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February 14, 2016 Q 1 Quarterly Newsletter of the Dallas Bridge Association, Vol. 22 Q 1
Table Talk Table Talk Unit 176
Inside this issue
Around the Tables, Out & About, Dec STaC Winners p. 2-5
NAP Winners, Family Teams, Club News p. 5-7
2016 Board, Calendar, Master Point Races p. 8-9
January Sectional Winners, Classified Ads p. 10-11
Dallas Unit 176 is pleased to nominate Lynne Wood for ACBL Goodwill Member of the Year.
Volunteers are a treasure and the lifeblood for any organization. So often they make a commitment to one group, but not Lynne Wood. She is actively involved in a number of groups and fortunately for us, bridge is one of them.
Lynne has served Unit 176 in a number of capaci-ties for many years. She has served on the Board of Directors. After we lost our longtime business man-ager, Lynne offered to serve. Even though this was a compensated position, Lynne stepped well outside of the guidelines of her position and continued to volunteer at games, sectionals and regionals. Her knowledge of the clubs and the unit organization made her invaluable.
Nowhere has her commitment been more evi-dent than at our Unit Holiday parties. Lynne com-bined bridge with another one of her volunteer groups, The Network, to organize gift giving for chil-dren at Christmas. Our Holiday parties have gar-nered so many toys and games for underprivileged children in the last few years that The Network vol-unteers have had to make multiple trips to get it all. It’s amazing to see how much our program has grown since Lynne has been in charge.
Her volunteerism is not the only great thing about Lynne. She is a pleasure at the table. There is always a greeting and a warm smile for her oppo-nents and a compliment for good play. She’s genu-inely happy for not only her successes, but other players as well. She’s one of those people that you are always glad to see.
2016 Texas Star Your partner just cancelled
and you really wanted to play today. Where's the unit directory? You pull it off the shelf and find a partner in just a few minutes. Thank goodness for that thing - it even helps with the annual holiday card list. You use it a lot, so you give a silent thanks to the unit for providing it. But do you ever wonder about the work that goes into the creation and the updates? The last two edi-tions have been a labor of love (and sweat equity) by
our own Susan Flick. Copies are placed in binders and sent to each club for hand printed corrections, up-dates, additions and deletions. When that time frame ends, the really hard work begins. The information on each binder goes into a new master
list and then that list is compared to the ACBL listings. Calls and emails go out to members with conflicting information and more updates are made. Then everything is formatted and sent to a printer, ready to be distributed every other year at the January Election Sectional. Just so you can find that partner quickly! Susan didn't have to be asked when Doug Tucker resigned this duty after many years of hard work. She volunteered, just as she has done for her many committees while serving on the Unit 176
Board, as a board member and as Unit secretary. If it needs to be done, Susan is always ready. She's al-so served as co-chair of the January Election Section-al and on Labor Day Regional committees. And she does all this while playing bridge regularly, planning weddings, working with her beloved dogs for agility training, and going to dog shows and bridge tourna-ments.
Unit 176 is pleased and honored to present our 2016 Texas Star to Susan Flick. Be sure you think of her smiling face the next time you need a partner. Thank you, Susan!
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Around the tables
A Celebration at Dorsey’s Studio was held on Dec 13, 2015 for Melba Lancaster and Scott Etchison for their recently earned Life Master ranking. Melba is a founding member of the McKinney Duplicate Bridge Club and was our first President. Melba spent a lot of time and
effort in getting McKinney DBC established. ~by John Harrelson
McKinney Duplicate Bridge Club’s High Point Monthly Winners Nov 12th 59.94 % Dec 3rd 64.42% Jan 21st 68.46%
Anna Seal, Susan Flick David Haratyk, (w/Dorsey Marci & Keith Meyer Shaw), Raymond Clark
What a Party ! Unit 176 members had a great time at the first time catered meal and free Holiday bridge party which was held at the Richardson Civic Center on Dec 13, 2015. From comments overheard, everyone had an enjoyable
Unit Games
2016...1:30 pm
Feb 21 March 13 April 10
May 1 June 12 July 10
Unit Games are now being held at Dorsey’s Bridge Studio and at
Valley View Bridge Club at Edge-mere Retirement Community.
