From the Vice-President by Ray Yuenger
That Dan Turkus is a clever guy. This is the second newsletter deadline he’s missed while traveling. (At least I think he’s traveling. He doesn’t answer his phone or e-mail.) So here I go again, taking over his column.
This issue will be light reading. No guest columnists, no new unit games. I hope you all are off enjoying the summer.
Due to the Santa Clara Valley regional and Labor Day, several of the club games will be closed, including Oakwood on Wednesday, August 30 at 7:30 p.m., the San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC) on Thursday, August 31 at 7:30 p.m. and Monday, September 4 at 11 a.m. Assume other games will be open unless the director tells you otherwise.
The San Jose Bridge Club is introducing several new games in September. On Friday night, September 8, at 7:30 p.m., Will Watson will debut a stratified open game. He’ll be providing hand records.
On Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. starting on September 13, Jeanne Becht will present a new Easybridge! course for people who will learn by playing bridge. Spread the word. A number of Easybridge! graduates have moved on to win in tournaments and club games. It’s an educational and fun experience. Faye Parsons will also be opening an Easybridge! game. Stayed tuned for details.
Lynn Yokel will have a series of 0-49 North American Pairs games every Thursday in September. Extra masterpoints are available in these special games.
Speaking of extra masterpoints, here’s a little known fact about the Thursday open game. Due to the simultaneous novice game, the open game awards points as though the novice game is included. So what may appear to be a 5-table game scores like a 10-table game.
I know most of you don’t care. You play for your love of the game, not for the points.
The Santa Clara Valley IMP league is resuming with cash prizes for first place in each flight. Enroll your team for monthly games by September 10. For more information contact abrams_mike@hotmail.com, June McCullough (408- 578-7423), or see our webpage, sjbridge.com.
Our Santa Clara Valley fall sectional returns to the San Jose Masonic Temple beginning Friday September 22. World champion Peter Weichsel will talk about 2-suited bids on Saturday, September 23 at 12:15 p.m.
The unit board is requiring tournament players to quiet their cellular telephones, pagers, and any other devices that can disrupt the concentration of everyone nearby.
So Dan, when am I going to see you at the tables?
July Winners
Monday 11 a.m. San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC)
7/3 Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow (A/B/C)
Jean Power - Squeak Conner (A)
Robert Plesse - Bev Rennie (B)
7/10 Robert Plesse - Virginia English 65.68% (A)
Tai Yeh - David Chang (A/B/C)
Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow (B/C)
7/17 Sidney Safir - Tina Pearson (A)
Bert Hsu - Ron Parker (A/B/C)
Josephine Cooley - Harriet Rounds (B)
7/24 Bill Langlois - Charlie Dorn (A)
Steve Bosma - Kenneth Kenfield (A)
Bert Hsu - Ron Parker (B/C)
7/31 Bill Yetter - Robert Jonesi 68.11% (A)
Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch (A)
Dan Turkus - Art Fonda (B)
R Kershner - Lu Weakland (B/C)
Monday 7:30 p.m. SJBC
7/10 Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman
7/17 Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman
7/24 Mac Morris - Milly Morris
Richard Jacobs - Stan Batiste
