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ABF PRESS RELEASE

2001 Playoff for PABF (Singapore), Bermuda Bowl/Venice Cup (Bali), Seniors Championship (Bali)

April 2001

The ABF is pleased to announce the results of the 2001 playoff to select Open and Women's teams for the PABF Championships (Singapore) in June, and the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup (Bali) in October. A Senior selection event was also run in Sydney to select a Zone 7 team for the Senior event in Bali.

OPEN

Three Australian teams travelled to Christchurch over the Easter weekend to compete against teams from New Zealand, Kingdom of Tonga and New Caledonia. The top finishing Australian team will be offered the right to compete in the PABF Championships in Singapore in June and the Bermuda Bowl in Bali. The three teams were NOBLE (B. Noble, G. Bilski, T. Brown, P. Gue, P. Fordham and M. Prescott), NEILL (B. Neill, A. Walsh, P. Gumby, W. Lazer, B. McDonald and M. Hughes), and ROTHFIELD (J. & C. Rothfield, I. Del Monte, S. Browne, K. Dyke and M. Mullamphy).

After a double round robin comprising 14 x 20 board matches, the Australian teams finished as follows:

NOBLE 256 VP's
NEILL 231.5 VP's
ROTHFIELD 228 VP's

Congratulations to the NOBLE team, who will represent Australia in the PABF and WBF events.

WOMEN

Three Australian Women's teams also travelled to Christchurch over the Easter weekend to compete against three teams from New Zealand. The top finishing Australian team would be offered the right to compete in the PABF Championships in Singapore in June. However, only one team from Zone 7 is eligible to compete in the Venice Cup in Bali in 2001. The top finishing two teams from the triple round robin (from different countries) were required to playoff for the right to play in Bali.

The three Australian teams were: TRAVIS (B. Travis, E. Havas, A. Clark, M. Chadwick, D. Moir, J. Cormack), CUMMINGS (V. Cummings, C. Feitelson, B. Folkard, L. Stern), and BEECH (M. Bourke, K. Robb, F. Beale, D. Smart, S. Lusk, T. Tully)

After a triple round robin comprising 15 x 20 board matches, the Australian teams finished as follows:

TRAVIS 249 VP's
CUMMINGS 244 VP's
BEECH 226 VP's

The TRAVIS team then competed in a 64 board Final against the NEWTON team (J. Wilkinson, S. Newton, L. Geursen, J. Abel) from New Zealand. After 5 of the 6 sets of the Final, New Zealand conceded when the score was Australia 277, New Zealand 178.

Congratulations to the TRAVIS team, who will represent Australia in the PABF and WBF events.

SENIORS

With the ABF committed to support World Seniors events, a playoff to select an Australian Senior team for the World Championships in Bali was held at the Double Bay Bridge Club is Sydney. The three Australian qualifying teams would playoff initially, and the leading team would then compete against a New Zealand Senior team to win the right to play in Bali.

The three Australian teams were: WESTWOOD (Bill Westwood-Robert Evans Kaoru Anderson-Roger Januske Tom Moss - Wally Malaczynski), HAUGHIE (Bill Haughie-Jim Borin Gaby Lorentz-John Lester Tim Seres-Ron Klinger), JACKMAN (Tony Jackman-Denise Dodd Michael Kent-Joan Kent Margaret Drake-Jenny Han).

At the end of the qualifying competition, the three teams were placed as follows:

HAUGHIE 44 VP's
JACKMAN 35 VP's
WESTWOOD 9 VP's

HAUGHIE then competed in a 64 board final against the New Zealand Team of CAHN (L. Knight, J. Woodfield, R. Freeman-Greene, D. McLean, J. Greene). HAUGHIE won 197 to 82 VP's.

Congratulations to the HAUGHIE team who will represent Australia in the Bali World Championships.

 

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