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PLACES, and FACES PUBLICATION OF THE FRESNO UNIT OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE |
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LXI
No 6 June 2009 Recaps Special Events Calendar |
Happy Flag Day - June 14 EDITOR: RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list) |
| GRADUATION PARTY &
PRO-AM JUNE 7th Sunday June 7, 2009 is our annual graduation party where we honor our newest Life Masters, including Pete Weber, who just made it at the Sacramento regional. Our congratulations go to all new Life Masters. They will be our guests for the graduation party. Please come early for a pot luck lunch at 12:15 pm, and stay for the Pro-Am Pairs to follow at 1 pm. For this event you don't need a team or a partner. The amateurs play as partners with the pros. We'll have a drawing right before the game to pick your lucky partner for the day. Come early so we can choose your partner right away. CLUB NEWS WORLDWIDE PAIRS JUNE 5 Friday evening at 7 pm, June 5th is the Worldwide bridge contest. Players from all over the world play the same hands at the same time, then the scores are sent through the internet to London, England. The scores for each board are matchpointed against every other score for that board. It's like one section with thousands of tables in the section. You have a chance to see how you stack up against pairs from all over the world. Each player gets a booklet with hand analyses by expert players. Come enjoy the game. Six tables of social bridge players visited the bridge center last month. Dora Gostanian and Mary Jo provided lunch, and then our guests played bridge. Suzanne Graham brought two tables, and another table came from Corcoran. They had a tour of the bridge center, and had a great time. Oakhurst leaders for May were Betty Ann Dunn, Burke Zane, Karen and Don McCartin, and Mike Molinari. Everett Bondeson and Bob Mortimer led Madera players in May, with Dan Cartago and Carol Kaufman right behind. Denny Green still leads for the year, with Everett Bondeson and Morgan Johnson less than a point behind. Top players at the Fresno Bridge Center were Steve Sharp, followed by Skip Miller and Jill Wood. Steve leads for 2009. Top 99ers for April were John McGregor and Patrick Carroll. George Dalition leads for 2009. We had several overall winners in the STAC games - those listed with numbers in brackets finished in the overalls, others won section tops locally. It's not easy to make the overalls - during STAC week, there were over 8,100 tables playing, with 10,317 players winning silver points. The last Tuesday of June is Guess Your Score game. If you guess your score in Maggie's 750 game, you win a free play. UNIT NEWS We are settling in to our new bridge club and enjoying it. One complaint is that everything is so new, we don't know where to find things. We'll learn eventually. Thanks to Jill Wood for organizing the open house and to all who helped. Mary Jo Davila, Dora Gostanian, and Bev Daniels wer in charge of refereshments. Thanks to those whe contributed the fantastic items for the silent auction. We received contributions from Patricia Alviso, Karin Blanchard, Rose Boot, Wanda Cardella, Beverly Daniels, Gwen Davey, Doris Frazer, Marlene Frazier, Linda Garrett, Sophia Iwatsubo, Gerard Laquerriere, Karen Laws, Maggie Mahaffey, Kim Morris, Nadine Nemechek, Dolores Parada, Anita Penny, Bert & Sandra Rettner, Marlene Robinson, Dave & Judy Shuster, John Simpson, Barry & Carolyn Smith, Sheila Smith, Jim Stefanich, Estee Strombotne, Mun Takeda, Paul