1500 UNIT 176 PARTY Dec 13 1st A Carla Guthrie, Susan Flick
30.5 tables 1st B Leah & Rick Margerison
1st C Betty Sue Brewer, Lynda Tuma
OPEN UNIT 176 PARTY Dec 13 1st ABC James Willson, Catherine Tucker
31 tables 2/3 AB Tom Lang, Nancy Fellman
2/3 AB Ilene Green, Marvin Migdol
299 UNIT 176 PARTY Dec 13 1st A Fred Seipp, Judy Noble
9 tables 1st BC Robert DeBoom, Mary Anne Harris
The first TEAM Unit Game of 2016 will be held on
Feb 18th, 6:30 pm at Dorsey’s. Pizza
will be served prior to the game starting. So gather your teams and come join us for an evening of good bridge, good fellowship and enjoyment. Look forward to seeing you there.
Don't forget .... February’s UNIT GAME is on Sun-
day, February 21st at 1:30 pm. Date was
changed from the second Sunday to enable you to spend the day with your loved ones on VAL-
ENTINES DAY. Have a Happy 14th! See you on Feb21st.
OPEN DORSEY’S Nov 8 1st AB Jim Harp, Ellen Dutcher
17 tables 1st C Judy & Scott Etchison
Jan 3 1st A David Pearlman, Marion Gebhardt
18.5 tables 1st BC Sandra Fedro, Tommie Anglemyer
Unit Pairs Game Winners
OPEN VALLEY VIEW Jan 3 1st A Jo England, S. Perutz
12.5 tables 1st B James Willson, Catherine Tucker
Unit 176 Hall of Fame Member: Sidney H. Lazard passed away peacefully at his Dallas home on Nov 3, 2015. He was
a nationally and internationally recognized bridge player who was considered one of the all-time great bridge players. He was
inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000. His acclaim as a bridge player goes back to a 1958 Spingold win and continued until
2002 at the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. He was best known for his strong bidding and confidence in taking risks at the table.
In 2001, Mr. Lazard established the Sidney H. Lazard Jr. Sportsmanship Award in honor of his son, who died in 1999 after
battling cancer. Administered by the ACBL Education Foundation, the award is given annually to a top-level player. The object of
the award is to enhance sportsmanship and to salute those who “play hard but fair and hold no grudges.” Recent award win-
ners are Bob Hamman in 2014, Howard Weinstein in 2015, and Boye Brogeland in 2016.
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Out & About Welcome to Unit 176 NEW: Shari Adkisson, Robert Alfers, Bill Bales, Sarah Bradford, Peggy
Carpenter, Charles Carson, Susan Carson, Terry Conaway, Carlton Dirickson, Rodger Gruenwald, Deion Harris, Nancy Hoke, Martha
Jackson, Patrick Johnson, Peggy Lewis, Kelly Lynch, Douglas Pierce, Gloria Pierce, Eleonora Shafir, Janice Thompson, Dannie Urban, Judy
Wood TRANSFERS IN: Betty Hall, Jack Lavine, Rosalind Modrall, Kristen Onsgard, Rolf Paul, Gowri Raj, Dave Sauder, Stefanie Scott, Raymond
Seifert, Jeff Smith, Sue Ellen Smith, Marian Watson
In Memoriam
Timothy Banks
Marilyn Neustadt
Edna Richardson
Stan Szychulski
Fall NABC at Denver, Colorado on Nov. 26—Dec. 6: Did you know that
79,371.64 master points were earned by 3,429,players at this 9,059 table event. That’s a lot of bridge playing! About 37 of Unit 176’s members played winning as much as 243.36 master points to as few as 0.44 master points. Unit 176 members winning more than 60 master points were: Mike Passell at 243.36, John Sutherlin at 175.70, Bart Bramley at 165.18, Hemant Lall at 110.07, Justin Lall at 70.98, and Chris Compton at 65.56.
NOTES From District 16 Many thanks to Table Talk for extending the deadline for me so I could include news for the meeting at the Houston Regional. I'm very excited and proud to report that I have been elected D16 President for 2016. It's already an honor to represent Unit 176 on the D16 Board, so this is truly the icing on the cake for me. I'll be
visiting units throughout D16 in the coming year, so I'm sure to hear new ideas that will benefit our unit as well. Robert Hartman, the CEO of the ACBL, and Ken Monzingo, President of the ACBL. Board of Directors, also attended the meeting in Houston. They dis-cussed the concerns of recent cheating scandals and what is being done at all levels of the game. Efforts are being made at all levels so that our game re-mains fair to all players. The recorder system is being revamped as well. Just remember that at any level, your first responsibility is to CALL THE DIRECTOR anytime you have a question or a concern about a bid or an action. Another policy that was adopted at the meeting affects each and every one of you. All regionals, GNT, and NAP events within D16 will begin enforcing the cell phone policy that is already being used at all NABC events. Cell phones may be taken into the playing area, but may not be used or seen. This means they must stay in your pocket or your purse until you leave the room or all play is over and I hope it goes without saying that they must be turned off or on si-lent. There will be penalties for ringing or visible phones and they will escalate with every infraction. Now is the perfect time to be sure you know how to turn your phone off, before a director appears to assess a penalty. I like to think that they call them smart phones because we are smart enough to use them. This will be in effect at the Fort Worth in April and I sincerely hope our Unit sec-tionals will adopt it as well. That's all for now. I'll see you at the table! ~Tomi FitzGerald
Congratulations to Unit 176’s newest Gold Life Masters: Adrianne Feuer
Donna Garrard
There’s a Writer At the Table: Louis Sacher, the author of The Cardturner, was seen playing at the Fall NABC in Denver where he won 25.48 master points. If you are looking for a fun read, check out his book. And, since he lives in Aus-tin, you might see him at tournaments around Texas where you might even ask for his autograph.
2016 Unit 176 Board (back row) Cheryl Clark, Catherine Tucker, Mark Bumgardner, Ed Yetter, Susan Keyes (front row) Tom Whitesides, President Martha Young, Jim Harp (Not pictured) Vi Ganeles
“Aphorism - a short, pointed sen-tence that expresses a wise or clever observation or a general truth.”
No one ever says “It’s only a game” when their team is winning.
I’ve reached the age where “happy hour” is a nap.
Always be yourself because the people that matter don’t mind and the ones that mind don’t matter.
Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.
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Dec 14–20th Unit 176 STaC Winners
Mon AM 1500: 9.5 tables AB 59.71 % Eloise Meachum, Leslie Conant, DBS C 58.71 % Bonnie Arnold, Tommie Anglemyer, DBS Mon AFT Open: 26 tables A 68.15% Milton Neher, Michael Murphy, BAND B 64.29% Bob Ingebritson, Sudhir Shah, BAND Tues AM Open: 16.5 tables AB 69.84% Bob McNeill, Rich Brandenburg, DBS C 48.72% Marie Anne Johnson, Nget Carter, DBS Tues AFT 0-300: 10 tables A 69.84% Judy Bouska, Beth Castleberry, BAND B 62.77% Larica Taylor, Rodger Gruenwald, BAND C 55.49% Leah Jane Taglienti, Ann Shelton, BAND Tues EVE Open: 4.5 tables AB 62.5% Gene Kincaid, Judy Kincaid, Sherman DBC Wed AFT Open: 44.5 tables ABC 66.68% Jerry Jones, Barbara Martikan, BAND Wed AFT 0-300: 14 tables A 67.86% Judy Dolginoff, N. Milanese, BAND B 63.50% Nootsie Holman, Diane Willeys, V VBC C 58.73% J. Berke, Susan Jaffer, BAND Wed AFT 0-50: 4 tables A 60.83% Maryellen Maloney, Cyndy Sterrantino, BAND
Th AM Open: 16 tables A 66.35% Lenny Schaen, Jay Gibson, Friendly B 63.14% Mark Hatkoff, Randy Smith, Friendly C 53.21% Arvin Shah, Deepak Aurora, Friendly
Th AFT Open: 37 tables ABC 65.25% Michael McShane, John Pelletti, BAND Th AFT 0-300: 10.5 tables A 65.13% Suzanne Schoenthaler, Virginia Boat-wright, BAND B 62.24% Margie Portela, Marcia Messinger, BAND
C 54.31% Kristin Markham, Elizabeth Winslow,
BAND
Th EVE Open: 4 tables
ABC 58.33% Truett Cates, Jeff Daniels, Sherman DBC
Th EVE 0-300: 3 tables
1st Score 28 Beth Castleberry, Christine Skibell,
Franci Moses, Judy Bouska, BAND
Th EVE Open Swiss Team: 9 tables
A score 60 Bill Osborn, Marion Gebhardt, Gail
Wells, Suresh Agrawal, BAND
B score 42 Judy Corey Edmiston, Lucy Buchanan,
Carla Joiner, Martha Ward, BAND
C score 35 Linda Jimmerson, Nancy Kelly, Barbara
Reeves, Jack Lavine, BAND
Fri AM Open: 18.5 tables
A 66.19% James Bauer, Tomi FitzGerald, DBS
(B 65.10% Charlie Brown, Robert Buchanan, Arlington DBC Inc.)
C 55.45% Robert Dingle, Bob Frink, DBS
Fri AFT Open: 20 tables
A 68.48% David Pearlman, Marion Gebhardt,
BAND
B 60.97% Jane Kirby, Diana Winkelmann, BAND
C 57.13% Randy Earle, Sudhir Shah, BAND
Fri AFT 0-300: 3 tables
AB 61.25% Jole Luehrs, Archie Buskin, BAND
Fri EVE Open: 13 tables
A 65.50% Larue Stott, Gail Wells, V VBC
A Special Wow to these 70 % Winners:
Mon AM Open: 23.5 tables
A 70.81% Mark Zeitlin, John Spessard, Friendly
Sat AM 0-1500: 7.5 tables
ABC 70% Rosalind Smith, Jerry Frankel, BAND
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Tournament of Stars Regional, Tyler Nov 9-15, 2015
There were 6,730.65 master points won by 652 play-ers at 1,252 tables during this event.
Unit 176 congratulates:
16th Bryan Storey, Frisco at 64.37 17th Barry Schaffer, Frisco at 64.37 19th John Schwartz, Plano at 57.12 20th James Thurtell, Dallas at 53.13 24th Nancy Passell, Plano at 41.94 25th Mike Passell, Plano at 41.94
28th Michael Murphy, Dallas at 36.56 32nd Milton Neher, Richardson at 35.16
38th Marion Gebhardt, Richardson at 33.45 39th S. Kohan, Dallas at 33.25
C 50.50% Lyn & Mike Davis, V VBC
Sat AFT Open: 14.5 tables
A 62.73% Eric Diamond, Judith Lotridge, DBS
B 54.69% Ari Sippola, Robert Schmidt, DBS
Sat AFT 0-300: 6 tables
A 58.60% Sam & Patsy Norvell, BAND
B 57.50% Margie Portela, Marcia Messinger,
BAND
Sun AFT Open: 25 tables
A 60.71% Suresh Agrawal, Gail Wells, BAND
B 59.90% Paul Taylor, Robert Scrimale, DBS
C 58.99% Barry & Lynn Cooper, BAND
Sun AFT 0-300: 3 tables
AB 62.5% Jon & Lou Bauman, BAND
There were 1,547.18 master points
earned by 699 players at 527 tables
during this week of STaC. Congratulations !
Unit 176 rocks the District 16 qualifying for North American Pairs!
