In an exciting finish, after Trumps had been announced as the winners after a tie checkback with Peninsula, a check of the category scores found an error which had given Trumps a half point too much. The corrected final result has Peninsula on 16 beating Trumps on 15.5 and North Shore Bridge Club on 14.5.
Unfortunately this correction was after nearly all the players had congratulated the Trumps players and departed - so over the next week we will need to create a collective photo of the winning team. And it was a team effort with seven of the twelve Peninsula pairs contributing points to the win.
Peninsula pair Jocelyn Bertram and Lyn Smith recorded an impressive second overall in the open field, winning the maximum 4 club points in Category B. Lorraine Neville and Jeanette Weaver earned 3 points for second place in Category C. David Farmer and Catherine Whiddon added one point for fourth place in Category B. After the open categories were counted North Shore on 14.5 led Peninsula on 8 and Trumps on 7.
The restricted field saw North Shore not win another club point as Trumps and Peninsula fought neck to neck for the lead. Category D went to Trumps with first place (4 points) and Peninsula (Clare Filmer Ramsay and Cassandra Mitchell) taking fourth (1 point). Category E saw Peninsula triumph with Hans van Weeren and Sarah Young taking first place (3 points) and Heidi Colenbrander and Ray Hurst second (2 points) to Trumps' third place (1 point). Category F went to Trumps winning first and third (3 and 1 points) to Sue Evershed and John Simmond's second place for Peninsula (2 points). Both Trumps and Peninsula crept ahead of North Shore with Peninsula winning by half a point!
Check the full results for the day (look for the July 9 event date). You can also check the division into categories based on masterpoint averages and the awarding of club points. There is also a collection of photos from the day.
