May Newsletter

The nominations for our new Board of Directors should be completed by the time you read this, so the nomination box will now be converted to the Ballot box. Hopefully, we will have ballots available on Saturday the 15th, and we expect you to vote!

Some people have been giving me a bad time about having our Membership game on Father's Day again this year. Well folks, is it my fault that so many people want to get married in June? And do these starry eyed lovers want to get married on Father's Day? Noooo. So that's the available day, and all the Father's I know like playing Bridge on any day of the year, and they don't mind the great snack at Fung Lum either, so make a Father happy and bring him to our Member Appreciation Game and Dinner on June 20th. That would be FATHER'S DAY.

By the way, if anyone knows of another venue where about 180 people can be fed, with quality courses, please let us know, and we will check into the possibility of a game on a day other than FATHER'S DAY in 2005.

I heard our last Unit game on STAC week had 14 tables. And the winners are listed on our Web Site at WWW.sjbridge.org Congratulations to all of you Silver point winners.

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

Top Ten Games April 11-April 10

1	74.13%	Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow	4/28 AM
2	72.56%	Mildred & Russell Brewer	4/17 PM
3	71.04%	Joe Chui - John Prior	4/11 Eve
4	69.13%	Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch	4/15 AM
5	68.13%	Alexander Tampilang - Celso Ravelo	4/12 Eve
6	68.11%	Judy Fisher - Bonnie Beardsley	5/3 AM
7	68.00%	Constance Dunckelmann - Erin Gove	4/28 AM
8	67.71%	Elizabeth Moley - Judi Carollo	4/14 AM
9	67.56%	Z Kadah - Kamen Nedeltchev	5/7 Eve
10	67.28%	Joseph Poppo - Peggy Sprague	5/10 Eve

Wednesday Morning

by Rita Tingley with Mich Ravera

Everybody said that they really wanted to play Bridge on Wednesday morning, but either couldn’t make it to a 10:30 game or didn’t want to play in an open game. Well, they were telling the truth! Our game has grown to about 11 tables. We have a 0-299 section and an open section. Game Time is 11:00 AM on Wednesdays at the San Jose Bridge Center. Please come join us.

Belmont Village Game
by Ray Crist

I have cancelled my game in Evergreen. I couldn't make it go.

However, my game in Sunnyvale is growing. It has reached the five table mark. Help make it grow further. It is at the Belmont Village of Sunnyvale, 1039 E. El Camino Real.

More Good News! I have just arranged with Belmont Village of San Jose. 500 S. Winchester - near Santana Row to conduct an Easybridge course and game on Thursday nights 7-9PM. If you know anyone who is so unfortunate as not to play Bridge, but who wants to learn, please contact me at (408) 738-1444. My sources at the ACBL, however, have told me that it is suicidal to begin an EasyBridge class at the beginning of summer, so I may try to start a game there instead.

Full game results and some hand records are available at http://www.sjbridge.org/cal.php

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

4/11	Joe Chui - John Prior A 71.04% Kat Wesolowska - Nadia Nilsson B
4/18	Victor Galis - Ioana Galis A/B/C Dick Pitzer - Mich Ravera A Nancy Cadwell - Tom Cadwell B
4/25	Fung Bao - Raja Smadi A Eric Yang - George Pledger A Kat Wesolowska - Erin Gove B/C Judy Travis - Rekha Nirula B/C
5/2	Mike Sullivan - Phyllis Vierra A 66.33% Marilyn Bliss - Eric Yang A Ben Bosklopper - Fia Bosklopper B/C Karen Kulander - Happy Fordham B/C
5/9	George Pledger - Eric Yang A Frank Napolitan - Ursula Gueldner A C Shutford - Jesse Merlin B

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC

4/12	Kit Humphrey - Robert Ritz A Elaine Erickson - Read Kitson A/B Jeffrey Hack - Paul Nelson B Mike Carney - Keith Burnett C
4/19	David Gambelin - Bill Yetter A/B Andrew Wulfhorst - Jim Wulfhorst C Kenneth Kenfield - Steve Bosma A Rita Tingley - Timothy White B
4/26	David Gambelin - Bill Yetter A/B Harriet Rounds - Paul Nelson A/B Jean Bogosian - Margaret Lamey C Lynn Brown - Alexander Tampilang C
5/3	Judy Fisher - Bonnie Beardsley A 68.11% Robert Ritz - Kit Humphrey A Bill Yetter - David Gambelin B Ruth Sporer - Maureen Ellenberg C Gigi Spinazze - Ronald Siegrist B
5/10	Kenneth Kenfield – Steve Bosma A W Riester Jr - Ted Richmond A Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow B Eileen Edwards - Jeffrey Hack B

