trick, that bares his K♥. Analysis shows that playing back a ♥ now still leaves declarer with a trick short and forced to play diamonds himself. But somehow it looks very unattractive and at the table Colin played a low ♦. Ian took K♦ with A♦, cashed Q♦ and … guess what threw in North again.

This is the fatal throw-in Colin having to choose between giving dummy an entry with a club or taking the for declarer with a ♥. Thanks to Colin Carryer for providing the story.

8 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS Unusual NT gets too high

West North East South John Alice Pass 2♣ 4NT 5♣ Pass 5♠ 6♦ Pass Pass X =

Lead A♣

In both NZ Open the Restricted Open Pairs more than one East “fell in love with their hand”. There was one pair who played 7♣X going for a tasty 1400.

John Chen gave me this hand. He and Alice Young were not hard pressed to take this 4 light for a top in their section. IMHO East did the right thing pre-empting with 4NT but would be wiser to leave future decisions to partner. The natural 5♣ bid from south should have been a warning too.

When I watched Merle Marr play this, she opened a strong 1♣ Alan Grant jumped to 2NT. Merle ended the bidding by declaring 4♠. Alan lead K♦ taken by Merle who ventured a low ♥. Alan wasn’t wasting his Ace so Merle had an entry to A♣ to dispose of the losing ♦ in her hand. Now she carefully played a ♥ back to K and Alan’s Ace, and ruffed his return. Drawing just one round of trumps Merle ruffed her little ♥ in dummy to claim 12 tricks.

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Play of the day

You can nominate your partner, opponent or yourself for this daily award.

All I need is for you to describe the play you made to achieve a great result.

Winning today is William O’Shea

10 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS Bridge in Auckland and Asian impact.

Those who were at the youth teams watching the enthusiastic youth from Macleans College and elsewhere will have noticed we have a big influx of new players from Asia particularly China, although many of the youth are NZ born.

At the NZ Bridge AGM in the context of developing bridge and club membership there was quite a lot of discussion of how this particularly affects Auckland.

At the Akarana we have had our numbers and our talent pool greatly extended with newer players and some who have played for many years in China. As well as Alice Young and John Chen mentioned earlier here is roundup of some of our regular players.

For many of these it is also there first times playing at Congress so a warm welcome to them all.

Leo Lin and Clair Miao, from Taiwan originally. Clair is studying in Auckland. She was a youth player in Taiwan. She and Gary Chen performed exceptionally well at the NZ Wide pairs.

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George Sun and William Liu. These two have played NZ teams for the past two years, this is their first NZ Pairs. Since forming a partnership at the end of last year they regularly feature performing well at Akarana.

Tony Jiang and Julia Zhu. Tony played 30 years ago in China at University and after a long break has come back to Bridge, while Julia has played only in New Zealand. They are a strong component of the Junior section of the Auckland Clubs team playing on Thursday.

12 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS Upgrade with shape West North East South Jana Henk Ray Laurie 1♦ 1♠ 3♦ 3♥ 3♠ 4♠ Pass Pass X =

Lead A♦ In the Restricted Open Laurie went one down for a good result, but after the ♥ switch to K and ♥ return Laurie played trumps.

Ray held off two rounds and dummy pitched J♥. When Ray took his A♠ he continued a ♦ and Laurie realised if she had kept the heart she would have made.

Other bidding styles reveal this was a tricky hand to evaluate for both sides:

West North East South Jamie Matt 1♦ 1♠ 2♦ 2♥ 3♦ 4♠ Pass Pass Pass

West North East South West North East South Keiran Chris Evelyn Bob 1♦ 3♠ 1♦ 1♠ 5♦ Pass Pass Pass 3♦ Pass 4♦ 4♠ Pass Pass 5♦ =

Australian Matthew Thomson wrote in Bid More, Play More, Enjoy More, Win More, extolling the virtues of the 5431 shape hand. This hand would certainly be evidence for that view. EW find their fit early on and it should be possible for both of them to envisage the layout. A ♥ bid by North actually makes it easier both for both East and South to go to game. Who got there first?

