SPECIAL GAMES

June 30th, 5:30 PM

Unit Membership Game & Dinner

Free Dinner: Fung Lum 5:30PM

Free Game approx 6:45PM:
Campbell Community Center

WHAT’S INSIDE?

Prez Sez 1

Spotlight 1

Game Results 2

Idioter’s Corner 3

Top Ten 3

Masthead 3

Promotions 4

Game Times 4

Prez Sez by Dan Turkus

I hope you all won plenty of silver points during STAC week.  The last day of STAC week was our Unit STAC game on Saturday the 11th, with 11 full tables!  And the winners were NS 1st A Kit Humphrey and her husband Henry followed by 1st B & C Mike Abrams & his wife June McCullough.  Sitting EW had 1st A Neal Webb & Ray Yuenger, 1st B Richard Jacobs & Hiram Shen, and 1st C went to our new editor of the Director Mich Ravera & Rekha Nirula.  Way to go everyone!

Yes, our new editor of the Director is Michael Angelo Ravera. Thanks so much for stepping forward and handling this.  Apparently, being the editor is harder than just writing an article.  So if you have any news, give it to Mich, or leave it in the clear envelope on the bulletin board.

Elections begin the week of the 15th.  If you want to be on the Board, get your name in the gold box on top of the computer table. Those elected to our new Board will be announced at our Unit Dinner on June 30th, which will begin promptly at 5:30 PM.

Our next Unit game is the one everyone looks forward to!  After the Unit pays for your dinner at Fung Lum, we are going to play in the big room over by the tennis courts (Skate Board Court).  Last year we had 33 tables...can we beat that?? There will be a sign-up sheet beginning in June.  You must sign up no later than the 20th!  We really need the head count. We also understand that some of you would like to bring your other half who doesn't play Bridge. For the cost to the unit, you may pay for that extra person.

Dan

(Ed: I’m told that last year’s cost was something like $20.00 per person)

Spotlight On Youth

From and with permission of ACBL’s Website http://www.acbl.org

Nicole (Nikki) started playing bridge when she turned ten years old. During a long drive home from a weekend away, she noticed the Bridge game installed on her mom’s laptop. She decided to tinker around with the game and asked her mom to explain how it works. While in the car her mom explained the game to her, while she clicked on the different selections available. After three hours of bridge training in the back seat of her parent’s car, she had learned enough to go to the club to try playing with real bridge players. Since it was summer, she could play that next night.

She played at the club with her mom, and did fairly well. She was so excited because the first week she played she and her mom placed and she earned her first points. Now she was really hooked! She not only had fun playing cards, but she gets awards too. She loved the challenge, yet had a lot of fun.

Every pair that she played against encouraged her and some even thanked her for coming out to try the game. They would say to her, “we need young people to learn bridge to carry on the game,” that made her feel special. When they found out she was only ten, they could not believe it, and would get so excited when she would place.

Finding herself so welcome, not only gave her incentive to come again, but the fact that she had four hours playing a game with her mom was everything that she could ask for. Nicole came back Tuesday night, then Wednesday, and finally Thursday during her first week of play. She and her mom played as much as possible during her first summer, trying to incorporate all her other interests in the schedule. Then Nicole found that there were others that wanted to play with her and she started to play with her new friends as well as her mom.

Once school started, trying to find time to play bridge was difficult, but she squeezed it in sometimes on Saturdays or Sundays. Then Nicole joined the ACBL and tried her hand at her first bridge tournament in San Jose. She found that there were more than just San Jose Bridge club members there, and many of them would come up to her and mention how excited they were to have her playing bridge.

Many times at the club and at the tournaments players come up to Nicole and tell her that they wished their grandchildren or children would take up the game. A couple of times they even brought their children to meet Nicole in order for her to help offer encouragement to them so they too would give it a try.

Even though Nicole is an A student in math, bridge has helped her to gain additional confidence in math, as well as “think out of the box” and strategize. Since school is almost out, Nicole (now 11 years old) is really looking forward to getting back into playing bridge a couple times a week, along with swimming daily, going to all day summer camp, playing “Power Volleyball” (Nicole is 5’6 1/2” tall), and going on small trips with her family.

