Pair Fare

 News from Northwestern Illinois Unit 239

Editor:  Karen Flood, St. Charles IL     tkflood@comcast.net 

Welcome to these new members:

From Aurora, Grace Wallbaum

From Belvidere, Barbara Brooke

From Cary, Mark Degner

From Crystal Lake, Lynn Croll

From Rockford, Judith Coenen, Richard and Sandra Gilmore, and Bell Perry

Enjoy your new bridge experiences with the members of Unit 239.

Here are the recent milestones for Unit 239 members:

New Junior Masters:  Robert Arbaecher of Chicago.

New Club Masters: Diane Neumann, Loves Park; Alex Cuda, McHenry.

New Sectional Masters:  Patricia Green of Rockford.

New Regional Masters:  Fran Fey, Rockford; Shawn Harms, Sugar Grove.

New NABC Masters:  Reverend Susan Powers, North Barrington; Robert Huffington, Rockford.

New Advanced NABC Masters:  Virginia Fulton, Oswego; Lynne Madden, Sugar Grove.

New Silver Life Masters:  Loren Van Degraft, German Valley; Douglas St. John, Rockford.

Congratulations to . . .

Michelle and Trevor Joike of Rockford, who were winners in Flights B and C (7th in Flight A) in the Saturday Open Pairs at the Illini Regional. They won 7.39 gold points in the event.

The annual regional was held during Memorial Day week in Champaign IL. Other winners from Unit 239 included Robert Lee of Newark, Richard Gunderson of Earlville, Virginia Fulton of Oswego and Lynne Madden of Sugar Grove -- 1st in Flight C of the Friday Swiss Teams.