SPECIAL GAMES

NAOP Unit Qualifying Sun 10/19 12:00 Noon

Two-Session Event

SJBC

Player Appreciation Games

Tue 10/21 7:30 PM

Wed 10/29 7:00 PM

Thu 10/30 10:30 AM

Senior Appreciation Game

Sun 11/16 12:00 Noon

SJBC

Holiday Party

CCC "Big Room"

Sun 12/14

Food: 5:00 PM

Game: Approx 6:30 PM

Section Rated

STaC Week 12/9-15

All Regular Games Section Rated

WHAT’S INSIDE?

Prez Sez 1

Quotes 1

Sep-Oct Results 2

Masthead 3

Idioter’s Corner 3

Top Ten 3

Promotions 4

Game Times 4

Prez Sez by Dan Turkus

 What a month! It started out great with the "Barlow Bowl" in which we honored Ed Barlow for achieving Grand Life Master status. For those of you that don't know, that is 10,000 points. Way to go Ed and what a great party. Ed had several of his teammate with whom he won the Senior Swiss at the Nationals, as well as the gentleman he played with when he made Life Master just 40 years ago. I have never been in a club game with so many Grand Life Masters before. Needless to say, you really had to concentrate. Now the food! Wow, can Gigi prepare for a gang. We had triple cream brie and 5 or 6 or 7 other cheeses to choose from, fruits, vegetables including yellow, red, orange, green and some other peppers, croissant sandwiches, quiche (and I saw men eating this), not to mention the Spinazze Merlot and Chardonnay wine. All in attendance had a great time.

We have two other club members very close to attaining the Grand Life Master status as well, and they are Fran Dickman and Rose Meltzer. Hurry up you two. You know I never turn down an invitation to a party, or a game for that matter.

We also had our Sectional, and let me apologize now for having missed the fact when scheduling, that it fell right in the middle of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish High Holy Days. Next year in 2004 our reserved time falls on Yom Kippur, so we moved that Sectional back to the end of October. Hopefully all you ghosts and goblins will find time to be at the tables, as Halloween is Sunday night, so we will try moving game time up so you can get home in time to hand out treats.

Our Sectional attendance was up 3 tables from last year. Thanks to Tania Moalem, our new Sectional Chairperson, who did a fabulous job with the organization of all the food and treats. Also many thanks go to all of you who brought sandwiches, cookies and everything else.

Look for winners of the above events on our Web Site: SJBridge.org

Another busy month is coming up, starting with the NAOP (North American Open Pairs) play-offs at our club on Sunday the 19th. Then on Sunday, November 16th we are going to have Senior Appreciation Day. I can't remember (really) if you need to be 85 or only 80 to play for free, but that should be found else where in this publication. To those that qualify for the free plays, you will not need an ID, as we know who you are!

That's it for this month, so I'll see ya at the tables.

More Quotes

Card sense is when it's technically right to do something, the little man that sits on my shoulder or anyone else's shoulder says, "Don't do that." And you say to yourself, "Well, wait a minute, that's the right way to play." And he says, "Yeah, but you don't wanna play that way."  That instinct is card sense.  It's almost an ability to feel where the cards are.  It's something that you can't buy, you can't find; you're born with -- The ability to do the right thing at the wrong time or really to do the wrong thing at the right time. -- Barry Crane

I'd like a review of the bidding with all the original inflections.

Regardless of what sadistic impulses we may harbor, winning bridge means helping partner avoid mistakes. -- Frank Stewart

A player who can't defend accurately should try to be declarer. -- Alfred Sheinwold

The real secret of the expert is to make logic seem like flair. – Hugh Kelsey

I favor light opening bids.  When you're my age, you're never sure they're going to get back to you in time. -- Oswald Jacoby at 77

Your play was much better tonight, and so were your excuses.

We play forcing hesitations.

