Illini Champaign Regional -- May 23-29, 2017

Make plans now for our Unit's annual regional tournament, coming up Memorial Day week in Champaign.

We'll again be playing in the Hawthorn Suites hotel 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 for a suite with kitchen, one or two beds, sleeper sofa and free wifi. Room rate includes daily hot breakfast and Wednesday-night dinner.

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

This year's schedule features three of the popular Gold Rush Pair events for 0-750 players. You can check out the 2017 events 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 January 6, 2017. The first 19 players 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

20,729.05 -- Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 13,609.54 -- Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 12,134.96 -- Chris Benson, Leroy IL 10,356.93 -- James Melville, Springfield IL           8959.29 -- Karen Walker, Champaign IL 8356.34 --  Mark Kessler, Springfield IL 7657.38 --  Dan Requard, Springfield IL 5591.81 --  Mike Halvorsen, Champaign IL 5586.52 --  Dick Kemmerer, Peoria IL 5443.22 --  Hugh Williams, Carbondale IL 5000.90 --  Nate Ward, Champaign IL 4938.71 --  Robert Butz, Kankakee IL 4828.27 --  John Seng, Champaign IL 4109.41 --  Ron Sholes, Springfield IL 4025.08 --  Phyllis Rahn, Dunlap IL 3954.53 --  Christine Carroll, Champaign IL 3749.77 --  James Carbaugh, Metamora IL 3732.86 --  Carl Brueckner, Champaign IL 3703.79 --  Betty Capodice, Bloomington IL 3492.65 --  Stephen Babin, Normal IL 3427.26 --  Leonard Kaufman, Peoria IL 3290.09 --  Ronald Simmons, Peru IL 3182.70 --  Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL 3057.28 --  Deborah Avery, Champaign IL 3015.46 --  Ned Horton, Champaign IL 2931.31 --  Paul Lindauer, Varna IL 2833.25 --  Elizabeth Zalar, Springfield IL 2682.83 --  Zach Freehill, Bloomington IL 2628.44 --  Carole Sholes, Springfield IL 2613.43 --  Betty Primm, Athens IL 2596.72 --  Chloe Trautman, Champaign IL 2596.32 --  Mary Allen, Peoria IL 2590.12 --  Roger Sokol, Minooka IL 2574.79 --  Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 2543.64 --  Raymond Russ, Henry IL 2542.56 --  Martha Leary, Urbana IL 2534.82 --  Pat Carrington, Champaign IL 2523.78 --  Georgia Heth, Morton IL 2520.38 --  Marciann O'Brien, Decatur IL 2506.47 --  Phyllis Collins, Springfield IL 2481.99 --  Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 2441.03 --  Leah Newell, Springfield IL 2412.12 --  Carol Umbach, Havana IL 2381.13 --  Janice Franz, Springfield IL 2375.73 --  Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 2360.84 --  Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL 2342.36 --  John Weber, Watseka IL 2338.30 --  Charles Zalar, Springfield IL 2289.49 --  Doris Foltz, Springfield IL 2119.39 --  Mike Tomlianovich, Bloomington IL

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

2112.37 --  Patrick Moos, Peoria IL 2110.94 --  Mark Daily, Charleston IL 2072.91 --  Larry Wilcox, Springfield IL 2038.27 --  George Veenstra, Springfield IL 2007.21 --  Aldo Mancinelli, Decatur IL 1962.06 --  Martha Stutz, Springfield IL 1955.41 --  Henry Hoffman, East Peoria IL 1944.72 --  Bernard Riley, Pekin IL 1943.98 --  John Parsons, Springfield IL 1881.00 --  Cindy Moore, Bloomington IL 1834.73 --  JoAnn Schroeder, Normal IL 1811.85 --  Tim Cull, Mechanicsburg IL 1779.05 --  John Maloney, Champaign IL 1733.39 --  Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL 1728.32 --  Marilyn Stickel, Lacon IL 1719.14 --  Beverly Bakunas, Decatur IL 1696.52 --  Larry Richardson, Springfield IL          1659.93 --  Sharon Ertz, Hull IL 1654.92 --  Daniel Taylor, Manteno IL 1651.84 --  J Nanda, Charleston IL 1634.46 --  Sherry Steigmann, Urbana IL 1633.49 --  Ann Caparros, Springfield IL 1622.74 --  Shirley Judy, Urbana IL 1610.17 --  Dariel Richardson, Rochester IL           1605.31 --  Duane Gronau, Bloomington IL 1567.73 --  Ann Lang, Mattoon IL 1567.10 --  Dennis Fitton, Mahomet IL 1565.27 --  Joan Burlingame, Urbana IL 1544.62 --  Martha Neal, Mattoon IL 1544.33 --  D Atteberry, Mattoon IL 1544.03 --  Alan Stutz, Springfield IL 1529.11 --  Lorraine Wickstrand, Morris IL 1528.74 --  Jeanette Sgro, Springfield IL 1521.06 --  Charles Young, Peoria IL 1503.34 --  Robert Shair, Champaign IL 1484.37 --  Marjorie Hanner, Springfield IL 1459.04 --  Robert Steigmann, Urbana IL 1457.32 --  Mary Anne Parsons, Springfield IL 1456.30 --  Randal Malone, Charleston IL 1414.27 --  Gary Dell, Champaign IL 1407.53 --  Jay Poling, Decatur IL 1394.04 --  Lori Moore, Bloomington IL 1368.52 --  Jim Scott, Rantoul IL 1339.85 --  Gary Schechter, Springfield IL 1321.93 --  Donna Kaufman, Peoria IL 1312.57 --  Sylvia Lowry, Springfield IL 1307.37 --  Ronald Emmett, Normal IL 1296.03 --  Charlie Morton, Bloomington IL 1295.49 --  Mary Jones, Champaign IL 1286.64 --  Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign IL

♣  ACBLwide Senior Pairs -- Monday afternoon, March 27

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:

    Bloomington:  Monday Morning DBC (11:45) -- Lori Moore (309) 838-8085

    Springfield:  Bridge Center of Springfield (12:30) -- Ann Caparros  (217) 726-9456

♣  2016-17 North American Pairs -- Club qualifying games in June, July & August

Cheer on our Unit's winners:  The 2016-17 North American Pairs concludes in March when District winners play in the national championship in Kansas City. Six pairs from our Central Illinois Unit will be representing District 8 in the national finals. 

     Flight A:   Nate Ward, Champaign - Tod Moses, St. Louis 

     Flight B:   Mark Daily - Grant Sterling, Charleston
                      Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign - Marilyn Stickel, Lacon
                      Alin Olaru - Rich Pestien, Peoria

     Flight C:   Ziyang Liu, Champaign - Yewen Fan, Urbana
                      Robert Shoop, Normal - Robert Ragland, Mapleton

Play begins on March 8 (Flight A) and March 12 (Flights B & C). You can check the results in the online Daily Bulletins from Kansas City.

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 

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.