 |
ACES,
PLACES, and FACES PUBLICATION OF FRESNO UNIT 522 OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE |
| Volume
LXI
No 12 December 2009 Recaps Special Events Calendar |
EDITOR: RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list) |
| DECEMBER 13 CHRISTMAS PARTY ANNUAL MEETING STAC GAME Come one, come all to our annual Christmas party on Sunday, December 13, at noon. The unit board members will host and prepare the annual dinner. We are thankful to be in our new home this year, and want to make this year's dinner a memorable affair. We will also have a short annual meeting and election of unit board members for 2010 and 2011. Enclosed is a ballot. Please place it in the ballot box at the Fresno Bridge Center, or mail it to the bridge center. Seven unit members are running for six board seats. Please vote for up to six candidates. The candidates are: Kay Chrisman, currently the unit secretary, bridge center manager, and director of the Wednesday evening game. Linda Coppersmith, who was the top 99er player at the Fresno Bridge Center the last two years, until she accumulated too many master points this year to be eligible. Mary Jo Davila, currently Hospitality co-Chairman - she has helped make our sectionals successful. Richard Meffley - currently unit president, editor of the monthly newsletter, and host of the Friday night bridge game. Mike Molinari - A resident of Coursegold, he helps with the Oakhurst game when he isn't giving lessons at the Fresno Bridge Center two or three times a week. He also runs duplicate games for the new players twice a week. Anthony Toto is a fun and popular player. We're waiting for his children to get past soccer age so he'll have more time to play bridge. Jill Wood, past president of District 21, has helped the unit in several ways, including organizing fund raisers for our move to the new bridge center, and producing our recent roster. We'll have a STAC game after the Christmas party, with open and 299er sections. BEGINNING LESSONS Mike Molinari will offer the second in the series of beginning lessons, starting December 5, 2009, on Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. This includes nine weekly lessons for $90, plus $13 for the book on Play of the Hand. Contact him at 658-7318 or fresnom1ke@aol.com for more information. For those who can't make Saturdays, Richard Meffley will be teaching the second series through Clovis Adult School on Tuesday nights at the Fresno Bridge Center, starting in January. WINNERS CIRCLE Halloween Sectional Sectional Recaps October 15, 2009 - November 15, 2009 UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Victor Greener - Verlee O'Neill 2A1B D Zody - Sandra Zovod 3A Bert Rettner - Robert Durbrow 2B George Dalition - Mary Jo Davila 3B Judy Jessick - Sally Perring 1ABC Dora Gostanian - Steve Sharp 2A Margaret Mahaffey - Monique Irion 3A2BC Allyson Farrell - Mun Takeda 3B Kay Chrisman - Verlee O'Neill 1A Anthony Toto - Verlee O'Neill 2A1B Sally Perring - Paul Messner 3A Bert Rettner - Robert Durbrow 2B David Haberstich - Victor Greener 3B Sandra Zovod - D Zody 1C Kirk Stewart - Mike Rouch 2C John Barrere - Betty Jacks 3C Mary Ann Clark - Gay Berry NAP UNIT QUALIFYING 1 Richard Meffley - James Tritt 2 John Schnell - William Wood 3 William Glass - Bert Rettner UNIT GAME John Schnell - Della Schnell Jean Kesler - Margaret Mahaffey[B] Ray April - Barbara Thacker[C] CHARITY CHAMPIONSHIP 1/2 Ray April - John Schnell 1/2 Gerard Laquerriere - Mun Takeda 49 CHARITY 1 Mary Lou Pease - Anna Amrein 2 Betty Anderson - Geoff Dervishian CLUB APPRECIATION SWISS TEAMS 1A Della Schnell - John Schnell - Mun Takeda - Gerard Laquerriere 2A1B Mary Jo Davila - George Dalition - Laura Neville - Jim McKoane FRIDAY EVENING INDIVIDUAL 1 Richard Meffley 2 Rose Boot 3 Laura Da Costa BAROMETER Verlee O'Neill - Kay Chrisman Kim Morris - Victor Greener John Barrere - Gwen Davey[C] 49er Linda Murray - Geoff Dervishian Anna Amrein - Maggie E. Houliahan Andrew Graves - Kathleen Graves Linda T. Garrett - Lucy Crawford 750 SPECIAL Patricia Creede - C.J. McPike Beverly Daniels - Paul Messner Joan Deyager - Marsha Infausto[B] George Efthemon - Linda Coppersmith[B] Carol Willoughby - Judy Geary[C] |
