70% + GAMES
Elaine Delaney, South Bend and Frank Yoder, Goshen — 79.92% December 1
Chris Clarke, South Bend and Clark Dippell, South Bend (199er game) — 70.83% December 6
John and Tricia Killeen, Mishawaka — 71.43% December 10
John Aumiller, Fort Wayne and Gary Chaney, Sherwood, OH — 70.37% January 5
Ed Douville, Hobart and Dan Simon, South Bend — 72.02% January 10
Barbara and Paul Graegin, Munster — 72.73% January 17
Donald and Rose Ferguson, Fort Wayne — 73.96% January 18
RISING IN THE RANKINGS
Junior Master: Sara Bir, LaGrange
Club Masters: Myra Anthony, Granger; Nora Allen, Elkhart
Sectional Masters: Bill Blauvelt, South Bend; George Cramer, South Bend; Dennis David, South Bend; Iris Goerner, South Bend; Kaye Kale, South Bend; Thomas Logan, Fort Wayne; Barbara Defuniak, Long Beach; Pamela Mathews, Granger
Regional Master: Ladora Sloan, Mishawaka
NABC Masters: Ilse Grove, South Bend; Karsten Grove, South Bend
Bronze Life Master: John Scheibelhut, Notre Dame
Diamond Life Master: Frank Yoder, Goshen
DIAMOND
LIFE MASTER
To become a Diamond Life Master you need to have accumulated 5000 masterpoints. Frank Yoder has achieved this daunting and outstanding accomplishment.
Born in Bedford, Indiana and raised in Goshen, Frank learned bridge, as so many of us have, from his parents at the age of 14. He attended Carleton College in Northfield, MN (famous for “THE” Jesse James bank robbery) majoring in government studies and probably too much bridge. He began playing duplicate in the ‘60s and became a Life Master in 1970 at the tender age of 27 at a Wabash Sectional.
From 1989 to 1992 he ran the games, taught bridge, directed,and created schedules for the Fort Wayne area. Frank moved back to his home town of Goshen in 1994, and his presence has added to the South Bend Bridge Club’s formidable strength in the bridge world.
Frank feels the most important
effort should be directed toward the new players. He feels that they are
important to the future of bridge and should be made to feel comfortable.
Marian David helps to make South Bend Bridge Club a tough place to play and win. She plays a smart, competitive game and certainly deserves the title of Gold Life Master. Her club members are extremely proud of her.
Marian was born in Boonville, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University. She started playing duplicate in 1976 (learned “social” bridge from the housemother in her sorority house). Her father informed her that he was not paying for a B.S. in Bridge — so she hit the books!
One of Marian’s first partners
was Dean Duncan. Thirty-four years later, they are still partners. Her other
longtime partner is Ren Singleton, who helped Marian win gold points and was
with her when she became a Silver and Gold Life Master. Another of her regular
partners is her husband, Denny, whom she met on e-harmony two years ago. And,
yes, they “discuss” hands. Marian says that sometimes the ride home is rather
quiet! Marian thanks all her partners — especially her “standing” partners —
Jim, Joan, Lena, June, Ren, Dean, and Denny.
Raj Kohli is a professor of Finance at Indiana University in South Bend. It is through his intervention that the South Bend Bridge Club has one of Indiana’s best sectional sites at IUSB, an inviting and comfortable place to play bridge.
Raj was born in
India, and has a lovely wife, Manju, who works with the SBCSC. They have a
daughter, Risha, and a son, Rishbh. Raj, as many of us have, started playing
bridge in college, but really got involved with duplicate when he came to South
Bend in 1990. He is a member of the directors’ staff.
BRONZE LIFE MASTER
Barbara Myers was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, and was the “baby” of the family. At Clay High School in South Bend she was a cheerleader strutting her stuff during basketball and football games. Her mother was an avid bridge player and a bridge instructor during the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Barb attended
Indiana University, but quit to marry the love of her life, Jim Myers. She has
three daughters, four granddaughters, and one grandson. She and her friends have
played contract bridge since high school, and when Jim died several years ago,
she was introduced to the joys (and agonies) of duplicate bridge.
BARRY CRANE TOP 100 IN UNIT 154 for 2010
(Preliminary results. Final standings and year-end point totals will be published in the April issue.)
1. Howard Piltch, South Bend IN 714
2. Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 439
3. Joseph Chin, Highland IN 424
4. Richard Mao, Mishawaka IN 417
5. Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN 411
6. Elaine Delaney, South Bend IN 350
7. John Aumiller, Fort Wayne IN 329
8. James Feinstein, South Bend IN 327
9. Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 280
10. Tom Hallum, Mishawaka IN 272
11. Steven Watson, Munster IN 268
12. Michael Slaven, Elkhart IN 254
13. Frank Yoder III, Goshen IN 253
14. Patricia Killeen, Mishawaka IN 251
15. John Killeen, Mishawaka IN 250
16. Lena Howard, Elkhart IN 242
17. Louis Nimnicht, Crown Point IN 235
18. Irene Singleton, South Bend IN 201
19. Dave Bigler, Hobart IN 196
20. Cappy Gagnon, Notre Dame IN 183