♠ Central Illinois' Top 100

Here are the top masterpoint holders in Central Illinois Unit 208 and their lifetime masterpoint totals as of October 6, 2021. 
  

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Colby Vernay, Lacon IL -- 22,655.91 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL -- 14,208.63 James Melville, Springfield IL -- 13,704.49 Chris Benson, Leroy IL -- 13,171.07 Karen Walker, Champaign IL -- 9530.15 Mark Kessler, Springfield IL -- 9154.46 Michael Halvorsen, Champaign IL -- 6076.13     Richard Ellis, Kokomo IN -- 5964.10 Robert Butz, Kankakee IL -- 5851.88 Ron Sholes, Springfield IL -- 5718.82 Nate Ward, Champaign IL -- 5518.24 John Seng, Champaign IL -- 5518.02 Leonard Kaufman, Peoria IL -- 4431.80 Stephen Babin, Normal IL -- 4379.09 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL -- 3882.31 Carole Sholes, Springfield IL -- 3669.53 JoAnn Schroeder, Normal IL -- 3656.09 Mary Allen, Peoria IL -- 3494.23 Zach Freehill, Bloomington IL -- 3480.52 Terry Goodykoontz, Tolono IL -- 3476.47 Deborah Avery, Champaign IL -- 3382.02 Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL -- 3331.25 Edward Horton, Champaign IL -- 3296.85 Elizabeth Zalar, Springfield IL -- 3095.94 Martha Leary, Urbana IL -- 3058.66 Roger Sokol, Minooka IL -- 3033.57 Paul Lindauer, Varna IL -- 3023.86 Marciann O'Brien, Decatur IL -- 3011.61 Cindy Moore, Bloomington IL -- 2996.86 Betty Primm, Athens IL -- 2881.54 Robert Sievers, Champaign IL -- 2800.05 Raymond Russ, Henry IL -- 2793.40 Mark Daily, Charleston IL -- 2788.67 Patrick Moos, Peoria IL -- 2761.66 Michael Heins, Champaign IL -- 2744.64 Leah Newell, Springfield IL -- 2699.22 Janice Franz, Springfield IL -- 2692.78 Patricia Carrington, Champaign IL -- 2689.15 Georgia Heth, Morton IL -- 2673.25 Larry Wilcox, Decatur IL -- 2670.50 Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL -- 2654.93 Charles Zalar, Springfield IL -- 2586.91 Henry Hoffman, East Peoria IL -- 2570.42 George Veenstra, Springfield IL -- 2532.15 David Stevens, Charleston IL -- 2478.63 Mike Tomlianovich, Normal IL -- 2464.96 Carol Umbach, Havana IL -- 2457.94 John Maloney, Champaign IL -- 2431.59 Kay Esworthy, The Villages FL -- 2415.92 John Weber, Watseka IL -- 2396.96

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Larry Richardson, Springfield IL -- 2386.36 Doris Foltz, Springfield IL -- 2369.26 Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL -- 2353.13 Ann Caparros, Springfield IL -- 2350.36 Charles Young, Peoria IL -- 2264.13 Lori Moore, Bloomington IL -- 2256.61 Daniel Taylor, Manteno IL -- 2240.57 Tim Cull, Mechanicsburg IL -- 2150.01 Martha Stutz, Springfield IL -- 2089.48 Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria IL -- 2072.59 Marilyn Stickel, Lacon IL -- 2013.30 Ann Lang, Mattoon IL -- 1994.45 John Parsons, Springfield IL -- 1985.16 Sherry Steigmann, Urbana IL -- 1892.58 Beverly Bakunas, Decatur IL -- 1871.65 Randal Malone, Charleston IL -- 1823.75 Ronald Emmett, Normal IL -- 1817.32 Gary Dell, Champaign IL -- 1791.36 Charles Langley, Mechanicsburg IL -- 1760.03    J. Nanda, Charleston IL -- 1754.26 Robert Steigmann, Urbana IL -- 1722.24 Bill Bulfer, East Peoria IL -- 1717.56 Alan Stutz, Springfield IL -- 1704.15 Shirley Judy, Urbana IL -- 1695.50 Duane Gronau, Bloomington IL -- 1693.22 Rich Pestien, Peoria IL -- 1664.06 Sharon Ertz, Hull IL -- 1659.93 D. Atteberry, Mattoon IL -- 1656.81 Dariel Richardson, Rochester IL -- 1644.29 Joan Burlingame, Urbana IL -- 1600.93 Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign IL -- 1597.79 Jeanette Sgro, Springfield IL -- 1590.50 Marjorie Hanner, Springfield IL -- 1588.23 Charlie Morton, Bloomington IL -- 1572.51 Joyce Clay, Bloomington IL -- 1556.37 Jeffrey Furler, Bloomington IL -- 1553.77 Martha Neal, Mattoon IL -- 1544.62 Mark Beattie, Sherman IL -- 1531.47 Lorraine Wickstrand, Morris IL -- 1529.11 Mary Jones, Champaign IL -- 1524.27 Mary Anne Parsons, Springfield IL -- 1510.08 Donna Kaufman, Peoria IL -- 1493.82 Rea Jones, Champaign IL -- 1471.73 Gerald Huck, Decatur IL -- 1456.20 Thomas Shedlock, Danville IL -- 1438.72 Cal Corbin, Champaign IL -- 1425.44 Melissa Maloney, Champaign IL -- 1421.70 James Scott, Champaign IL -- 1368.52 Daniel Bunde, Urbana IL -- 1366.61 Lawrence Thomas, Peoria IL -- 1361.67

♠ Congratulations to members who have advanced in rank: 

Club Masters:  John Hsu, Urbana & Nancy Rader, Champaign

NABC Master:  E. R. Dalton, Bloomington

Silver Life Master:  Joan Butz, Kankakee

Ruby Life Master:  Mark Beattie, Sherman

♠ Welcome to new members: 

     Linda Couri, Peoria
     Maureen Barnes, Springfield
     Mary Bishop, Canton
     Ryan Fu, Urbana

 ♣  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. For face-to-face clubs, each sanctioned session can can host two championships during October, in addition to the regular quarterly club championship. The games offer double masterpoints (half red, half black). Team games also pay 5-percent gold points. Ask your club manager for the dates of the games in your area.

For online clubs, Club Appreciation championships will be held the week of October ll. Every game from October 11 through 17 will offer double masterpoints (all black). See below for the game schedule for the Central & Southern Illinois Virtual Club on Bridgebase.com.

 ♣  Silver Point Sectional-Tournament-at-Clubs (STAC) -- October 25-31

Lots of silver points will be available for a full week beginning Monday, October 25, when all face-to-face 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 ACBL website for updated results during and after STAC week.

Central & Southern Illinois Virtual Bridge Club

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