PRO-AM PAIRS January 28 Sunday, January 28, we’re having a Pro-Am game. Come without a partner – we’ll draw a “pro” for each “amateur” and an “am” for each “pro.” The game starts at 1 pm following a pot luck lunch at noon. Please bring something scrumptious for the players to enjoy. Be sure to arrive well before 1 pm so we have time to draw partners, meet your partner, and start on time. WE’RE STARTING NOONERS Mondays and Wednesdays Effective this January, all open afternoon games (except Sunday) will start at noon. This is a change for Wednesday and Friday. The schedule is now Noon for games on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and 1 pm for Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday games. Morning and evening games are not changing times. 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 soon. If you win a Life Master, you must make arrangements to play sometime after January 28. LESSONS Free lessons start again on Saturday January 20 at 9 am. We’ll have beginning Easybridge for newcomers, and Easybridge 2 for those who’ve learned from Easybridge 1. Call Laura Da Costa at 999-2825 or Mary Lou Pease at 288-2340 for more information. Be sure to tell your friends and neighbors – they need to learn bridge, too. Laura is teaching lessons on bidding at 10 am, starting January 23. If you want to learn how to start bidding the right way, take these lessons. Clovis Adult School will have beginning lessons at our bridge club on Tuesday nights, taught by Mary Lou Pease. Lessons will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, starting on January 16, 2018. A second series starts on March 13. AROMAS Please be aware that some of our members are very sensitive to people wearing heavy perfume or cologne. Please do not wear much if any. Our playing room is not so big – sensitive people cannot avoid strong aromas at the bridge center. SPRING SECTIONAL February 16-19 Our Spring sectional is coming soon, starting on Friday and continuing through President’s Day on Monday. Schedules are available at the bridge club, or on-line. WINNERS PRO-AM TEAM UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Anthony Toto - Rhonda Hampton - Patrick Carroll - Marge Field 2 Laura Da Costa - Mary Lou Pease - Don Austin - Marion Austin UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP 1AB Howard Arquette - Judy Dodd 2A Mark Stern - Sally Anne Stern 3A Ray April - Laura Neville 2/3B Sandy OwYoung-Chu - Mary Claire Ewing 2/3B Stephen Blumberg - Robert Cherry 1A William Glass - Lowell Gist 2A Mary Lou Pease - Richard Meffley 3A1B Margot Cegielski - M. Steve Johnson 2/3B Don Austin - Marion Austin 2/3B June Oeser - Gary Nelson 1A Mark Stern - Victor Greener 2A1B Mary Lou Pease - James Sweet 3A2B1C Don Austin - Marion Austin 3B Jonel Mueller - Barbara Wiedel 2C Cheryl Johnson - Cheryl Hiney UNIT 99ER CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Jonel Mueller - Pamela Pigg 2 Margot Cegielski - M. Steve Johnson STAC Victor Greener - Mark Stern {3} Skip Miller - Byron Steinert{41} Al Crane - Ruth Christensen {5A4B} Victor Greener - Skip Miller [8A} James Sweet - Richard Meffley {20A} Robert Durbrow - Gloria Fitzgerald {42A15B} Crol Kaufman – Barbara Diebert {4B} Robert Endara - Carolyn Lofton {27B} Kathryn Miller - Mary Claire Ewing [C] {9/10C} Sandy Richardson - Bob Cross {1Aux} Margaret Mahaffey - Victor Greener {2Aux} George Dalition - Jim Mckoane {4B Aux} Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola {5BAux} Margaret Mahaffey - Howard Arquette Robert Durbrow - Belva Quattrin Patrick Carroll - Richard Meffley Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola [B] Carol Rodder - George Dalition[B] Patrick Carroll - John McGregor[B] Anthony Toto - Byron Steinert [B] Cynthia Tingey - Sheila Smith [B] William Glass - James Sweet [B] George Efthemon - George Dalition [C] Judy Nibler - Angelina Heisdorf [C] Steve Johnson - Margot Cegielski{C} June Oeser - Alvin Fred Schellack [C] | UNIT NEWS Awards to Don and Marion Austin Marion Austin received our Distinguished Service Award for her contributions to our bookkeeping and budgeting processes. Don will receive the District 21 Goodwill award at the Monterey regional for his efforts to work with our landlord