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Batemans Bay Bridge Club 26th Annual Congress10 – 12 MARCH 2017 (FRI – SUN)

The programmes:10 March (Fri)Walk-in Pairs

11 March (Sat)Swiss Pairs

12 March (Sun)Swiss Teams

Batemans Bay Youth bridge weekend by Carolyn Bulgar

Our Annual Congress was held at the Soldiers’ Club over the weekend of 10-12 March. A total of 376 players participated over the weekend. Thanks to the efforts of our Congress Convenor, Carolyn Bulger, and the many volunteers, the whole event was a great success. The Director for the weekend was Bruce Crossman from Canberra assisted by Geoff Seymour from the Bridge @ The Bay Club.

There were 24 pairs participating in the Walk-In Pairs on Friday evening. Heather Tarrant and her partner, Lyn Lynch, from the Central Coast Leagues Bridge Club did well.

The Swiss Pairs event was on the Saturday and 88 pairs participated. The winning pair was Mitch Dowling and David Weston from the Parramatta and Hunters Hill Bridge Clubs. The best local pair was Andrew Creet and Stephen Mendick (7th overall), closely followed by Maureen Cornish and Jenny Lora (8th overall) and John Partridge and Edith Jones (11th overall). The best local restricted pair was Louise and Michael Brassil. The best local novice pair was Terry and Ann Challender. A pleasing feature was the 17 local pairs who participated plus another 4 local players partnering members of other Clubs.

The Swiss Teams event held on the Sunday saw 38 teams competing. The winning team was the Kozakos team (George Kozakos, Brad Coles, Arunja De Livera and Elizabeth Havas) followed by the Creet team (Andrew Creet, Stephen Mendick, Karen Creet and Richard Brightling). The best local team was the Fader team (Chris Fader, Richard Bodell, Patricia Afflick and Richard Prickett) followed by the Wright team (Rita Wright, Joan Small, Judy Esso and Geoffrey Phegan). The best local Novice team was the Brassil team (Louise and Michael Brassil, David Num and Mary O’Neil).

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Photo Gallery

Winners of the Swisss Teams, Elizabeth Havas, Brad Coles, George Kozakos, Arjune De Livera. Liz and Arjune have over 17,000 Master Points between them.

Pictured with Carolyn Bulger (L) and Les Arnould (R) are Richard Prickett and Trish Afflick who along with Chris Fader and Richard Bodell, were the Local Winners of the Swiss Teams.

Louise Brassil, Mary O’Neill, David Num and Michael Brassil, Local Novice winners in the Swiss Teams. Michael and Louise were also Local Restricted winners in the Pairs.

Stephen Mendick, Richard Brightling, Karen Creet and Andy Creet, who came second in the Teams. Stephen Mendick, and Andy Creet were the Local Open winners in the Swiss Pairs event.

The Up & Coming Restricted Watermark Swiss Pair N/S – Hamid Sadigh and Siamak Parsanejad

(Photo courtesy of The Bay Post)

Ann and Terry Challender, Local Novice Winners of the Swiss Pairs, with President Ron Maxwell.

Youth players (left to right): Zac, Peter, Max, Erin, John, Helena, Mitch, Ailsa, Andrew, Charles, Shannon, Jess, Stuart, Shane, Tamsin, John. Absent from photo: Matt, Dave, Edmond, Ernie.

...More results can be found HERE.