CIBA
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News from Central Illinois Unit 208 Unit Website: www.unit208.org
Editor:
Karen Walker, 2121 Lynwood Drive, Champaign 61821
(217) 359-0042
kwbridge@comcast.net
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News from Central Illinois Unit 208 Unit Website: www.unit208.org Editor:
Karen Walker, 2121 Lynwood Drive, Champaign 61821 |
Congratulations
. . . to Mike Heins of Champaign, who had a BIG year of point winnings. Mike, who started the year with fewer than 1000 career points, earned 934.36 masterpoints during 2018. He won his category in the nationwide Mini-McKenney race, more than 270 points ahead of second place, and placed 96th of all ACBL members in the Barry Crane Top 500.
Mike had a full year of traveling and played with several different partners,
including our Unit President Terry Goodykoontz of Tolono IL. He won eight Flight
A regional events and quickly moved up the ranks from Bronze Life Master to
Silver LM, ending the year as a Ruby LM.
♣
Profits
from Preempts
-- 10:30am-12:15 with Bulletin
columnist Karen Walker
Practical tips to tune up your preempts & cope with partner's.
♣ Using the Rule of 2, 3 & 4
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Five ways to respond to partner's
preempt -- and when to use them
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Fourth-seat "preempts"
♣ Sacrifices: Does the 5-level belong to the opponents?
This year's schedule also features new events for intermediate/novice players, including a 0-2500 KO Teams, four Gold Rush Pairs and a Gold Rush Teams. Expert speakers will present mini-lessons at 12:45, Thursday through Sunday. More details on the workshop and I/N events are here.
We'll be playing at the same site (the former Hawthorn Suites), which has been remodeled and is now a Holiday Inn. Bridge rate is $95 with free parking and wifi. Ask for the bridge rate when making reservations: 217-398-3400. Please reserve early.
Check out the tournament web site for more details and a full schedule of open and I/N events.
Here are the top masterpoint holders
in Central Illinois Unit 208 and their career points as of January 6,
2019.
The top 20 players are among the top 100 masterpoint holders in District
8. The full list is here.
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Colby Vernay, Lacon – 21,954.64 Gary Kessler, Springfield – 13,950.56 Chris Benson, Leroy – 12,664.19 Jim Melville, Springfield – 12,062.57 Karen Walker, Champaign -- 9296.71 Mark Kessler, Springfield -- 8900.64 Dick Kemmerer, Peoria -- 6216.75 Mike Halvorsen, Champaign -- 5909.03 Hugh Williams, Carbondale -- 5682.08 Robert Butz, Kankakee -- 5500.79 Nate Ward, Champaign -- 5379.16 John Seng, Champaign -- 5165.04 Ron Sholes, Springfield -- 4739.75 Christine Carroll, Champaign -- 4194.16 Stephen Babin, Normal -- 3931.95 Leonard Kaufman, Peoria -- 3776.66 Betty Capodice, Bloomington -- 3729.55 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville -- 3496.03 Ronald Simmons, Peru -- 3343.91 Zach Freehill, Bloomington -- 3232.93 Deborah Avery, Champaign -- 3216.61 Ned Horton, Champaign -- 3175.05 Elizabeth Zalar, Springfield -- 3033.05 Carole Sholes, Springfield -- 3031.11 Mary Allen, Peoria -- 3026.57 Paul Lindauer, Varna -- 3023.86 Eunice Patton, Bloomington -- 3017.26 Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign -- 3006.52 Roger Sokol, Minooka -- 2916.35 Betty Primm, Athens -- 2785.46 Raymond Russ, Henry -- 2720.23 Martha Leary, Urbana -- 2718.80 Marciann O'Brien, Decatur -- 2713.58 JoAnn Schroeder, Normal -- 2635.17 Pat Carrington, Champaign -- 2635.01 Robert Sievers, Champaign -- 2630.95 Margaret Hansell, Champaign -- 2583.38 Janice Franz, Springfield -- 2568.31 Mark Daily, Charleston -- 2565.08 Georgia Heth, Morton -- 2561.15 Phyllis Collins, Springfield -- 2531.75 Larry Wilcox, Springfield -- 2516.74 Cindy Moore, Bloomington -- 2496.49 Leah Newell, Springfield -- 2495.29 Patrick Moos, Peoria -- 2479.03 Carol Umbach, Havana -- 2450.15 Charles Zalar, Springfield -- 2437.19 John Weber, Watseka -- 2396.96 Doris Foltz, Springfield -- 2360.39 Henry Hoffman, East Peoria -- 2297.91 |
