| CHRISTMAS PARTY ANNUAL MEETING December 10, 2017 The Fresno Unit has planned its annual Christmas holiday party for Sunday, December 10 at noon, followed by a short annual meeting and Sectional Tournament at Clubs game, which awards silver points to the winners. We’re planning two sections – open and 299er. If you and your partner both have under 300 master point, you can choose which section to play in. Ballots for the 2018-2019 Unit Board must be turned in by the annual meeting. Place them in the ballot box at the Fresno Bridge Center or mail to Fresno Unit ACBL, 1320 E Shaw Avenue, Fresno CA 93710. Those on the ballot are: Jackie Finn, hospitality chairman. She is in charge of hospitality (meaning refreshments) for the Christmas party, sectionals, and other special events. Kay Chrisman, unit secretary and bridge center chairman. Anthony Toto, District 21 representative and I/N coordinator Don Austin, Treasurer Richard Meffley, President and newsletter editor. PLACES and FACES Steve Johnson and Jonel Mueller are now sectional masters. Joan Fritz, Cheryl Johnson, and Marva White are now club masters. Ed Hampton is now a junior master. Congratulations on the new ranks. Welcome to new ACBL member Sue Brown of Lemoore. Our condolences to the family of Vi Steitz, who recently passed away. She was a long time member of the Fresno unit. CLUB NEWS STAC GAMES December 4-10 Check your calendar for Christmas parties this month. A new event for Sunday, New Year’ Eve, is a Fast Pairs Unit Championship at 1 pm. It will give you lots of time to get ready for your New Year’s party later in the day. We can’t fit it on the calendar because it’s in January, but Laura Da Costa will have a New Year’s Day party on Monday, January 1. 2018. She may even have the television on so you can check out the Rose Bowl in the small room. November master point leaders in Madera are Richard Meffley, followed by Gary Nelson and Gay and Larry Slates. Gary Nelson leads for the year, followed by Richard Meffley, Barbara Diebert, and Gay and Larry Slates. Sectional Tournament at Club games are held at clubs the week starting December 4. Games are held throughout the western United States.Top players for the western states can win up to 20 master points. All points are silver points. Treasurer’s report Financially, we broke even during the month of October. Actually, we were in the black by about $200. Before we get too excited, it was the month of our Fall Sectional, which provides us with extra income. But, we also had some extra expenses, like paying the lawyer who brokered out lower rent. I am confident that when the extra-ordinary plusses or minuses to our finances end, UNIT CALENDAR 2017 -2018 November 24- Dec 3 North American Bridge Championships – San Diego December 2 Noon Open & 99er Unit Championship December 4-10 STAC games December 10 Noon Unit Christmas Party 12:45 Annual Meeting 1 pm Open & 299er STAC game December 12 6:45 99er Championship December 11-17 Palm Springs Regional December 20 6:30 Unit Championship December 26-31 LA Regional December 27 6:30 Unit Championship December 30 Noon Open & 99er Championship December 31 I pm Championship Fast Pairs January 1-7 Monterey Regional January 20-21 Noon & TBA NAP D21 Flight A Burlingame January 21 Noon & TBA NAP D21 Flight C Burlingame February 3 Noon & TBA NAP D21 Flight B San Jose WINNERS NAP UNIT FINALS 1 Laura Da Costa - Ray April 2 Robert Durbrow - Richard Meffley MEMBERSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Margaret Mahaffey - Howard Arquette 2A1BC Rosalie Jorgensen - James Sweet 3A2BC Mary Lou Pease - Jane Bragg 750 MEMBERSHIP 1ABC Rhonda Hampton - Renee Laquerriere 2A Jackie Finn - George Efthemon 3A2BC John Hempel - Jerry F. Noga 3B Mary Ann Clark - Gay Berry 3C Pamela Pigg - Brenda Ward 99er MEMBERSHIP
99er MEMBERSHIP 1A Steve Johnson - Margot Cegielski 2A1B Carol Fiorentino - John Cadwalader 2/3B Scarlett Richman - Juan Sobenes 2/3B Robert Heisdorf - Joan Clark CLUB APPRECIATION 1ABC Sheila Smith - Mary Lou Pease 2A Carol Rodder - Margaret Mahaffey 3A2B Skip Miller - Cynthia Tingey 3/4B2C George Dalition - Gwen Davey 3/4B Jim Mckoane - Judy Jessick CLUB APPRECIATION 1A Belva Quattrin - William Glass 2A Mun Takeda - Gerard Laquerriere 3A1B Carol Rodder - Avis Morse 2B Carol Carr - Villa Vejvoda 3/4B Anthony Toto - Byron Steinert 3/4B1C George Dalition - George Efthemon 2C Sheila Smith - Gerry Jones 750 CLUB APPRECIATION 1AB Patricia Creede - Mary Claire Ewing 2AB Rhonda Hampton - Mary Gullo 3A Pearl McGinnis - Barbara Brock 3B Don Myers - Doris Myers 1C Sandy OwYoung-Chu - Marva White 2C Yvonne Jeffrey - Lois Layne 3C Robert Cherry - Tay Cherry | LESSONS The current Saturday morning lessons conclude on December 9. December 16 will be an individual game for all taking lessons. The Tuesday morning series ends on December 5. Easybridge I and II start again on Saturday morning, January 20. Please convince your neighbors or friends that bridge is a great game and they need to go to beginning lessons. Clovis Adult School will have beginning lessons at our bridge club