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ACES, PLACES, and FACES PUBLICATION OF THE FRESNO UNIT OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE |
| Volume
LIX
No 6 June 2007 Special Events Calendar |
EDITOR:
RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list) |
|
ACES, PLACES, and FACES PUBLICATION OF THE FRESNO UNIT OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE |
| Volume
LIX
No 6 June 2007 Special Events Calendar |
EDITOR:
RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list) |
| Graduation Pro-Am Party June 10 We're holding a pot luck on Sunday June 10 at 12:15 pm for our annual Graduation Party to celebrate all new Life Masters since last year's party. New LM's Rick Betcher, Paul Boyd, Opal Purves, Mun Takeda, and Suzanne Graham will be honored with a free play for the day, plus lots of congratulations. This is also the day for our annual Pro-Am game. No one needs to bring a partner, because we will choose partners for you. We will draw names to pick one "Pro" to play with each "amateur." Last year's winners were Bill Glass and Margie Kenyon. Can they repeat? Sign up at the clubhouse, or just come for the pot luck and game on Sunday June 10. UNIT NEWS The building that we lease has been sold. This includes the three buildings at the corner of Fresno and Clinton. We have not yet heard any information from the new owner concerning plans for the site. Whether or not our new owner has different plans for the building, our building committee continues to look for other possibilities. We are now part of District 21. North American Pairs finals will now be in the bay area. Our district is hosting the North American Bridge Championships in San Francisco November 22 to December 2 this year. The NABC is usually a great tournament, with many, many events for all players. They include daily pair games, daily knockout teams with many flights, and games for newcomers with speakers giving lessons. We expect many of our players to attend, since this is the closest NABC to Fresno. We have been asked to help with the volunteer work on Thursday, November 29 before a session. If anyone plans to be there that day, please let us know. Volunteers are welcome on other days, too. Draft minutes of unit board meetings will be posted at the clubhouse and will be available on the unit website. CLUB NEWS John and Della Schnell lead the Sunday series, with Ray April, Jean Kesler, and Jim Sweet in third through fifth place. There are two more games in the best four of six Sunday series games. If you've played in two of the Sunday games, you are still eligible. The next series game is June 24, with the final series game in July. North American Pairs games are held in June, July, and August. These are part red point games that pay up to three times the normal master points to the winners. Those who qualify may play in the unit qualifying game, which is usually in November. Unit qualifiers may play in the District 21 finals, which last time were held in Pleasanton in January. The top three in each flight (Open, under 2000 MP, and nonLM (under 500 MP]) qualify to play in the national finals in Detroit in March, 2008. Qualifying games are scheduled for Wednesday June 13, and Friday June 29 at 7 pm and Sunday June 17 at 1 pm. There will be more qualifying games in July and August. Attendance at Sunday games is very low during nearby regional tournaments, so we have canceled Sunday games during many regionals. There is no Sunday afternoon game or Friday night game the first week of June due to the popular Sacramento regional Top winner for April at the Fresno Bridge Club was Verlee O'Neill, followed by Steve Sharp. Wanda Cardella still leads for 2007. Roberta Beam was the top 99er for April. George Efthemon is still the leader for 2007. |
UNIT UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR with tournament links California and nearby tournaments Bay Area TournamentsLESSONS FOR BEGINNERS Mike Molinari reports that we now have 28 active students continuing with the lessons on Wednesday mornings at 9 am. Beginning bridge players are welcome to join in. Just come to the bridge club at 9 am on Wednesday. Thanks to Byron Steinert, Jill Wood, Rick Betcher, Dave Shuster and Carol Miller who have helped in the last month. If you'd like to help, contact Mike Molinari at 559-658-7318. PLACES AND FACES At the Visalia Sectional, Gerard Laquerriere and Mun Takeda won the open pairs. Also in the open pairs, Maggie Mahaffey and Carolyn Lofton were second. Glenn Ford and Al Crane were sixth in Flight B. Della and John Schnell were second and fifth. Verlee O'Neill and Ray April were third and fifth. Bill and Jill Wood were first and third in Flight B. Mike Molinari and Sandy Zovod were third in Flight C, just ahead of Mun Takeda and Allyson Farrell. Keith Lindersmith and Donny Graham were fifth in Flight B, just ahead of Mike Molinari and Barbara Thacker. Gerard Laquerriere and Curt Reeves won the Swiss teams, with Kim Morris third. Mary Jo Davila, Paul Messner, and Judy Rosenthal were second in Flight B Swiss teams. Paul Mertens, Al Crane, Wally Cucura, and Bobbie Schlagel were third, with Burke Zane, Claire Molnar, Don McCartin, and Ray April, fourth. At the Monterey Sectional, Jay Roll won the Swiss teams. Welcome to new member Marcie Powell. We'll be missing Carol and Larry Miller for a while....they are off to visit Italy. Paula Baraldi of Madera will also be touring Italy soon. Congratulations to Bill and Kathy Coit, celebrating a new grandchild. We're sorry to report that the fathers of Laura Da Costa, Gerard Laquerriere, and John Renna recently passed away. Our condolences go to each of them. Our condolences also go to Doris Frazer, whose husband recently passed away. OF INTEREST Few of us know that those little signs we used to see on the roadside were about bridge. One of our new members has provided some of the signs, plus a few other poems. We'll print them from time to time. If your bridge game Is smooth and smart Partners will want you Right from the start. Burma Shave |
WINNERS CIRCLE WINTER SECTIONAL OVERALL WINNERS WINTER SECTIONAL RECAP SHEETS OVERALL STAC RESULTS April 15 - May 15, 2007 PEGGY OCHS MEMORIAL CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Monique Irion - Margaret Mahaffey 2A1B David Shuster - Bill Wood 3A Della Schnell - John Schnell 2B1C Rick Betcher - Vivian Betcher 3B2C Steve Sharp - Dora Gostanian UNIT SERIES GAME Richard Meffley - Margaret Mahaffey Mary Jo Davila - Paul Messner CHARITY CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Norman Woo - Wanda Cardella 2A1B Bill Wood - William Glass 3A2B Ray April - Shelia Smith 3B Laura Neville - Doris Frazer SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT AT CLUBS Margaret Mahaffey - Carolyn Lofton Della Schnell - John Schnell Larry Cavanaugh - Alan Holmes Verlee O'Neill - Della Schnell Diana Papazian - Mary Lou Da Costa Monique Irion - Kazue Iwatsubo Jane McCoy - Steve Sharp Laura Neville - Martha Waller Margaret Mahaffey - Wanda Cardella Gerard Laquerriere - Curtis Reeves Jackie Noblat - Laura Neville Gerard Laquerriere - Mun Takeda Jane McCoy - Margaret Mahaffey Suzanne Graham - Paul Boyd[B] Mary Lloyd - Carol Rodder[B] Steve Sharp - Rick Betcher[B] Judy Jessick - Sally Perring[B] Pat Simpson - Annie Chiljian[B] Barbara Thacker - Hugh Miller[B] Jim Stefanich - George Dalition[B] Mary Jo Davila - Dolores Parada[B] Muriel Trantham - Margaret Seibert[B] Deni Glenn Boeve - Judy Rosenthal[C] Steve Sharp - Rick Betcher[C] Beverly Daniels - Jim Stefanich[C] |
750 STAC
THURSDAY 1A Judy Dodd - William McCormick, Jr. 2A Vivian Betcher - Ina Yssels 3A1B Ron Vieira - Sandy Richardson 4A2B Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola 5A3B Juanita Mason - Joan James 6A4B Carol Miller - Dolores Beebe 5B Ted Macaulay - Lois Layne 6B1C John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott 2C Florence McDonald - Barry Druffel 3C Roberta Beam - Bobby Williams 4C Marlene McCready - Elaine J. Smith 750 STAC TUESDAY 1A Steve Sharp - Pat Simpson 2A Judy Dodd - William McCormick, Jr. 3A1B Marlene Robinson - Marlene Frazier 4A2B Dolores Beebe - Susan Vildosola 5A Lou Vancoevorden - Paul Boyd 6/7A Mary Jo Davila - Jim Stefanich 6/7A Carol Miller - Suzanne Graham 3B George Efthemon - Alan Button 4B Juanita Mason - Joan James 1/2C Bill Frampton - John Peckler 1/2C Florence McDonald - Judy Malone 3/4C Cathe MacLeod - Betty Anderson 3/4C Linda Coppersmith - Carole Olson 299ER STAC Sharon Peterson - Ron Licata Mary Ann Clark - Beverly Little CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Jay Roll - Curtis Reeves 2A1B Victor Greener - D Zody 3A2B Skip Miller - Byron Steinert 3B Hugh Miller - Michael Molinari RESTRICTED CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Mary Lloyd - Frank Goeddel 2AB1C Patricia Creede - Lorraine Elia 3A Ted Johnson - Linda Lambie 4A3B Kay Chrisman - Kim Morris 5/6A2C Pat Simpson - Ginger Zumwalt 5/6A Jim McKoane - Barbara Thacker 3C Judy Nicholson - Dora Gostanian 299er CHAMPIONSHIP 1 John Renna - Tina Renna 2 John McGregor - Patrick Carroll MEMBERSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Wanda Cardella - Norman Woo 2A Della Schnell - Verlee O'Neill 3A1BC Martha Waller - Jean Moats 2BC Ray April - Howard Arquette 3/4B Jackie Noblat - Shelia Smith 3/4B Sharon Peterson - Ron Licata |
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