Club Championship Events 2026

2026 John Brownie Club Championship - Major OPEN & CC Qualification Events

Event No.

Dates

Name

Ch'ship
or Congress

Format

CC Max

Final Results / Links

1

01-Jan-26

NSBC Summer Pairs Ch'ship
   -    week 1

2x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2026: 

Andrew PEAKE - Giselle MUNDELL

08-Jan-26

   -   week 2

News article

2

04-Jan-26

NSBC Summer Online Teams Congress

Sunday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2026: SPEISER

RON SPEISER - ANDREW PEAKE; TANIA LLOYD - HUGH GROSVENOR

News article

15-Jan-26

 Canberra SFoB - no session

22-Jan-26

 Canberra SFoB - no session

3

25-Jan-26

NSBC Australia Day Weekend Online Swiss Pairs

Sunday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: 
PATRICK JIANG - WIESLAW PRZEWOZNIAK

News article

4

29-Jan-26

NSBC Summer Teams Ch'ship
   -    week 1

3x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: MUNDELL Team:
Giselle Mundell - Andrew Peake; Tania Lloyd - Hugh Grosvenor

05-Feb-26

   -   week 2

News article

12-Feb-26

   -   week 3

5

15-Feb-26

NSBC Online Summer Swiss Pairs Congress

Sunday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025:
Wayne Zhu - William Zhang

News article

6

19-Feb-26

NSBC GNOT Direct Qualifier (Metro+)
   -    week 1

5x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

20

Winner 2025: KAPLAN Team:
ELLIOTT KAPLAN - TERRY BROWN - NIGEL ROSENDORFF - MARTIN BLOOM - PETER BUCHEN

News Article

26-Feb-26

   -   week 2

05-Mar-26

   -   week 3

12-Mar-26

   -   week 4

19-Mar-26

 Tasmanian FoB - no session

26-Mar-26

   -   week 5

02-Apr-26

Thursday before Easter - no session

7

07-Mar-26

Fixed Income Solutions  Stratified Pairs
   -    week 1

4x Saturdays in March

face-2-face
RealBridge

10

Winner 2025:
JUDY OSIE - DAVID OSIE 

14-Mar-26

   -   week 2

News article

21-Mar-26

   -   week 3

28-Mar-26

   -   week 4

8

05-Apr-26

NSBC Kieser (formerly Pauline Evans) Swiss Pairs

Sunday Congress

face-2-face

10

Winner 2025:
Shane Harrison / Jessica Brake

News article

09-Apr-26

 Orange Central West FoB - no session

9

16-Apr-26

NSBC Mixed Pairs Ch'ship - State Qualifier
   -    week 1

2x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025:
Peter GILL - Liz ADAMS

News Article

23-Apr-26

   -   week 2

30-Apr-26

Adelaide - ANOT - no session

10

07-May-26

NSBC Morgan’s Swiss Pairs Ch'ship
   -    week 1

5x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

20

Winner 2025:
KELSEY CHEN / SHERLOCK SHAO

14-May-26

   -   week 2

News Article

21-May-26

   -   week 3

28-May-26

   -   week 4

04-Jun-26

  Victorian FoB - no session

11-Jun-26

   -   week 5

11

10-May-26

NSBC Mothers Day Swiss Online Pairs Congress

Sunday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025:
Liz Wilkinson and John Scotford

News Article

12

18-Jun-26

NSBC Board-A-Match Teams Ch'ship
   -    week 1

3x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: ADAMS Team:
TONY NUNN - LIZ ADAMS - PETER GILL - KITTY MUNTZ

25-Jun-26

  NSBC Festival - no session

02-Jul-26

   -   week 2

News Article

09-Jul-26

  Canberra - ANC 2026 - no session

16-Jul-26

  Canberra - ANC 2026 - no session

23-Jul-26

   -   week 3

13

25-Jun-26

Festival Fixed Income Solutions Open Swiss Matchpoint Pairs

Thursday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025:
NICK HUGHES / NICOLETA GIURA

News Article

14

26-Jun-26

Festival Watermark Swiss Pairs

Friday Congress

face-2-face

20

Winner 2025:
Michael Cartmell & Nick Fahrer

News Article

15

27-Jun-26

Festival Fixed Income Solutions Online Swiss Teams

Saturday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: BUTTS Team:
Joan Butts, Michael Courtney, Simon Zhang, Yumin Li

