Volume LXVIII No. 8 NON-LM SECTIONAL August 13-14 It’s time for our 15th annual NonLM sectional. Many who played in this tournament in the past are now Life Masters. Players must have fewer than 500 master points and not be a Life Master. You can win silver points at the tournament without playing against any Life Masters. We’ll have pair games at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, with our traditional Lunch and Learn between sessions, starting about 1:30 pm. Lunch and Learn means free lunch and free bridge lesson. If you need a partner, call Partnership Chair Jackie Finn at 559-435-0858 or e-mail at jackiefinn@comcast.net. Laura Da Costa is tournament chair. Richard Meffley will direct the tournament. Come and have a good time! PLACES AND FACES At the Long Beach Regional, Jay Roll was seventh in the Charity pairs, fifth in one open pairs event and sixteenth in another, and third in the fast pairs. At the Washington DC NABC, Richard Meffley was 81st in Life Master Pairs, 18th in the Truscott Senior Swiss, and 37th in the Wernher Open Pairs. Congratulations! We have several rank advancements. Bob Durbrow is now a Sapphire LM. Rhonda Hampton is an Advanced NABC master. Jackie Finn is now a regional master. Kathryn Miller just became a sectional master. James Cosby is a club master. Gary Pigg is a junior master. Congratulations to all who moved up in rank. Welcome to new member William Vanderveer. We’re sorry to say good-bye to Sophie Iwatsubo, who is moving to Las Vegas. We wish her well. Maybe we’ll see her at one of the regionals in Las Vegas, usually in June. Or we might see her at the Nationals in Las Vegas in summer 2019. Our condolences go to the family of Dorothy Soles, who recently passed away. She played bridge at our club for nearly fifty years, usually with Lorraine Elia. Our condolences to Maxine Leonard, whose husband Jack Leonard passed away recently. He and Maxine were married for 71 years and spent many hours of that time playing bridge with us. NEW RULES FOR OPENING 1 NT Effective now, there is a new definition of a natural 1 NT opening bid. A notrump opening or overcall is natural if by agreement, it contains no void, at most one singleton (which must be the A, K, or Q) and no more than two doubletons. If a hand contains a singleton, it may not include a doubleton. WINNERS THE LONGEST DAY MORNING 1A Belva Quattrin - Mark Stern 2A1B Victor Greener - Naguib Abdallah 3A Robert Durbrow - Fresno CA 2B Skip Miller - Jackie Finn 3B Mun Takeda - Ray April THE LONGEST DAY AFTERNOON 1A Belva Quattrin - Robert Durbrow 2A Mun Takeda - Ray April 3A Howard Arquette - Margaret Mahaffey 1BC Annie Chiljian - Olivia Stockton 2BC Jackie Finn - George Efthemon 3BC Gloria Fitzgerald - Angelina Heisdorf THE LONGEST DAY FAST PAIRS 1AB Mark Stern - Sally Anne Eatherly 2AB1C Don Austin - Marion Austin 3AB Robert Durbrow - Bob Cross 2C James Sweet - Mary Lou Pease THE LONGEST DAY EVENING 1A Jay Roll - Belva Quattrin 2A Robert Durbrow - Bob Cross 3A1B Al Crane - William Glass 2B1C Jason Mcalexander - James Sweet 2C Mary Lou Pease - Judy Nibler NAP 1A Mark Stern - Victor Greener 2/3A Richard Meffley - Robert Durbrow 2/3A1B Laura Da Costa - Ray April 2B Al Crane - Laura Neville 1 George Dalition - Jay Shapiro 2 Patricia Creede - Laura Neville UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Steve Sharp - Margaret Mahaffey 2A Mark Stern - Victor Greener 3A1BC John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott 2/3B Ruth Christensen - Laura Neville 2/3B Andrew Graves - James Sweet 2C Mary Lou Pease - Jane Bragg 1AB Mun Takeda - Anthony Toto 2AB1C Jane Willson - Laura Da Costa 3A Naguib Abdallah - Victor Greener 3A2BAl Crane - Alex C. Sherriffs PRO AM CHAMPIONSHIP 1ABC Karin Blanchard - Carol Kaufman 2A Richard Meffley - Judy Shuster 3A Mark Stern - Jason Mcalexander 2BC Patrick Carroll - Bob Cross 3B Al Crane - Deb Petersen CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Pat Simpson - Angelina Heisdorf 2/3A Ray April - Lowell Gist 2/3A Jim Mckoane - Margaret Mahaffey 2B1C Gerry Jones - Pat Huston 3A2B Sally Anne Eatherly - Judy Shuster 3C Jackie Finn - George Efthemon CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Mark Stern - Victor Greener 2A Jay Roll - Richard Meffley 3A2B1C Don Austin - Marion Austin 3B Ray April - Howard Arquette 2C Robert Cherry - Tay Cherry | LESSONS Beginning lessons just started on Saturday morning. If you know someone who wants to start, call Mary Lou Pease at 288-2340 or Laura Da Costa at 999-2825. CLUB NEWS STAC games August 22-28 Many of our clubs will be holding Sectional Tournament at Club games the week of