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC

4/12	Alexander Tampilang - Celso Ravelo 68.13% Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon
4/19	Celso Ravelo – Alexander Tampilang
4/26	Hiram Shen - Mike Sullivan Stan Batiste - John Swindlehurst
5/3	Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee A Frank Napolitan - Ursula Gueldner A Matt Moore - Herb Jubin B/C
5/10	Joseph Poppo - Peggy Sprague 67.28% Rekha Nirula - Nadia Nilsson

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/13	Ted Ujifusa - Richard Sarsfield A/B/C 66.07% Jim Tseng - Norman Wang A/B/C
4/20	Norman Wang - Y.E. Chen A/B 65.69% Kit Humphrey - Robert Ritz A Julie Joyce - Jean Power B
4/27	N Hatfield - Olive Tangney A David Gambelin - Gigi Spinazze B Kathleen Keener - Barbara Harkleroad A Y.E. Chen - Norman Wang B/C
5/4	Jim Tseng - Norman Wang A/B/C Judy Fisher - Bonnie Beardsley A Lee Tsai - Cassandra Leung B/C

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC

4/13	John Prior - Mike Roney A Tania Moalem - Edward Lee A Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt B Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg B
4/20	Boris Ginzburg - Victor Rivkin A/B Tania Moalem - David Gambelin A Andy Andrews - Kenneth Yip C
4/27	Srinivasan Ravindran - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey A Kou-Ping Cheng - Daren Kuo A Michael Migdol - Rekha Nirula B Z Kadah - Kamen Nedeltchev C Shirley Foreman - Alexander Tampilang B/C
5/4	Henri Farhi - Kit Humphrey A Eric Yang - Erin Gove B/C Z Kadah - Bassam Baroudi A/B/C

Wednesday 11:00 AM SJBC

4/14	Elizabeth Moley - Judi Carollo A/B 67.71% Gary Yang - Boyer Chu A Elaine Vizsalyi - Yen Shen A Susan Cook - Richard Sarsfield B Marion Wentzien - Irv Wentzien C Mo Maxfield - Joan Lynch B
4/21	Sioux Atkinson - John Hornback A/B/C Nancy Cadwell - Raja Smadi A/B Kai Hsi - Timothy White A/B Elaine Vizsalyi - Yen Shen A Jan Adamiak - Randee Palmer B
4/28	Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow A 74.13% Constance Dunckelmann - Erin Gove A 68.00% Marion & Irv Wentzien A/B/C Lee Tsai - Cassandra Leung A Sheri Archer - Karen Hunt B/C Ching & Celso Ravelo B/C Jerry Lundquist - Lee Dimmitt B/C
5/5	Joan Simpson - Dan Hoffman A Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A Constance Dunckelmann - Timothy White A/B Rita Tingley - Candy Wentworth B Dolores Halden - Terry Hall A Earl Wentworth - G Wuschnig C Mack Johansen - John Bugna B/C Elaine Vizsalyi - Yen Shen B

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC

4/14	Judy Fisher - Larry Wagner A Don Nemiro - Frances Dickman A Ruth Froeberg - John Harley B Paul Nelson - Jeffrey Hack B
4/21	Robert Ritz - Franklin Lowenthal A Anne Boboricken - Edward Barlow A Karam Ashoo - Victor Rivkin B/C Steve Conaway - John Wachsman B/C
4/28	Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A George Humphrey - Edward Lee A/B
5/5	Gary Soules - Henri Farhi A John Schoenbrun - Robert Madalena A Daniel Kroll - Steve Chen B Larry Wagner - Cindy Gilbert B

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood

4/14	John Prior - Joseph Chui A/B/C Connie & Mario Vazquez A/B
4/21	Susan Cook - George Humphrey A/B David Gambelin - Helen Mitchell A Joan & Robert Rouse C Celso & Ching Ravelo B
4/28	Elaine Erickson - Paul Chang A Larry Miller - Abby Aldecoa A Ted Finlayson - Elaine Elkin B Lee Brackhahn - Loretta Harris B/C Renee Perry - Peggy Chen C
5/5	Elaine Erickson - Paul Chang A/B Joan & Robert Rouse A/B/C

