NAOP Unit Level Qualifying Game
Sun 10/30,
Unit
Fri-Sun 9/23-25 (Promo Page 2)
Tuesday Evening
Wednesday Evening
Thursday Morning 0-20 Players play
free in September 10:30 AM, Club Championship 9/29
Friday Evening Pro-Am 10/29
Saturday Afternoon 0-20 Players play free in October
Saturday Evening Club Championship 9/17
Saturday
Afternoons at the Club
Santa Clara
Valley Spring Sectional
Late August – Early September Winners
2nd Annual
Friday Night Pro-Am Game, October 28
Here's a great way we all
can promote Bridge in our area and not take any time out of your day, unless we
are all using the same doctors and dentists. Instead of disposing of those old
Bridge Bulletins, why not take them to waiting rooms in medical or other
offices? This is a great way to spread the word about bridge and the ACBL.
Thanks to Gordon Waters of
We have an abundance of coats and sweaters left over from last winter. They are all piled in the 2 center hooks at the club. Please take them home before winter comes again. One of you went to Home Depot, and the bought a bottle of Merlot and a bottle of Cabernet. You left the receipt in the jacket, but paid cash or I would have used your last 4 credit card numbers.
Our book exchange is also well stocked currently. Please feel free to take a few books home with you!
Our Sectional is coming up
September 23-25. The Friday afternoon game will start at
Congratulations go to all of you that cleaned
up at the All Western Regional. So many of you placed in the Overalls that I
don't have enough space to publish all of your names. One big win was Bruce
Lutrell,
That's it for this month, so I'll see ya at the tables
Big ♣ News
Players
with less than 20 master points will play free in the Thursday Morning game
during the month of September. A Prize will be awarded to the top under 20
pair. Game time is
Saturday
Afternoons at the Club
Players
with less than 20 master points will play free in the Al Becker’s Saturday
afternoon game during the month of October. Game Time is
Santa Clara
Valley Spring Sectional
San Jose Masonic Temple
2500
Masonic Drive San
Jose , CA 95125
(408)
267-7121
Friday, Sept. 23
2:00 & 7:30 p.m. (Separate Sessions)
Stratified Open Pairs
(500/1000/1500) plus (3000/unlimited)
Stratified Limited Pairs (20/100/200)
Saturday, Sept. 24
1PM & 7PM (Two Session Events)
1PM. 0-20 Beginner Game (single session only)
Stratified Open Pairs
(500/1500/unlimited)
Stratified Limited Pairs (20/100/200)
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Entries will be accepted for single sessions, however you
must play both sessions to be eligible for Overall awards.
Sunday, Sept. 25
Strati-Flighted Swiss Teams
♦ 8 Boards/7 Matches
Flight A/X (0-3000/3000+) (20 VP Scale)
Flight BCD (500/1000/1500) (20 VP Scale)
299’er (50/100/300) (Win/Loss)
Stratified Fast Pairs…..2 Sessions…..
All Events $8.00
No Smoking or Cell Phones at Tables
Tournament Chairs: Tania
Moalem (408) 891-0637
Teddi Fiero (408) 448- 2124
Partnerships & Newer Players:
Tournament Director: Diane
Barton-Payne
Directions: Hwy. 280 to
§ Free Parking ¨ Free coffee © 0-20 Trophy ª Prizes
Late August – Early September
Winners
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8/14 |
Carol & Keith Burnett A 70.03% |
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8/21 |
David Tuo - Michael Callahan A |
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8/28 |
Team 8 (Ryan, Chiang, Webb, Nilsson) A/B |
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Monday 11:00
AM SJBC |
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8/15 |
Virginia English - Paul Nelson A 69.51% |
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8/22 |
Elaine Erickson - Virginia English A 65.72% |
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8/29 |
Rita Tingley - Bernard Bertonis A |
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Monday 7:30
PM SJBC |
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8/15 |
Phyllis Vierra - Rita Randolph |
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8/22 |
Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon |
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8/29 |
Peggy Sprague - David Crosley |
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Tuesday 10:30
AM SJBC |
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8/16 |
Dana Brown - Tina Pearson A 65.05% |
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8/23 |
Team 5 (Yetter, Maclean, Gambelin, Spinazze) A |
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9/6 |
Virginia English - Olive Tangney A 65.55% |
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Tuesday 7:30
PM SJBC |
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8/16 |
Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A 65.51% |
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8/23 |
Team 8 (Schneider, Shannon, Rothschild, Nemiro) A |
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9/6 |
John Prior - Mike Roney A |
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Wednesday
11:00 AM SJBC |
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8/17 |
Donna Armstrong - Sioux Atkinson A/B |
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8/24 |
Team 11 (Armstrong, Atkinson, Payne, Wolman) A/B/C |
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9/7 |
Boris Ginzburg - Timothy White A/B 69.05% |
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Wednesday
7:00 PM SJBC |
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8/17 |
Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson A |
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8/24 |
Team 8 (Prior, Fiero, Fiero, Roney) A/B |
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9/7 |
Robert Ritz - Stuart Goodgold A |
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Wednesday
7:30 PM Oakwood |
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8/17 |
Elaine Elkin – Ted Finlayson A/B |
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8/24 |
Ann & Fred Carlson A/B/C 73.81% |
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9/7 |
Ruthann Critchfield - Bill Traver A/B |
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Thursday
10:30 AM SJBC |
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8/11 |
Paul Nelson - Josephine Cooley A/B 71.53% |
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8/18 |
Billee Giansiracusa - Rose Meltzer A |
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8/25 |
Team 8 (Shannon, Dickman, Meltzer, Bennett) A |
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9/8 |
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Thursday 7:00
PM SJBC |
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8/11 |
Joel Koransky – Kat Wesolowska A/B |
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8/18 |
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8/25 |
Team 2 (Talia, El-Sadi, Moalem, Verson) A |
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9/8 |
Kat Wesolowska - Joel Koransky A/B |
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Friday 11:00
AM SJBC |
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8/12 |
Dan Oneal - Bill Traver 66.92% |
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8/19 |
