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Meet Your Tds Boats, Planes and Automobiles Friday, March 19, 2010 Volume 53, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 53rd Spring North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith Meet your TDs Heavy timber falls This is part of a Fortunately for the game, along the way new series of articles Perkins discovered bridge, and although the route in Vanderbilt KO profiling tournament was circuitous, he finally made his way into the Three of the top five seeds in the Vanderbilt directors who work tournament director ranks. Knockout Teams are out as Nos. 1, 2 and 5 were at NABCs. Perkins originally went to UT on a scholarship defeated in the round of 16. For awhile to study mechanical engineering. After three years Now on the sidelines are No. 1 Nick Nickell, there, it looked as of that, he decided engineering was not what he toppled by the French-Norwegian squad captained though the bridge wanted to do with his life. He had always liked and continued on page 18 world might never excelled at math, so he changed his major, “and I Bean Red Ribbon Pairs be graced with Kevin had to start all over.” Perkins’ friendly At one time during his studies, Perkins thought concludes today presence. He was, he might want to become a math professor at a Marcus Ballinger of Burlingame CA and after all, apparently college. In reality, he says, “I was dragging my feet Eugene Sor of Richmond CA lead the qualifiers set on a career as a because I didn’t know what I wanted to do.” after two sessions. The pair scored 72.21% in the student. At an off-campus dormitory where he lived evening session Their carryover is 221.19.. He graduated high school in Denison TX in during college, the building had a huge lobby with Ivanie Yeo of Brighton MA and Lou Sunshine 1985. Eleven years later, he had just barely finished lots of tables where students played a wide variety of Framingham MA have the second-highest a master’s degree in math at the University of of games, including numerous card games. carryover with 203.46. In third are Lee Maddocks Texas at Austin, the city he calls home today. Time Perkins came from a games-playing family, and Stewart Tunick, both of Modesto CA. to begin the doctorate program. continued on page 16 Icelanders leading Boats, planes and automobiles in Silodor Open Jon Baldursson and Thorlakur Jonsson, two “Planes, trains and automobiles” is a 1987 2000, averages two to four tables, but that’s in the former world champions from Iceland, will start movie starring Steve Martin and John Candy. It’s winter. During the summer, the club closes down – today’s play in the Silodor Open Pairs with a about a man who struggles to travel home for players are busy doing other things. carryover lead of 32 matchpoints. The two were Thanksgiving. Roger Schnabel is a construction contractor on Iceland’s winning Bermuda Bowl team in Martin and Candy have nothing on four players who builds roads. Shields is a jeweler and Yokohama, Japan, in 1991. who came from Alaska to play here in Reno. former mayor of Haines. Bigsby is a commercial Right behind them are David Lindop of John and Roger Schnabel, Gregg Bigsby and fisherman. John Schnable, father of Roger, is 90 Toronto ON and Marc Nathan of New York Fred Shields are bridge players from Haines AK years old, but still works. He’s a gold miner who City. In third with two final sessions to play are (775 miles southeast of Anchorage AK). To get owns his own mine. Albert Chow of Folsom CA and George Lim of here they took a four and one-half hour ride on a “My Dad has a little more than 500 points,” Sacramento CA. ferryboat from Haines to Juneau. Then they flew says Roger, “but he would have at least five from Juneau AK to Seattle WA to Reno. Finally, times as many if he lived where there were more Lewis and Burger lead they took a shuttle from the airport. tournaments.” This is the first NABC for Roger Schnabel Haines is part of Unit 428 and has only 51 Womens and Shields. Bigsby went to the NABC in San players. It has one sectional each year during late Scoring a whopping 69.08% in the first Francisco a little more than two years ago and John April. qualifying session, Linda Lewis of Sioux Falls SD Schnabel has been to several. “Haines has a wonderful tournament,” says and Suzy Burger of West Bloomfield MI lead the “It’s been wonderful,” says Bigsby. “We’ve Shields. “The weather is great and we have terrific qualifiers in the Whitehead Women’s Pairs. The really had fun.” food. We have halibut and smoked salmon that pair followed with a 53.19% in the second session The bridge club in Haines, population of about continued on page 6 and have nearly a two-board carryover of 48.0 matchpoints. The top in today’s two final sessions will be 25. K. Fung and Susan Culham, both of Edmonton AB, qualified second. Gigi Simpson and Cecilia Rimstedt are third. Goodwill message Today’s opponent may be tomorrow’s partner – a good reason to treat opponents and partner with respect and courtesy: the way you expect to be treated. Aileen Osofsky, Chairman National Goodwill Committee Attendance 9375 Tables Players from Haines AK: Gregg Bigsby, John Schnabel, Roger Schnabel and Fred Shields. Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Friday, March 19 Saturday, March 20 9 a.m Hall of Fame Interviews. Room: 10 a.m. Hall of Fame Interviews. Room: Ruby 2. Ruby 2. 11:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Women’s Team Trials meeting. Sunday, March 21 Room: Sierra 2. 11 am - 5:30 p.m. Vugraph. Room: TBA. 8 p.m. til Vugraph. Room: TBA. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures in Carson Ballroom. Saturday, March 20 Friday, March 19 9:15 am Barry Harper The 30‑Point Deck 9:15 a.m. McKenzie Myers Partnership Defense 6:45 pm Jeff Roman The Difference Between Pairs & Robert Todd and Teams 6:45 p.m. Ellen Kent Parameters of Preempts ENTERTAINMENT / FOOD Nevada Foyer — Lower Level Nevada Foyer — Lower Level Friday March 19 Friday, March 19 10:30 p.m. Fifties Sock Hop 10:30 p.m. Fruit Cup Free Beer and cash bar. Saturday, March 20 10:30 p.m. Veggies Electronic Device Policy Today’s hosts the individual clubs and game times, please visit their website at: www.bridgescore.com/oahubridge/ The electronic Each day, a different group of units will host locations.php. device policy is revised the NABC. The host for today is Area 4. Their as follows: representative is Lily Johannessen. The units in Kihei and Maui Unit 471 1. For all NABC+ Area 8 are: Unit 471 is located on the beautiful island of rated events at NABCs: The Big Island Unit 469 Maui and has one bridge club. It is probably one Electronic devices, Hawaii’s Big Island isn’t just big — It’s still of the few clubs in the world, other than the clubs including but not limited growing! Famous for the active Kilauea volcano, on Oahu, that has an ocean view and is only steps to, phones, cameras, Hawaii’s Big Island is home to a list of fascinating from a sandy beach. In the winter, it gets humpback PDAs, and others anomalies. whale activity directly offshore and close to the capable of sending or Eleven different climate zones generate club. The unit has a membership of 50 with an receiving electronic everything from lush rain forests to arid deserts, increase during the winter months. communication are excluded from the playing black sand beaches to snow-capped mountaintops. The Maui Bridge Club has games on Monday, areas during any session of play. This does not The unit has a membership of 95 with three bridge Wednesday and Saturday. In the winter months, apply to health-related equipment. clubs. they add an additional game on Thursday. They 2. For all events at an NABC other There is a beautiful club in Kona, which is have one sectional each year in the month of than a NABC+ rated event: Except for located at the Hualalai Academy Building. They February. health-related equipment, or by permission of the have games on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Director-in-Charge of the tournament, cell phones, In the winter months, they also have a game on audible pagers or similar equipment may not be Tuesday. The club in Waikoloa offers games on operated or operable in any manner in the playing Monday and Friday at the Waikoloa Village Golf area during a session of play. Any such equipment Club House. A third club in Hilo hosts a game only must not be visible during the session. Sponsoring on Sunday at the Eagles Lodge. organizations of other ACBL-sanctioned events are The unit holds one sectional a year in late encouraged to adopt a similar policy. February. 3. These restrictions in numbers 1 and 2 above apply to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, Honolulu Unit 470 play recorders (except those designated by ACBL) In the Hawaiian language, Honolulu means and kibitzers and are in force throughout any actual “sheltered bay” or “place of shelter” and is located playing session or segment of play. on the island of Oahu. The unit has a 433 members 4. A violation of any of the restrictions in with bridge clubs on the islands of Oahu, Kauai numbers 1 and 2 above will result in a disciplinary and Guam making it the 13th largest unit in the penalty of one full board (12 IMPs at that form ACBL.
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