CIBA Digest

News from Central Illinois Unit 208

Editor: Karen Walker, 2121 Lynwood Drive, Champaign IL 61821
(217) 359-0042 kwbridge@comcast.net

Central Illinois' Top 100

Here are the top masterpoint holders in Central Illinois Unit 208 and their career point totals as of November 6, 2009. The first 16 players on the list are ranked in the top 100 of all players in District 8 (see the District Top 100 list in this issue).

Colby Vernay, Lacon

Dick Benson, Le Roy

Gary Kessler, Springfield

Chris Benson, Le Roy

Karen Walker, Champaign

Mark Kessler, Springfield

Dan Requard, Springfield

James Melville, Springfield

Mike Halvorsen, Champaign

Larry Rabideau, Saint Anne

Alan Wienman, Morton

Robert Hayes, Joliet

Phyllis Rahn, Dunlap

Robert Butz, Kankakee

James Ward, Champaign

James Carbaugh, Metamora

Betty Capodice, Bloomington

John Seng, Champaign

Christine Carroll, Champaign

Dick Kemmerer, Peoria

Ron Sholes, Springfield

Richard Gibons, Princeton

Leonard Kaufman, Peoria

Laura Addison, Bloomington

Deborah Avery, Champaign

Georgia Heth, Morton

Stephen Babin, Normal

Phyllis Collins, Springfield

Ned Horton, Champaign

Patricia Carrington, Champaign

Elizabeth Zalar, Springfield

Fred Crockett, Danville

Gail Moon, Bloomington

Carol Umbach, Havana

Charles Zalar, Springfield

Doris Foltz, Springfield

Martha Leary, Urbana

Leah Newell, Springfield

Marciann O'Brien, Decatur

David Hanna, Springfield

Betty Primm, Athens

Raymond Russ, Henry

Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria

Joanne Glazebrook, Washington

John Kessinger, Decatur

Carole Sholes, Springfield

Aldo Mancinelli, Decatur

Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign

Mike Tomlianovich, Bloomington

Margaret Ferguson, Peoria

17402.87

12727.90

11385.81

10286.11

7647.89

7087.08

6222.04

4733.46

4646.05

4094.80

3959.55

3863.11

3794.17

3738.12

3471.51

3353.12

3131.79

3081.04

2940.42

2845.29

2705.37

2685.34

2626.39

2532.50

2473.67

2372.29

2308.25

2231.33

2195.96

2170.00

2126.12

2076.13

2066.32

2056.11

2028.08

1967.49

1956.62

1951.74

1946.41

1941.71

1928.77

1870.79

1857.64

1843.67

1795.41

1765.97

1745.93

1708.82

1672.90

1670.72

100

Janice Franz, Springfield

Bernard Riley, Pekin

Chloe Trautman, Champaign

Ronald Simmons, Peru

John Weber, Watseka

Martha Stutz, Springfield

Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy

Paul Lindauer, Varna

Margaret Hansell, Champaign

Martha Neal, Mattoon

John Parsons, Springfield

Sharon Ertz, Hull

Joyce Baehler, Peoria

Michael Jones, Champaign

Bette Wright, Paris

Stephen Hawthorne, Bloomington

Mark Daily, Charleston

Beverly Bakunas, Decatur

Dorothy Lanphier, Mattoon

Loren Alexander, Kewanee

George Veenstra, Springfield

Bobbie Straker, Pekin

J. Nanda, Charleston

Shirley Judy, Urbana

Arlene Drablos, Champaign

Carroll Drablos, Champaign

Phillip Wagner, Springfield

Stephen Borbely, Dewey

Zach Freehill, Bloomington

James Scott, Rantoul

Tim Cull, Springfield

Marilyn Stickel, Lacon

Mary Allen, Peoria

Alan Stutz, Springfield

Larry Richardson, Springfield

Peg Lock, Decatur

Henry Hoffman, Bloomington

Sherry Steigmann, Urbana

Martha Hobbs, Forsyth

Terry Smith, Marseilles

D. Atteberry, Mattoon

Lois Mott, Quincy

Marjorie Hanner, Springfield

Lisa Sievers, Morton

Sylvia Lowry, Springfield

Larry Wilcox, Springfield

Duane Gronau, Bloomington

Patrick Moos, Peoria

Mary Anne Parsons, Springfield

Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign

1670.72

1643.25

1642.26

1642.15

1638.97

1610.44

1603.52

1583.51

1548.97

1540.94

1519.67

1511.39

1487.40

1474.35

1463.87

1457.77

1431.75

1422.33

1414.13

1412.46

1394.73

1378.44

1370.21

1358.99

1345.23

1339.55

1324.52

1306.36

1301.83

1291.23

1280.32

1277.83

1274.02

1255.01

1253.18

1252.35

1241.09

1239.02

1231.06

1230.71

1218.19

1202.38

1186.96

1176.87

1173.49

1172.73

1159.53

1150.94

1143.51

1143.40

North American Pairs

Congratulations to everyone who qualified to play in the District 8 North American Pair finals in Riverton in November. Central Illinois players took the top three places in Flight B and will be representing our District in the national finals at the Spring NABC in Reno NV in March. Congratulations to:

