Aces Places and Faces April 2006

	ACES, PLACES, and FACES PUBLICATION OF THE FRESNO UNIT OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE
Volume LVIII No 4 April 2006 Special Events Calendar	EDITOR: RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list)

UNIT SERIES GAME CONTINUES We've had two games of the six game Sunday series already. There will be more games on April 23, June 25, July 16, and August 20. Extra master points go to the top four players in the series. Places will be determined by the best four percentage games. There also are prizes in Flight A, open, Flight B, under 2000 master points, and Flight C, under 500 master points - $25.00, $15.00, and $10.00 in each flight. To be eligible to win a Flight C prize, a player must have under 500 points and play at least twice with a player with under 500 points. Otherwise, the player will be considered in Flight A or Flight B. For Flight B prizes, players must have under 2000 master points and play with a player with under 2000 points twice. Otherwise, the player is in Flight A. John and Della Schnell lead the series after two games, averaging 64.51%. Dave Shuster and Mark Stern are close behind, averaging 60.87% Flight C leaders are Judy Nicholson and Mary Jo Davila, with 50.46% so far. Thanks go to the unit board members, who provided a festive lunch for the first game of the series. COMING UNIT EVENTS - PEGGY OCHS PARTY AND PRO-AM GRADUATION PARTY Two of our popular annual events will be held next month. The Peggy Ochs Memorial Game is held the first Sunday in May. We have a pot luck lunch, and remember all of our members who have passed away in the last year. We hold the game in honor of Peggy Ochs, who at one time directed all the afternoon games. Many players learned to play bridge from her lessons at Weinstock's. She was a great hostess at the Fresno Bridge Club who made it fun to be part of the club. May 28, 2006 is the date for the annual Pro-Am graduation party. We will honor those who have made Life Master in the last year. So far we have three new Life Masters to honor - Vivian Betcher, Jean Moats, and Donny Graham. We may even let them play free that day. The graduation party is also a pro-am game. Players do not need to bring partners - we will choose up partners at game time....or more accurately - we will draw for partners, with a "pro" and an "am" in each partnership. Mark your calendar for these fun events.	UNIT UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR with tournament links California and nearby tournaments Bay Area Tournaments WINTER SECTIONAL UNIT NEWS The unit board of directors currently meets monthly, usually the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. Members may attend - just contact a board member to let the board know you are coming. We are organizing committees to increase our membership by bringing in social bridge players and teaching new players. If you'd like to help in either area, contact your board members, including Judy Nicholson and Paul Boyd, or Education Chairman Byron Steinert. We will hold a bracketed knockout team game later this year. This should be a great event for all of us who like team games, with separate brackets for players with different master point ranges. We'll have more information in the future. If you have any ideas for new and improved events at the bridge club, let us know. Call the unit president, Richard Meffley, and the unit board will consider it. The next unit board meeting is Thursday, April 20, at 5:30 p.m. Draft minutes of unit board meetings will be posted at the clubhouse and will be available on the unit website.
PLACES AND FACES The place to be the last weekend of March was the Clovis Collectibles Street Fair and the San Joaquin Valley Quilters Guild Show in Clovis. Dee Beebe had over a dozen entries in the quilter's show, and Rose Boot and Sue Vildosola had several more. It's been a slow month for tournaments - but things are picking up. Our nearest neighbors will be having sectionals soon. Modesto's sectional is April 7-9. Bakersfield will give out silver points April 27-30, and Visalia will host a tournament on May 19-21. When you go, be sure to tell them how much you enjoy it when they visit out sectional. Club series lessons on declarer play start at Clovis Adult School Friday April 21. These lessons follow the beginning lesson series. Get well wishes go to Ruth Wolcott. Also get well wishes to George Sturges, who is visiting the hospital. We welcome our new members, Judith Hecht of Madera and Judy Malone. Our sympathy is extended to Charlene Sweet and her son Jim Sweet. Fred Sweet, Charlene's husband and Jim's father recently passed away	CLUB NEWS April is Charity month - several of our clubs have scheduled their annual Charity game this month. The charities that we support appreciate your support. Already there are changes! The ACBLwide Charity game is Wednesday, April 5th - not April 19 per the printed newsletter. There should be hand records and analyses for those who play. Top master point winner for February at the Fresno Bridge Club was Wanda Cardella, for the second month in a row. Of course, Wanda leads for 2006. Sharon Peterson and Ron Licata were the top 99er master point winners. Sue Gearhart leads for 2006. A wooden card holder is missing from the bridge club. If you know who borrowed it, remind them to return it to the bridge club. The Friday night game is off to a slow but improving start. Please call Kay Chrisman if you need a partner the first two Fridays of April. After that, Richard Meffley will help you find a good partner. It was good to hear that Sandy Barnes was back in town for a visit. Sandy was the director for Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday night games many years ago. The only problem we had is that our computer didn't remember he was a Life Master, so he came in third for February 99ers. The top point winners in Oakhurst for February were Don McCartin , with 4.84, then Burke Zane 4.40, Paul Mertens 3.91, Muriel Trantham 3.74, and Wally Cucura 3.01. Burke Zane and Al Crane had a 72.59 % game.
