2016 Bay of Plenty Pairs

2016 Bay of Plenty Pairs.
The final round of the 2016 Bay of Plenty Championship Pairs was hosted by the Te Puke Bridge Club.
Going into the final round it was very tight at the top with less than an average of 4% separating the top four pairs and the top two pairs within 0.5% of each other. But with a magnificent final session score of 70% Stephen Francks and Allan Turner (Tauranga), taking out the overall Bay Pairs Title for 2016. Second overall was Kate Terry and Judy Pawson with Julie Sheridan and Karen Martelletti taking third spot.
Title of top intermediate goes to Joy Bates. With Ross and Lynda Osborne taking out the Junior title.
A special thanks to our two directors Norm Silcock and Neil Dravitzki. Problems were soon sorted as the play continued, thank you.
A big thank you to the four host clubs. As always the hard work of both your members and committee made for a great day. As always the varieties of tasty soups supplied for lunch are fantastic and a great resource for recipes. Big thanks to Gloria for her soup recipe. Tasty.
Special thanks to Karen Martelletti always there to help and to Mike Neels with the fantastic Waikato's, Bays website. Thank you Mike in seeing that the scoring and information is kept up to date.
The only sad thing to report is the lack of numbers attending, with only twelve pairs qualifying.
2017 see the first round hosted in Whakatane Sunday 30th April, second round Tauranga Sunday 28th of May, third round Sunday 11th June and the final round hosted by Te Puke Sunday 9th July
Thanks to all that have supported the 2016 Bay Pairs.
Stephen Searle.