August 22 to August 28. The games play silver points and are held through the western states. If you get a big game and finish high in the overalls over all the game sites, it’s possible to win over twenty silver points in one open game. Please check with the director; several clubs will not be holding STaC games. North American Pairs games continue in August Players may qualify for the Unit finals on Sunday November 13, which leads to District 21 finals next year and the national finals in Kansas City in March, Top winners for June from the Fresno Bridge Center are Maggie Mahaffey, followed by Bob Durbrow, Ray April, Mark Stern, and Steve Sharp. Mark leads for 2016, followed by Steve, Ray, and Maggie. Top 99ers for June are Don and Doris Myers, followed by Kathryn Miller and Beverly Little. Don and Doris lead for 2016, followed by Beverly and Kathryn. Top winners in Oakhurst for July are Ken Doig, followed by Jim Luther, Claire Molnar, Karen McCartin, and Paul Mertens. Gary Nelson was the top winner in Madera in July, followed by a second place tie of Paula Baraldi, Virginia Hailey, and Richard Meffley. Gary leads for 2016, followed by Mary Gullo and Carol Kaufman. A FEW SPECIAL DOUBLES The convention card lists the most common doubles, but there are even more than those listed. Negative doubles are the most common. We wrote about them in the March issue. Support doubles tell your partner whether you have three or four card trump support. Usually the responder bids, the next player makes a call, and then opener can make a support double or redouble. For example: You open 1 club, partner bids 1 heart, and the next player bids 1 spade. Bidding 2 hearts shows four hearts; doubling shows only three hearts. If the next player doubles instead of bidding 1 spade, bidding 2 hearts shows four hearts, a support redouble shows three hearts. It’s generally only used if you could raise your partner to the two level, but not if you’d have to raise to a higher level. The maximal double is used by those who use game tries. For example, you open 1 spade, your partner bids 2 spades, and you invite game by bidding a new suit. Partnerships use various treatments as to which suit they should use as a game try. If the opponent bids 3 clubs after your partner bids 2 spades, you can use 3 diamonds or 3 hearts as a game try. If the opponent bids the suit under your suit, in this case 3 hearts, you cannot bid a suit at the 3 level. So the maximal double was born. If you play the maximal double here, it is a try for game. If you bid 3 spades, it is competitive and not a try for game. It doesn’t come up too often, but when it does, it can be helpful 4TH OF JULY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Naguib Abdallah - Richard Meffley 2A1B John Simpson - Pat Simpson 3A Lowell Gist - Victor Greener 2B David Haberstich - Mun Takeda 3B Avis Morse - Howard Arquette 1C Nancy Holley - Donny Graham 2C Carol Rodder - Mary Lou Pease 3C Stephen Blumberg - Bob Cross 750 CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Don Myers - Doris Myers 2 Jerry F. Noga - John Hempel 3 Cathleen Burden - Denny Tweed 750 SPECIAL Pearl McGinnis - Barbara Brock Edward Grootendorst - Therese Grootendorst Martha Waller - Virginia Johnson Judy Geary - Ann Sadler[B] Denny Tweed - Cathleen Burden Sue Comporato - Marilyn J. Kendall[B] Patricia Biddy - Mona Omar[C] Don Myers - Doris Myers[C] 99ER INDIVIVIDUAL 1 Laurie Harrington 2 Patricia Alviso 3 Karen Matthews 4 Barbara Gaudin 5 Vera Bryan OAKHURST WINNERS Grant Sturm- Tom Upton Al Ellis- Joni Roberts Claire Molnar - Ken Doig (2) Karen McCartin - Paul Mertens (2) Ira Estin - Hal Mendoza Joe Fox - Corey Cole (2) Gary & Judy Smith Burke Zane - T. Srinivasan INDIVIDUAL 1 Don Austin 2 Richard Meffley 3 Robert Durbrow 2/4 C Jane Bragg 2/4 C Anthony Toto 2/4 C Gloria Fitzgerald SPECIAL Skip Miller - Barbara Thacker Mark Stern - David Haberstich Naguib Abdallah - Victor Greener Monique Irion - Irene Whelchel Irene Whelchel - Judy Zimmerer Patricia Creede - Paul Messner John McGregor - Lowell Gist Barbara Thacker - Skip Miller Margaret Mahaffey - Jay Shapiro William Glass - Monique Irion Kent Billeter - Judy Nicholson[B] Charlotte Maschke - Ruth Christensen[B] William Glass - Al Crane[B] Stephen Blumberg - George Dalition[B] Mary Lou Pease - Jane Bragg[B] Carol Miller - Laura Da Costa[B] Jason Mcalexander - Gloria Fitzgerald[C] Gwen Davey - George Dalition[C] 99er SPECIAL Fred Schellack - Joyce Furnas Carol Fiorentino - Susan Shaver 99er Ruby Buttereck - Ann Keag Walt Kelso - Brenda Ward Joyce Furnas - Fred Schellack |
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