Aces, Places & faces

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LONGEST DAY
June 22, 2018
The Longest Day is a fund raiser for the Alzheimer’s Foundation. We’ll have five games from dawn to night, all day Friday June 22.You can play as many as you wish. There is an individual game at 6 am, and pair games at 9:00, 12:30, 4:30, and 6:45. The 4:30 game will be Fast Pairs – a fun game that requires players to play each hand a couple of minutes faster than usual. A 299er game and an open game are scheduled for 12:30. You can donate for the Fresno Unit by looking up
Alzheimer’s longest day on line, clicking on FIND, and typing 522.  Or you can go to our webpage or Facebook page and click on the link. You can also donate a check or cash at the bridge club. The price for the game is the same as usual club games, so please make a donation. Last year we raised $2,501. Let’s see if we can beat our record.

PLACE and FACES
At the Visalia sectional, Wally Wallace and Dana Brown won the Friday morning open pairs, with Gerard Laquerriere and Lowell Gist third. Judy Nibler and Angie Heisdorf were fourth (winning Flight C), and Mun Takeda and Allyson Farrell were seventh. Cynthia Tingey and Skip Miller were fifth in Flight B. Jim Luther and Diane McDonough were fourth in Flight C. In the afternoon, Mun and Allyson were second and Gerard and Lowell were third. Wally and Dana were fourth (winning Flight B), Maggie Mahaffey and Laura Da Costa were fifth, with Judy Zimmer and Irene Whelchel sixth. Pat Huston was seventh, also winning Flight C. Cynthia Tingey and Skip Miller took fifth in Flight B again.
            Mun and Allyson won the Saturday morning pairs and were second in the afternoon pairs, with Bill Glass and Patrick Carroll second in the morning and fourth in the afternoon, Gerard Laquerriere and Richard Meffley were fourth in the morning    Gerry Jones and Pat Huston were sixth, with Howard Arquette seventh. Robert and Tay Cherry were fifth in Fight C.Bob Durbrow was fifth on Saturday afternoon with Kim Morris seventh, Dick Powell and Avis Morse were third in Flight B.
Lowell Gist, Mun Takeda, Gerard Laquerriere and Allyson Farrell won the Swiss Teams, with Paul Schommer, Richard Meffley, Barbara Thacker, and Wally Wallace second. Kim Morris won Flight X. Pat Huston and Gerry Jones were second in Flight B and won the Swiss Teams Flight C. Al Crane was third. Jonel Mueller, Debbie Kemp, Ann Keag, and Marge Field were second in Flight D. Congratulations to all Visalia winners.
Congratulations to new Bronze Life Master Wally Wallace and new Junior master Sue Brown.
Get well wishes go to Marlene Frazier, Carol Miller, and Diana Papazian.

CLUB NEWS
            North American Pairs games are held at clubs in June, July and August. Qualifiers can play in the unit finals, which we usually hold in November. Qualifiers from the unit may play in the District 21 finals in the Bay Area in December. The top three or four go to the NABC finals in March in Memphis. Check your calendar for NAP events. Winners at all levels receive red points, and gold points at the district level.
Carol Kaufman was the leading player in Madera in May, followed by Richard Meffley, Barbara Diebert, Gary Nelson, and June Oeser. Gay and Larry Slates lead for 2018, followed by Barbara Diebert and Carol Kaufman. At the Fresno Bridge Center, Lowell Gist leads for   April                                               followed by Maggie Mahaffey. Bob Durbrow and Victor Greener. Maggie leads for 2018, followed by Mark Stern, Bob Cross, and Lowell Gist. Steve Johnson leads the 99ers in April, followed by Mary Claire Ewing and Sandy OwYoung-Chu.  Pamela Pigg leads the 99ers for 2018, followed by Steve Johnson and Walt Kelso.



 

WINNERS
PEGGY OCHS MEMORIAL CHAMPIONSHIP
1A           Robert Durbrow - Richard Meffley
2A1BC     Mary Lou Pease - Kay Chrisman
3A2B       Laura Da Costa - Ray April
2C            Jane Bragg - Rosalie Jorgensen
 
PRO-AM TEAMS
1AB         Barbara Thacker - Mary Lou Pease - Rhonda Hampton - Kathryn Miller
2              Richard Meffley - Carol Miller - Deb Petersen - Ruby Buttereck
3A2B       Margaret Mahaffey - Barbara Wiedel - JoAnn Huebner - Marilyn J. Kendall
1C            Dick Powell - Patrick Carroll - Judy Shuster - Edward Hampton
 
UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP
1A           Lowell Gist - Gerard Laquerriere
2A1BC     Rhonda Hampton - Judy Zimmerer
3A           Victor Greener - Margaret Mahaffey
2BC         James Bushman - Debbie Kemp
3B            Kim Morris - Anthony Toto
 
UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP
1              Victor Greener - Skip Miller
2              Laura Da Costa - Margaret Mahaffey
3              Don Austin - Marion Austin
 
UNIT 99ER CHAMPIONSHIP             
1              Ann Keag - Cheryl Ryder
2              Walt Kelso - Steve Johnson
 
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1A           Mark Stern - Victor Greener
2A           Robert Durbrow - Lowell Gist
3A           Bob Cross - William Glass
1B            Byron Steinert - Anthony Toto
2/3B1/2C Donny Graham - Nancy Holley
2/3B1/2C Annie Chiljian - Olivia Stockton
 
750 CHAMPIONSHIP
1ABC       Mary Ann Clark - Gay Berry
2A           Angelina Heisdorf - Lois High
3A2B       Larry Miller - Sydney Bluestone
3B2C       Mary Claire Ewing - Sandy OwYoung-Chu
3C            Rhonda Hampton - Renee Laquerriere
 
STAC
Irene Whelchel - Monique Irion
Lowell Gist - Gerard Laquerriere {11}
Gerard Laquerriere - Lowell Gist{22}
John Schnell –Della Schnell{27}
Margaret Mahaffey - Howard Arquette {27}
Robert Durbrow - Bob Cross {43}
Skip Miller – Byron Steinert {90}
Robert Durbrow - Belva Quattrin
Lowell Gist - Robert Durbrow {5AUX}
Gerry Jones - Ray April [B]
Judy Zimmerer - Judy Nibler [B]
Judy Zimmerer - Mary Lou Pease [B]{2AUX}
Barbara Thacker - Wilson Wallace [B]
William Glass - Jane Bragg [B]
George Efthemon - Jackie Finn [B]
Debbie Kemp - Marge Field [B]
Jason Mcalexander - Pamela Pigg [C]
Olivia Stockton - Annie Chiljian [C]
James Sweet - Jason Mcalexander [C]
Debbie Kemp - James Bushman [C]
 
750 STAC
Linda Town - Barbara Wiedel{2A; 1C}
Mary Ann Clark - Beverly Little {3/4A; 1/2B}
Rita Gladding - Jonel Mueller {6}
Lois High – Ann Sadler {7}
Mary Ann Clark - Gay Berry
Denny Tweed – Cathleen Burden {5B}

GRADUATION PARTY
July 1, 2018
            Our annual Graduation Party will be held on Sunday, July 1, to honor our new Life Masters and others who have advanced in rank. This is the first time in many years that we have no new LMs so far. We’ll still have a pot luck party to honor those who have advanced in the last year. We’ll have a pro-am pair game at 1 pm after the pot luck lunch.

BEGINNING LESSONS.
Free Beginning lessons start Saturday June 2 at 9 am, and continue through August. This includes lessons for beginners and Easybridge 2 for those who previously took the first series. Call Mary Lou Pease at 288-2340 or Laura Da Costa at 999-2825 for more information,
 INTERMEDIATE LESSONS
            By popular demand, Mun Takeda is going to continue additional lessons.  Starting in August, on the first Tuesday evening of every month, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, there will be special topic lessons.  The lessons will cost $25, which will include a Marty Bergen pamphlet ($10 value) and a 2 hour lesson.  The first four topics Mun has selected are: 
Hand Evaluation,
Law of Total Tricks,
Mastering weak two bids, and
How to bid good slams and avoid bad slams. 
         Mun will continue to offer more topics and will take suggestions for different topics. Mun will continue to donate her lesson fees to the Bridge Club.

