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News from Central Illinois Unit 208
Editor: Karen Walker, 2121 Lynwood Drive, Champaign 61821
(217) 359-0042 kwbridge@comcast.net
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News from Central Illinois Unit 208 Editor: Karen Walker, 2121 Lynwood Drive, Champaign 61821 (217) 359-0042 kwbridge@comcast.net |
Illinois Senior
Olympics A big 68.94% game earned Ray Russ and Pat Moos (left photos) the gold medal in the 2012 Illinois Senior Olympics Bridge Tournament.
Close behind with 68.45% were silver medalists Ron & Carole Sholes of Springfield (right).
This
ninth annual contest drew
30 tables of players ages 50 and over.
Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up:
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A1 - Ray Russ - Pat Moos A2 - Ron & Carole Sholes A3 - Marj Hanner - Jennie Sgro A4 - Mary Allen - Marilyn Stickel A5/B1/C1 - Richard & Linda Hahn A6 - Leah Newell - Larry Wilcox B2/C2 - Jane Crawford - Jane Greiser B3 - Julie Hubbard - Tim Cull |
B4 - Sallie Boge - Ann Schuyler B5 - Hank Hoffman - Darryl Bremner B6 - Robert Lenz - Jeff Ehrlich C3 - Barbara Cantrell - Vilma Smith C4 - John Benda - Mike Heneghan C5 - Caroline Ray - Richard Brown C6 - Dan Punzak - Gene Vernon |
Gold Medal winners within age groups: |
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Women: Leah Newell Carole Sholes Mary Allen Jennie Sgro Jane Greiser Phyllis Collins Marj Hanner Helen Glisson |
Men: Barry Badgett Pat Moos Richard Hahn Ron Sholes Hank Hoffman Ray Russ |
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New
Unit Website: www.unit208.orgCentral Illinois Bridge Association (Unit 208) has launched a new website to provide information and updates for our 700+ members. The site provides tournament flyers, links to club web sites, Unit Board news and other helpful features.
Thanks to Unit President Carole Sholes and site designer Gene Wheeler for undertaking this project. Gene has also volunteered to serve as web master for the site.
Make it your one place for
information about bridge in central Illinois!
Mini--McKenney & Ace of Clubs Leaders (through
9/6/2012)
Here are the year-to-date leaders from Central Illinois Unit 208 in the annual ACBL masterpoint races.
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Category |
Mini-McKenney |
Ace of Clubs |
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Rookie (0-5) |
Debby Saunders, St. Augustine FL -- 17 pts. |
Debby Saunders, St. Augustine FL -- 16 pts. |
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Jr. Master (5-20) |
Aravind Alwan, Champaign -- 51 |
John Honegger, Peoria -- 21 |
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Club Master (20-50) |
Jane Grieser, Springfield -- 66 |
Jane Grieser, Springfield -- 31 |
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Sectional Master (50-100) |
Douglas Sutton, Springfield -- 65 | Mary Stuart, Urbana -- 27 |
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Regional Master (100-200) |
Cindy Moore, Bloomington -- 170 | Sandra Stults, Springfield -- 69 |
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NABC Master (200-300) |
JoAnn Schroeder, Normal -- 102 | JoAnn Schroeder, Normal -- 47 |
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Life Master (300-500) |
Charles Langley, Mechanicsburg -- 115 | Shirley Logan, Springfield -- 65 |
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Bronze LM (500-1000) |
Camilla Rabjohns, Peoria Hts -- 109 | Charlie Morton, Bloomington -- 55 |
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Silver LM (1000-2500) |
Roger Sokol, Minooka -- 222 |
Larry Wilcox, Springfield -- 93 |
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Gold LM (2500-5000) |
Hugh Williams, Carbondale -- 236 |
Steve Babin, Normal -- 64 |
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Diamond LM (5000-7500) |
Jim Melville, Spriingfield -- 476 |
Mike Halvorsen, Champaign -- 26 |
| Emerald LM (7500-10,000) | Karen Walker, Champaign -- 209 | Karen Walker, Champaign -- 6 |
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Platinum LM (10,000+) |
Colby Vernay, Lacon - 422 |
Chris Benson, LeRoy -- 28 |
Visit the ACBL Unit Awards page to view lists of the top ten Unit 208 players in each category.
Club Appreciation Month -- October 1-31
ACBL designates October as Club Appreciation Month and offers all clubs the opportunity to host "extra" club championships, with no added fees. Each sanctioned session can can host one pairs championship and one Swiss Team championship anytime during October. The games offer extra masterpoints (black points, 85 percent of sectional rating). Team games also pay 5-percent gold points. Ask your club manager for the dates of the games in your area. More information is also available from specialevents@acbl.org.
Silver
Point Sectional-at-Clubs
(STAC) -- Thursday through Wednesday, November 1-7
Loads of silver points will be available for a full week beginning October 31, when all clubs in District 8 can award sectional-rated silver points at all sessions. The event also offers District-wide overall awards, giving you the chance to win as many as 15 silver points in one session. See the District 8 Silverpoint Sectional website for updated results during and after STAC week.
Movin' Up
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