Would you like to serve on the Unit Board?

If you live in one of the counties below, this is the year to elect your representative to the Unit 208 Board of Directors:

Area #4:  Christian, Dewitt, Logan, and Macon Counties.

Area #7:  Coles, Cumberland, Clark, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, and Shelby Counties.

A map of the Unit 208 areas is here.

The Area Representative meets with the Board three times a year at our Unit sectionals.

Anyone from these areas who would like to run for a seat on the Board should send name and ACBL number to Unit Secretary Ann Schuyler by March 15th. Elections will be held in May or June and the new term will begin in July. You can contact Ann by email (annschuyler@gmail.com ).

New site for the Illini Champaign Regional -- May 21-27, 2013

This year's Illini Champaign Regional will be at the Hawthorn Suites, an all-suite hotel one block south of our former site (Hilton Garden Inn).

The Hawthorn bridge rate is $85 if you book for three nights or more ($96 for one or two nights). The rate includes free hot breakfast buffet, free wifi and use of the fitness center, hot tub and indoor pool. Pet-friendly. Parking is free, and there are many restaurants within walking distance.

Hawthorn reservations:  217-398-3400.  Please reserve early.

This year's schedule features two two-session morning Swiss Teams and three of the popular Gold Rush Pair events for 0-750 players. You can check out the 2013 events and find links on the tournament schedule page.
 

♣   Central Illinois Top 100   ♣

Here are the top masterpoint holders in Central Illinois Unit 208 and their career point totals as of February 6, 2013. The first 20 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).
  

1    2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Colby Vernay, Lacon -- 18,860.48 Gary Kessler, Springfield -- 12,206.36 Chris Benson, Le Roy -- 10,982.68 Karen Walker, Champaign -- 8286.81 Mark Kessler, Springfield -- 7538.57 James Melville, Springfield -- 7224.76 Dan Requard, Springfield -- 7179.67 Michael Halvorsen, Champaign -- 5230.24          Dick Kemmerer, Peoria -- 4620.51 Larry Rabideau, St. Anne -- 4558.25 Robert Butz, Kankakee -- 4202.18 Nate Ward, Champaign -- 4120.98 Phyllis Rahn, Dunlap -- 3970.10 Hugh Williams, Carbondale -- 3954.79 John Seng, Champaign -- 3945.84 James Carbaugh, Metamora -- 3567.48 Christine Carroll, Champaign -- 3489.55 Betty Capodice, Bloomington -- 3471.31 Carl Brueckner, Champaign -- 3381.77 Ron Sholes, Springfield -- 3369.70 Henry Schroder, Quincy -- 3017.02 Stephen Babin, Normal -- 2920.63 Leonard Kaufman, Peoria -- 2898.95 Richard Gibons, Princeton -- 2841.18 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville -- 2808.72 Deborah Avery, Champaign -- 2784.21 Ronald Simmons, Peru -- 2723.52 Edward Horton, Champaign -- 2604.44 Elizabeth Zalar, Springfield -- 2519.82 Paul Lindauer, Varna -- 2443.27 Georgia Heth, Morton -- 2437.44 Phyllis Collins, Springfield -- 2377.14 Patricia Carrington, Champaign -- 2326.74 Chloe Trautman, Champaign -- 2319.51 Leah Newell, Springfield -- 2292.60 Betty Primm, Athens -- 2273.83 Robert Sievers, Champaign -- 2250.58 Charles Zalar, Springfield -- 2248.47 Raymond Russ, Henry -- 2212.64 Carol Umbach, Havana -- 2199.64 Carole Sholes, Springfield -- 2190.84 Martha Leary, Urbana -- 2174.31 Marciann O'Brien, Decatur -- 2165.52 Doris Foltz, Springfield -- 2131.29 Joanne Glazebrook, Peoria -- 2105.90 John Kessinger, Decatur -- 2072.14 Margaret Hansell, Champaign -- 2036.18 Janice Franz, Springfield -- 2018.47 Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign -- 1973.74 John Weber, Watseka -- 1972.26

