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The Gold Coast Congress started on Saturday 16^th February. It is always very popular with Kiwis with approximately 240 attending this year. First up was the Bobby Richman  Pairs divided into 5 categories, 2 sessions of qualifying followed by a 3 session final.

Bobby Richman Open Pairs

Auckland’s Jan Cormack, playing with ex Kiwi Stephen Lester, got off to a flier in the first qualifying session with 68.05% in the 101 table field and finished top North-South qualifier. Other Kiwis to make the A Final were:

Murat Genc- John Patterson                     N/S 9^th  

Kate Davies- Mindy Wu                            E/W 5^th

Barry Jones- Jenny Millington                   E/W 6^TH

Debbie McLeod – Brian Cleaver              E/W 9^TH

Michael Whibley – Matthew Brown           E/W 10^TH

Bobby Richman Seniors Open Pairs

Glenis Palmer – Christine Wilson were top N/S qualifier in the 18 table field with a 61% average while Beverley and Allan Morris and Neil Stuckey- Barry Palmer also qualified in the 14 pair final.

Bobby Richman Intermediate Pairs

Top East-West qualifiers were Auckland’s Kinga Hajmasi and Andrew Michl with a huge 63.8% average in the 62 table event. Also qualifying in the 14 table final were:

Anna Kalma – Charlotte Jager

Julia Zhu – Tony Jiang

Bobby Richman Restricted Pairs

There were 82 tables competing with the top 14 each way making the A Final. Kiwis qualifying were:

Paul Orsborn – Barbara Robinson                     N/S 4^th

Laurie Belfield – Judith Howard                          N/S 7^th

Pam Whitehead – Stuart Grant                          N/S 9^th

Denise Mayhew – Dave Garrett                         N/S 11^th

Charmaine Hanbury-Webber-Terri Sonal           N/S 14^th 

Maciej Szczesny – Mariusz Tumilowicz                E/W 1^st

Sam Ward – Julia Barnett                                   E/W 5^th

Nicky Bowers – Joy Watkinson                           E/W 12^th

Helen Andrews – Leah Andrews                        E/W 13^th

Barbara Imlach – Annette Martin                       E/W 14^th

Bobby Richman Novice Pairs

There were 46 tables competing but no Kiwis in the top 14 tables.

Weekend Match-point Swiss Pairs

This event is divided into 2 categories with 3 of the 9 rounds played on Saturday. In the Open event, 140 pairs are taking part. John Wignall, with his New Caledonian partner, is currently 5^th with Greg Buzzard and Harry Shepherd in 9^th place. 66 pairs are in the 0-500mp category with the highest placed Kiwis being Naomi Hannah-Brown and Priscilla Bloy in 14^th place.

 

We will report next on Tuesday morning.

Richard Solomon

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