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The Bridge Gazette

September, 2012 Kim Howard, Editor

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Vero Beach Bridge Center

1520 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL. 32960

772-562-3008

www.verobridge.com

From the Bridge Coordinator’s desk Jamie Portell

Congratulations to all VBBC players who

earned silver points during the recent District 9 STaC week. The players listed below achieved a high percentage game which placed them in

the District 9 overall rankings which awarded additional silver points:

August 13 Henry Meyer & Nancy Lineback – 6th in A Aldo Musto & John McClenethan – 2nd in C,

5th in B, 13th in A August 14 John McClenethan & Sandy Gross – 1st in C &

B, 10th in A Boots Van Nostrand & Carolyn Norris – 3rd in B, 13th in A

Pat Martin & Jane Davis – 4th in B, 18th in A Harold Phillips & Robert Ezell – 21st in A August 15 – 0-500 Game

Linda Conner & Frances Atchison – 1st in A Jane & Pete Smith – 1st in B, 2nd in A John Garrison & Robert McBride – 3-4 in A

Alan Drucker & Tom Hebert – 2nd in B, 3-4 in A Susan Dickerson & Susan Hansel - 3rd in B

Holly & Norm Thomas – 4th in B August 16 Gini Hauser & Pat Martin – 2nd in B, 4th in A

Candy Griffey & Bill Poole – 9th in A Judy Kane & Myriam Milgrom – 14th in A Beverly Mogensen & Geri Essig – 5th in C

August 17 – 0-300 Game Jayne Drucker & Terri Pistole – 1st in A Susan Hansel & Susan Dickerson – 1st in B,

2nd in A (Continued on page 4)

From the president’s desk Merle Hauser

August, 2012 is behind us, and we’re approaching “the season” again. There were

a few significant events that happened in August, so sit back, put your feet up, and read on.

Vero Beach dodged a bullet when hurricane Issac moved through. We ended up with lots

of rain - enough to send us home early during the open game one day, and, on the west side of town, a tornado touched down doing

significant damage. Other than that, it was just a lot of rain which has made all the golf courses beautiful.

Another “event” that I’d like to talk about had to do with our stand-by player program. I was there without a partner, talking with the

stand-by player when a person came up and announced that he needed a partner for the game. Having several others standing by, a

name of one of them was given to the person, and his reaction was, no, I don’t want him, I only want a life master. After he said that, the

stand-by player asked me if I, being a life master wanted to play with this fellow. My answer was “no.” When the requesting player

asked me why I said no, I told him that if he only wanted to play with life masters, he

should make his own partnerships. The stand-by player program was instituted to make someone available in the event a

player showed up without a partner. I also told him that not to make an effort to find your

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Welcome new members!

Peggy Bailie David Bardes

Evie Dorsett Kristine Eli

Glade Gracey

Susan McCord Helen Post

Joanne Reeves

Arnie Summers

From the president’s desk

The end of the story is that two of us went home that day without playing. Too bad for

the bridge club, but I made my point. P.S. The stand-by player for that day played with the non-life master C player and finished

first. Happy Bridge Merle Hauser

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own partner, and rely on the stand-by to do it for you all the time is wrong.

September 1 Madeline Boucher, Francis Lott, Rayma Kreider, Beverly Meyers, Maureen O’Brien, Dianna Young September 2 Marge Donohue, Ted Firth, John Simpson, MaryBeth, Vallar September 4 Gloria Bleck, Tom Cadden, Shelby Lowe, Joan Scott September 6 John Madigan September 7

Martha Hanson, Susan Mayo, Aldo Musto September 8 Mary Ughetta September 9

Georgie Hutton September 10 Thea Lucarelli, Betty Polk September 11 Jayne Drucker, Judy Hanna, Pinky Regan, Ken Waul September 13 Patti Mackey September 15

Andy Cruce, Beverly Kinkead September 16 Elissa DuPont September 17 Edward Cook, Gary Fishbaugh, William Poole September 18

Jim Andre, Jack Caffrey

September 20 Deborah Brower September 21 Stanley Allen, Barbara Baldwin, Marjorie Case, Jan Greene, Seth Milliken September 22 Hugo Gruendl, Susan Hulseman, Ralpj Maffei, Wendy Ward September 23 Amie Arsenault September 24 Nancy Parson September 25

Jeanne Colton, Edward Horst, Lauris Lang, Kay Murray, Rosalie Powers, Charo Segura September 26 Ann Dillon, Christine Fletcher, George Krom Ann-Elisa Black, Jo Matlock, Magdalia O’Leary September 27 Jo Matlock, Magdalia O’Leary September 28 Rosalen Cline, Cherie Everett, Joe Joyce, Pat Martin September 29

Winnie Evans, David Hofstetter, Gail Jacobus, Cordelia McCuaig, Wayne Smith September 30

Nancy Kassab, Norma Tolmach

The Bridge Gazette Editor: Kim Howard Contributors for this issue: Toril Liapis, Leslie Phelps, Merle Hauser, Jamie Portell, Larry Griffey, and

Kim Howard

September Birthdays

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Bridge Education Larry Griffey

Friday Student Game This 0-20 student masterpoint game is held on Friday mornings from 9 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Supervised play with short lesson preceding, and records included. No reservation or partner is required. Please arrive early, especially if you need a partner.

Visit our web site at:

www.verobridge.com • for daily game results

• for tournament schedules

• to locate a member’s e-mail address

OCTOBER BRIDGE CLASSES

MONDAYS Starting October 8th

9:30 - 11:30 Major Suit Raises with Jay Prillaman Advanced Beginners with Gail Reams

THURSDAYS Starting October 4th

9:30 - 11:30 Competitive Bidding with Winnie Evans

SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE

Mike Cappelletti, Jr and Spike Lay will be conducting a Notrump Workshop. Learn

how to open and bid over 1NT from the NT experts (offense and defense) Play NT hands No Partner necessary. All for $30.00

Sign up sheet is available or contact Kim Howard to register 562-3008.

