Aces Places and Faces October 2006

	ACES, PLACES, and FACES
PUBLICATION OF THE FRESNO UNIT OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE
Volume LVIII No 10 October 2006 SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR HOME PAGE	EDITOR: RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list)

FRESNO FALL SECTIONAL OCTOBER 26-29 Our annual fall sectional is this month. Please check flyers and the unit calendar for the times and events for the games. We will have separate open and 299er sections every session except Saturday afternoon (which will have a 199er section) and Sunday which will have open Swiss teams and flight B, under 1500 master point Swiss teams. For that event, hospitality Chairmen Judy Nicholson and Dora Gostanian are providing a free lunch in between sessions for all players. What could be better? If you need a partner for any session, Mun Takeda is here to help. ROSTER We're preparing and updating information so that we can publish a new roster. There is a list of members on the west clubhouse wall. Please take a moment to be sure that your name, address, and phone number are correct. If somehow we have your cell phone listed and you want your home phone listed instead, please make the correction.	UNIT UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR with tournament links California and nearby tournaments Bay Area Tournaments All tournaments UNIT NEWS A big thank you to all the Life Masters and the "Bidders:" in the charity auction. We raised $545 to be donated to the Marjaree Mason Center on behalf of the Fresno Unit. It's not too soon to nominate someone for the unit board of directors for the 2007-2008 term. Contact Judy Nicholson or put a name in the nomination box at the club to nominate a member, even yourself. The ballot for the election will be mailed with the December issue of Aces Places and Faces - voting will close during the Annual meeting December 3, 2006. The ballot will include a vote on the proposition of changing our unit affiliation from District 22 to 21. This is an important issue that we have discussed in past issues of this newsletter. District 21 includes Sacramento, the Bay Area, and parts of California south of the Bay Area to Fresno and Madera county, including Monterey. District 22 includes all of California south of District 21, except Los Angeles county, which is District 23. Districts review sectional dates to avoid conflicts, conduct regionals, hold North American Pairs and Grand National Team contests, and serve as appellate bodies for issues arising in the units. The Building committee reports that with rising real estate prices, we are not close to the amount of money in the building fund needed to purchase a new building. However, there are now many affordable rental properties that would be an improvement on the present location. Howard Reed is chairing a committee to review options to move. If you would like to help, please call him. Draft minutes of unit board meetings will be posted at the clubhouse and will be available on the unit website.
PLACES AND FACES Fresno area players were winners in tournaments all over the state last month. At the Santa Clara regional, Rose Boot won the side game twice with Fred Hamilton. Michael Molinari, Mun Takeda, Allyson Farrell, and Patricia Delamontanya were fifth in bracket 3 KO teams, and first in bracket 5 KO teams. Dora Gostanian, Mary Jo Howard-Davila, Paul Messner, and Sandy Richardson were third in bracket 4 KO teams. Donny Graham and Ruth Christensen were third in bracket 4 KO teams and fifth in Swiss teams. Farid Assemi, Jim Tritt, Edward Wojewoda, and Richard Meffley won the KO teams. Jim and Richard were eighth in the All Western Pairs. Bill and Jill Wood were eighth in flight B of the Swiss teams and fifth in B in the evening Swiss. Sandy Zovod and Hugh Miller were fifth in bracket 2 KO teams. Richard Meffley was fifth in the Swiss teams, with Farid Assemi and Edward Wojewoda ninth. Jay Roll and Larry Cavanaugh were fourth in the Swiss teams. Jay Roll won the side game and was fourth in the compact KO teams. At the Costa Mesa regional, Olivia Stockton, Annie Chiljian, Mary Jo Howard, and Beverly Daniels were third in bracket 3 KO teams. Richard Meffley won the senior pairs. Howard Reed and Pat Simpson won the side game and were first in the side game and were second and fourth in the 299er pairs. Robbie Rouch and Curt Reeves were first and third in the open pairs and third in the Swiss teams with Jay Roll and Larry Cavanaugh (who were third in open pairs) at the Lompoc sectional. Former Fresnan Jim Slinger with Susan Bertken were second twice in the open pairs and sixth in the Swiss teams at the Kalispell, Montana regional. At the Bakersfield sectional, Gerard Laquerriere and Curt Reeves were the top master point winners, with a first and third in the open pairs and first in the Swiss teams with Jay Roll and Larry Cavanaugh. Jay Roll won the compact KO teams. Mun Takeda was first and second in the flight B open pairs, and second in flight D. Richard Meffley was third in the Swiss teams. Howard Reed and Pat Simpson were second in flight B in the open pairs, and with John and Tina Renna, first in flight D in the Swiss teams. Bakersfield now has a website. You can visit them at http://www.acblunit514.com.	