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Playoffs for Selection of Australian Representative Teams
- 2009 Australian Representatives
- 2009 Playoff Adjustments
- 2009 Open Playoff
- 2009 Women's Playoff
- 2009 Seniors' Playoff
- Convention Cards
2009 Australian Representatives
| Macau | São Paulo | |
|---|---|---|
| Open | Laurie Kelso (NPC) | Roy Nixon (NPC) |
| Jamie Ebery | Ian Thomson | |
| Leigh Gold | Richard Brightling | |
| Theo Antoff | Ian Robinson | |
| Albert Simpson | Arjuna De Livera | |
| Tony Nunn | Peter Reynolds | |
| Sartaj Hans | David Appleton | |
| Women | Sue Lusk (NPC) | Margaret Bourke (NPC) |
| Elizabeth Havas | Felicity Beale | |
| Candice Berman | Di Smart | |
| Cathy Lachman | Alida Clark | |
| Helen Snashall | Leone Fuller | |
| Eva Caplan | Sue Lusk | |
| Nicoleta Giura | Therese Tully | |
| Seniors | Ishmael Del'Monte (NPC) | |
| Paul Lavings | Ron Klinger | |
| Ted Griffin | David Hoffman | |
| Mike Hughes | Andrew Braithwaite | |
| Terry Brown | Bill Haughie | |
| Avi Kanetkar | Bob Richman | |
| Bruce Neill | George Gaspar | |
| Under 26 | Cathy Mill (NPC) | |
| Peter Hollands | ||
| Justin Howard | ||
| Hoi-Ming Chan | ||
| Leigh Matheson | ||
| Adam Edgtton | ||
| Alexandra Morris | ||
| Under 21 | Cathy Mill (NPC) | |
| Shane Harrison | ||
| Samuel Schulz | ||
| Laura Ginnan | ||
| Stephen Williams | ||
| Nathan Howard | ||
| Ellena Moskowsky |
Playoff Adjustments
The dates for the PABF are now scheduled for June 18-28.
The ABF has considered representations from some of the players in the nominated teams and has decided to adopt the adjustments for the playoffs as outlined in the document below:
Convention Cards
Convention cards for the 2009 Australian Team Selection Playoffs must be created using the ABF Convention Card Editor available on the the System Cards page of this website and then uploaded to the website using the Upload ABF Convention Card link below.
Please consult the 
ABF
System Regulations to correctly classify your system.
Women's Teams Convention Cards
Seniors' Teams Convention Cards
The Open Playoff will be held in Sydney, Saturday to Thursday, March 21-26, 2009.
Supplementary
Regulations, Format Amendments
Division
Two Draw (matches against team 8 indicate a bye)
BridgeBase Online VuGraph Files
Software required to view these files can be downloaded from
BridgeBase Online.
Semi-Final - Green vs Thomson :
1 | 2
| 3
Semi-Final - Haughie vs Ebery :
4
Final - Thomson vs Ebery :
1 | 2 |
3 | 4 (Ebery
conceded after the 4th stanza)
Target events: The target events for the Australian Open team for 2009 are the PABF Open Championship, the Zone 7 Open Championship and the Bermuda Bowl.
The dates for the PABF are now scheduled for June 18-28. See Playoff Adjustments above.
Location: Hakoah Club, Bondi
Format and Entries: General information and the nomination forms and
declarations for the 2009 Open Playoff can be found in the documents below:
2009
Open Playoff - General Information and Division One Nomination Form (updated
February 8, 2009)
2009
Open Playoff - Division Two Nomination Form
Division One entries (based on PQP) closed on Thursday, December 11, 2008.
Division Two
Nomination: Teams-of-four or six open to all players irrespective of PQP
holding.
Posted: Prof E Magner, P.O.
Box U166, Armidale, NSW 2351.
Entries: Close 5pm Monday 16th
March 2009.
Changes: Discretion to amend minor errors is
available for 7 days.
Entries will be posted on the website on March 2, 9 and 16.
Should the entry for Division 2 be eight teams or fewer, the first stage will be played as a round robin. Should the entry be 9-12 teams the first stage will be played as a 6 round swiss. Should the entry be greater than 12 teams, the first stage will be played as an 8 round swiss
Subsidies
The ABF Management Committee (upon recommendation from the Finance Committee) has decided that non Sydney-resident players from Division Two teams that are unsuccessful in reaching the last six teams in the Open Playoffs (ie are not one of the two successful Division Two teams) will receive a 50% travel subsidy - information on the full travel subsidy amounts is already in the General Information circular on the ABF website.
Note. There is no entry to the Open Playoff from the "Last Train" event in January, 2009.
The Women's Playoff will be held in Sydney, Saturday to Tuesday, March 21-24, 2009.
BridgeBase Online VuGraph Files
Software required to view these files can be downloaded from
BridgeBase Online.
Semi-Final - Bourke vs Scudder :
1 | 2 |
3
Semi-Final - Hoffman vs Havas :
1 | 2 |
3 | 4
Final - Bourke vs Havas :
1 | 2 |
3 | 4
Target events: The target events for the Australian Women's team for 2009 are the PABF Women's Championship, the Zone 7 Women's Championship and the Venice Cup.
The dates for the PABF are now scheduled for June 18-28. See Playoff Adjustments above.
Location: Hakoah Club, Bondi
Format and Entry Form : General information and the nomination form and
declarations for the 2009 Women's Playoff can be found in the document below:
2009 Women's Playoff (updated February 8, 2009)
Entries: Entries for the 2009 Women's Playoff are now closed.
Note. There is no entry to the Women's Playoff from the "Last Train" event in January, 2009.
The Seniors' Playoff will be held in Sydney, April 16-20, 2009.
Target events: The target events for the Australian Seniors team for 2009 are the PABF Seniors Championship, the Zone 7 Seniors Championship and the Seniors Bowl.
The dates for the PABF are now scheduled for June 18-28. See Playoff Adjustments above.
Location: NSW Bowlers' Club, 99 York Street, Sydney
Format: The format will be similar to the one used for the 2007 Seniors Playoff. Entries will be accepted from five teams. The 6th team will be qualified from the Seniors' Last Train held in Canberra, January 12-13.
Convener : David Stern
Email:
Finals reports (in PDF format)
courtesy of Tim & Margaret Bourke:
Semi-final:
Del'Monte vs Buchen
Final:
Del'Monte vs Kanetkar
More details can be found on the Seniors' Playoff website at:
2009 Seniors Playoff Website
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