by Christine Frumen
APRIL
UNIT GAME: Mark April 23 on your calendar.
You won’t want to miss the Unit Awards Game. Note that the times are a little
earlier so if you want lunch (and it seems like you always do) be there at
12:30 before the awards. Don’t forget Unit Games pay extra points!
FEBRUARY
UNIT GAME RESULTS: Twenty
tables in two sections played in the Feb. Unit game. Winners were: 1st, Betty McClellan & Mary
Schefter; tied for 2nd 3rd, Ernie Frank & Audrey Ellis and Al Mastron &
Paul Pettler; 4th, Calvin & Jo-Anne Waller. Again the NLMs played in the
Open game and we are happy to report the Flight C top three winners; 1st, Cory
Hand & Jose Rodriguez, 2nd, Sherry Royce & Nancy Karl and 3rd, Sue
& Keith Hafen. Come on out to these Unit Games, NLMs. It’s not so scary.
You have a chance to get your name in the paper if you score and – who knows –
you might just learn something from the Open Game players. They don’t bite!
Speaking of bite, the able cooks for the game were Donna Wenberg and Verna
Baccus. Thanks to them and anyone else who helped.
NEW
STATUS & NEW MEMBERS: Steve
Aucello is our newest member. Welcome! Our newest Club Masters are Doug
Preble and Nancy Speizer. Doris Richardson has reached Regional Master status. And Margo Coffman is our newest Silver Life Master. Keep up the good
work. Congratulations to all!
70+% GAMES: Oops, another 70% game was missed last
month. Diana Black and Tom Cotton had a 73.81% game in February. Dwayne James
& Phyllis Parker scored a 72.16% game in March.
THIS
MONTH AT THE CLUB: The
monthly Stratified Open Team Game is scheduled for 7:00 pm on
Monday, April 10. There will be a week of Championship
Games beginning Monday, April 24 through Sunday, April 30 – regular
schedule and prices. Reminder: there
are classes starting this month for everything from Beginners to Intermediate
players. If you know someone whom you think would enjoy this wonderful game of
ours, don’t hesitate to mention these starting classes to them. Check the
Bridge Club ad for times and dates.
AND
THE WINNERS ARE… (first,
second & third place – see bulletin board for full report)
ACE
OF CLUBS
Rookie:
Junior Master: Mike Ullman, Tom Skidmore, Jan
Wagner
Club Master: Cory Hand, Sue Fardette, Tom Harris
Sectional Master: Kay Tseng, Hank Dunbar, Sherry Royce
Regional Master: Ruth White, Carol Murakoshi, Shinko
Mauritz
NABC
Master:
Life
Master: Susan Hand, Mark
Tang, Cayce Blanchard
Bronze
Life Master: Earl VanDerVord, Margo
Coffman, Rich Wasser
Silver
Life Master: Irwin Bender, Bill
Wilson, Lois Perovich
Gold
Life Master: Phyllis Parker, Bob
Mault, Betty McClellan
Diamond
Life Master: Doris James, Dwayne
James, Leo Bell
MINI-McKENNEY
Rookie: Toa Zhu,
Junior Master: Jan Wagner, Tom Skidmore, Mike
Ullman
Club Master: Cory Hand, Tom Harris, Sue Fardette
Sectional Master: Kay Tseng, David Goetz, Hank Dunbar
Regional
Master: Diane Sachs, Ruth
White, Carol Murakoshi
NABC
Master: Steve
Sulzby
Life
Master: Mark
Tang, Susan Hand, Al Lum
Bronze
Life Master: Earl
VanDerVord, Margo Coffman, Donna Wenberg
Silver
Life Master: George Thompson,
Irwin Bender, Bill Wilson
Gold
Life Master: Janet Ju, Phyllis
Parker, Bob Mault (tied for 2/3)
Diamond
Life Master: Leo Bell, Doris James,
Dwayne James
OUR UNIT WEBSITE: Did you notice our website address at the top of this article? Many, many thanks to Keith Hafen. The NEW internet site is up and running and looks great! I encourage you to visit the site at www.acblunit557.org and see for yourself. Results for the previous week’s games – with recaps – will be posted weekly (on the weekend) plus it has loads of other information. Keith did an awesome job on this website!
THIS AND THAT: This past month during
the District 23 Silver Point Sectional
at Clubs, the top five LB players who garnered the most cumulative points
in this weeklong event were: Phyllis Parker, Steve Sulzby, Jo Daigle, Frank
Bartlett and this reporter and partner, Bill Hume. Bill and I only played in
one event and took a 1st OA (based on 110 tables), garnering 14.39 Silver. I’m
pretty proud of that (and I play so little that my name never gets in the column – for playing, that is). Phyllis Parker
& Dwayne James outshone that by the 1st OA garnering 16.58 Silver (based on
182 tables). Those were the two highest single scores by our club members. Good
going to all who scored well in this event! All results are in the new website
under “News”.
In
the International Fund Game held 2/4, Sue & Keith Hafen were 1st OA and
Harry O’Neil & Mary St. Julien were 2nd OA. Bravo to all our Unit players
who did well this last reporting period.
Great
news! The new Unit Rosters are here! Remember, one to a customer. We’ve waited
a while for these to be complete. No complaints, please. We are thrilled to have them.
Mary
Jane Jones celebrates her 90th birthday this month – our most “senior” player. Happy Birthday, Mary
Jane from all of us!
CONDOLENCES AND GET WELL: We extend our
sincere sympathy to Bea Kinman whose son recently passed away. Dottie Thompson
had knee surgery and will be out recuperating for weeks. Get well, Dottie.
Also, Frieda Kenigson is still having problems with her leg healing so remember
her also with “Get Well Wishes.” Phyllis
Fox is also recuperating from a fall so we wish her “Get Well” wishes as well.
For any news items you would like in the
column, my email is golfgal@charter.net
and my phone number is 562-434-8993.
Thanks again for all the reporters out there that give me bridge news.