Mackay Contract Bridge Club

Last week was a massive week for the Mackay Bridge Club with the playing of the Australian Wide-Open Pairs, the final week of the Anne Hird Memorial, the Mackay Barometer Pairs Walk-in and the Mackay Barometer Pairs competition, which was played over two days. Winners of the Australian Wide Open Pairs N/S were Janelle Conroy and Terry Sheedy with Janine Rodgers and Richard Wix winning E/W.

After three weeks of play with three different overs, Joy Block took out this year’s Anne Hird Memorial. Annie Lynch and Sandra Morris won N/S, and Susan Wright and Geoff Patterson E/W were winners of The Mackay Barometer Pairs Walk Ins. Results for Mackay Barometer Pairs will be published next week.

Weekly Results
Monday 26 August 2024 – Australian Wide Open Pairs 8 Table Mitchell Green Points
N/S

E/W

1st
Janelle Conroy / Terry Sheedy
1st
Janine Rodgers / Richard Wix

2nd
Diane Holewa / Max Holewa
2nd
Ian Cruickshank / Mary Cruickshank

3rd
Geoffrey Patterson / Noel Bugeia
3rd
Monica Darley / Nancy Martin

4th
Margaret Lane / Barbara Tait
4th
Geoff Taylor / Andrew Canavan

Tuesday Evening 27 August 2024 – 5 Table One Winner Green Points
N/S

E/W

1st
Noel Bugeia / Eric Goodchild
1st
Terry Sheedy / Joy Block

3rd
Janet Hansen / Lorna Shuttlewood
4th
Shelley Lewis / Sue Mayer-Miller

4th
Andrew Westcott / Patricia Garner
4th
Geoff Taylor / Janelle Conroy

Wednesday 28 August 2024 - 3 of 3 weeks of the Anne Hird Memorial 8 Table Mitchell Green Points
1st
Joy Block / Janelle Conroy
1st
Eric Goodchild / Sandy Patterson
2nd
Ted Cullinan / Geoff Taylor
2nd
Vicki Howard / Ming Ting
3rd
Mary Rose Ramsden / Susan Wright
3rd
Jan Harris / Bob Ellis
4th
Jewel Schmidt / Sandra Morris
4th
Terry Sheedy / Annette Howe
Anne Hird Memorial - Results after 3 weeks of play with 3 different overs
1st
Joy Block
2nd
Mary Rose Ramsden
3rd
Sandy Patterson
4th
Susan Ross
Thursday Evening 29 August 2024 – 6 Table One Winner Green Points
N/S

E/W

1st
David Ting / Eric Goodchild
2nd
Janelle Conroy / Janine Rodgers

3rd
Ian Cruickshank / Adrian Westcott
4th
Geoff Taylor / Christopher Meyers

5th
Ken Seaniger / Robert Carless
6th
Debra Goodchild / Ming Ting

Friday 30 August 2024 – Mackay Barometer Pairs Walk-ins 8 Table Green Points
N/S

E/W

1st
Annie Lynch / Sandra Morris
1st
Susan Wright / Geoffrey Patterson

2nd
Sandy Patterson / Eric Goodchild
2nd
David Ting / Ming Ting

3rd
Monica Darley / Nancy Martin
3rd
Janet Hansen / Lorna Shuttlewood

4th
Anne Lutz / Karen Caldwell
4th
Geoff Cowan / Joy Block

Contributed by Joy Block

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MBPairs Walkins N/S Winners Annie Lynch and Sandra Morris
MBPairs Walkins E/W winners Geoff Patterson and Susan Wright
Anne Hird winner Joy Block, with David Hird (Anne's husband), Janelle Conroy and Terry Sheedy. Photos supplied

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