GENERAL
NEWS
This is where you will find a potpourri
of news about the Unit and the players. All of our players,
regardless of MP ranking, will be featured in this area as
seems newsworthy. If you think something should be included
(or not), please let us know. Send email to designteam@unit143.org.
For
a list
of Member Successes (aka WINNERS), try our
work in progress by clicking
here.
2009
(starting
about June 1)
In
case you're curious, for much older material, click
here or click here (I/N)
In
Memory of Unit Members who have died... read
more.
- October Sectional, Oct 16-18, 2009
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Results.
I
lost my coat in the coatroom at the last sectional.
I also found a similar coat. Each coat is beige but
the collars are different. I WOULD LIKE TO TRADE. Please
call. Jeannine Owen - 314-966-6638
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- 199er Championships, 9-26-09
Morning
Results.
Afternoon
Results.
See
Photos of Winners |
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The 199'er was a hugh success with
a total of 55.5 tables ( 36.5 in the AM and 19 in the
PM). This is a record for both the sessions. This
was an increase of 6 tables from our previous record
set at the last tournament in March 2009 (49.5).
First Overall in the Morning Event, Flt A:
Becky Hubert - John
Hubert, Flt B: Arthur
Preedy - Randall Johnson , Flt
C: Robert
Griffin - Wallace Burton. First
Overall in the Afternoon Event, Flt A, B, & C:
Kevin Clarkin - Dennis
Abeln. |
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Unit 143 website passess 1.5 million
"hits" since its beginning in 2005. |
- Nationwide Instant Matchpoint Game
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Kudos
to Marilyn & George Bogacki who
won the NATIONWIDE Instant Matchpoint Game with a 62%
game
at Lake St. Louis. |
- August 2009 Regional a great success.
Click
here for
DAILY BULLETINS
& RESULTS |
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Total
masterpoints: 10991.11 earned by 881 players
Total
attendance: 15632.2 tables.
That is up 145.5 tables from last year. More importantly
we were up 213 tables from 2007.
Dear
Unit 143 Members,
I
would like to thank you all for helping us have such
an outstanding regional! Even with the poor state of
the economy, we ended up about 158 tables ahead this
year over last year. We would never have been in this
good position without your great attendance and support.
Thanks
go to everyone who worked the tournament, the board
members, the players, the directors, and of course,
to Mike Carmen, our Tournament Director. Special thanks
go to Carl Clyne who did an outstanding job with pictures
and to Jennifer Luner who made the Daily Bulletin more
than just a place to print scoring results. Never before
have we had so many happy players.
Hope
to see you all In October at our Fall Sectional. In
the meantime, wishing you health, wealth, and happiness!
Suzi
Shymanski Moore
President
Unit 143
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- NEW
Game,
directed by Janet Vontz, on Saturdays at 12:30
p.m. at Bridgehaven, beginning
on September 19.
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Janet will stratify the game based
on the players who attend. She will collect masterpoint
totals from each player and stratify the game based on
that information so it is roughly 1:1:1. It will
probably change slightly each week. |
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Five
positions on the Unit Board of Directors will become
available November 1, 2009 -- four
from the Greater St. Louis Metro area ONLY
& one for an Out-Metro Director ONLY
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Carl
Clyne, Jennifer Luner, Suzi Shymanski-Moore, & Steve
Zenk all have elected to run for another
term on the Board as in-Metro directors, and will be
re-elected without a formal vote, because no further
nomination were received by petition. The
deadline for a petition was 60 days before the Annual
Membership Meeting at the Fall sectional. See
Bylaws. The Out-Metro directorship will be
shy one member due to lack of candidates. If you
qualify and are willing to serve, please make contact
with a Board of Directors member. |
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Questions remain anonymous when published
(this could allow you to discuss an issue sensitive to
your favorite partnership!). The
next deadline for questions is August 25,
after the Regional. Share your best hand questions from
the Regional. Click here to E-mail
ATE moderator with your questions.
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In
this issue:
Solvers Forum bidding problems -- Tom Dodd, moderator
Interview with Chip & Jan Martel
ACBL Director's Report by Georgia Heth
Youth Bridge Camp
Regional & Sectional Ads
Unit News |
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The ABA/ACBL
Unity Game on June 29, 2009 drew 28 tables. Held
at Olivette Community Center, players kept coming and
coming – and eventually overflowed to two rooms. Using
computer-generated hands and thus having handout records
available, director Mark Ehret handled the overflow
with aplomb. ABA local unit President, Cheryl
Ward, and Jennifer Luner coordinated the event. |
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ACBL Bulletin
(July issue) features local players:
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Roger
Lord, page 18
Marie
Sander, the "Hat Lady", page
45. |
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Flt A: Rod
Van Wyk, Arbha Vongsvivut, Mark Ehret, & Lee Hastings
Flt B: Matt
Diehl, Ron Diehl, Andrew Carver, & Sasanka Ramanadham
Flt C: Dennis
Balfe, Mark Jackson, Edward Schmidt, & Martha Smith
Flt 199er: Mike
Mitra, Bill Maack, Dave Fricke, Ralph Britton |
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Worldwide
Bridge Contest, sponsored by World Bridge Federation.
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On June
5, 2009, Sue
Perez & Tom O'Reilly-Pol placed
17th in the world, 1st in District 8. |
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