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2017 Grand National Open Teams (GNOT) - Sydney Metropolitan Region

The NSWBA will send 22 teams to the GNOT National Final with 7 of those teams from the Sydney Metropolitan region (2 directly from the NSWBA qualifying event, 1 directly from the NSBC qualifying event and 4 from the Sydney Metropolitan final).

For 2017 there is a change in the way qualifying teams are subsidised to attend the national final. For teams using air travel to Tweed Heads the ABF will be purchasing airfares for 4 team members rather than providing cash subsidies. More details are on the ABF Website.

The teams to represent Sydney will be:

1.	GUMBY	Pauline Gumby, Warren Lazer, Andrew Peake, Paul Dalley (1st NSWBA DQE)
2.	ZHANG	William Zhang, Yumin Li, Yixiang Zhang, Wayne Zhu, Michael Wu (1st NSBC DQE)
3.	MILNE	Liam Milne, Nye Griffiths, Sophie Ashton, Sartaj Hans, Adam Edgtton, Nabil Edgtton(augmented) (2nd NSWBA DQE)
4.	WEAVER	Paul Weaver, Terry Bodycote, Catherine Zhang, Cevat Emul (=1st Metrop Final)
5.	SEBESFI	Bob Sebesfi, Richard Douglas, Avril Zets, Giselle Mundell (=1st Metrop Final)
6.	BOCK	Steven Bock, John Newman, Derrick Browne, Joshua Wyner, Tony Nunn(augmented), Martin Bloom(augmented) (3rd Metrop Final)
7.	WILKINSON	Michael Wilkinson, David Wiltshire, Shane Harrison, Matt Smith, Fraser Rew (4th Metrop Final)

This is not the seeding order. Please check the ABF Website for the actual seeding.  

Sydney Metropolitan Qualifying

For Clubs

All Sydney Metropolitan clubs are invited to hold qualifying events to determine representative teams that will compete in a Metropolitan Final at the NSWBA on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th September.

• 2017 GNOT Sydney Metropolitan Letter to Clubs
• 2017 GNOT Sydney Metropolitan Clubs Qualifying Event Suppplementary Regulations
• 2017 GNOT Sydney Metropolitan Clubs Qualifying Events Default Supplementary Regulations

Sydney Metropolitan Direct Qualifiers

The NSWBA and the North Shore Bridge Club will each hold an event to qualify two and one teams respectively directly to the GNOT National Final.

NSWBA GNOT Direct Qualifier Starts June 19

NSBC GNOT Qualifier Starts August 3

NSWBA Direct Qualifier Results
Pauline Gumby, Warren Lazer, Andrew Peake, Paul Dalley
Liam Milne, Nye Griffiths, Sophie Ashton, Sartaj Hans, Adam Edgtton

NSBC Direct Qualifier Results
William Zhang, Yumin Li, Yixiang Zhang, Wayne Zhu, Michael Wu

Sydney Metropolitan Final
NSWBA September 23-24

A knock-out teams event (28 board matches) with Swiss repechage (14 board matches). Two teams from the knockout section and two teams from the Swiss repechage qualify to the National Final, held from 24-27 November.

Players who have failed to qualify via a club qualifying event may form teams and enter the Metropolitan Final directly via the NSWBA. All members of such teams must have participated in a DQE or a club qualifying event and the entry must specify the club(s) at which the members played. Direct entry costs $280 per team. Augmentation of such teams at the completion of the Metropolitan Final is not permitted – the team that enters is the team that qualifies to the National Final.

Sydney Metropolitan Final Results
Paul Weaver, Terry Bodycote, Catherine Zhang, Cevat Emul
Bob Sebesfi, Richard Douglas, Avril Zets, Giselle Mundell
Steven Bock, John Newman, Derrick Browne, Joshua Wyner
Michael Wilkinson, David Wiltshire, Shane Harrison, Matt Smith, Fraser Rew

All enquiries to the organiser:
Michael Wilkinson

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