ACES, Places, AND FAces

Volume LXVII Number 9
PRO-AM TEAMS
Sunday September 20
We’ve scheduled pro-am teams again for Sunday September 20. The team games are a lot of fun, especially because we draw for teams. Players usually get to play with three partners for the afternoon.
            Come early at noon for a Pot Luck lunch. Bring something tasty for the lunch.

NON-LM SECTIONAL
Michiko Taylor, Barbara Reidel top players
Our 14th annual NonLM sectional gave players a chance to win some elusive silver points. Michiko Taylor of Visalia was the top point winner, followed closely by Barbara Wiedel, the top point winner from the Fresno unit. Players enjoyed our traditional lunch and learn between sessions, with the Unit providing lunch and Skip Miller providing lessons. Renee Laquerriere arranged for DaVinci’s to donate half the pizzas for Sunday’s lunch. Thanks to director Kay Chrisman,   tournament chairman Laura Da Costa, Partnership chairman Mary Lou Pease, and Hospitality chairman Jackie Finn  who all made the tournament fun.

CLUB NEWS
                 We had an abbreviated schedule for the summer Sectional Tournament at Clubs, but we still had a big winner. Steve Sharp and Laura Da Costa were the tops overall on Thursday morning, raking in over 17 master points.
               Top winners in Oakhurst for August were Claire Molnar, Ken Doig, Karen McCartin, Corey Cole, Joe Fox, and Jim Luther. Gary Nelson and Richard Meffley were the top players in Madera, followed by Barbara Diebert and Carol Kaufman. Gary leads for the year, followed by Richard, Carol, and Barbara.
         Top winners at the Fresno Bridge Club for July are Mark Stern, David Ash, Ray April, and Barbara Thacker. Ray April leads for the year, followed by Mark Stern, Steve Sharp, and David Ash. Top 99er for July was Andrea Wheeless, followed
by Debbie Kemp, and Don and Doris Myers. Marge Field leads for 2015, followed by Don and Doris Myers, and Sue Comporato. August results can be found on the unit website.
     Club qualifying for North American Pairs ended in August. There are about ninety players eligible to play in the unit finals on Sunday November 8.
     Next month is Club Appreciation Month. Watch for Club Appreciation Championship games. There may also be Club Appreciation team games, which pay 5% gold points.

WINNERS

NONLM SECTIONAL

 SATURDAY MORNING
1AB        Deb Petersen - Barbara Wiedel
2A           Rhonda Hampton - Mary Lou Pease
3A2B1C  Michiko Taylor - Joan Dinwiddie
4A3B     Nancy Holley - Jackie Haugen
5A           John Barrere - John McGregor
4B2C     Andrew Graves - Nancy Jones
3C           Dana Meinhardt - Dee Quatraro  

SATURDAY AFTERNOON
1AB        Kathryn Miller - Rhonda Hampton
2A           Judy Nibler - Mary Lou Pease
3A2B1C                Dona Meinhardt – Dee Quatraro
4A           Jackie Finn - Jason McAlexander
5A3B     Robert Cherry - Tay Cherry
4B           Deb Petersen - Barbara Wiede
2C           Michiko Taylor - Joan Dinwiddie  

SUNDAY MORNING
1ABC     Kathryn Miller - Barbara Wiedel
2AB      Michiko Taylor - Phyllis Garlin
3AB        Nancy Holley - Jackie Haugen
4/5A       Deb Petersen - Nancy Jones
4/5A       Mary Lou Pease - Rhonda Hampton
2C           Suzanne Sobenes - Jo Ann Hollenbeck  

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
1/2AB1C               Michiko Taylor - Phyllis Garlin
1/2AB                    Jackie Finn - Jason Mcalexander
3A                           John McGregor - Judy Nibler
4A3B2C                 Marion Austin - Don Austin  

SUNDAY AFT PRO-AM SWISS TEAMS
1A           Margaret Mahaffey - Lynn Green - Rhonda Hampton - Marge Field
2A1BC  Laura Neville - Stephen Blumberg - Karin Blanchard  Andrea Wheeless
3A2B     Margaret Seibert - Don Austin - JoAnn Huebner - Dick Powell

UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP
1AB        David Haberstich - Mark Stern
2AB1C  Judy Nibler - JoAnn Huebner
3AB        Anthony Toto - Byron Steinert
2C           Andrea Wheeless - Patrick Carroll

1A           Victor Greener - Lowell Gist
2A           William Glass - Robert Durbrow
3A1B     Dora Gostanian - James Sweet
2B1C     Gloria Durbrow - Jason Mcalexander
2C           Patrick Carroll - John McGregor  

1AB        Anthony Toto - Byron Steinert
2AB        David Ash - Ray April
 3/4A      Victor Greener - Mark Stern
 3/4A3B Judy Nibler - Jane Bragg
1C           Jason Mcalexander - Andrew Graves
2C           Joan Fritz - Marge Field  


299ER  UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP
1              Bill Ward - M. Steve Johnson
2              Don Austin - Marion Austin

