Sorry I'm late getting this to Mich, but I was hoping to be able to announce when we are going to have our Unit Membership dinner/game. As yet, that date is not set, but hopefully, I will have set it within the next few days.

Did you know that Bernie and Rita have started a 299er game on Wednesdays that starts at 11:00 AM? Well, all you 299ers, get on down there! There is also an open game going on at the same time.

Ray Crist has also started a new game at the Villages and has an ACBL Sanction. You can call Ray at (408) 448-4480.

We had a couple of well attended Unit games. A Pro/Am that had 15½ tables followed by our Ace of Clubs/Mini McKinney awards game with 12 tables. All the winners and other participants can be found on or web site: www.sjbridge.org. If you won an award or are due Certificate of accomplishment, and haven't picked it up, you may do so at the club. The Directors will know where they are, or where they should be.

Next up is our Sectional April 2-4 ant the San Jose Masonic Temple. Volunteers would be appreciated to help set up tables on Friday at around 11:00 AM.

Also, we can use cookies, sandwiches, or whatever other snacks you can contribute. I am sure you will be hearing from Tania and Phyllis regarding the above.

See you at the tables.

In Memoriam Don Hayden
by Mich Ravera

A few years ago, I signed up as a student in the mentor program that was being organized at that time and a week or two later I got a call from someone named Don Hayden. We set up a date to play a couple of days later. Don called me to play with him a few times over the last 3 years and finally we got a chance to play together a few weeks ago. I always enjoyed the experience of playing with Don. He was one of the friendliest players in our unit.

In addition to occasionally mentoring me, Don was also a mentor to at least 3 or 4 other people. It seemed that he enjoyed seeing others improve.

I am told that Don was basically the founder of what eventually became Oakwood Bridge Club. He played there every Wednesday that he was able.

Our unit and our game are much better off because of Don. He will be sorely missed.

Santa Clara Valley Sectional

April 2-4 at Masonic Lodge

Location: Masonic Lodge in San Jose (map below)

2500 Masonic Drive, San Jose

Directions: Hwy 280 to Guadalupe Pky (Hwy 87) south, Exit Curtner Ave, turn right, Immediate 1^st left at light onto Canoas Gardens, 1^st right on Masonic, up the hill to the end!

Lots of free parking and coffee

Game Times

Friday: 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM (GNT Flight B, 7 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: Bill Langlois, Saturday 12:15PM

Topic: Bad Advice

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

Text Box: Late February – Early March Winners

Sunday 2/29 12 Noon Pro-Am Unit Game

Eric Yang – Maxine Lubow
Michael Fleisher - John Williams

Sunday 3/7 12 Noon AoC-MiniMc Unit Game

Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey - Mike Roney A 66.54%
Edward Lee - Bill Langlois A
Jane Casciano - Raja Smadi B/C
Eric Yang - Malcolm Stewart B

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

2/22	Maxine & Ray Lubow A 68.08% Dmitri Silaev - Faye Parsons A Manju & Raghu Agarwal B/C Awtar & Birendar Singh B Ben & Fia Bosklopper C
2/29	Eric Yang - Erin Gove A 66.07% Maxine & Ray Lubow A Nancy & Tom Cadwell B Belinda & Jennifer Gu C Dick & Ellie Hall-Pitzer B
3/7	Bill Garfield - Fred Kurzweil A/B/C 66.15% Shirley Foreman - Rekha Nirula A/B

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC

2/23	Dan Turkus - Bill Traver A/B Carole Dietz - Judy Fisher A Bev Rennie - Coline Maclean B
3/1	Billie Mechanic - Helen Mitchell A 70.53% Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A 65.76% Andrew Wulfhorst - Jim Wulfhorst B/C Art Fonda - Dan Turkus B
3/8	Faye Parsons - George Humphrey A Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch A Katherine Maxfield - Gigi Spinazze A/B Frances Dickman - Diane Shannon A Bert Hsu - Boyer Chu B Kai Hsi - Paul Chang B Kit Humphrey - Susan Cook B Alexander Tampilang - Wesley Woo C

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC

2/23	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang 65.87% Prasad Vepa - Shobhana Shah
3/1	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang Varsha Vepa - Shobhana Shah
3/8	Gail Meikle - Norma Epler Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC

2/10	Judy Fisher - Richard Sarsfield A Teddi Fiero - Dolores Clinch A Kathleen Keener - Madie Horton B Tania Moalem - Dana Brown B
2/17	Missy Coy - Bill Yetter A Norman Riley - Harry Cuzner A/B Bernard Hoyt - Julie Joyce B
2/24	Paul Nelson – Read Kitson A/B 69.71% Beverly Wright - Jean Power A/B Bernard Hoyt - Julie Joyce C
3/2	Jim Hayashi – Rose Meltzer A David Gambelin - Bill Yetter B Doris Oelberg - Harry Cuzner A/B
3/9	Diane Shannon - Lynn Yokel A David Gambelin - Gigi Spinazze B Tania Moalem - Dana Brown A Bernard Hoyt - Julie Joyce B/C Morey Goldstein - Rita Randolph C

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC

2/10	Rollin Cutts - Paul Chang A Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich B/C
2/17	Rita Tingley - Sabina Siem A/B Mike Roney - John Prior A Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg B
2/24	Gary Porter - Judy Fisher A 67.59% Robert Madalena - John Schoenbrun A Richard Jacobs - Eric Yang B Z Kadah - Bassam Baroudi B/C
3/2	Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman A/B/C Stuart Goodgold - Robert Ritz A Joan Rouse - Robert Rouse B
3/9	Robert Ritz – Stuart Goodgold A Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg A/B Derek Fiero - Teddi Fiero B

Wednesday 10:30 AM SJBC

2/18	Victor Rivkin - Malcolm Stewart A/B/C 66.88% Carol Woodward - Nadia Nilsson A/B/C
2/25	Missy Coy - Bill Yetter A 69.08% John Hornback - Sioux Atkinson B/C 65.08% Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow A Richard Jacobs - Paul Nelson B
3/3	Jan Adamiak - Erin Gove A/B 65.62% Sheri Archer - Karen Hunt C
3/10	Rita Tingley - Timothy White A/B Birendar Singh - Awtar Singh C Nancy Cadwell - Mei Wu A/B Jan Adamiak - Erin Gove C Phyllis Meyercord - Diane Holmquist A/B/C

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC

2/18	Tania Moalem - Richard Sarsfield A Karam Ashoo - John Hoffman A Annette Powers - Lynn Yokel B
2/25	Judy Fisher - Larry Wagner A 74.77% Anne Boboricken - Edward Barlow A Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher B
3/3	Stuart Goodgold - John Hoffman A Mansoor Gowani - Raymond Yuenger A Ruth Froeberg - John Harley B
3/10	Victor Rivkin - Karam Ashoo A/B/C Mike Roney - John Prior A

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood

2/11	Joseph Chui - Renee Perry A/B/C Elaine Erickson - Paul Chang A Elaine Elkin - Ted Finlayson B
2/18	Dan Turkus - Erin Gove A 70.24% Gary Ratts - H Zoellner B/C Rita Randolph - Shirley Anderson A/B/C
2/25	Shirley Foreman - Richard Jacobs A/B Joan & Robert Rouse C Don Hayden -Hossein Selim A/B Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport C
3/3	David Gambelin -Helen Mitchell A Susan Cook - George Humphrey A/B Nadine Hood - Judy Travis B Mich Ravera - Pam Woods C Anne Dudman - Val Abid C
3/10	Celso & Ching Ravelo A/B Elaine Erickson - Paul Chang A Connie & Mario Vazquez B Eric Yang - Erin Gove C Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich C

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC

2/19	Frank Warzek - Richard Sarsfield 68.75% Tania Moalem - Prue Saunders
2/26	Gary Yang – Boyer Chu A/B Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch A
3/4	Frank Warzek - Diane Shannon A Tania Moalem - Carole Dietz A/B Prue Saunders - Mostafa Hafezi B Paul Amato - Jim Wulfhorst C

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC

2/19	Richard Jacobs - Ron Baron A Alexander Tampilang - John Prior A Joseph Poppo - Mich Ravera B Pete Read - Bill Garfield C
2/26	Dmitri Silaev - Mich Ravera A/B Stan Batiste - Joel Koransky A/B
3/4	Richard Jacobs - Ron Baron A Carol Woodward - Nadia Nilsson B/C Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee A Sharon Sava - Mich Ravera B Pete Read - Bill Garfield C

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC

2/13	Janice Scott - Molly Kaufman
2/20	Awtar Singh - Birendar Singh Irv Wentzien - Marion Wentzien
2/27	Fung Bao – Doreen Hornback Helen Tseng - Jim Tseng
3/5	Terry Hall - Anne Diesel Molly Kaufman - Janice Scott

Friday 7:00 PM SJBC

2/13	Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon A Maralyn Smith - Fia Bosklopper B/C Randy Rice - Mary Harvel A/B/C
2/20	Bill Garfield - Mich Ravera A Maralyn Smith - Fia Bosklopper B/C Mary Harvel - Randy Rice A/B/C
2/27	Donna Webb – Gail Meikle A/B Judy Travis - Raja Smadi A/B Ed Sutton - Martha Sutton C
3/5	Nathalie Guiragossian - Raja Smadi A Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon A Donna Webb - Gail Meikle B/C Jo Murray - Erma McCrory B/C