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who have achieved a rank change in August: Club Master – Sarita Johnston, Tom Pierpont,

Mardie Smith Sectional Master- Eva Gurley, Joanne Matchette

Life Master –- Helga Woodard Bronze Life Master –- John McClenethan We have many special games during Sept. which will offer numerous ways to increase your masterpoint totals. Get your teams and

partners scheduled soon! We also would to encourage our members to attend the October 4 Instant Matchpoint Game at 6:00

PM. This ACBL-wide contest will be played simultaneously at clubs throughout ACBL. The event awards one gold point for section-

top winners in each direction of a Mitchell movement. The remaining points are 1/2 red

and 1/2 black. A booklet with complete analyses of the deals by national champion Larry Cohen is given to each participant.

Guests are welcome. Entry fee is $7/$9. District winners and the top pair will be recognized in the Bridge Bulletin.

Come out and join your fellow volunteers, directors, and teachers to help get the club ready for season. We will be replacing

bidding box cards and cleaning the bidding boxes on Saturday, September 29 at 9:30 a.m. Other special events in September:

Friday, September 7 – Club Championship Sunday, September 9 – GNT Qualifying Swiss Teams

Sunday, September 16 - GNT Qualifying Swiss Teams Monday, September 17 – Club Championship

Thursday, September 20 – B-day Celebration Sunday, September 23 – GNT Qualifying

Swiss Teams Tuesday, September 25 – Club Championship Saturday, September 29 – Director’s Clean-up

Sunday, September 30 – International Fund 8-is-Enough Swiss Thank you for attending our games this

summer. Have a great month of bridge!

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Betty Polk & Neva Crosby – 1st in C, 2 in B,

3rd in A Dan & Jan Pilon – 2nd in C, 3rd in B, 4th in A Joe Davis & Tom Johnston – 4th in B, 5th in A

August 17 Audrey & Bob Fetter – 6th in C, 10th in B Tom Cadden & John Garrison – 10th in C,

19th in B Maria Roda & Sally Corcoran – 21st in B Ken Waul & Bud Reinhardt – 12th in C

August 18 Jay Prillaman & Phyllis Carlson – 5th in A Martha Glassmeyer & Kim Andrews – 3rd in B,

10th in A Helga Woodard & Ilse Scheible – 8th in B Some of you have asked about the across section scoring we do for our extra master-point games and I would like to explain the

format. When attending a tournament, whether it be a sectional, regional, or national, this is the scoring procedure the tournament

directors use. It is a fairer method designed to combat the situation where one section or direction is significantly stronger or weaker

than the others. The situation of balancing can be better accomplished if players arrive

earlier to buy their entries, identify the stratification of their partnership, and find their table. Then the director can check the

sections and, if necessary, move players to better balance the sections. The North American Pair qualifying games

we have held during the summer qualifies players to participate in the NAP finals which will be held October 27-28, at the

St. Petersburg Bridge Club and the Bridge Place in Lake Park. You may choose which location in which to play. More information is

available by going to the District 9 ACBL web site. If you’d like to know if you have qualified, a list is available on the bulletin board where

we post the daily results. Congratulations to the following members

From the manager’s desk

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Card sharks For August Jamie Portell

0–5 Nancy Long 6–20 Bob Geeseman

21–50 Laurence Farley 51–100 Susan Dickerson

101–200 Susan Hansel 201–300 Sandra Gross 301–400 John Garrison

401–500 Ellen Gleberg 501-750 Bud Reinhardt 751–1000 Don Brinkerhoff

1001-2500 Gini Hauser 1001+ Bill Poole

Club Stats For August Jamie Portell

Total Club Tables – 654.5

Regular Tables - 498.5

STaC - 156

Total Masterpoints – 1218.15

Black - 845.92

Silver - 305.76

Red - 66.47

Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney Leslie Phelps

Here are the Ace of Clubs ACBL nationwide (not Unit) standings of our members for points earned

at the club level through August 2012 for the top 30 in each division. Our club should be proud of the fine accomplishments of these members:

ABC Club Kim Howard

Congratulations to the following C players who came in first in all strata (C, B & A) in

an open game during August: Aug 14 John McClenathan & Sandra Gross Aug 17 Audrey & Robert Fetter Ken Waul & Bud Reinhardt

Aug 23 Norma Quinn & Lucy Jones Aug 24 Beth Sexton Stryker & Christine Fletcher

Aug 25 Martha Glassmeyer & Kim Andrews Aug 28 Sandra Gross & Jayne Hustead Aug 29 Thirsa Fuiks & Barbara Simpson

MP Level

ACBL-Wide Rank

Ace of Clubs VBBC Member

MP thru Aug 2012

100-200

5th Jeffrey Jones 163

Also listed in the Mini-McKenney awards (total points ACBL-Wide) are:

MP Level ACBL-Wide Rank

Ace of Clubs VBBC Member

MP thru Aug 2012

100-200

4th 23rd

Jeffrey Jones

Joanne Matchette

81 60

300- 500

30th Helga Woodard 77

500-1000

27th David Millward 103

1,000-2,500

27th Judith Kane 127

5,000-7,500

23rd 24th

Bob Colton

Debbie Drury

167 168

70 percenters for August Toril Liapis

Congratulations to the following players who achieved 70 percent or more games in August:

Ron Andrews Jamie Portell

70.15% Aug 1

Rita Silvia Nancy Long

70.83% Aug 3

Myriam Milgrom William Poole

72.99% Aug 22

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