NSW Country Teams event 2022 - Zone Final success for Great Lakes

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Grant & Erby teams Coffs Arkinstall zone final

After a gruelling weekend of bridge in Coffs Harbour, congratulations go to our two GLBC teams who did us proud. Special mention goes to the Erby team: Pauline Erby, Gil Clarke, Henry Hudson and Bronwyn Boehm who, after a qualifying round that went into the evening, placed 2nd in the final playoff the next day. They have now qualified to play in the final event in December (see below).

Pictured left to right are Judy Scott, Barbara Williams, Gil Clarke, Megan Grant, Henry Hudson, Bronwyn Boehm, Margaret Boniface and Pauline Erby.

For full results see Country Teams Northern Zone Final – final round results and Country Teams Northern Zone Final – consolation round results.

Thanks go to the GLBC committee who provided funding for our teams to assist in covering petrol, accommodation, etc costs. And to our tournament director Sylvia Goodwin for her ongoing behind-the-scenes organisational efforts, at times from her sick bed!

 

The  Country Teams event is part of the John Arkinstall State Teams competition. 10 teams from the NSWBA, the Sydney Metropolitan zone, the Outer Metropolitan, Northern, Southern and Western zones will qualify to play in the John Arkinstall State Teams Finals at the NSWBA on 9-11 December, 2022. On Sunday 11 December 2022 the top two teams play in the State Teams Final and the top two Country Teams play in the Country Teams Final.

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The regional competition for the 2022 NSW Country Teams event was battled out on Sunday 5 June 2022. Congratulations to the top 6 winning teams - four of which were our own GLBC teams (listed below) - who qualified to play in the Zone Finals in Coffs Harbour on 25 & 26 June . Special thanks go to Faye who organised the yummy nibbles, Ronnie Ng who directed the event superbly and to our committeee for staging this enjoyable and important event.

For full results, click here.

Our local qualifying teams were:

1st [131VPs, 7wins-1draw-2losses]: Henry Hudson, Bronwyn Boehm, Les Marks & Norma Bousfield

3rd [120, 6-2-2]: Megan Grant, Margaret Boniface, Barbara Williams & Judy Scott

4th [118, 5-1-4]: Pauline Erby, Gil Clarke, Jill & Karl Buchmann

6th [91, 4-0-6]: Janet Flanagan, Robert Palasthy, Lynda Edge & Ken Bridges