News Article

16

28-Jun-26

Festival TBIB Swiss Teams

Sunday Congress

face-2-face

20

Winner 2025: CLIFFORD Team:
Patrick Jiang, Peter Jeffery, Colin Clifford, Hui Li

News Article

24-Jul-25

NSBC Open Pairs Ch'ship - State Qualifier
   -    week 1

3x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025:
Cevat EMUL - Catherine ZHANG

31-Jul-25

   -   week 2

News Article

07-Aug-25

   -   week 3

14-Aug-25

  Coffs Congress - no session

09-Aug-26

NSBC Winter Teams Congress

Sunday Congress Jul

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: BURKE Team:
ANTHONY BURKE - PHIL GUE - ARJUNA DE LIVERA - LORI SMITH

News Article

21-Aug-25

NSBC Club Open Teams Ch'ship - State Qualifier
   -    week 1

5x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

20

Winner 2025: Team EMUL:
CEVAT EMUL - CATHERINE ZHANG - PETER GILL - ROB WARD - JONATHAN FREE - MIMI PACKER 

28-Aug-25

   -   week 2

News Article

04-Sep-25

   -   week 3

11-Sep-25

   -   week 4

18-Sep-25

   -   week 5

30-Aug-26

NSBC@Lindfield Peter Pan Plumbing Swiss Pairs

Sunday Congress

face-2-face

10

Winner 2025: 
Patrick Jiang & Wayne Zhu

News Article

06-Sep-26

NSBC Fathers Day (formerly Spring) Online Swiss Pairs Congress

Sunday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: 
ANTHONY BURKE and PHIL GUE

News Article

09-Sep-25

State Swiss Pairs Championship
   -    week 1

3x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

20

Winner 2025: 
KELSEY CHEN / SHERLOCK SHAO

16-Sep-25

   -   week 2

News Article

23-Sep-25

   -   week 3

16-Sep-25

State Open Pairs Qualifier - The Willis

3x Ch'ship Days

face-2-face

10

Winner 2025: 
Gwen Cordingley & Lidia Punturiero

23-Sep-25

News Article

30-Sep-25

17-Sep-25

State Open Pairs Qualifier - East Lindfield

3x Ch'ship Days

face-2-face

10

Winner 2025: 
Jenny Barnes & June Straw

24-Sep-25

News Article

01-Oct-25

25-Sep-25

NSBC Matchpoint Swiss Pairs Ch'ship
   -    week 1

3x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: 
KELSEY CHEN and SHERLOCK SHAO

02-Oct-25

Canberra in Bloom - no session

09-Oct-25

   -   week 2

News Article

16-Oct-25

   -    week 3

05-Oct-26

NSBC Richard Madden (replacing Greg Quittner) Labour Day Matchpoint Swiss Pairs Congress

Monday Congress

face-2-face

10

Winner 2025: 
NS: Ed Truscott & David Smee  
EW: Prue Siemsgluess & Thomas Siemsgluess

News Article

23-Oct-25

  Sydney Spring Nats - no session

30-Oct-25

NSBC True Mixed OPEN Teams Ch'ship
   -    week 1

4x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

20

Winner 2025: MUNDELL Team:
TANIA LLOYD - HUGH GROSVENOR - ANDREW PEAKE - GISELLE MUNDELL

06-Nov-25

   -   week 2

News Article

13-Nov-25

   -   week 3

20-Nov-25

   -    week 4

14-Nov-25

State Daytime Pairs Championship
   -    week 1

2 sessions first day

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: 
WAYNE ZHU / BOB SEBESFI

21-Nov-25

   -   week 2

1 session

News Article

27-Nov-25

NSBC XMAS Pairs Ch'ship
   -    week 1

2x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: 
Wei ZHANG and William ZHANG

04-Dec-25

   -   week 2

News Article

11-Dec-25

NSBC XMAS Teams Ch'ship
   -    week 1

2x Ch'ship Nights

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: MUNDELL Team:
Andrew Peake - Giselle Mundell; Tania Lloyd - Hugh Grosvenor

18-Dec-25

   -   week 2

News Article

12-Dec-26

NSBC Festive Season Online Swiss Pairs

Saturday Congress

RealBridge

10

Winner 2025: 
JANE DAWSON and PETER GILL

News Article

13-Dec-26

NSBC Festive Season Online Teams

Sunday Congress

RealBridge

10

News Article