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If you are wondering why I'm not listing a bunch of winners at the San Mateo Regional, it's because I am writing his column prior to that event, and have confidence in all of you winning most of the events!

Everybody please mark your calendars for our Pro/Am Unit game that will occur on February 29th. We need lots of Life Masters to match up in a random partnership draw. These newer players really appreciate the knowledge passed on by our seasoned players.

The following weekend we are having another Unit game to award the Mini McKinney/Ace of Clubs awards. If you won your bracket in either category, you get to play for free! I can tell you already, I will be paying to play, but the competition is worth it!

Newer players, please be aware that if anything strange happens at the table, please call a director to make sure your rights are protected. After all, the director can help you at the time the abnormality occurs, not after you have played the hand and moved to the next table or next hand. That's why we pay them the "big bucks." Also, Carol Dietz is our Unit Recorder, which means if another player commits a foul that really sticks in your craw, talk to her about what and how a complaint can be lodged against an offending or offensive player.

We should now have a new dishwasher. Please, rinse your mugs after using them and make sure no stir sticks and other items unsuitable for a dishwasher get loaded into the machine. Remember to please clean up after yourself. The Directors have enough work to do without having to clean up after us.

A few of our avid readers have asked for some new material for our book exchange. Do you have a bunch, or a few books just collecting dust at home? Why not get the jump on your spring cleaning and bring some books down to the club?

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

Wednesday Morning at the Club

In response to numerous requests, the time of the Wednesday morning game directed by Rita Tingley will be changed to 11:00 AM beginning February 18.

In response to numerous other requests, the game will now be held in two sections. In addition to the current open section, it will also have a 0-299 section. Hand records will be provided.

Santa Clara Valley Sectional

April 2-4 at Masonic Lodge

Location: Masonic Lodge in San Jose (map in March)

Lots of free parking and coffee

Game Times

Friday: 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM

Saturday: 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM

Sunday: 11:00 AM and approximately 3:30PM

Games

Friday: Single session pairs (play one or both, if you can)

Saturday: All day Pairs (overall awards for 2-session scores)
Two Single sessions 0-200
Single sessions available in Open
0-20 game with trophy at 1:00 PM only.

Sunday: All day Teams

Speaker: Peter Weichsel Saturday 12:15PM

For other details and to volunteer to help contact:
Tania Moalem 993-0265 & Phyllis Vierra 248-8365

Partnerships and New Players:
George Pledger 249-2674 & Mich Ravera 432-1020

Thank You, Barbara Tiernan
by Carole Dietz

One of our newer players, Barbara Tiernan, has paid for our new dishwasher. Barbara truly must enjoy playing bridge! As everyone knows, our old dishwasher was just going through the cleaning motions. Most players knew that they should examine their "clean" coffee cups before putting them to their mouth. We no longer have that problem thanks to Barbara.

Everyone appreciates her generous gesture. When you see her at a game, be sure to thank her and give her a top board.

Top Ten Games

January 11 - February 10

1	70.83%	Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher	1/20 Eve
2	69.21%	Missy Coy - Bill Yetter	2/3 AM
3	68.78%	Maxine & Ray Lubow	1/25 Eve
4	68.45%	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee	1/22 Eve
5	68.04%	Alan Becker - Albert Lyew	2/6 AM
6	67.86%	Maralyn Smith - Fia Bosklopper	1/16 Eve
7	67.56%	Don Hayden - Ruthann Critchfield	1/28 Late
8	67.46%	Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport	2/9 Eve
9	67.36%	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr	1/26 AM
10	67.29%	Will Watson - Edward Barlow	1/14 Eve

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

1/11	Manju & Raghu Agarwal A/B/C Dick & Ellie Hall-Pitzer A/B Carol Woodward - Maralyn Smith C
1/18	Joe Chui - Agneta Robertson A 66.92% Bob Ward - Nancy Ward A/B/C Karen O'Connell - Joy Baker B
1/25	Maxine & Ray Lubow A 68.78% Donna Webb - Joy Baker A Tom Cadwell - Maralyn Smith B Fred Kurzweil - Bill Garfield B
2/1	Carol Woodward - Carolyn Tutko A/B/C Kat Wesolowska - Nadia Nilsson A/B Donna Webb - Bob Martin C
2/8	Maxine & Ray Lubow A 67.26% John Prior - Keith Burnett B 66.84% Ray Crist - Sandra Pallotti A/B Jo Murray - Erma McCrory C