CLUB NEWS Mark Stern has been a Fresno Unit member for over 30 years, but soon he is moving to Sacramento. He has been a unit board member, sectional tournament chairmen, and done many other duties for the unit, including working on a new unit roster. We will have a bon voyage party for him on Wednesday evening, October 18 at the 7 pm game. We'll even have a unit championship game that night. Come wish him well. October is Club Appreciation month. Every club will be holding championship games in appreciation for all the players who come to their games every week. There are no extra sanction fees for this game, so check your calendar and come play. Clubs may also hold Club Appreciation Swiss team games, which include a small amount of gold points to everyone who places. The Saturday club will have a Swiss team game on October 21. From time to time we need to remind players of some of the things to do to make the game more pleasant. One important thing is to say hello to your opponents before you start play - if they are strangers, you might even introduce self. A few more: Arrive on time! The director often can't start the game until he knows how many people are playing, and he can't know for sure if you aren't there at game time. The boards on the table at the start may be different if an extra pair is added. It's much easier to get it right the first time. Park your car in a parking space - don't make your own space. Granted, it would be easier if we repainted the lines more often, but there's no reason why cars should be parked that block other cars. When you're Dummy, follow the rules. Do NOT help declarer by playing the cards before he calls them - Dummy is a spectator, not a player. Dummy is generally not allowed to call attention to irregularities, and must not call the director unless someone else has pointed out an irregularity. Dummy may point out irregularities and call the director after play is completed. If you have more reminders for our players, please let us know and we'll publish them. We have new equipment at the bridge club. After over a month without printer access, and computer problems as well, the Unit purchased a new computer, which is now up and running. A big thank you to Kay Chrisman for many hours of shopping, installing, and doing all the things to get it going. Also thanks to Mike Molinari, who got a new printer for the club. Although the old printer still works, we have had multiple problems trying to get it to connect to our computers. It seems that the bridge club is getting messier and messier. We are considering having additional janitorial service. This will cost more, but it may be worth it. We can all help by bringing our trash to the waste baskets in the kitchen. Please throw unused food away in the kitchen rather than in the waste baskets around the room. It is always a help to the directors if you bring bridge supplies - boards, pencils, table markers to the front of the room at the end of the game. Top master point winner for August at the Fresno Bridge Club was Anita Penny, followed by Wanda Cardella and Margaret Siebert. Wanda Cardella holds her lead for 2006, trailed by Steve Sharp and Anita Penny. Roberta Beam was the top 99er master point winners for August . For players with under 100 master points, Roberta Beam is now the leader for 2006. Somehow we published the June yearly totals in the mailed AP&F. Winners of the unit series games are for Flight A, David Shuster, John Schnell, and Jean Kesler. Flight B winners are Mark Stern, Della Schnell, and Hugh Miller. Flight C winners are Sandy Zovod, Mary Jo Howard and Judy Nicholson. Those who won in more than one flight only get to win one prize. <> Leaders for September in Oakhurst are Don McCartin, Wally Cucura, Everett Bondeson, Jim Honeywell, and Paul Mertens Top Madera masterpoint winners for August were Denny Green, followed by Morgan Johnson and Ruth Rowe. Top winners for September were Larry and Gay Slates. Oakhurst Club Appreciation games are October 16 and 19 - we left them out of the printed newsletter.
