Aces Places and Faces June 2006

	ACES, PLACES, and FACES PUBLICATION OF THE FRESNO UNIT OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE
Volume LVIII No 6 June 2006 SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR	EDITOR: RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list)

GEORGE STURGES MEMORIAL A memorial will be held for George Sturges at noon on Sunday June 11 at the bridge club. Refreshments will be served afterwards, with bridge playing at 1 pm. All of George's friends, which includes all of our members, are welcome. NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS North American Pairs games are held in June, July, and August. The master points are large - the same amount as at sectionals, and half red points. Those who qualify for the unit finals later in the year will have a chance to win part gold points. Check the calendar for the dates of the NAP games. FRESNO 299er SECTIONAL AUGUST 12-13 Invite your friends to the fourth annual sectional for those with under 300 master points. Unfortunately the tournament is not listed in the June issue of the Forum, but it is listed on the ACBL's website. It will be listed in the Forum next month. Draft minutes of unit board meetings will be posted at the clubhouse and will be available on the unit website.	UNIT UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR with tournament links California and nearby tournaments Bay Area Tournaments WINTER SECTIONAL DISTRICT 22 or DISTRICT 21 Some of our members have suggested changing our district affiliation from District 22 to District 23. It is likely that ACBL will approve a change if the unit wants one. We will have a few articles in the newsletter to let our members know about it. The unit board has postponed any decision until later in the year. The Fresno unit has been a part of District 22 since ACBL districts were started. When Districts started, the ACBL Board of Directors became a body with one director from each location. The District representative for many years was Syd Levey from Fresno. For all but a few years, Fresno has had a representative on the 8 or 12 member board of District 22. Past board members have been Matt Guagliardo, Bob Cross, Anita Penny, and Bob Durbrow. Four ACBL districts are in California. District 21 is mainly the bay area, extending south to Merced and Monterey and north to Sacramento. District 20 includes the rest of northern California, Oregon, Hawaii, and northern Nevada. District 23 includes Los Angeles county. The rest of California, from Fresno to San Diego, including the coast north and south of Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino and Palm Springs is District 22. When the districts started, Monterey, Modesto, Merced, and other nearby units were part of District 22, but they have since joined District 21. District affiliation has little effect on local bridge clubs. Districts support their bridge clubs, but they are not involved much in local activities. The main functions of districts is to run three kinds of bridge tournaments: regionals, Grand National Teams, and North American Pairs. Most districts run four regionals per year within their borders at various locations. We'll have more information about District 21 and District 22 next month. If you'd like to register your opinion, talk to any unit board member.
PLACES AND FACES At the Bakersfield sectional, Jay Roll and Larry Cavanaugh won Thursday afternoon and evening pairs, and finished sixth Friday and third Saturday. Gerard Laquerriere and Curt Reeves were second Friday afternoon, and came back to win Friday night. Mun Takeda and Allyson Farrell were third in C in the Friday afternoon pairs. Jim Tritt and Warren Cederborg won the Swiss teams. Warren and Susie Cederborg were fourth on Saturday. Jay and Larry, with Gerard Laquerriere and Richard Meffley were second in the Swiss teams. John and Tina Renna were second and fourth in B in the 199er pairs at the Orangevale sectional In Santa Maria, Linda Sims and Angelina Heisdorf were second in the 199er pairs. We had many