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC

1/12	Tania Moalem - Mostafa Hafezi A Sally McLane - Barbara Marleau A/B/C Susan Cook - Kit Humphrey B
1/19	George Humphrey - Faye Parsons A Dana Brown - Tania Moalem A Kit Humphrey - Susan Cook B Andrew & Jim Wulfhorst B/C Carol Woodward - Alexander Tampilang C
1/26	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A 67.36% Andrew & Jim Wulfhorst B/C Paul Nelson - Harriet Rounds A/B Maxine & Ray Lubow C
2/2	Carole Dietz - Judy Fisher A David Gambelin - Bill Yetter B Andrew & Jim Wulfhorst C Art Fonda - Dan Turkus A/B
2/9	George Humphrey - Faye Parsons A Bonnie Beardsley - Judy Fisher A Maxine & Ray Lubow B/C Bill Yetter - David Gambelin B

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC

1/12	Val Mason - Eryl Barker Harry Shannon - Hugh Roberts
1/19	George Pledger - Renee Perry 67.22% Nadia Nilsson - Carol Woodward
1/26	Candy Wentworth - Earl Wentworth Richard Jacobs - Ron Baron
2/2	Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport 65.08% Nancy & Tom Cadwell
2/9	Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport 67.46% Mich Ravera - Pam Woods

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood

1/14	David Gambelin - Helen Mitchell A Larry Miller- Abby Aldecoa A Eric Yang - Richard Jacobs B Jack Swindlehurst - Cyrus C Melinda Foos - George Pledger B
1/21	Hossein Selim - Bill Traver A/B 65.77 Vibeke Gilbreath - Tom Snouse A/B
1/28	Don Hayden - Ruthann Critchfield A/B 67.56% Larry Miller - Abby Aldecoa A/B 66.37% Mervin & Shirley Falk C Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport C
2/4	Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich A/B/C Glenn Hudson - Jack Swindlehurst A/B/C

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC

1/13	Don Nemiro - Diane Shannon A Judy Fisher - N Hatfield A Julie Joyce - Bernard Hoyt B/C Coline Maclean - Rosemary Erwin B Malcolm Stewart - Sidney Safir C
1/20	Bill Langlois - Frank Warzek A Tania Moalem - Prue Saunders A Paul Nelson - Josephine Cooley B
1/27	Dan Turkus - Kou-Ping Cheng A Paul Nelson - Read Kitson B Tina Pearson - Dana Brown A Bernard Hoyt - Julie Joyce B/C Morey Goldstein - Rita Randolph C
2/3	Missy Coy - Bill Yetter A/B 69.21% Norma Black - Consorcia/Ching Ravelo A Norman Wang - Jim Tseng C
2/10	Judy Fisher - Richard Sarsfield A Teddi Fiero - Dolores Clinch A Kathleen Keener - Madie Horton B Tania Moalem - Dana Brown B

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC

1/13	Guy Gecht - Michael Fleisher A 65.48% Richard Jacobs - Eric Yang A/B
1/20	Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher A/B 70.83% George Pledger - Eric Yang A/B Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich C
1/27	Tania Moalem - Bonnie Beardsley A Mike Roney - John Prior A Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt B Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg B Kenneth Yip - Andy Andrews C
2/3	Dan Turkus - George Humphrey A Judy Fisher - Gary Porter A Steve Chen - Stephen Tu B Armen Zelenko - Mihran Mkrtchian C John Oswalt - Cindy Gilbert B
2/10	Rollin Cutts - Paul Chang A Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich B/C

Wednesday 10:30 AM SJBC

1/14	Richard Jacobs - Jane Casciano A/B/C
1/21	Jane Casciano - Richard Jacobs A 65.13% Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow A Rita Tingley - Candy Wentworth B Keith Burnett - Alexander Tampilang B/C
1/28	Rita Tingley - Candy Wentworth A/B
2/4	Polly Tsu - Gary Yang A Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow A Rita Tingley - Candy Wentworth B/C Victor Rivkin - Malcolm Stewart B

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC

1/14	Will Watson - Edward Barlow A 67.29% Daren Kuo - Kou-Ping Cheng A Dana Brown - Srinivasan Ravindran B Steve Conaway - John Wachsman B/C
1/21	Stuart Goodgold - Robert Ritz A Leila Sink - Will Watson A Derek & Teddi Fiero B/C David Gambelin - Panette Talia B
1/28	Robert Madalena - John Schoenbrun A Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey - Kathleen Keener A Lynn Yokel - Annette Powers B Dana Brown - Srinivasan Ravindran B Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg C
2/4	Robert Madalena - John Schoenbrun A Will Watson - Leila Sink A Paul Nelson - Jeffrey Hack B

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC

1/15	Patricia Hannah - Josephine Cooley A Loreta Flynn - Norma Black A Y.E. Chen - Chi Yung Lin B
1/22	Art Fonda - Susan Cook A/B 65.51% Patricia Hannah - Read Kitson A Kit Humphrey - Dan Turkus B Paul Amato - Jim Wulfhorst C
1/29	Frank Warzek - Olive Tangney A Lynn Yokel - Gigi Spinazze A/B Y.E. Chen - Norman Wang B/C Andrew Wulfhorst - Candy Wentworth C
2/5	Frank Warzek - Diane Shannon A Mostafa Hafezi - Prue Saunders A Gigi Spinazze - Susan Cook B Candy Wentworth - Andrew Wulfhorst C

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC

1/15	Mike Sullivan - Dan Rappaport A/B Paul Vevera - Heather Cutting A Pete Read - Barbara Tiernan C Dick & Ellie Hall-Pitzer B
1/22	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee A 68.45% Paul Vevera - Heather Cutting A Kat Wesolowska - Nadia Nilsson B/C Stan Batiste - Joel Koransky B
1/29	Richard Jacobs - Jane Casciano A Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee A Stan Batiste - Joel Koransky B Bill Garfield - Pete Read B/C
2/5	Cxiaosong Huang - Tanakorn Lavanakul A Frank Napolitan - Ursula Gueldner A Anne Holler - Nathalie Guiragossian B/C

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC

1/16	Judi Carollo - Elizabeth Moley Marilynn Bass - Joan Seipel
1/23	Rita Tingley - Timothy White Albert Lyew - Leon W. Lee
1/30	Nadine Hood - Loreta Flynn 65.77% Ray Crist - Albert Lyew
2/6	Julie Joyce - Bernard Hoyt Jewel Schimke - Sally McLane

Friday 7:00 PM SJBC

1/16	Maralyn Smith - Fia Bosklopper A/B 67.86% Dick & Ellie Hall-Pitzer A/B David Fotland - Jonathan Fotland C
1/23	Hemant & Shaila Mandpe A Judy Travis - Mich Ravera A Donna Webb - Gail Meikle B/C Carol Woodward - Nadia Nilsson B/C
1/30	Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon A Keith Burnett -Elizabeth Strasen A/B Joy Barrett - Joe Buchanan C Carol Woodward - Maralyn Smith B/C
2/6	Hemant & Shaila Mandpe A Judy Travis - Marilyn Bliss B/C Norma Epler - Martin Anding A

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC

1/17	Timm Good - Janice Scott Richard Dorff - Judy Travis
1/24	Irv & Marion Wentzien 65.20% Dan Turkus - Leon W. Lee
1/31	John Prior - Richard Jacobs 65.60% Eric Yang - Malcolm Stewart 65.46%
2/7	Sandra Pallotti - Ray Crist Malcolm Stewart - Eric Yang

Unit Wine & Cheese Saturday 1/31 7:00 PM SJBC

Carol & Mark Maggipinto A/B
Josephine Cooley - Jeffrey Hack A
Derek & Teddi Fiero B

Ace of Clubs and MiniMcKenney Winners

The Ace of Clubs and MiniMcKenney winners for 2003, as well as those who placed second and third in each category, will be honored at a special game at the San Jose Bridge Center on Sunday, March 7 at 12:00 Noon.

