Aces, Places, and faces

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]