winners in the Visalia sectional. Lorna Cheng of Visalia writes to thank us and the folks from Bakersfield who support their sectional. It makes a good tournament when players come from all over the south valley. Jay Roll and Larry Cavanaugh won Friday afternoon, with Richard Meffley and Warren Cederborg second, Hugh Miller and Barbara Thacker sixth, and Carol Miller and Pat Simpson fourth in flight B. On Friday evening, Linda Sims and Angelina Heisdorf were second in the 99er pairs. Avis Morse and Donny Graham were second in the open pairs, with Hugh Miller and Barbara Thacker sixth and Paul Messner and Beverly Daniels second in flight C. On Saturday. Gerard Laquerriere and Curt Reeves were first in the morning and second in the afternoon. Sheila Smith and Ray April were second in the morning, with Della and John Schnell fourth. Bill and Jill Wood were fourth in Flight B in the morning and third in Flight B in the afternoon. John and Tina Renna were sixth in flight C Monique Irion and Anita Penny were fourth in the afternoon, with Steve Sharp and Richard Betcher fifth in flight B. Burke Zane, Paul Mertens, Wally Cucura, and Al Crane were fourth in flight B Swiss teams, with Richard Betcher, Suzanne Graham, Paul Boyd, and Steve Sharp fourth in flight C. Richard Meffley, John and Della Schnell, and Warren Cederborg won flight A, with Jay Roll, Gerard Laquerriere, David Shuster, and Larry Cavanaugh second. Kim Morris, Hugh Miller, Lorna Cheng, and Barbara Thacker were second in flight X. At the Marina Sectional, Dave and Diane Zealear were fifth in the open pairs. Our continued wishes for a speedy recovery go to Bert Rettner. He is now out of the hospital, out of the rehab hospital, and recovering at home. His family provides a web report on his progress. Speedy recovery wishes go to Betty Martin, who has had knee surgery. Welcome to new members Carole Olson and Linda Coppersmith. Congratulations to Cor and Ina Yssels, who just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a big party.	CLUB NEWS The fourth of the unit's series games will be held on Sunday, June 25 at 1 pm. Come see if you can improve your standings in the series. May winners in Oakhurst are Paul Mertens, followed by Wally Cucura, Claire Molnar, Don McCartin, Karen McCartin, Clem Bingham, John Hubbard, and Burke Zane. Some of the clubs post their results on the Internet as soon as the game is over. We even send an e-mail out with the results. The results can generally be found at our recaps page, if they are posted to the Internet, even without an e-mail. Just go there and click on the date of the game. Wednesday night and Friday night are always posted to the Internet. Other games are posted occasionally. Richard Meffley will show members how to post recaps to the Internet before the Sunday game on June 18, or after any Friday night game. Directors can learn how to post the results. With the club director's permission, any player can post the results right from the bridge club. It's not complicated. There is a simple procedure for putting the results on a floppy disk, then taking it to our Internet-connected computer and using a program to post the results. We'd like to have all results on the Internet. With a few players helping, we can do it. Congratulations to Bill Glass and Norman Woo, who won the Peggy Ochs memorial game for the second year in a row. Norman has won it five times now. Bill also won the Pro-Am game with Margie Kenyon. The World Pairs game is Friday night June 2. Players from throughout the world will play the same boards and have the results all match pointed together. See if you can beat the world. Wanda Cardella is the top Fresno Bridge Club player for April, holding her lead for 2006. Deni Glenn-Boeve is the top 99er for April. Pat Simpson leads for 2006. Top master point winner for April at the Fresno Bridge Club was Monique Irion. Wanda Cardella holds her lead for 2006. Deni Glenn-Boeve top 99er master point winners for April. Pat Simpson still leads for 2006.