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Cards and books

Helpful Hannah will assist you selecting from the fine range of cards and books. Proceeds from Card sales benefit Youth bridge.

Making the most of the beautiful weather to enjoy a picnic lunch or the BBQ.

Yes bridge players do enjoy fresh air!

14 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS Chris Mulley and Keiran Crowe-Mai like ♦

West North East South Pass Pass INT 3♦ 4♦ 5♦ X

The imaginative 4♦ would have got EW to 4♠. In the event 5♦X went for 800.

But 13 wasn’t so easy. Playing 3NT from East Chris Mulley got a ♠ lead to dummy’s J. The next 5 tricks alternated ♦ and ♠ tricks as each side set up their long suits. -1

A couple of high clubs would have made it easier for Chris.

William O’Shea scored better when North having passed 2♦ decided to double 3♦ as lead directing . He was quick with the redouble and wrapped up 10 tricks. Had North doubled 2♦ the score to EW would have been lower.

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16 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS in diamonds

West North East South 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ X XX

2♦ was checkback, the x was lead directing and XX was business. Lead x♠

As William explains it the trick is to ensure you reduce the East trump holding by playing spades but by trick 11 to make sure you can cross to dummy to lead through East’s remaining diamonds. Caption Competition

Matthew Brown and Tania Brown

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New Zealand Pairs Final and Plate

Carry Rank Player1 Player2 S1 S2 Fwds All 1 Andrew Janisz Trevor Robb 64.26 50.18 57.21 171.64 2 Peter Mccaskill Jeff Thompson 57.41 57.36 55.10 169.87 3 Jeter Liu Dong Huang 54.12 61.24 54.18 169.54 4 Kathy Ker Anthony Ker 50.50 57.36 61.24 169.10 5 Peter Hollands Tony Nunn 46.16 66.04 56.28 168.48 6 Steve Boughey Andrew Tarbutt 61.52 55.71 51.03 168.26 7 Stephen Burgess Joe Quittner 46.80 69.72 50.86 167.38 8 Carol Richardson Andi Boughey 56.57 52.45 56.81 165.83 9 Sartaj Hans Michael Whibley 54.80 57.15 53.11 165.05 10 Rodney Dravitzki Sandra Dravitzki 53.94 58.85 52.26 165.04 11 Dong Gao Bi James Yang 51.37 59.43 53.69 164.49 12 William Liu George Sun 60.64 53.26 50.31 164.21 13 Harry Shepherd Tony Winters 60.47 49.69 53.41 163.56 14 Noel Grigg Kathy Yule 52.44 52.81 57.44 162.70 15 Julie Atkinson Patrick Carter 57.17 47.53 57.03 161.72 16 Martin Bloom Peter Gill 56.95 41.17 63.11 161.22 17 Brian Mace Tom Jacob 42.25 60.67 58.16 161.07 18 Moss Wylie Lindsay Glover 53.34 51.65 56.04 161.03 19 Simon Hinge Mike Doecke 52.15 55.79 52.98 160.92 20 Douglas Russell Chris Ackerley 51.73 56.67 52.47 160.87 21 Alan Grant Ian Berrington 51.21 55.86 52.70 159.77 22 Sylvester Riddell Mark Robertson 49.88 53.50 56.12 159.50 23 Pavla Fenwick Max Morrison 51.50 52.17 54.93 158.61 24 Philip Beale Michelle England 46.98 61.60 49.70 158.28 25 Fiona Temple John Kruiniger 55.07 49.69 53.41 158.17 26 Gabby Feiler Joe Haffer 55.50 45.28 57.21 157.99 27 Samuel Coutts Sam Bailey 54.77 52.39 49.97 157.12 28 Martin Löfgren James Coutts 51.92 51.04 54.11 157.07 ======29 Cynthia Clayton Judy Mcleod 60.43 37.11 58.94 156.49 30 Nigel Kearney Charles Cahn 48.20 57.50 50.73 156.42 31 Jan Alabaster Jan Cormack 47.64 56.93 51.56 156.13 32 Merle Marr Bruce Marr 57.50 45.99 52.60 156.09 33 Ellena Moskovsky John Davidson 50.17 43.59 61.09 154.85 34 Adrian Abraham Tony Oberdries 55.26 45.88 53.06 154.20 35 Ian Clayton Noel Woodhall 54.52 50.19 49.40 154.12 36 Margaret Perley Paul Freeland 52.29 51.32 50.46 154.07 37 Spring Lin Kevin Fan 49.70 52.18 52.09 153.96 38 Marina Darling Justin Howard 53.70 42.62 56.84 153.16 39 Leo Lin Clair Miao 51.44 51.24 50.36 153.04 40 Gary Chen Richard Solomon 50.82 45.81 56.38 153.00 41 Bruce Batchelor Fergus More 52.40 49.90 50.42 152.72 42 Ray Gruschow Graeme Norman 41.23 61.19 49.81 152.23

