Midwest Monitor April 2005
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MIDWEST MONITOR APRIL 2005 APRIL 2005 JUNE 2005 Charity Game Month -August 3 NAP Qualifying except -3 Indianapolis Sectional during NABC Indianapolis, IN 3 Worldwide Bridge Contest 8-0 Columbus Sectional 4 Worldwide Bridge Contest Columbus, OH 0-2 Columbus Sectional 11-7 GATLINBURG REGIONAL Columbus, OH Gatlinburg, TN 24-26 Louisville Sectional 25- CINCINNATI REGIONAL Louisville, KY Cincinnati, OH 24-26 Kokomo Sectional Kokomo, IN 27-3 District 11 STaC MAY 2005 3-5 Lexington Sectional JULY 2005 Lexington, KY 2-22 Louisville 299er Sectional 8-0 Charleston Sectional Louisville, KY Charleston, WV 5-7 Evansville Sectional Evansville, IN 2-3 NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Atlanta, GA 26-6 ABA SUMMER NATIONALS St. Louis, MO AUGUST 2005 5-7 South Bend Sectional South Bend, IN 9-4 DAYTON-COLUMBUS REGIONAL Dayton, OH 9-2 Middletown Sectional Middleton, OH 26-28 Terre Haute Sectional Terre Haute, IN SEPTEMBER 2005 Permit No. 1477 No. Permit Louisville KY Louisville US Postage US PRSRT STD PRSRT -30 49’ers North American Pairs PAID 9-11 Pine Mountain Sectional Pineville, KY 4 ACBL-Wide Instant Matchpoint Game 2-8 FT. WAYNE REGIONAL Ft. Wayne, IN 6-8 Madisonville Sectional Madisonville, KY CENTRAL OHIO NEWS Mark Bullimore, Reporting MINI-McKENNEY WINNERS than five master points, can play for free! Look Congratulations to the COBA 2004 Mini- for the advertisement in the May Bridge Bulletin, McKenney winners. All of these individuals on the ACBL website, and at your club. were honored at the COBA annual awards dinner COBA Winter Sectional on April 3. Thanks to everyone who attended the Winter Rookie of the Year: Sylvia Noe. Junior Master Sectional at the Haimerl Center, October 22-24, of the Year: William Zielenbach. Club Master 2004. Special thanks to John Fleeman and Dave of the Year: Tom Lammers. Sectional Master Maul for all their hard work on hospitality. Here of the Year: Lee Caryer. Regional Master of the are the winners: Year: Richard Higgins. NABC Master of the Friday Afternoon Open Pairs: A: G. Shade Year: Barry Slattery. Life Master of the Year: - Kenneth Eichenbaum B: Brenda and Jack Me- Mary Skavaril. Bronze Life Master of the Year: halko C: Harry Wickstrom - James Caldwell. Norma Nickoloff. Silver Life Master of the Year: Friday Afternoon Future Master Pairs: D: Michael Pierce. Gold Life Master of the Year: Nancy Moore - Linda Rice E: Joanne Toth - Sha- Larry Paisley. Diamond Life Master of the Year: ron Maul F: Carlos Dupler - Esther Franklin. Jim Reiman. Friday Evening Open Pairs: A: Walter John- SECTIONALS IN APRIL and JUNE son - Douglas Simson B/C: Marsha Reall - Tom Need some silver? Then come to the COBA Fletcher. Spring Sectional on April 8-0, 2005, at the Friday Evening Future Master Pairs: D: Haimerl Center, 42 Morse Road, Columbus. Thomas Hickey - Christiane Edmondson E: Details are available in the last issue of the Mid- Joan Hildebrand - Carol Long F: Kathleen and west Monitor, on the COBA and ACBL websites, Harold Elliott F: Cheryl Parsons - Marilyn and at all COBA bridge clubs. Come along and Whiteleather. experience this fabulous playing site and