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DISTRICT 4SPOT - SEPTEMBER 2014 - Page 2 DISTRICT DIRECTOR’S REPORT CRAIG ROBINSON Bod4@Comcast.Net A publication of District 4 of the American Contract Bridge League SEPTEMBER 2014 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE BOB PRIEST Inside this issue: District Director’s Report 3 Zero Tolerance From the Four Corners 4 We advertise Zero Tolerance for all our tournaments, yet it never seems to get enforced. In the last year I Master Solvers Club 10 have witnessed a player spend two minutes arguing with a director at the table regarding a ruling, and For Novices Only 14 another player invite the director outside, each ABC of Bridge 16 without a ZT being issued. A Spot 4 the Advancing 18 I am also culpable. As a Tournament Chair I have not instructed my directing staff to be vigilant and swift in this regard. As Tournament Lancaster Regional 20.21 Chairs - as a district - we need to instruct our directing staff to Partnership Desk 22 enforce ZT strictly. District 4 Stars 23, 24 Discourtesy at the table may be the single biggest issue driving players away from the game. Saying we practice Zero Tolerance NAP Finals 25,26 and not enforcing it leaves the impression that we really don't care how players are treated. Tournament Index 27 Over time I believe that we will notice that the more we enforce ZT, the more it will become obvious that only a few players truly cannot control their actions. Those few we can do without. PRESIDENT BOB PRIEST [email protected] 1ST VICE PRESIDENT DAN BOYE 2ND VICE PRESIDENT ED BISSELL SECRETARY BILL BAUER EDITOR Elaine Landow TREASURER 2556 Morris Road Lansdale, PA 19446 RICK ROWLAND 215-699-6134 e-mail: DISTRICT DIRECTOR [email protected] CRAIG ROBINSON 215-699-6134 [email protected] All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without per- mission of the editor. DISTRICT 4 WEBSITE - DISTRICT4.INFO Deadline for December Unit Websites Issue: 112 - acblunit112.org November 14 120 - nepab.com 121 - unit121bridge.com . 133 - lvbabridge.org 141 - philadelphiabridge.info 168 - web2.acbl.org/hosted/units/unit168/index.htm 190 - unit190.org . 217 - unit217.nepab.com DISTRICT 4SPOT - SEPTEMBER 2014 - Page 2 DISTRICT DIRECTOR’S REPORT CRAIG ROBINSON [email protected] The Board of Directors Masterpoint Committee has looked into several inequities in masterpoint awards and has come up with the following solutions: Problem #1 – A 20 table pair game awards the same masterpoints for winning as a 20 table team game. To win the pair game one must beat 39 other pairs but in the team game one only has to beat 19 teams. The solution was to increase overall awards in pair games at sectional and regional levels by 25%. To somewhat curb this highly inflationary change it was decided to reduce overall awards from 35% to 25% of the field. Another change was to decrease all games with an upper masterpoint limit by ~20%. The impact of these changes will keep limited pair games (i.e. Gold Rush, for example) right where they are and lower limited team games by 20%. Problem #2 – Increase sectional awards and decrease STaC awards realizing that a sectional game run by an ACBL director is a ‘better run’ game than a club game run by a club director. The solution was to increase overall awards in sectional games by 10% and decrease STaC games by 10%. When one accounts for the 25% increase for pair games, STaC awards will actually increase by 12.5% whereas sectional/regional pairs will increase by 25% (almost all STaCs are run as pair games). Problem #3 – A 10 table A/X game on top of a 40 table Gold Rush game receives 50% more masterpoints than the same 10 table A/X field running on top of a 20 table B/C/(D) game. This is a real problem because the Gold Rush fields are typically much larger than B/C fields. The first decision here was to no longer count subordinate tables when computing the awards for the A/X field. The second part of the solution was to create a formula to base the A/X awards on solely the size of the A/X field. The formula will be close to masterpoint neutral (no inflation) unless the popularity of A/X events increase; then the awards will increase. DISTRICT 4SPOT - SEPTEMBER 2014 - Page 3 From The Four Corners 217 141 120 168 190 133 112 121 CENTRAL NEW YORK 112 Mike Mihevc 315-823-4242 [email protected] The District 4 Liverpool (Syracuse) Regional was once again a huge success, breaking the 1000 table mark for the first time in recent history. Congratulations to Mark McDermott and staff for staging such a pleasant and well organized event. Special thanks to Phil Clark (Co- chair), Mary Miller (I/N and Education Coordinator), Sandy