SPECIAL GAMES
NAP Unit Qualifying
SJBC Sun 9/19 11AM&TBA
Prequalification Required
Regional
& National
Rated
Santa
Clara Valley Sectional
San Jose Masonic Lodge
Fri-Sun 10/29-31
Club Championships
Wed 9/15 11:00 AM
Membership Games
Wed 9/29 11:00 AM
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Prez Sez 1
Dietz Promo 1
Yokel Lessons 1
Langlois 1
July-Aug Results 2
Top Ten 2
Parsons Promo 3
Idioter’s Corner 3
Masthead 3
Promotions 4
Game Times 4
Prez Sez by Dan Turkus
Did you get your postcard from the Unit? If not, you will
have to look through this edition of the "Di’Rek-Tor"
to find out when the next Unit games are, as well as the Unit playoffs for the
NAP (formerly known as the NAOP) assuming of course, you Qualified at one of
the many qualification games.
Would you like a FREE PLAY at the
REGIONAL coming up in Santa Clara
over Labor Day? You will need to staff the Partnership desk or Hospitality desk
for 3 sessions. The times are short, however. If you do the AM shift, you start
at 9:15, and are finished before the Senior game time. The midday
shift starts at 11:45 AM and
finishes before the afternoon Open session starts. The PM shift goes from 6:45 PM until game time. So for about 11/2 hours of your time, you can play free!
If
you don't have a partner on the day you choose to be on duty, you will get
first choice of all the people who come in needing a partner. Last year I was
lucky and picked up a partner and wound up with a 5th Overall, and another day
a 7th overall, and a closet full of new mugs. Please look for the sign up sheet
at the club, or feel free to call me and I will put you on the list. My phone
number is (408)395-6944. Please feel free to leave a message.
If
you are wondering about when we are going to have our Sectional, the Board
decided to move it back to the Halloween weekend at the end of October. Maybe
the ACBL will send down some Monster hands for us to play.
That's it for this month,
so I'll see you at the tables.
Help
Wanted -
Life Masters
by Carole
Dietz
Please
Participate in our "Pro-Am" game on Friday night, October
22nd.
As you might know, our Friday night game is
limited to players with fewer than 200 MP's. Always eager to improve their
bridge skills, participants in our game would welcome friendly critical comment
from more experienced players. An effective way to impress them with modern
conventions, play of the hand, defense, etc., is to have those aspects of
bridge explained,
in a constructive and considerate manner, as they occur at the
table.
Wouldn't you like to be known as the person who started someone on their
road to becoming a Life Master. You can achieve that
worthwhile distinction by signing up to play in our game, October 22nd.
If you have any questions, please call either me, Carole Dietz at 395-6360
or George Pledger 249-2674.
Lynn Yokel Lessons
Beginner/Intermediate
Lessons
Starting
in September Contact: Lynn Yokel (408) 374-4669
LYOKEL@SPRYNET.COM
See “Langlois” Page 3
Sunday 5:20 PM San Jose Bridge Center
(SJBC)
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7/11
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Fred Kurzweil - Bill Garfield A/B 72.87%
Maxine & Ray Lubow A 70.18%
Ben Bosklopper - Fia Bosklopper B
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7/18
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Jo Murray - Erma
McCrory A/B
Carol Burnett - Keith Burnett A/B
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7/25
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Mike Sullivan - Behrooz Tofighrad A
Carol Woodward - Maralyn Smith A/B
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8/1
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Jo Murray - Raghu Agarwal A/B
Bruce Scott - Mich Ravera A
Fred Kurzweil - Bill Garfield B
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8/8
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Joe Chui - John
Prior A 67.86%
Joy Baker - Karen O'Connell A/B
Bob & Nancy Ward B
Mary Harvel - Randy Rice C
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Monday 11:00 AM
SJBC
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7/12
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Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A
Virginia English - Anne Struthers A
Art Fonda - Dan Turkus B
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7/19
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Dana Brown -
Tania Moalem A 65.67%
Madie Horton - Billie Mechanic A/B
Maxine & Ray Lubow B
Margaret Lamey - Jean Bogosian
C
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7/26
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Virginia English
- Alan Becker A 68.06%
Harriet Rounds - Paul Nelson B
Paul Chang - Elaine Erickson A/B
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8/2
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Paul Chang -
Rollin Cutts A/B
Read Kitson - Harriet Rounds A/B
Cheryl Liptak - Geri Colwell C
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8/9
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Billie Mechanic
- Tina Pearson A
Paul Nelson - Jeffrey Hack A/B
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Monday 7:30 PM SJBC
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7/12
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Hiram Shen - Gail Meikle
Mike Sullivan - Phyllis Vierra
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7/19
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Joe Machado -
Matt Moore
Hugh Roberts - Harry Shannon
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7/26
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Harry Shannon -
Judy Travis
Pat Thomas - Gail Kilbourn
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8/2
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Matt Moore - Joe
Machado
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8/9
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Stan Batiste -
Joel Koransky
Gail Kilbourn - Pat Thomas
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Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC
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7/13
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Judy Fisher -
Bonnie Beardsley A
Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A