Sunday 12:01 PM, San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC)

4/28	Fred Chasalow - Michael Heymann 66.78% Katherine Maxfield - Michael Fleisher 65.91%

Sunday 5:20 PM, SJBC

4/14	Gerry & Joan Piaget A 65.48% Alexander Tampilang - Fred Kurzweil A Donna Webb - Gail Meikle B Keith & Carol Rurnett B/C
4/21	Kent & Wendy Dewel A/B/C George Pledger – Corinn Carter A Bob Ward - Nancy Ward B/C
4/28	Jan & Mike Sullivan 68.28% A Joan & Robert Rouse A Gerry & Joan Piaget B Cathy Stahler - Gary Ratts B

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC

4/1	Coline Maclean - Bev Rennie A/B Kenneth Kenfield - Steve Bosma A Bill Coke - Ginger Herrick B
4/8	David Chang - Jim Tseng A/B/C Tina Pearson - Glenda Ciochon A Marjorie Stake - Beverly Wright B
4/15	W Riester Jr - Ted Richmond A Tina Pearson - Dana Brown A Andrew Wulfhorst - Candy Wentworth B/C
4/22	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A Gigi Spinazze - Gene Simpson A Madie Horton - Billee Giansiracusa B Malcolm Stewart - Richard Jacobs B
4/29	Virginia English - Anne Struthers A Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A Dan Turkus - Art Fonda B Sherry Waki - Shirley Liebhaber C

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC

4/1	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang
4/8	Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman 69.23% Raghu Agarwal - Manju Agarwal
4/15	Ron Laffen - Joseph Poppo
4/22	Hiram Shen - Mike Sullivan N Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee N Art Quaife - Colette Babin H
4/29	Joseph Poppo - Ron Laffen N Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman N Art Quaife - Colette Babin H

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/2	Tania Moalem – Dana Brown A Billee Giansiracusa – Barbara Barlow A Kathleen Keener – Art Fonda B/C
4/9	Mostafa Hafeza - Prue Saunders A Charlie Dorn – Diane Shannon A Doris Oelberg - Florence Switzer B Gigi Spinazze - Tony Staw B
4/16	Carole Dietz - Clair Coleman A Faye Parsons – Helga Solleder A Richard Sarsfield – Art Fonda B Kathleen Keener - Larry Wagner B
4/23	Tina Pearson – Dana Brown A Eileen & Ernest English A
4/30	Missy Coy – Bill Yetter A Harry Cuzner - Norman Riley A Bud Kalafian - Victor Rivkin B

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC

4/2	Gary MacGregor - Heather Cutting A 66.44% Sathya Bettadapura - Will Watson A John Oswalt - Cindy Gilbert B Tony Staw - Michael Migdol B
4/9	Michael Fleisher - Michael Heymann A/B Frances Dickman - Shih-Ming Shih A George Humphrey - Tom Snouse B
4/16	Patricia Hannah - N Hatfield A Dan Turkus - George Humphrey A/B Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich B/C
4/23	Raymond Yuenger - Ronald Siegrist A Stephen Tu - Will Watson A Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt B
4/30	Dan Turkus - Kou-Ping Cheng A Jeanne Becht - Sabina Siem B Shih-Ming Shih - Will Watson A Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey - Teddi Fiero B

Wednesday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/3	David Chang - Gary Yang A/B Michael Abrams - William Bidermann A.B/C Tony Staw - Michael Migdol C
4/10	Timothy White - Bernard Bertonis A Sidney Safir - Jack Clinch B
4/17	Gary Yang - David Chang A/B Joan Rouse - Timothy White C
4/24	Dolores Clinch - Timothy White A Sabina Siem - Candy Wentworth B

Wednesday 6:30 PM Sunnyvale

No Reports for April Games

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC

4/3	Gary MacGregor - Franklin Lowenthal A Michael Abrams - William Bidermann A/B/C
4/10	Tim Sturge - Jonathan Atkins A/B/C Barak Engel - Susan Cook A/B
4/17	Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson A 67.86% Z Kadah - Walid Baroudi A/B/C Caryn Villalon - Robert Dannels B
4/24	Richard Reitman - Mark Moss A Will Watson - Leila Sink A George Humphrey - Melinda Foos B Douglas Hong - Don Morin C

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood

4/3	Donald & Louann Partridge A/B Marilyn Campbell – Dan Oneal A/B Hiram Shen – Donald Perry C Edward Tsao – Chung-Ho Fan C
4/10	John Harpootlian – Bob Ipswitch A (Tie O) Dan Oneal – Cyrus Coupal A (Tie O) Susan Ritz – Delores Humphrey B/C Edward Tsao – Chung-Ho Fan C
4/17	Steve Bosma – Kenneth Kentfield A Mervin & Shirley Falk B/C Abby Aldecoa – Larry Miller A Melinda Foos – George Pledger B Hiram Shen - Donald Perry C
4/24	Bill Yetter – Bill Traver A Hiram Shen - Donald Perry A/B/C Dan Oneal – Marilyn Campbell B Mervin & Shirley Falk C

