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 
 

“We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information --
and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise." 

 -- Nate Silver 

St. Louis Gateway to the West Regional

Pack your bags and head to the St. Louis Gateway to the West Regional August 15-21.

New on Sunday, beginning at 10 AM:

In addition to the above, you will enjoy terrific hospitality, expert guest speakers, and the fellowship of other bridge enthusiasts. You will be able to select from daily open pairs, five 4-session knockout events, daily Swiss events. Two Gold Rush sessions are available for those in the 0-750 point range. And I/N players will have afternoon and evening sessions. Click here for full schedule.

Unit 143 congratulates these 2016 GNT winners!

Championship Flight: Jonathan Weinstein, Kenny Bland, Tom Kniest, Ron Ashbacher, St. Louis

Flight A, 2nd place: Richard Ellis, Kokomo IN; Martha Leary, Urbana IL; Mike Carmen and Kathleen Safranski, St. Louis

Flight C, 2nd place: John Hagedorn, Kathy Hagedorn, James Pascoe, Brad Stout, St. Louis

Congratulations to Unit 143 Advancer

    Life Master: Hong Liu

2015 Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney

These 2015 Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney winners were recognized at the Spring Sectional.

New Life Master pin recipient and Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs winners:

L to R: Hope Wood (New Life Master), John Levis (100-200), Ann Lemp (200-300), Debra Romero (2500-5000), Ralph Behrens (5000-7500), En Xie (Over 10,000)

Missing from Picture: William Thompson (0-5), John Hagedorn (5-20), Robert Gardner (20-50), Thomas Hanewinkel (50-100), George Markus (300-500), Doris Schwartz (500-1000), Randy Baker (1000-2500), Milt Zlatic (7500-10,000)

Mini-McKenney winners:

L to R: Estella Lau (100-200), Mike Kelly (300-500), Delaine Boyd (200-300), Sue Perez (5000 - 7500), Jack Bryant (Over 10,000), Mark Boswell (2500-5000), Clay Cuthbertson (1000-2500)

Missing from Picture: William Thompson (0-5), John Hagedorn (5-20), Mary Kernan (20-50), Thomas Hanewinkel (50-100), Doris Schwartz (500-1000), Milt Zlatic (7500-10,000)

Spring Sectional results

Two events were named this year in honor of deceased Unit 143 former board members Bobby Riggs and Carole Burt. At the Friday afternoon Bobby Riggs Open event, Bobby’s widow Kate Warne partnered with Linda Bryant. The two women earned a Section top in A, B, and C.

At 365 tables, 428 players earned a total of 1578.49 masterpoints. Below are the top 20 masterpoint winners.

 49.75  Tod Moses, Saint Louis MO

 35.44  Nate Ward, Champaign IL

 31.90  Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO

 28.23  Susan Perez, Maryland Hgts MO

 27.74  En Xie, Saint Louis MO

 24.85  James Nunn, Chesterfield MO

 24.37  Jerome Shen, Saint Louis MO

 23.53  Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO

 23.28  John Samsel, Chesterfield MO

 20.29  Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO

 19.52  Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO

 19.30  Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO

 18.82  Michael Pitonak, Valley Park MO

 18.45  Michael Carmen, Saint Louis MO

 18.45  Kathleen Safranski, Chesterfield MO

 18.35  Norman Athy, Saint Louis MO

 18.10  Peggy Wald, Chesterfield MO

 18.04  Mike Giacaman, Saint Louis MO

 17.88  Linda Powers, Chesterfield MO

 17.88  Beryl Shapiro, Saint Louis MO