1              Bill Ward - M. Steve Johnson
2              Sue Comporato - Pamela Pigg
3              Jane Willson - Madeline Lynes

750 SPECIAL
Judy Geary - Marsha Infausto
Rhonda Hampton - Judy Dodd
Sue Gearhart - Don Winton
Pearl McGinnis - Barbara Brock
Cathleen Burden - Denny Tweed[C]
Don Myers - Doris Myers[C]

















 

FALL SECTIONAL
OCTOBER 15-18
Please pick up a flyer for the fall sectional next month. We’ll have two sessions of bridge on Thursday and Saturday, plus three sessions on Friday and Swiss teams on Sunday. All the information plus the schedules (10 am and 3 pm every day) are on the flyer. If you have 10 or fewer master points, you can play free on Saturday morning.

LESSONS
            Laura Da Costa will start anew with beginning lessons on September 12, Saturday morning at 9 am. If more people want to take lessons, we may start another beginning sries later. Please tell your friends who want to enjoy playing bridge that lessons are soon starting.

PLACES AND FACES
     At the  San Francisco sectional, Gerard Laquerriere was fourth in the open pairs.   

          At the Bridge Week regional in Pasadena,  ,Jay Roll was eleventh in the IMP pairs, eighth in the fast pairs, second in flight B of the Education Foundation pairs, and second in flight A of the side game.

     At the Chicago NABC, Richard Meffley wasninth in the Senior Swiss teams.

     Jim Sweet is now an NABC master. Pam Pigg, Barbara Brock, and Ellen Stoneburg are now club masters. William Wilson is now a junior master.
             
      Former Fresnan Rose Boot just made Gold Life Master. Congratulations on the rank changes!

              It’s good to see Sheila Smith back playing bridge after her recent surgery. 

             Our sympathy goes to Diana Papazian whose husband passed away. Our sympathy also goes to Martha Waller, whose daughter passed away recently.




NAP  
1              Mark Stern - Sally Anne Eatherly
2              Jim Stefanich - James Sweet 

1A           Sally Anne Eatherly - Mark Stern
2A1B      David Ash - Ray April
3A2B     Steve Sharp - Barbara Thacker
3B           George Dalition - Charlotte Maschke    

750 NAP B/C
1BC        Stephen Blumberg - Robert Cherry
2BC        Denny Tweed - Cathleen Burden
3BC        Mary Ann Clark - Larry Miller
4BC        Ron Vieira - Barry Druffel

  STAC [Overall]
Mark Stern – Victor Greener (Aux)[2A]
Jim Sweet – Jim Stefanich (B)(Aux)
Steve Sharp – Laura Da Costa [1A]
Mark Stern – Maggie Mahaffey [7A]
Avis Morse - Dick Powell [20B]
Irene Whelchel - Judy Zimmerer[20B]
Sydney Bluestone - Kent Billeter(C )
Gary Nelson - Richard Meffley (AUX)
Barbara Diebert - Carol Kaufman (B AUX)[4BC]
Mary Gullo - Nick Gullo[6B5C]
Ruth Christensen - Sophia Iwatsubo(AUX)[3A2B1C
Mark Stern - Sally Anne Eatherly(AUX)[4A3B]
Paul Messner – Delia Green [AUX 2C]
 
OAKHURST WINNERS
Ken Doig - Jim Luther
Grant Sturm - Tom Upton
T. Srinivasan - Terri Anderson
Claire Molnar - Ken Doig
Claire Molnar - Karen Mccartin
Bobbie Sweeden - Annette Calhoun
Dorothy - Jack Stitt
Joe Fox - Corey Cole (3)
Karen McCartin - Judy Bingham
Glen Ford - Ira Estin
Al Ellis - Joni Roberts
 
SPECIAL
Ray April - David Ash
Don Austin - Jason McAlexander
Steve Sharp - Laura Neville
Carol Kaufman - Barbara Diebert
Gay Slates - Larry Slates
Mark Stern - Belva Quattrin
Judy Zimmerer - Irene Whelchel
Belva Quattrin - Patricia Delamontanya
Robert Durbrow - Sally Anne Eatherly
Margaret Mahaffey - Jay Shapiro
Jay Shapiro - George Dalition
Patricia Creede - Steve Sharp
Ray April - David Ash
Bill Wilson - Julie Wilson
Skip Miller - Barbara Thacker[B]
Dick Powell - Peter Weber[B]
Skip Miller - Cynthia Tingey[B]
David Ash - Linda Ash[B]
Judy Nicholson - Bettylee Wapner[C]
Carol Miller - Judy Shuster[C]
Barbara Wiedel - Deb Petersen[C]
Carol Miller - Judy Shuster[c] 

INDIVIDUAL
1              Andrew Graves
2              Mary Lou Pease
3              John Oakshott
4              Debbie Kemp
5              James Sweet  

1ABC     Mary Lou Pease
2A           Mary Lou Da Costa
3A           Robert Durbrow
2B           Joycelyn Kauder
3B           Laura Da Costa
2C           Jason Mcalexander
3C           Marion Austin