WELCOME

UNIT 143

  GREATER ST. LOUIS

Get your promotional garb from Land’s End and help promote our 2013 Spring Nationals.

Steve Zenk,

President

Gateway to the West Regional

August 6-12, 2012  Schedule

St. Louis Spring Sectional

May 18-20, 2012      Schedule

District 8 Grand National Teams

Congratulations to

Rod Beery, Tom Kniest, Tom Oppenheimer &

Nancy & Alan Popkin who won the Open Flight.

Flight A  

 1 - Mike Halvorsen, Champaign IL - Richard Blumenthal, Lake in the Hills IL -         Ned Horton, Champaign IL - Hugh Williams, Carbondale IL

 2 - Steve Brauss - Dennis Spencer - Lee Hastings - Mark Ehret, St. Louis

Flight B 

 1 - Rich Pestien - Mary Allen - Pat Moss - Charles Young, Peoria IL

 2 - Zach Freehill - Randall Motchan - Eunice Patton, Bloomington, IL; Steve Wulfers - Normal IL

Flight C

 1 - Becky Groeninger - Shirley Coville - William Wold - Barbara Gossrow, Springfield IL

 2 - Meg O'Leary - John Benda - Decatur IL - Marilyn Winter, Mt. Zion, IL - Michael Heneghan - Forsyth IL

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In Memoriam

Gwen Schneider died Thursday, May 17. 

Obit when available.

Oretta Morganthaler died Tuesday. May 8.

Oretta was a Silver LM.

Obituary & Guest Book

We will publish names of Unit members who pass away from us and link to an obituary published for two weeks in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Please notify us when you have news to share.

from the Education Committee...

Announcing Youth Bridge Camp June 24-30, 2012 Registration now available. Apply to win 1 of 2 scholarships from Unit 143.

FREE Bridge Lessons for those who have never played

More than 40,000 people have downloaded this user-friendly & comprehensible program from the ACBL web site. Click here for free download.

Bridge Hand of the Week

ACBL Bridge Bites

bridge articles - geared toward the beginner/newcomer bridge player

UPCOMING UNIT-SPONSORED & DISTRICT 8 TOURNAMENTS:

2012 UNIT 143-SPONSORED TOURNAMENTS:

• St. Louis Sectionals
May 18-20
• October 19-21
• St. Louis Regional
  • August 6-12

DISTRICT 8 Tournaments & Nearby Tournaments of Interest

• April 13-15 Effingham, IL Sectional Results
• April 16-22 GATLINBURG, TN REGIONAL Results
• April 30-May 1 District 8 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS Winners

• May 14-20 Hot Springs, AR Regional Schedule
• May 22-28 CHAMPAIGN, IL  Illini Regional schedule

• June 18-24 CRYSTAL LAKE, IL Split Regional
• June 18-22 METROPOLIS, IL  Paducah, KY/So. IL Split Regional

• July 5-8 Memphis, TN Sectional schedule
• July 27-29 Edwardsville, IL Sectional

• Aug. 31- Sept. 1 Paducah, KY Sectional
• Oct. 1-7 FT. WAYNE, IN Regional
• Oct. 5-7 Caseyville, IL Sectional Schedule

• November 1-7 STaC Silver Tournament at Clubs
• November 10 District 8 NAP Finals Springfield, IL

MONTHLY UNIT CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Announcing "8 is Enough" is now "10's Terrific"Change in event format and conditions of contest
• Game details -- 1st Sunday of the Month

• Next game is May 6, 2012; June 3, 2012 at 5:00 PM
• Handicapped Swiss Teams of Four -- 2nd Sunday of the Month
• No Game on Mother's Day: Next game is June 10, 2012

In Memoriam

Oretta Morganthaler died Tuesday  May 8, 2012.

Oretta wias a Silver LM. Her funderal is Friday, May 11 at 10am.

Obituary & Guest Book

We will publish names of Unit members who pass away from us and link to an obituary published for two weeks in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Please notify us when you have news to share.

Unit 143 added 6 new members April   

Welcome them when you see them at the table!

Unit membership is 1179

Masterpoint Races YTD

Kudos to:

*** New Life Masters ***

Hatchie Greene

Martha Hanley

*** New Bronze Life Masters ***

Jan Pass

Jo-Ellyn Ryall

Linda Seibert

*** New Silver Life Masters ***

Bobby Riggs

*** New Gold Life Masters ***

Dennis Spencer

*** New Diamond Life Master ***

*** New Grand Life Master ***

*** OTHER ADVANCERS ***

Mark Behling

Richard Butler

Kathy Foresman

Peter Fuerst

Ann Irving

Debbie Lane

Gary Moll

Anne Pommer

Steve Reiss

Ann Ross

Sharon Sweet

Eric Thompson