Illinois Senior Olympics --
Tuesday, August 30, Springfield IL
A
64.86%
game earned Eunice Patton and Cindy Moore the gold medal in the 2016
Illinois Senior Olympics Bridge Tournament. Silver medalists were Wes Seitz and
Peter Ashbrook and
the bronze medal went to
Mary Tweedie and Kirk Kimmell.
This
12th annual contest drew 25.5 tables of players ages 50 and over.
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up:
|
Mstrpts
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
|
Score
|
|
6.60 |
1 |
|
|
Eunice
Patton - Cindy Moore, Bloomington IL |
64.86%
|
|
4.95 |
2 |
1 |
|
Wes
Seitz - Peter Ashbrook, Champaign IL |
62.86%
|
|
3.71 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Mary
Tweedie, Bloomington IL; Kirk Kimmell, Peoria IL |
60.87%
|
|
2.78 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
Jim Alred; Wayne Caldwell,
Springfield IL |
60.23%
|
|
2.09 |
5 |
|
|
Ray Russ, Henry IL; Pat Moos,
Peoria IL |
60.14%
|
|
1.57 |
6 |
|
|
Liz Zalar, Springfield IL;
Dariel Richardson, Rochester IL |
59.82%
|
|
1.70 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
Sallie Boge, Bloomington IL;
Jim Swanke, Washington IL |
59.24%
|
|
1.21 |
|
5 |
|
Mary Creighton, Springfield
IL; Sue McNaught, Auburn IL |
58.24%
|
|
0.90 |
|
6 |
|
Leah Newell, Springfield IL;
Chuck Langley, Mechanicsburg IL |
57.88%
|
|
0.85 |
|
|
4 |
Gene Byers - Marilyn Byers,
Bloomington IL |
55.64%
|
|
0.78 |
|
|
5 |
Jackey Swanson - Ruth Allen,
Galesburg IL |
55.16%
|
|
0.69 |
|
|
6 |
Michael Schneider - Ralph
Britton, St Louis MO |
54.62%
|
A
full recap sheet with hand diagrams and contracts played is here:
http://clubresults.acbl.org/Results/238477/2016/08/160830A.HTM
Club
News
♣ Club Appreciation Month -- October 1-31
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, in addition to its regular quarterly club championship. 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.
October is also
District 8 Charity Month. Clubs throughout the District will be running
charity championships to support the annual Youth Bridge Camp in
Carlinville IL.
♣
Silver
Point Sectional-Tournament-at-Clubs
(STAC) -- October 31-November 6
Loads
of silver points will be available for a full week beginning October 26, when all clubs in
District 8 can award sectional-rated silver points at all sessions. The event
also offers District-wide overall awards, giving you the chance to win as many as 15 silver
points in one session. See the
ACBL
website for updated results during and after STAC week.
 |
See
The Leaves Sectional
Oct 14-16,
2016
Rochester Public Library
1 Community Drive, Rochester IL |
|
|
ACBL
Masterpoint Ranks
Here's a summary of ACBL
masterpoint ranks and the number of Central Illinois Unit 208 players
who have attained each rank. The requirements in non-bold type apply to
members who joined the ACBL prior to January 1, 2010 and maintained
continuous membership after that date.
Members who joined after
January 1, 2010 (or let their memberships lapse after that date) have
slightly different rules. The additional requirements for these members
are in bold italic .
|
Rank |
# of Unit members |
Masterpoint requirements |
|
Rookie |
55 |
Fewer than 5 |
|
Junior Master |
59 |
5 |
|
Club Master |
91 |
20 (at least 5 black) |
|
Sectional Master |
85 |
50 (at least 5 silver and 10 black) |
|
Regional Master |
81 |
100 (at least 15 silver, 15 black and 5 red, gold
or platinum) |
|
NABC Master |
38 |
200 (at least 25 silver, 20 black
and 20 red or gold/platinum, of which at least 5
must be gold or platinum) |
|
Advanced NABC Master |
5">5 |
300 (at least 50 black, 50 silver, 50 red or
gold/platinum, of which at least 25 must be gold or platinum) |
|
Life Master |
31 |
300 (at least 50 black, 50 silver, 50 red or gold/platinum, of
which at least 25 must be gold or platinum)
500 (at least 75 black, 75 silver, 100 red or
gold/platinum, of which at least 50 must be gold/platinum) |
|
Bronze Life Master |
83 |
Life Master with 500 (750) |
|
Silver Life Master |
40 |
Life Master with 1000 (at least 200 silver, red, gold or
platinum) |
|
Ruby Life Master |
46 |
Life Master with 1500 (at least 300 silver, red, gold or
platinum) |
|
Gold Life Master |
19 |
Life Master with 2500 (at least 500 silver, red, gold or
platinum) |
|
Sapphire Life Master |
10 |
Life Master with 3500 (at least 700 silver, red, gold or
platinum, of which at least 350 must be gold or platinum) |
|
Diamond Life Master |
4 |
Life Master with 5000 (at least 1000 silver, red or
gold/platinum, of which at least 500 must be gold or platinum) |
|
Emerald Life Master |
2 |
Life Master with 7500 (at least 1500 silver, red or
gold/platinum, of which at least 750 must be gold or platinum) |
|
Platinum Life Master |
3 |
Life Master with 10,000 (at least 2000 silver, red or
gold/platinum, of which at least 1000 must be gold/platinum,
with a minimum of 100 platinum) |
|
Grand Life Master |
1 |
Platinum Life Master who has also won at least one national
championship |
Movin' Up: Congratulations to these Unit members
who recently advanced in rank:
- Junior
Master (5 pts.)
- Ann Nixon, Galesburg
Guy Zygadto, Peoria
-
Club
Master (20 pts.)
-
Anna Bussian, Peoria
Carole Jochimsen, Knoxville
Lisa Lammert, Dunlap
Christie Roszkowski, Champaign
Robert Shoop, Normal- Sectional Master (50 pts.)
-
Tanya Keech, Morris
Diane King, Minooka
- Regional Master (100 pts.)
-
William Smith, Peoria
-
NABC Master (200 pts.)
-
Joyce Werner, Bloomington
|
Life Master (300 pts.)
Sallie Boge,
Bloomington
Mary Stuart, Urbana
Bronze Life Master (500 pts.)
Richard Spengler,
Peoria
Ruby Life Master (1500 pts.)
D. Atteberry,
Mattoon
-
Gold Life Master (2500 pts.)
-
Martha Leary, Urbana
-
Diamond Life Master (5000 pts.)
-
Larry Rabideau, St. Anne
|
CIBA
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