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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 |
Silver
Point StarsMany of our Unit members had big successes in the Fall Silver Point Sectional, held at local clubs the week of October 29. Congratulations to these players who were the top 25 point winners in our Unit.
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13.13 Lawrence Thomas, Peoria 10.31 Patrick Moos, Peoria 9.94 Bernard Riley, Pekin 9.39 Terry Goodykoontz, Tolono 8.77 Bill Strauss, Urbana 8.46 Ann Lang, Mattoon 7.46 Raymond Russ, Henry 7.20 JoAnn Schroeder, Normal 6.91 Ronald Sholes, Springfield 6.72 Gene Albrecht, Mt Zion 6.49 Zach Freehill, Bloomington 6.08 Pat Carrington, Champaign |
6.05 William Morgan, Mattoon 5.63 Chuck Langley, Mechanicsburg 5.34 Larry Richardson, Springfield 5.10 Linda Odette, Bloomington 4.99 Marciann O'Brien, Decatur 4.91 Connie Tucker, Champaign 4.50 Richard Millman, Peoria 4.45 Dan Punzak, Springfield 4.43 Irene Wen, Urbana 4.37 Kirk Kimmel, Peoria 4.31 Stephen Babin, Normal 4.21 Sue Richardson, Springfield 4.17 Beverly Bakunas, Decatur |
The next Silver Point Sectional is coming up the week of May 6, 2019. Check with your local club manager for details on the special games in your area.
North American Pairs
Thank you to everyone who played in the District 8 North American Pair finals in Urbana on November 11. Seven Central Illinois pairs qualified to represent District 8 in the national finals in Memphis TN in March. Congratulations and good luck to:
A2 - Nate Ward & Karen Walker, Champaign
B1 - Lori Moore & Cindy Moore, Bloomington
B2 - Mark Daily & Grant Sterling, Charleston
B4 - Bob & Sherry Steigmann, Urbana
C1 - Patricia Lloyd - Virginia Lang, Springfield
C2 - Marilou Landes, Savoy - Claudette Gonsiorowski, Champaign
C4 - Len Steffen, El Paso - Patricia Lebeck, Normal
Illini
Champaign Regional -- May 21-27, 2019
It's not too early to begin making plans for our Unit's annual regional, coming up Memorial Day week in Champaign.
We'll be playing at the same site (the former Hawthorn Suites), now called Champaign Suites. Each room in this recently remodeled hotel includes a kitchenette, one or two beds and a sofa bed. The hotel also offers a pool and free hot breakfast, wifi and parking for the $95 bridge rate.
This year's schedule features three 0-750 Gold Rush Pair events and a new Gold Rush Swiss Teams on Friday. You can check out the 2019 events on the tournament schedule page .
There are club games in 13 cities in our Central Illinois Unit 208. To get details about game schedules or find partners, visit the club web site or call or email the club manager. You can also find schedules and contact information on the Find a Club page on the ACBL web site.
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Unit 208 clubs with web sites: Bloomington: Mike's Bridge Club Canton: Canton/Spoon River DBC Champaign: Bridge at Ginger Creek Peoria/Pekin: Peoria Bridge Club Springfield: Bridge Club of Springfield Other Central Illinois clubs:
Charleston
Danville |
Decatur
Galesburg Jacksonville
Paris
Quincy |
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Movin' Up: Congratulations to these Unit members who recently advanced in rank:
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Welcome to new members:
Michael Bohn, Peoria
Junior Master (5 pts.) Sue Saunders, Jacksonville
Club Master (20 pts.) Virginia Hosler, Peoria
Sectional Master (50 pts.)
Mike Marlow, Champaign |
Regional Master (100 pts.) Glee Cumbow, Danville
NABC Master (200 pts.) Kevin Stewart,
Champaign
Advanced NABC Master (300 pts.) Linda Odette, Bloomington
Life Master (300 pts.)
Nancy Chesley, Springfield
Bronze Life Master (500 pts.)
Dan Punzak, Springfield
Silver Life Master (1000 pts.) Sue Richardson, Springfield
Ruby Life Master (1500 pts.) Charlie Morton, Bloomington |