Our unit has scheduled a Pro-Am unit game for Sunday, May 4th at 12:30 p.m. Sign up for this popular event at the club. The purpose is to introduce eager new players to our more experienced players for a little teaching and a lot of fun. Established partnerships are discouraged.

STAC week is coming May 5-11. We will have a special game on Saturday night, May 10. So if you want silver points, come out and play often.

We will be voting for new unit board officers in May. The ballot box will be on the director’s desk at the San Jose Bridge Club.

At the ever-exciting San Mateo sectional, Zbigniew Bieszke won the Art Weinstein 99ers trophy. T.-C. Yang took first in the Flight A pairs. Ed Barlow earned a section top. Other stratification tops went to Shirley Foreman, Ginn Hua & Boyer Chu, and Ray & Maxine Lubow. Gary & Jan Soules’ Swiss team took first in Flight A. A team with Rita Tingley and Vibeke Gilbreath was first in Flight B.

At the Marin sectional Robert & Joan Rouse had a strat top. Tania Moalem’s Swiss team was first in its bracket.

At the nationals in Philadelphia, Rose Meltzer’s team tied for 9th in the Vanderbilt.

Congratulations to our new Flight C GNT winners, Malcom Stewart, Hiram Shen, Leon Lee, and Eric Yang. On the winning Flight A team were T.-C. Yang and Bruce Luttrell.

Ooops! My apologies. Last month I was too busy congratulating our mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs winners to promote our sectional. From what I saw today of the first day’s sectional attendance, no one is relying on my column for sectional information. I guess that’s good.

12 and one-half tables turned out for the mini-McKenney/Ace of Clubs unit game. K-P Cheng & Daren Kuo took first with a 74.24%. First in B were Ray & Maxine Lubow. First in C, Robert & Joan Rouse. When George Pledger handed out awards, he pointed out that the distaff side of both these partnerships had won more points in 2002.

If you want to see something besides our winners, you can let me know if I’m missing anything at (408)379-7717 and rayyuenger@starband.net. Old columns appear under “old stuff” at www.sjbridg.org. Keep your eye on format changes coming to our website. Some game results are already posted with more to follow.