David Gambelin - Bill Yetter
B
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7/20
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Norman Wang -
Y.E. Chen A/B
George Pledger - Raja Smadi A/B
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7/27
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David Gambelin - Gigi Spinazze A/B 68.15%
Bonnie Beardsley - Sharon Mann A
Kit Humphrey - Teddi Fiero
B
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8/3
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Gigi Spinazze - David Gambelin A/B
65.18%
Jim Hayashi - Kiran Nadar
A
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8/10
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Paul Nelson -
Richard Sarsfield A/B 65.48%
Kathleen Keener - Madie Horton A
Gigi Spinazze - David Gambelin B
Jim Tseng - Norman Wang C
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Top Ten Games July
11-August 10
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1
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73.21%
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Molly Kaufman -
Peggy Chen
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7/15 Eve
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2
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72.87%
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Fred Kurzweil - Bill Garfield
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7/11 Eve
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3
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71.83%
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Fia Bosklopper - Maralyn Smith
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8/6 Eve
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4
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70.18%
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Maxine & Ray
Lubow
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7/11 Eve
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5
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69.44%
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Raymond Yuenger - Tania Moalem
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7/27 Eve
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6
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68.15%
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David Gambelin - Gigi Spinazze
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7/27 AM
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7
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68.08%
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Jerry Lundquist –
Joy Burke
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7/31 PM
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8
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68.06%
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Virginia English
- Alan Becker
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7/26 AM
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9
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67.86%
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Bill
Langlois -
Kit Humphrey
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8/5 AM
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|
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Tie
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Joe Chui - John
Prior
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8/8 Eve
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Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC
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7/13
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Patricia
Hannah - Paul Nelson A
David Gambelin - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey A
Sabina Siem - Rita Tingley
B
Boris Ginzburg - Victor Rivkin
B
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7/20
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Bill Langlois - Henri Farhi A 67.29%
Rajeev Gupta - Vandana Vidwans
A/B
Dan Turkus - Chuck Bass B
Jiang Chen - Cai Gao C
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7/27
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Raymond
Yuenger - Tania Moalem A 69.44%
Karam Ashoo - Edward
Barlow A
Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt B
Stan Batiste - John Prior C
Rollin Cutts - Paul Chang B
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8/3
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Judy Fisher
- Gary Porter A
Franklin Lowenthal - Heather Cutting A
Richard Jacobs - Paul Nelson B
Z Kadah - Kamen Nedeltchev B
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8/10
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Richard
Jacobs - Hiram Shen A/B
Stan Batiste - John Prior A/B/C
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Wednesday 11:00 AM SJBC
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7/14
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Nadia
Nilsson - Adeline Suares A
Lynn Whelan - Randee Palmer B/C
Rita Tingley - Candy Wentworth A/B
Gabriella Bowling - Marilyn Payne A/B/C
Erin Gove - Connie Dunckelmann C
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7/21
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Erin Gove -
Mei Wu A
Judy Travis - Timothy White A/B
Raja Smadi - Cassandra Leung A
Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir A/B
Jerry Lundquist - Lee Dimmitt B
Mack Johansen - John Bugna B/C
Chris Shuford - Jesse Merlin C
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7/28
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Malcolm
Stewart - Victor Rivkin A/B 65.28%
Linda Caren - Robert Caren
A
Mei Wu - Erin Gove A
Henne Fredkin - Ruth
Wiseman B
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8/4
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Manoj
Shah - Yen Shen A/B/C
Malcolm Stewart - Victor Rivkin A
Carol Woodward - Elaine Vizsalyi B
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Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC
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7/14
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Edward
Barlow - Will Watson A
Ruth Froeberg - John Harley B
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7/21