7/31 Judy Moak - Julie Joyce
Joseph Poppo - L. W. Lee
Tuesday 10:30 a.m. SJBC
7/11 Charlie Dorn - Diane Shannon (A)
Jyme Schmieder - Bill Langlois (A)
Harry Cuzner - Robert Jonesi (B)
7/18 Kathleen Keener - Barbara Harkleroad
Norma Black - Stanford Field
7/25 Mary Anne Berg - Jim Hayashi 65.74% (A)
Sidney Safir - Barbara Harkleroad (A)
Gigi Spinazze - Ruth Sporer (B/C)
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. SJBC
7/11 Swiss teams
(A) Alan Becker - Nagraj Alur -
Mike Roney - Jim Craig
(B) Bill Keckler - Joyce Keckler -
Steve Chen - Shih-Ming Shih
7/18 Harvey Lindauer - Louis Martin, Jr (A/B/C)
Fang Wu - Tien-Chun Yang (A/B)
7/25 Robert Ritz - Roger Newlander 65.26% (A)
Josephine Cooley - Paul Nelson (A/B)
Richard Jacobs - Z Kadah (C)
Wednesday 10:30 a.m. SJBC
7/5 Jeanne Becht - Norma Black
7/12 Gary Yang - David Chang (A/B)
Barbara Barlow - Dolores Clinch (A)
7/19 Timothy White - Steve Bosma (tie)
Y.E. Chen - Gary Yang (tie)
7/24 Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow
Wednesday 7:00 p.m. SJBC
7/5 Judy Fisher - Mansoor Gowani (A) (tie)
Anne Boboricken - Edward Barlow (A) (tie)
Robert Moen - John Preovolos (B/C)
7/12 Swiss teams
(A) Stephen Kanzee - Tania Moalem -
Ruth Froeberg - John Harley
(B) Victor Rivkin - Kah Toa Yeung -
H Lyle Supp - R Schwarer
7/19 Faye Parsons - Barbara Harkleroad (A)
Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey - Mike Roney (A/B)
Eric Anderson - Bob Nuckolls (C)
7/26 Carole Dietz - Judy Fisher (A)
Joy Sarma - Rajeev Gupta (A/B/C)
Steve Chen - Shih-Ming Shih (B/C)
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Oakwood
7/5 Mostafa Hafezi - Bill Aherns
Anne Struthers - Elaine Erickson
7/12 Don Hayden - Ruthann Critchfield
Anne Struthers - Elaine Erickson
7/5 David Gambelin - Helen Mitchell
Anne Struthers - Elaine Erickson
7/5 David Gambelin - Helen Mitchell
Anne Struthers - Elaine Erickson
Thursday 10:30 a.m. SJBC
7/6 Kathleen Keener - Barbara Gustafson
Judy Fisher - Regina Scala
7/13 Swiss teams
(A) Jyme Schmieder - Charlie Dorn -
Diane Shannon - Don Rothschild
(B) Daniel Gildenberg - W Herrlich -
John Brown - Joan Von Gehr
7/20 Charlie Dorn - Bill Langlois
7/27 Frank Warzek - Olive Tangney
Barbara Farmer - Victor Rivkin
Thursday 7:30 p.m. Open SJBC
7/6 George Humphrey - Susan Zimmerman
7/13 Andrea James - Charley James
7/20 Andrea James - Art Fonda (A/B)
Chee Wai Wong - Gerry West (C)
7/27 Gary Porter - Charley James (A)
Tania Moalem - Will Watson (B)
Thursday 7:30 p.m. Novice SJBC
7/6 Joseph Poppo - Judy Etherington (A/B)
Joan Rouse - Robert Rouse (A/B)
7/13 Joan Rouse - Robert Rouse
Bruce Krawetz - Shirl Roth
7/20 Richard Jacobs - Norma Epler (A)
Shirl Roth - Bruce Krawetz (A)
Beverly Nelson - Lucy Burke (B)
Charles Reinthaler - Guy Williams (B)
7/27 Ayman Shahin - Tammieh Vernon (A/B)
Shirl Roth - Bruce Krawetz (A)
Joan Rouse - Robert Rouse (B)
Friday 11 a.m. SJBC
7/7 Jim Keehan - Lloyd Lettis
Leah Ochiltree - Jennye Foss
7/14 Henry Wen - Alan Becker
Awtar Singh - Birendar Singh
7/21 Lee Tsai - Melody Chao
Ruth Sporer - Maureen Ellenberg
7/28 L. W. Lee - Karel Wong
Ruth Sporer - Maureen Ellenberg
Saturday 12:45 p.m. SJBC
7/1 Bill Barnes - Henry Wen
7/8 Mildred Brewer - Russell Brewer
Bill Barnes - Jim Harris
7/15 Robert Ujifusa - David Gambelin
Donald Perry - Glenn Hudson
7/22 Shih-Ming Shih - Gigi Spinazze
Mildred Brewer - Russell Brewer
7/29 Peggy Chen - Molly Kaufman
Jewel Schimke - Robin Velte (tie)
Hiram Shen - Ray Crist (tie)