Thursday, November 20, 2025

Issue:

Mackay and Whitsunday Life

CQ Teams Congress A Family Affair

At Mackay Contract Bridge Club

BRIDGE

The CQ Del Ryan Teams Congress, Red Point event, was played over the weekend. Sixteen teams attended from Townsville, Bowen, Rockhampton, Yeppoon and Mackay. The event is named after Del Ryan, who was a long-time player at the bridge club, and now her daughter Janet continues the tradition. Del’s granddaughter Courtney, who is a principal of North Marine in Cairns, is a supporter of the event.

Janet’s team came runner-up in Section A. Winners of Section A were Team Holewa from Mackay. Winners and runners-up of Section B were Team Bishop from Townsville and Team Pickering, a mixture of Townsville and Mackay players. Janet and her partner Diane Morgan, along with Geoff Taylor and Ken Seaniger, were winners of the Walkins.

Weekly Results

Tuesday Evening 11 November 2025 – 4 Table One Winner Green Points
1st Geoff Taylor / Janelle Conroy 2nd Terry Sheedy / Helen Van den Broek

Wednesday 12 November 2025 – 8 Table Mitchell Green Points
Section A
N/S E/W
1st Sue Mayer-Miller / Martin Pearce 1st Mary Rose Ramsden / Patrick Rasmussen
Section B
N/S E/W
1st Max Holewa / Diane Holewa 1st Helen Van Den Broek / Christine Nice

Thursday Evening 13 November 2025 - 5 Table Mitchell Green Points
N/S E/W
1st Faye Wright / Adrian Westcott 1st Ken Seaniger / Robert Carless
2nd Jan Harris / Andrew Canavan 2nd Janelle Conroy / Janine Rodgers

Friday 14 November 2025 – 11 Table Mitchell CQ Congress Walk ins Red Points
N/S E/W
1st Geoff Cowan / Ken Seaniger 1st Janet Hansen / Diane Morgan
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November 2025 – CQ Del Ryan Teams Red Points

Division A
Team Players
1st Holewa Diane Holewa, Max Holewa, David Ting, Ming Ting, Eric Goodchild
2nd Hansen Diane Morgan, Janet Hansen, Janelle Conroy, Terry Sheedy

Division B
Team Players
1st Bishop Sam Bishop, Ann Smith, Nina Doyle, Ian Leach
2nd Pickering Bill Pickering, Anne Lutz, Sandy Patterson, Mary Rose Ramsden

Contributed by Joy Block

Janet presenting A winners Max, Diane, David, Ming & Eric

B runners up Mary Rose, Sandy, Anne, Bill & Janet

A runners up Janet, Diane, Terry & Janelle

B winners Team Bishop

Walkin Winners Janet, Diane, Presenter Lorna, Ken & Geoff. Photos supplied

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