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8/26 |
John Williams - Jesse Merlin |
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9/9 |
Lynn Shannon - Annette Powers |
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Friday 7:00
PM SJBC |
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8/12 |
Colette & Art Quaife A/B/C |
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8/19 |
Shaila & Hemant Mandpe A |
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8/26 |
Team 3 (Nelson, Coons, Agarwal, Agarwal) A |
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9/9 |
Joy Barrett - Lyn Edlin A/B/C |
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Saturday
12:45 PM SJBC |
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8/13 |
Lu Weakland - James Burlingame |
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8/20 |
Lu Weakland - James Burlingame 66.13% |
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8/27 |
Frank Kitchiner - Martin Anding |
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9/10 |
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Saturday 7:00
PM SJBC |
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8/13 |
Bill Garfield - John Prior A/B |
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8/20 |
Diane Shannon - Don Rothschild A |
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8/27 |
Team 7 (Verson, Cheng, Moalem, Beardsley) A |
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9/10 |
Alexander
Tampilang - John Prior |
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73.81% |
Ann & Fred Carlson |
8/24 Late |
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71.53% |
Paul Nelson - Josephine Cooley |
8/11 AM |
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70.03% |
Carol & Keith Burnett |
8/14 Eve |
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69.51% |
Virginia English - Paul Nelson |
8/15 AM |
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69.23% |
Lynn Yokel - Gigi Spinazze |
8/19 AM |
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69.05% |
Boris Ginzburg - Timothy White |
9/7 AM |
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66.92% |
Dan Oneal - Bill Traver |
8/12 AM |
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66.79% |
Tania Moalem - Raymond Yuenger |
8/18 Eve |
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66.67% |
Carole Dietz - Barbara Harkleroad |
9/8 AM |
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66.13% |
Lu Weakland - James Burlingame |
8/20 PM |
2nd
Annual Friday Night Pro-Am Game, October 28
Our
first ProAm game, last October, was hugely successful. We had 18 tables
and were not really prepared for such a wonderful turnout. However, feedback
indicated that everyone (both Pros and Ams) enjoyed their learning experience.
This
year, we will be prepared!! We will hold the event on Friday night, October
28th. Please save the date! The conditions of the
tournament are that all Ams must have fewer than 300 masterpoints. The Pro's
should be life masters (not a set-in-stone requirement). The game will begin at
Please
mark your calendars and help us make this annual game a premier event
for our unit. George and I thank you in advance for your support.
Advanced Beginner/Intermediate
Lessons
Audrey Grant's "Play of the
Hand"
Wednesday mornings
Starts October 12, Eight-week course
2/1 Bidding
Monday mornings
Starts October 17, Four-week course
For more information or to sign up
Contact:
Lynn Yokel
(408) 374-4669
In Disney’s production of Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” a most amusing scene unfolds where an army of elephants all of whom are in single rank, are requested by their commander to volunteer for a presumably dangerous assignment by taking a step forward. Each of the elephants in rank takes a giant step backwards while the commander isn’t looking and (to the commander at least) it seems that they have all volunteered and the Commander congratulates the entire rank for its bravery and initiative.
This scene is repeated so frequently in life that I should recognize those people who have chosen either not to take a step backwards or actually to have volunteered to help out in various instances recently.
Once such person is Bill Langlois. He, while attending a recent Board meeting and just offering a routine report on Conduct and Ethics, agreed to speak at our Sectional. Everyone should come to hear him speak whether the topic of “Playing up” is of particular interest to them or not. His talks always give food for thought, pass on good information, and usually leave the listener saying “Yeah, that happened to me just the other day!”
I also wish to thank all of the teachers who presented the beginners lessons at the recent tournament. Carol Woodward, John Prior, Jeff Hack, and Barbara Weber all either volunteered or failed to take a large enough step backwards and we ended up with a great set of teachers to present the lessons. As I have said before in other contexts, I won’t claim that it couldn’t have been done with out them, but can honestly say that it wouldn’t have been done without them. Jim Cohen, the coordinator has said the same thing.
It doesn’t really fit in with the theme, but what does it
take to earn 44 gold points in a Regional? I don’t have the answer for that.
You’ll have to ask Judy Travis, winner of two knockouts!
Unit 507 Board Officers
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President |
Dan Turkus |
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Vice President |
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Secretary |
Erin Gove |
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Treasurer |
John Prior |
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Sergeant at Arms |
Art Fonda |
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Membership |
Will Watson |
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Ethics |
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Unit Recorder |
Carole Dietz |
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Forum
columnist |
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Unit Game Coordinator |
Rekha Nirula |
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Tournament Coordinator |
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The Di-Rek'Tor
Editor |
Michael Angelo Ravera |
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Education/NAOP |
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District 21 Representatives |
Jeff Hack |
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New Player Representative |
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JUNIOR MASTER |
Rodica Elena Cailean |
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CLUB MASTER |
Robert Coughlin Kevin Haze Joseph Lee Jennifer Sheppard |
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SECTIONAL
MASTER |
Phyllis Gaffney Mary Harvel |
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REGIONAL
MASTER |
Shih-Wei Lu |
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NABC MASTER |
Dolores Halden |
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BRONZE LIFE
MASTER |
Erin Gove |
299er Regional Winners Melanie
and Jin
