SPECIAL GAMES
499er Potluck
Sun 11/20 4:30 PM
NAOP Playoffs:
Sun 10/21 12:00 Noon
Wine
and Cheese Game:
Fri 10/25 7:30 PM
Challenge Match vs. Palo Alto:
at Palo Alto Sun 10/27
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Prez Sez 1
Conscience
Court 1
September
Results 2
Top Ten 3
Masthead 3
Idioter’s
Corner 3
Promotions 4
Game Times 4
Prez Sez by
Dan Turkus
I hope you all had a great time at our Fall Sectional. Special thanks go to Lynn Brown, who acted as our Sectional Chair, while Phyllis Vierra went to take care of her mother. Phyllis, we all hope all is well with your Mom.
I would also like to thank everybody that brought treats such as cookies, cakes, roll-up sandwiches, veggies, and who knows what else. These people in part were Lucy Burke, Sherry Waki, Rita Randolph, Dianne Shannon, Phyllis Reinhardt, Maxine Lubow, Eileen Edwards, Marion Wentzien, Lynn Brown, Shirley Foreman, Gigi Spinazze, June McCullough, Sandra Jacobs, Donna Webb, Gail Meikle, Fran Dickman, and Mildred Brewer. Thanks so much to all you above that made this such a "sweet" tournament.
Also thanks to the crew that helped set up and take down all the tables which included Art Fonda, Phyllis Vierra, Neal Webb, Ray Yuenger, Lynn Yokel and the Prez. If I missed anyone, please let me know in person and I will personally thank you. If is all the helpers and contributors that truly makes these events so much fun. Thanks again, you all deserve a big hand!
ACBL news - you heard it here first! Roger Smith and Chris Pizarra were both running for Board of Directors. I got an E-mail saying Roger had over 52% of the vote compared to Chris at 12%. I can only assume there were either other write-ins or some abstentions. You are welcome to use your imagination here!
I'm sorry to announce that Bob Jonesi passed away. He was a regular at many of the daytime clubs, and was always humming a tune. He will be missed. The next major event at our club will be the NAOP (North American Open Pairs). It will be held Sunday, October 20th beginning at noon, and a second session to be announced.
A Wine and Cheese Unit game is scheduled for Friday night October 25th at 7:30 PM. If you like really good Cabernet don't miss this game. I'm in charge of getting the Cabernet, so you will definitely like it. Also a great opportunity for extra master points
On October 27th we are sending five teams to Palo Alto to play for bragging rights as to which Club has the strongest players. It's my opinion that Palo Alto wanted this on their own turf so they wouldn't have to drive too far with tears in their eyes. So all you people who were selected for one of the teams, please make this a prophecy! Good luck to all.
We also plan to have or Christmas Party potluck on December 15th beginning a 5:00 PM. Save the date and watch for a postcard in the mail publicizing both Unit game.
That's it for this month, so I look forward to seeing you at the tables.
Conscience Court by Leila Sink
Do you need a
North-South?
The other day, I
requested stationary North-South seating at the club. I felt that this was a
reasonable request because I was over eight months pregnant. The director
insured that my request was honored.
Unfortunately, there
was another player who needed a North-South more. This player is in a lot of physical pain. This player's partner
went around the room asking if people would play East-West because her partner
medically needed a North-South. Not one pair was willing to give up their
North-South seat for this player.
To be fair, there
were a number of other people with physical limitations. But did all twelve
other pairs really need a North-South?
Help Me! I’m a Director
by George Pledger
I, George Pledger, have just passed the test and have now been certified by the ACBL to be a Club Director. Any help, experience or advice you could pass on to me would be greatly appreciated.
Passing the test I think is just the beginning. Now I need experience in using ACBLScore, setting up games, sit outs, relays and by stands, skips and when and above all, how to solve problems. I know they are in the little book, but sometimes finding the CORRECT answer takes time. Most of you experienced directors seem to know all the answers immediately.
Thanks in advance for any support you can give me.
I won! I won!