Congratulations to our Unit 176 players who quali-fied to represent District 16 at the Nationals. We have
qualifiers in each flight. Jim and Cheryl Rider and
Kristen Onsgard and Stephanie Scott will represent
us at the Nationals for Flight C. Milton Neher and Scott Nason and Bob Schmidt and Ari Sippola will
represent us for Flight B. Bart Bramley will represent us in Flight A. Great job and good luck going forward. The Unit is sponsoring a $150 per player subsidy for having participated in the District 16 qualify-ing. Please apply for this by February 28 if you played in the qualifications in San Antonio. Send your name and mailing address to [email protected] for reim-bursement.
Did you see our family teams at the January
Election Sectional?
Team 2980 has three generations: David Luzzatto, his daughter Tina Epstein and her husband Leonard, and grandson Benjamin Epstein.
Jon & Sheri Wolkenstein play with Sheri’s
parents, Joyce & Norman Gautier. Fri 1/8/16
Compact KO #2
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CLUB NEWS Lessons by Dorsey: Intermediate Lessons are on Monday morning at 9:30 am. In this class, we are practicing and perfecting all the conventions you are playing. Beginning Lessons are on Monday after-noon at 2:30 pm. We are learning the fundamentals of bridge and becoming familiar with the conven-tions. A great way to reacquaint yourself with the game and learn the basic conventions. Cost per class is $25.00. Please call the studio (972.722.3428) for additional information. We would love to have you join us. 299er Tournament: Beginning on Friday, February 19, and continuing on Saturday, there is a 299er Tour-nament. Game times are 9:30 and 2:00. A great op-portunity to pick up those extra points! This tourna-ment is to be at the Studio on Arapaho. Flyers are available. Call the Studio for additional information or to have a flyer mailed or emailed to you. Tele-phone number is 972.808.0001.
DORSEY’S Bridge Studio BAND
Rockwall’s Duplicate Bridge Games: Monday at 10:00 am and Tuesday at 10:30 am. Carol Rieger is the Club
Manager and Director of the Monday game while Judy Jacoby is the Club Manager and Director of the Tuesday game.
The games are held in the Rockwall Center located at 108 E Washington Street (Goliad and Washington St)
Ennis Bridge Club: The club has 1 pm sanctioned games on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at the Ennis
Public Library, 501 W. Ennis Ave, Ennis, TX 75119. Club Manager Barbara Fudge: [email protected]
Friendly Bridge Club: Open Pairs Games at 10 am on Monday & Thursdays
Director: Mike Davis 214-632-7398 Liberty Recreation Center, 2601 Glencliff Dr., Plano, TX 75075
Note: For online sign-up for the daily games held weekly, go to www.friendlybridgeclub.org
Valley View Bridge Club: 1) Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church 9800 Preston at the corner of Walnut Hill and Pres-
ton in Dallas. Wednesdays at NOON (Open & separate 0-300 supervised play) for $6. We are averaging 30 tables
each week. The open game is awarded points for the tables in both events. Lunch for $7 is available at 11 am next
door. 2) Edgemere Retirement Community 8523 Thackary St, Dallas, TX 75225 Every Friday night at 7pm. $7
Contact Gerrie at [email protected] or 214-477-4181 See website at www.bridgedallasvvbc.com
McKinney Duplicate Bridge Club Game: Thursdays at 10 am Salvation Army, 600 Wilson Creek, McKinney, TX
Club Manager: Jill Hartel Note: Sign up each week by emailing the director: [email protected]
Live Webinars: Join Donna during her live webinars or watch her on video later at www.Webinars.PlayBetterBridge.com
January 14 Eight Is Enough Swiss Mentor/Mentee Results: Thanks to all who help give back to bridge by being a mentor and playing in this 15 table game. Flt A Jay Gibson, Martha Young, Laura Onsgard, Deborah D’Ambrogi Flt BC Debrah Chockley, Judy Zipkes, Karen Bowman, Carole Buffington. January 22-24 Silver Sectional : Overall winners were Richard & Susan Schleier with 4.58 master-points. Congratulations to the 77 players who earned 82.12 master-points at 49 tables. The next four winners were Marcia Messinger, Margie Portela, and Kathy & Floyd Gerwig. Santa Fe Land Cruise August 23-27, 2016: Play bridge and enjoy the sights at World Class Inn & Spa at Loretto. For more information, call 214.394.5830
Looking for a Bridge Instructor The Unit 176 website at www.dallasbridge.org has a handy list of instruc-
tors with each person’s contact information. The alphabetical list includes: Susan Bates, Mark Bumgardner, Truitt Cates, Donna Compton, Mike Davis, Jay Gibson, Petra Hamman,
Vernon Hodge, Preston Morrow, Gerrie Owen, Randy Patterson, John Pelletti, Charles Price, Stefanie Scott, Dorsey Shaw, and Jim Thurtell.
Please contact Cheryl Clark if you want to be added to this website list.
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McKinney Duplicate Bridge Club Hosts College Student
"Bridge for Scholars" is a 4 credited hours course offered during the January Term at Austin Col-
lege in Sherman, Texas. The course is taught by Dr. Truett Cates, who is a member of the McKin-
ney Duplicate Bridge Club (MDBC). There are 40 students enrolled. The course consists of 40
hours of instruction and playing Bridge. Also required is participation in 5 sanctioned ACBL games.
The MDBC hosted the students on January 21, 2016. The MDBC set a new record with 24
1/2 tables (98 participants). The students were fun to play with and they were very good. Bridge
has a future !!! ~by John Harrelson
Bridge Mate II System Donation M.O. Crawford made a
generous donation of a Bridge Mate II System to the McKinney Duplicate Bridge Club (MDBC). Our first time to play with the system was at our game on January 14, 2016. This system allows us to have Bridge Mates at 20 tables. The goal is to give Dorsey more time to attend to the bridge play-ers and less time in recording the scores. We appreciate M.O. Crawford's
membership in the MDBC and his generous donation. ~by John Harrelson
Pic from L to R: Jack Hartel MDBC Board member, M O Crawford, and
Dave Thomas MDBC President
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Tournaments Dorsey’s 299 Sec-
tional
Feb 19-20 Dorsey’s
Bridge Studio
Big Time in Big D
Sectional
March 3-6 Richardson
Civic Center
Spring NABC March 10-
20
Reno, NV
NAP Finals Flt A
NAP Finals Flt B & C
March 9-10
March 13-14
Reno, NV
Dorsey’s 299 Sec-
tional
March 18-
20
Dorsey’s
Bridge Studio
Ft. Western
Regional
April 18-
24
DFW Airport
Dallas Memorial
Day Sectional
May 26-30 Richardson
Civic Center
GNT District Finals
Flt A, B, C
May 28-30 Richardson
Civic Center
Unit 176 Board Update:
2016 Unit 176 Board
President: Martha Young
Vice President: Ed Yetter
Treasurer: Cheryl Clark
Secretary: Susan Keyes
Board Members: Mark Bumgardner, Vi
Ganeles, Jim Harp, Catherine Tucker, Tom
Whitesides
The Unit 176 Board serves the mem-
bers of Unit 176. We want to pro-
vide effective leadership in making
bridge an enjoyable activity. If you
have ideas, please let us know.
For More Tournament information:
www.dallasbridge.org
Make Plans NOW to Attend:
Big Time in Big D Sectional
March 3 6, 2016
Richardson Civic Center
Tournament Chairperson: Donna Compton, 214.394.5830,
Partnership Requests: Lacy Peterson at [email protected]
Tournament Director: Kevin Perkins
Tournament Schedule is available at www.dallasbridge.org
Message from the President
Unit 176 ended 2015 with a bang at our great Holiday Unit Game. We kept the momentum going into 2016 by hosting a great tournament January 7-10. Our attendance was up, up, and up. There were big point winners and family fun (see page 5).
The very next weekend, Unit 176 also had a great showing at the District NAP in San Antonio. Several unit members qualified to represent the Unit/District at the National level in Reno this spring. Please join me in congratulating: Bart Bramley for 1st in Flight A, Milt Neher & Scott Nason for 2nd , Robert Schmidt & Ari Sippola for 4th in Flight B, and in Flight C, Stepha-nie Scott and Kristen Onsgard for 3rd and James & Cheryl Rider for 4th.
Our Unit members, Bob and Petra Hamman and Hemant Lall, were on the cover of the January Bridge Bulletin for their fabulous international win. Speak-ing of the Bridge Bulletin, I’d like your help with a trivia question. Which of our Unit members have been on the cover of the Bridge Bulletin? Let’s make a list of names and dates. Send me the ones you know. Hint: there were several of you pictured when Dallas recently hosted the Nationals.
Keep having fun at the bridge table and thanks to all of our many volunteers. ~ Martha Young
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2015 Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs Win-ners (Includes points won at club level only.)
0-5 1. Ronald Austin 41.11 2. Jared Blakely 30.97
5-20 1. Cheryl Rider 56.13 2. James Rider 48.23
20-50 1. George Ray 48.74 2. Leonard Epstein 43.80
50-100 1. Dale Remmers 86.21 2. Barbara Lively 74.44
100-200 1. Rosalind Smith 134.22 2. Randy Patterson
64.34
200-300 1. Jerry Frankel 96.71 2. Jack Schober 79.62
300-500 1. Ann Parker 142.44 2. Sudhir Shah 95.02
500-1000 1. George Burcham 174.02 2. Scott Nason
125.86
1000-2500 1. Jane Kirby 221.60 2. Milton Neher 183.24
2500-5000 1. Bill Osborn 316.59 2. Suresh Agrawal
243.95
5000-7500 1. Jay Gibson 220.49 2. Michael Murphy
179.05
7500-10,000 1. Gail Wells 569.53
2. Marion Gebhardt 363.45
Over 10,000 1. Juanita Chambers 91.95
2. Peggy Sutherlin 42.77
Two New Life Master Levels ACBL has added the Ruby Life Master which ranks after Silver Life Master. To be a Ruby, you have 1500 points of which at least 300 are silver, red, gold, or platinum. These Unit 176 members have made Ruby Life Master:
Dr. Jerrold Albom, Bonita Baker, June Barnebey, Ann Berning, Barbara Bogart, Rich Brandenburg, Jon Browne, Dr. Willie Bumgardner, Bob Butterfield, Kathleen Carr, Jack Carter, Cheryl Clark, Joseph Clark, Raymond Clark, Catherine Cox, Jeff Dater, Dr. James Deegan, Eric Diamond, L A Dreyfus, Bobby Ruth Dunn, Judy Edmiston, Donna Engelhart, Adrianne Feuer, Elinor Fries, Janet Gelles, Joseph Gill, Lee Gilliam, Loretta Green, Ilene Greene, Suzanne Hailstone, Chris Hamman, Carol Hinds, Mrs C. Hobbs, Rita Holzsweig, Sanford Holzsweig, Grace Hunt, Elaine Lagerstrom, Ann Lewis, Barry Martin, Connie Martin, James McCommons, Mary McGinnis, Marvin Migdol, Bryan Morgan, Carolyn Motes, Milton Neher, Lonnette Nelson, Tony Pellegrini, Mary Pennington, S Perutz, Johanna Pietsch, Sandra Roberts, Patricia Rose, Eugene Sanger, Diane Schaffer, Bonnie Shea, Virginia Sherman, Stephen Shuman, Kenneth Simpson, Eileen Smith, Michael Sutterfield, Renee Toy, George Trenholm, Brenda Truitt, Catherine Tucker, Marcia Varel, Lue Waddle, J R Wiegmann, Pamela Wiegmann, Ruth Wiener, Bob Wilkin, John Willett, Jeanine Wofford, Elaine Wood. The second new master level is a Sapphire Life Master which ranks after a Gold Life Master. To be a Sapphire, you must have 3500 points with at least 700 silver, red, gold, or platinum & of which at least 350 must be gold or platinum.
