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St. Louis Bridge NewsEditor:
Mary Dolan, 10806 Charlton Way, St. Louis, MO 63146
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“We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.”
--
Winston
Churchill
Celebrate summer by attending the St. Louis Gateway to the West Regional July 13 – 19. Please note the dates – a change for this year only to accommodate the August NABC in Chicago. A new two-session bracketed Swiss is scheduled for Sunday, July 19. Click here for full schedule of events.
Life Master: Marian (Murph) Solari
Bronze Life Master: Mike Vontz
Meritorious
Service AwardAt the May sectional, President Linda Siebert presented Unit 143 member Jennifer Luner with the Meritorious Service Award in honor of Jennifer’s almost 20 years of service to the unit and to the St. Louis bridge community.
Here are a few of Jennifer’s contributions:
Unit president 2006-2007.
Datebook production and continued involvement as proofreader.
Coordination of North American Pairs and Grand National Teams as
well as St Louis Knockouts and Bragging Rights matches vs. Kansas City.
Production of the Daily Bulletin for St. Louis regionals.
Member of original Unit 143 website design team and ongoing
position as webmaster.
Jennifer continues to give many hours of volunteer service to maintaining and enriching Unit 143 website.
After thanking her husband Lee Hastings for his support, Jennifer said, “I receive great satisfaction seeing what we have accomplished with the website and with over 1,700,000 hits I think we must be doing something worthwhile. I believe we are all so fortunate to be part of this Unit … and if it takes a village to keep bridge thriving, then Unit 143 is a metropolis.”
To cap off the day, Jennifer -- with partner Carol Hamilton and teammates Lee Hastings (Jennifer’s husband) and Mark Ehret -- took second place in the highly competitive Sunday Swiss.
Also recognized at the St. Louis spring sectional were the 2014 Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney winners.
Ace of Clubs winners: (left to right) En Xie, Arbha Vongsvivat, Michael Kelly, John Levis, Diana Votaw, Judy Putzel, Jack Bryant.
Winners not pictured:
Thomas Hanewinkel, John Belfi, Susan Wolff, George Markus, Randy Baker, Carol
Hamilton
Mini McKenney winners: (left to right) En Xie, Debra Romero, William Davis, Steve Clements, Arbha Vongsvivat, Clay Cuthbertson, Diana Votaw, Michael Kelly, Jack Bryant
Winners not pictured:
Thomas Hanewinkel, John Belfi, George Markus, Randy Baker
Spring
Sectional results Here are St. Louisan Steve Zenk and Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL after taking first overall in the two-session Saturday open pairs event. This victory helped place them among the top 25 masterpoint winners listed below.
38.55 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO
34.58 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL
33.45 Curtis Hastings, Saint Louis MO
31.61 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO
30.92 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO
27.53 Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO
26.81 Judy Eaton, Edwardsville IL
26.35 Rod Beery, Saint Charles MO
25.84 Stephen Zenk, Saint Louis MO
25.54 Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO
24.58 James Ward, Champaign IL
24.10 En Xie, Saint Louis MO
20.88 Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO
18.27 Jonathan Weinstein, Saint Louis MO
18.24 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO
18.05 Susan Perez, Maryland Hgts MO
17.78 Arbha Vongsvivut, Godfrey IL
17.49 Ralph Behrens, Saint Louis MO
16.54 Peggy Wald, Chesterfield MO
16.04 Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL
14.42 Roseann Stice, Bethalto IL
14.24 Mark Ehret, Saint Louis MO
13.98 Michael Pitonak, Valley Park MO
13.86 Allyson Wolfe, Saint Louis MO
13.85 Jennifer Luner, Saint Louis MO