FRESNO WINTER SECTIONAL VICTOR GREENER WINS PRESIDENTS AWARD JIMMY MOORE AND BOB CARROLL TOP 99ERS Attendance was good at our recent sectional tournament. Our hospitality committee, Laura Da Costa, Mary Lou Pease, Deb Petersen, Jonel Mueller, Belva Quattrin, and Cindy Tingey, did a fine job of providing snacks and lunches. We even received a nice letter from out of town guests thanking us for a nice tournament. We tried a new concept for Sunday Swiss teams – bracketed teams. We had four brackets of four teams each – an improvement over previous Swiss team attendance. Victor Greener won the President’s award with 22 masterpoints, winning the bracketed teams and finishing fourth in four pair events. Jimmy Moore and Bob Carroll of Mariposa were the top 99ers, winning flight B of the Monday morning 499er pairs and flight B of the Monday afternoon open pairs. Congratulations! CLUB NEWS The top players in Oakhurst for February were Kenneth Doig, Burke Zane, Ken Sommers, and Jimmy Moore. Barbara Diebert was the top master point winner in Madera for February, followed by Carol Kaufman and Steve Johnson. Carol Kaufman leads for 2020, followed by Steve Johnson and Barbara Diebert. The top players in Fresno for February were Laura Da Costa, followed by Ray April, Victor Greener, and Mary Lou Pease. Laura leads for 2020, followed by Ray, Mary Lou, and Victor. Ann Keag was the top 99er for Fresno, followed by Margot Cegielski, June Serio, and Sandy OwYoung-Chu. Sandy leads for 2020, followed by Mary Claire Ewing, Margot Cegielski, and Ann Keag. We’re still losing lots of bathroom keys. We’ve noticed several times people leave a key in the keyhole in the door. Are they trying to help the homeless use the bathroom? DO NOT LEAVE the key in the door. If you are smart enough to play bridge, you should be smart enough to use the key and bring it back to the bridge club. If you aren’t that clever, you could at least figure out how to bring the key back after you take it home. UPCOMING SECTIONALS Please note our neighbors are having their sectionals soon. It’s nice to visit their tournaments and see how other tournaments work. You may make friends who will come to our sectional. Modesto’s sectional is April 4 and 5. Bakersfield’s sectional is April 17-19. Visalia’s sectional is May 15 to 17. Consider playing a day or two at these tournaments. | PLACES AND FACES At the Vancouver, Washington regional, Farid Assemi, James Slinger, and Edward Wojewoda won the KO teams and were sixth in the AXY Swiss teams. Rick Whitworth was second in the KO teams, third in another KO teams, and sixth in the AXY Swiss teams. Gerard Laquerriere was thirteenth and seventh in two open pairs events. Congratulations! Congratulations to Farid Assemi and Jim Slinger, who finished third in the District 21 open Grand National Teams. Welcome to new member Elaine Henshel. Congratulations to new NABC master Larry Miller, club masters Bill Carroll and Jimmy Moore, and junior master Ruth Townsend. Our condolences go to Ann Derwin, whose son recently passed away. Our condolences also go to Jeremy Newell, whose husband and bridge partner Michael Newell recently passed away. Treasurer’s report Since there was no board meeting in February, there won’t be a posting of financial reports on the bulletin board. Older statements are there. Let me summarize the financial situation Christmas in the middle of the week, what else could happen? Many cancelled games due to the holiday. We lost money in January. As we normally see, January is not a good month for the club. In other words, we lost money in December and January, as we normally do. But all is not lost. We had a great sectional in February which made up for the prior two months’ losses. We had 116.5 tables for the tourney. Next month, we will have data of our actual earnings. And outside of the tourney, our table count is rising. As an example, we typically have 9 tables on Saturday (open and ‘99er game). That’s a great increase from when we had only 3 tables on Saturday. If this increase continues on through March, we are on the track to stay growing. As your treasurer, I can ask you to do the following to keep us in the black. Play an extra game each month. You can earn an extra piece of a point and help the bottom line. Stay healthy. Enough of posting obits. And participate in fund raisers coming up. |
