State Open Teams
2025 John Arkinstall State Teams (Incorporating Country Teams)
All clubs are invited to participate in the John Arkinstall State Teams by holding events to qualify teams to their respective Regional Finals. Please follow the links to the right for club participation invitations, supplementary regulations and details of finals for Metropolitan and Country Clubs.
Finals
Friday 28 November – Sunday 30 November, 2025
Online on RealBridge
10 Teams selected from Metropolitan and Country Finals will play in the John Arkinstall State Teams Round Robin on Friday 28 November and Saturday 29 November online on the RealBridge platform.
On Sunday 30 November the top two teams will play in the Final and the top two Country Teams will play in the Country Teams final.
Round Robin Qualifying: 3 x 9 board matches commencing 7:00 pm Friday 28 November 2025,
6 x 9 board matches commencing 10.00 am Saturday 29 November 2025.
Finals: 48 boards commencing 10:00 am Sunday 30 November 2025 in screen mode.
The Supplementary Tournament Regulations for the SOT final can be found at the link below.
2024 State Teams Final Supplementary Regulations (place holder for the 2025 regulations)
For information on the 2024 State Open Teams Final see this link.