New Plymouth Open Final@@@ 1st Frengley Shearer 2nd Stuck Wilson 3rd Burrows Livingston 4th Carryer Modgill

New Plymouth Junior Session 1 @@@ 1st de Buerger Stolte 2nd Needham Needham 3rd Chamberlain Webley

New Plymouth Junior Session 1 @@@ NS Bev Chamberlain Judy Webley EW Jean Leuthart Patricia Radford

New Plymouth Open Session 1 @@@ NS Livingston Burrows EW Stuck Wilson

Centre Island Pairs Final Board Three

Board 3 South Deals E-W Vul	♠ 8 6 5 3 ♥ J 10 8 ♦ K 5 4 2 ♣ 5 2		W N E S 1♦1 1♠ P 2♣ P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P 10-15 unbalanced, 2 or 3 suited
♠ A K Q J 2 ♥ 9 6 5 4 2 ♦ 10 3 ♣ 10	N  W E S	♠ 4 ♥ A Q 7 3 ♦ A 7 ♣ K J 8 7 4 3
	♠ 10 9 7 ♥ K ♦ Q J 9 8 6 ♣ A Q 9 6

4 ♥ by West

James Li (west) earnt a top with good card reading in the first round of the Centre Island Pairs final. After a club lead to south's queen. The ♦Q was returned. Assuming this is not a false card it locates the ♥K with south for an opening bid. Therefore Li played the ♥A dropping the offside king and earning all of the matchpoints to kickstart his partnership's day on the way to winning the 2009 Centre Island Pairs.

Centre Island Pairs Final Results

Centre Island Pairs 2009

1 Tony Lenart (Wellington) James Li (Wellington)
2 Tom Jacob (Auckland) Martin Reid (Wellington)
3 Michael Ware (Auckland) Michael Whibley (Wellington)
4 Rod Dravitzki (Wellington) Moss Wylie (Invercargill)
5 Bob Hurley (Palmerston North) Evelyn Hurley (Palmerston North)
6 Stephen Blackstock (Wellington) Alister Stuck (Palmerston North)

Centre Island Pairs - Consolation 3A Pairs Results

Centre Island Consolation - Final Placings

1 Martin Carryer (Palmerston North) Ross Quayle (Palmerston North)
2 Ken Carmichael (Levin) Glenys Dean (Levin)
3 Ann Buckley (Wanganui) Anita Thirtle (Wanganui)
4 John Elliott (Wellinton)Phil Merchant (Wellington)
5 Don Nightingale (Wanganui) Robyn Nightingale (Wanganui)

Centre Island Pairs Qualifying Results

16 Tables

Top 18 Qualifiers through to 9 table barometer final on Sunday:

Centre Island Pairs 2009
(Average Score over three sessions qualifying)
1 Rod Dravitzki (Wellington) Moss Wylie (Invercargill) 61.62
2 Tony Lenart (Wellington) James Li (Wellington) 59.68
3 Michael Ware (Auckland) Michael Whibley (Wellington) 59.63
4 Tom Jacob (Auckland) Martin Reid (Wellington) 58.47
5 Peter Bach (Auckland) Val Gardiner (Wanganui) 57.36
6 Bob Hurley (Palmerston North) Evelyn Hurley (Palmerston North) 54.72
7 Stephen Blackstock (Wellington) Alister Stuck (Palmerston North) 53.19
8 Wayne Burrows (Palmerston North) Andrei Sharko (Napier) 52.36
9= Janice Coleman (Feilding) Pam Mason (Palmerston North) 51.44
9= Colin Carryer (New Plymouth) Ravi Modgill (New Plymouth) 51.44
11 Susan Humphries (Auckland) Nick Jacob (Auckland) 51.02
12 Arthur Bennett (Hastings) Gillian Bennett (Hastings) 50.46
13 Alan Doddridge (Palmerston North) Jenny Wilson (Palmerston North) 50.32
14 Joan Waldvogel (Wellington) Max Wigbout (Wellington) 50.00
15= Dinnie Hall (Wellington) Deborah Jones (Wellington) 49.58
15= Pat O'Neill (Wanganui) Martin Oyston (Wanganui) 49.58
15= Peter Collinge (Napier) Lynnaire Hampton (Napier) 49.58
18 Liz Burrows (Palmerston North) Jan Whyte (Palmerston North) 49.31

Interprovincial Selectors

The following selectors have been confirmed by the Regional Committee:

Youth
Russell Wilson (New Plymouth), Gerry Palmer (Napier), Wayne Burrows (Palmerston North)

Intermediate
Jan Whyte (Palmerston North), Colin Carryer (New Plymouth), Gerry Palmer (Napier)

Seniors
Wayne Burrows (Palmerston North), Gerry Palmer (Napier), Russell Wilson (New Plymouth)

Women
Bob Hurley (Palmerston North), Evelyn Hurley (Palmerston North), Ken Bateman (Palmerston North), Russell Wilson (New Plymouth)

Open
Val Gardiner (Wanganui), Ken Bateman (Palmerston North), Pam Livingston (New Plymouth)

Central Districts Trials

The trials in all grades will be held on the weekend of 27/28 June in Palmerston North under the guidance of our selectors.

Dannevirke Open

17 Tables

1st Evelyn Hurley and Wayne Burrows (Palmerston North)
2nd Pam Mason (Palmerston North) and Annette Scanlon (Pahiatua)
3rd Alister Buchanan and Mary Simonsen (Napier)
4th Beryl Bolton and Anne Buckley (Wanganui)
5th Margaret Orsborne and Harold Orsborne (Dannevirke)