by Christine Frumen
MAY
UNIT GAME: How many ways to ask you to come
out to the Unit Games? We’ve told you they pay extra points six ways to Sunday and mentioned the
special food prepared by Unit Board members. So this month, we’ll just say it
again. “If you’re gonna play, why not
play when you can get extra points?” This month’s game is May 21 – same
times as usual.
MARCH
UNIT GAME RESULTS: Two
sections of twelve tables played in the unit game in March (again the NLM mixed
with the big guns – and prevailed!). The OA results: 1st, Cory Hand & Jose
Rodriguez (Flt C Players), 2nd, Frieda Kenigson & John Killian, 3rd, Cayce Blanchard & Jo
Melis, 4th, Bruce & Chiye Horiguchi, 5th, Kay Tseng
& George Norman (also Flt C Players). The NLMs top three
scoring pairs were: 1st, Cory Hand
& Jose Rodriguez, 2nd, Sue McHale & Phil Rutkowski and 3rd, Kay
Tseng & George Norman. Great
playing Flt C players! Two of the NLM pairs took OA honors! See, we told you
it’s not so bad.
NEW
STATUS & NEW MEMBERS: No
new members to report this period. Eknath
Deo became a Sectional Master. Jan
Wagner moved up to Regional Master. Marty
Gilbert, Carmen Gross and Cory Hand
became new NABC Masters. Let’s hear a round of applause for our new Life
Master, Ruth White. Congratulations!
70+% GAMES: David
Goetz & Ted Sneed scored a
75% game. Wow! LaRue & Lowell Bowman had a 72.77% game. Nice
going! Those 70+% games are tough to come by.
THIS MONTH AT THE CLUB: The club is celebrating a birthday
this month. Can you believe it’s been open 24 years! For some of us, the answer
is “Of course, where else would I go?” On May
3rd, come help celebrate the
The
Western Conference Silver Point
Sectional Tournament at Clubs starts on Monday May 8 and runs through Sunday May 13. The schedule remains the same
but card fees will be $9 (no discounts). The monthly Stratified Open Team Game
is scheduled for 7:00 pm on Monday, May
8 so it will be part of that tournament. Get your team together and come
win some silver points...
OUR UNIT WEBSITE & ROSTER: If you
haven’t checked the website – www.acblunit557.org – out yet, you’re missing the boat. It
really is loaded with lots of info and you “score checkers” can print your own
recaps and put them….where the hell do
you put them? Again, many thanks to Keith
Hafen for this website.
The roster is out and we’ve heard there are people missing from the printed list. My understanding is your argument is with the ACBL not the board because that’s where the list came from to be put to print. Sorry if you were missed.
THIS AND THAT: We have another Nonagenarian
(a person over 90 years old) in the club that we missed in last month’s column.
Maxine Montgomery celebrated her
milestone in April. Neither she nor Mary
Jane Jones (who also celebrated the 90th) seems that old – perhaps because we are aging as well. God Bless
them both!
NATIONALLY RATED: We are proud of the LB
Unit players who ranked nationally in the Ace of Clubs race. And our own Jon Yinger topped the list in the NABC
Master Division. Cory Hand ranked 6th
in the Club Master division – and 21st in that division of the Mini-McKenney
race. Earl
Van Der Ford was 17th in the Bronze Life Master division.
In the Mini-McKenney race, Steve
Sulzby took 8th in the NABC Master Division and Mark Tang scored the
2nd place slot in the Life Master division. Well done to all of you!
CONDOLENCES AND GET WELL: We were sorry
to hear of the death of Mary Kay Williams. Condolences to her family. Update on
those out ill. As of this writing, Dottie
Thompson is still recovering from her surgery and Frieda Kenigson had surgery and is we hope is on the mend. Jan Mann is out of the hospital
and recuperating at home. Curtis Johnson had a big time health scare while
playing at the San Diego Sectional. As of this writing, he will be returning
home. Get well wishes to each and hurry back to bridge. We miss you.
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.