The NSW Seniors team and a NSW pair won their categories last week at the 2025 Australian National Championships.
The Seniors team comprising Pauline Gumby, Warren Lazer, Bruce Neill, Peter Buchen, Mike Hughes, Ted Griffin and Julian Foster (NPC) blitzed ACT in the final in the end by 166.52 to 103 Victory Points. It was a see-sawing match across five stanzas, but when NSW won, they won big, securing themselves an unassailable lead.
NSW was also successful in the Interstate Pairs, with Michael Courtney and Joan Butts winning six of their seven stanzas and racking up 111.61 Victory Points to finish nearly 12 Victory Points ahead of their nearest rivals. A big congratulations to both!
In the other interstate events, South Australia won the Open event in a tight contest with Victoria with NSW finishing third. Western Australia just edged out Victoria in the Women’s with NSW ending up 4th, and Victoria won convincingly against Queensland in the Youth category where NSW also placed third.
The TBIB Open and Mixed Butler Pairs are still underway. One of the most challenging bridge events of the year, the events comprise six days of gruelling bridge. The finals take place this Wednesday 16 July.
Go NSW! For live scores and up-to-date results, head here:
👉 Bridge Australia ANC Results
About the ANC
The ANC is held annually. NSW hosted the event in Orange in 2023. In addition to interstate matches, the event features side events which anyone can enter.
Bridge NSW provided +$15,000 in sponsorship to support travel and other costs for teams. The NSW teams were decided in qualifying rounds held earlier during the year.
Open Team
- Simon Zhang – Yumin Li
- Michael Courtney – Joan Butts
- Tomer Libman – Lavy Libman
- Peter Clarke (non-playing captain)
Women’s Team
- Wei Zhang – Catherine Zhang
- Jan Clarke – Di Coats
- Ruth Tobin – Anita Curtis
- John McIlrath (non-playing captain)
Youth Team
- Noah Klugman – David Zheng
- Shannon Ooi – Duncan Lai
- Yiwei Qi – Ida Andersen
- Mitch Dowling (non-playing captain)
Want to play for NSW next year?
Look out for the Interstate Team Selection (ITS) events Bridge NSW hosts for each category (Open, Womens, Seniors, Youth) in the first half of every year. There, players compete in qualifying and finals rounds to represent NSW.
