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Babich Wines New Zealand Wide Pairs
Saluting the winners.
The Babich Wines New Zealand Wide Pairs took place on the evening of Friday October 30th at 57 clubs all around New Zealand. That was the same number of clubs as in 2019 though there were 26 fewer tables this year. That was still a decent number, 444 tables.
As in 2019, the largest number of tables were at the Wellington Club (18) followed by Nelson (16.5), Napier (12), Otago (11.5), Auckland, Christchurch, Franklin, Mt Albert and Upper Hutt(11), Rangiora (10.5) and Waikanae and Warkworth (10).
A special thanks to all who turned out and to all those clubs who put on a heat, no matter how small, with net proceeds of in the region of $13,000 going to support the excellent work of the New Zealand Bridge Foundation.
Also, thanks to all those who assisted in the organisation of the heats and to the scoring team of Bob Fearn, Michael Neels, Anna Kalma and Jan Spaans. 53 of the 57 heats were scored before midnight on Friday evening, the remaining four on Saturday morning.
Here then are the top scorers:
Place |
|
Heat |
% |
Direction |
1. |
Vivienne Sexton and Maureen Ruus |
Kerikeri |
72.16 |
E/W |
2. |
Jody and Barry Whale |
Royle Epsom |
69.48 |
Howell |
3. |
Pryor Rowland and Peter Farley |
Waikanae |
69.46 |
E/W |
4. |
Alan Grant and Nigel Kearney |
Wellington |
68.80 |
N/S |
5. |
Sharon and John Mosley |
Hawera |
67.19 |
N/S |
6. |
Ian Bond and Lynette Morgan |
Matamata |
66.72 |
N/S |
7. |
Teri Sonal and Charmaine Hanbury-Webber |
Kaikoura |
66.21 |
E/W |
8. |
Carolyn Wood and Robin Young |
Marlborough |
66.06 |
N/S |
9. |
Paddy Ward and Neil Catherall |
Masterton |
66.04 |
N/S |
10. |
Clare Martin and Diane Werder |
Hawera |
65.59 |
N/S |
Rumour has it that North-South had the better of the hands though the top North-South pair were only 4th overall. However, only 3 of the top 10 pairs and only 6 out of the top 20 pairs sat East-West throughout.
Last years winners scored a most impressive 75.67% and the top scores were generally a little lower this year, with 10th last year being 67.14%. Nevertheless, 72.14 is a pretty tidy result!
These are the prize-winners (wine prizes):
1st |
Vivienne Sexton and Maureen Ruus |
Kerikeri |
2. |
Jody and Barry Whale |
Royle Epsom |
3. |
Pryor Rowland and Peter Farley |
Waikanae |
4. |
Alan Grant and Nigel Kearney |
Wellington |
5. |
Sharon and John Mosley |
Hawera |
Top Restricted Open Pairs
1. |
Joy Hughes and Jan Ireland |
Alexandra |
64.15 |
2. |
Jill McLean and Barry E Smith |
Timaru |
63.28 |
Top Pairs Below Open
1. |
Teri Sonal and Charmaine Hanbury-Webber |
Kaikoura |
66.21 |
2. |
Clare Martin and Diane Werder |
Hawera |
65.59 |
Top Pairs Below Intermediate
1. |
Lauren Lehndorf and Pamela Frank |
Taupo |
62.44 |
2. |
Oriel Heseltine and Dianne Knight |
Warkworth |
60.26 |
Nearest to 50%
1st= |
Rachel Baskerville and Ambrose Fok |
Wellington |
50.01 |
1st= |
Pauline Mulligan and Sharon Stretton |
Auckland |
49.99 |
Top Youth Scores (non-wine prizes)
1st |
Jack James and Jeremy Fraser-Hoskins |
Napier |
63.56 |
2nd |
Zachary Yan and Kevin Hu |
Howick |
52.82 |
All who won a heat based on the across-the-field results, North-South and East-West receive one A Point. These are the regional winners, 3A’s for 1st, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd.
Auckland-Northland
|
|
Heat |
% |
Overall place |
1. |
Vivienne Sexton and Maureen Ruus |
Kerikeri |
72.16 |
1 |
2. |
Jody and Barry Whale |
Royle Epsom |
69.48 |
2 |
3. |
Grant Jarvis and Lynne Geursen |
Franklin |
64.96 |
13 |
Waikato Bays
|
|
Heat |
% |
Overall place |
1. |
Ian Bond and Lynette Morgan |
Matamata |
66.72 |
6 |
2. |
Kathy and Ken Yule |
Matamata |
65.40 |
11 |
3. |
Rona and John Driscoll |
Taupo |
65.20 |
12 |
Central Districts
|
|
Heat |
% |
Overall place |
1. |
Sharon and John Mosley |
Hawera |
67.19 |
5 |
2. |
Clare Martin and Diane Werder |
Hawera |
65.59 |
10 |
3. |
Jack James and Jeremy Fraser-Hoskins |
Napier |
63.56 |
20 |
Wellington
|
|
Heat |
% |
Overall place |
1. |
Pryor Rowland and Peter Farley |
Waikanae |
69.46 |
3 |
2. |
Nigel Kearney and Alan Grant |
Wellington |
68.80 |
4 |
3. |
Paddy Ward and Neil Catherall |
Masterton |
66.04 |
9 |
Top of the South
|
|
Heat |
% |
Overall place |
1. |
Teri Sonal and Charmaine Hanley-Webber |
Kaikoura |
66.21 |
7 |
2. |
Carolyn Wood and Robin Young |
Marlborough |
66.06 |
8 |
3. |
Pamela Dravitzki and Kathryn Brookes |
Motueka |
64.08 |
19 |
Canterbury
|
|
Heat |
% |
Overall place |
|
1. |
Jill McLean and Barry E Smith |
Timaru |
63.28 |
22 |
|
2. |
Trish and Peter Downward |
Ashburton |
61.77 |
45 |
|
3. |
Greg Buzzard and Harry Shepherd |
Timaru |
59.27 |
93 |
|
Otago – Southland
|
|
Heat |
% |
Overall place |
1. |
Brian Papps and Dennis Norman |
Oamaru |
64.17 |
17 |
2. |
Joy Hughes and Jan Ireland |
Alexandra |
64.15 |
18 |
3. |
Lynne Fegan and Geogie Roberts |
Wanaka |
62.75 |
29 |
Just one story for now from the event. Hopefully, there will be one or two others when we show you the prize-winners. Have you ever been disgusted when your partner did not lead your suit? That fate was apparently bestowed on one North when they tried a diamond even though their partner had bid hearts before a rather quickly bid slam:
Board 16 West Deals E-W Vul |
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West | North | East | South |
1 ♠ | Pass | 1 NT | 2 ♥ |
6 ♣ | All pass |
South was not at all happy when the opening lead was a diamond before dummy appeared though they felt a little happier when the K won the first trick with the
A always going to score. Had North dutifully led a heart, the defence would have been soon writing down -1370 as the diamond loser would disappear on the
Q before South could gain the lead.
There is a moral there, certainly about waiting to see dummy and the end result before any note of disapproval be made. A great lead from North… and I am sure that South would have agreed.
If you have a good story from the event, a good play, an amusing incident, please either email me on richardharoldsolomon@gmail.com or call me on 09 232 8494 and tell me about it.
Richard Solomon
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