51    52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Zach Freehill, Bloomington -- 1969.60 Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria -- 1943.78 David Hanna, Springfield -- 1942.51 Mike Tomlianovich, Bloomington -- 1934.01           Larry Wilcox, Springfield -- 1890.96 Aldo Mancinelli, Decatur -- 1882.93 Roger Sokol, Minooka -- 1829.19 Martha Stutz, Springfield -- 1776.05 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy -- 1758.62 Bernard Riley, Pekin -- 1757.43 George Veenstra, Springfield -- 1738.35 John Parsons, Springfield -- 1709.27 Mark Daily, Charleston -- 1682.06 Henry Hoffman, Bloomington -- 1679.70 Mary Allen, Peoria -- 1672.71 Sharon Ertz, Hull -- 1659.93 Patrick Moos, Peoria -- 1640.85 Eunice Patton, Bloomington -- 1636.59 Tim Cull, Springfield -- 1623.31 Beverly Bakunas, Decatur -- 1586.75 J. Nanda, Charleston -- 1569.30 Martha Neal, Mattoon -- 1544.62 Bobbie Straker, Pekin -- 1515.43 Shirley Judy, Urbana -- 1488.01 Marilyn Stickel, Lacon -- 1465.71 Larry Richardson, Springfield -- 1445.90 Duane Gronau, Bloomington -- 1426.87 Sherry Steigmann, Urbana -- 1422.22 Joan Green, Springfield -- 1404.32 Ann Caparros, Springfield -- 1402.24 Alan Stutz, Springfield -- 1398.51 Arlene Drablos, Savoy -- 1393.31 James Scott, Rantoul -- 1364.57 Marjorie Hanner, Springfield -- 1346.67 Gary Schechter, Springfield -- 1339.85 Dariel Richardson, Rochester -- 1332.23 D. Atteberry, Mattoon -- 1324.20 Dennis Fitton, Urbana -- 1318.26 Peg Lock, Decatur -- 1311.87 Mary Anne Parsons, Springfield -- 1305.62 Stephen Borbely, Dewey -- 1304.69 Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign -- 1281.22 Jay Poling, Decatur -- 1260.65 Robert Shair, Champaign -- 1257.37 Sylvia Lowry, Springfield -- 1250.90 Robert Steigmann, Urbana -- 1247.83 James Faulkner, Quincy -- 1209.93 Fei Dong, Peoria -- 1202.85 Rosa Tayman, Kansas -- 1196.80 Robert Hathaway, Decatur -- 1188.90

Coming up on the Club Calendar

♣  ACBLwide Senior Pairs -- Monday afternoon, March 4

This annual event, open to ages 55+, offers extra masterpoints, pre-dealt hands and online hand analyses after the game. The same hands are being played at clubs around the nation and will offer District-wide and nationwide awards. The sanction fee is $1 more than your club's regular entry fee. Central Illinois clubs that will be hosting this game are:

    Champaign:  Bridge at Ginger Creek  (12:30 pm) -- Karen Walker (217-359-0042)   kwalker2@comcast.net

♣  2013-14 North American Pairs -- Club qualifying games in June, July & August

Cheer on our Unit winners:  The 2011-12 North American Pairs concludes in March when District winners play in the national championship in St. Louis. Six pairs from our Unit will be representing District 8 in the national finals. 

Flt. C:  Jerry Oswald, Bloomington & Lane O'Connor, Towanda
            Aravind Alwan, Champaign & Milt Epstein, Urbana

Flt. B:  Bernard Riley, Pekin & Mary Allen, Peoria
            Bob Shair & Gary Dell, Champaign
            Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign  & Michael Ring, Bothell WA

Flt. A:  Mark Kessler, Springfield & Colby Vernay, Lacon

Play begins on March 12. You can check on their results in the online Daily Bulletins from St. Louis.

Mini--McKenney & Ace of Clubs updates

Visit the ACBL Unit Awards page to view lists of the top ten Unit players in each category (type 208 into the box that asks for your Unit number). Official results will be posted in mid-February. Year-end results for our Central Illinois Unit will be published in the April issue of this newsletter.

Movin' Up 

   Congratulations to these Unit members who recently advanced in rank: