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.
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