This page contains all information about the 2025 Australia-Wide Novice Pairs, including a link to your personal results booklet, and a list of unusual scores that may require attention.
Your results booklet
To view your personal results booklet, select your club from the drop down box and click the Club Summary button.
<== Select your club, then click the Club Summary button
Then, click on your name to view the results booklet with details of all prize winners, a written analysis of all the board results, a comparison of all your scores with the winners' scores, and a list of the top 400 pairs.
Leaderboard
1 Ian Wheeldon & Tineke Tamis Monaro 70.5 2 Anna Siganto & Andrew Sunter Sydney 69.2 3 Joan Craig & Jane Mackenzie KLTC 69.0 4 Declan Gould & Levi Capper Moonee Valley 68.9 5 David Melzer & Glenn Foard Ocean Grove 68.9
6 Jenny Williams & Lisa Everingham KLTC 68.6 7 David Casey & P Dunlop-Moore Geelong 68.5 7 Gary & Denise Marr Great Lakes 68.5 9 N Tallentire & Heather Hyde Trumps 68.0 10 Maurice Ford & Mark Glaser Nedlands 67.5
11 Barbara Leahey & Sue Pye South Canberra 67.4 12 Teresa Oehm & Tess Lewis Newcastle 67.3 13 Beverley Lee & Margaret Hanrahan QCBC 66.8 14 Sylvia Mason & Barbara Studholme Bundaberg 66.7 15 Leah Kruger & Michael Kinahan Geelong 66.4
16 Kathleen Simpson & Anne Apedaile Deniliquin 66.4 17 Barbara Hufton & Jo Miller Cootamundra 66.1 18 Merrilyn Lane & Richard Warren Kiama 66.0 19 Sandra Ryan & Rosemary Lockey Mandurah 65.7 20 James Barber & Peter Collings Peninsula 65.5
21 Sonia Onshow & Terry Simmons Easts 65.3 22 Vanda Cassim & Jenni Fagan Cowra 65.3 23 Bruce & Jenny Hilton Illawarra 65.2 24 Margie & Jock Mullen Bunbury 65.1 24 John Lee & Anne Cameron Canberra 65.1
26 Bruce Cowan & Tony Hockley Albury 65.0 27 Dina Selman & Patsy Ryan Warrnambool 65.0 28 Cary Clarke & Michele Fleming Toowong 64.8 29 I Stephenson & Dinah Logan Wellington 64.8 30 Gigi Hesterman & Murray McKay Bayswater 64.7
30 Sue Sherrell & Don Lewis Redland 64.7 32 Byron Moss & Gillie Kinsella Arana 64.4 33 Rick Hennessy & Jim Davies Busselton 64.3 34 Les Crossman & Phil Jupe Hervey Bay 64.3 35 Alan Peerless & Sandy Carter Denmark 64.0
36 Ross Mewton & Heather Proudfoot Easts 64.0 37 D Carruthers & Rosalyn Rodger Waverley 63.9 38 Noel Howard & Kathleen French Warrnambool 63.9 39 A Kestenberg & John Lemarchand Gold Coast 63.9 40 Peter Hasenkam & Peter Mathieson Birkdale 63.8
41 Nella Albrecht & Jeanette Cockburn Ingham 63.8 42 Mark Mullins & Mario Rubanathan Undercroft 63.7 43 John Czerw & Ian Christie Maylands 63.6 44 Bethwyn Graham & Ross Scafone Swan 63.4 44 Sean Munley & Bruce Higgs Sth Gippsland 63.4
46 Arthur Baigel & Sheldon Lipschitz Waverley 63.1 47 Lois Munro & Peter Fredericks QCBC 63.1 48 Peter Webb & Kaye Sewell Albury 63.1 49 Anne Johnston & Greta Kroll Mudgee 62.9 50 Leanne Haddadi & Lynnette Pratley Sth Highlands 62.8
51 Jenny & Charles Townsend Busselton 62.7 52 Jenny Brazier & Isobel Weston Orange 62.7 53 Russell Goldflam & Katrina Budrikis Alice Springs 62.6 54 Peter Erlandsen & Julie-Ann Bradwyn Hervey Bay 62.6 55 Mario Rossi & Diane Pope Nedlands 62.6
56 Judy Stump & William Burnheim Orange 62.6 57 Neal Healy & John Bullion Redland 62.5 58 Maggi Fisher & Judy Stephens Gold Coast 62.5 59 Erica Allan & Linda Harrison Nedlands 62.4 60 Kerry Grice & Gail Parsons Tomaree 62.4
Possible scoring errors
The following unusual scores have been flagged, and some have been averaged. The results are now final, so no major changes are possible, but please contact us if you can confirm or correct these scores:
1-851 Canberra:
Board 8 Joy Holdich - Pam Lyndon vs Anne Fleming - Julie McPhail: 3H-S 8 tricks
2-019 Batemans Bay:
Board 15 Dianne Morrison - Margaret Lyons vs Ross Duncan - Janine Noack: 1NT-W 1 tricks
2-025 Central Coast:
Board 3 John English - Peter Fitzgerald vs Jan Buchanan Medina - John Aldridge: 3D-N 8 tricks
2-227 Pt Mac Hastings:
Board 12 Trish Yeo - Ann Smith vs Leanne Johnson - Paula Hicks: 2S-W 2 tricks (averaged)
3-321 Bright:
Board 11 Lesley Davis - James Davis vs Ian Starr - Kevin Hancock: 3D-N 11 tricks
3-328 Deniliquin:
Board 3 Leanne Small - Helen Sides vs Libby Henderson - Simone Dudley: 2NT-W 2 tricks
4-545 Nth Suburbs:
Board 6 Graham Killoran - Margaret Olsen vs Diane Hopton - Janet Smith: 2D-W 10 tricks
4-620 Gold Coast:
Board 5 Kaysie Sylvester - Julie Hill vs Peter Hartnell - Louise Hartnell: 3D-E 12 tricks (averaged) Board 22 Meredith Evans - Debbie Foot vs Leonie Harris - Karen Curtis: 3NT-E 1 tricks (averaged)
4-640 Mackay:
Board 20 Joy Hold - Jennifer Cameron vs Rosie Smith - Pam Cassidy: 2D-N 13 tricks
4-688 Toowoomba:
Board 17 Teena Haslam - Morgan Tullock vs Judy King - Marlie Walker: 2S-S 7 tricks Board 29 Eleanor Johnson - Annica Sheppard vs Judy King - Marlie Walker: 4S-E 12 tricks
6-755 Busselton:
Board 11 Connie Dyer - Karin Ashman vs Michael Stewart - Neil Reid: 3NT-S 13 tricks
6-783 Joondalup:
Board 2 Sue Gough - Mike Gough vs Mahendra Sura - Tanya Dragojevic: 3C-E 12 tricks Board 7 Nilesh Shah - Trupti Shah vs Peter Mitchell - Jim Dwight: 3S-N 11 tricks
Book prizes
Players in the Top 5 pairs overall, or in the Top 3 pairs under-50 MP, will receive book prizes, and players scoring over 60% will receive subscriptions to our online magazine Australian Bridge (Club Edition). There are also spot prizes throughout the results booklet. To be eligible for prizes, a pair must have played against at least four different opponents (see movement conditions in the Frequently Asked Questions section).
All winners must contact Australian Bridge (mail@australianbridge.com) with their email address, to claim their prizes.
Also, all participants are entitled to a range of exclusive discounts on products at our book store (this offer expires 22 July 2025).