WINNERS CIRCLE August 15- September 15, 2006 299er Sectional Recaps 299er Overall Results DISTRICT WIDE CHARITY 1A Anita Penny - Bert Rettner 2A Richard Meffley - Gerard Laquerriere 3A Della Schnell - John Schnell 1B Anthony Toto - Byron Steinert 2B noKay Chrisman - Verlee O'Neill NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS 1 William Glass - Bert Rettner 2 Shirley Blum - James Tritt 3 Della Schnell - John Schnell 1 Della Schnell - John Schnell 2 William Glass - Bert Rettner ACBL INSTANT MATCH POINT GAME (N-S) 1 Bert Rettner - William Glass 2 Mun Takeda - Sally Perring ACBL INSTANT MATCH POINT GAME (E-W) 1 Richard Betcher - Vivian Betcher 2 David Shuster - Mark Stern SERIES GAMES D.S. Zody - Hugh Miller Sandra Zovod - Hugh Miller Victor Greener - Naguib Abdallah Judy Jessick - Sally Perring[B] Rick Betcher - Sandy Zovod[B] Al Crane - Florence McDonald[C] Sandy Zovod - Hugh Miller[C] 299er SERIES GAME Judy Nibler - Beth Hill John J. McGregor - Patrick Carroll[B] Ron Licata - Sharon Peterson[2] Judy Nibler - Beth Hill MEMBERSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP 1/2A Jay Roll - Larry Cavanaugh 1/2A Anita Penny - Mary Lloyd 3A1B Belva Quattrin - Carolyn Lofton 2B Rose Boot - Linda Lambie 1 Marion Krohn - Kent Billeter 2 Judy Nicholson - Jim Stefanich 3 Doris Frazer - Alan Hakes 1A Rose Boot - William Glass 2A Della Schnell - John Schnell 3A Steve Sharp - Jean Kesler 1B Laura NeVille - Judy Nicholson 2B Mary Lloyd - Dorothy Soles 3B Jim McKoane - Lee McKoane 1C Martha Waller - Jean Moats 2C Carol Miller - Carol Rodder 3C Delia E. Green - Martha Franks RESTRICTED MEMBERSHIP 1A Rose Boot - Linda Lambie 2A1BC Betty Howell - Pauline Willmirth 3A2B Steve Sharp - Sophia Iwatsubo 3B Jim McKoane - Vivian Betcher 2C Howard Reed - Pat Simpson	750 MEMBERSHIP 1A Dora Gostanian - Suzanne Graham 2A David & Diane Zealear 1B Sandy Richardson - Ron Vieira 2B C. J McPike - Dolores Otto SWISS TEAM STAC 1A Richard Meffley - Shirley Blum - Monique Irion - Anita Penny 2/3A1B Laura NeVille - Kay Seabury - Al Crane - Martha Franks 2/3 Wanda Cardella - Ray April - John Schnell - Verlee O'Neill 2/3B David Zealear - Diane Zealear - Margaret Seibert - Muriel Trantham 2/3B Howard Reed - Pat Simpson - Roberta Beam - Ann Chiljian CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Lowell Gist - D.S. Zody 2A Gerard Laquerriere - J. Jay Roll 3A1B Mun Takeda - Michael Molinari 2B Judy Jessick - Donny Graham 3B Rick Betcher - Verlee O'Neill 1A J. Jay Roll - Larry Cavanaugh 2A1B Jane McCoy - Verlee O'Neill 3A2B Judy Dodd - William McCormick, Jr 3B Jim McKoane - Laura NeVille 299er CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Patrick Carroll - John J. McGregor 2/3A2B Mary F. Moore - Sharon Peterson 2/3A Al Crane - Sandy Richardson SPECIAL Della Schnell - Verlee O'Neill Wanda Cardella - Carol Rodder Verlee O'Neill - Marcella Miller Byron Steinert - David Shuster Carol Miller - Judy Shuster Carolyn Lofton - Wanda Cardella Anita Penny - Kim Morris Barbara Thacker - Doris Frazer Wanda Cardella - Stephen Sharp Mun Takeda - Sally Perring[B] Jean Kesler - Steve Sharp[B] Martha Franks - Al Crane[B] Hugh Miller - Barbara Thacker[B] Howard Arquette - Ray April[B] Lou Vancoevorden - Lorraine Elia[C] Martha Waller - Donny Graham[C] BAROMETER PAIRS John Schnell - Della Schnell Rick Betcher - Vivian Betcher RESTRICTED SPECIAL Marion Krohn - Ginger Zumwalt Margaret Seibert - Sophia Iwatsubo 750 SPECIAL Kathy Coit - Ina Yssels Steve Sharp - Vivian Betcher Lou VanCoevorden - Paul Boyd[B] Bill Frampton - John Peckler[C] John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott[C] OAKHURST WINNERS Jim Honeywell-Everett Bondeson ( 4 ) George Whitworth- Joseph Fox Bob Mortimer- Mary Gene Krieghoff Emy Ashcraft- John Hubbard Wally Cuccura- Paul Mertens ( 2 ) Don McCartin- Robert Cuerdon Fred and Joan Nickerson Wally Cucura- Robert Cuerdon Glen Ford - Ira Estin Don McCartin- Corey Cole Don McCartin- Mike Molinari

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