A fellow had made a bad bid and gone for -1400.  "I'm sorry," he said to his partner, "I had a card misplaced."  Asked his partner innocently, "Only one card?" -- Charles Goren

Sunday 5:20 PM San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC)

9/14	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee A 72.92% Maralyn Smith - Mike Sullivan A Bob & Nancy Ward B/C
9/21	Ben & Fia Bosklopper A/B Gerry & Joan Piaget A Mich Ravera - Rodica Cailean B Beverly Nelson - Harriet Darling C Manju & Raghu Agarwal C
10/5	Ben & Fia Bosklopper A/B Bob & Nancy Ward A/B Nancy & Tom Cadwell C

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC

9/15	Alan Becker - Janice Scott A Doris Oelberg - Madie Horton A Loreta Flynn - Alexander Tampilang B David Gambelin - Derek Fiero B
9/22	Bert Hsu - Boyer Chu A/B Andrew & Jim Wulfhorst A/B/C Barbara Marleau - Sally McLane C
9/29	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A Cackalani R. & Vasanth Krishnamurthi A/B/C
10/6	Mostafa Hafezi - Tania Moalem A Kit Humphrey - Susan Cook B Cackalani R. & Vasanth Krishnamurthi A/B/C

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC

9/15	Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport 69.71% Erin Gove - Kat Wesolowska
9/22	William Bidermann - Jeff Pickholtz 67.10% P.S. Santhanam - Hari Yanan
9/29	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee Ray Crist - Harry Shannon
10/6	Nadia Nilsson - Kat Wesolowska Jan O'Malley - Carol Woodward

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC

9/16	Kathleen Keener - Barbara Harkleroad A Beverly Wright - Jean Power B Morey Goldstein - Rita Randolph A/B/C
9/23	Bill Yetter - Missy Coy A/B Kathleen Keener - Barbara Harkleroad A
9/30	Kit Humphrey - Teddi Fiero - Gary Yang - David Chang A/B
10/7	Gary Yang - David Chang A/B 65.98% N Hatfield - Mostafa Hafezi A

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC

9/16	Michael Fleisher - Shih-Ming Shih A Judy Fisher - Gary Porter A Rollin Cutts - Paul Chang B Stan Batiste - Joel Koransky B/C Robert Rouse - John Mcfarlane C
9/23	George Humphrey - Dan Turkus A/B Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich A/B/C
9/30	Steve Chen - Gigi Spinazze A/B Shih-Ming Shih - Michael Fleisher A Rollin Cutts - Paul Chang B
10/7	Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A Mich Ravera - Pam Woods B/C John Preovolos - Robert Moen A/B/C

Wednesday 10:30 AM SJBC

9/17	Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow A Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir B
9/24	Rita Tingley - Timothy White A/B 67.36% Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir A/B
10/1	Jack Clinch - Timothy White A 68.33% Victor Rivkin - Frank Kitchiner A/B Bernard Hoyt - Julie Joyce B/C
10/8	Victor Rivkin - Timothy White A/B Frank Kitchiner - Alexander Tampilang C

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC

9/17	Michael Migdol - Neal Webb A/B Carole Dietz - Joel Koransky A
9/24	Jack Verson - Marshall Yancey A Dana Brown - Srinivasan Ravindran A/B Mansoor Gowani - Ronald Siegrist B
10/1	Faye Parsons - Raymond Yuenger A Lynn Yokel - Annette Powers B John Oswalt - Cindy Gilbert A/B
10/8	Lynn Yokel - Diane Shannon A Anne Boboricken - Frances Dickman A Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher B Srinivasan Ravindran - Dana Brown B

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood

9/17	Helen Mitchell - David Gambelin A 69.35% Peggy Chen - Molly Kaufman B Dan O'Neal - Marilyn Campbell A/B(Tie) Val Abid - Anne Dudman A/B(Tie)/C Shirley Falk - Mervin Falk C
9/24	Dan O'Neal - Marilyn Campbell A/B Elaine Elkin - Ted Finlayson A/B Glenn Hudson - Jack Swindlehurst C
10/1	Tom Snouse - Vibeke Gilbreath A Peggy Chen - Molly Kaufman B Mac & Milly Morris A/B Val Abid - Anne Dudman C
10/8	Mac & Milly Morris A/B Abby Aldecoa - Larry Miller C George Pledger - Rollin Cutts A/B

