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The State Veterans Championships concluded on Friday, August 5. 32 pairs and 14 teams competed. The winners were:
Pairs: Helen Milward and Adam Rutkowski
Teams: Chris Dibley, Michael Simes, Michael Seldon and Paul McGrath
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The 2022 State Individual was held online on Saturday, July 30. The winner was Michael Courtney.
Applications for 2023 congresses and holidays are now open.
In the 2022 Interstate Teams competition our teams acquitted themselves with distinction.
The Open, Women's and Seniors teams all won their events. The Youth was in the hunt with one match to go but suffered a loss to finish third.
It was an exciting last 12 boards with the Open team withstanding a surging Victoria to win by 4 imps; the Women's team was 1 imp ahead with 12 boards to go but surged to win by 17 imps; and the Seniors team held off a fast-finishing ACT team to win by 9 imps.
The presentation stage was a sea of blue as our teams accepted their trophies in their State jackets.
Congratulations to the teams
Open: Liam Milne, Sophie Ashton, Tony Nunn, Paul Dalley, Wayne Zhu, Simon Zhang, David Fryda (NPC)
Women: Nazife Bashar, Kinga Moses, Rena Kaplan, Giselle Mundell, Avril Zets, Helena Dawson, Marcia Scudder (NPC
Seniors: Peter Buchen, Avi Kanetkar, Robert Krochmalik, Paul Lavings, Pauline Gumby, Warren Lazer, John McIlrath (NPC)
Youth: Lara Topper, Jacob Rose, Annie Ma, Catherine Ma, Stephen Guo, Patrick Chen, Julian Foster (NPC)
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The winners of the 2022 State Seniors Championships held at the Central Coast Leagues Club, June 14-17 were
Pairs: Pauline Gumby and Warren Lazer
Teams: Peter Gill, Liz Adams, Martin Bloom and George Bilski
The NSWBA has come to the aid of the Lismore Bridge Club who suffered catastrophic damage during the recent floods. Pictured Rebecca Rogers, NSWBA Regional Representative for the Far North, presenting a dealing machine to the President of the Lismore Bridge Club, Graham Askey.
A very successful Club Directors Course, presented by NSWBA Director, Ian Lisle was held at the Glen Bridge Club (Glen Innes) on Wednesday 1st June. The course was funded by the NSWBA and attended by 20 members of a range of local bridge clubs.
The NSWBA is undergoing a "where should we be in five years" review of strategy.
Note new dates
Entries are now open for the Gold Coast Rescue Events Series 3.
Saturday September 3: Open, Under 1500 and Under 300 Butler Swiss Pairs
Sunday September 4: Open Swiss teams
Starting time for this Gold Point event on both days: 10.00am AEST.
Entries on My ABF
