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St. Louis Bridge NewsEditor:
Mary Dolan, 10806 Charlton Way, St. Louis, MO 63146
dolanmary@sbcglobal.net
“In the long
run, men hit only what they aim at.
Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something
high.”
--
Henry
David Thoreau
Congratulations to these Unit 143 members who “reached for the stars.”
Life Master: Susan Corley, Bob Daniels, Dorothy Santer
Bronze Life Master: Barbara MacPeek, Peggy Stewart
Silver Life Master: Dianne Glick, Steve Singer
Diamond Life Master: John Burgener, Mike Carmen
Emerald Life Master: Ralph Behrens
The Unit 143 Fall 199er Bridge Tournament will be held September 26-27, 2015 at St. Louis Bridge Center, 8616 Olive Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63043. The event is open to all players with less than 200 ACBL masterpoints.
Saturday, 9/26: Two single-session stratified
events at 10 AM and 3 PM. Also on Saturday at 10 AM is a new one-session
stratified event limited to players with 0-49 ACBL masterpoints.
The Sunday (9/27) event will be a one-session stratified pairs beginning at 10
AM
For reservations, information or help with partners, contact Lee Hastings at 314-518-9774 or email 199reservation@gmail.com . Information is available online at www.unit143.org .
Take a break from fall chores and treat yourself to the Unit 143 Fall Sectional in St. Charles, MO, October 16-18, 2015. The full schedule is here.
Longest
Day Held at St. Louis Bridge Center June 21, 2015 was another successful “Longest Day.” Not only did the team at St. Louis Bridge Center raise awareness of the devastating disease of Alzheimer’s, but it also raised more than $33,000 for treatment and research.
The St. Louis Bridge Center now ranks
3rd in the nation among the participating ACBL teams, and our Team Captain
Linda Powers ranks 1st among individual captains.
Regional
Recap At the July 2015 St. Louis Regional, 9036.02 masterpoints were earned by 805
players at 1378 tables.
Here are the top 25 masterpoint winners:
142.64 Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL
138.17 Justin Lall, Plano TX
135.46 Chris Compton, Dallas TX
134.68 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV
123.82 Mary Chilcote, Cleveland OH
112.78 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI
110.81 James Melville, Springfield IL
92.53 Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV
92.53 Oren Kriegel, Skandia MI
92.53 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV
92.11 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA
91.78 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL
86.63 Sam Goldberg, Dix Hills NY
86.19 Anam Tebha, Las Vegas NV
85.31 Sean Gannon, Decatur GA
84.07 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL
84.07 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL
83.27 Will Engel, Freeport IL
83.27 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL
80.36 Jack Bryant, St Louis
73.28 Milton Zlatic, St Louis
67.45 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH
67.45 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH
67.45 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH
67.45 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH