District 8 Sectional at Clubs -- October 30 - November 5, 2006


More than 1200 District players won a total of 2924.10 silver points in District 8's annual Fall Sectional Tournament-at-Clubs (STAC).  Overall winners in all flights at each session, plus side-game winners, are listed on the District 8 STAC homepage. 

Biggest session was Tuesday daytime, with 279 pairs entered at clubs throughout the District. The winners of that game, Charlotte & Jim Davis of Kokomo IN, won 15.44 silver points for their 71.06% game. Highest score from the week was a 78.13% game by M. Alig and Richard Hastings in the Thursday-evening session at the Elkhart IN club.

Other pairs who posted games of 70% or higher in open games were: 

73.44%  -- Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL & Jack Bryant, St. Louis -- Monday evening, St. Charles MO Bridge Club

70.43% -- Richard Ellis Jr, Kokomo IN; Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Monday day, Monday Duplicate Bridge Club

70.00% -- John Aumiller & Larry O'Maley, Fort Wayne IN -- Tuesday day, 2's Day Aft B/C

The next District Sectional-at-Clubs will be held at local clubs the week of February 5, 2007.

A list of all players who won masterpoints during STAC week is here. The top 50 point-winners in the District and their totals for the week were:

   1    35.94   Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL

   2    24.98   Marcia Darnell, Murray KY

   3    22.51   Dennis Spencer, St. Louis

   4    22.10   Bob Carteaux, Ft Wayne IN           

   5    20.79   Richard Ellis Jr, Kokomo IN

   6    19.54   Sheldon Margulis, St. Louis

   7    19.50   Joann Knox, Metropolis IL

   8    18.24   Jack Bryant, Saint Louis

   9    17.93   Fran Russell, Paducah KY

  10   17.68   Gary Schechter, Springfield IL

  11   17.47   Larry O'Maley, Ft Wayne IN      

  12   17.34   John Aumiller, Ft Wayne IN

  13   16.77   James Davis, Kokomo IN

  14   16.71   L Jenkins, Rockford IL

  15   16.46   Zack Freehill, Bloomington IL

  16   16.40   Joan Green, Springfield IL

  17   16.15   John Kinst, Batavia IL

  18   15.78   Lucille Driskill, Smithland KY

  19   15.44   Charlotte Davis, Kokomo IN

  20   14.83   Dan Requard, Springfield IL

  21   14.57   Colby Vernay, Lacon IL

  22   14.18   Phyllis Rahn, Dunlap IL

  23   14.18   Alan Wienman, Morton IL

  24   13.80   Don Define, St. Charles MO

  25   13.54   Gary Kessler, Springfield IL

  26    13.10   Joan Parr, St. Charles IL

  27    13.08   Doug St. John, Rockford IL

  28    12.94   John Smith Jr, St. Louis

  29    12.61   Norma Cloyd, Paducah KY

  30    12.11   W. Lowry, Springfield IL

  31    11.78   Bobbie Holmes, St. Louis

  32    11.37   Lee Hastings, St Louis

  33    11.29   George Veenstra, Springfield IL

  34    11.20   Doug Edwards, Hardin KY

  35    10.73   Edward Wang, St. Louis

  36    10.64   Karen Coe, Ewing IL

  37    10.63   Dalton Darnell, Murray KY

  38    10.47   S Hawthorne, Bloomington IL    

  39    10.42   Tom Carpenter, Ft Wayne IN      

  40    10.33   Elaine Shine, Fort Wayne IN

  41    10.33   Thelma VanPoppel, Decatur IN 

  42    10.31   Bob Wheeler, Florissant MO

  43    10.25   Leah Newell, Springfield IL

  44      9.97   Don Groch, South Bend IN

  45      9.89   Susan Davis,

  46      9.83   Richard Hastings, Bristol IN

  47      9.83   M. Alig, Elkhart IN

  48      9.78   Nancy Moody, Marion IN

  49      9.78   Connie Wright, Marion IN

  50      9.61   Rich Haacke, Olivette MO