Stockman and Kathy Landon, (Hospitality), Dan Boye (Partnerships) and Joan Phillips (Caddies). Thanks to Mary Miller, there was a full slate of lectures, prizes, and hospitality for newcomers and advancing players. The highlight was a workshop conducted by Patti Lee that drew over 40 participants. In lieu of a lecturer’s fee, Patti collected over $1000 dollars for The Banyan Learning Tree Schools. Congratulations to Phil Clark and Doug Ross for finishing 1 and 2 in the overall points race. Nice to see Unit 112 players at the top. Fall will be a busy time for Unit 112 sectionals, starting off with Cicero Sept. 6-7, Rochester Oct 11-12, Binghamton Oct 17-19, and finally Canandaigua November 8-9. Please put these on your calendar and make every attempt to participate in one or all of them. Flyers listing times and events can be found by going to our unit or district websites or at the end of this issue. NORTHEASTERN PA 120 Walter Mitchell 570-709-0850 [email protected] Lots of news from Northeastern Pennsylvania, where we are celebrating several milestones among our members. Dave Meyer recently reached the 5,000 masterpoint plateau, and a party is planned in his honor September 30th at the Diamond Life Master's home club at the Scranton JCC on Jefferson Avenue. Dave and his "long- suffering" wife Marlene have been playing duplicate bridge for 50 years! He calls their biggest thrill finishing 10th in the mini Blue Ribbon pairs. Dave added: "One of the neatest events I ever played in was the 1991 cash prize tournament in Atlantic City. It was an individual event and I played with Benito Garazzo, Zia Mahmood, Norman Kay and Omar Shariff as well as many other world class players. On the first day I won a section top and $2,500.00 . That was the end of my "Pro" career". Our heartfelt congratulations go out to David on this monumental achievement.. DISTRICT 4SPOT - SEPTEMBER 2014 - Page 4 Reaching Silver Life Master status in the same month were George Mansour and Walter Mitchell. Both are a regular partnership, and represented District 4 in the Flight "B" North American Pairs championship in Dallas. George directs several games in our unit, and serves as a teacher and mentor to newcomers and advancing players. Mitchell is President of Unit 120 and chairs the District's GNT event. Longtime unit member Annette Johns, who lost her husband recently, has decided to move permanently to Florida. A going-away party was held in her honor at the Wilkes-Barre JCC in late August. Faye Pacchioli, who single-handedly runs a very successful club game in Honesdale, is trying to get a busload of players from NEPA to descend upon Gatlinburg next April. Please email her at [email protected] if you're interested in more details. Annual elections were held this summer at the Patriotic Party in Stroudsburg. Walter Mitchell was reelected to his fourth term as president; Bill Orth is Vice-President and Bill Haynes will serve again as Treasurer. Three-term secretary Jean Olcese stepped down, replaced by Doreese Torrey. We are extremely grateful for Jean's dedicated service to Unit 120, and look forward to a new chapter of record keeping by Doreese. The final sectional tournament for 2014 is set for October 10th-12th at the Independence Firehouse in Kingston. As usual, hospitality chair Ellen Preece and her team plan to serve a variety of sumptuous goodies. Come grab some treats and some silver points! Don't forget to mark your calendar for the Wilkes-Barre Regional the first week in March of 2015 at the Woodlands Inn & Resort. Remember, treat your partner as you would wish to be treated. The Golden Rule goes both ways, and rewards followers with steady, dedicated and loyal partners. BERKS MONTGOMERY 121 Sue Wessner 610-972-5327 [email protected] The Spring Sectional was held on May 16, 17 and 18 at The Highlands of Wyomissing. Albert Bingaman was the masterpoint winner for the event. July 13th we held our Annual Doris Sheeder Commemorative Picnic and bridge game. It was a great day of fellowship. Unit #121 will hold its Annual Fall Sectional at The Highlands at Wyomissing, PA on September 26th - 28th. Friday and Saturday games will be 10am and 2:30pm, with afternoon limited pair games both days. On Sunday there will be two Swiss Team separate session events. Both the A/X and the B/C will run as two separate sessions, beginning at 10am and 2pm. Friday, October 24th at 7pm the Unit will hold its annual Hawley Quier Memorial Halloween Mixed Pairs game. Doors open at 6:15. Refreshments will be served and prizes awarded for the best costume. This game is open to any male/female pair who have no set partnership.
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