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St. Louis Bridge NewsEditor: Marie Sander, St. Louis MO hatlady@prodigy.net
We have been so fortunate in St.
Louis these last few weeks. Usually, we are satisfied if spring actually falls
on a weekend, and consider it a bonus if we don’t actually have to turn the
furnace off and the air conditioner on at the same time. But we have had weeks
and weeks of balmy spring weather. We forget we live in the allergy capital of
the world and contently pull weeds and trim hedges until our eyes swell shut.
Which is why I was so pleasantly
surprised at our May sectional at the big turnout. Due to a family emergency, I
was unable to play on Saturday, but sent Emily out to earn a few shekels as a
caddy. And Sunday, despite the chirping birds and gentle breezes, we packed
ourselves into Memorial Hall like sardines. I looked for the results, and to
save y’all the surprisingly painful process of ferreting them out, here's the
direct link
to the ACBL site with all the tournament winners.
Congratulations to the top five point
winners at the sectional:
Glenn Smith,
Chesterfield
Nancy Popkin, St.
Louis
Norman Athy, St.
Louis
John Dicks, St.
Charles
Larry Kolker, St.
Louis
My name is somewhere along the
bottom of the list, proving I was there. Which makes the point that no matter
what is going on in your life, you can put on a hat (or not), and go toss cards.
Those at the top of the list and those of us on the bottom all got some
enjoyment, companionship and challenge by playing bridge. Not to mention a
lovely dinner and enough popcorn, muffins and soda to sink a battleship.
The other big news for St. Louis comes from the Dallas NABC in April, where several local players did very well. The big winner was Tom Kniest, together with our dear editor Karen Walker, who won the Rockwell Mixed pairs for a whopping 100 master points. Think about how long it took to earn your first 100 points, and imagine getting it all at one time. That is a big win.
Also scoring well in the Mixed Pairs
was Nancy Popkin, who finished 7th overall with Don Stack of Kansas City.
Congratulations to you and to all those St. Louisans who got to go and score big
in Dallas. Ferreting out those results was even more mind bending, so to spare
you the agony, here's the link to the
masterpoints won by all 4000+ people who played in Dallas. To read the Daily
Bulletin covering the Mixed Pairs event, google Tom Kniest, Karen Walker,
Mixed pairs, and voilà.
Well, I’m going to go enjoy the final days of tolerable weather here at Humidity Central and hope to see y’all in the air conditioning soon. Until then, y’all play nice now, -- Marie