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David Gambelin - Panette Talia A/B 65.32%
Marcia Dean - Robert Dean A/B 65.22%
NongYu Li - Jiang Chen C
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7/28
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NongYu
Li - Jiang Chen A/B/C
Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson A
Mike Roney - John Prior B
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8/4
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Betty De
Paola - Don Nemiro A
Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson A
Z Kadah - Walid Baroudi B/C
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Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood
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7/14
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Dan Oneal - Dan Turkus A/B
Nadia Nilsson - Mike Sullivan A/B/C
Mervin & Shirley Falk C
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7/21
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Abby Aldecoa - Larry Miller A 65.14
Rita Randolph - Shirley
Anderson B/C
Elaine Erickson - Paul
Chang A
Connie & Mario
Vazquez B
Matt Moore -Dan Rappaport C
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7/28
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Dan O'Neal
- Marilyn Campbell A/B
Matt Moore - Daniel Rappaport A/B/C
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8/4
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John Prior
- Joseph Chui A/B/C
Daniel Rappaport - Matt Moore A/B/C
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Full game results and some hand records are available at http://www.sjbridge.org/cal.php
Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC
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7/15
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Paul Nelson - Jim
Hayashi A
Anne Boboricken - Bill
Langlois A
Tania Moalem - Prue
Saunders B
Sidney Safir - Carole Dietz B
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7/22
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Patricia Hannah - Judy
Fisher A
Mary Touris - Art Fonda B
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7/29
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Doug Ryan - Jim Hayashi
A
Gary Yang - Boyer Chu B
Manoj Shah - Madie Horton
A/B
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8/5
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Bill
Langlois - Kit Humphrey
A 67.86%
Richard Sarsfield - Paul Nelson A/B
Patricia Hannah - Art Fonda B
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Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC
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7/15
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Molly Kaufman - Peggy Chen A
73.21%
Shaila & Hemant Mandpe A/B 66.07%
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7/22
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Bill Garfield - Mich Ravera A/B
Jo Murray - Mischel Postas
A/B
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7/29
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Pete Read - Bill Garfield
A/B/C
George Pledger - Richard Jacobs A
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8/5
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Celso & Ching Ravelo A
Lynn Yokel - Annette Powers A
Phyllis Vierra - Rekha Nirula B
Pete Read - Bill Garfield B/C
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Friday
11:00 AM SJBC
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7/16
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Wesley Woo - Rita Randolph
Dan Turkus - Manoj Shah
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7/23
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Gabriele Pani
- Dan Turkus
Raja Smadi - Ivy Chueh
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7/30
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Marilyn Campbell - Paul
Nelson
Cassandra Leung - Lee Tsai
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8/6
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Paul Nelson - Marilyn
Campbell
Norman Wang - Yen Shen
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Friday
7:00 PM SJBC
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7/16
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Judy Travis - Nadia Nilsson
A/B 66.24%
Bob Ward - Nancy Ward A 65.40%
Anna & Wayne Menuz B/C
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7/23
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Beverly Nelson - Kathy Coons
A/B/C
Bob & Nancy Ward A/B
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7/30 Team
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Mary
Harvel - Randy Rice - Karen Kulander
- Happy Fordham
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8/6
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Fia Bosklopper - Maralyn Smith A/B 71.83%
Shirley Foreman - Jewel Schimke A
Joel Koransky - Maria Allo
B
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Saturday
12:45 PM SJBC
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7/17
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Carol & Mark Maggipinto
Irv & Marion Wentzien
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7/24
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Richard Jacobs - Hiram Shen
Ileen Delaplane - Carol
Woodward
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7/31
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Jerry Lundquist - Joy Burke
68.08%
Mich Ravera - Glenn Hudson
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8/7
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Elaine Erickson - William
Ahrens
Alan Becker - Joy Burke
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Saturday
7:00 PM ProAmNovice Teams SJBC
Martin Anding
- Jeffrey Hack - Boyer Chu - Norman Wang
Faye’s Sunday
Afternoon Lessons
Starting September 15, the Sunday afternoon bridge game will present an
introduction to defense, which will enable the participants to improve their
defensive communications and handling of specific situations, opening
leads, third-hand-play, second hand play, and signals. Later in the Fall, we’ll look at how defenders establish winners. After
each lesson, participants will play a pre -set hand to help in their
mastering of the concept.
