Mackay Contract Bridge Results Grand National Open Teams

Grand National Open Teams

The first round of the 2026 Grand National Open Teams (GNOT) heat for Mackay Contract Bridge Club was played on Saturday. The (GNOT) is an Australia-wide event conducted by the Australian Bridge Federation (ABF). It is the only opportunity for players to earn Gold Masterpoints in their local club. After three rounds each region qualifies one or more teams to play online in the National Qualifying final. They then progress to either the National team final or in Mackay’s case the Country team final. Ten teams completed in Mackay, with team Goodchild overall winners. The next rounds will be played in March and May.

Weekly Results

Monday 16 February 2026 – 10 Table Mitchell Green Points

N/S

E/W

1^st

Diane Morgan / Sandy Ford

1^st

David Ting / Eric Goodchild

2^nd

Jan Harris / Helen Van Den Broek

2^nd

Noel Bugeia / Geoffrey Patterson

3^rd

Gwen Liddell / Griffin Bancroft

3^rd

Janine Rodgers / Patricia Garner

4^th

Terry Sheedy / Janelle Conroy

4^th

Sue Mayer-Miller / Karen Caldwell

5^th

Rodney Miles / Joy Hold

5^th

Monica Darley / Nancy Martin

Tuesday Evening 17 February 2026 – 5 Table Mitchell Green Points

1^st

Marilin Robins / Faye Wright

1^st

Eric Goodchild / Noel Bugeia

2^nd

Janet Hansen / Lorna Shuttlewood

2^nd

Martin Pearce / Sandy Patterson

3^rd

Adrian Westcott / Patricia Garner

3^rd

Janine Rodgers / Susan Gibson

Wednesday 18 February 2026 – NWP - 11 Table Mitchell Green Points

N/S

E/W

1^st

Janelle Conroy / Noel Bugeia

1^st

Terry Sheedy / Lorna Shuttlewood

2^nd

Monica Darley / Gwen Liddell

2^nd

David Ting / Eric Goodchild

3^rd

Joy Robinson / Robert Carless

3^rd

Janet Hansen / Alan Brown

4^th

Ming Ting / Debra Goodchild

4^th

Christine Nice / Diane Cox

5^th

Josie Crowley / Barbara Tait

5^th

Geoffrey Patterson / Sandy Patterson

Thursday Evening 19 February 2026 – 4 Tables One Winner – Green Points

1^st

Terry Sheedy / Noel Bugeia

2^nd

Janelle Conroy / Janine Rodgers

3^rd

Jan Harris / Julie O’Neill

4^th

Faye Wright / Adrian Westcott

Friday 20 February 2026 – 10 Table Mitchell Green Points

N/S

E/W

1^st

Max Holewa / Diane Holewa

1^st

Frances Brown / Alan Brown

2^nd

Josie Crowley / Victor Mason

2^nd

Lorna Shuttlewood / Debra Goodchild

3^rd

Jewel Schmidt / Monica Darley

3^rd

Janelle Conroy / Jan Harris

4^th

Noel Bugeia / Terry Sheedy

4^th

Nancy Martin / Kath Poole

Saturday 21 February 2026– Round 1 Grand National Open Teams – 10 Team Mitchell - Gold Points

Team

Players

1^st

Goodchild

Debra Goodchild, Eric Goodchild, Ming Ting, David Ting

2^nd

Sheedy

Kevin Sheedy, Lorna Shuttlewood, Janelle Conroy, Noel Bugeia

3^rd

Hanson

Faye Wright, Marilin Robins, Frances Brown, Alan Brown, Janet Hanson, Diane Morgan

4^th

Morris

Sandra Morris, Annie Lynch, Janine Rodgers, Jan Harris, Andrew Canavan

Sunday 23 February 2026 – Novice and Mentors - 7 Table Mitchell Green Points

N/S

E/W

1^st

Janet Hansen / Diane Morgan

1^st

Janine Rodgers / Jewel Schmidt

2^nd

Joy Block / Diane Stokes

2^nd

Anne Lutz / Ian Vary

2^nd

Adrian Westcott / Glen Cocup

3^rd

Susan Gibson / Karen Caldwell

Contributed with thanks to Joy Block

Caption: David, Ming, Debra & Eric. Photo supplied

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