SPECIAL GAMES
Labor Day Regional
Santa Clara Westin
August
27-Sepember 2
Cancelled Games:
SJBC Tue 8/27 Eve
SJBC Wed 8/28 AM
SJBC Wed 8/28 Eve
Oakwood Wed 8/28 Eve
SJBC Thurs 8/29 AM
SJBC Thurs 8/29 Eve
SJBC Fri 8/30 AM
SJBC Sat 8/31 PM SJBC Sun
9/1 PM
SJBC Sun 9/1 Eve
SJBC Mon 9/2 AM
SJBC Mon 9/2 Eve
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Prez Sez 1
Conscience
Court 1
Computer
Note 1
Becker
Promo 1
July
Results 2
Director
Info 3
Top Ten 3
Masthead 3
Idioter’s
Corner 3
Promotions 4
Game Times 4
Becker 4
Prez Sez by Dan
Turkus
In case you haven't already heard, our Grand National C Team won the
event. Congratulations go to Stephen Tu, Steve Chen, and Shih-Ming Shih!
Also, Ed Barlow was on the Grand National A Team that tied for third. What
a great bunch of players we have at our club!
Did you hear that a lady in Santa Cruz passed away and left her house
(valued at $650,000, or so the story goes) to the Bridge Club in Santa
Cruz? After hearing that, I had a dream and brought it up to the Board
that we should set up a building account, so that our Unit could own its own
building, and have control of our own destiny in the future. Our Unit is a
nonprofit organization, and what the tax implications would be for those
wishing to donate to the building fund, would have to be discussed with your
accountant.
I mentioned this last month, but I am repeating it. Palo Alto has
challenged us to a Knock out event. We are still working out the logistics and
rules for the competition. It looks as though we will be having 5 teams playing
5 of their teams. Preliminary talks hint at the following teams: 0-99, 0-300,
0-750, 0-2000, and open.
We are going to start another Mentoring program. Gigi Spinazze will have the particulars
for those interested in mentoring or being mentored.
Our book exchange is still moving along well. Please put new books on
the far left, and as books make it all the way to the right, I'll see if
someone would consider a pound for pound exchange, thus giving us a new supply.
Would you like to be a Director? Talk to Ray Yuenger, he has an
inside line on a self-study course. Having this knowledge, could give one a
better understanding of who did what to whom, and why a certain decision was
made at the table. More about this is on page three.
For all of you that qualified for the NAOP (North American Open Pairs…
(Those games that cost $7.00 instead of $6.00, and had a bunch of Qs next to
half of the people’s names) our Unit playoff will be October 20th.
Sherry Waki has ordered 63 name badges.
Events coming our way are the Regional in Santa Clara, and then at the
end of September is our Sectional. Brochures are coming soon.
That's it for this month, so I'll see ya at the tables!
My Kingdom for a Computer
Do you have a spare computer at home that the kids
have outgrown? The San Jose Bridge Club
could use a working computer with a modem, if you feel like donating one.
Conscience
Court by Bill Langlois
CAROLE DIETZ IS OUR NEW RECORDER
Welcome, Carole, to our unit’s C&E team. We’re
fortunate to have you.
What does a recorder do? To paraphrase the ACBL
literature, she:
1. Deals
with Player Memos (available from the director of the game);
2. Educates
those involved about proper conduct and ethics;
3. Communicates
as appropriate with those involved in an incident;
4. Maintains a record of all Player Memos;
5. Acts
as "State’s Attorney" at disciplinary hearings on charges filed by
the recorder.
Actually, we can hope that Carole has little to do in
her new job. Most players in our unit maintain a high standard of conduct and
ethics (although I wish more would learn to respect the Stop card). However, as
Sam Goldwyn put it, "Nobody’s human." We all slip up now and
then, and sometimes there’s a target. If you feel someone has been rude or
unethical to you, it might be time to involve Carole (or in serious situations,
me). Your first recourse is the director of the game, who should always be
called if an irregularity is involved. However, it’s quite possible that you’d
like to have a matter of deportment handled quietly and privately. Give Carole
a Player Memo. You should also do this if you did call the director but remain
unsatisfied by the outcome.
More often than not, the matter will simply be a misunderstanding for Carole to smooth over. Many memos about the same player or pair might, however, lead to a "pattern of behavior" issue. That’s where Carole’s fourth and fifth duties come in. I’m pleased to report that it’s been seven years since that happened in our unit, involving a player who has long hence moved away.
Yes, I said “Brownies!”
Joan Simpson’s Brownies are known far and wide
for the taste and texture. A written description is simply inadequate. They are
worth eating despite their high sugar and calorie content. Besides, it is a
scientifically established fact that calories consumed while engaged in a
mental activity such as Bridge don’t count toward the limits imposed by your
diet. Everybody knows that!
In order to obtain one of
these prized brownies, you will have to show up at one of Al Becker’s Saturday
Afternoon Games. Game Time is 12:45 PM. (Doors open 12:35 PM) Don’t be too
early or you will have to wait! Don’t be too late or the brownies will be all
gone!
Sunday 12:00 Noon, Special
Unit Game,
San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC)
|
7/28 |
Raymond Yuenger - Neal Webb
A Joan & Robert Rouse B/C |
Sunday 5:20 PM, San Jose
Bridge Center (SJBC)
|
7/14 |
William & Irene Price
A/B 73.88% Ben & Fia Bosklopper
C 69.51% Carol Burnett - Keith
Burnett A/B/C |
|
7/21 |
Greg Dougherty - Leon W. Lee
A Li Zhao - Craig Isui A/B/C Beverly Nelson - Lucy Burke
B/C |
|
7/28 |
Richard Jacobs - Hiram Shen A 66.67% Shih-Wei Lu - Gary Kao A/B Irene Price - William Price B |
Monday
11:00 AM SJBC
|
7/1 |
Charlie Dorn - Frances
Dickman A 67.05% Bonnie Beardsley - Judy
Fisher A 65.91% Ruth Sporer - Maureen
Ellenberg B/C |
|
7/8 |
Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch
A Y.E. Chen - Boyer Chu A/B Billee Giansiracusa -
Lucille Groshong B |
|
7/15 |
W Riester Jr - Ted Richmond
A 71.02% George Pledger - Bert Hsu B Maxine & Ray Lubow A/B/C |
|
7/22 |
W Riester Jr - Ted Richmond
A 67.95% Tina Pearson - Glenda
Ciochon A Bert Hsu - George Pledger B Maxine & Ray Lubow B/C |
|
7/29 |
Bonnie Beardsley - Judy
Fisher A Billie Mechanic - Florence
Switzer A Maxine & Ray Lubow B/C Y.E. Chen - Boyer Chu B Sherry Waki - Gabriele Pani
C |
Monday
7:30 PM SJBC
|
7/1 |
Jewel Schimke - Shirley
Foreman Rekha Nirula - Mike Sullivan
N Kat Wesolowska - Erin Gove H |
|
7/8 |
Hiram Shen - Gail Meikle Rekha Nirula - Ron Laffen |
|
7/15 |
H Zoellner - Alexander
Tampilang Awtar & Birendar Singh |
|
7/22 |
Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang Phyllis Vierra - Alexander
Tampilang |
|
7/29 |
Shirley Foreman - Jewel
Schimke Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang |
Tuesday
10:30 AM SJBC
|
7/2 |
Susan Cook - Bev Rennie A/B Edward Barlow - Kiran Nadar
A Norman Wang - Jim Tseng C Sidney Safir - Malcolm
Stewart B |
|
7/9 |
(Team) Charlie Dorn - Diane
Shannon - Ted Richmond - Andy Kridl A |
|
7/16 |
Judy Fisher - Larry Wagner A Andrew & Jim Wulfhorst
B/C |
|
7/30 |
Jyme Schmieder - Frances
Dickman A Carole Dietz - Mary Anne
Berg A Tania Moalem - Beverly
Wright B Ginn Hua - Fung Bao B/C |
Tuesday
7:30 PM SJBC
|
7/2 |
Marshall Yancey - Jack
Verson A Helen Mitchell - David
Gambelin A Eric Ruben - Michael
Sclafani B Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt
B |
|
7/9 |
(Team) Eddie Saxe - Bill
Garrett - Lorraine Rodich - Laura Walters A/B/C |
|
7/16 |
Jeffrey Hu - Kou-Ping Cheng
A Michael Abrams - Michael
Migdol B/C Derek & Teddi Fiero A/B Kenneth Yip - Andy Andrews C |
|
7/23 |
Judy Fisher - Gary Porter A John Schoenbrun - Robert
Madalena A Melinda Foos - Gigi Spinazze
B Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt
B |
|
7/30 |
Jeffrey Hu - Kou-Ping Cheng
A Heather Cutting - Gary
MacGregor A Stephen Tu - Steve Chen B Neal Webb - Z Kadah B |
Wednesday 10:30 AM SJBC
|
7/17 |
Dolores Clinch - Barbara
Barlow A Missy Coy - Bill Yetter B Dolores Halden - Jean Franke
C |
|
7/24 |
Fung Bao - Raja Smadi A/B/C |
|
7/31 |
Missy Coy - Bill Yetter A/B
66.87% |
Wednesday
7:00 PM SJBC
|
7/10 |
(Team) Anne Boboricken -
Kiran Nadar - Marshall Yancey - Arif Janjua A |
|
7/17 |
John Hoffman - Leila Sink A Srinivasan Ravindran - Dana
Brown A/B Derek & Teddi Fiero B/C Awtar & Birendar Singh C |
|
7/24 |
Srinivasan Ravindran - Dana
Brown A/B Daren Kuo - Eddie Sun A/B/C |
|
7/31 |
Edward Lee - Paul Nelson A/B Tania Moalem - Jeffrey Hack
A/B H Lyle Supp - R Schwarer C |
Wednesday
7:30 PM Oakwood
|
7/10 |
David Gambelin – Helen
Mitchell A 65.88% Larry Miller – Abby Aldecoa
A Rita Randolph – Shirley
Anderson B/C |
|
7/17 |
Faye Parsons – George
Pledger A Florence Golden – Don Hayden
A Ann Dudman – Val Abid B/C Ann & Fred Carlson B |
|
7/24 |
Ken Kenfield – John
Harpootlian A Barbara Soohoo – Nancy
Nakamura A/B/C Tie Ann Dudman – Val Abid A/B/C
Tie Rita Randolph – Shirley
Anderson B/C |
|
7/31 |
Anne Dudman - Val Abid A/B/C
68.15% David Gambelin – Helen
Mitchell A Connie & Mario Vasquez B |
Thursday
10:30 AM SJBC
|
7/11 |
(Team) Patricia Hannah -
Read Kitson - N Hatfield - Kathleen Keener A |
|
7/18 |
George Humphrey - Richard
Sarsfield Dolores & Jack Clinch |
|
7/25 |
Terry Hause - Frances
Dickman Y.E. Chen - Gary Yang |