our Saturday Morning Open Pairs: A: Patrick great unit hospitality. Clark - Mark Bullimore B/C: Harry Wickstrom Need more silver? Then come to the COBA - James Caldwell. Summer Sectional on June 0-2, 2005, also Saturday Afternoon Open Pairs: A: Shan Au at the Haimerl Center, Columbus. Details are - Walter Johnson B: Joan Phillips - Billie Mattis available in this issue of the Midwest Monitor C: Patricia Hoffman - Joyce Dennis. and on the web. Saturday Afternoon Future Master Pairs: D: GO FOR THE GOLD AT THE Sharon and David Maul. FLYING BUCKEYE REGIONAL Saturday Evening Stratified Open Pairs: A: COBA is again co-sponsoring the Flying Jim Bachelder - Tom Justl B: William Henneke Buckeye Regional, August 9-4, 2005, at the - Barbara Bates C: Sherry McArdle - Gene Hope Conference Center in Fairborn. This is a Owen. great venue for a bridge tournament. It has an at- Saturday Handicapped KO Teams: A: G. tached hotel with plenty of free parking. It is a one Shade, Kenneth Eichenbaum, Ellen Royer, Sud- hour drive from Columbus. Future Master (non- heer Pimputkar B: Kanti Chavada, Ted Doron, life master) players have many events to choose Michael Doron, Suman Agarwal. from including the daily stratified events just for Sunday Swiss Teams: A: Don and Kathleen them, bracketed knockouts where you will be Sulgrove, Kenneth and Laurie Kranyak B: John playing against other Future Masters, and single Kepple, Roger Walton, Thomas Adams, Patricia session events. What’s more, players with less Pua C: William Harmon, Jr., S. Wen, Wen-Jia Chen, Denver Queen D: Suman Agarwal, Kanti MIAMI VALLEY BRIDGE ASSOCIATION Terry Parker, Reporting The Dayton winter sectional was fun and lots Grismer - Patrick Moran. B: Fred Vescio - Kay of masterpoints were won. The winners were: Wortman. C: Donna Gisondi - Lois Walker. Friday Afternoon Open Pairs: A: Tom Miller Saturday Afternoon 299er Pairs: D and E: - Scott Gates. B and C: Caroline Kinlaw - Norma Alma Malas - Mary Hershey. F: John Hoffman Smith. - Norma Lutes. Friday Afternoon 299er Pairs: D and E: Saturday Evening Open Pairs: A: Marshall Stewart Devilbiss - John Heath. F: Jayant Sudame Tuly - Craig Satersmoen. B: Kay Wortman - Fred - Hema Balwall. Vescio. C: Daniel and Mary Legner. Friday Evening Stratified Open: A: Larry Handicap KO Teams, Bracket A: Joyce Den- Klein - Norman Coombs. B: Matthew Bone nis, Patricia Hoffman, Tom and Vonsetta Bush. - Shirley Lee. C: Gene Stoudinger - Robert Bracket B: Gayle McCann, Jerome Siemer, Rick Bickley. O’Conner, Peggy Simpson. Saturday Afternoon Open Pairs: A: Beth Sunday Flight A/X Swiss Teams: A: Larry 2 COLUMBUS SUMMER SECTIONAL June 10-12, 2005 Haimerl Center, 1421 Morse Rd, Columbus, Ohio Exit 116 on I-71 (Morse Rd), East on Morse for 1/2 mile. GREAT HOSPITALITY: Free coffee, sodas, and snacks Friday, June 10 1:30 PM Open Pairs (A: 1500+, B: 750-1500, C: 0-750) Future Masters Pairs (D: 200-300, E: 100-200, F: 0-100) 7:30 PM Open Pairs (A: 1500+, B: 750-1500, C: 0-750) Future Masters Pairs (D: 100-300, E: 50-100, F: 0-50) Saturday, June 11 9:00 AM Bracketed Handicap KOs (continues at 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM) Half-Price Pairs: only $4 (A: 1500+, B: 750-1500, C: 0-750) 1:00 PM COBA Annual General Membership meeting: All welcome 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM (Single session entries accepted) Two-Session Open Pairs (A: 1500+, B: 750-1500, C: 0-750) Future Masters Pairs (D: 100-300, E: 50-100, F: 0-50) 5:00 PM The First Annual COBA Cookout: All welcome Enjoy a free picnic dinner courtesy of COBA Sunday, June 12 12:00 Noon Bracketed Swiss Teams (play through) Teams seeded into brackets of 7 based on a team’s average masterpoints NON SMOKING TOURNAMENT Tournament Chair: Mark Bullimore 614-486-4924 or [email protected] Partnerships: John Beach 614-451-2884 or [email protected] 3 Klein, Norman Coombs, Bruce Parent, Frederic The Mini-McKenney Standings for 2004 are Pollack, Michael Pierce. Flight X: . Cliff Pleat- as follows: Rookie of the Year: . John Heath man, James Meyers, Lee and Paul Pschesang. 2. C. Tom Kerns 3. Joan Reeves. Junior Master Sunday Flight B/C/D Swiss Teams: B and C: of the Year: . Claude Heitzman 2. Dr. Robert Arthur Beach, Michael Doron, Ted Doran, Suman Lutz 3. Ann Levy. Club Master of the Year: Agarwall. D: Bhaskar Samant, Bharati Samant, . Dr. Stewart Devilbiss 2. Sandra Brading 3. Robert Lutz, Robert Hunkeler. Linda Puthoff. Sectional Master of the Year: . The top three masterpoints winners for the Charles Patterson 2. Sue Walker 3. Bruce Walker. tournament were /2. Robert Sulgrove and Regional Master of the Year: . Tom Bush 2. Von- Richard Rudolph 3. Norman Coombs. Congratu- setta Bush 3. Ernest Dalton. NABC Master of the lations to all the winners! Year: . Marilyn O’Conner 2. Wayne O’Conner 3. The Unit 36 Ace of Clubs standings for 2004 Janet Dixon. Life Master of the Year: . Patricia are as follows: Rookie of the Year: . John Heath Hoffman 2. Joyce Dennis 3. Jean Walsh. Bronze 2. C. Tom Kerns 3. Joan Reeves. Junior Master Life Master of the Year: . Paul Hern 2. Barbara of the Year: . Ann Levy 2. Claude Heitzman Peltier 3. Richard Stamper. Silver Life Master of 3. Dr. Robert Lutz. Club Master of the Year: . the Year: 1. Merle Gaaskjolen 2. Joan Gaaskjolen Thomas Kaple 2. Sandra Brading 3. Marlene 3. Kenneth Rexford. Gold Life Master of the Sigler. Sectional Master of the Year: . Ellen Year: . Vickie Sebastian 2. R. Wayne Penrod 3. Jellison 2. Rosalie Carter 3. Rosemarie Sizemore. Craig Satersmoen. Diamond Life Master of the Regional Master of the Year: . Richard Ober 2. Year: . Robert Sulgrove 2. Russell Shoup 3. Carroll Harris 3. Tom Bush. NABC Master of the Bobbi Johnson. Grand Life Master of the Year: Year: . Jeffery Abrams 2. Rosalyn Abrams 3. Marc Low. William Williamson. Life Master of the Year: . Again, congratulations to all the winners for James Malas 2. Patricia Hoffman 3. Joyce Den- their hard work! nis. Bronze Life Master of the Year: . Barbara On a sadder note, several of our members lost Peltier 2. Ankara Utrup 3. Diane Rinaldi. Silver loved ones since the last Monitor. Bobbi Johnson Life Master of the Year: . Jane Barrett 2. Paul lost her mother, Barbara Nixon lost her father, Wayne English 3. Joseph Weinreich. Gold Life and Jo Foster recently lost her husband. We also Master of the Year: . Patrick Moran 2. R. Wayne lost a good bridge player Gary Wright in a freak Penrod 3.