Today we hosted our very first congress dedicated entirely to Novice and Restricted players! We had a fantastic turnout with 19 tables in play.
The field was incredibly diverse. Experience levels ranged from players with fewer than 2 masterpoints to seasoned restricted players about to move into the Open field. Age was no barrier either, with several youth players competing alongside a gentleman celebrating his 90th birthday!
It was a day of exciting firsts, featuring brand-new partnerships and many players attending their first-ever congress. We are thrilled to hear that everyone felt so welcome at SBC. Thank you to all who joined us!
A massive thank you to the newer players who stepped up to be our house pairs today. An extra big shout-out to those who answered my last-minute calls yesterday! We truly couldn’t have run such a smooth congress without your help.
Congratulations to:
Overall 1st – David Zheng and Shannon Ooi. The pair had a rough start and was 5th coming to the last round, overtaking the daylong first placed pair at the end!
Overall 2nd – Julie Hamilton and Teresa Wilson. Both are our regular players – one from the City one from Ashfield. The two were put together by the organiser. The two clicked from the very beginning (Organiser’s remark “phew~”) and had been steadily shining the whole day.
Overall 3rd – Christine Ingate and Terence Finnegan. Another pair with steady performance. They had been on the top 5 from the start.
1st Novice Pair (<100MPs) – Haijin Zou and Liping Yu. Our regular players from Ashfield.
2nd Novice Pair (<100MPs) – Julie Whittaker and Lynne Walsh with our director John McIlrath.
The Best Super Novice Pairs (<50MPs) – Kirsten van den Berg and Murray Colderick. How nice to see a pair on podium come from one of our sponsorships Peninsula Bridge Club! Peninsula is hosting a Starter Congress in August. SBC and Peninsula will sponsor one pair to the congress.
The Best Super Novice Pairs (<25MPs) – Jane Zhang and Xin-Sheng Zhu. They will be sponsored by SBC to enter the Starter Congress hosted by Peninsula Bridge Club.
All results can be found on: https://nsw.bridgeaustralia.org/teamresults.asp?id=17167&umbid=0
Our next congress will be the Xmas in Winter Pairs and Teams on 1st and 2nd August. It is open for entry now, don’t miss out. Please find the details and enter via MyABF.
