Five Clich players in N.Z. bridge team

Press, 18 April 1979, Page 6

Five Clich players in N.Z. bridge team

Five Christchurch bridge; players will be in a six-man team to play a test and four state matches in Australia next month. Three of the four players who succeeded at the Easter finals of the national contract bridge championships have represented New Zealand before, but K. G. Wholes will have his first! experience of international bridge on the tour. The other three players, R. P. Kerr, F. P. S. Lu and J. R. Wignall are all seasoned internationals. The non-playing captain will be A. J. Thompson from! Wellington, and the third pair chosen by the selectors after exhaustive study of the play over the four-day Easter finals, will be P. H. Marston (Christchurch) and G. M. Sims (Auckland). I

i Preliminary finals for tne national women’s team to ■ compete in the Far East Bridge Federation championships in Tokyo in November ; were also held. The top six were: Mrs J. Cormack and Mrs L. Rother- : ham (Auckland), 170 victory points; Mrs S. Heard and Mrs |L. Ward (Auckland), 144; Miss S. Duncan (Wellington) and Mrs M. Quayle (Hastings), 140: Mrs D. Gravis and ■ Mrs H Goldstone (Welling,!ton), 138; Mrs V. Bell and ; Mrs N. Mather (Christchurch), 136: Mrs J. Kinsella and Mrs H. Thompson (Wellington), 136. j The selectors have invited i Mesdame.s Cormack, Rotherham. Heard, Ward. Gravis, Goldstone. Bell and Mather ;to take part in the final trials in September, after which I three pairs will be chosen.