Wilday, Bill & Jill Wood, and David & Diane Zealear. Thanks also to Dee Beebe, whose quilt was raffled and won by Roberta Beam. Lou Vancoeveorden has sold 37 copies of his book for us. We raised $3,582.50 from the silent auction. Jill reported the total of all fund raising events at $28,346.59. Many thank yous to all who were part of those events. Mike Molinari has 24 students taking the lessons on conventions on Saturday morning. He's already covered three of the twelve lessons in the series. A new series of beginning lessons will start in August. Call Mike at 658-7618 for more information about the lessons. WINNERS CIRCLE April 15 - May 15, 2009 PEGGY OCHS UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Bill Glass - Bert Rettner 2AB William Wood - Jill Wood 3A Della Schnell - John Schnell 3B1C Cor Yssels - Richard Betcher 2C Stephen Blumberg - Steve Sharp BAROMETER Richard Meffley - Bert Rettner Lou Vancoevorden - Paul Messner[B] GUESS YOUR SCORE Verlee O'Neill - Belva Quattrin Steve Sharp - Carol Rodder[C] CHAMPIONSHIP 1ABC Mary Jo Davila - Olivia Stockton 2A Jay Roll - Curtis Reeves 3A2BC Steve Sharp - Ray April 3B Diana Papazian - Margaret Giragosian 750 STAC Irene Whelchel - C.J. McPike{2OA} Lou Vancoevorden - Paul Boyd[3/4} Paul Messner - Sandy Richardson{3/4} George Dalition - Mary Jo Davila{6} Ron Vieira - Cor Yssels{1B} Edward Grootendorst - Therese Grootendorst{3B1C} John Simpson-Juanita Mason{4B} Denny Tweed - Cathleen Burden{5B2C} Gwen Davey - Angelina Heisdorf{2OA} Bob Osmanson - Bud Thompson{4A2BC} Don Winton - Stephen Blumberg{5A3B} John Simpson-Juanita Mason{5/6B} Cheryl Hiney - Dolores Beebe{5/6B} STAC Doris Frazer - D Zody{5A2B} Robert Endara - Carolyn Lofton{7} Fred Hamilton - Rose Boot{9} David Flippin - Mary Flippin{10} John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott{6A4B3C[AUX}} Margaret Mahaffey - Carolyn Lofton Manny Dichner - Victor Greener Bert Rettner - Monique Irion Jane McCoy - Mary Lloyd George Dalition - Mary Jo Davila Bert Rettner - John Simpson Victor Greener - Margaret Mahaffey Skip Miller - Victor Greener Manny Dichner - Shirley Blum Morgan Johnson - Denny Green Everett Bondeson - Bob Mortimer Dolores Parada - Margaret Giragosian[B] Virginia Johnson - Ruth Christensen[B] Steve Sharp - Vivian Betcher[B] Mary Jo Davila - Suzanne Graham[B] Paul Boyd - Suzanne Graham[B] Carol Miller - Linda Coppersmith[C] Christina Renna - John Renna[C] John Simpson - Juanita Mason[C] Carol Kaufman - Paula Baraldi[C] RESTRICTED SPECIAL Skip Miller - Jill Wood Barbara Thacker - Doris Frazer Judy Nicholson - Delia Green[B] MADERA SPECIAL Dan Cartago - Carol Kauffman Bob Mortimer - Everett Bondeson Larry & Gay Slates |
UNIT UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR with tournament links Bay Area Tournaments California and nearby tournaments PLACES AND FACES PETE WEBER MAKES LM AT SACRAMENTO REGIONAL At the Sacramento regional, Pete Weber made Life Master by taking third in the bracket four knockout teams and second in the bracket three knockouts with Sue Vildosola, Judy Dodd, and Bill McCormick. Congratulations! Rick Whitworth was third in the knockout teams and won the open pairs. With Jim Tritt, Rick won another open pairs and finished eighth in another,. Rose Boot and Fred Hamilton were second and seventh in the senior pairs, and were fourth in the side game. Jim Stefanich, Mary Jo Howard, and Dora Gostanian were third in the flight B Swiss teams. John Simpson, Juanita Mason, and Steve Sharp were second in the bracket four KO teams. More Sacramento winners next month We had lots more winners this month. At