WINNERS CIRCLE April 15, - May 15, 2006 PEGGY OCHS MEMORIAL UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB William Glass - Norman Woo 2A Monique Irion - Margaret Mahaffey 3A Della Schnell - John Schnell 2B Rick Betcher - Vivian Betcher UNIT SERIES GAME #3 David Shuster - Mark Stern Sandy Zovod - Hugh Miller(B) Michael Molinari - Paul Boyd(C) UNIT GAME James Sweet - Jean Kesler Della Schnell - John Schnell STAC WINNERS Curt Reeves - Gerard Laquerriere 11OA-A Anita Penny - Imogene Camp 6OA -A Wanda Cardella - Norman Woo 12OA-A Fred Hamilton - Rose Boot 14OA-A Della Schnell - John Schnell 4OA AUX Sandy Zovod - Hugh Miller[B]5OA AUX-B Everett Bondeson - Bob Mortimer 8OA-B Barbara Thacker - Doris Frazer 4OA B Mary Jo Davila - Steve Sharp[B] 4OA-C Paul Messner - Beverly Daniels 6OA-C Michael Molinari - Paul Boyd 17OA-C Martha Waller - Donny Graham 1OA -C Steve Sharp - Vivian Betcher 3OA - C Fred Hamilton - Rose Boot Jim McKoane - Nancy Gordon Hugh Miller - Sandy Zovod[B] Doris Frazer - Alan Hakes[B] Suzanne Graham - Dora Gostanian[B] Paul Boyd - Suzanne Graham[C] Barry Smith - Carolyn Smith[C] Bill Frampton - Florence McDonald[C] James Sweet - Judy Jessick[C] Larry & Gay Slates [C] TUESDAY 750 STAC OVERALLS 1 Howard Reed - Pat Simpson 2 Lou VanCoevorden - Paul Boyd 3 Alan Button - George Efthemon, 4 William McCormick - Judy Dodd 5 C. J McPike - Ann Chiljian 1C Carol Olson - Linda Coppersmith, 2C Bill Frampton - John Peckler 750 THURSDAY STAC OVERALLS 1A Pat K. Creede - Lorraine Elia 2A1B C. J McPike - Steve Sharp 3A1B Susan Vildosola - Peter Weber 4A3B Paul Messner - Judy Rosenthal 5A4B Linda Lambie - William McCormick, Jr 6/7A5B Sandy Richardson - Paul Boyd 6/7A Dolores Beebe - Mary Jo Davila 1C Marlene Robinson - Jan Winter 2C Lora Faulks - Donna Freeman 299ER STAC John Renna - Tina Renna 1OA Bill Coit - Marilyn Bokemeier	750 CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Vivian Betcher - Deni Glenn-Boeve 2A1B Susan Vildosola - Peter Weber 3A 2B1C Marion Peterson - Evelyn Jadoon 3B Cor Yssels - Ina Yssels 2C Jan Winter - Viola Berg 3C John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott 1AB George Efthemon - Alan Button 2AB1C John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott 3AB2C Juanita Mason - Joan James 3C Nadine Nemechek - Donna Berman SWISS TEAMS 1/4 Anita Penny - Monique Irion - Jane McCoy - Verlee O'Neill 1/4 Vivian Betcher - Mun Takeda - Mostafa Elhag - Steve Sharp 1/4 Jean Kesler - Ruth Christensen - Ruth Wolcott - Laura NeVille 1/4 Wanda Cardella - Norman Woo - Richard Meffley - Anthony Toto SPECIAL Marion Krohn - Kent Billeter Doris Frazer - Alan Hakes Robert Endara - Carolyn Lofton Jim Stefanich - Ted Johnson[B] Olivia Stockton - Margaret Giragosian[B] Jean Kesler - Margaret Mahaffey Carol Miller - Pat Simpson Martha Waller - Jean Moats Wanda Cardella - Norman Woo Muriel Trantham - Margaret Seibert[B] Tina Renna - John Renna[C] Michael Molinari - Paul Boyd Anita Penny - Kim Morris Barbara Thacker - Doris Frazer Vivian Betcher - Deni Glenn-Boeve[C] David Shuster - Larry Cavanaugh Howard Reed - Pat Simpson[B] 99er PAIRS Sandra Beebe - Sandra Browning Patrick Carroll - John J. McGregor RESTRICTED CHAMPIONSHIP 1ABC Pat K. Creede - Lorraine Elia 2AB Kay Chrisman - Kim Morris 3AB Sheila Smith - Carol Rodder 2C Howard Reed - Steve Sharp 750 SPECIAL Lou VanCoevorden - Paul Boyd Sandy Richardson - Steve Sharp Nadine Nemechek - Donna Berman[C] Marlene Frazier - Pat Biddy[B] OAKHURST WINNERS Jim Honeywell-Everett Bondeson Karen McCartin- Paul Mertens Wally Cucura- Paul Mertens Claire Molnar-Karen McCartin Pearl McGinnis- Maryann Wiker Claire Molnar- Wally Cucura Mike Molinari-Don McCartin Morgan Johnson- Bob Mortimer Aileen Davis- Byron Davis Wally Cucura- Paul Mertens Claire Molnar- Don McCartin Clem Bingham- John Hubbard Marjorie Patterson- Clem Bingham BAROMETER PAIRS Michael Molinari - John Barrere Della Schnell - John Schnell Verlee O'Neill - Kay Chrisman Rick Betcher - Vivian Betcher CINCO DE MAYO IMP PAIRS David Shuster - Mark Stern Verlee O'Neill - Kay Chrisman[C]
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