| ACES, PLACES, and FACES PUBLICATION OF THE FRESNO UNIT OF THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE |
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| 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 |
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| EDITOR:
RICHARD MEFFLEY bridgefresno@hotmail.com (please e-mail to get on e-mail list) |
GRADUATION PARTY JUNE 29 Join us for a Pot Luck graduation party on Sunday, June 29th. On this day we honor those who made Life Master during the past year. The new Life Masters get to play as our guests. We will celebrate with the traditional Pro-Am pairs game - each player is designated as either a pro or an amateur according to master point rankings. We draw partners for the game - each partnership has one Pro and one Am. Join us for a fun afternoon. MORE LESSONS IN JUNE A new series of lessons starts the second week in June. The lessons will be on commonly used conventions. The lessons start on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Friday mornings at 9 a.m. The lessons will follow the popular Audrey Grant series, including learning the correct way to play the conventions, and playing several hands that use the conventions. Please call Dora Gostanian at 299-1578, Mun Takeda at 284-3750, or Mike Molinari at 658-7318 for more information. Invite your friends to join you in learning how to use the most popular bridge conventions |
UNIT UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR with tournament links California and nearby tournaments Bay Area TournamentsUNIT NEWS WEAR YOUR NAME PROUDLY Quite a few players are now wearing handsome magnetic name tags with a hand of bridge attached. You can get yours at the bridge club by filling out an order blank with your payment. Let people know who you are! We are also selling convention card holders and convention card diaries. These are on display with the name tags and can be purchased by paying at the display. Profits from the sale of the name tags and other items are going toward cleaning the carpet. The bridge club rug has been cleaned and it looks great! Let's try to keep it that way by picking up papers, chips, crumbs, and any other items when you drop them. You may have noticed that we now have a bin for recyclables. Please help us by putting only papers and other recyclables in the waste baskets around the room, and food and other nonrecyclables in the basket in the kitchen. Soft drink cans and bottles still go in the basket near the back entrance to the bridge club. We're working on a plan to have bridge gift certificates available for the games at the Fresno Bridge Club. Thanks to those who have offered to contribute to the Building Fund. If you did not give us your reply, you may still submit a reply in the ballot box at the Fresno Bridge Club. |
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FACES At the Jo Boyd Sectional in Santa Maria, Gerard Laquerriere and Mun Takeda won the open pairs. Mun also was first and second in flight C of two open pair events with Allyson Farrell. Jay Roll and Gerard Laquerriere were first and fourth in open pairs and second in the Swiss teams with Warren and Suzie Cederborg. Gerard was the top master point winner at the tournament. At the Visalia sectional, Paul Wilday and Pat Alviso were fourth in the limited pairs. John Simpson was third in Flight B. Edward and Theresa Grootendorst were third in the limited pairs. John and Della Schnell won the Swiss teams with Jim and Susan Slinger. Shirley Blum, Gerard Laquerriere, Jay Roll, and Richard Meffley were third. Skip Miller, Byron Steinert, Barbara Thacker, and Doris Frazer won Flight X. Gerard Laquerriere and Paul Schommer won the open pairs, with Barbara Thacker and Skip Miller third. Linda Copperfield and Gwen Davey were fourth in Flight C. John and Della Schnell were second in the stratified pairs, with Verlee O'Neill and Ray April third. Betty Ann Dunn and Joni Roberts were third in Flight C once and third in Flight B another time. Richard Meffley and Suzie Cederborg won the stratified pairs, with Gerard Laquerriere and Jay Roll second and Howard Reed and Pat Simpson third in Flight B. Mike Molinari, Paul Mertens, Don McCartin, and Ray April won Flight B of the Swiss teams with Betty Ann Dunn, Joni Roberts, Kenneth Doig and Gardner Murray winning Flight C, tying with Karen McCartin, Burke Zane, Claire Molnar, and Wally Cucura for third in Flight B. Congratulations to all our winners! Special congratulations go to Alice Pickens of Visalia, a frequent guest at the Fresno Bridge Club, a former District 22 board member, and active in the affairs of the Visalia Unit for many years. Alice placed well at the Bakersfield sectional and again finished in the overalls at the Visalia sectional to become a Gold Life Master. Well done! Congratulations to Visalia on another successful tournament. The hospitality was as great as we predicted. |