Time 5:00-530 PM Sundays.
For more information call Faye: 378-4719
Langlois (from page 1)
Idioter’s
Corner
A rude song from the animated
cable video presentation “South Park”
implores those without any Christian affiliations to celebrate Christmas.
Why am I mentioning this in August? I was reminded of this song recently
when a partner with whom I hadn’t played in a while reminded me that, in one
recent game, we had a game that appeared in the Top Ten. I reminded him in
different words of what Gary Porter told me a few months ago: “There are four
ways to get a top and only one of them involves brilliance by you.”
My point is that one never really knows where
help will originate. I was told that someone saw the very abbreviation “UNB
NONDEF OK” (stating that unbalanced hands with little defense might be
considered strong) on a convention card while on vacation in another state.
This was a topic in this column a few months ago.
This is one of those options that I think ought
to just be a check box at the very top of the convention card next to “Forcing
Opening”. Perhaps there also ought to be a section for the method used for
evaluating unbalanced hands.
I also mention this because, just as the song
expresses religious intolerance, some Bridge players express hand evaluation
intolerance. As sacrilegious as may seem, neither Hicupbots,
nor Lettuce Eaters, nor anyone else has a monopoly on truth and virtue. One
must look elsewhere for that!
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
Dick Pitzer
Ethics
Bill Langlois
Unit Recorder
Carole Dietz
Forum columnist
Ray Yuenger
Unit Game Coordinator
Rekha Nirula
Tournament
Coordinator
Tania Moalem
The Di-Rek'Tor Editor
Michael Angelo Ravera
Education/NAOP
Lynn Yokel
D21
Representative
Jeff Hack
Stu
Goodgold
New Player Representative
Mich Ravera
Unit
507 Club Games
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Day
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Photo
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Phone (408)
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Sunday
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5:20 pm
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0-499
Stratified
(Lesson:
5:00 pm)
Monthly
Potluck: 4:30 pm
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Faye
Parsons
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378-4719
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Monday
|
11:00 am
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Open
Stratified Hand records
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Bill
Traver
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379-4490
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Monday
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7:30 pm
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0-499
Handicapped
(Lesson:
7:10 pm)
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Al
Becker
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252-1426
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Tuesday
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10:30 am
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Open
Stratified Hand Records Super Chart
|
 
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Judy
Fisher / Carole Dietz
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395-0032
/ 395-6360
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Tuesday
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7:30 pm
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Open
Stratified Hand Records
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Neal
Webb / Ray Yuenger
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243-9132
/ 379-7717
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Wednesday
|
11:00 am
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Two
Sections: Open and 0-299 Stratified Hand Records
(Lesson
10:30 am)
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Rita
Tingley / Bernie Bertonis
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261-0268
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Wednesday
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7:30 pm
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Open
Stratified Hand Records
At
Oakwood
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Bill
Traver
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379-4490
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Wednesday
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7:00 pm
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Open
Stratified Hand Records Super Chart
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Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken
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292-2370
/ 379-2805
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Thursday
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10:30 am
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Open
Hand Records Super Chart
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Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken
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292-2370
/ 379-2805
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Tuesday
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11:00 am
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Open
at BridgePointe
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Ray
Crist
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738-1444
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Thursday
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10:00 am
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0-100
at the Belmont Village
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Thursday
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7:00 pm
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0-999
Stratified (Topics: 6:40 pm)
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See
Sunday
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Faye
Parsons
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378-4719
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Friday
|
11:00 am
|
0-999 Handicapped
(Review: 2:30 pm)
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See
Monday
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Al
Becker
|
252-1426
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Friday
|
7:00 pm
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0-200
Stratified (Lesson: 6:30 pm)
One “Teacher Lifeline” Hand Records
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George Pledger / Carole Dietz
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249-2674
/ 395-6360
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Saturday
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12:45 pm
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0-2000
Handicapped
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See
Monday
|
Al
Becker
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252-1426
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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.
