M.A. Lightman Bridge Club Newsletter 912 Kelley Road, Memphis TN 38111

901-324-3889 www.tnbridge144.com

Contact the Editor, Paul Linxwiler, at paul.linxwiler@gmail.com

December 2017

Vol. 22, No. 12

Club Schedule Sunday : Open Stratified 1:30 pm Non-LM (0-500) 1:30 pm Youth (0-20) 1:30 pm Monday: Judy’s Game 10 am Max 500 MP avg. for each pair Jack’s Game 10 am Max 4000 MPs per pair 0-2000 Game 6:30 pm Invite-a-Pro 6:30 pm Nov. 13 and 27 only Tuesday: Open Stratified 10 am Open Strat. (0-1000) 10 am Open Stratified 6:30 pm Novice (0-50) 6:30 pm Non-LM (0-500) 6:30 pm Wednesday: Open Strat. NEW! 10 am Mentor-Mentee Game 6:30 pm Nov. 5 and 29 only Thursday: ABA Game 12:30 pm Open Stratified 1 pm Open Stratified 6:30 pm Non-LM (0-500) 6:30 pm Friday: Judy’s Game 10 am Max 2000 MP avg. for each pair Jack’s Game 10 am Max 4000 MPs per pair Open Stratified 6:30 pm Saturday: Open Stratified 1:30 pm

Up and Comers: Susan Schwartz Susan Schwartz won the Mentor and Invite-a-Pro games on Oct. 25 and Nov. 17, earning a total of 5.3 masterpoints, tripling her total! Susan has been studying bridge with Diane Hudson for the last four years. Those of us who know Diane will be familiar with her “tell-it-like-it-is“ style. Once, after a particularly bad lead, Diane threw up her hands and said, “That’s the worst lead ever,” a quote that Susan still laughs about today. Susan regularly plays with Stacy Hancock and occa-sionally plays with K.K. Weinberg and her mentor, Sharon Ohsfeldt. If you haven’t met Susan, introduce yourself to her and congratulate her on her big success! Share your story Non-Life masters, we’d love to write about you! We’re looking for big (or little) bridge victories; any kind of masterpoint rank you’ve achieved (Junior Master, Club Master, NABC Master, etc.); big occasions, such as a birthday, family wedding, or new grandchild, or any other interesting thing that might be going on in your life. We could write about paid or unpaid work you do, your travels, or your hobbies. To share your story, call or email Deborah Harrington at 901-488-9217.

Holiday Party!

This year’s Holiday Party is Fri-day, Dec. 8, and it will include free heavy hors d'oeuvres, dessert, wine and beer. The party is hosted jointly by MALBC and Unit 144 and is free and open to all members, po-tential members of the club and/or Unit and ABA members. Food will be served at 5:30 p.m., and a Unit Championship game ($6.50 per person) will follow (Open and 499er) at 7 p.m. RSVP at the club or contact Lee Smart.

Nate Silverstein Sectional Jan. 4-7, 2018

Location: Agricenter International at 7777 Walnut Grove Road near Germantown Parkway. Nearby hotels: The Agricenter has a network of nearby hotel partners, including Homewood Suites by Hilton, Hampton Inn, Marriott Courtyard, Quality Inn & Suites and Holiday Inn Express. The Nate Silverstein Sectional features Section Top Awards, Registration Gifts and Free Lunch every day! Need a Partner? Need directions? Need help with booking a hotel? Ask Chair Judy Knox at 901-737-8087 or judysbridge7@gmail.com. Schedule: There are stratified single-session pair games at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Jan. 4-6) with three flights: Open, 999er and 199er. A two-session Stratified Swiss Teams will be held on Sunday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. (second session TBA). A separate 299er and 999er Swiss teams will be held if there are at least six tables in each.

2018 Unit 144 Officers

President: Judy Knox Vice President: Barbara Johnson Treasurer: Lee Smart Secretary: Tom Ebers

Special December Games

Friday, December 1

3:30-9:30 pm

Learn Bridge in a Day

Sponsored by ABA & ACBL

Monday, December 4

6:30 pm Invite-a-Pro

Friday, December 8

Holiday Party. See pg. 1.

5:30 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Unit Championship

Monday-Sunday, Dec. 11-17

STaC Week: All games are an extra $1.50/person/session.

Open Games:

Tuesday, Dec. 12 @ 10 am

Wednesday, Dec. 13 @ 10 am

Thursday, Dec. 14 @ 6:30 pm

Saturday, Dec. 16 @ 1:30 pm

Sunday, Dec. 17 @ 1:30 pm

Invitational Games:

All other games this week.

Monday, December 18

10 am Club Championship

6:30 pm Invite-a-Pro

Tuesday, December 19

10 am Club Championship

6:30 pm Club Championship

Wednesday, December 20

10 am Club Championship

Thursday, December 21

1 pm Club Championship

6:30 pm Club Championship

Friday, December 22

10 am Club Championship

Sunday-Monday, Dec. 24-25

Club CLOSED for Christmas

Sunday, December 31

1:30 pm Club Championship

Note: NO Birthday Game or Mentor Games in December.

Congratulations!

Happy November and December Birthdays to (front) Lee Smart, Sarkis Kish, Pat Rogoski, Richard Oshlag, Brent Manley, Jim Lopushinsky; (back) Howard Morris, Tom Ebers and Bob Neill. The next Birthday Bash is Saturday, Feb. 17, at 1:30 p.m., and is free to all members with January and February birthdays! Sign up at the club.

New Bronze LM 750 MPs Deborah

Harrington

Memphis City Saver Coupon Books As a special fundraiser to benefit the Hospitality Fund for the Spring 2019 North American Bridge Championships to be held in Memphis, Unit 144 will be selling Memphis City Saver coupon books starting in January. The cost is $25.

New Bronze LM 750 MPs

Lisa Harris

New Bronze LM 500 MPs

Jayne Berube

New Silver LM 500 MPs

Bob Sayre

Change to Tuesday evening game

The Tuesday night limited game is changing from a 49ers game to a Strati-fied 99ers game. This game is held alongside our Open Stratified Friendly Game, Tuesday eve-nings at 6:30 pm. For help finding part-ners call Jane Eason at 662-429-1257.

Unit 144 Annual Meeting The Unit 144 Annual Meeting will take place Jan. 5, 2018, after the after-noon game at the Nate Silverstein Tour-nament. Free dinner will be provided to Annual Meeting attendees. The menu will be included in the notice to be sent out by email to all Unit 144 members 30 days before the meeting. Notices will be sent by regular mail to those without email.

Judy’s Friday morning game Judy Knox’s Friday morning game at M.A. Lightman will be discontinued starting Nov. 24 until after the Nate Sil-verstein Tournament in 2018. It will be determined at that time whether there is enough interest to resume the game on Jan. 12, 2018.