Greater St. Louis Bridge News

News from Greater St. Louis Unit 143

Editor:  Mary Dolan, 10806 Charlton Way, St. Louis, MO 63146     dolanmary@sbcglobal.net 
 

“There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill."

 -- Baltasar Gracian (The Art of Wordly Wisdom) 

Meet Me in St. Louis

The year is 2014, not 1904. The event is the St. Louis Regional, not the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, otherwise known as the St. Louis World’s Fair. The theme is bridge, not the advances in science and industry of 110 years ago.

Join fellow bridge players at the Airport Renaissance Hotel from August 11-17,2014 for friendly competition, outstanding hospitality and knowledgeable guest speakers.

New this year, on Monday August 11, a no-cost beginner’s (0-20 points) lesson and game given by Master Teacher Bruce Greenspan. Also new are two novice sessions on Sunday, August 17.

Click here for detailed schedule of Knockout, Swiss, Gold Rush, Barometer, A/X, and many other events.

Congratulations to Unit 143 Advancers

New Life Master: Laura Barnett

New Bronze Life Master: Beverly Dixson

Spring Sectional

Unit 143 hosted its Spring Sectional in St. Charles, MO the weekend of May 16-18. There were 1373.39 masterpoints earned by 428 players at 350 tables. Here are the top twenty masterpoint winners:

29.87 Nate Ward, Champaign IL

28.69 Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO

26.88 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO

26.50 Tod Moses, Saint Louis MO

24.92 Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO

24.92 Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO

23.85 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO

21.92 Curtis Hastings, St Louis MO

21.06 Mark Zellmer, Creve Coeur MO

21.00 En Xie, Saint Louis MO

19.39 Sheldon Margulis, Saint Louis MO

19.02 Randy Baker, St Louis MO

18.31 Mark Ehret, Saint Louis MO

17.79 Bryan Gerard, Bellevue WA

16.12 Jonathan Weinstein, St Louis MO

15.94 Judy Putzel, Saint Louis MO

13.38 Ralph Behrens, Saint Louis MO

13.36 Ellen D'Amato, Kansas City MO

13.36 Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS

13.06 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO

199er Sectional

Unit member Patricia Corich designed this collage of novice event winners.

Clockwise from 12 o’clock high:

   Crystal Beuerlein and Barbara Brown

   Janet Wintermute and John McMullin

   Jerry Dutra and Nadia Alul

   John Welte and Delaine Boyd

   Ann and James Irving

   John Oefelein and Robert Wood

   Rick Armstrong and Donald Corbett

   Michael Goldwasser and Timothy Poor