Four NSW players swept the Australian Mixed Teams playoffs in Canberra this week and will go on to represent Australia in 2025.

Liz Sylvester, Peter Gill, Arlene Dalley and Michael Courtney – all New South Wales players – came from behind in the eighth and final stanza to beat the Lazer team by 4.9 IMPs.

On paper the Lazer team, which included all time greats of the game Warren Lazer and Pauline Gumby – were most likely to take out the trophy. Other team members included Giselle Mundell and Andrew Peake – who are both having breakout performances in 2024 with national rankings of 22^nd and 26^th for the year – as well as Christy Geromboux (163^rd for 2024) and Sebastian Yuen.

However, the Slyvester team triumphed with its own superstars of the game, with Peter Gill an Emerald Grand ranked 3^rd on the all time list just behind Warren Lazer, and Michael Courtney and Arlene Dalley both chalking up serious masterpoints in 2024 to reach rankings of 11th and 43rd respectively.

The four NSW-based Sylvester players have booked their seats at the 2025 World National Teams Championship in Herning, Denmark on 20-31 August.

We wish them the best of luck! We will report on their efforts here on the Bridge NSW website and on our Facebook page.

2024 Seniors ITS Winners – Peter Buchen, Bruce Neill, Joan Butts, Pauline Gumby, Michael Courtney and Warren Lazer

Subject to ratification the team to represent NSW at the ANC Seniors Teams in Orange in July will be:

Joan Butts – Michael Courtney
Peter Buchen – Bruce Neill
Pauline Gumby – Warren Lazer

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2024 Women’s ITS Winners – Marcia Scudder, Judy Mott, Sybil Hurwitz, Monica Ginsberg, Ella Jacob and Louise Leibowitz

Subject to ratification the team to represent NSW at the ANC Women’s Teams in Orange in July will be:

Sybil Hurwitz, Monica Ginsberg
Marcia Scudder – Judy Mott
Louise Leibowitz – Ella Jacob

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2024 Youth ITS Team – Sherry Wang, Shannon Ooi, Yiwei Qi, Adrian Le, Duncan Lai and Aadhi Hariharan

Subject to ratification the team to represent NSW at the ANC Youth Teams in Orange in July will be:

Yiwei Qi – Adrian Le
Sherry Wang – Shannon Ooi
Duncan Lai – Aadhi Hariharan

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2024 Open ITS Winners – (L to R) Liam Milne, Dagmar Neumann, Maurits van der Vlugt, Tony Nunn, James Coutts and Paul Dalley

Subject to ratification, the team to represent NSW at the ANC Teams in Orange in July will be:

Dagmar Neumann – Maurits van der Vlugt
Tony Nunn – Paul Dalley
Liam Milne – James Coutts