CONGRATULATIONS ALAN AND RICHARD!

Richard Fletcher
Alan Parkes and Graham Stern
Huge success for Hamilton's Richard Fletcher and Alan Parkes at National Congress. Three sessions of three rounds of Swiss Pairs saw them take out the National Congress Title. In the mix with 116 pairs Richard and Alan emerged victorious with Brett Glass, playing with Cambridge's He Yuan taking the runner up prize. Alan also enjoyed success with partner Graham Stern in the Open Teams, emerging as part of the winning team with less than 250 combined A points.
Other notable Hamilton results at congress included Karen Thomson and Kim Thompson were runners up junior pair in the intermediate pairs event and also were the winners of the top junior pair in the intermediate Swiss pairs which finished on Saturday. In the point a board Liz and Blair Fisher teamed up with Mike Curry and Pam Canning to take out 2nd place and Blair paired up with George Masters in the congress pairs and were placed 3rd while Malcolm Smith with partner Vera Verhaegh achieved 4th. Dallas Dagg took out 4th place in the Same Sex Pairs with partner Tracey Lewis.
Two beginners this year, Karen Harper and Maggie Fisher, were 2nd NS in the Novice pairs, finishing 4th overall.
Many Congratulations to all our members taking part and battling it out to fly the flag for Hamilton over the past exhausting week.