2026 GNOT Direct Qualifier
Congratulations to the winners of the GNOT Direct Entry Championship event for 2026:
🥇 1st: - Team MUNDELL:
ANDREW PEAKE -- GISELLE MUNDELL; SIMON ZHANG - YUMIN LI; WILLIAM ZHANG (sub)


🥈 2nd: Team EMUL:
CEVAT EMUL - CATHERINE ZHANG; PETER GILL - ROB WARD


🥉 3rd: Team CLIFFORD:
PETER JEFFERY - COLIN CLIFFORD; NICOLETA GIURA - NICK HUGHES


Full Results of GNOT Direct Qualifier
The winning team has qualified to play in the National Qualifying stage of the GNOT, to be held online on RealBridge 18-20 September 2026.
The runners up and the winners of the Swiss will be offered entry to the Metropolitan Final to be held at Sydney Bridge Club clubrooms on 22-23 August 2026.
Championship Points
Championship Points were awarded for placegetters in this event. As this was one of our premier events, the awards were doubled - ie starting with 20 points for 1st, then 14, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 down to 7th. See the current standings in the Club Championship by clicking on OPEN.
Current Leaders in the Club Championship race for 2026 (OPEN) are:
Rank | Player | CC Points to Mar 26 | Events |
1 | ANDREW PEAKE | 50 | 4 |
2 | Giselle MUNDELL | 40 | 3 |
3 | PETER GILL | 28 | 4 |
4= | CEVAT EMUL | 24 | 4 |
4= | Rob WARD | 24 | 3 |
6 | ANTHONY BURKE | 23 | 6 |
7= | HUGH GROSVENOR | 20 | 2 |
7= | SIMON ZHANG | 20 | 1 |
7= | TANIA LLOYD | 20 | 2 |
7= | YUMIN LI | 20 | 1 |