securing a lease we can afford, plus heading our successful Longest Day event this year. Our thanks and congratulations go to Don and Marion. All our board members were reelected at our annual meeting. We hope they will work for an enjoyable and prosperous new year. Volunteers to work on unit events are welcome - just ask one of our board members. PLACES AND FACES Several of our members played at the North American Bridge Championships in San Diego. Anthony Toto and Deb Petersen were sixth in Flight B of the Swiss teams (second in Flight C). Farid Assemi and Richard Meffley were 20th in the Mitchell Open Board a Match teams and 28th in the North American Swiss teams. Pete Weber and Avis Morse were third in Bracket 5 of the KO teams. Jim Tritt and Richard Meffley were 68th in the Blue Ribbon Pairs. Corey Cole was 6th in one Daylight pairs and eighth h in another, as well as 28th in a third. Rick Whitworth was 26th in the Senior Mixed pairs. Congratulations! At the Palm Springs Regional, Deb Petersen and Jackie Finn were sixth in Flight C of the BCD Swiss teams (fourth in Flight D). Well done! CLUB NEWS Carol Kauffman and Barbara Diebert were the top winners in Madera for December, followed by Gary Nelson, June Oeser, and Larry and Gay Slates. Gary Nelson is the top player for 2017, followed by Richard Meffley, Barbara Diebert, Carol Kaufman, and Larry and Gay Slates. Top players in Oakhurst for December were Wally Wallace, followed by T. Srinivasan, Burke Zane, Ken Doig, and Dana Brown. The top players at the Fresno Bridge Center for November were Maggie Mahaffey, followed by Lowell Gist, Howard Arquette, Bob Durbrow, and Gerard Laquerriere. The top 99ers were Steve Johnson, Bill Coit, Margot Cegielski, and Mary Claire Ewing. Mark Stern leads for 2017, followed by Maggie Mahaffey and Ray April. Mary Claire Ewing leads the 99ers for 2017, followed by Debbie Kemp, Jonel Mueller, and Kathryn Miller. Don’t forget Monday and Wednesday afternoon games now start at noon. Don’t be late! Tuesday morning games are going on hiatus again. Try playing on Thursday at 9 am. 750 STAC Mary Ann Clark - Beverly Little Mary Gullo - Marsha Infausto [B] Nancy Jones - Andrew Graves {4A1B} Mary Ann Clark - Beverly Little {3B} Kathryn Miller - Mary Claire Ewing [C] Rita Gladding - Jonel Mueller [C] Patricia Biddy - Mona Omar {3c} John Oakshott - Peggy Oakshott {6} Robert Cherry - Joan Fritz [B] Don Myers - Doris Myers {8A4B} 99ER STAC Alvin Fred Schellack - June Oeser {A} Steve Johnson - Margot Cegielski {2} Carol Fiorentino - John Cadwalader {4C} MEMBERSHIP 1A Gerard Laquerriere - Lowell Gist 2A1B Jim Mckoane - Barbara Thacker 3A Margaret Mahaffey - Rose Boot 2B James Sweet - George Dalition 3B Bob Cross - Robert Durbrow 1 Laura Da Costa - Mary Lou Pease 2 William Glass - Debbie Kemp CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1A Howard Arquette - Margaret Mahaffey 2A Mun Takeda - Gerard Laquerriere 3A Belva Quattrin - Robert Durbrow 1B Mark Stern - Sally Anne Stern 2B James Sweet - William Glass 3B Skip Miller - JoannE. Evans 1C Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola 2C Patricia Creede - Paul Messner 1A Gerard Laquerriere - Lowell Gist 2A Carol Rodder - Margaret Mahaffey 3A1B Bob Cross - Ray April 2B1C James Sweet - George Dalition 3B2C Mary Lou Pease - Barbara Thacker 1AB Bob Cross - Sandy Richardson 2A Margaret Mahaffey - Jim Mckoane 3/4A2B Rhonda Hampton - Judy Zimmerer 3/4A Belva Quattrin - Robert Durbrow OAKHURST WINNERS Dana Brown - Wally Wallace (2) Burke Zane - T. Srinivasan Burke Zane - Wally Wallace Karen McCartin - Claire Molnar Ken Doig - T. Srinivasan Jim Luther - Ira Estin Wally Wallace - Paul Mertens INDIVIDUAL ½ Carol Kaufman ½ Paul Messner ¾ Gary Nelson ¾ James Sweet SPECIAL Sheila Smith - Mary Lou Pease William Glass - Rose Boot Robert Durbrow - Gloria Fitzgerald Bill Glass - Debbie Kemp Belva Quattrin - Bill Glass Al Crane - Ruth Christensen Ray April - Bob Cross Al Crane - Carol Kaufman Skip Miller - Cynthia Tingey Mark Stern - Sally Anne Stern Don Austin - Marion Austin [B] Skip Miller - Cynthia Tingey [B] Anthony Toto - Jackie Finn [B] Patrick Carroll - John McGregor [C] Dick Powell - Peter Weber [C] |
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