Inter-Provincial Trials 2018
Results of the local trials are on the Home Page, along with a link to NZBridge information on all provincial teams.
Inter-Provincial Results 2017
Wellington won the 2017 inter-Provincial Competition.
Link to NZBridge news item.
Link to NZBridge news item.
Inter-Provincial Representatives 2017
The Wellington Region IP Trials were held on 13 May. The following teams were selected from the leading players emerging from the pairs and teams trials:
Open: Kate Davies, John Patterson, Alan Grant and Anthony Ker
Women: Annette Henry, Anna Herries, Mindy Wu and Sandra Coleman
Senior: Lynda Rigler, Peter Delahunty, Patrick D'Arcy and Peter Benham
Intermediate: Jeffry Craanen, Elaine Richardson, David Don and Jim Brough.
Open: Kate Davies, John Patterson, Alan Grant and Anthony Ker
Women: Annette Henry, Anna Herries, Mindy Wu and Sandra Coleman
Senior: Lynda Rigler, Peter Delahunty, Patrick D'Arcy and Peter Benham
Intermediate: Jeffry Craanen, Elaine Richardson, David Don and Jim Brough.
Inter-Provincial Competition 2016
The Inter-Provincial Competition of 2016 was held at the Otago Bridge Club in Dunedin over the last weekend of November.
The big news, of course, is that the Dougal McLean trophy was won by the Wellington team.
There is a very full report from Richard Solomon on the NZ Bridge site. Here you can find some history; (our second win after the initial win 9 years ago, Dougal's home province (have a guess), some photos of our local stars (amongst others), detailed results, and even some hands.
It's difficult to do more, but I am armed with two advantages. One is that I can reference the report from Wellington's' Chef de Mission, Nigel Kearney, and the other is that I will exhibit more of a local bias than Richard. (He was impressively fair and even handed in his report, but I won't aspire to equal that. So........ this is for the parochial ............. Wellington won!!!!).
I'll start by recognising our teams.
Open:
Anthony Ker and Alan Grant
Kate Davies and John Patterson
Women:
Mindy Wu and Sandra Coleman
Joan Waldvogel and Joan McCarthy
Senior:
Tony Lenart and Pat D’Arcy
Maureen Pratchett and Vivienne Cannell
Intermediate:
Sam Ward and Chris Collins
Nan Wehipeihana and Julia Barnett
Chef de Mission: Nigel Kearney
In contrast to Richard's approach, we'll try a more chronological approach, drawing information from Nigel's report. Any errors, omissions and clumsy phrasings are mine, rather than Nigel's.
Bad weather slowed the arrival of some players on the Saturday and the start was delayed 10 minutes. No moment, as all the Wellington teams started well. After seven matches, the Intermediates had a big lead, the Seniors were close to first, and the Open and Women teams were similarly well placed but with slightly larger gaps to the first placed teams.
Day two started with mixed results and picked up later on. The Open team were undefeated, but didn't have the big wins against lower scoring teams that can lead to a big score. The Intermediate team had some losses, but also a big win that put them well ahead of the second team. The Women team won four out of five and were in the lead by a small margin from second and third. The Senior team had some small losses and only one win, but it was big enough so they managed to hold onto second place.
On the final day, there were some significant matches as the top teams were seeded to play each other last. The Intermediates had a big win over Auckland-Northland, which was relevant to our final placing. The Senior team had losses that dropped them down to a fifth placing. The Open team had some interesting tussles and went 17 VPS behind into the last match with Auckland-Northland. There were some big swings during the match, with a small win of 7 IMPs that wasn't enough to change the ranking.
The Women team went into the final 3 VPS ahead of Waikato Bays, with Auckland-Northland poised to overtake from third. The team performed really well, bidding a game missed at the other table and collecting majorly on three part score hands, to win by 19 IMPs.
At the end of the competition, Wellington had two firsts, a second and a fifth, compared to Auckland-Northland with two firsts, a second and a sixth.
