2009 Manly Daily Northern Beaches Pairs - Results

The Manly Leagues Bridge Club retained its title in the 2009 Manly Daily Northern Beaches Pairs championship played on Sunday 9 August at the Peninula Bridge Club.

MLBC pair, Jan McLennan and Bev Menzies had a clear victory over the two sessions, despite some treacherous misfit hands. "We have learned to recognise situations where the safest course is just to stop bidding," said Bev Menzies, after their victory.

McLennan and Menzies have been a strong partnership for twenty six years, and never a cross word between them according to the pair. "Our partnership works because each of us thinks the other is the better player," according to Jan McLennan. "That and founding our partnership system on many round table discussions with a bottle of wine - or a quick brandy for total recall."

Runners-up were Kitty and George Biro, followed by last year's winners Patricia Matheson and Marcia Sawyer.

Check the full results on this site.

The Peninsula Bridge Club hosted the all day championship and lunch which attracted 26 pairs representing bridge clubs across the northern beaches. The tournament director was Mike Phillips.

This premier regional event is open to pairs nominated by any of the ABF affiliated bridge clubs on Sydney's northern beaches. Each club can nominate up to eight pairs of their regular players to represent them.

The wiinning pair and their club is determined by a simple addition of the session percentage scores.

This event, sponsored by the Manly Daily, is one of the first key collaboration initiatives of the northern beaches bridge clubs. The goal is to promote bridge across the northern beaches and collaboration amongst its clubs and players in order to attract more people to this great mind game.

The event is masterpointed as a red B5i event, designed for regional type competitions.