WINNERS CIRCLE WINTER SECTIONAL OVERALL WINNERS WINTER SECTIONAL RECAP SHEETS February 15 - March 15, 2006 UNIT 522 CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Wanda Cardella - Anita Penny 2A1B Bert Rettner - Norman Woo 3A Della Schnell - John Schnell 2B Rose Boot - Ray April 3B Jean Kesler - Laura NeVille UNIT GAME James Sweet - Jean Kesler Monique Irion - Margaret Mahaffey Martha Franks - Margie Kenyon(C) Peter Fashing - David Brandl Sandy Zovod - D.S. Zody UNIT 299er Florence McDonald - Roberta Beam Bill Coit - Marilyn Bokemeier CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Vivian Betcher - Verlee O'Neill 2A Shirley Blum - Ginny Dow 3A Anita Penny - Monique Irion 1B Sophia Iwatsubo - Marion Krohn 2/3B Mun Takeda - Barbara Taniguchi 2/3B Delia E. Green - Mary Jo Davila 1AB Howard Reed - Sandy Richardson 2A John Schnell - Della Schnell 3A Ray April - Rose Boot 2B Rick Betcher - Vivian Betcher 3/4B David Zealear - Diane Zealear 3/4B Berdie Templer - Laura NeVille RESTRICTED CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Carol Rodder - Jeri Shubin 2AB1C Beverly Daniels - Jim Stefanich 3AB Alan Hakes - Jim McKoane 2C Esther Pohland - Beth Hill 99ER CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Carol Smith - Edna Myatt 2 John J. McGregor - Patrick Carroll	99ER PAIRS John J. McGregor - Patrick Carroll(2) Bob Brothers - Judy Brothers Bob Brothers - Judy Brothers Mary Kay Veenboer-Mauldin - Sandra Beebe Patrick Carroll - John J. McGregor(B) Linda Sims - Fran Endara BAROMETER INDIVIDUAL Mun Takeda William Glass SPECIAL Marion Krohn - Kent Billeter Jim McKoane - Jane McCoy Margaret Mahaffey - Carolyn Lofton Rick Betcher - Vivian Betcher Margaret Seibert - Muriel Trantha Bill Wood - Jill Wood Margaret Giragosian - Diana Papazian Beverly J Little - Judy Nibler Roberta Beam - Bill Coit Howard Reed - Pat Simpson Jane McCoy - John Schnell Muriel Trantham - Margaret Seibert(B) Carol Rodder - Mun Takeda(B) Muriel Trantham - Margaret Seibert(B) Barbara Thacker - Doris Frazer(B) Muriel Trantham - Margaret Seibert(B) Rick Betcher - Vivian Betcher[C] RESTRICTED SPECIAL Marion Krohn - Judy Ataide Betty Martin - Sophia Iwatsubo Martha Franks - Delia E. Green Judy Nicholson - Dora Gostanian Martha Franks - C. J McPike[C] Roberta Beam - Beth Hill[C] OAKHURST WINNERS Burke Zane- Genie krieghoff Mike Molinari- Don McCartin Burke Zane-Terri Anderson Morgan Johnson- Bob Mortimer Frank and Glenna Buck Burke Zane- Karen McCartin Jim Honeywell- Everett Bondeson Claire Molnar- Karen McCartin Clem Bingham- John Hubbard Burke Zane - Al Crane(3)
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