Page 27 - ABF Newsletter February 2026

5 Belinda Moss - Jenny Bell
6 Andy Sunter - John Fitzpatrick
7 Ajita Shah - Minu Shah
8 Jane Goldwater - Maree Williams 9 John Reis - Murray Campbell
10 Kenneth Baker - Heather Spencer
NATIONAL UNDER 100 IMP PAIRS
1 David Melzer - Glenn Foard
2 Josh Schwartz - Maxwell Ashurst 3 Gillian Hibbard - Jenni Cover
4 Jeremy Lin - Alexandra Mills
5 Paul Freeman - Neville Hind
6 Kenneth Baker - Heather Spencer 7 Neil McMaster - Jennifer Bissett
8 Ajita Shah - Minu Shah
9 Gita Curnow - Penelope Shilling 10 Jeff Newton - Tsachi Pilossof
NATIONAL UNDER 20 IMP PAIRS
1 Ingrid Klein - Leonie Katekar
2 Lisa Towning - Sue West
3 Vicki Hildebrand - Elizabeth Redman 4 Sharon Woodard - Robert Longair
5 Sue Wallace - Gill Homan
6 Cheryl Plant - Gervaise Gaunt
7 Sally Christian - Cherryl Kolbe
8 Fran Schiller - Xiaomei Wallace
9 Jen Saul - Adrienne Morey
10 Bobbie Gosper - Kathy Manning
112.03 111.05 110.67 109.85 109.72 109.60
95.44 91.77 89.45 86.40 85.42 84.53 83.35 82.53 81.52 79.75
97.83 94.45 89.79 80.21 64.34 63.55 57.34 53.75 51.72 47.02
NATIONAL UNDER 750 IMP PAIRS
1 Fiona Fawcett - Jenny Barnes
2 Marie Pickering - Carolyn Githens 3 Carol Jeffs - Jennette Rosetta
4 Julie Mansfield - Margaret Mahony 5 Kit Meyers - Kerry Rymer
6 Deb Beale - Hayley Mitchell
7 Caroline Wilson - Merrie Beasley 8 Neville Hind - Patricia McDonald
9 Judith Parsons - John Russell
10 Mukesh Parekh - Paul Stebbing
NATIONAL UNDER 300 IMP PAIRS
1 Phil Clark - Michael Donnelly
2 Lucy D’Ambrosio - Shannon Queree 3 Divyesh Shah - Rina Shah
4 Nicola Meares - Sharon Michael
5 Paul Birkby - Debra Birkby
6 James Batchen - Jim Rothwell
7 Michael Goh - Bruce Minchinton
8 Miriam O’Brien - Yulia Koh
9 Chris Lamb - Serita Mudford
10 Yvonne Devlin - Barbara Matterson
NATIONAL UNDER 750/300 MP TEAMS
80.56 73.13 71.21 70.30 67.52 67.20 63.40 62.98 61.17 58.85
83.25 79.40 75.19 72.94 72.34 72.06 69.92 66.80 64.99 64.68
NATIONAL NOVICE AND ROOKIE TEAMS
1 Glenn Foard, David Melzer, Jeremy Lin, Alexandra Mills
2 Gita Curnow, Robin Edwards, Denyse Freedman, Penelope Shilling
3 Jennifer Bissett, Neil McMaster, Kenneth Baker, Heather Spencer
4 Lisa Bradley, Suzanne Samarcq, Murray Campbell, John Reis
5 Sue Wallace, Gill Homan, Sue West, Lisa Towning
6 Elizabeth Redman, Vicki Hildebrand, Robert Longair, Sharon Woodard 7 Karlee Guest, Andy Sunter, John Fitzpatrick, Ajita Shah, Minu Shah
8 Maxwell Ashurst, Josh Schwartz, Michael French, Caitlyn McKenzie
9 Jenny Bell, Belinda Moss, Kate Ward, Joyanne Gough
10 Lyndall Kennedy, Kate Latimer, Philip Sellick, Leanne Sellick
NATIONAL UNDER 750 MATCHPOINT PAIRS
1 Sachiko Cathcart - Annegrette Kolding 2 Sue Cohen - Nicolette Bartoli
3 Caroline Marshall - Jane Brougham
3 Maeve Doyle - Stuart Schon
5 Deb Beale - Hayley Mitchell
6 Sam McKay - Kate Elliot
