The Whitsunday Zone Pairs was played over the weekend of 15th and 16th March, with 24 pairs including Airlie Beach Bridge Club and Bowen Bridge Club coming to play in Mackay. Category A (Open) winners were Tex Sheedy and Noel Bugeia from Mackay Club. Category B (Understate) winners were Jill Brabon and Beverley Lowcock from Bowen Club. The winners will travel to Brisbane in October to play in the Queensland Open Pairs.
Results For Week Ending Sunday 16 March 2025
Monday 10 March 2025 – 5 Table Mitchell Green Points
North/South East/West
1st Janelle Conroy - Tex Sheedy 1st Barbara Tait - Margaret Lane
2nd Edward Kliese - Diane Stokes 2nd Noel Bugeia - Geoffrey Patterson
Wednesday 12 March 2025 – 8 Table Mitchell Green Points (Nation Wide Pairs)
North/South East/West
1st Janelle Conroy - Noel Bugeia 1st Frances Brown - Alan Brown
2nd Joy Robinson - Robert Carless 2nd Gwen Liddell - Jewel Schmidt
3rd Josie Crowley - Barbara Tait 3rd Tex Sheedy - Lorna Shuttlewood
4th Jan Harris - Sandra Morris 4th Diane Holewa - Max Holewa
Thursday Evening 13 March 2025 – 3.5 Table Howell Green Points
1st Jan Harris - Ann Whitmore
2nd Janine Rodgers - Janelle Conroy
3rd Tex Sheedy - Geoff Taylor
Friday 14 Mach 2025 –5.5 Table Mitchell Green Points
1st Joy Robinson - Geoff Taylor 1st Christine Nice - Diane Cox
2nd Pamela Finger - Janelle Conroy 2nd Diane Stokes - Griffin Bancroft
2nd Monica Darley - Gwen Liddell
Saturday/Sunday 15 & 16 March 2025 – Whitsunday Zone Pairs - Red Points
Category A (Open) Category B (Under State)
1st Tex Sheedy / Noel Bugeia 1st Martin Pearce / Diane Stokes
2nd Alan Brown / Frances Brown 2nd Jill Brabon / Beverley Lowcock
3rd Lyn Adams / Betty Andison
Contributed by Robert Carless
Noel, Karen, Annette and Sandy, Saturday afternoon get together. Photo supplied.