CIBA Digest

North-South:

1 - (60.00%) Betty Capodice, Bloomington & Margaret Hansell, Champaign

2 - (56.81%) Richard Brummer, Effingham & Claire Krukenberg, Charleston

3 - (54.31%) Shirley & Sidney Moore, Chatham

4 - (54.03%) Gary Dell,& Bill Lindemann, Sr., Champaign

5 - (53.61%) Ann Schuyler, Bloomington & Darryl Bremner, Clinton

6 - (53.47%) Eunice Patton, Bloomington & Steve Babin, Normal

7 - (52.50%) Buffie Kelly & Mary Rechner, Springfield

8 - (52.50%) Cathy Camille & Fred Roese, Springfield

9 - (51.53%) Karen Coe, Ewing & Susan Davis, Marion

10 - (50.97%) Camilla Rabjohns, Peoria Hts. & Steve Hawthorne, Bloomington

East-West:

1 - (61.25%) Thad Hanna & Tim Cull, Springfield

2 - (55.28%) Gail Chesnut & Sam Sgro, Springfield

3 - (54.31%) Gloria Shoults & Dolores Engelmann, Springfield

4 - (53.06%) Stan Gutzman & Charlie Morton, Normal

5 - (52.50%) Gene Wheeler, Chatham & Chris Shaw, Carlinville

6 - (52.50%) Helen Glisson & Mary Ann Young, Jacksonville

7 - (52.22%) Betty Primm, Athens & Doris Foltz, Springfield

8 - (52.08%) Norinne & Dick Nelson, Mexico

9 - (51.39%) Gary Schechter & Ron Sholes, Springfield

10 - (50.69%) Chris & Kirk Biggs, Bloomington

Here are our Unit leaders in the annual ACBL masterpoint races. A * denotes a Unit player who is also leading District 8 in that category.

Visit the ACBL Unit Awards page to view lists of the top ten Unit 208 players in each category.

Club News

ACBL designates October as Club Appreciation Month and offers all clubs the opportunity to host "extra" club championships, with no added fees. Each sanctioned session can can host one pairs championship and one Swiss Team championship anytime during October. The games offer extra masterpoints (black points, 85 percent of sectional rating). Team games also pay 5-percent gold points. Ask your club manager for the dates of the games in your area. More information is also available from specialevents@acbl.org.

Lots of silver points will be available the week of October 29, when all clubs in District 8 can award sectional-rated silver points at all sessions. The event also offers overall awards, giving you the chance to win as many as 15 silver points in one session. See the STAC homepage for updated results during and after STAC week.

Fall Bridge Weekend -- Friday & Saturday, November 3 & 4; Bridge at Ginger Creek, Champaign

A full weekend of instructional workshops and Silver Point games, taught by Karen Walker and Mike Halvorsen. Please make your reservation by October 20. See the Fall Bridge Weekend web page for details.

Category	Ace of Clubs (# pts. won)	Mini-McKenney (# pts. won)
Rookie (0-5)	* Jeff Ehrlich, Springfield -- 45	Jeff Ehrlich, Springfield -- 50
Jr. Master (5-20)	* Dianne Marshall, Springfield -- 22	Dianne Marshall, Springfield -- 27
Club Master (20-50)	Linda Wilkening, Springfield -- 38	* Praveen Jayachandran, Champaign -- 146
Sectional Master (50-100)	* Michael White, Springfield -- 64	Ann Smith, Champaign -- 70
Regional Master (100-200)	Maggie Stephens, Champaign -- 39	* Dan Bunde, Urbana -- 170
NABC Master (200-300)	Christine Biggs, Bloomington -- 39	Irene Wen, Urbana -- 84
Life Master (300-500)	Cal Corbin, Champaign -- 40 Jack Sanders, Champaign -- 40 Doug Jonquet, Decatur -- 40	* Bill Lindemann, Sr., Champaign -- 204
Bronze LM (500-1000)	Gary Schechter, Springfield -- 67	* Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign -- 507
Silver LM (1000-2500)	John Burdon, Washington -- 100	* Jim Melville, Springfield -- 692
Gold LM (2500-5000)	Betty Capodice, Bloomington -- 63	Alan Wienman, Morton -- 300
Diamond LM (5000-7500)	Dan Requard, Springfield -- 14	Karen Walker, Champaign -- 274
Emerald LM (7500-10,000)	Chris Benson, LeRoy -- 2	* Chris Benson, LeRoy -- 500
Platinum LM (10,000+)	Gary Kessler, Springfield -- 16	* Colby Vernay, Lacon -- 530

Club News

Congratulations to these Unit members who recently advanced in rank: