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QLD Players Success at 2026 NZ Open Veterans
Published Fri 17 Apr 2026
TTQ would like to offer congratulations to the contingent of Veterans players who represented Australia and Queensland at the recent New Zealand Veterans Open Championships in Auckland, NZ.
Although NZ edged out a win for the third year running in the AUS vs NZ test match, our QLD players still did us proud. Congratulations to Jan Alexandersson, Yuriko Newcombe, Rosalie Brooks, Helen Zhang, John Sherrif, Thomas Samuelsson, Judy Chin, and Harold Bligh, who were selected as a part of the Australian test team.
The team and individual events was a different story with Queensland players bringing home more than 30 medals!
Congratulations to the medal recipients, as well as all of the players who travelled to play in this fantastic event.
Players
| Age Group | Players |
|
O50 Women |
Rosalie Brooks, Yuriko Newcombe |
|
O60 Men |
Jan Alexandersson, Geoffrey Lamberton |
|
O60 Women |
Lorraine Granger-Brown, Marianne Orman |
|
O65 Women |
Therese Chappell, Helen Zhang |
|
O75 Men |
John Sherriff, Martin Solomons |
|
Presidents |
Judy Chin, Jerrod Thomson, Wayne Wormald, Peter Clarke, Harold Bligh, Thomas Samuelsson, David Gillard |
Medalists
| Age Group | Players |
|
O50 Women |
Rosalie Brooks, Yuriko Newcombe |
|
O60 Men |
Jan Alexandersson, Geoffrey Lamberton |
|
O60 Women |
Lorraine Granger-Brown, Marianne Orman |
|
O65 Women |
Therese Chappell, Helen Zhang |
|
O75 Men |
John Sherriff, Martin Solomons |
|
Presidents |
Judy Chin, Jerrod Thomson, Wayne Wormald, Peter Clarke, Harold Bligh, Thomas Samuelsson, David Gillard |
| Medal | Event | Player/s |
| Bronze | O50 Womens Teams | Rosalie Brooks/Yuriko Newcombe |
| Gold |
O60 Mens Teams |
David Gillard |
| Silver |
O60 Mens B Teams |
Jan Alexandersson/Geoffrey Lamberton |
| Bronze | O60 Womens Teams | Lorraine Granger-Brown/Marianne Orman |
| Silver | O65 Womens Teams | Helen Zhang/Therese Chappell |
| Silver | O75 Mens Teams | John Sherriff/Martin Solomons |
| Gold | O50 Mens Singles | Jerrod Thomson |
| Bronze | O60 Mens Singles | Jan Alexandersson |
| Bronze | O75 Mens Singles | John Sherriff |
| Silver | O50 Womens Singles | Yuriko Newcombe |
| Bronze | O50 Womens Singles | Rosalie Brooks |
| Bronze | O60 Womens Singles | Therese Chappell |
| Bronze | O65 Womens Singles | Therese Chappell |
| Bronze | O70 Mens Doubles | Thomas Samuelsson |
| Gold | O75 Mens Doubles | Harold Bligh |
| Silver | O75 Mens Doubles | Thomas Samuelsson |
| Gold | O80 Mens Doubles | Harold Bligh |
| Bronze | O50 Womens Doubles | Yuriko Newcombe/Rosalie Brooks |
| Bronze | O50 Womens Doubles | Lorraine Granger-Brown |
| Gold | O60 Womens Doubles | Therese Chappell/Helen Zhang |
| Bronze | O60 Womens Doubles | Lorraine Granger-Brown/Marianne Orman |
| Gold | O65 Womens Doubles | Therese Chappell/Helen Zhang |
| Bronze | O65 Womens Doubles | Marianne Orman |
| Bronze | O70 Womens Doubles | Judy Chin |
| Silver | O50 Mixed Doubles | Rosalie Brooks |
| Bronze | O60 Mixed Doubles | Marianne Orman |
| Bronze | O60 Mixed Doubles | Peter Clarke/Helen Zhang |
| Bronze | O65 Mixed Doubles | Peter Clarke/Helen Zhang |
| Bronze | O75 Mixed Doubles | John Sherriff/Judy Chin |