CLUB NEWS NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS WORLD WIDE PAIRS JUNE 6 Friday night June 6th is the annual World Wide pairs game. Players throughout the world play the same hands at the same time. We submit our results to London, and they compare the results at every table in the world - the top on each board is so big that they have to use percentages to give you your result. The results of every section in the world can be seen on the Internet. It's quite interesting to see how your results in Fresno compare to the results everywhere. Players receive a booklet after the game with an analysis of each bridge hand by a top expert. Try it Friday night. The club level of the North American Pairs is held in June, July, and August. We voted overwhelmingly to join District 21 so that we could play in the district finals in San Mateo next January, so lets play in the qualifying games this summer so that we'll be eligible. Check your calendar to see when the games are held. Those who qualify in June, July, or August, may play in the unit final in the fall. Unit qualifiers may travel to San Mateo for the finals. The event pays part red points, sectionally rated at the club level, and gold points at the district level. Top winners for May in Oakhurst were Burke Zane, Don McCartin, Wally Cucura, Mary-Gene Krieghoff, Betty Ann Dunn, and Bobbie Schlagel. Top Fresno players for April was Anita Penny, followed by Maggie Mahaffey, Wanda Cardella, Skip Miller, and Ray April. by Wanda Cardella. Steve Sharp still leads for 2008, with three players less than a master point behind. George Dalition was the top 99er for March, followed by Estee Strombotne. Linda Coppersmith leads for 2008. |
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March 15, 2008 - April 15, 2008 Fresno Winter Sectional Recaps Fresno Winter Sectional Overall Winners UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Richard Meffley - Manny Dichner 2A1B Skip Miller - Byron Steinert 3A John Schnell - Della Schnell 2B Jean Kesler - Laura NeVille 3B1C William Wood - Jill Wood 2C Judy Jessick - Victor Greener UNIT GAME John Schnell - Della Schnell Margaret Mahaffey - Ray April George Dalition - Mary Jo Davila[B] William Wood - Jill Wood[B] CHARITY CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Anita Penny - Kim Morris 2A Wanda Cardella - Margaret Mahaffey 3A1B Rose Boot - Ray April 2B1C Skip Miller - Barbara Thacker 3B2C Jill Wood - William Wood STAC WINNERS (Overalls in RED) Margaret Mahaffey - Carolyn Lofton Jay Roll - Gerard Laquerriere Jane McCoy - D Zody Jay Roll - Larry Cavanaugh Della Schnell - John Schnell 3A Laura Da Costa - Mary Lou Da Costa Jean Kesler - Sophia Iwatsubo Mary Jo Davila - George Dalition Barbara Taniguchi - Deni Glenn Boeve Byron Steinert - Skip Miller Betty Eden - Dan Cartago 7A3B2C Everett Bondeson - Bob Mortimer 10B Gerry Tipton - Villa Vejvoda[B] Michael Molinari - Jim McKoane[B] Laura Da Costa - Steve Sharp[B] Barbara Thacker - Doris Frazer[B] Victor Greener - Sandra Zovod[B] Suzanne Graham - Paul Boyd[B] Marion Krohn - Kent Billeter[B] Muriel Trantham - Margaret Seibert[B] Paul Wilday - Judy Jessick[B] Virginia Johnson - Ruth Christensen[C] Paul Messner - Lou Vancoevorden[C] 750 STAC 1A Lou Vancoevorden - Paul Boyd 2A Howard Reed - Steve Sharp 3/4A1/2B George Efthemon - Alan Button 3/4A1/2B1C Estee Strombotne - Judy Zimmerer 5A Pat Simpson - Jay Shapiro 6A Judy Nicholson - Jim Stefanich 3B2C Janet & Stephen Blumberg 3C Bob Osmanson - Karen Laws 299er STAC Mike Rouch - Kirk Stewart John Barrere - Betty Jacks 49ERS STAC 1 J Simpson - Estee Strombotne 2 Nancy Bullard - Mary Gullo 3 Ed & Therese Grootendorst 49er PAIRS Edward Grootendorst - Therese Grootendorst John Simpson - Estee Strombotne Kirk Stewart - Mike Rouch Bryant Low - Lucy Crawford |
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1/2A Bert Rettner - J. Jay Roll 1/2A1B D Zody - Lowell Gist 3A2B Skip Miller - Byron Steinert 3B G Laquerriere - Mun Takeda 1AB Kent Billeter - Marion Krohn 2/3A Doris Frazer - Laura Neville 2B Betty Martin - Charlotte Maschke 3B1C Lorraine Elia - Julie Boucher 2C J Stefanich - Judy Nicholson 3C George Dalition - Roger Moon 299ER CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Betty Jacks - John Barrere 2 Mary Ann Clark - Bev Little 3/4 Christina Renna - John Renna 3/4 Paul Wilday - Gwen Davey "GUESS YOUR SCORE" Kim Morris - Wanda Cardella Jill Wood - Margaret Mahaffey Dora Gostanian - ML Lou Da Costa[B] Laura Da Costa - Steve Sharp[B] Mary Lloyd - Frank Goeddel[C] INDIVIDUAL 1A Rose Boot 2A Gerard Laquerriere 3/4A Jane McCoy 3/4A Barbara Thacker 1/2B Mary Jo Davila 1/2B George Dalition 3/4B Angelina Heisdorf 3/4B Mun Takeda 1C George Dalition 2C Angelina Heisdorf 3C John Simpson 750 GUESS YOUR SCORE Howard Reed - Pat Simpson Nadine Nemechek - Donna Berman John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott Lois High - Joan James[C] SPECIAL Steve Sharp - Jean Kesler Ray April - Howard Arquette[C] Bert Rettner - Anita Penny Howard Reed - Pat Simpson[B] Dora Gostanian - Mary Jo Davila Carol Miller - Judy Nicholson[C] Barbara Thacker - Skip Miller Richard Betcher - Vivian Betcher[C] Jane McCoy - Kazue Iwatsubo Paul Boyd - Michael Molinari[B] Barbara Thacker - Skip Miller Roberta Beam - Gwen Davey[C] Estee Strombotne - Judy Zimmerer[C] 750 SPECIAL Judy Malone - Ron Vieira Catherine Macleod - Betty Anderson[C] Steve Sharp - Juanita Mason John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott[B] OAKHURST WINNERS Burke Zane- Genie Krieghoff (3 ) Claire Molnar- Karen McCartin Don McCartin- Corey Cole Wally Cucura- Betty Ann Dunn Everett Bondeson- Bob Mortimer Bobbie Schlagel- Thelma McDonald Ken Doig- Gardner Murray Burke Zane- Wally Cucura Paul Mertens- Jim Luther Bobbie Schlagel- Terri Stitt Don McCartin- Mike Molinari Claire Molnar- Betty Ann Dunn |
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