on Tuesday nights, taught by Mary Lou Pease. Lessons will be from 6:30to 8:30 pm, starting on January 16, 2018. A second series starts on March 13. BID on a GAME with a LIFE MASTER A silent auction to play with Life Masters begins on January 8 and concludes on Sunday, January 28, with a Pro-Am game. Bid high and bid quick! If you win Gerard Laquerriere, you may get an extra prize – we’ll announce it next month. If you win a Life Master, you must make arrangements to play sometime after January 28. WHAT ARE MASTER POINTS? Master points are awarded to the top players at every level of ACBL sanctioned bridge events. They come in many colors – red, gold, black, silver, and platinum. There are even colorless points. Somewhat like golf events, the awards are higher when the level of competition increases. Awards in golf increase from club weekly events to the annual tournament to the Fresno City championship to the Northern California championship to state and national championships to the various professional tours to the Masters and US and British Opens. The ACBL sanctions many clubs, plus sectional, regional, and North American (NABC) tournaments – all color coded. Generally, clubs award black points, sectionals award silver points, regionals award red and gold points, and NABCs award red, gold, and platinum points. On special occasions, clubs can award silver, red, or gold points. Internet points are colorless. NABC events award more master points than regional events, which are more than sectional events which are more than club events. Fifty years ago there were basically two rankings and two colors. Life Master and not Life Master; red points and not red points. Club games awarded a whole master point only once a month. Tournaments had Championship games and side games. Now there are a half dozen ranks below Life Master and even more ranks for Life Masters. Gold points started in 1968. Silver, black, and platinum points followed. Every rank requires a certain number of master points of various colors. Tournaments now can have several events each day – open championships, plus two or three championships events with an upper master point limit, such as 200, 500, 750, or 1,500 master points. Since the competition is more difficult in open events, the ACBL awards more master points in open than in limited events. Master points are awarded according to a complicated formula which takes into account the master point limit of the event, the ranking of the event (club, sectional, regional, or NABC), the number of competitors, and the type of event. Every five years an ACBL committee gets together and examines the Master Point Plan and makes changes, often giving more points to some kinds of events and fewer to others. Most often the changes mean more master points for everyone. UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Howard Arquette - Ray April 2A Laura Da Costa - Margaret Mahaffey 3A1B Brenda Ward - Walt Kelso 2B Pamela Pigg - Jonel Mueller CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Mark Stern - Sally Anne Stern 2 Jim Mckoane - Judy Dodd 1 Gary Nelson – Richard Meffley 2/3 Mary & Nick Gullo 2/3 Larry & Gay Slates 1A Robert Durbrow - Lowell Gist 2/3A Skip Miller - Byron Steinert 2/3AB1 Judy Zimmerer - Rhonda Hampton 2B JoannE. Evans - Carol Rodder 750 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Janet Blumberg - Stephen Blumberg 2A1B Kathleen Coit - William Coit 3A2B Patricia Creede - Marva White 3B1C Denny Tweed - Cathleen Burden 2C Sandra Beebe - Judy Pardun 3C Kathryn Miller - Mary Claire Ewing INDIVIDUAL 1 June Oeser 2/4 Robert Durbrow 2/4 Gary Nelson 2/4 Angelina Heisdorf OAKHURST WINNERS Ken Doig - Claire Molnar [2] Wally Wallace - Paul Mertens Jim Luther - Ira Estin Ken Doig - Kirk Moulin Ken Doig - T Srinivasan SPECIAL Mark Stern - Margaret Mahaffey Gary Nelson – Richard Meffley Jay Roll - George Dalition Belva Quattrin - Sally Anne Stern Sheila Smith - Cynthia Tingey Judy Zimmerer - Rhonda Hampton Byron Steinert - Skip Miller Laura Neville - Margaret Mahaffey Belva Quattrin - Mark Stern Carol Kaufman - Richard Meffley William Glass - Belva Quattrin Lowell Gist - Mark Stern Deb Petersen - Barbara Wiedel[B] Gary Nelson - June Oeser [B] Avis Morse - Lisa D'Arcy [B] Mary Gullo - Nick Gullo [B] Kent Billeter - Sydney Bluestone [B] Virginia Johnson - Jackie Finn [B] Jackie Reichard - Jan Armbruster [C] Carol Kaufman - Barbara Diebert [C] Virginia Hailey - Paula Baraldi [C] 750 SPECIAL John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott Deb Petersen - Barbara Wiedel Patricia Creede - Mary Claire Ewing [B] Marlene Robinson - Barbara Kelley [C] Jonel Mueller - Rita Gladding [C] 99ER CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Steve Johnson - Margot Cegielski 2A1B Carol Fiorentino - John Cadwalader 2/3B Scarlett Richman - Juan Sobenes 2/3B Robert Heisdorf - Joan Clark 99er Margot Cegielski - M. Steve Johnson June Oeser - Julia Kendall [B] Ruby Buttereck - Alvin Fred Schellack Margot Cegielski - M. Steve Johnson |
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