Long Beach Unit

Long Beach Unit

November 15, 2011

by Jon Yinger

CLUB website: www.LongBeachBridge.com

            NOVEMBER 14 unit-rated game launching Education Week:  Overall results:  1st in A:  Jackie Hess/Lowell Andrews,  2nd Irwin Bender/Ralph Beazley,  3rd Judith Jones/Bob Mault,  4th Betty McClellan/Jon Yinger,  5th Sibyl Slutsky/Phil Schuster,  6th Mark Tang/Len Beck.  In the B flight overall  Lois Perovich/John Galliger were 2nd,  Sharon and Al Appel 3rd,  Bob and John Wiser 4th,  Linda and Dick Stein 5th, and Bob Ballack/Kathy Batson 6th.  In the C flight overall Janet Logan/Larry Topper were 5th.  In the NLM game Juanita Smith/Marilyn Landau were 1st,  Linda Dillon/Ruth Roe 2nd,  Marlene Sneed/Rick Schaeffer 3rd,  and Rosalie Storc/Jane Okimoto 4th.  Congratulations to all!

70+% GAMES in the club October 16 through November 15: In the NLM game Oct 17 Sharon Biederman/Susan Bibby had 71.09% E/W and Kiyo Nagaishi/Bob Mault had 70.44% N/S. In the Weds evening game Oct 26 Sandy Bernard/Al Lum had 69.79%. And in the open game Nov 7 Mark Tang/Len Beck had 70.96%. Congratulations to all four pairs!

BIG MASTER POINT AWARDS: In-club over-all big point awards for first over-all October 16 through Nov 15: Oct 17 Ralph Beazley/Irwin Bender won 3.36mp; Oct 18 Rich Wasser/Jon Yinger won 3.58mp; Oct 19 Gary King/Bill Haskitt won 3.47mp; Oct 20 Bea and John Bralliar won 3.14mp; Nov 14 Jackie Hess/Lowell Andrews won 5.33mp; and Nov 15 Jackie Hess/Bob Mault won 4.00mp. Big awards for 2nd or 3rd over-all: Oct 12 Loren Hilf/T S Chernuchin won 3.33mp; Nov 14 Irwin Bender/Ralph Beazley won 4.00mp and Bob Mault/Judith Jones won 3.00mp for 3rd; and Nov 15 Sharon and Al Appel won 3.00mp. Congratulations to all!

NEW MEMBER: Mary Nan Meyer. Welcome to the club!

STATUS CHANGES: Club Master: Pamela Cronn; Sectional Master: Richard Dial; Regional Masters: Jerome Smith, Karen Watson; NABC Master: Reva Alban; New Advanced NABC Master: April Berg; Bronze Life Master: Vincent Remedios; Silver Life Master: Keith Hafen. Congratulations to you all!

A SPECIAL THANKS to everyone who helped make the Long Beach Sectional a huge success! And congratulations to all of the winners.

UP-COMING EVENTS AT THE CLUB: Sunday Dec 4 Charity Potluck Unit Game. Lunch at 12:30, game at 1pm. Dec 5 thru 11 Great Western Holiday STaC week: Hand Records, overall awards, card fees $11. Dec 18 Holiday Party unit-rated game: Extra points, regular prices. Dec 19 Inter-Club Championship game: hand records and overall awards. Dec 31 New Year’s Party unit-rated game. Extra points, regular prices. The club will be closed Thanksgiving day Nov 24 and Christmas day Dec 25.

NEWS FROM LEISURE WORLD from Gene Yaffee: News from Leisure World. . .

Big Games--Sue Fardette & Vince Remedios with a 70.68% on November 7 and Jack Dampman & Aaron Jones with a 67.5% on November 5.

Club Championship Game on October 28--Howard Smith & Dorothy Favre edged out Judy Carter-Johnson & Mary Largent by 1/4 of a match point to come in first overall. Third in Strat A (1st in Strat B) were Cooie & Jack Dampman; Second in Strat B were Ron Yaffee & Richard Norris.

Holiday party for Clubhouse #1 will be held on Friday, December 9, following the weekly bridge game. The cost is $3.00 per person for regular players which includes bridge playing fees. See Howard Smith to sign up.

For more information, please call Gene Yaffe at 562/430-7040.

Results of all Leisure World games are posted on www.acblunit557.org

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