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43 Patrick Bugler Toni Bardon 44.49 55.61 51.72 151.81 44 Pauline Gumby Warren Lazer 42.77 53.48 55.50 151.75 45 Vanessa Brown William Jenner-O'shea 56.99 44.49 49.73 151.21 46 Fraser Rew Brad Coles 45.44 55.20 50.55 151.19 47 Wendy Ashton Andrew Peake 44.44 52.46 53.88 150.77 Timothy 48 Schumacher David Skipper 50.95 49.53 50.23 150.71 50 Jen Mcgowan Daniel Skipper 50.78 44.69 54.85 150.32 51 John Patterson Murat Genc 42.97 47.76 59.13 149.86 52 Geoff Eyles Anne Somerville 50.14 48.70 50.80 149.63 53 Stephanie Jacob Susan Humphries 46.30 49.45 53.82 149.56 54 Russell Dive Gary Duncan 50.27 48.85 50.29 149.41 ======55 Lorraine Stachurski Mindy Wu 48.30 47.66 52.80 148.77 56 Colin Carryer Sandra Calvert 50.84 41.48 56.35 148.67 57 Pamela Dravitzki Kate Davies 50.01 48.01 49.75 147.77 58 Dennis Mccaughan Nina Hewitt 52.80 40.66 54.28 147.74 59 Murray Phillips Murray Mcmillan 42.85 54.06 50.63 147.53 60 Paul Gosney Daniel Braun 45.34 49.96 51.64 146.94 61 Hayden Seal Diana Lees 54.22 42.81 49.89 146.91 62 Jamie Thompson Matthew Brown 50.63 41.46 54.27 146.35 63 Mike Pemberton Graham Wakefield 43.16 48.41 54.44 146.01 64 Anne-Marie Russell John Buckleton 48.52 44.26 53.16 145.93 65 Herman Yuan Yuzhong Chen 38.93 46.85 59.22 145.00 66 Trudy Lange Rosemary Matskows 41.78 51.46 50.95 144.18 67 Kenneth Yule Grant Jarvis 51.66 41.94 50.32 143.91 68 Neil Hawkins Richard Lapthorne 46.86 46.53 50.47 143.86 69 Ken Bateman Jan Whyte 43.01 48.78 51.86 143.64 70 Hans Evenbly Kim Prescott 41.98 51.21 49.50 142.69 71 Steve Gray Mairi Fitzsimons 41.45 46.59 54.23 142.27 72 Alan Doddridge Jenny Wilson 45.46 45.99 50.62 142.08 73 Bob Lawrence Ann Woodhead 44.95 44.57 52.39 141.91 74 Brett Glass Gary Foidl 46.11 39.37 56.38 141.87 75 Carol Whitney Frances Sheehy 39.93 50.21 49.95 140.09 76 Trish Downward Mary Buckland 34.05 44.39 58.55 136.99 77 Heather Jared Warren Johnson 49.19 33.10 54.02 136.30 78 Heini Lux Michael Neels 43.28 33.40 57.21 133.89