More Winners

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/4	Tania Moalem - Dan Turkus Ted Richmond - Charlie Dorn
4/11	Jyme Schmieder - Charlie Dorn Gary Yang - Y.E. Chen
4/18	Jyme Schmieder - N Hatfield 65.51% Gary Yang - Olive Tangney
4/25	Andrew Wulfhorst - Jim Wulfhorst Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC

4/4	Joseph Poppo - Matt Moore A/B/C Gary Kao - Cherif Sidhom A/B/C
4/11	Richard Sarsfield - Mike Cailean A Mike Kadish - Eric Yang B/C Shane De Zilwa - Rosemary Roney A/B/C
4/18	Mike Sullivan - Gary Kao A 67.86% Richard Jacobs - Tom Coleman A (Tie) Andre Dermant - Alexander Tampilang A Herb Jubin - Matt Moore B/C Jack & Kate Uppal B
4/25	Jack & Kate Uppal A/B 67.61% Mike Kadish - Eric Yang C Jewel Schimke - Rekha Nirula A/B Mike Kadish - Eric Yang C

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC

4/5	Helen & Jim Tseng Ron Laffen - H Zoellner
4/12	Helen & Jim Tseng N Bill Traver - Rollin Cutts N Irv & Marion Wentzien H
4/19	Gigi Spinazze - Ruth Sporer Rita Randolph - Sherry Waki
4/26	Wesley Woo - Alan Becker N Albert Lyew - Ileen Delaplane H Jim Keehan - Agneta Robertson N Yen Shen - Norman Wang

Friday 7:30 PM SJBC

4/5	No Game
4/12	Mike Roney - Derek Fiero A Mark Robichek - Gary Porter A Steve Chen - Michael Heymann B Ted Zimmerman - Susan Cook B Stephen Tu - Peter Kao C
4/19	Robert Ritz - Mike Cailean A Mark Robichek - Gary Porter A/B Stephen Tu - Steve Chen B/C
4/26	Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A 67.19% Steve Chen - Michael Heymann A/B Joan & Robert Rouse B/C

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC

4/6	Ted Ujifusa - David Gambelin 75.50% Joe & Sandi Barletta 67.00%
4/13	David Gambelin - Ted Ujifusa Rekha Nirula - Mich Ravera
4/20	Mike Sullivan - Alexander Tampilang N Susan Kovacevic - Judy Namanny H Doris Oelberg - Florence Golden N Mildred & Russell Brewer H
4/27	Albert Lyew - Alan Becker Donald Perry - Glenn Hudson

Saturday 7:00 PM SJBC

No Games in April

Top Ten Games

1. Ted Ujifusa - David Gambelin, 4/6 PM, 75.50%

2. Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman, 4/8 Eve, 69.23%

3. Jan & Mike Sullivan, 4/28 PM, 68.28%

4. Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson, 4/17 Eve, 67.86%

5. Mike Sullivan - Gary Kao, 4/18 Eve, 67.86%

6. Jack & Kate Uppal, 4/25 Eve, 67.61%

7. Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi, 4/26 Eve, 67.19%

8. Joe & Sandi Barletta, 4/6 PM, 67.00%

9. Fred Chasalow - Michael Heymann, 4/28 Unit, 66.78

10. Gary MacGregor - Heather Cutting, 4/2 Eve, 66.44%

Idioter’s Corner

I warned everyone when they offered me this job, that unless I got sufficient content from those who regularly contribute to this newsletter, that I would have to write a column.

I always have plenty to say, but I will confine my comments to Bridge in general and to the creation and production and publication of The Di-Rek’Tor in particular.

In this issue, I have included a “Spotlight” feature from the ACBL’s web site about one of our members. I would like to thank the ACBL and Nicole’s mother for allowing me to reprint this feature.

I have also started a new feature, the Top Ten. This list will be a regular feature, space permitting. Everyone needs to understand that this feature has no official sanction whatever, but anyone who makes more than an occasional appearance certainly has a standing offer to play as my partner! It includes the ten highest games by percentage of available match points regardless of the strength of the game.

I want to thank the Board for making me editor, Ray Yuenger for explaining what was expected, getting me started, and proofreading and Will Watson for showing me how to compile game results. Thanks also go to George Pledger and Dan Turkus for their timely contributions.

