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St. Louis Bridge NewsEditor:
Sheryl Finkenstadt, St. Louis MO sheryl@finkenstadt.com
Be wary when your opponent seems to have made a strange or even silly play. Think twice; be the second mouse.
For example: Opponents put you on the board when they did
not have to, so now you can take a needed finesse.
Why did they do such a kindness? You might want to consider playing for the
drop.
Unit officers: The Unit 143 Board of Directors elected new officers. (Photos above, left to right): Suzi Shymanski-Moore continues as President. Steve Zenk becomes Vice President. Jane Ettelson becomes Secretary. Bob Janis continues as Treasurer. Thanks go to Donna Pedrotti, who remains on the Board, for her years of service as VP. Thanks also go to Bob Wheeler for his service as Secretary; Bob chose not to continue as a Board member.
October Sectional: October’s Fall Sectional brought 348 tables for the 3-day event. 378 players won masterpoints. Team games were especially popular: 31 tables on Friday night’s Swiss, 4 brackets on Saturday’s KOs, 45 tables in Sunday’s 2-session Open Swiss, as well as 14 & 13 tables in the two one-session 299er Swiss teams on Sunday.
North American Pairs: Unit 143 players enjoyed success at the District 8 NAP Finals in November. Flight A will be represented in the Reno NABC Championships by (first) Jack Bryant and Rod Van Wyk, (second) En Xie & Jacque Sincoff, and (third) Richard Riezman & Roger Lord. Flight C will also have 2 Unit 143 pairs in Reno: (first) Martha Hanley & Elizabeth Meteer and (third) Ralph Britton & William Maack. Congratulations to them all. By the way, Britton & Maack have fewer than 100 MPs COMBINED.
Unit membership: Unit 143 has 1104 members, as of November 2009. 761 members are ranked Rookie through NABC Master. 343 are ranked Life Master through Diamond Life Master. Five members are Emerald Life Masters and two are Platinum Life Masters.
Congratulations to the 16 following players who have advanced in rank during October 2009:
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New Junior Master (5 pts.) Wallace Burton Jo Ann Froehlich Paul Radzom Suzy Schoonmaker Carole Simon |
Club Masters (20 pts.) Gail Bunce John Hubert Karen Kaul Meena Khokha Jeanne Mudd Katy Mullins John Sant |
NABC Master (200 pts.) Linda McHoney Life Master (300 pts.) Honoree Allen Bronze Life Master (500 pts.) Jim Nunn Silver Life Master (1000 pts.) Gayle McLean |
January 15-17, 2010 -- St. Louis Winter Sectional, Blanchette Park, St Charles MO
March 27, 2010 -- 199er Championship, Maryland Heights MO (St. Louis)