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George Veenstra, Springfield -- 2215.23 Mike Tomlianovich, Bloomington -- 2214.45 John Maloney, Champaign -- 2125.12 Ann Schuyler, Bloomington -- 2122.21 Bernie Riley, Pekin -- 2082.47 Martha Stutz, Springfield -- 2052.33 Aldo Mancinelli, Decatur -- 2028.03 John Parsons, Springfield -- 1977.73 Daniel Taylor, Manteno -- 1971.53 Larry Richardson, Springfield -- 1962.05 Tim Cull, Mechanicsburg -- 1910.55 Marilyn Stickel, Lacon -- 1892.85 Lori Moore, Bloomington -- 1867.21 Beverly Bakunas, Decatur -- 1808.90 Charles Young, Peoria -- 1808.08 Ann Caparros, Springfield -- 1775.29 Sherry Steigmann, Urbana -- 1761.30 Randal Malone, Charleston -- 1728.10 J. Nanda, Charleston -- 1713.99 Ronald Emmett, Normal -- 1708.36 Ann Lang, Mattoon -- 1705.31 Duane Gronau, Bloomington -- 1674.35 Shirley Judy, Urbana -- 1674.02 Sharon Ertz, Hull -- 1659.93 Dariel Richardson, Rochester -- 1644.29 Alan Stutz, Springfield -- 1633.83 D. Atteberry, Mattoon -- 1624.50 Joan Burlingame, Urbana -- 1589.22 Bob Steigmann, Urbana -- 1587.22 Gary Dell, Champaign -- 1585.27 Dennis Fitton, Mahomet -- 1577.01 Jeanette Sgro, Springfield -- 1562.01 Marjorie Hanner, Springfield -- 1559.28 Martha Neal, Mattoon -- 1544.62 Charlie Morton, Bloomington -- 1537.23 Lorraine Wickstrand, Morris -- 1529.11 Mary Anne Parsons, Springfield -- 1497.10 Jay Poling, Decatur -- 1488.00 Jeffrey Furler, Bloomington -- 1463.14 Donna Kaufman, Peoria -- 1434.87 Rich Pestien, Peoria -- 1423.15 Charles Langley, Mechanicsburg -- 1407.21 David Stevens, Charleston -- 1393.41 Mary Jones, Champaign -- 1384.27 Jim Scott, Rantoul -- 1368.52 Rea Jones, Champaign -- 1364.73 Sylvia Lowry, Springfield -- 1341.09 Gary Schechter, Springfield -- 1339.85 Gerald Huck, Decatur -- 1338.33 Bill Bulfer, East Peoria -- 1320.75 |
Coming up on the Central Illinois Calendar
May 4 & 5 -- District 8 Grand National Teams, Community Library, Rochester
May 6-12 -- District 8 Spring Sectional at Clubs, Local clubs
May 21-27 -- Illini Regional, Holiday Inn, Champaign Schedule
June, July & August -- North American Pair qualifying games, Local clubs
June 7 & 8 -- Worldwide Bridge Contest
Friday, June 7 -- Peoria DBC
Saturday, June 8 -- Mike's Bridge Club (Bloomington)
and Bridge Club of Springfield
June 17-23 -- Crossroads Regional, Holiday Inn, Effingham Schedule
July 12-14 -- Twin Cities Sectional, Community
Center, Towanda (Bloomington)
Movin' Up: Congratulations to these Unit members who recently advanced in rank:
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Junior Master (5 pts.) Michael Helfer, Savoy David Kirsch, Paris Ann Knapheide, Quincy Jon Welch, Peoria
Club Master (20 pts.) Lois Johnson, Kenney Susan Wyatt, Champaign
Life Master (300 pts.) Peter Holm, Springfield
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Bronze Life Master (500 pts.) Peter Holm, Springfield
Silver Life Master (1000 pts.) Layton Lamb, Springfield Brian Maloney, Champaign Larry McLaughlin, Decatur Peggy McLaughlin, Decatur
Gold Life Master (2500 pts.) Cindy Moore, Bloomington Leah Newell, Springfield
Sapphire Life Master (3500 pts.) Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville |
See the ACBL website for a list of all masterpoint ranks and the requirements for achieving each. Requirements for those who joined ACBL after January 2, 2010 are here.