99er 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] |
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