These Unit 176 members have made Sapphire Life Master: Suresh Agrawal, Dr. Brady Allen, Norman Beck, Helene Blumenau, Jack Borenstein, Gary Bush, Sheila Collins, Tomi FitzGerald, Bob Friz, Paul Hirsch, Michael Hout, Carl Hultman, Thomas Leberman, Marian Maley, Gerry McKim, Pat Measley, Bill Osborn, Gerrie Owen, Michael Penick, Marcus Poe Jr, Jack Rollier, Dr. John Schwartz, Stephen Sinclair, Nancy Stanton, Martha Young.
2015 Mini-McKenney Winners
0-5 Jared Blakely 46.85 5-20 Cheryl Rider
99.00
20-50 Taylor Compton 112.30 50-100 Dale Remmers
152.31
100-200 Ari Sippola 212.92 200-300 Karen Roland
178.26
300-500 Kay Moran 451.38 500-1000 Brian Gelles
367.08
1000-2500 Milton Neher 488.73
2500-5000 John Schwartz 504.70
5000-7500 Bryan Storey 433.16
7500-10,000 Marion Gebhardt 752.28
Over 10,000 Chris Compton’s 3,223.18 is the
Winner of the 2015 Barry Crane Award.
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January Election Sectional Jan 7—10, 2016 Congratulations to all the Winners!
Th Aft 99 Pairs Flt G
John & Anita Everhart
Th AM Open Pairs Flt AB Patricia Marchman,
Loretta Green
To all the players who participated ! A total of 2,564.32 master
points were earned by 543 players at this 589 table tournament.
New Life Masters:
Connie Louise
Van Patter LeRoux
Mel Sharp Margaret
Ellis
Sat AM NLM Pairs Flt DEF Wilton Crocker, Frankie
Milner
Fri AM 99 Pairs Flt G tied Carolyn Baker, Lacy Peterson
Fri AM 99 Pairs Flt G tied, 1st Flt HI
Janice Thompson, Mary Kolb Also won Th Aft 99 Pairs Flt HI
Fri AM Open Pairs Flt AB Kay Hampton, Bob
Butterfield
Sat Aft Open Pairs Flt C Andi Gordon, Renee Levy
Th AM NLM Pairs Flt DEF Debrah Chockley, Tammy
Madden
Fri Aft NLM Pairs Flt DE Sharon Ward, Randy
Patterson
Th Eve Open Pairs Flt AB James Richman, Kathleen
Carr
Fri AM Open Pairs Flt C
Maryanne Hon, Ira Nemazie
Sat Aft Open Pairs Flt A Lucky Snyder, Marian Maley
Sat Aft 99 Pairs Flt G
Ginger & Rodney Bond
Sat Aft NLM Pairs Flt DE Robert Alfers, Ramon
Nelson II
Top Six Players: Nagy Kamel
& Dan Morse at 43.42, John
Schwartz & Gerry McKim at
40.44, Bryan Storey & Barry
Schaffer at 28.78.
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A special thank you to the following people who contributed information/pictures/statistics/names which were used in this edition of Table Talk: Cheryl Clark, Tomi FitzGerald, Marion Gebhardt, David Greims, John Harrelson, a “reader” in Seniorific News’ October 2015 issue, Carol Rieger, Dorsey Shaw, and Martha Young.
Table Talk Editor & Publisher: Sue Greims
Reporters: Dorsey’s Bridge Studio: Carol Rieger; Ennis
Bridge Club: Barbara Fudge; Friendly’s Bridge Center: Elaine
Lagerstrom; McKinney Dup. Bridge Club: John Harrelson;
Other Unit Clubs: Positions open
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Petra Hamman, Hemant Lall, Dan Morse, Nagy Kamel with
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Th Swiss Brkt 4 N Tripode, Rosalind Smith, Carol Murray,
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Th Swiss Brkt 2 Diana Chen, Preston Morrow, Lyn & Mike
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Sat Swiss Brkt 3 Bruce Harbour,
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Unit 176 sponsors a Novice Incentive Program: 0 to
49 point players are being mailed a “punch” card.
Play five times, have the card stamped each time you
play, and get the sixth game free. Players may con-
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