THE Bathurst Bridge Club welcomed 90 novice bridge players to the club on October 29-30 to compete in their 2nd Central West Novice Tournament.
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The tournament was directed by Ed Barnes from Oberon.
Players came from the Peninsula (Northern Beaches), Turramurra, Illawarra, Mollymook, Berry, Blue Mountains, Glenbrook, Great Lakes, Canberra, Cootamundra, Mudgee, Cowra, Orange and Bathurst bridge clubs.
In all 40 pairs competed in three divisions of the tournament on Saturday, while on Sunday 17 teams of four took part. It was the first bridge congress for many and 40 per cent of players had less than 10 Masterpoints.
The youngest player was 13-year-old Morgan Gao from Great Lakes Bridge Club who partnered his dad, Edward, to an overall win in the pairs competition. He also won his category in the teams competition with his Mum, Dad and Michael Robinson from Turramurra.
The club is grateful to all the helpers for their work and catering. A big thank you goes to John Shield for making the day happen.
Results
PAIRS
- 0 to 10 masterpoints 1st Christine Yates and Erica Gray , 2nd Connie Szenczy and Graham Jones, Best local Peter and Ruth Killey
- 10 to 30 masterpoints 1st and 1st OVERALLEdward Gao and Morgan Gao, Philip Cummings and Dick Ellis, Best local Kevin Wilds and Maureen Hogan
- 30 to 50 masterpoints 1st Marie Pickering and Kay Snowden, 2nd Ray Hurst and Heidi Colenbrander, Best local Gill Wainwright and John Shield
TEAMS
- 0 to 10 masterpoints 1st Dick Ellis, Geoff Griffin, Anne Elliott and Noel Thomas
- 10 to 30 masterpoints 1st Delia Dan, Edward Gao, Morgan Gao and Michael Robinson
- 30 to 50 masterpoints 1st and OVERALL Heidi Colenbrander, Ray Hurst, Marietta Borthwick and Sarah Young
