Wednesday saw 12 Tables (48 players) arrive for a friendly game of bridge. This is a fantastic turn up mid-week. Friday was the twelfth round of Nation-Wide Pairs and Saturday the bridge heated up for the second round of the Club Pair Championships with 24 pairs competing for red points.
Mackay pair Mary Rose Ramsden and Noel Saunders were placed 24th in the Australian Wide Novice Pairs, with more than 1,200 pairs and 90 clubs participating. This event is a national bridge event run by Australian Bridge Magazine for players with fewer than 100 mps.
Weekly Results
Monday 10 June 2024 – 7 Table Mitchell Green Points
N/S
E/W
1st
Helen Van Den Broek / Jan Harris
1st
Monica Darley / Nancy Martin
2nd
Janelle Conroy / Terry Sheedy
2nd
David Ting / Eric Goodchild
3rd
Karen Cadwell / Anne Lutz
3rd
Geoff Cowan / Sandy Patterson
Tuesday Evening 11 June 2024 6 Table One Winner
1st
Helen Van Den Broek / Terry Sheedy
2nd
Eric Goodchild / Noel Bugeia
3rd
Marilin Wilson-Nicoll / Griff Bancroft
4th
Geoff Taylor / Janelle Conroy
Wednesday 12 June 2024 – 12 Table Mitchell Green Points
N/S
E/W
1st
Terry Sheedy / Lorna Shuttlewood
1st
Janet Hansen / Alan Brown
2nd
David Ting / Eric Goodchild
2nd
Kitty Ranson / Bob Ranson
3rd
Janelle Conroy / Noel Bugeia
3rd
Monica Darley / Kath Poole
4th
Max Holewa / Diane Holewa
4th
Griffin Bancroft / Sandy Ford
5th
Jan Harris / Sandra Morris
5th
Josie Crowley / Barbara Tait
6th
Joy Robertson / Robert Carless
6th
Debra Goodchild / Ming Ting
Thursday Evening 13 June 2024 – 5 Table One Winner Green Points
1st
Frances Brown / Ann Whitmore
2nd
Susan Ross / Jan Harris
3rd
Vicki Howard / Richard Wix
4th
Sandra Morri / Errol Morris & Ken Seaniger / Robert Carless
Friday 14 June 2024 – NWP 12 of 24 8 Table Mitchell Green Points
N/S
E/W
1st
Geoff Taylor / Joy Robinson
1st
Janelle Conroy / Pamela Finger
2nd
Terry Sheedy / Noel Bugeia
2nd
Richard Wix / Geoffrey Patterson
3rd
Diane Cox / Christine Nice
3rd
Sandy Patterson / Eric Goodchild
4th
Edward Kliese / Nancy Wix
4th
David Ting / Ming Ting
Saturday 15 June 2024 – Mackay Club Pairs Championship Week 2 of 3 - 12 Table Mitchell Red Points
N/S
E/W
1st
David Ting / Eric Goodchild
1st
Joy Robertson / Ken Seaniger
2nd
Alan Brown / Frances Brown
2nd
Lorna Shuttlewood / Terry Sheedy
3rd
Janet Hansen / Diane Morgan
3rd
Errol Morris / Richard Wix
4th
Diane Holewa / Max Holewa
4th
Jan Harris / Mick King
5th
Janelle Conroy / Robert Carless
5th
Debra Goodchild / Ming Ting
6th
Annie Lynch / Sandra Morris
6th
Helen Van Den Broek / Joy Brunette
Contributed by Joy Block
Mary-Rose Ramsden & Noel Saunders, 24th Nation Wide Novice Pairs. Photo supplied