CIBA Digest

Bridge news from Central Illinois, ACBL Unit 208

Editor:  Karen Walker, 2121 Lynwood Drive, Champaign   61821
  (217) 359-0042     
kwbridge@comcast.net

  2011 Unit Mini-McKenney & Ace of Clubs Winners

  ♣  Ace of Clubs

Points won in club games in 2011


0 to 5  (on 1/1/11)

Cindy Moore, Bloomington -- 54.87

Jane Grieser, Springfield -- 30.92

Dorothy Berg, Bloomington -- 25.75

Mary Tweedie, Bloomington -- 18.66

Jeremy McMinis, Champaign -- 17.52

 
 5 to 20

Lori A Moore, Bloomington -- 56.81

Patricia Lloyd, Springfield -- 33.57

Wesley Seitz, Champaign -- 26.75

Ed Bondurant, Champaign -- 17.44       

Eugene Byers, Bloomington -- 16.21         
 

20 to 50

Meg O'Leary, Las Cruces NM -- 44.76

Douglas Sutton, Springfield -- 40.91

Lane O'Connor, Normal -- 28.53

Mary Stuart, Urbana -- 23.62

Pat Hobson, Springfield -- 20.63
 

 50 to 100

Jane Crawford, Springfield -- 57.55

Milt Epstein, Urbana -- 45.06

Mu Zhang, Urbana -- 34.16

Karen Sapetti, Springfield -- 32.14

Virginia Lang, Springfield -- 29.08

 

100 to 200

Joann Schroeder, Bloomington -- 73.53

Shirley Coville, Springfield -- 66.27

Marilyn Winter, Mt Zion -- 44.42

Linda Goersch, Tulsa OK -- 34.41

John Maloney, Mahomet -- 33.30
 

200 to 300

Becky Groeninger, Springfield -- 80.33

William Wold, Springfield -- 51.23

Carol Sue McNaught, Auburn -- 50.01

Nancy Shaver, Springfield -- 38.38

Phyllis Lowrey, Springfield -- 37.63
 

300 to 500

Shirley Logan, Springfield -- 92.88

Jeff Ehrlich, Springfield -- 63.57

Charles Langley, Edinburg -- 59.98

Jane Byram, Chatham -- 49.91

Rhonda Berberet, Springfield -- 47.95
 

500 to 1000

Charlie Morton, Bloomington -- 69.61

Dale Harvey, Galesburg -- 69.59

Douglas Jonquet, Decatur -- 68.26

Linda Wilkening, Springfield -- 67.85

John Maloney, Champaign -- 64.64
 

1000 to 2500

Larry Wilcox, Springfield -- 150.78

Zach Freehill, Bloomington -- 136.60

George Veenstra, Springfield -- 109.04

Betty Primm, Athens -- 102.06

Henry Hoffman, Bloomington -- 97.72
 

2500 to 5000

Stephen Babin, Normal -- 102.50

Betty Capodice, Bloomington -- 59.34

Robert Hayes, Morris -- 58.48

John Seng, Champaign -- 52.69

Ron Sholes, Springfield -- 52.11
 

5000+

Chris Benson, Le Roy -- 21.95

Gary Kessler, Springfield -- 13.55

Karen Walker, Champaign -- 13.19

Colby Vernay, Lacon -- 8.91

Mark Kessler, Springfield -- 5.75

  Mini-McKenney 

Total points won in 2011


0 to 5 (on 1/1/11)

Cindy Moore, Bloomington -- 134.43

Jeremy McMinis, Champaign -- 42.24

Jane Grieser, Springfield -- 41.86

Dorothy Berg, Bloomington -- 29.76

Mary Tweedie, Bloomington -- 28.93
 

5 to 20

Lori Moore, Bloomington -- 124.51

Patricia Lloyd, Springfield -- 44.17

Wesley Seitz, Champaign -- 41.35

Edward Bondurant, Champaign -- 27.18

Jeffrey Furler, Bloomington -- 27.16
 

20 to 50

Douglas Sutton, Springfield -- 64.53

Lane O'Connor, Normal -- 59.98

Meg O'Leary, Las Cruces NM -- 57.60

Mary Stuart, Urbana -- 39.19

Pat Hobson, Springfield -- 22.95
 

50 to 100

Milt Epstein, Urbana -- 104.08

Jane Crawford, Springfield -- 75.46

Mu Zhang, Urbana -- 68.13

Laura Plummer, Champaign -- 62.38

Jerry Oswald, Bloomington -- 47.12
 

100 to 200

Joann Schroeder, Bloomington -- 120.28          

Shirley Coville, Springfield -- 80.98

Linda Goersch, Tulsa OK -- 77.40

Gary Goersch, Tulsa OK -- 68.74

John Maloney, Mahomet -- 63.39
 

200 to 300

Becky Groeninger, Springfield -- 106.99

Carol Sue McNaught, Auburn -- 82.02

William Wold, Springfield -- 76.93

Bob Derber, Springfield -- 71.42

Joyce McWilliams, Paris -- 70.74
 

300 to 500

Charles Langley, Edinburg -- 116.80

Shirley Logan, Springfield -- 116.45

Jeff Ehrlich, Springfield -- 114.46

Douglas Steele, Seymour -- 112.90

Judith Greek, Galesburg -- 90.84
 

500 to 1000

Camilla Rabjohns, Peoria Heights -- 140.21

Ann Schuyler, Bloomington -- 134.12

Michael Ring, Urbana -- 133.86

Charles Young, Peoria -- 115.83

Rich Pestien, Peoria -- 107.59

 
1000 to 2500

Paul Lindauer, Varna -- 297.64

Roger Sokol, Minooka -- 275.69

Larry Wilcox, Springfield -- 236.51

Zach Freehill, Bloomington -- 221.38

Carole Sholes, Springfield -- 215.83
 

2500 to 5000

Ron Sholes, Springfield -- 267.66

Nate Ward, Champaign -- 262.90

John Seng, Champaign -- 222.26

Robert Hayes, Morris -- 219.53

Larry Rabideau, St. Anne -- 218.55
 

5000+

James Melville, Springfield -- 683.85

Colby Vernay, Lacon -- 581.75

Gary Kessler, Springfield -- 273.84

Karen Walker, Champaign -- 232.65

Chris Benson, Le Roy -- 115.28

Mark Kessler, Springfield -- 115.51

Congratulations to these active and successful players. Visit the ACBL Awards page to view lists of the top Unit players in each category for 2011 and year-to-date 2012.


Illini Champaign Regional -- May 22-28, 2012

We hope to see a great turnout of Unit members at our annual Memorial Day regional, coming up Memorial Day week at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign. We have spacious playing facilities in the convention center, along with free parking, convenient restaurants and non-stop hospitality. You can check out the schedule in the March Bridge Bulletin and on the tournament web page.

Take advantage of the special bridge rate of $85 at the Hilton Garden Inn for booking for three nights or more. A reservation for one or two nights is $95 at the Hilton. Bridge rate at the adjacent Homewood Suites is $105, which includes daily breakfast and weekday dinners.

For phone reservations at the host hotels, call 217-352-9970 (Hilton) or 352-9960 (Homewood).  Please reserve early, especially if you need two beds or a smoking room (a limited number of smoking rooms are available at Homewood).


Would you like to serve on the Unit Board?

If you live in one of the counties below, this is the year to elect your representative to the Unit 208 Board of Directors:

Area #1:  Peoria & Tazewell Counties. (Incumbent: Camilla Rabjohns)

Area #4:  Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon & Scott Counties. (Incumbent: Liz Zalar)

Area #7:  Champaign, Ford, Piatt & Vermilion Counties. (Incumbent: Dennis Fitton)

The Area Representative meets with the Board three times a year at our Unit sectionals.

Anyone from these areas who would like to run for a seat on the Board should send name and ACBL number to Unit Secretary Carole Sholes by May 1. Elections will be held in May and June. You can contact Carole by email (csholes@aol.com ).


Coming up on the Central Illinois Calendar

April 28 & 29 -- District 8 Grand National Teams, Eagles Club, Springfield 

May 22-28 -- Illini Regional, Hilton Garden Inn, Champaign    Schedule

June, July & August -- North American Pair qualifying games, Local clubs

June 1 & 2 -- Worldwide Bridge Contest, Local clubs
   
Friday, June 1 (7:00 pm): 
         Bridge at Ginger Creek, Champaign
    Saturday, June 2 (afternoon):
         Mike's Bridge Club, Bloomington
         Bridge Club of Springfield, Springfield
         Bridge at Ginger Creek, Champaign

June 29-July 1 -- Twin Cities Sectional, UAW Hall, Bloomington   


Movin' Up:  Congratulations to these Unit members who recently advanced in rank:

Junior Masters (5 pts.)                    
Carol Denny, Bloomington
Jane Langseth, Decatur
Lou Savage, Bloomington
Jackie Weatherford, Sherman
Club Masters (20 pts.)
Ed Bondurant, Champaign
John Honegger, Peoria
Vi Kothe, Bloomington
John Miller, Galesburg
Ralph Witmer, Mattoon
Sectional Masters (50 pts.)     
Jason Cannell, Bloomington
Barbara Cantrell, Galesburg
Jane Grieser, Springfield
Pat Hobson, Springfield
Wes Seitz, Champaign
Clyde Smith, Champaign
Regional Masters (100 pts.)

Jean Brunson, Champaign
Joyce Clay, Bloomington
Wayne Gonyea, Galesburg
Virginia Lang, Springfield
Lane O'Connor, Towanda
Art Orsted, Champaign
William Tracy, Galesburg

NABC Masters (200 pts.)  
Milt Epstein, Urbana
James McKinney, Macomb
Silver Life Masters (1000 pts.)       
Sue Schaeffer, Springfield
Charles Young, Peoria
Welcome to new members:
Diane Dunn, Peoria
Judy Friedman, Peoria
Darcy Gale, Peoria
Mary Haynes, Peoria
Donetta Jenn, Peoria
Robert Jonquet, Decatur
Diane Jordan-Wagner, Pavis
Richard Kern, Peoria
Lisa Lammert, Dunlap
Lorrie Nielsen, Godfrey
Peggy Palumbo, Peoria
Victoria Pierson, Pekin
Paul Sandborg, Galesburg
Rita Sandborg, Galesburg
Lou Savage, Bloomington
Janet Scott, Metamora
Jackey Swanson, Galesburg
Peggy Tresenriter, Groveland