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC

9/11	Jean Power - Rollin Cutts Gary Yang - Y.E. Chen
9/18	Frank Warzek - Richard Sarsfield
9/25	Jyme Schmieder - Diane Shannon A Billee Giansiracusa - Madie Horton B
10/2	Barbara Harkleroad - N Hatfield Frank Warzek - Diane Shannon
10/9	Frances Dickman - Diane Shannon Patricia Hannah - Read Kitson

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC

9/11	Frank Napolitan - Ursula Gueldner A/B Tom Coleman - Richard Jacobs A Matt Moore - Herb Jubin B Bill Garfield - Pete Read C
9/18	Molly Kaufman - Peggy Chen A 65.77% John Prior - Erin Gove B 65.48% Kat Wesolowska - Judy Kaplan A/B/C Joy Baker - Ray Crist A John Postas - Jo Murray B/C
9/25	Heather Cutting - Paul Vevera A Dick Pitzer - Frank Kitchiner B Jo Murray - Ron Baron A/B/C
10/2	Richard Jacobs - Tom Coleman A Bob Martin - Bill Garfield A/B/C
10/9	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang A 69.05% Nancy & Tom Cadwell A/B/C Jo Murray - Mischel Postas B/C

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC

9/12	Malcolm Stewart - Richard Jacobs 68.15% Norman Wang - Yen Shen
9/19	Bernard Hoyt - Julie Joyce Hugh Roberts - Harry Shannon
10/3	Maureen Ellenberg - Ruth Sporer Joan Simpson - Dan Hoffman
10/10	Albert Lyew - Maureen Ellenberg 65.48% Joan Simpson - Harriet Rounds

Friday 7:00 PM SJBC

9/12	Clyde Neih - Jean Chiu A/B/C Mary Harvel - Louise Faulkner A/B/C
9/19	Hemant & Shaila Mandpe A/B/C Jane Casciano - Frank Kitchiner A Donna Webb - Gail Meikle B Karen Kulander - Happy Fordham C
10/3	Hemant & Shaila Mandpe A/B/C 67.08% Bob Shannon - Jewel Schimke A
10/10	Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon A 66.19% Carol Thompson - Dave Thompson A/B/C

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC

9/13	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee Irv & Marion Wentzien
9/20	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee Mich Ravera - Frank Kitchiner
10/4	Lu Weakland - Robert Freitas Molly Kaufman - Glenn Hudson

Ed Barlow GLM Tribute Game SJBC

9/20	Evan Bailey - Larry Wenrick A 67.17% Gigi Spinazze - Shih-Ming Shih A/B 65.11% Joan & Robert Rouse C Alan Cummings - Gene Drew B

Top Ten Games

September 11-October 10

1	72.92%	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee	9/14 Eve
2	69.71%	Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport	9/15 Eve
3	69.35%	Helen Mitchell - David Gambelin	9/17 Late
4	69.05%	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang	10/9 Eve
5	68.33%	Jack Clinch - Timothy White	10/1 AM
6	68.15%	Malcolm Stewart - Richard Jacobs	9/12 AM
7	67.56%	Gigi Spinazze - David Gambelin	9/12 AM
8	67.36%	Rita Tingley - Timothy White	9/24 AM
9	67.17%	Evan Bailey - Larry Wenrick	9/20 Eve
10	67.10%	William Bidermann - Jeff Pickholtz	9/22 Eve

Idioter’s Corner

I had the experience of playing in the superbly organized and superbly run sectional on the last weekend in September. Tania Moalem deserves to be commended for her organization and Diane Barton Payne deserves to be commended for her directing. When a tournament goes as well as this one, it is easy to forget how difficult it is to put on and to run a tournament. All of us who have ever played in a tournament that wasn’t well run know what I mean.

While I am on the subject of people who seem to get things done well, Gigi Spinazze and Will Watson also similarly got the job done at our unit games each of the last couple of months. Again, they did it so well that it is easy to forget that it doesn’t have to go that way.

I have a question about game times for everyone. It is common on the last day of tournaments to have team games with a break at a time that doesn’t correspond to a regular mealtime for most people. Would anyone be in favor of a “pack a lunch” Sunday team schedule? Perhaps matches could be scheduled every hour or so all day without an extended break. In order to balance various other scheduling factors, the board is considering exactly this as a possibility for an upcoming sectional. If you have an opinion about this, don’t keep it to yourself! I think that it’s worth a try.

I discovered a week or two ago that even one of our club directors wasn’t aware that transfers that are not directly over a natural no trump bid (as well as those that don’t transfer into a major suit) require an alert rather than an announcement. I think that announcements are a good concept that should be expanded. In addition to other transfers, my first candidate would be the three most common meanings of a 2♦ opening bid. “Weak”, “Majors”, or “Three Suits” would be my suggested announcements.

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

Carole Dietz

Forum columnist

Ray Yuenger

Unit Game Coordinator

Gigi Spinazze

Tournament Coordinator

Tania Moalem

The Di-Rek'Tor Editor

Michael Angelo Ravera

Education/NAOP

Lynn Yokel

D21 Representative

Jeff Hack

Rose Meltzer-Johnson

New Player Representive

Mich Ravera

CONGRATULATIONS

JUNIOR MASTER

Janet Adamiak

Martin Anding

Joy Barrett

Natalie Guiragossian

Joan Seipel

Carol Woodward

Vicky Xu

CLUB MASTER

Andre Kowalczyk

Cassandra Leung

SECTIONAL MASTER

Ivy Chueh

Joseph Chui

Norma Epler

Franklin Kitchiner

Pamela Woods

REGIONAL MASTER

Lyle Supp

NABC MASTER

Eileen Edwards

Alexander Tampilang

LIFE MASTER

Steve Conway

Joseph Dodson

Malcolm Stewart

BRONZE LIFE MASTER

Michael Migdol

SILVER LIFE MASTER

Dana Brown

David Gambelin

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Unit 507 Club Games

Day	Time	Game Type	Photo	Directors	Phone (408)
Sunday	5:20 pm	0-499 Stratified (Lesson: 5:00 pm) Monthly Potluck: 4:30 pm		Faye Parsons	378-4719
Monday	11:00 am	Open Stratified Hand records		Bill Traver / Lynn Yokel	379-4490 / 374-4669
Monday	7:30 pm	0-499 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 / Ray Yuenger	243-9132 / 379-7717
Wednesday	10:30 am	Open Stratified		Jeanne Becht	(831) 634-1584
Wednesday	6:30 pm	Open (in Sunnyvale)		Janet McDonald	262-2378
Wednesday	7:30 pm	Open Stratified Hand records At Oakwood		Bill Traver / George Pledger	379-4490 / 395-6360
Wednesday	7:00 pm	Open Stratified Hand records		Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Thursday	10:30 am	Open Hand records		Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Thursday	7:00 pm	0-999 Stratified (Topics: 6:40 pm)	See Sunday	Faye Parsons	378-4719
Friday	11:00 am	0-800 Handicapped (Review: 2:30 pm)	See Monday	Al Becker	252-1426
Friday	7:00 pm	0-200 Stratified Hand records (Review: 10:15 pm)		George Pledger / Carole Dietz	249-2674 / 395-6360
Saturday	12:45 pm	0-2000 Handicapped	See Monday	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 499er Potluck. Games are often reduced, relaxed, or cancelled during local tournaments.