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Volume LXXI No. 6 http://www.acbldistrict22.com/522 Phone 559-225-0505 June 2019
ACES PLACES & FACES Publication
of the Fresno Unit of the American Contract
Bridge League 1320 E Shaw Ave Suite 100 93710 Editor,
Richard Meffley |
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GRADUATION PARTY June 23 The
annual Graduation
Party honors all new Life masters and the winners of the
Helen Shanbrom Ace of
Clubs award and the MiniMcKenney award winners. The Ace
of Clubs winners go to
the top master point winners at club games in 15
masterpoint categories. The
MiniMcKenney awards go to the top total masterpoint
winners at club games and
tournaments in the same categories. We’ll
have a Pot Luck
party at noon, followed by the traditional Pro-Am pairs
game at 1 pm. LONGEST DAY Friday June 21 This
is our annual all day
bridge extravaganza to support the Alzheimer’s
Association. We
have five games starting from 6 am to 6:45
pm. We’re charging the regular $10 price, but if you
play three games or more,
it’s $25 total for the first three games. You can also
make cash or check
donation at the game, or you can donate on line by
looking up Alzheimer’s
Association Longest Day. Click on “find” and enter 522
in the search by
participant. There
is an individual
game at 6 am, and pair games at 9:00, 12:30, 4:30, and
6:45. The 4:30 game will
be Fast Pairs – a fun game that requires players to play
each hand a couple of
minutes faster than usual. A 299er game and an open game
are scheduled for
12:30. The 6:45 game is a barometer game. WORLDWIDE PAIRS
EVENT FRIDAY June 7 6:30 SATURDAY June 8
Noon We
haven’t held this event
for several years. Players all over the world play the
same boards. The ACBL
gives extra master points and the scores of all games
throughout the world are
compared and scored in England. You’ll get to see how
your score compares with
players not only in Fresno, but also in most bridge
playing countries in the world. Analyses of
the hands will also be available.
Top scores in each district receive even more master
points.
PLACES and FACES The
Visalia sectional was marked by tragedy as tournament
director Tom Ciacio
suffered a heart attack and passed away at the start
of the Sunday Swiss teams.
Many
of our players placed in the tournament. Jacqui
McGreal and Barbara Thacker
were fourth twice in the open pairs. Gerard
Laquerriere and Lowell Gist were
first, second, and third in three open pairs. Bill
Glass and Richard Meffley
took second and third in open pairs. Naguib Abdallah
and Victor Greener were
third, fourth, and seventh. Bill Glass and Patrick
Carroll were second. Jacqui
McGreal and John Jones won the open pairs. Judy
Zimmerer and Irene Whelchel
were third. Kim Morris and Victor Cheng were sixth and
seventh. Judy Zimmerer
and Rhonda Hampton were fourth and fifth in flight B.
Rhonda Hampton and Renee
Laquerriere were first and second in flight C. Joni
Roberts and Nancy Hays were
second and third in flight C. Mary Lou Pease and Judy
Jessick were sixth in
flight B. Pat and John Simpson were also sixth in
flight B. Diane McDonough and
Jim Luther were
third in flight C. Robert
and Tay Cherry were fifth in flight C. At
the Eugene regional,
Robert and Tay Cherry were first in flight B of the
evening Swiss team and
fourth in flight B of the side game. Congratulations
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LESSONS This month Mun’s lessons are on Conventions and the convention card. The lessons are on Tuesday June 4 at 10am and Thursday June 13 at 6:00 pm.There
are dozens of
conventions and modifications of conventions, but you
only need to learn
a few of them and know them to play well. Mun
will show you the ones you really need.
Free beginning lessons
continue on Saturday mornings at 9 am.
Lessons before the noon 299er game start on
June 19.
Come at 11:15 to hear Byron Steinert, Laura Da Costa,
or Mary Lou Pease.
CLUB NEWS
The
Wednesday noon 299er game is off to a good start.
If you have under 300 masterpoints, why not call Laura
or Mary Lou (288-2340)
and join them. Byron Steinert will start lessons at
11:15 for the 299ers on
June 19.
The top winners in Madera for May were Virginia
Hailey and Barbara Diebert, followed by Steve Johnson
and George Dalition.
Steve leads for the year followed by Barbara, Carol
Kaufman, Gary Nelson, and
Virginia Hailey.
The top winners at the Fresno Bridge Center for
April
were Mark Stern, followed by Bill Glass, Laura Da
Costa, and Bob Durbrow. Steve
Johnson leads for 2019, followed by Ray April, Bill
Glass and Mark Stern.
Jonel Mueller leads the 99ers for 2019,
followed by
Pat Heckathom, Ruby Buttereck, and Mary Claire Ewing.
REACH
will go from July 29 to August 4. This stands
for Regional Event at Club House. You will be able to
win red and gold points
right at your club. ACBL has not announced the rules,
but it should be similar to
a STAC game, except with red and gold points. Be sure
to play at your club that
week.
Treasurer’s report Once
approved by the board, a hard copy of the latest
financial reports are
available at the clubhouse. What you will see this
month is that we lost a
little over $540 last month. Once again, thank you
Mun. If we just rely on
table fees, we lose $1000 a month. Mun’s excellent
lessons bring in about $500
a month. Do the math and go to her lessons. If
you look at some details of the reports, you might
have questions, like these: -What
is the $252 in Food Supplies? That is the cost of food
for the 75th
anniversary BBQ. Looks like a loss, but actually it
is, in the way of scoring
Swiss Pairs, a push. Our normal Unit game income is
around $1450 a month.
(March recording was screwy because of the bank
change.) April’s Unit game
income was about $1600. Do the math. Not such a loss. -Are
we ahead for the year? Yes, but as of April 30. Don’t
get excited. For the year
to date, as of April 30, we are roughly $1700 ahead.
But in May we had to spend
$2560 to replace a 10-year old computer that tracks
scores. This
expense will show up in the next month
on the next Balance Sheet (excuse me: Statement of
Financial Position since
that is the name of the same report for a non-profit)
as an asset. Do the math. -Why
are the Suncrest and Chase Bank showing zeros? Those
accounts are now closed,
but they will show up on the reports for the remaining
fiscal year. We have
completed the move of our money to Premier Valley
Bank, a five-star bank
according to Forbes. We have new corporate credit
cards, linked to that bank.
You may notice a very slight trend upwards of
interest. Summary:
we are in as good a financial shape as we could be. If
left to just table game,
we lose money. But with a few fundraisers, we can
break even. Upcoming:
LONGEST DAY. I
lost my mother to this
longest goodbye. It skips a generation, so raising
funds for research for my
children is something I am passionate about.
The money raised that day does not impact our
club. It goes straight to
the national coffers. For a good cause, play as many
games as you can, ple
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