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St. Louis Bridge NewsEditor:
Mary Dolan, 10806 Charlton Way, St. Louis, MO 63146
dolanmary@sbcglobal.net
“I’ve
missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games.
26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I
succeed.”
-- Michael Jordan
Who says the St. Louis Cardinals are the only home run hitters in town?
On Monday, May 13, 2013,
Jack Bryant
(left) paired with
Milton Zlatic
(right) to hit one out of the park. With 24 tables competing at the St. Louis
Bridge Center club game, Jack and Milton scored a
79.31%
game.
At the 2013 St. Louis January Sectional, Roger Lord broke the 10,000 masterpoint barrier to earn the coveted title of Grand Life Master.
Unit 143 President Debbie Romero recognized Roger’s milestone achievement at the St. Louis Spring Sectional (photo).
Roger
achieved his national title and three other close finishes all with native St.
Louis players. He came in third in the 1972 Spingold and second in the 1973
Grand National Teams, playing with Jerry Levitt, Norbert Kremer and Ron Smith.
He finished second in the 2004 Silodor Open Pairs with his partner Jacque
Sincoff. Roger won his North American Championship at the 2003 Nationals in
Philadelphia playing with Alan Popkin in the Silver Ribbon Pairs.
The St. Louis sectional was held May 17-19 2013, and a good time was had by all. There were 1328.41 masterpoints earned by 424 players at 357 tables.
Congratulations to all the masterpoint winners. Here are the top ten:
Alan Popkin, St Louis MO – 29.38
Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO – 27.83
Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO – 26.88
En Xie, Saint Louis MO – 25.17
Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO – 25.11
Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO – 23.74
Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO – 20.46
Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO – 18.69
Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO – 18.38
John Burgener, St Louis MO – 18.38
A complete listing of event winners and all players who won masterpoints is here.
From August 19-25 2013 all roads lead to St. Louis, MO where the annual Gateway to the West Regional will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, 9801 Natural Bridge Rd.
The 2013 tournament features five Knockout events, two 2-session gold-rush events for players up to 750 masterpoints, as well as two 2-session A/X Pairs events.
Check out details of these and other events by displaying the online flyer online at the ACBL website.