B1 - Dan Faulkner, Monticello IL; Gary Dell, Champaign IL

B2 - Dan Bunde - Michael Ring, Urbana IL

B3 - Ron Diehl, Effingham IL; Mark Daily, Charleston IL

Fall Bridge Weekend Silver-Point Games

November 6-8, 2009 -- Bridge at Ginger Creek, Champaign IL

Friday Individual (6 tables):

1/2 - Chuck Avery - Debbie Avery

3 - Dan Bunde

4 - Robert Gromatka

5/7 - Maureen Swihart, Linda Goersch, Dennis Fitton

Saturday winners (10.5 tables):

NS: ABC1 - Doug Steele & Ken Bengoechea (1st in District 8: 12.21 silver pts.)

ABC2 - Robert & Sandra Gromatka

ABC3 - Julia Torres & Clark Pollard

EW: AB1 - Dan Bunde & Mike Ring

AB2 - John Maloney & Carl Brueckner

A3/B2 - Gary Dell - Bill Lindemann Jr.

B3/C1-Anna Sparling - Shirley Heuerman

C2-Mike Ritchie - Pat Rezabeck

Sunday winners (10 tables):

NS: AB1 - Dr. L. Brown - Bob Shair

AB2 - Robert & Sandra Gromatka

AB3 - Maggie Stephens & John Brandeberry

AB4 - Maureen Swihart - Naomi Orsay

C1 - Doug Steele & Ken Bengoechea

EW: AB1 - Dan Bunde & Mike Ring

AB2 - Bill Lindemann Jr. - Bill Lindemann Sr.

C1/2 - Lowella Biddle - Jean Motsinger

- Duane & Sammye Broline

Champaign bridge player wins international award

Congratulations to Madhu Viswanathan of Champaign, who has been honored with the Bharat Gaurav ("India Pride") award from the India International Friendship Society. The award is given annually to recognize special contributions in the promotion of India's heritage. Previous award winners have included Mother Teresa and the former vice-president of India.

Madhu, who is a business professor at the University of Illinois, was honored for his work in developing marketplace literacy programs that help India's poor improve their consumer and entrepreneurial skills. Those social initiatives complement his research on subsistence marketplaces and his courses on business solutions for alleviating poverty.

He will receive the award in New Delhi, India on January 7 as part of Global Friendship Day.

Illini Champaign Regional -- May 25-31, 2010

It's not too early to begin thinking about spring and our Unit's annual regional, coming up Memorial Day week in Champaign.

We'll again be playing in the spacious Hilton Garden Inn Convention Center and offering lots of extras, including a speakers program, entry-fee discounts, nightly buffets and a hotel hospitality suite for socializing after the game. Bridge rate is $95 at the Hilton or $105 at Homewood Suites.

You can check out the 2010 schedule and find links for making online hotel reservations on the tournament schedule page .
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Movin' Up

Congratulations to these Unit members who recently advanced in rank:

New Junior Master (5 pts.)

Emily Hahn, Rochester
Karla Krueger, Pleasant Plains
Candy Morin, Petersburg
Meg O'Leary, Decatur

Club Masters (20 pts.)

Mel Bibo, Paris
Joann Schroeder, Bloomington

Sectional Masters (50 pts.)

Martie Blazis, Springfield
Shirley Coville, Springfield
Jerry Hinds, Morton

Regional Masters (100 pts.)

Charles Langley, Edinburg
Carol Sue McNaught, Auburn
Joyce McWilliams, Paris

NABC Masters (200 pts.)

Larry Seitzman, Peoria
Dr. Thomas Vermeersch, Springfield

Life Masters (300 pts.)

Linda Wilkening, Springfield

Silver Life Master (1000 pts.)

Caryl Harrison, Canton
Mary Jones, Champaign

WELCOME to new members:

William Allison, Leroy
Richard Foley, Champaign
Wayne Gonyea, Galesburg
Emily Hahn, Rochester
Doris Mabry, Decatur
Carolyn Witmer, Mattoon
Ralph Witmer, Mattoon