OPL/OTL Autumn winners

June 23, 2025

The Autumn leagues of the Online Pairs League (OPL) and Online Teams League (OTL) wrapped up last week.

OPL Autumn featured a record 74 Pairs across five divisions of play, providing great match play for those looking to improve their game. In its first ever run, OTL featured 22 teams across three hotly contested divisions.

The Winter season of both leagues start 21 July, with early bird and other discounts on offer. See below for more.

Autumn winners

Congratulations to the following Pairs and Teams that came out on top of their divisions in Autumn.

OPL winners

Division 1 – Bruce Neill, Ted Griffin (NS), Adrian Beaumont, Dell Macniel (EW)

Division 2 – Mary Carter, Felix Shteyman (NS), Lilly Jia, Paul Ruan (EW)

Division 3 – Linda Kable, Vince Barrett (NS), Jodie Summerhill, Lucy D’Ambrosio (EW)

Division 4 – Cheryl Field, Tony Sappideen (NS), Tim Jackson, Rama Krishnamachari (EW)

Division 5 – Kerry Nicholls, Phillip Cunich

You can find the results here: https://nsw.bridgeaustralia.org/resultslistbyheadevent…

OTL winners

Division 1 – Grosvenor team (Phil Gue, Terry Brown, David Taylor, Jane Lennon, Tania Lloyd, Hugh Grosvenor)

Division 2 – Morgan team (Lauren Morgan, Jasmine Skeate, Paul Gosney, Ben Leung, Paddy Taylor)

Division 3 – McMahon team (Alex Gross, Charles McMahon, John McMahon, Seb Wright, Samuel Goss)

Winter season open 

Looking for some challenging fun on Monday nights during the cold, dark months?

The Winter seasons of both the OPL and OTL commence 21 July.

Like to play in Pairs?

  • OPL is for Pairs and offers a 12-board format each week from 7:30pm- to 9pm. The Winter dates are 21 July to 9 September (with no breaks; substitutions are allowed).
  • Early bird discounts are on offer if you register before 4 July. Plus, a 50% discount for Youth players and those with less than 100 Masterpoints, and a $10 discount for those with less than 300 Masterpoints.

Go here to register: https://www.myabf.com.au/events/congress/view/2818

Interested in giving Teams a try?

  • OTL is played in a Team with 24-board matches every Monday from 7pm-10pm. The Winter season runs from 21 July to 15 September with one week off for the World Championships at the end of August (substitutions are allowed).
  • One club team gets free entry (provided they have not entered OTL before). That is a saving of $560! Ballina, Illawarra and Randwick all submitted one team in OTL Autumn and received free entry.

Go here to register: https://www.myabf.com.au/events/congress/view/2821

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