I plan to make this newsletter available on the Unit’s web site subject, of course, to the cooperation of the webmaster.

I would very much like to hear anything that anyone has to say about this newsletter.

The Di-Rek’Tor

The Di-Rek’Tor is published monthly by Unit 507 of the American Contract Bridge League, Campbell Community Center, One West Campbell Avenue, Building J-68, Campbell, CA 95008. Opinions in articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Unit Board.

Unit 507 Board Officers

President

Dan Turkus

Vice President

Ray Yuenger

Secretary

Marshall Yancey

Treasurer

Neal Webb

Sgt. at Arms

Art Fonda

Membership

George Pledger

Ethics

Bill Langlois

Unit Recorder

William Watson

Forum columnist

Ray Yuenger

Tournament Coordinator

Phylis Vierra

The Di-Rek'Tor Editor

Michael Angelo Ravera

Education/NAOP

Lynn Yokel

D21 Representative

Jeff Hack

Rose Meltzer-Johnson

CONGRATULATIONS

JUNIOR MASTERS

Patricia Bader

Richard Bader

Fung Bao

Ronald Baron

Sandra Caeton

Emil Domis

Tom Dougherty

Judith Etherington

Ginn Hua

Herb Jubin

Rekha Nirula

Karen O’Connell

Ellie Hall-Pitzer

Richard Pitzer

CLUB MASTERS

Norma Epler

Cackalani Krishnamurthi

Vasanth Krishnamurthi

Gail Meikle

Gary Ratts

Phyllis Reinhardt

Janet Sullivan

Carol Smith

Guy Williams

Pamela Woods

SECTIONAL MASTERS

Joy Baker

Jane Casciano

Shirley Foreman

Eugene Vodkin

REGIONAL MASTERS

Thomas Coleman

Sam Morley

Joan Rouse

Robert Rouse

Malcolm Stewart

Irwin Wentzien

Marion Wentzien

NABC MASTERS

Shirley Anderson

Maxine Lubow

ChingLing Jim Tseng

Fang Wu

Bo Xiao

LIFE MASTERS

Richard Jacobs

Kartherine Maxfield

Charles Sharples

BRONZE LIFE MASTERS

Georgianna Spinazze

Mario Vazquez

Please submit contributions for The Di-Rek’Tor to Michael Angelo Ravera

Email: maravera@prodigy.net Voice: 408-432-1020

Printed: SJBC Folder by the 10^th of the month.

Unit 507 Club Games

Day	Time	Game Type	Directors	Phone (408)
Sunday	5:20 pm	299er Stratified (Lesson: 5:00 pm) Monthly Potluck: 4:30 pm	Faye Parsons	378-4719
Monday	11:00 am	Open Stratified Hand records	Bill Traver	379-4490
Monday	7:30 pm	499er Handicapped (Lesson: 7:10 pm)	Al Becker	252-1426
Tuesday	10:30 am	Open Stratified Hand records	Judy Fisher / Carole Dietz	395-0032 / 395-6360
Tuesday	7:30 pm	Open Stratified Hand records	Neal Webb / Lynn Yokel / Ray Yuenger	243-9132 / 374-4669 / 379-7717
Wednesday	10:30 am	Open Stratified Hand records	Jeanne Becht	252-7680
Wednesday	6:30 pm	Open (in Sunnyvale)	Janet McDonald	262-2378
Wednesday	7:00 pm	Open Stratified Hand records	Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Wednesday	7:30 pm	Open Hand records (at Oakwood)	Bill Traver	379-4490
Thursday	10:30 am	Open Hand records	Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Thursday	7:00 pm	499er Stratified (Lesson: 6:40 pm)	Faye Parsons	378-4719
Friday	11:00 am	0-800 Handicapped (Review: 2:30 pm)	Al Becker	252-1426
Friday	7:30 pm	Open (often Barometer) Hand records	Will Watson	(650) 579-7552
Saturday	12:45 pm	0-2000 Handicapped	Al Becker	252-1426

All games are held at the San Jose Bridge Center (408-871-1232) at one W. Campbell Ave, Room J-68, except those identified as “in Sunnyvale” and “at Oakwood”. The Sunnyvale game is held at 1085 Tasman (2^nd Clubhouse), Sunnyvale. The Oakwood game is held at the Oakwood Garden Apartments, 700 Saratoga Ave., San Jose. Check club postings or call for the exact dates and times of the Special StaC and Special Sunday games, and of the 299er Potluck. Games are often reduced, relaxed, or cancelled during local tournaments.