Dominion Bridge Championships

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 173, 25 July 1939, Page 8

Dominion Bridge Championships

WELLINGTON PAIR FIRST TITLEHOLDERS Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 24. The results of the New Zealand pairs championship tournament conducted by the New Zealand Bridge Association were announced to-day. From the 62 pairs which competed from the main centres in New Zealand the following secured leading places: Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Young (Wellington), 1572 match points; Mrs. H. O. Taylor and Mrs. T. W. Blennerhassett (Wanganui), 15004; Messrs N. Allan and L. Pickering (Dunedin), 1478; Mrs. G. Black and Mr. G. B. Wilson (Dunedin), 14674; Mrs. Laver and Miss Cracroft Wilson (Christ church), 1429; Messrs R. K. Wylie and C. N. Tucker (Auckland), 1394; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ardagh (Christchurch), 13714; Mrs. W. E. Rawson and Mrs. G. F. Jackson (Wellington), 13714; Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Hutchison (Wellington), 1369; Mrs. Morgan and Miss Bromley Cocks (Christchurch), 1363; Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Wilkinson (Wellington), 13614; Mrs. C. L. Petry and Mrs. Horni- x brook (Wellington), 13464; Mrs. Geddis and Mrs. Pipe (Christchurch), 13404; Mr. and Airs. Ashley Duncan (Wellington), 13354; Alessrs Colbeck and Yock (Auckland), 13324. This inaugurated the New Zealand pairs championship and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Young are the first New Zealand pairs champions and the first holders of the championship cup presented by Air. Gordon Allard, of Los Angeles. The number of pairs competing was limited and they ( were selected by elimination rounds hel|d in the centres. The tournament was played under the Alitchell movement with match point scoring over four sessions each of 21 hands played in all the centres so that all the clubs had played the same 84 hands when the tournament concluded.