Illini
Regional -- May 22-28, Champaign IL
Thanks to
everyone who traveled to Champaign during Memorial Day week to play in our
Unit's annual regional. The two brand-new hotels (Hilton Garden Inn and
Homewood Suites) and the remodeled Hilton Conference Center offered a
beautiful, comfortable venue for playing bridge and enjoying the friendly
hospitality the tournament has become known for.
Special
thanks to the many hard-working volunteers from Champaign's Bridge at
Ginger Creek club who made the tournament a success:
John
Brandeberry & Maggie Stephens -- Hospitality suite
Pete Petillo & Bob Shair -- Daily Bulletin
Debbie Avery -- Caddies
Dot Roemelt -- Registration
John Seng -- Prizes
Hugh Williams & Madhu Viswanathan - Partnerships
Martha Leary -- Novice program
Karen Walker & Mike Halvorsen -- Chairmen
Top
point winners from Central Illinois were:
62.17
Karen Walker, Champaign IL
50.60 Colby Vernay, Lacon IL
50.00 Bill Lindemann Jr. & Bill Lindemann Sr., Champaign
IL
48.03 Gary Dell, Champaign IL & Dan Faulkner, Monticello
IL
46.33 Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign IL & Kris Maillacheruvu,
Peoria IL
45.63 Paul Holmes & Josh Kueker, Champaign IL
44.49 Mike Halvorsen, Champaign IL
44.06 James Ward, Champaign IL
42.88 Praveen Jayachandran, Champaign IL & Dan Bunde,
Urbana IL
41.12 Mark Kessler, Springfield IL
38.16 Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL & Dick Benson, LeRoy IL
34.36 Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL
33.74 Rea & Mary Jones, Champaign IL
32.64 Hugh Williams, Carbondale IL
31.14 Bob & Sherry Steigmann, Urbana IL
30.92 Carole Bardwell, Normal IL
27.85 Don Florida, Marshall IL
25.79 Jim Melville, Springfield IL
24.88 Larry Wilcox, Springfield IL
24.41 Bob Shair, Champaign IL
23.94 Al & Sally Levering, Frankfort IL
22.63 Alan Wienman, Morton IL
22.31 Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL
22.10 Jim & RoseEllen Scott, Rantoul IL
21.91 Fred Crockett, Danville IL
20.22 Randall Motchan, Bloomington IL
20.13 Leah Newell, Springfield IL
The full
list of event winners and points won by all players is here.
Daily
Bulletins: Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
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Congratulations to new
Life Master
Randall Motchan of Bloomington. |
Daily Bulletin editor Pete Petillo,
waiting for results from head director Chris Patrias |
2007 Grand National Teams
Congratulations
to all our Unit players who entered the District 8 Grand National Team
finals in Springfield on May 5 & 6. Our Central Illinois teams placed
first in three flights and second in all four flights. The winners in each
flight will be representing District 8 in the national finals in Nashville
TN in July. Good luck to:
Flight
A (0-5000) - Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria - Madhu Viswanathan & Mike
Halvorsen, Champaign - Richard Blumenthal, Crystal Lake
Flight
B (0-2000): Marilyn Stickel, Lacon - Terry Goodykoontz,
Champaign - Leah Newell, Springfield - Ray Russ, Henry
Flight
C (0-500 non-LM): Anne Thiede, Danville - Janice Thompson,
Allerton - Irene Wen & Elizabeth Wilson, Urbana
 Another
new Life Master
Everybody's
favorite director, Gary Schechter, retired from tournament work
earlier this year, but he hasn't given up bridge. He's finally found time
to play, and he's doing it well.
Gary
went over in the District 8 Grand National Team finals in May when he and
his team-mates -- Chuck and Liz Zalar and Carole Sholes of Springfield --
placed second in Flight B. Congratulations!
Movin'
Up: Congratulations to these Unit members
who recently advanced in rank:
- Junior
Master (5 pts.)
- Jeanne Conron,
Danville
Joyce Elledge, Paris
Shirley Logan, Springfield
Carol Sue McNaught, Auburn
Gerald Moats, Marseilles
Sam Weiler, Bloomington
Alice Whitehed, Decatur
Allen Whited, Decatur
- Club
Master (20 pts.)
- Dean
Collins, Springfield
Leslie Garvey, Elkhart
Linda Goersch, Tolono
- Sectional
Master (50 pts.)
- Darryl
Bremner, Clinton
Becky Lagouros, Peoria Heights
- Regional
Master (100 pts.)
- Larry
Seitzman, Peoria
Bev Upp, Bloomington
- NABC
Master (200 pts.)
- Barbara
Bass, Princeton
Christine Biggs, Bloomington
Peg Deutsch, Bloomington
Camilla Rabjohns, Peoria Heights
Grant Sterling, Charleston
Elizabeth Wilson, Urbana
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- Life
Master (300 pts.)
- Joseph
Franz, Springfield
Dale Harvey, Galesburg
Ruth Killen, Springfield
Layton Lamb, Springfield
Randall Motchan, Bloomington
Gary Schechter, Springfield
- Bronze
Life Master (500 pts.)
- Dan
Faulkner, Monticello
- Silver
Life Master (1000 pts.)
- Robert
Hathaway, Decatur
Dick Kemmerer, Peoria
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- Gold Life Master (2500 pts.)
- Jim
Melville, Springfield
- Welcome
to new members:
- Jeff
Ehrlich, Springfield
Walter Enright, Quincy
Michael Guzzardo, Springfield
Phil Reeser, Monticello
Diane Ritter, Forsyth
Roy Smith, East Peoria
Mary Stuart, Urbana
Kitty Trice, Monticello
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- Regional
Winners
-
Big Ten KO, Bracket IV:
Dan Bunde, Praveen Jayachandran, Carole Bardwell, Phillip Kenney
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Thursday Swiss, Flights C & D:
Duane & Sammye Broline, Richard Spengler (not pictured: T.
Sheagren )
Triple winners! Big Ten, Orange & Blue, &
Chief Illiniwek KOs:
Dan Faulkner, Gary Dell, Bill Lindemann Jr., Bill Lindemann
Sr.-
Chief Illiniwek KO, Bracket II:
Rea & Mary Jones, RoseEllen & Jim Scott
Orange & Blue KO, Bracket I:
Tom Kniest, Karen Walker, Mark Kessler (not pictured: Alan
Stout & Colby Vernay)
Big Ten KO, Bracket II:
Bob & Sherry Steigmann, Steve & Louise Clark
- Best
dressed award:
The always-colorful Barry Harper (Regina SK), Bobbie Straker (Pekin
IL) and Alan Wienman (Morton IL)
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