the Santa Maria sectional, Kim Morris and Vincent Chang were second in the open pairs. Diane and David Zealear were fourth in flight of the open pairs at the Monterey sectional. At the Visalia sectional, Victor Greener and Byron Steinert took a first and third in the open pairs. Jay Roll and Curt Reeves were second, fourth, and fifth in the open pairs. Mun Takeda and Gerard Laquerriere were third and fourth in the open pairs. Bill Glass and Richard Meffley were first and fourth in the open pairs and first in the Swiss teams. Kay Chrisman, Kim Morris, Mun Takeda, and Allyson Farrell were second in the Swiss teams. Kim Morris and Lorna Cheng were fifth in the open pairs. John and Tina Renna were first and sixth in flight B in the open pairs. Keith Lindersmith, Donny Graham, Judy Jessick, and Mary Jo Davila were second in flight B in the Swiss teams, with Mike Molinari, Ray April Paul Mertens and Don MCCartin third and Burke Zane, Al Crane, Bobbie Schlagel, and Karen McCartin fifth. At the Boise Regional, Hugh Miller and Sandy Zovod were second in the bracket two and three knockout teams, and fifth in the Flight X teams. Our wishes for speedy recoveries go to Jim Honeywell, who broke his hip, and to Ginny Dow, who broke her arm. Our sympathy is extended to the family of Ron Licata, who passed away recently. Ron enjoyed playing on Wednesday nights and made it fun for everyone he played with and against. DISTRICT NEWS District 21 tournaments have been very successful this year, with the Sacramento and Monterey tournaments over 2,400 tables each. San Francisco will again host the North American Championships in Fall 2012. The district contribution to local charities - nominations are due July 4. Maggie Mahaffey and Mike Molinari were picked as Goodwill members for the district the last two years. Nominations for next year are due September 1, 2009. SPECIAL David Shuster - Bert Rettner Kazue Iwatsubo - Rose Boot Byron Steinert - Victor Greener Byron Steinert - Skip Miller Jim McKoane - Laura Neville Wanda Cardella - Steve Sharp Barbara Thacker - Skip Miller Skip Miller - Byron Steinert Bert Rettner - David Shuster Doris Frazer - Verlee O'Neill Yvonne Jeffrey - Kimiko Mochizuki[B] Martha Waller - Donny Graham[B] Jim McKoane - Virginia Johnson[B] Diana Papazian - Sheila Smith[B] Barbara Thacker - Doris Frazer[B] Mary Jo Davila - George Dalition[C] Diana Papazian - Margaret Giragosian[C] Virginia Johnson - Martha Waller[C] William McCormick - Judy Dodd[C] Paul Boyd - Michael Molinari[C] OAKHURST WINNERS Joe Fox- Corey Cole (2) Aileen and Byron Davis Fred Nickerson - Eileen Kenny Wally Cucura- Paul Mertens Glen Ford- Terri Stitt Pearl McGinnis- MaryAnn Wiker Burke Zane- BettyAnn Dunn Den Greene- Judy Hecht Burke Zane- Karen Mccartin David Vanier- Jack Stitt BettyAnn Dunn- Jean Stafford (2 ) Don McCartin- Mike Molinari Karen McCartin- Paul Mertens GOODBYE POT LUCK Martha Waller - Judy Nicholson Michael Molinari - Paul Boyd FINAL GAME Paul Messner - Judy Jessick Jim McKoane - Doris Frazer Roberta Beam - Gwen Davey[C] FIRST GAME AT NEW BRIDGE CENTER Dave Shuster - Bert Rettner Bill & Jill Wood John & Della Schnell Steve Sharp - Julie Boucher[C] Ray April - Don McCartin[C FIRST RESTRICTED GAME AT NEW CLUB Lorraine Elia - Marlene Frazier Kenneth Doig - Gardner Murray 750 SPECIAL Pat Simpson - Howard Reed Judy Dodd - William McCormick Edward Grootendorst - Therese Grootendorst[B] Ron Vieira - Cor Yssels[B] Denny Tweed - Cathleen Burden[C] 49er Lucy Crawford - Linda T. Garrett John Jonassen - Karen Laws |
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