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/15	Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch A 69.13% Gary Yang - Olive Tangney A 66.29% Y.E. Chen - Chi Yung Lin B/C Paul Nelson - Mostafa Hafezi B
4/22	Carole Dietz - N Hatfield A Frank Warzek - Olive Tangney A Tania Moalem - Prue Saunders B
4/29	Barbara Harkleroad - Mostafa Hafezi A Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A Billee Giansiracusa - Barbara Barlow B
5/6	Norman Wang - Gary Yang A/B Kathleen Keener - Josephine Cooley A

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC

4/15	Joel Koransky - Stan Batiste A/B Rekha Nirula - Bob Martin A/B Pete Read - Bill Garfield C
4/22	Paul Vevera - Heather Cutting A Rekha Nirula - Mike Sullivan A Judy Travis - Mich Ravera B Renee Perry - Ching Ravelo B
4/29	Celso & Ching Ravelo A 65.03% Richard Jacobs - Ron Baron A Stan Batiste - Joel Koransky B John Chen - Norman Li B/C Jo Murray - Raghu Agarwal C
5/6	Matt Moore - Mike Sullivan A Molly Kaufman - Peggy Chen A Stacie Bowman - Elizabeth Strasen B/C

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC

4/16	Dan Turkus - Gabriele Pani Anne Diesel - Terry Hall
4/23	Nancy Cadwell - Erin Gove Helen Tseng - Jim Tseng
4/30	Terry Hall - Anne Diesel Doris Oelberg - Ching Ravelo
5/7	Molly Kaufman - Janice Scott A Yen Shen - Norman Wang A Irv & Marion Wentzien B Jim Keehan - Terry Mccaffrey B Erin Gove - Jan Adamiak C Rita Gujral - Jhoti Khurana C

Friday 7:00 PM SJBC

4/16	Colette Babin - Art Quaife A/B/C Bob Ward - Nancy Ward A/B/C
4/23	Bill Garfield - Mich Ravera A Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon A Joe Chui - Keith Burnett B Patricia Bader - Richard Bader B/C Mary Harvel - Randy Rice C
4/30 Team	Mich Ravera - Dick Pitzer - Shirley Foreman - Bill Garfield A
5/7	Z Kadah - Kamen Nedeltchev A 67.56% Ed Sutton - Martha Sutton A/B/C Judy Travis - Joel Koransky B

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC

4/17	Mildred Brewer - Russell Brewer 72.56% Eric Yang - Malcolm Stewart
4/24	Dee Dobbs - Renee Perry Jewel Schimke - Albert Lyew
5/1	Rita Tingley - Bernard Bertonis Irv Wentzien - Marion Wentzien
5/8	Eric Yang - Malcolm Stewart A/B Jan Adamiak - Erin Gove A/B/C John Prior - Raja Smadi C

Unit STaC Game Saturday 5/8 7:00 PM SJBC

Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A 65.82%

Lynn Yokel - Daniel Kroll A/B

Richard Jacobs - John Prior B

Lee Dimmitt - Constance Dunckelmann C

Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow C

Idioter’s Corner

Yogi Berra was often misquoted as having said, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” Yogi, himself, actually never said any such thing. According to Yogi, he likely said something like, “Look, we aren’t out until we’re out, but we’re so far behind right now that our winning is hard to imagine.” In fact, they weren’t out. They managed to achieve a tie on the last day of the season and then to win a playoff.

In Bridge, it is often necessary to give a precise explanation and often difficult to make certain that opponents have actually understood. We all know that giving just the common name of the convention is never sufficient, but proper explanations of some conventions require a recitation befitting a Gregorian Chant or a visitor from Remulak.

One must keep in mind that, although you may be giving the same explanation for the fifteenth time that week (what good would that convention be if you never used it?), opponents may be hearing it for the first time ever.

At the San Mateo Regional I was actually delayed in an open event (as I discovered later) because of a director call resulting from opponents alerting a simple acceptance of a transfer and giving the explanation “tends to deny four.” I actually play this convention and am not sure that I would have recognized it from the explanation! Perhaps, a better explanation would have been “She would have done something else with four spades or three spades and a maximum hand.”

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

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 / Bernie Bertonis	261-0268
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	10:00 am	0-100 at the Belmont Village		Ray Crist	738-1444
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”, “at Belmont Village”, and “at Oakwood. The Oakwood game is held at the Oakwood Garden Apartments, 700 Saratoga Ave, San Jose. The Belmont Village game is held at Belmont at 1039 E. El Camino Real between Wolfe Rd and Lawrence Expressway. The Evergreen game is held at BridgePointe Retirement center at 4855 San Felipe Rd, 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.

Unit 507 Club Games

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