Here are the Ace of Clubs winners in each category. These are the people who earned the most master points playing in club games.

ROOKIE - Harry Shannon

JUNIOR MASTER - Erin Gove (also Mini-McKenney)

CLUB MASTER -Raja Smadi (also Mini-McKenney)

SECTIONAL MASTER -Boyer Chu

REGIONAL MASTER -Eric Yang (also Mini-McKenney)

NABC MASTER - Leon Lee (also Mini-McKenney)

LIFE MASTER - Richard Jacobs (also Mini-McKenney)

BRONZE LIFE MASTER - Kit Humphrey

SILVER LIFE MASTER - Tania Moalem (also Mini-McKenney)

GOLD LIFE MASTER - Judy Fisher

DIAMOND LIFE MASTER - Edward Barlow

Here are the Mini-McKenney Winners who didn’t also win the Ace of Clubs. These are the people from our club who earned the most master points from any source.

ROOKIE - Zbigniew Bieszke

SECTIONAL MASTER - Fung Bao

BRONZE LIFE MASTER - Steve Chen

GOLD LIFE MASTER - Kou-Ping Cheng

DIAMOND LIFE MASTER - Rose Meltzer

GRAND LIFE MASTER - Peter Weichsel

Idiotor’s Corner

Once again ACBL District 21 put on a wonderful tournament in San Mateo. The Staff at the Marriott, in marked contrast to the Hyatt seemed actually to want us to be there.

The Japanese have a saying that you spend “three years on top of the rock”. I discovered during the San Mateo Regional that, in Bridge, this interval could just as easily have been estimated at thirty years.

Many players, some of whom I would even describe as “Top Flight”, seem to equate “Standard”, “Permitted by the General Convention Chart”, and “Not Requiring Pre-Alerts”.

I don’t pretend to be an expert on these topics, but some comparatively benign methods such as leading low from a doubleton; systematically opening a 4-card major with a longer minor; and systems using a strong and forcing 1♦, 1^NT, or 2♦ opener all require pre-alerts.

A 2^NT opener that shows at least 5-4 in the minors, for instance, is specifically permitted under the General Convention Chart. I know of no one who considers this standard, and I am thankful that almost everyone who uses it pre-alerts it. Usually, the pre-alert isn’t required because of the 2^NT opener itself, but rather because of a forcing 1♦ opener (which does require a pre-alert). People who need to pre-alert an opening bid often find it convenient to include all of the nonstandard openers on a pre-alert card.

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

Stu Goodgold

New Player Representive

Mich Ravera

Photo of the Month

Tuesday Evening Players: John, Mike, and Teddi

Photo by Pamela Woods

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	379-4490
Monday	7:30 pm	0-499 Handicapped (Lesson: 7:10 pm)		Al Becker	252-1426
Tuesday	10:30 am	Open Stratified Hand Records Super Chart		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	11:00 am	Two Sections: Open and 0-299 Stratified Hand Records		Rita Tingley	261-0268
Wednesday	6:30 pm	Open (in Sunnyvale)		Janet McDonald	262-2378
Wednesday	7:30 pm	Open Stratified Hand Records At Oakwood		Bill Traver	379-4490
Wednesday	7:00 pm	Open Stratified Hand Records Super Chart		Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Thursday	10:30 am	Open Hand Records Super Chart		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	0-999 Handicapped (Review: 2:30 pm)	See Monday	Al Becker	252-1426
Friday	7:00 pm	0-200 Stratified (Lesson: 6:30 pm) One “Teacher Lifeline” Hand Records		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, inside the Campbell Community Center 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.

All games allow methods and systems permitted by the ACBL General Convention Chart. Those identified as “MidChart” or “Super Chart” also permit methods authorized by those charts with proper disclosure.

Check club postings, visit our web site at http://www.SJBridge.org or call for the exact dates and times of the Special STaC and Special Unit games, and of the 499er Potluck.

Games are often reduced, relaxed, or cancelled during local tournaments.

MiniMcKinney-AoC

Santa Clara Valley Sectional

Unit 507 Club Games

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