(or Every Dog Has His Day)
by Paul Nelson with Leila Sink
Well, since it will probably never happen
again, and since I just had to tell someone (actually, I think I'm going to
tell everybody), ...I don't know if you are familiar with Richard Pavlicek's monthly
bidding and play contests on the web, but he has just posted the results of the
September contest on the web at http://www.rpbridge.net/7y07.htm
Analysis of these hands can be found at http://www.rpbridge.net/7y08.htm
Sunday 1:00 PM, San Jose
Bridge Center (SJBC)
|
9/8 |
Malcolm Stewart - Kathy Busse 71.67% Missy Coy - Rovene Zaika |
|
9/15 |
Jan Kiernan - Patty Yelvington 76.68% Missy Coy - Rovene Zaika 67.73% |
|
9/22 |
Dorothy Thunen - Geetha Vaidy Jan Kiernan - Patty Yelvington |
Sunday 5:20 PM SJBC
|
9/8 |
Maxine Lubow - Mike Sullivan A Bob & Nancy Ward A/B/C Beverly Nelson - Lucy Burke
B |
|
9/15 |
Maxine Lubow - Mike Sullivan A Eric Yang - Ray Lubow A Li Zhao - Craig Tsui B/C Beverly Nelson - Lucy Burke
B |
|
9/22 |
Patty Yelvington - Jan Kiernan A/B/C Gary Kao - Eric Yang A/B |
Monday
11:00 AM SJBC
|
9/9 |
Bill Yetter - Art Fonda A Tina Pearson - Glenda Ciochon A Paul Nelson - Sidney Safir B Dan Turkus - Ginn Hua B Jan O'Malley - Dan Hoffman C |
|
9/16 |
Norma Black - Anne Struthers A Josephine Cooley - Harriet Rounds A Susan Cook - Kit Humphrey B Maxine & Ray Lubow C Boyer Chu - M C ChenB Carol Stein - Lynn Brown C |
|
9/23 |
Charlie Dorn - Frances Dickman A Tania Moalem - Jean Power A Fung Bao - Loreta Flynn B Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow C Sherry Waki - Lynn Brown B/C |
|
9/30 |
Jeffrey Hu - Kou-Ping Cheng A 65.87% Kit Humphrey - Susan Cook A/B H Zoellner - Richard Kilner
B |
Monday
7:30 PM SJBC
|
9/9 |
Val Mason - Eryl Barker 65.63% Joseph Poppo - Ron Laffen |
|
9/16 |
Mike Sullivan - Ron Laffen Val Mason - Eryl Barker |
|
9/23 |
Mike Sullivan - Hiram Shen |
|
9/30 |
Rita Randolph - Leon W. Lee |
Tuesday
10:30 AM SJBC
|
9/3 |
Judy Fisher - Bonnie Beardsley A Kathy & Larry Wagner B/C Edward Barlow - Ginn Hua A Jan O'Malley - Judith Clark
B/C |
|
9/10 |
Carole Dietz - Tina Pearson A David Gambelin - Bill Yetter B Kathleen Keener - Madie Horton A/B Janice Scott - Joan Bates C Jim Tseng - Norman Wang C |
|
9/17 |
Larry Wagner - Prue Saunders A/B Art Fonda - Richard
Sarsfield C |
|
9/24 |
Lynn Yokel - Wayne Stuart A 71.85% Norma Black - Stanford Field A Art Fonda - Josephine Cooley B Billee Giansiracusa - Doris
Oelberg B |
Tuesday
7:30 PM SJBC
|
9/3 |
Fred Chasalow - Z Kadah A/B Patricia Hannah - Read Kitson A Sabina Siem - Rita Tingley B Dick
& Ellie Hall-Pitzer C |
|
9/10 |
Bruce Luttrell - Mike Cailean A Judy Fisher - Gary Porter A Larry Wagner - Michael Fleisher B Boris Ginzburg - Victor Rivkin B Gary Kao - Eric Yang C |
|
9/17 |
Michael Migdol - Michael Abrams A/B/C Mike Cailean - John Hoffman A Derek Fiero - Teddi Fiero B |
|
9/24 |
Heather Cutting - Jim O'Neil A Michael Abrams - Michael Migdol A/B Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang B/C |
Wednesday
10:30 AM SJBC
|
9/4 |
Arden & Charles Hoppe
A/B |
|
9/11 |
David Chang - Gary Yang A |
|
9/18 |
David Chang - Gary Yang A 67.13% Irene & William Price
B/C |
|
9/25 |
Timothy White - Jeanne Becht A |
Wednesday
7:00 PM SJBC
|
9/4 |
Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson A Srinivasan Ravindran - Dana Brown A/B Mac Morris - Milly Morris
B/C |
|
9/11 |
Lynn Yokel - Annette Powers A/B Ruth Froeberg - John Harley A/B |
|
9/18 |
Larry Wagner - Judy Fisher A Will Watson - Leila Sink A Ruth Froeberg - John Harley B H Lyle Supp - R Schwarer B/C |
|
9/25 |
Robert Ritz - Stuart Goodgold A Panette Talia - Frances Dickman A Srinivasan Ravindran - Dana Brown B Rosemary Erwin - Sheila Hill
B |
Wednesday
7:30 PM Oakwood
|
9/4 |
Alan Becker – Jewel Schimke
A Peggy Chen – Molly kaufman B Joan & Rober Rouse A/B/C |
|
9/11 |
Helen Mitchell – Davis
Gambelin A 65.77% Melinda Foos – George
Pledger A/B Connie & Mario Vasquez B Laura Walters – Lorraine Rodich
C Val Abid – Anne Dudman C |
|
9/18 |
Elaine Elkin – Ted Finlayson
A/B 68.15% Don Hayden – Florence Golden
A Rita Randolph – Shirley
Anderson C Connie & Mario Vasquez B Gary Ratts – H Zoellner C |
|
9/25 |
Helen Mitchell – Davis
Gambelin A Elain Erickson – Paul Chang
A Ann & Fred Carlson B |
Thursday
10:30 AM SJBC
|
9/5 |
Mostafa Hafezi - Faye Parsons Gordon Adkins - Lucille
Maranda |
|
9/12 |
Diane Shannon - Frances Dickman Kit Humphrey - Susan Cook |
|
9/19 |
Larry Wagner - Bill Langlois Frank Warzek - Olive Tangney |
|
9/26 |
Patricia Hannah - Read Kitson Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch |
