Interprovincial Championships

Central District Result from the recent Interprovincial Championships

 

Open 1st Alister Stuck, Mairi Bristow, Matthew Bristow, Noel Woodhall, Pam Livingston, Wayne Burrows, Val Gardiner (NPC)

 

Women 6th Anita Thirtle, Anne Buckley, Liz Burrows, Lynn Muller, Sandra Coleman, Sarah Green, Lorraine Stachurski (NPC)

 

Senior 3rd Alan Doddridge, Bob Hurley, Don Nightingale, Evelyn Hurley, Jenny Wilson, Robyn Nightingale, Les Gould (NPC)

 

Intermediate 2nd Anita Swafford, Catherine Mann, Mark Eichstaedt, Reeve Pring, Sandra Calver, Tom Lawn, Colin Carryer (NPC)

 

Youth 5th Alysha Bloxham*, Amy Thomson, Helen Muller, Jennifer Black**, Katherine Muller**, Sam Bailey*, Val Gardiner (NPC)

* on loan from Otago/Southland ** on loan from Waikato Bays 

Interprovincial Champions Press Release

Press Release. 6 October 2010

 

The Central Districts Open Bridge Team won the 2010 National Interprovincial Championships.

The team was Alister Stuck (Palmerston North), Matthew Bristow (Hawkes Bay), Marie Bristow (Hawkes Bay), Noel Woodhall (Havelock North), Pam Livingston (New Plymouth) and Wayne Burrows (Palmerston North). Val Gardiner (Wanganui) was the non-playing captain.

Central Districts comprehensively won the round-robin with ten wins out of twelve matches.

They met Otago/Southland in final. After losing some ground in the first half of the final they pulled away in the second half to win comfortably.

Central Districts have only won this title twice previously in 1970 and 2001. Noel Woodhall and Wayne Burrows were both members of the winning team in 2001.

Central Districts Open Interprovincial Champions 2010

Back Row: Noel Woodhall, Matthew Bristow, Wayne Burrows

Front Row: Val Gardiner (NPC), Mairi Bristow, Pam Livingston, Alister Stuck