After everything was over last night, I arrived home and sat down with a cup of coffee, watched our Springboks beat Scotland, fell asleep in the chair, resurfaced, watched Ireland beat New Zealand, Yes, Yes!, fell asleep again, resurfaced later and just couldn’t fall asleep again. The Adrenalin from yesterday’s events was still coursing through my 70 something veins, the thoughts, the rehashing of certain bids, the little differences here and there that would have made such a difference.

I also couldn’t stop thinking about the wonderful people that I am privileged to be able to share a few hours with, every week, every year, some for the past 30 to 40 years! When I said thank you to some of these yesterday, I mentioned the committee, Lisa, assistance with the movements from Sid and Peter Bircher. There are also numerous unsung heroes who assist every week, putting out all the paraphernalia that is required to make our sessions tick and I am particularly grateful to them.

The 2018 Champions

And now to yesterday. The pair of Bill Wilkie and Clyde Mallinson came in first with 63,07%. They also won the East/West section in the morning and the afternoon session. Hans and Albert were second and Ian and Roy were third overall. The full results are attached for your quiet perusal and contemplation.
The incoming committee in 2019 will of course be running this event again next year, but if I have anything to do with it, we will also be running a mid-year event on a Saturday as well.

That’s it from loquacious me,
Thank you for your friendship and your competitive spirit,
I enjoy every minute I get to spend with you.

Roy

Morning

North / South

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams	Grand Slams
1	1	Di England & Barbara Goldman	250/ 432	57.87	25	1
2=	3	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	234/ 432	54.17	18	1
2=	4	Jill Brown & Vanessa Woltersdorf	234/ 432	54.17	18
4	2	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	233/ 432	53.94	10	1
5	5	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	230/ 432	53.24	5	1
6=	7	Diana Boudewijns & Ann Schreiber	212/ 432	49.07
6=	8	Neels Kloppers & Tico Poplak	212/ 432	49.07
8	10	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	195/ 432	45.14
9	6	Priscilla Fuller & Jerome Mc Carthy	183/ 432	42.36
10	9	Pat Eve & Margaret O’Neil	177/ 432	40.97

East / West

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams	Grand Slams
1	5	Bill Wilkie & Clyde Mallinson	282/ 432	65.28	25
2	3	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	247/ 432	57.18	20
3	7	Vaun Robson & Guylaine Turton	241/ 432	55.79	15
4	1	Roz Whitburn & Sid Ismail	235/ 432	54.40	10
5	2	Devan & Nisha Chetty	220/ 432	50.93	5
6	10	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	218/ 432	50.46
7	9	Caroline Franks & Pete Powers	213/ 432	49.31
8	8	Deirdre Ingersent & Helen Roberts	191/ 432	44.21
9	4	Pat & Rod Norton	168/ 432	38.89
10	6	Judy Spangenberg & Pat Neuman	145/ 432	33.56

Afternoon

Pos	Pair	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club	Small Slams	Grand Slams
1	15	Bill Wilkie & Clyde Mallinson	304/ 486	62.55	50	2
2	5	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	288/ 486	59.26	45	1
3	18	Deirdre Ingersent & Helen Roberts	277/ 486	57.00	40
4	13	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	273/ 486	56.17	35	2
5	3	Paul van der Wal & Bridie Bullen-Smith	271/ 486	55.76	30
6	7	Diana Boudewijns & Ann Schreiber	268/ 486	55.14	25
7	20	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	260/ 486	53.50	20	1
8	4	Jill Brown & Vanessa Woltersdorf	252/ 486	51.85	15
9=	9	Pat Eve & Margaret O’Neil	248/ 486	51.03	8
9=	12	Nisha & Devan Chetty	248/ 486	51.03	8
11	1	Di England & Barbara Goldman	242/ 486	49.79
12	2	Tor Meyer & Cathy Saville	241/ 486	49.59		1
13	11	Sid Ismail & Roz Whitburn	238/ 486	48.97
14	8	Neels Kloppers & Tico Poplak	228/ 486	46.91
15	17	Guylaine Turton & Vaun Robson	220/ 486	45.27
16	14	Rod & Pat Norton	215/ 486	44.24
17	16	Judy Spangenberg & Pat Neuman	206/ 486	42.39
18	10	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	197/ 486	40.53
19	6	Jerome Mc Carthy & Priscilla Fuller	195/ 486	40.12
20	19	Caroline Franks & Pete Powers	189/ 486	38.89

Championship

Pos	Players	Match Points /Tops	Score %	Master Points Club
1	Bill Wilkie & Clyde Mallinson	613/ 972	63.07	50
2	Hans Lombard & Albert Van Lier	547/ 972	56.28	45
3	Roy Hayward & Ian Lowdon	545/ 972	56.07	40
4	Bridie Bullen-Smith & Paul van der Wal	532/ 972	54.73	35
5	Barbara Goldman & Di England	519/ 972	53.40	30
6	Vanessa Woltersdorf & Jill Brown	513/ 972	52.78	25
7	Ann Schreiber & Diana Boudewijns	507/ 972	52.16	20
8	Lisa Adamson & Mary Schneier	505/ 972	51.95	15
9	Cathy Saville & Tor Meyer	501/ 972	51.54	10
10	Roz Whitburn & Sid Ismail	500/ 972	51.44	5
11=	Nisha & Devan Chetty	495/ 972	50.93
11=	Helen Roberts & Deirdre Ingersent	495/ 972	50.93
13	Guylaine Turton & Vaun Robson	488/ 972	50.21
14	Tico Poplak & Neels Kloppers	467/ 972	48.05
15	Margaret O’Neil & Pat Eve	452/ 972	46.50
16	Caroline Franks & Pete Powers	429/ 972	44.14
17	Geoff Ridyard & Pauline Lind	419/ 972	43.11
18	Pat & Rod Norton	410/ 972	42.18
19	Priscilla Fuller & Jerome Mc Carthy	405/ 972	41.67
20	Pat Neuman & Judy Spangenberg	378/ 972	38.89

Hand Records

Herewith hand records for Saturday 17th.
What a wonderful day of bridge it was, though I must admit to being very tired afterwards. A three hour nap on Sunday afternoon seems to have put me right again.
Bring on the next tournament!

Yours in diamonds,

Lisa

Pairs 1 2018
Pairs 2 2018