Greater St. Louis Bridge News

News from Greater St. Louis Unit 143

Editor:  Sheryl Finkenstadt, St. Louis MO    sheryl@finkenstadt.com

“Every path in life has its puddles."

The really great thing about conventions is that there are so many!
You can select the ones that match your memory, your willingness for complexity, and your tolerance of risk.
Whether you play Standard American or the labyrinth of Precision is mostly a simple matter of personal satisfaction.

2011 District 8 Grand National Teams: St. Louis teams win 3 of 4 flights!

Congratulations go to:

Open Flight winners: Nancy and Alan Popkin, Milt Zlatic, and Rod Beery

Flight A Winners: Susan Perez, John Samsel, Michael Pitonak, and Judy Eaton (Edwardsville) 

Flight C Winners: Sandra and Marvin Meinz, Amy Stabenow, and Steve Reiss,

They will represent District 8 in the GNT competition in the Summer NABC in Toronto this July.

May Sectional

The May Sectional was a rousing success, with 1509.30 silver points earned by 414 players. For example, Friday afternoon’s game (Open and 199er Pairs) had tournament volunteers scrambling to accommodate a tremendous turnout of 75 tables. Congratulate these winners (the only ones for whom we have pictures) when you see them at the tables:

Friday Evening Swiss team: Doug Moore, Dennis Spencer, Suzi Shymanski-Moore & Donna Pedrotti

Saturday KO Bracket II: Jay D Shah, Veena Uberoi,  Roseann Stice & Phyllis Siegel

Saturday Evening 199er: Tony Wening & Renee Barnes

Saturday KO Bracket IV: Allan & Beth Curtis, Sally & Bill Canfield


Sunday Open Swiss Team: Twink Baker, Raye Zeigler, Betty Freeman & Eileen Fritsch

Sunday 299er Swiss Team: Gary Moll, Marian Solari, Kathleen Essma & Ray Laythe

Unit 143 now has 1171 members, more than half with less than 100 MPs. Many thanks and kudos to those involved in promoting our vigorous newcomer program!

Well-deserved congratulations go to the 20 following players who have advanced in rank, as of May 31, 2011.  

Junior Masters (5-20)

Carol J Conrad

Renee Hartstein

Cheryl Judd

Elizabeth Mayer

Tom McGinnis

Jill Padua

Mary Smith

 

Club Masters (20-50)

Crystal Beuerlein

Peter Fuerst

Sandra Hankins

Sam Heyman

Jerry Hoog

Augustyn Ortynski

Marilyn Stoces

 

Sectional Masters (50-100)     

Tony Ponzar
Suzy Schoonmaker

Regional Master (100-200)

Jeff Kopolow

 

NABC Master (200-300)

Martha Hanley
Judy Pass

 

New Life Masters

Linda McHoney

Jan Pass

Mike Vontz

 

New Bronze LMs (500)

Mary Butler

Dianne Glick

Janet K Vontz

 

New Silver LM (1000)

Don Chase

 

New Gold LM (2500)

Mark Boswell

Upcoming Tournaments:

August 8-14, 2011:  Gateway to the West Regional, Renaissance Hotel (next to airport)

September 24, 2011:  199er Championship Tournament, Maryland Heights

Oct 14-16, 2011: Fall Sectional, Blanchette Park (St Charles)