WINTER SECTIONAL FRIDAY MORNING 1A Barbara Thacker - Belva Quattrin 2A Gerard Laquerriere - Farid Assemi 3A Allyson Farrell - Mun Takeda 4A Victor Greener - David Haberstich 5A Mark Stern - Sally Anne Stern 1BC George Efthemon - Jackie Finn 2B Avis Morse - Lynn Gast 3B2C Mary Lou Pease - Sally Perring FRIDAY MORNING 499er 1A Mary Schelling - John Schelling 2A Deborah Kemp - Myles Johnson 3A1B Tay Cherry - Robert Cherry 4A Kathryn Miller - Diane Simpson 2B Marilyn Kendall - Joann Huebner FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1A Mary Mayfield - Danny O'Broclyn 2A Steve Holmes - Ann Derwin 3A Anthony Toto - William Glass 4A David Haberstich - Victor Greener 5A1B Rosalie Jorgensen - Irene Whelchel 2B1C Renee Laquerriere - Judy Nibler 3B2C Jim Luther - Diane McDonough FRIDAY AFTERNOON 499er 1A Mary Schelling - John Schelling 2A1B Deborah Kemp - Myles Johnson 3A2B Cheryl Johnson - Ann Keag SATURDAY MORNING 1AB Cynthia Tingey - William Glass 2A Mary Mayfield - Danny O'Broclyn 3A Allyson Farrell - Mun Takeda 4A Naguib Abdallah - Victor Greener 5A Anthony Toto - Byron Steinert 6A2B Andrea Sigmund - Susan Spears 7A3B1C Renee Laquerriere - Rhonda Hampton 4B2C Mary Schelling - John Schelling 5B Barbara Thacker - Gary Nelson 6B Robert Rouch Jr - Donnie Priest 3C Angelina Heisdorf - Deborah Kemp 4C Darnell Austin - Marion Austin 5C Lorraine Bocks - Gary Smith SATURDAY MORNING 199er 1ABC Edward Hampton - Suzanne Sobenes 2AB Joan Dinwiddie - Kathleen Spaunhurst 3A Marge Field - Joan Fritz 4A3B2C Judy Pierre - Laurie Harrington 4B3C Joyce Aiken - Elaine Henshel SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1AB Sally Perring - Kim Morris 2AB Robert Rouch Jr - Donnie Priest 3A Richard Meffley - Gerard Laquerriere 4A Mary Mayfield - Danny O'Broclyn 5A Warren Cederborg - Suzanne Cederborg 6A3B1C John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott 4B Andrea Sigmund - Susan Spears 2C Myles Johnson - Sandy Owyoung-Chu 3C Patrick Carroll - Robert Cherry SATURDAY AFTERNOON 499er 1A John Schelling - Mary Schelling 2A1B Gloria Fitzgerald - Jeffrey Nevins 3A2B Denny Tweed - Cathleen Burden 4A3B1C Marilyn Kendall - Madeline Lynes 4B2C Susan Chichester - Georgina Lorenzi SUNDAY SWISS TEAMS BRACKET 1 Mark Stern - David Haberstich - Naguib Abdallah - Victor Greener BRACKET 2 Gary Smith - Lorraine Bocks - Patricia Gallo - Dee Heller BRACKET 3 Mary Lou Pease - Patrick Carroll - Judy Nibler - Angelina Heisdorf BRACKET 4 Dee Quatraro - Karen Baker - John Maguire - Elizabeth Holmes FAST PAIRS 1A Lowell Gist - Gerard Laquerriere 2A Richard Meffley - William Glass 3A David Haberstich - Mark Stern 4A Barbara Thacker - Belva Quattrin 5A1B Mike Florio - Mary Ann Florio 2B1C Gary Smith - Lorraine Bocks 3B2C Cynthia Tingey - Patrick Carroll 4B3C Laura Da Costa - Gloria Fitzgerald MONDAY MORNING PAIRS 1A Anthony Toto - Byron Steinert 2A Belva Quattrin - Robert Durbrow 3A Warren Cederborg - Suzanne Cederborg 4A Mark Stern - Victor Greener 5/6A1/2B Andrea Sigmund - Patricia Delamontanya 5/6A1/2B1C Jason McAlexander - Patrick Carroll 3B2C MaryClaire Ewing - Sandy Owyoung-Chu 4B3C Olivia Stockton - Annie Chiljian 5B4C Judy Jessick - Sally Perring MONDAY MORNING 499er 1A Deborah Kemp - Myles Johnson 2A Tay Cherry - Robert Cherry 3A Kathryn Miller - Barbara Wiedel 4A1B Jimmy Moore - Bill Carroll 2B Edward Hampton - Clint Hudson MONDAY AFTERNON 1A Victor Greener - Mark Stern 2A Gerard Laquerriere - Lowell Gist 3A Mun Takeda - Allyson Farrell 4A1BC Jimmy Moore - Bill Carroll 5A Howard Arquette - Ray April 6A2BC Patrick Carroll - Jason McAlexander 3BC Rhonda Hampton - Judy Dodd 4/5BC Gary Smith - Lorraine Bocks 4/5BC Edward Hampton - June Serio | WINNERS UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Richard Meffley - Anthony Toto 2A1B Barbara Thacker - M. Steve Johnson 3/4A2/3B Ray April - Laura Da Costa 3/4A2/3B Don Austin - Marion Austin UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Laura Da Costa - Mary Lou Pease 2AB1C Don Austin - Marion Austin 3AB2C Debbie Kemp - M. Steve Johnson FAST PAIRS UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Ray April - Laura Da Costa 2/3A2B1C Renee Laquerriere - Mary Lou Pease 2/3A Richard Meffley - Victor Greener 2C Don Austin - Marion Austin SUNDAY PRO-AM TEAMS 1A Richard Meffley - Marge Field - Sandra White - M. Steve Johnson 2A1B William Glass - Mary Lou Pease - Carol Kaufman - Edward Hampton 99er UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Brenda Ward - Barry Katz 2 Margot Cegielski - Alvin Fred Schellack 3 Joan Clark - Ed Keller UPGRADED CHAMPIONSHIP 1ABC Mary Claire Ewing - Sandy OwYoung-Chu 2A Lowell Gist - Ray April 3A Byron Steinert - Anthony Toto 2B Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola 3/4B Villa Vejvoda - Lisa D'Arcy 3/4B Judy Jessick - Howard Arquette 2C Cynthia Tingey - Rosalie Jorgensen 3/4C Donny Graham - Nancy Holley 3/4C Bettylee Wapner - JoannE. Evans UPGRADED CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Richard Meffley - Mary Lou Pease 2A Lowell Gist - Victor Greener 3A1B Laura Da Costa - M. Steve Johnson 2B Steve Holmes - Ann Derwin 3B Barbara Thacker - Patrick Carroll CHAMPIONSHIP 1ABC Laura Da Costa - Mary Lou Pease 2AB Laura Neville - Ruth Christensen 3AB Al Crane - M. Steve Johnson 2C Don Austin - Marion Austin 1A Barbara Diebert - Richard Meffley 2A1B Carol Kaufman - Steve Johnson 2B June Serio - Gary Nelson 99ER CHAMPIONSHIP 1/2A Margot Cegielski - Alvin Fred Schellack 1/2A1B Clint Hudson - June Serio 3A2B1C Barry Katz - Brenda Ward 3B Sandra White - Lynda Moller 2C Tom Callahan - Julia Kendall OAKHURST WINNERS Bill Fullar and Ruthie Fruehauf Diane Mc Donough and Marth Robrahn Ken Doig and T. Srinivasan Jimmy Moore and Bill Carroll Karen McCartin and Paul Mertens Diane McDonough and Nancy Hays Jimmy Moore and Jim Luther Lorraine Bocks and Gary Smith Ken Doig and Nancy Hays INDIVIDUAL 1 William Glass 2/3A1/2B Joycelyn Kauder 2/3A1/2B1C Edward Hampton 3/4B2/3C June Serio 3/4B2/3 Debbie Kemp SPECIAL William Glass - Victor Greener [2] Patrick Carroll - John McGregor Steve Johnson - Carol Kaufman Jan Armbruster - Jackie Reichard Robert Durbrow - Sally Anne Stern Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola Ray April - Victor Greener Mark Stern - Lowell Gist Richard Meffley - Gerard Laquerriere Victor Greener - Mark Stern Patrick Carroll - John McGregor [B] Ann Derwin - Steve Holmes [B] Rose Boot - Renee Laquerriere [B] Sally Perring - Judy Jessick [B] Mary Lou Pease - Joseph Tang [B] Laura Neville - Judy Jessick [B] Steve Johnson - Mary Lou Pease [C] Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola [C] Judy Dodd - Rosalie Jorgensen [C] Diane McDonough - Kenneth Sommers [C] Lisa D'Arcy - Avis Morse [C] Carolyn Lofton - Robert Endara [C] 750 SPECIAL Patricia Creede - Sandy OwYoung-Chu Kathryn Miller - Mary Claire Ewing Angelina Heisdorf - Patricia Creede Barbara Wiedel - Kathryn Miller Robert Cherry - Tay Cherry Angelina Heisdorf - Kathryn Miller Barbara Brock - Estee Strombotne [B] Andrew Graves - Larry Miller [B] Barbara Brock - Barbara Wiedel [C] Judy Pardun - Jeremy Newel [C] Karen Matthews - Cheryl Johnson [C] Doris Myers - Pamela Pigg [C] SPECIAL 299ER Ed Keller - Margot Cegielski Sandy Petrie - Pat Heckathorn Nancy Jones - Georgia Murach Margot Cegielski - Ed Keller [B] SPECIAL 99 Clint Hudson - June Serio John Cadwalader - Carol Fiorentino [C] 99 Alvin Fred Schellack - Margot Cegielski Edward Hampton - June Serio Clint Hudson - Edward Hampton Sandy Petrie - Pat Heckathorn [B] Matthew Wilkins - Maura Pennington [C] Sandy Petrie - Pat Heckathorn [C] |