Men’s & Women’s Pairs Championship
Saturday, August 27, 9:00am
2022 Women’s Pairs
A total of 12 pairs teams entered this year’s SPLBC Women’s Pairs Championship.
After the two morning games only three teams won both games. In the key game of the third round, two of those unbeaten teams faced off against each other, with the team of Linda Gorman and Emily McNamara beating Kelly Robertson and Naomi Yamasaki 12-6.
Gorman and McNamara went into the last game knowing that a victory against the novice team of Cathy Hine and Gay Hawley would guarantee them the title and they held their nerve to make it four wins from four games (12 points). They get their names on the coveted winners plaque for the first time.
2022 Women’s Pairs Champions Linda Gorman and Emily McNamara
Although unbeaten in their four games with a 3-1-0 record, Petra Vanderley and Geordie had to settle for second place for the second year running. The team of Monika Postle-Hacon and Jenny Wong claimed the third place prize money, accumulating 9 points from their four games.
L-R: Runners-up Geordie Stowell and Petra Vanderley; third place finishers Monika Postle-Hacon and Jenny Wong
2022 Men’s Pairs
The 2022 SPLBC Men’s Pairs Championship was a hard fought competition that went right to the last end with four teams all finishing tied on 9 points.
Although three teams had perfect 2-0 records at the lunch break, after the third round of games the defending champions Brian Hutchinson and David Sullivan remained alone at the top with a 3-0 record and a commanding differential of +24 as they looked poised to win for the second straight year.
But it was not to be as Hutchinson and Sullivan lost 12-3 to the eventual third place finishers Graham Mason and Wayne Hawrysh, while Albert Nieuwold and John Kruzick edged them on differential after a big 15-4 win in their last game to become the 2022 Men’s Pairs Champions. It was a thrilling finish to the day.
2022 Men’s Pairs Champions Albert Nieuwold and John Kruzick
Fourth place finishers Claus Braovac and Terry Severs were actually tied with Mason/Hawrysh on shot differential, only to lose out on the prize money when the ‘Strength of Opposition’ tie breaker was activated.
L-R: Runners-up Brian Hutchinson and David Sullivan; third place finishers Wayne Hawrysh and Graham Mason
Women’s Pairs Past Winners:
2021 – C. Young/J. Lawson
2018 – E. Bell/D. Farlinger/E. Murray
2017 – G. Stowell/P. Vanderley
2016 – C. Beaulieu/C. Young
2015 – S. Watanabe/M. Hodgson
2014 – L. Kennedy/N. Khajurian
2013 – L. Goodeve/R. Brandel
2012 – S. Watanabe/Y. Satake
2011 – D. Schindel/L. Kennedy
2010 – D. Adams/L. Kennedy
2009 – S. Watanabe/Y. Satake
2008 – P. Waine/J. Bedier
2007 – E. Bell/ M. Hodgson
Men’s Pairs Past Winners:
2021 – B. Hutchinson/ D. Sullivan
2020 – A. Nieuwold/C. Chapman (aka Gender Neutral Pairs)
2018 – T. Ludski/D. Griffiths
2017 – N. Wilson/B. Hutchinson
2016 – C. Braovac/A. Carten
2015 – A. Nieuwold/J. Carten & J. Bell/J Gerhard
2014 – L. Erwin/ J. Sinclair
2013 – A. Carten/K. Bespflug
2012 – A. Nieuwold/L. Erwin
2011 – R. Beaulieu/J. Bradford
2010 – J. Bell/J. McCluskey
2009 – J. Bell/A. Carten
2008 – J. Bell/J. Gerhard
2007 – J. Bell/ P. Spencer