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St. Louis Bridge NewsEditor:
Sheryl Finkenstadt, St. Louis MO sheryl@finkenstadt.com
“Eight ever, nine never -- the status quo when you raise 2NT to 3NT.”
“Rule of 11 -- the inevitable trick total when you bid a small slam.”
“There was a man who entered the
local newspaper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns,
in the hope that
at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.”
April Fool! Remember, it’s only a game. It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose – it only matters whether I win or lose.
Novice/LM
ChampsThe Novice/Life Master game held at Bridge Haven on February 19 enjoyed 20 tables. The ACBL Junior Fund received $80, and the Youth Bridge Camp gained $200.
Some players decided to BYOLM (Bring your own Life Master) or BYON (Bring your own Novice). Others were paired up. Said club director Phyllis Siegel: “Special thanks to my Life Masters who were eager to share their knowledge and play with a novice. Special thanks to all my director friends in St. Louis who were there to help when I had a challenge.”
Congratulations to Mary Dolan and Debra Romero (photo), overall winners, and first place in E-W. Second place in E-W was earned by Sandy and Gloria Spitzer. Congratulations to Mark Ziegelman and Jeane Redington, first place in N-S. Second place in N-S was Carolyn Andrews and Jay Shah. Way to go!
A champagne party at Bridge Haven honored 17 players who attained ranks of Life Master or higher in 2011.
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Life Masters: Dan Spangler, Richard Maxedon, Rosemary |
Bronze Life Masters: |
Diamond Life Master:
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Silver Life Masters: |
Gold Life Masters: Marvin King, |
Grand Life Master: |
The 199er Championship Tournament on March 31, 2012 offered two single-session events, open to any player with fewer than 200 ACBL Masterpoints. The morning session was maxed out for the room capacity of 40 tables. Tournament Chair Lee Hastings thanked his tournament colleagues, Jo Ann Moore and Jay Shah, for their support. Lee also had nothing but praise for the Director in Charge, Donna Coker, who orchestrated the event with brisk, friendly efficiency. The winners were:
Morning session (40 tables): Katie Klinger & Shirley Ringland were first overall, with a 67.68% game. Rose Somraty & Ann Lazerson tied with Marie & Charles Bretzke for second & third overall with 61.19%.
Evening session (22.5 tables): Virginia Lang & Patricia Lloyd tied with Gloria & James Zuppanci for first and second place overall with a 63.49%.
BIG
game!Susanne Martin and Judy Snider (left) were ecstatic! They had just posted 80.68% in the Sunday-afternoon game at Bridge Haven. Congratulations, ladies!
In case you were wondering about the phenomenon of posting a stratospheric 70% or more, an analysis by Gabe Azzam using the data posted on the Unit’s website, shows some interesting facts:
The DISTRIBUTION of 70+% games is fairly evenly distributed among most of the club locations. For instance, Occidental hosts 6 games (21% of the 28 club games per week) and holds 22% of the plus-70% games; Ollivette hosts 5 games (18%) and posts 22% of the big games; Lake St Louis holds one game (4%) and enjoys 10% of the coveted 70% games. The incidence of 70% games at Bridge Haven is a bit below the incidence at other locations; Bridge Haven hosts about 10 regular games per week (36%) but has only 30% of the 70%ers.
SIZE OF GAMES: One other way to massage the data is to consider the size of the games. If we consider that Occidental and Olivette and Lake St Louis have large games/sections, meaning nine or more tables per section, and that all the other games in the unit are usually less than 9 tables, Gabe came up with the following conclusions: large games have a ratio of about 4 top games per section over the time frame considered, whereas small games have a ratio of about 3. So, it is more likely to have a top score of over 70% in large games (9+ tables), than in small games.
PEOPLE WHO WIN: When you look at the people who have won these 70% games, you see familiar names that keep popping up. Comments Gabe, “Those winners win no matter what the competition is, and no matter which club they play in.”
Unit 143 now has 1179 members: about 54% below 100 masterpoints, 17% above 100 MPs but not yet life masters, 25% life masters who are not yet gold LM, and 4% gold LM or above. Well-deserved congratulations go to the following players who advanced in rank between Feb 1 and April 1, 2011.
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New Junior
Masters
Marylee Beuerle James Bishop Kristopher Bishop Ellen Horan Jane R Mitchell Fran Orlando Jeff Pass Phillip Sand Audrey Shanfield Barrett W Taussig Courtney Wilderman
New Club
Masters Dale Burian David Dierkes Mary Horwitz Michael G Richter Shelley Sarver Dottie Schmidt Judy B Snider Laurie Stern
New Sectional
Masters Nancy Burke Marda A Gatewood Patricia G Koncki Augustyn J Ortynski Marilyn R Stoces |
New Regional Masters Alan Broddon Lannon H Corley Dianne Mardis Roberta F Millham Mark Prosser Joyce Sass
Dennis Abel Ralph Britton Susie S Hall Sandra L Mein
James Voelz Jay Bourne
New Bronze
Life Master
New Silver Life Master Nancy Cadwell George Hawley
New Diamond Life Master Bob Bainter |
April 14, 2012 -- St Louis KOs. Winners to represent St. Louis against Kansas City at the June sectional in Columbia MO.
May 18-20, 2012 -- Sectional
Friday, June 1 -- Worldwide Bridge Contest held at Bridge Haven.
Saturday, June 2 – Worldwide Bridge Contest, held at both Olivette and Bridgehaven.
August 6-12, 2012 -- St. Louis Regional
September 22, 2012 -- 199er Championship (need not be a unit 143 member)
October 19-21, 2012 -- Fall Sectional
