2008 47th Gold Coast Congress
2008 47th Gold Coast Congress
2009 Congress Information (published July 1, 2008)
Final Bulletin (only available electronically)
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Major Titleholders
| Major Titleholders | |
|---|---|
| Pairs Championship | Hugh McGann - Tom Hanlon |
| Pairs Plate | Karlis Rubins - Natalia Veksa |
| Senior Pairs Championship | Tony Jackman - Tony Hutton |
| Restricted Pairs Championship | David Featherstone - Nigel McIvor |
| Novice Pairs Championship | Craig Francis - Nikolas Moore |
| Teams Championship | Paul Marston, Karen McCallum, Tom Hanlon, Hugh McGann |
| 2. Shenxiang Wu, Weimin Wang, Wenfei Wang, Jingrong Ran, Zijian Shao, Weijun Liu | |
| 3= Nicoletta Giura, Nick Hughes, Phil Gue, Paul Wyer | |
| 3= Jessel Rothfield, Seamus Browne, Ishmael Del'Monte, Tony Nunn, Kieren Dyke, Ashley Bach | |
| 5= Bill Hirst, Andrew Hirst, Arjuna De Livera, Ian Robinson | |
| 5= George Gaspar, Bob Richman, Jan Cormack, Jan Alabaster | |
| Restricted Teams Championship | Nigel McIvor, David Featherstone, Diane Potter, Terry Potter |
| 2. Murray Perrin, Nikolas Moore, Patrick Bugler, Craig Francis | |
| Novice Teams Championship | Ron Casey, Alan McKenna, Judith Heck, Joan Gentner |
| 2. Cheryl Stone, Justin Brown, Lesley Wilson, Heather Barr | |
| Senior Teams Championship | John Puskas, David Lusk, Peter Chan, Roger Januszke, John Hewitt |
| 2. David Smee, Don Smith, William Westwood, Gary Lane | |
| Butler Swiss (Open) | Avinash Kanetkar - Terry Brown |
| Butler Swiss Pairs (Restricted) | Daniel Hatcher - Bastian Bolt |
| Seres - McMahon Mixed Team | Tony Jackman, Richard Wallis, Wynne Webber, Meta Goodman |
| Stratified Pairs | =1. Richard Wallis - Sue Lusk |
| =1. Peter Chan - Roger Januszke/td> | |
| Open Teams | |
| Best Mens Team | Vytalis Vainkunas, Wojtek Olanski, Bruce Neill, Richard Jedrychowski |
| Best Womens Team | Bev Travers, Elspeth Saxby, Margaret Taylor, Joan Dawson |
| Best Mixed Team | Daniel Geromboux, Christy Geromboux, Sussan Wilkinson, Josh Wilkinson |
| Best Country Team | Simon Andrew, Gwen King, Luc Turschwell, John Gill |
| Open Teams | |
| Section B | Murray Green, Helen Horwitz, Peter Gill, Fu Zhong, Jack Zhao |
| Section C | Tom Kiss, Ken Dalley, Egon Auerbach, Denise McKinnon |
| Section D | Stephanie Jacob, Tom Jacob, Nick Jacob, Susan Humphries |
| Section E | Eric Hurley, Janet Brown, Marjorie Askew, William Powell |
| Section F | Tony Hutton, Helena Hutton, John Pettitt, Frank Power |
| Section G | Quentin Van Abbe, Paul Hill, Gordon Dally, Lyndall Shaw |
| Section H | David McLeish, Paula McLeish, Kirsten Bailey, Gavin Bailey |
| Section I | Jill Magee, Terry Strong, Sanmugaras Kamalarasa, Kandiah Suntharamoorthy, Jenny Han |
| Section J | Peter Sloane, Kay Rutter, Lesley Fitzpatrick, Jim Young |
| Section K | Gaye Marks, Shirley Wanz, Jill Pike, Leona Thomson |
| Restricted Teams | |
| Third | Patricia King, Linda Watson, Ann Youngs, Jenny Elphick |
| Section B | Tere Wotherspoon, Eric Baker, Philip Thompson, Molly O'Donohue |
| Section C | Eugene Graczynski, Michael Mailler, Milly Green, Freda Knespal |
| Best Same Sex | Murray Perrin, Nikolas Moore, Patrick Bugler, Craig Francis |
| Best Mixed | Nigel McIvor, David Featherstone, Diane Potter, Terry Potter |
| Novice Teams | |
| Third | Peter Housden, John Tredrea, Peter Nilsson, Deborah Nilsson |
| Senior Teams | |
| Third | Walter Scott, Boris Tencer, Robert Gallus, Stan Klofa |
| Section B | Tony Marinos, Gytis Danta, Peter Kahler, Tim Davis |
| Best Veterans | Pat Rutherford, Lynne Smyth, Elizabeth Grieve, Gay Bradbury |
| Matchpoint Pairs | |
| Second | Bill Haughie - David Lilley |
| Third | Griff & Michael Ware |
| Fourth (equal) | George Bilski - Terry Brown |
| Fourth (equal) | James Ebery - Nigel Rosendorff |
| Section C | Arjuna De Livera - Ian Robinson |
| Section D | Jill Magee - Terry Strong |
| Section E | Jenny Millington - Barry Jones |
| Section F | Sue Coleman - Sue Mabin |
| Section G | Ken Dalley - Tom Kiss |
| Section H | Justin Howard, Peter Hollands |
| Section J | Catherine Ritter, Sartaj Hans |
| Section K | Ralph Parker - John Summerhayes |
| Section L | Richard Trollope - Tony Walford |
| Section M | John & Jocelyn Steele |
| Best Womens' | Jan Cormack - Jan Alabaster |
| Seniors Pairs | |
| Second | Helen Thomson - Robyn Freeman-Greene |
| Third | David Smee - Don Smith |
| Fourth | Larry Moses - Richard Touton |
| Plate | Steven Mendick - Judy Mott |
| Section C | Pat Rutherford - Lyn Smyth |
| Section D | Patricia Scott - Sharon Jackson |
| Restricted Pairs | |
| Second | Norma Browne - Alison Simon |
| Third | Andrew Michl - Helen McGrinder |
| Plate | Robert Hurst - Elaine Leach |
| Section C | Christina Bergman - Ruth Young |
| Section D | Jillian Griffith - Marie Irving |
| Section E | Harvey & Christine Kerr |
| Novice Pairs | |
| Second | Cheryl Stone - Justin Brown |
| Third | Frank Campbell - Heather Grant |
| Fourth | Charles Page - Chula Naranong |
| Plate | Lola Humphrey - Wendi McKenzie |
| Section C | Marlise Jones - Kerry Watson |
| Butler Swiss Pairs | |
| Second | Jillian Lister - Jan Mitchell |
| Third | Terry Liebowitz - Paul Lavings |
| Fourth | Mike Gilfoyle & Lyn Arnett |
| Restricted | |
| Second | Mike Stoneman - Kate Hennings |
| Third | Paul Cruickshank - Winston Guymer |
| Seres - McMahon Mixed Team | |
| Second | Lindsey Guy, Stephen Gray, Sandy Brown, Rod Dravitzki |
| Third | Pauline Gumby, Warren Lazer, Valerie Cummings, Matthew Mullamphy |
| Section B | Helen Horwitz, Murray Green, Kennet Christiansen, Pamela Canning |
| Section C | Michael Rabey, Ken Storr, Zofia Dreher, Phaik Yao |
| Section D | Bernie Atkins, Judy Atkins, Tony Wagstaff, Janet Hill |
| Stratified Pairs * | |
| Second | Pam Canning - Kennet Christianson |
| Best International Pair | Pam Canning - Kennet Christianson |
| Best Interstate Pair | Peter Chan - Roger Januszke |
| Best Queensland Pair | Ziggy Konig - Jim Wallis |
| Best Same Sex Pair | Barbara Wilson - Leonie Della |
| Best Mixed Sex Pair | Richard Wallis - Sue Lusk |
| Best Pair (One player < 40) | Michael Wilkinson - Pascale Gardiner |
| Best Pair (One player > 70) | Merle & Bruce Marr |
| Masterpoint Levels * | |
| Best 0-100 | Barbara Wilson - Leonie Della |
| Best 101-200 | A Clarke - P Triton |
| Best 201-300 | Dianne & Eddie Mullin |
| Best 301-400 | Vicki Beresford - Margaret Chesser |
| Best 401-500 | David Hurst - Jim Wood |
| Best 501-600 | Julian Foster - James Higgins |
| Best 601-700 | J Tunks - G Carter |
| Best 701-800 | Beck Thornberry - Luke Matthews |
| Best 801-900 | Marilon Mason - Bjorn Eriksson |
| Best Over 1000 | Richard Wallis - Sue Lusk |
| * All Stratified Pairs winners entitled to Gold Coast Prize Pen - Contact Kim Ellaway | |
Dates for 2009 48th Gold Coast Congress: February 28 - March 7
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