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC

2/14	Irv & Marion Wentzien 74.65%
2/21	Judy Travis - Nadine Hood Dan Hoffman - Sheila Goldshine
2/28	Mich Ravera – John Prior 69.01% David Gambelin - Judi Carollo
3/6	Richard Jacobs - Hiram Shen Awtar & Birendar Singh

Top Ten Games Feb 11-Mar 10

1	74.77%	Judy Fisher - Larry Wagner	2/25 Eve
2	74.65%	Irv & Marion Wentzien	2/14 PM
3	70.53%	Billie Mechanic - Helen Mitchell	3/1 AM
4	70.24%	Dan Turkus - Erin Gove	2/18 Late
5	69.71%	Paul Nelson - Read Kitson	2/24 AM
6	69.08%	Missy Coy - Bill Yetter	2/25 AM
7	69.01%	Mich Ravera - John Prior	2/28 PM
8	68.75%	Frank Warzek - Richard Sarsfield	2/19 AM
9	68.08%	Maxine & Ray Lubow	2/22 Eve
10	67.59%	Gary Porter - Judy Fisher	2/24 Eve

The Worst Ruling Ever? by Alan Becker

Perhaps it’s been happening only to me (I doubt it), but over the years I have seen real injustice in the form of illegal action by high level players and equally bad rulings by directors (intimidated or otherwise).

The last hand in the Charity Pairs game at the San Mateo Regional will do well to illustrate my point.

East holding ♠ATx ♥KQJxx ♦xx ♣Jxx opened 1♥ and the auction proceeded as follows:

Dealer: W Vulnerable: N-S

North West South East

Me Well-known Player

Pass Pass 1♥

2♠ 3♥ Pass Pass

3♠ Pass (1) Pass 4♥ (TD)

1) 20 or more second hesitation

TD) Director called at this point

After my 2♠ overcall and 3♠ balancing call, my LHO hesitated for over 20 seconds (an eternity in Tournament Bridge) and then passed. The opener, still holding the same 11 Total Points, then decided to bid 4♥. The director was called and, when the smoke cleared, allowed the 4♥ call to stand. As a director, I must say that this was the worst ruling I have seen in the 20 years that I have been aware of such things. Whether the fact that the offending player had more than 9000 masterpoints was a factor in this decision will likely never be known. However, this sort of experience is as good a reason as any for me to avoid most big tournaments. I can live without this sort of experience, thank you!

Idioter’s Corner

The theme song from the monochrome era broadcast video presentation “Mr. Ed” indicated that the horse would never speak unless he had something to say. It is with this theme in mind that I happily welcome back Al Becker’s words to these pages. His article is about how the rules against using unauthorized information are unevenly applied. It is my understanding that Bill Langlois will speak about UI at our Sectional Tournament.

A bit over a year ago, Dan commented about a lady who left a portion of her house to the Santa Cruz Bridge Club. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to play in the GNT qualifying event at the facility that came of that testament. It is a nice place to play the game and the organizers of the event get high marks from me. My only complaints are that they ran out of my preferred vehicle of caffeine ingestion and that they failed to administer the same mind altering drugs to the Stanford team that apparently were administered to us before the semis. These two deficiencies in running qualifying event certainly impacted the outcome. I have lodged a formal complaint with the proper authorities about both of these matters.

As to the Stanford team who whipped my team soundly and then proceeded to run over us repeatedly with a minivan, my only hope is that they win it all. Dan, are you SURE that you want to get a challenge from Palo Alto?

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

JUNIOR MASTER

Robert Coughlin

Mary J Harvel

Yi Liu

Nadia K Nilsson

Renee F Perry

Art Quaife

James Stuart-Smith

CLUB MASTER

Janet Adamiak

Judy Travis

Nancy Ward

Carol Woodward

SECTIONAL MASTER

Chien Fan

Erin Gove

Andre Kowalczyk

Gail Meikle

Janet Sullivan

REGIONAL MASTER

Shirley Foreman

Hemant Mandpe

Richard Pitzer

Robert Shannon

LIFE MASTER

Robert Rouse

BRONZE LIFE MASTER

Mike Cailean

Chester Jahns

Mac Morris

Consorcia Ravelo

SILVER LIFE MASTER

Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey

DIAMOND LIFE MASTERS

Bill Langlois

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

Email: maravera@prodigy.net

Voice: 408-432-1020

Printed: SJBC Folder

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
riday	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.

DIAMOND LIFE MASTERS

Unit 507 Club Games

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