49 Chris Mulley Kieran Crowe-Mai 53.92 36.23 60.23 150.37 Withdrew from the plate

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Congress Pairs

Rank Player1 Player2 S1 S2 S - All 1 Peter Benham Brian Cleaver 58.18 62.68 120.87 2 Peer Bach Michael. Curry 61.43 58.78 120.21 3 Blair Fisher George Masters 61.52 54.25 115.76 4 Vera Verhaegh Malcolm Smith 54.47 60.49 114.96 5 Susan Rowe Cheryl Winsor 59.12 53.11 112.23 6 Don Nightingale Robyn Nightingale 60.66 50.98 111.64 7 Roger Minchin Carol Minchin 53.7 57.58 111.28 8 Alister Stuck Russell Wilson 57.97 51.91 109.87 9 Peter Collinge Cecile Gyde 55.17 54.34 109.51 10 Pamela Canning Elizabeth Fisher 48.6 60.69 109.29 11 Simon Brayshaw Matthew Raisin 50.02 59.2 109.21 12 Sita Monaghan Rebecca Osborne 49.61 59.12 108.73 13 Leigh Gold Kitty Muntz 57.14 51.43 108.56 14 Graham Stern Alan Parkes 54.6 53.92 108.52 15 Mary-Ellen Newton Kate Terry 47.78 60.41 108.19 16 Jenny Millington Barry Jones 52.16 53.76 105.93 17 Tracey Lewis Christine Wilson 51.13 53.64 104.78 18 Pat Oyston Martin Oyston 52.84 51.92 104.76 19 Arthur Bennett Gillian Bennett 53.81 50.72 104.53 20 Nola Clark Russell Watt 46.24 58.1 104.34 21 Pam Crichton Ross Crichton 50.94 53.14 104.08 22 Tom Winiata Tom Henwood 52.16 51.63 103.79 23 Elizabeth Quittner Weindi Burgess 52.16 51.59 103.74 24 George Lo Oliver Hoffmann 53.46 50.02 103.48 25 Andrew Liu John Mcintosh 55.78 47.66 103.44 26 Julie Sheridan Karen Martelletti 50.94 51.88 102.82 27 Karen Harris Dean Sole 55.98 46.14 102.12 28 Tyrel Glass Eric Glass 42.86 58.7 101.56 29 Nikki Riszko Andrew Struik 49.66 51.78 101.43 30 Fuxia Wen Paul Hangartner 50.88 49.57 100.45 31 Bob Hurley Evelyn Hurley 56.11 44.15 100.26 32 David Macdonald Patrick D'arcy 47.38 52.74 100.12 33 Alan Dormer Anthony Hopkins 55.15 44.25 99.4 34 Peter Hall Wayne Burrows 43.48 55.6 99.08 35 Glenys Dean Lynne Feather 45.09 53.8 98.88 36 Ruth Mackinlay Brian Gallaher 49.98 48.12 98.1 37 Johanna Perfect Hamish Brown 52.56 45.4 97.96 38 Janet Barnard Pauline Andrews 46.62 51.29 97.91 39 Andrew Mill Annette Maluish 42.03 55.76 97.79 40 Peter Delahunty Lynda Rigler 49.34 48.32 97.65 41 Faith Tislevoll Steve Baron 54.12 43.08 97.2 42 Tony Jiang Julia Zhu 45.08 51.86 96.94 43 Patsy Walters Lee Walters 51.24 45.55 96.79 44 Sue Spencer Bev Guilford 49.66 46.83 96.49 22 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS

45 Alan Hamilton June Glenn 52.13 44.23 96.37 46 John Driscoll Rona Driscoll 51.21 45 96.21 47 Marilyn Jackson Greg Buzzard 43.35 52.09 95.44 48 Yang Wang Jerry Chen 49.1 44.22 93.32 49 Nikolas Mitchell Bradley Johnston 48.64 44.53 93.17 50 Anita Thirtle Alan Geare 48.35 44.63 92.99 51 Bev Henton Carol De Luca 44.54 48.29 92.83 52 Tipa Goodwin Setsuko Lichtnecker 51.09 40.33 91.42 53 Stephen Francks Amanda Smith 42.29 48.09 90.38 54 Bob Wang Jamie Zhu 44.15 44.69 88.84 55 Kees De Vocht Sarah Garland 41.11 46.62 87.73 56 Michael Barton Cherie Aston 46.34 40.94 87.28 57 Beverly Hendrikx N Russell Thomson 51.74 35.11 86.85 58 Bruce Inglis Stephen Goodman 52.03 32.16 84.19 59 Chris Turner Ian Brash 40.97 41.78 82.75 60 Bill Nash Jim Wallis 35.9 46.75 82.65 61 Tania Brown Neill Ruddell 36.33 42.32 78.65 62 Gillian Corbett Malcolm Wilson 32.71 42.35 75.07

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NZ Restricted Open

Rank Player1 Player2 Session1 Session2 Session3 Session4 SessionAll 1 Michael Wilcox Liz Wilcox 55.47 54.35 60.6 61.41 231.83 2 Michael Stuckey Martin Reiss 64.67 54.98 51.18 58.06 228.89 3 Peter Hensman Richard Parkinson 54.27 60.69 63.22 49.28 227.46 4 Alice Young John Wang 59.61 63.68 49.18 53.71 226.19 5 Clare Coles Kevin Whyte 49.44 57.97 53.99 63.41 224.8 6 Marie Milsum Alison J Beer 61.42 47.01 49.37 66.3 224.11 7 Deborah Tangney Anne Barrowclough 49.47 55.25 56.7 60.96 222.38 8 Neil Beckett Richard Andrew 55.36 57.88 51.36 57.16 221.75 9 Pam Tibble Malcolm Fry 61.04 54.26 53.8 49.09 218.19 10 Helen Walker Kevin Walker 51.98 38.41 53.17 68.57 212.13 11 Julia Watson Peter Watson 48.48 61.96 55.53 44.93 210.89 12 Michelle Wintour Dot Rapley 54.67 35.33 60.05 60.42 210.47 13 Carolyn Parker Nick Comber 56.81 54.8 41.58 56.7 209.88 14 Raymond Cannell Jana Bott 49.44 49.28 53.53 56.7 208.95 15 Paul Carson-Wenmoth Vivienne Sexton 51.16 60.14 54.35 41.12 206.77 16 Shirley Power Rodney Harris 44.42 57.07 52.54 52.45 206.47 17 Josie Mckenzie Judith Bishop 53.79 41.94 57.07 51.63 204.43 17 Chris Trower Enid Trower 47 55.89 51.09 50.45 204.43 19 Joy Watkinson Nicky Bowers 56.51 43.21 55.62 48.19 203.52 19 Andrew Purves Jenny Carr 55.88 51.45 47.92 48.28 203.52 21 Ray Curnow Phil Rutherford 46.16 48.91 53.26 52.9 201.23 22 Gilda Rowland Deborah Greenway 39.78 54.89 53.99 51.9 200.56 23 Bev Gay Mary Penington 45.84 56.7 53.44 43.66 199.64 24 Patrick J Kennedy Geoffrey Norris 43.74 46.74 49.73 57.97 198.18 25 Dianna Middleton Irene Hamilton 49.81 52.08 47.83 48.01 197.72 26 Susan Chapman Sally Moore 44.06 52.63 54.17 46.47 197.32 27 Garry Brunton Barbara Gordon 57.53 45.56 49.28 44.93 197.29 28 Sue Gibbons Christine Yukich 57.48 50.18 50.63 38.59 196.88 29 Jenny Cooper Jenny Pomeroy 46.94 49.91 58.88 40.76 196.49 30 Pru Robertson Mike Cooper 53.82 48.46 49.18 44.84 196.3 31 Lorraine Mcarthur Chris Sutton 56.09 52.08 44.11 43.21 195.49 32 Frank Vearing Jo-Anne Heyward 46.73 47.83 57.7 42.21 194.46 33 Kate Mcfadyen Gwyn Lobb 43.65 54.17 51.45 44.93 194.19 34 Maureen Pratchett Vivienne Cannell 49.54 53.99 46.65 43.57 193.75 35 Bob Treloar Judy Coulshed 54.61 42.84 44.66 48.46 190.57 36 Jill Ireland Garry Howard 51.91 50.27 42.21 45.47 189.87 37 Alan Blackie Ann Blackie 43.17 47.46 46.83 50.72 188.19 38 Pippa Foley Allayne Gray 42.49 43.03 53.62 47.55 186.69 39 Pat Ware Lynn Hall 50.62 53.35 43.03 39.22 186.22 40 Deborah Cooper Paul Tomlinson 46.79 43.75 51.63 43.75 185.92 41 Hermanna Hemmes Jacob Kalma 44.4 44.66 39.4 57.43 185.88 42 Diane Emms Jane Stearns 55.81 35.69 38.95 48.73 179.18 24 Monday, September 28, 2015 [NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIDGE CONGRESS

43 Pauline Mulligan Sharon Stretton 35.77 41.39 43.21 56.7 177.07 44 Anne Shearer Barbara Campbell 41.25 46.74 44.93 43.93 176.85 45 Len Dent Olive Dent 39.96 43.3 45.83 46.38 175.46 46 Pam Butler David Scarborough 45.48 49.64 40.13 39.22 174.47 47 Carol Joseph Brian Ashwell 48.08 43.66 30.43 48.01 170.18 48 Laurie Belfield Hank Hemmes 37.63 44.57 43.03 41.67 166.88

Novice Pairs

Rank Player1 Player2 Percentage 1 Heather Robertson Lee McGovern 61.36% 2 Karen Harper Maggie Fisher 55.23% 3 Gerry Maguire Bruce Cresswell 51.36% 4 Ken Durbin Terrey Durbin 50.68% 4 Sheryll Hill Leanne Crosby 50.68% 6 Tina Fulton James Fulton 50.23% 7 Jane Weir Mariane Kingham 48.64% 8 Rodney Vercoe Dexter Morgan 47.05% 9 Norma Cooke Joan Lowe 46.82% 10 Sue Aitken Paula Schwikkard 46.36% 11 Christine Judd John Paine 46.14% 12 Sean Wilson Sue Walla 45.45% 1 Will Fulton Poppy Fulton 61.36% 2 Matthew Hughes Elaine Hughes 58.86% 3 Lauren Lehndorf Sharon Barton 57.50% 4 Josephine Gordon Barbara Andrews 57.05% 5 Gill West Phil West 54.55% 6 Jon Verhoek Jill Rogers 52.05% 7 Michelle Stevens Karen Mackenzie 48.86% 8 Larry Olsen Phil Longville 45.91% 9 Neville Guy Grant Pollock 45.00% 10 Vicki Green Bev Bye 42.05% 11 Sinny Wei David Dunlop 41.82% 12 Stephanie Eccles Roisin Harris 35.00%

