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 Aces, Places,  AND  fACES

7/1/2015

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PRO-AM TEAMS
Sunday July 26
     Once again we’re having a Pro-Am team game. We all seem to have a good time playing with three new team mates. Each team has at least one Life Master and three other players. We pick teams according to master points. Each player is in group A, B, C, or D according to their master point total. We’ll draw one player from each group to make up each team. All the teams are sort of equal, so you never know who will win.
         
Before the game, we have a pot luck lunch at noon. Bring something nice to eat and enjoy a great lunch. It makes for a great day!

THE LONGEST DAY
    
Our Longest Day games on June 22 went will, with the regular Monday afternoon game plus morning and evening games. Thanks to Jackie Finn, who organized refreshments in the morning. Thanks to directors Kay Chrisman and Richard Meffley, who donated their time and to Laura Da Costa, who donated a portion of her regular game receipts. To all those who contributed, thanks! A big thank you goes to DaVinci’s Pizza, who donated plenty of pizzas for the break between the afternoon session and evening session. Their pizzas were delicious! They have six locations for takeout pizza in Fresno. All told, we raised about $600 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

LESSONS
            Laura Da Costa is about half way through lessons on defense. You can still catch a few lessons on Saturday morning at 9 am. 
            New lessons for beginning students will start on Saturdays in August. Please let your friends know that they can soon learn how to play.  For up-to-date information on lessons, call Laura at 439-8040.

CLUB NEWS
                North American Championship games continue in July and August. Those who qualify may play in the Fresno Unit finals on November 8. Those qualifiers have a chance to play in the D21 finals in January for a chance at the national finals in March in nearby Reno, Nevada.
        The top winners in Madera for June were Richard Meffley, Gary Nelson, Carol Kaufman, and Mary Gullo. Gary Nelson, Richard Meffley, Carol Kaufman, and Larry and Gay Slates lead for 2015.
     At the Fresno Bridge Center, the top winners for May were Ray April, followed by Skip Miller and Steve Sharp. Ray leads for the year, with Steve Sharp, Mark Stern, and Skip Miller following. The top 99er for May was Marge Field, with Nancy Jones and Don and Marion Austin right behind. Marge leads for 2015, followed by Don and Doris Myers. June winners are on our home page.


NON-LM SECTIONAL
August 8-9
            If you have less than 500 mp and you are not a Life Master, you can play in our NLM sectional on August 8 and 9.
            We have pair games at 10 am and 2:30 each day, with our famous lunch and learn between sessions. Yes, there is a free lunch, with a free lesson to go with it.
            Get yourself a partner and play in the tournament! If you don’t have a partner, call or e-mail our partnership chairman, Mary Lou Pease, at 559-228-2340.

PLACES AND FACES
    
We’ve had several rank changes this month. Diane McDonough of Coarsegold and Grant Sturm of Oakhurst are new junior masters. Bill Ward is now a club master. Marge Field, Joyce Aiken, Marilyn Kendall, Don Myers, and Doris Myers are now sectional masters.  George Efthemon is now a NABC Master.
    
Dave Haberstich became a silver Life Master, and Barbara Thacker is now a Gold LM.
     Congratulations!
     At the Firecracker sectional in Santa Clara, Farid Assemi was sixth in one open pairs event and 14th in another. Richard Meffley was 17th in the open pairs.
At the Las Vegas regional, Judy Zimmerer was sixth in the charity pairs (second in Flight B) and eighth in the flight B Daylight pairs.  Jim Sweet and Bill Glass were fourth in flight B charity Swiss teams.  Jim Sweet and Rose Boot were fifth in flight B of the Daylight Swiss Teams. Jim also took fourth in flight C of the Daylight pairs. Bill Glass was eleventh in flight B of the Daylight pairs. Jay Roll was eighth in the open pairs and twelfth in the Daylight pairs.
     Welcome to new members Susan Snyder Barbara Gaudin.
    
Get well wishes go to Laura Neville.

     Our condolences go to Pamela Pigg whose brother recently passed away.

PARTY BRIDGE
       We’ll invite party bridge players to our club for a party bridge game on August 22, 2015. Let your party bridge friends know. We’ll have more information next month.  

NABC RENO
MARCH 10-20, 2016
            Information is available about the NABC tournament at  2016SpringNABC.org.   If you can volunteer to help with registration or prize desks for an hour or two, please visit the website and sign up.