7 Caroline Wilson - Merrie Beasley 8 Judith Parsons - John Russell
9 Fiona Fawcett - Jenny Barnes 10 Kit Meyers - Kerry Rymer
122.41 106.67 105.39 105.32 102.95 101.82 100.22
99.78 99.23 97.16
NATIONAL UNDER 300 MATCHPOINT PAIRS
1 Michael Goh - Bruce Minchinton 2 Brenda Watts - David Clarkson 3 James Batchen - Jim Rothwell 4 Chris Lamb - Serita Mudford
5 Paul Birkby - Debra Birkby
6 Phil Clark - Michael Donnelly
7 Mick Collins - Sau-Yem Lo
8 Nicola Meares - Sharon Michael 9 George McLean - Tim Mather 10 Pamela Kyte - Ngaire Meehan
64.81 63.93 59.29 55.49 54.39 54.30 53.43 52.77 51.11 50.81
1 Liz Moss, Gwen Riordan, Ann Berry, Bev Furner
2 Nicola Meares, Sharon Michael, Lucy D’Ambrosio, Shannon
3 Brenda Watts, David Clarkson, Phil Clark, Michael Donnelly
4 Yulia Koh, Miriam O’Brien, Divyesh Shah, Rina Shah
5 Sachiko Cathcart, Annegrette Kolding, Judith Parsons, John Russell 6 Barbara Carter, Lucy Kornfeld, Jim Rothwell, James Batchen
7 Sue Cohen, Nicolette Bartoli, Neville Hind, Frank Hardiman
8 Jenny Barnes, Kerry Rymer, Kit Meyers, Fiona Fawcett
9 Deb Beale, Kate Elliot, Sam McKay, Hayley Mitchell
10 Margaret Mahony, Carol McMurray, Julie Mansfield, Margaret Land
OVERALL ALL-ROUNDERS
U20: Lisa Towning - Sue West
U100: Glenn Foard - David Melzer
U300: Phil Clark - Michael Donnelly
U750: Sachiko Cathcart - Annegrete Kolding
Queree
Captions for front page photos by Lauren Travis
Row 1: Senior Teams finalists George Kozakos, David Beauchamp, Maurits van der Vlugt, Peter Gill, Michael Courtney, David Hudson, Chris Depasquale.
Row 2: Jenny Thompson with Andrew Reiner trophy recipients Bertie Morgan & George Bartley; Restricted Teams winners Shannon Queree, Nicola Meares, Sharon Michael, Lucy D’Ambrosio; Hills-Hurley Trophy recipients Kate Macdonald & Zac Ross; Open Teams winners Paul Dalley, Tony Nunn, Kieran Dyke, Ashley Bach.
Row 3: Women’s Teams winners Ruth Tobin, Helene Pitt, Judith Tobin; Rookie Teams winners Sue Wallace, Gill Homan, Sue West, Lisa Towning; Under 750 Teams winners Liz Moss, Gwen Riordan, Ann Berry, Bev Furner; Chris Diment Pairs winners William Zhang & Tom Kiss.
Row 4: Under 300 Pairs winners Bruce Minchinton & Michael Goh; David Fryda with Restricted All-Round winners Phil Clark & Michael Donnelly; Novice Teams winners Jeremy Lin, Alexandra Mills, David Melzer, Glenn Foard; Youth Teams winners Remco Spencer, Zac Ross, convenor Jeremy Reid, Paddy Taylor, Bertie Morgan.
Row 5: Dual Helman-Klinger recipient Heath Watkins; Under 750 Swiss winners Peter Lyons & Daria Williams; Under 100 Swiss winners Andrew Refshauge & Michael Choueifate; Under 500 Swiss winners Tamati Greig & Marcus Dudley; Rookie Pairs winners Ingrid Klein & Leonie Katekar; FIS Pairs winners Leon Meier & Jessie Pelenato.
Australian Bridge Federation Ltd. Newsletter: February 2026
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