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Hills-Hurley Trophy nominations in 2000
The Hills-Hurley Trophy (donated by Richard Hills and Steve Hurley) is awarded to the pair, born on or after 1/1/75 for this year, which during the calendar year has best demonstrated that bridge is a partnership game, and that success comes to pairs who work on their bidding system and their partnership rapport. In 1999, this award was won by Nic Croft and Luke Matthews of Adelaide.
In 2000, four pairs were nominated:
(1) Robin Stevenson and Michael Delivera of Canberra won the >inaugural National Under 16 Teams Championship in January, and followed up by becoming the youngest pair ever, both aged fourteen, to qualify for any State or Territory rep team by making the ACT Youth Team aged 14. This feat is all the more credible because ACT had the largest field in Australia for its selection event this year. Michael and Robin have also been nominated for the hard work whcih they have put into developing an effective bidding system over the last two years.
(2) Gabby Feiler and Daniel Krochmalik, the Sydney school students who won the Interstate Youth Pairs in Brisbane, their first National Championship victory. They also won the NSW Youth Team selection event and came 2nd in the Interstate Youth Teams Championship in Brisbane. After experimenting with a Forcing Pass system, they have settled into a Strong Club System with Relays, and their success can be partly attributed to their use of a high-powered bidding system coupled with several >years of partnership experience.
(3) Kylie Robb and Tony Nunn, who made the NOT Finals in Canberra in January, were 2nd in the Gold Coast Teams in February and defeated New Zealand in the Zone 7 Youth Championship in July. They were 2nd in the Interstate Teams in Brisbane, and in October they won the NSW State Open Pairs Championship. Systemically they play what some of us call "Sydney Standard", a variation of Standard with many modern gadgets such as Mini-Splinters.
(4) Michael Wilkinson (Sydney) and Mark Abraham (Canberra). Despite the disadvantage of living in different cities, they have developed a modern Strong Club System with relays and are achieving good results on the weekend congress circuit.