 





 





WINNERS

UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP
1              Margaret Mahaffey - Steve Sharp
2A1B     Mark Stern - Barbara Thacker
3/4A       Della Schnell - John Schnell
3/4A2B1C            David Haberstich - David Ash
2/4C       Ray April - Howard Arquette
2/4C       Marge Field - Nancy Jones
2/4C       Laura Neville - Ruth Christensen

NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS
1AB        D Zody - William Glass
2AB        Victor Greener - Naguib Abdallah
3A           David Haberstich - Mark Stern
3B1C     Patrick Carroll - John McGregor
2C           JoAnn Huebner - Marilyn J. Kendall 

MEMBERSHIP
1AB        David Haberstich - Mark Stern
2A           Victor Greener - Naguib Abdallah
3A2B1C                Jane Bragg - Sally Anne Eatherly
3B           Lowell Gist - D Zody
2C           Andrea Wheeless - Anthony Toto
 

299 MEMBERSHIP
1AB        Nancy Jones - Marge Field
2A           Don Austin - Marion Austin
3A2B1C                Erin Austin - Jane A. McCoy
3B2C     Bill Ward - M. Steve Johnson 

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1A           Skip Miller - Barbara Thacker
2A           Margaret Mahaffey - Mark Stern
3A           Ray April - David Ash
1B           George Efthemon - Avis Morse
2B           John Barrere - Al Crane
3B           Laura Da Costa - Steve Sharp
1C           Jay Shapiro - Judy Dodd
2C           Lynn Green - June E. Weber

MEMORIAL DAY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1AB        Howard Arquette - Ray April
2A           Della Schnell - John Schnell
3A2B     Belva Quattrin - Patricia Delamontanya
3B           David Ash - Mark Stern
1/2C       Mary Lloyd - Dorothy Soles
1/2C       Judy Jessick - Suzanne Graham
3C           Sheila Smith - Carol Rodder

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1AB        Barbara Thacker - Judy Zimmerer
2A           Della Schnell - John Schnell
3A           Victor Greener - Skip Miller
2B           Marge Field - Joan Fritz
3B           David Ash - Avis Morse

99ER CHAMPIONSHIP
1              Walt Kelso - Brenda Ward
2              Gary Pigg - Pamela Pigg

INDIVIDUAL
1          Mark Stern
2/3       Marion Austin
2/3       Carol Kaufman  

OAKHURST WINNERS
Burke Zane  - T Srinivasan            
Claire Molnar - Ken Doig                
Burke Zane  - Terri Anderson          
Nancy Kyle  - Judy Van Winkle
Burke Zane - Terri Anderson          
Claire Molnar - Karen McCartin
Corey Cole - Ken Doig(3)
Terri Anderson - T Srinivasan
Karen McCartin - Paul Mertens
Claire Molnar - Annette Calhoun
Jimmy Moore - Bill Carroll 

SPECIAL

Mary Lloyd – Joann E. Evans
Ray April - David Ash
Robert Durbrow - Monique Irion
Steve Sharp - Laura Neville
Carol Rodder - Sheila Smith
Jim McKoane - Laura Neville
Howard Arquette - Ray April
Mark Stern - Sally Anne Eatherly
Victor Greener - Naguib Abdallah
Belva Quattrin - William Glass
Howard Arquette - Ray April
Della Schnell - John Schnell
Margaret Mahaffey - Dick Powell[B]
Skip Miller - Jay Shapiro[B]
Mark Stern - David Haberstich[B]
Judy Zimmerer - Irene Whelchel[B]
Charlotte Maschke - Sophia Iwatsubo[B]
Jay Shapiro - Kent Billeter[B]
D Zody - Lowell Gist[B]
Anthony Toto - David Haberstich[C]
Paul Messner - Dora Gostanian[C]
Paul Boyd - Sandy Richardson[C]
George Dalition - George Efthemon[C]
Jim McKoane - Dick Powell[C]
Sheila Smith - Carol Rodder[C]  

299er SPECIAL
Pearl McGinnis - Barbara Brock
Mary Ann Clark - Gay Berr
Karin Blanchard - Judy Zimmerer
Kathryn Miller - Barbara Wiedel  

99 SPECIAL
Fred Schellack - Joyce Furnas
Walt Kelso - Brenda Ward
Bill Ward - Susan Shaver

 99ER
Debbie Kemp - Jane A. McCoy
Gary Pigg - Pamela Pigg[B]

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