UNIT UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR with tournament links Bay Area Tournaments California and nearby tournaments PLACES AND FACES If you're not doing anything after Thanksgiving, why not go to San Diego for the North American Bridge Championships? There are games for everyone - many intermediate/novice games, frequent lessons, entertainment, hospitality, knockout team games with a dozen or more brackets, and pair games morning, afternoon, evening, and later. If you can't make it to San Diego, the next NABC is in Reno next March. If you miss both of those, the NABC won't be back on the west coast until Seattle in the fall of 2011. Joe Fox won two KO team events, and finished second and third in two other KO teams, plus came in first and fifth in the Swiss teams at the Puerta Vallarta regional. Congratulations! Richard Meffley won the open pairs at the El Cerrito sectional, and was fifth and seventh in other events. Welcome to new members Brooke Frost, Dennis Frost, Doris Rahn, and Barbara Wiedel. Our sympathy to Effie Beeman whose husband recently passed away. CLUB NEWS Keiko Collins has been back running her Tuesday morning bridge game for the last month, and is happy to be back. Her game is now limited to players with under 2,500 master points. It's time to enjoy the holidays - many of us will be going to parties with our friends, but there will be some at the bridge center, too. Maggie's 750 Christmas party will be Tuesday afternoon, December 15. Ginny Dow will have a Christmas party with gift drawings on Thurday afternon December 17. Richard will have a party and membership game Friday evening December 18. Mary Lou and Laura will have a pot luck lunch on New Year's Day, Friday Janaury 1, 2010. And don't forget to check with the Oakhurst game to find out about their Christmas activities. Aileen Davis celebrated her 90th birthday with Byron Davis, celebrating his 93rd birthday, by winning the club game at the Oakhurst bridge club. The November Oakhurst winners in Oakhurst were Gene Krieghoff, Wally Cucura, Betty Ann Dunn, Burke Zane, and Aileen and Byron Davis. The top Fresno Bridge Center player for October was Skip Miller, followed by Rose Boot. Steve Sharp still leads for the year. Jay Shapiro is the top 99er for October, followed by Cathleen Burden and Denny Tweed. Jay leads the 99ers for 2009, followed by Estee Strombotne and Gwen Davey. NEW PLAYERS - PLEASE JOIN THIS YEAR The ACBL is toughening the rules to make life master, effective for all players who are not members as of January 1, 2010. You'll need 500 points to make LM, and all the colored point requirements will be raised. If someday you want to be a life master, join by December 31, 2009. CLUB APPRECIATION CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Margaret Mahaffey - Jean Kesler 2A Jane McCoy - Mun Takeda 3A1B Kim Morris - Steve Sharp 2B Skip Miller - Barbara Thacker 3B Rose Boot - Ray April 1C Margaret Giragosian - Olivia Stockton 2C Paul Boyd - Michael Molinari 3C Carol Kaufman - Robert Mortimer 1A Jean Kesler - Steve Sharp 2A Monique Irion - Margaret Mahaffey 3A1B Kim Morris - Richard Powell 2B Byron Steinert - Skip Miller 3B Jay Shapiro - Lou Vancoevorden 1A Barbara Thacker - Skip Miller 2A1BC John Simpson - Howard Reed 3/4A2/3B Laura Da Costa - Steve Sharp 3/4A2/3B Julie Boucher - Lorraine Elia 2C Paul Boyd - Suzanne Graham 1AB Della Schnell - Verlee O'Neill 2A Rose Boot - Richard Meffley 3A Ray April - Margaret Mahaffey 2B Laura Neville - Ruth Christensen 3B Barbara Thacker - Steve Sharp 1A Byron Steinert - Skip Miller 2A Kazue Iwatsubo - Rose Boot 3A Villa Vejvoda - Alice Pickens 1B Verlee O'Neill - Kay Chrisman 2/4B Mary Lloyd - Dorothy Soles 2/4B1C Carol Miller - Judy Shuster 2/4B Doris Frazer - Barbara Thacker 2C Carol Rodder - Diana Papazian 3C Patricia Delamontanya - Bob Iorio RESTRICTED CLUB APPRECIATION 1ABC Judy Nicholson - Juanita Mason 2ABC Patricia Creede - Lorraine Elia 3/5AB3/4C John Simpson - Ginger Zumwalt 3/5AB Charlotte Maschke - Betty Martin 3/5AB3/4C Howard Reed - Pat Simpson 750 CLUB APPRECIATION 1A Judy Dodd - William McCormick 2A John Simpson - Juanita Mason 3A1B George Efthemon - Barry Druffel 2B1C Lois High - Anne Sadler 3B2C Edward & Therese Grootendorst 3C Denny Tweed - Cathleen Burden 49ER CLUB APPRECIATION 1 Jackie Finn - Andrew Graves 2 Pat Snyder - Marianne Key SPECIALS Robert Endara - Carolyn Lofton Rose Boot - Margaret Mahaffey Mike Rouch - Kirk Stewart Mun Takeda - Gerard Laquerriere Kazue Iwatsubo - Jane McCoy[B] Judy Jessick - Sally Perring[B] Mary Lloyd - Carol Miller[C] Paul Boyd - Michael Molinari[C] |
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