25 NEW ZEALAND PAIRS - FINAL

Pair Table 28 1 N/S ANDREW JANISZ / TREVOR ROBB 49.2 27 2 E/W PETER MCCASKILL / JEFF THOMPSON 43.3 11 11 E/W JETER LIU / DONG HUANG 42.1 22 7 N/S KATHY KER / ANTHONY KER 40.7 16 13 N/S PETER HOLLANDS / TONY NUNN 38.6 5 5 N/S STEVE BOUGHEY / ANDREW TARBUTT 37.8 21 8 E/W STEPHEN BURGESS / JOE QUITTNER 34.8 10 10 N/S CAROL RICHARDSON / ANDI BOUGHEY 29.6 26 3 N/S SARTAJ HANS / MICHAEL WHIBLEY 27.0 15 14 E/W RODNEY DRAVITZKI / SANDRA DRAVITZKI 26.9 4 4 N/S DONG GAO BI / JAMES YANG 25.1 6 6 N/S WILLIAM LIU / GEORGE SUN 24.1 20 9 E/W HARRY SHEPHERD / TONY WINTERS 21.9 9 9 N/S NOEL GRIGG / KATHY YULE 19.0 25 4 E/W JULIE ATKINSON / PATRICK CARTER 15.7 17 12 N/S MARTIN BLOOM / PETER GILL 14.0 1 1 E/W BRIAN MACE / TOM JACOB 13.5 12 12 E/W MOSS WYLIE / LINDSAY GLOVER 13.4 23 6 E/W SIMON HINGE / MIKE DOECKE 13.0 7 7 E/W DOUGLAS RUSSELL / CHRIS ACKERLEY 12.8 18 11 N/S ALAN GRANT / IAN BERRINGTON 9.1 2 2 N/S SYLVESTER RIDDELL / MARK ROBERTSON 8.2 14 14 N/S PAVLA FENWICK / MAX MORRISON 5.2 13 13 E/W PHILIP BEALE / MICHELLE ENGLAND 4.1 24 5 E/W FIONA TEMPLE / JOHN KRUINIGER 3.7 8 8 N/S GABBY FEILER / JOE HAFFER 3.1 19 10 E/W SAMUEL COUTTS / SAM BAILEY 0.2 3 3 E/W MARTIN LOFGREN / JAMES COUTTS 0.0 NEW ZEALAND PAIRS - PLATE

Pair Table 28 1 N/S CYNTHIA CLAYTON / JUDY MCLEOD 23.9 27 2 E/W NIGEL KEARNEY / CHARLES CAHN 23.7 11 11 E/W JAN ALABASTER / JAN CORMACK 22.7 22 7 N/S MERLE MARR / BRUCE MARR 22.6 16 13 N/S ELLENA MOSKOVSKY / JOHN DAVIDSON 18.4 5 5 N/S ADRIAN ABRAHAM / TONY OBERDRIES 16.2 21 8 E/W IAN CLAYTON / NOEL WOODHALL 15.9 10 10 N/S MARGARET PERLEY / PAUL FREELAND 15.8 26 3 N/S SPRING LIN / KEVIN FAN 15.4 15 14 E/W MARINA DARLING / JUSTIN HOWARD 12.7 4 4 N/S LEO LIN / CLAIR MIAO 12.3 6 6 N/S GARY CHEN / RICHARD SOLOMON 12.1 20 9 E/W BRUCE BATCHELOR / FERGUS MORE 11.2 9 9 N/S RAY GRUSCHOW / GRAEME NORMAN 9.5 25 4 E/W PATRICK BUGLER / TONI BARDON 8.1 17 12 N/S PAULINE GUMBY / WARREN LAZER 7.9 1 1 E/W VANESSA BROWN / WILLIAM JENNER-O'SHEA 6.1 12 12 E/W FRASER REW / BRAD COLES 6.0 23 6 E/W WENDY ASHTON / ANDREW PEAKE 4.6 7 7 E/W TIMOTHY SCHUMACHER / DAVID SKIPPER 4.4 18 11 N/S JEN MCGOWAN / DANIEL SKIPPER 3.1 2 2 N/S JOHN PATTERSON / MURAT GENC 1.5 14 14 N/S GEOFF EYLES / ANNE SOMERVILLE 0.7 13 13 E/W STEPHANIE JACOB / SUSAN HUMPHRIES 0.5 24 5 E/W RUSSELL DIVE / GARY DUNCAN 0.0 8 8 N/S PETER BENHAM / BRIAN CLEAVER 12.1 19 10 E/W PEER BACH / MICHAEL CURRY 6.1 3 3 E/W BLAIR FISHER / GEORGE MASTERS 1.5