On behalf of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute I would like to thank all of the very generous and loyal bridge players throughout Australia who supported the Bridge for Brain Research Challenge in 2008.
With the strong support of the Australian Bridge Federation (ABF) we had 93 clubs participate this year with over 2,340 bridge players involved nationally.
With so many scores, the ABF did a fantastic job collating all the scores to determine an overall winner from 93 clubs. This year I would especially like to thank John Delaney, Martin Willcox and Jane Rasmussen who have donated a lot of their personal time and energy to get these results to us.
The event this year has raised over $25,000 for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Dementia Research at the Institute. This is a wonderful result, which each Club should be extremely proud of.
Final results for the challenge:
Overall National Winners:
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
|
1 |
Hardman, Stack |
Mandurah Bridge Club |
70.13 |
|
Overall National Winner + 70yrs
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
|
1 |
Gibson, Schipke |
Cairns Bridge Club |
64.902 |
|
Please note: because not everyone indicated their ages this year we have had to make a decision based on the information we received from participants.
National Top 10:
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
1 |
Hardman, Stack |
Mandurah Bridge Club |
70.13 |
|
2 |
Allen, Grover |
NSWBA |
69.43 |
|
3 |
Letts, McIlroy |
Esperance Bridge Club |
69.27 |
|
4 |
Wright, Wright |
Randwick Bridge Club |
69.06 |
|
5 |
Brown, Van Der Veeke |
Wodonga Contract Bridge Club |
68.96 |
|
6 |
Folkard, Burn |
Bridgefolk |
68.51 |
|
7 |
Carr, Davidson |
Moreton Bribie Bridge Club |
66.81 |
|
8 |
Ellaway, Ellaway |
Queensland Contract Bridge Club |
66.76 |
|
9 |
Tall, Trollope |
Noosa Bridge Club |
66.60 |
|
10 |
Priol, Lameks |
Springwood Contract Bridge Club |
66.55 |
State Top 5 (NSW / ACT):
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
2 |
Allen, Grover |
NSWBA |
69.43 |
|
4 |
Wright, Wright |
Randwick Bridge Club |
69.06 |
|
6 |
Folkard, Burn |
Bridgefolk |
68.51 |
|
10 |
Priol, Lameks |
Springwood Contract Bridge Club |
66.55 |
|
11 |
Dunsford, Neil |
Trumps Bridge Centre |
66.46 |
State Top 5 (VIC):
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
5 |
Brown, Van Der Veeke |
Wodonga Contract Bridge Club |
68.96 |
|
12 |
Ragg, Read |
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Bridge |
66.42 |
|
13 |
Szuveges, Ogle |
Moonee Valley Bridge Club |
66.14 |
|
17 |
Turner, Carroll |
Echuca Bridge Club |
65.20 |
|
27 |
Healy, French |
Macedon Ranges Bridge Club |
63.93 |
State Top 4 (TAS):
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
56 |
Bailey, Bailey |
Tamar Bridge Club |
61.47 |
|
57 |
Callahan, Wyllie |
Tamar Bridge Club |
61.46 |
|
117 |
Ruthven, Weston |
Tamar Bridge Club |
58.83 |
|
175 |
Lindsay, Wallace |
Tamar Bridge Club |
57.27 |
|
184 |
Clark, Goldsteen-House |
Tamar Bridge Club |
56.98 |
State Top 5 (QLD):
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
7 |
Carr, Davidson |
Moreton Bribie Bridge Club |
66.81 |
|
8 |
Ellaway, Ellaway |
Queensland Contract Bridge Club |
66.76 |
|
9 |
Tall, Trollope |
Noosa Bridge Club |
66.60 |
|
14 |
Sinclair, Hoffmann |
Goondiwindi Contract Bridge Club |
65.31 |
|
15 |
Wells, Meldrum |
Toowong Bridge Club |
65.31 |
State Top 5 (WA):
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
1 |
Hardman, Stack |
Mandurah Bridge Club |
70.13 |
|
3 |
Letts, McIlroy |
Esperance Bridge Club |
69.27 |
|
24 |
Trafalski, Mettam |
Albany Bridge Club |
64.59 |
|
86 |
Laurenson, Samuel |
Busselton Bridge Club |
59.87 |
|
98 |
Whiting, Webber |
Busselton Bridge Club |
59.33 |
State Top 5 (SA):
|
Place |
Name |
Club |
Percentage |
|
174 |
Spring, Edwards |
Blue Lake Contract Bridge Club |
57.29 |
|
206 |
Davis, Telford |
Blue Lake Contract Bridge Club |
56.56 |
|
217 |
Cowan, Boomsma |
Blue Lake Contract Bridge Club |
56.22 |
|
293 |
Somerville, Maher |
Blue Lake Contract Bridge Club |
54.96 |
|
318 |
Mitchell, Mitchell |
Blue Lake Contract Bridge Club |
54.34 |
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISER
Mr Philip Houlton from the Coffs Harbour Bridge Club $620.00
HIGHEST CLUB FUNDRAISER
Coffs Harbour Bridge Club $1,935.00