Treasurer’s report for June 2018
THREE T-SHIRTS for contributions to Alzheimer’s research. More about that below.
The last treasurer’s report was not approved by the board because of a quirk related to the budget process we are re-establishing. The actual financial reporting is accurate and was not an issue when reviewed by the board. However, when we set up a budget for this current year, it involved using last year games and directors. Two directors who had games last year are not directing games this year. One moved away and one passed away. Those games were taken over by other directors, but I failed to make the necessary corrections in the software, so the budget, not the actual, had issues. Look for that to be fixed. To summarize, we are in the same financial shape as before, not great, but not bad.
Let me take this opportunity to mention you can make a tax-deductible contribution to support research for Alzheimer’s Disease at the club. I am involved because it touched me. My mother suffered from this affliction.
I learned how to play bridge by playing at the dining room table with her and my father. She taught me about opening 1NT. She and my father were members of a rubber bridge club that met once a month. Although heavily involved in the community, their time playing bridge the apex of their social life.
My brothers and I saw her issues with short term memory as she got older. She got to the point she could not play bridge, which devastated my father. It was more than fifteen years from the time she began to show memory issues until she died. It was a long and dragged out goodbye. 
Alzheimer’s Disease touched me. I will be playing from dawn until dusk on June 22, along with my son, my mother’s grandson. If you can’t play an extra game, donate in the box at the center. The top three contributions will be given a T-Shirt.

POKER NIGHT
Save Friday July 20 for our first Poker night. We’ll have more news next month.

 
 
 
 
 

Judy Geary - Marsha Infausto [B]
Robert Cherry – Tay Cherry {3C}
Betty Pash – Joanne Cohen {5C}
June Oeser - Alan Sakamoto [C]
 
99 STAC
1              Margot Cegielski - M. Steve Johnson
2A1B       Eiko Corbin - Vera Bryan
3A2B       Fred Schellack – Barbara Gaudin
 
OAKHURST WINNERS
Dana Brown - Wally Wallace [2]
Clem Bingham - Jim Luther [2]
Nancy Hays - Ruth Ann Fruehauf
Ken Doig - T Srinivasan
Diane Mcdonough - Jim Luther
Wally Wallace - Dana Brown
Claire Molnar - Karen McCartin
Ken Doig - Ira Estin
Greg Ennis - Jim Luther
Bill Carroll - Jimmy Moore
Burke Zane - Alfred Ellis
 
INDIVIDUAL
1              James Sweet
2/3           Steve Johnson
2/3           Bob Cross
4              Robert Durbrow
5              Rhonda Hampton
 
SPECIAL
Robert Durbrow - Belva Quattrin
Laura Neville - Jim Mckoane
Sheila Smith - Gerry Jones
Barbara Diebert - Virginia Hailey
Jackie Reichard - Jan Armbruster
Carol Rodder - Bob Cross
Robert Durbrow - Richard Meffley
Avis Morse - Dick Powell
Laura Da Costa - Margaret Mahaffey
Irene Whelchel - Judy Zimmerer
William Glass - Belva Quattrin
Joseph Tang - Bob Cross [B]
Barbara Thacker - Wilson Wallace [B]
Carol Miller - Linda Coppersmith [B]
Jim Mckoane - Rosalie Jorgensen [B]
Bob Cross - Judy Dodd [B]
Peter Weber - Susan Vildosola [C]
Mary Lou Pease - Rosalie Jorgensen [C]
Judy Shuster - Carol Miller [C]
 
 
750 SPECIAL
Judy Geary - Judy Pardun
Kathryn Miller - Karin Blanchard
Kathleen Coit - William Coit
Jonel Mueller - Cheryl Johnson
Bill Rogers - Chris Rogers [C]
Nadine Nemechek - Donna Berman [C]
Sandra Beebe - Judy Pardun [C]
 
99 SPECIAL
Betty Wilson - Rita Putirka
Steve Johnson - Margot Cegielski [2]
Juan Sobenes - Suzanne Sobenes [B]
Fred Schellack - Barbara Gaudin [B]
 
99
Fred Schellack - Walt Kelso [2]
Tom Callahan - Julia Kendall
Barbara Gaudin - Clint Hudson
Joan Clark - Ruth Townsend (2[C])
Steve Johnson - Margot Cegielski
Julia Kendall - Robert Heisdorf [C]
Clint Hudson - Barbara Gaudin [c]