Richard noted the organisation by the Host club and Region. I heard similar comments from one of our team members. "The excellent administration by the Otago Club should be mentioned. We were welcomed as soon as we set foot in the door, each region had its own table bedecked with muffins, fruit and chocolates when we arrived, and replenished the next day. The food was plentiful and good, results were out quickly and also the datums. Everything ran like clockwork. There was a very good atmosphere."
And to complement Richard's photos, I was at the Wellington Region's Christmas Cheer competition, hosted by the Wellington Club, and caught this informal photo of many of the successful team members, along with Heather Jared, Treasurer of the Regional Committee.
Paul Maxwell
The big news, of course, is that the Dougal McLean trophy was won by the Wellington team.
There is a very full report from Richard Solomon on the NZ Bridge site. Here you can find some history; (our second win after the initial win 9 years ago, Dougal's home province (have a guess), some photos of our local stars (amongst others), detailed results, and even some hands.
It's difficult to do more, but I am armed with two advantages. One is that I can reference the report from Wellington's' Chef de Mission, Nigel Kearney, and the other is that I will exhibit more of a local bias than Richard. (He was impressively fair and even handed in his report, but I won't aspire to equal that. So........ this is for the parochial ............. Wellington won!!!!).
I'll start by recognising our teams.
Open:
Anthony Ker and Alan Grant
Kate Davies and John Patterson
Women:
Mindy Wu and Sandra Coleman
Joan Waldvogel and Joan McCarthy
Senior:
Tony Lenart and Pat D’Arcy
Maureen Pratchett and Vivienne Cannell
Intermediate:
Sam Ward and Chris Collins
Nan Wehipeihana and Julia Barnett
Chef de Mission: Nigel Kearney
In contrast to Richard's approach, we'll try a more chronological approach, drawing information from Nigel's report. Any errors, omissions and clumsy phrasings are mine, rather than Nigel's.
Bad weather slowed the arrival of some players on the Saturday and the start was delayed 10 minutes. No moment, as all the Wellington teams started well. After seven matches, the Intermediates had a big lead, the Seniors were close to first, and the Open and Women teams were similarly well placed but with slightly larger gaps to the first placed teams.
Day two started with mixed results and picked up later on. The Open team were undefeated, but didn't have the big wins against lower scoring teams that can lead to a big score. The Intermediate team had some losses, but also a big win that put them well ahead of the second team. The Women team won four out of five and were in the lead by a small margin from second and third. The Senior team had some small losses and only one win, but it was big enough so they managed to hold onto second place.
On the final day, there were some significant matches as the top teams were seeded to play each other last. The Intermediates had a big win over Auckland-Northland, which was relevant to our final placing. The Senior team had losses that dropped them down to a fifth placing. The Open team had some interesting tussles and went 17 VPS behind into the last match with Auckland-Northland. There were some big swings during the match, with a small win of 7 IMPs that wasn't enough to change the ranking.
The Women team went into the final 3 VPS ahead of Waikato Bays, with Auckland-Northland poised to overtake from third. The team performed really well, bidding a game missed at the other table and collecting majorly on three part score hands, to win by 19 IMPs.
At the end of the competition, Wellington had two firsts, a second and a fifth, compared to Auckland-Northland with two firsts, a second and a sixth.
Richard noted the organisation by the Host club and Region. I heard similar comments from one of our team members. "The excellent administration by the Otago Club should be mentioned. We were welcomed as soon as we set foot in the door, each region had its own table bedecked with muffins, fruit and chocolates when we arrived, and replenished the next day. The food was plentiful and good, results were out quickly and also the datums. Everything ran like clockwork. There was a very good atmosphere."
And to complement Richard's photos, I was at the Wellington Region's Christmas Cheer competition, hosted by the Wellington Club, and caught this informal photo of many of the successful team members, along with Heather Jared, Treasurer of the Regional Committee.
Paul Maxwell
