NSW State Wide Pairs

1-7 August 2022

In 2022 the NSW State Wide Pairs will run for one session only during the first week in August.

Hands are provided together with a booklet, which features brief commentary on each deal for perusal at the completion of the session. The event is then scored across all participating clubs and overall winners determined.

Cash prizes are presented, as well as gift vouchers from the Bridge Shop and certificates for the winners in each club. Prizes are also awarded in the restricted divisions of Under 25, Under 50 and Under 100 masterpoints (as at 30th June 2022).

For Clubs

2022 State Wide Pairs Invitation Letter to Clubs

Enter your club

All participating clubs will receive detailed instructions by email in mid-June. These will explain how to access the dealing files and hand records and how to submit your results to be scored.

Club Administration Log In

2022 Results

There were 410 pairs competing in 27 different clubs, a drop of about 10% on the pre-pandemic numbers. This is consistent with the overall decline in registered bridge players in NSW over the last two and a half years.

There were some big scores this year with the top two pairs scoring over 70%.
Final positions of all pairs can be found by following the Overall Results link below.
Results for each club can be found by following the Club Results link below.

Pairs can obtain a board-by-board breakdown of their results by accessing the scoring website http://australianbridge.com/nswba.php?event=2022SWP. These scores include casual pairs and hence final positions may not be correct. Note that when the event is matchpointed across the state, percentages and order of rank can vary quite considerably from those obtained when matchpointing involves only those players within the club. The smaller the club session, the greater this effect.

A more detailed explanation of this effect can be found in this article: State-Wide Pairs Scoring.

The top place-getters were:

First: Joan Hurst and John McLaren (Cowra) 72.13%

Second: Rose Alpen and Alison Kupsch (Griffith) 70.79%

Third: Kevin Murray and Lydia Gibbs (Trumps) 69.32%

Fourth: Paul Lavings and Helen Lavings (Illawarra) 68.48%

Fifth: Alison Hanson and Rex Hanson (Armidale) 68.38%

Winners of the restricted masterpoint categories are:

Below 25 MPs: Sue Pethebridge and Janet Kirkwood from Cromer

Below 50 MPs: Jill Winter and Maureen Hicks from Cromer

Below 100 MPs: Sally Delaney and Moreton Harrison from Cowra

Dates for next year’s State Wide Pairs are 1-7 August, 2023.

Organiser

Warren Lazer
Phone: 02 9744 1555 after 10.00 am
Email: