Young Swedes Making Big Impressions in U.S
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Monday, November 20, 2006 Volume 79, Number 4 Honolulu, Hawaii 79th Fall North AmericanDaily Bridge Championships Bulletin Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith Meet Your TDs European tournament Onstott squad leads This is part of a open again in 2007 series of profiles of Open Board-a-Match tournament directors It’s a long way The team captained by John Onstott started working at NABCs. from Italy to Hawaii, with a bang and continued their strong play to take but European Bridge the lead after two qualifying sessions of the Twenty-five years League President Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams. ago, Karen Lanke and Gianarrigo Rona made Onstott is playing with Steve Beatty, Drew her husband, Dick, the trip to the Fall Casen, Jim Krekorian and a pair of Norwegians - were facing a major NABC, in part to Joergen Molberg and Terje Aa. decision in their lives. invite ACBL players to The Onstott team scored 19.5 out of a possible Dick was working at the 3rd European 26 in the first qualifying session - 75%.They the Cavendish Club in Open Bridge followed it in the evening session with 17.5 to New York City at the time, and the club was Championships. begin today's two final sessions just ahead of losing its lease. The tournament is scheduled for June 15-30 in squads captained by Bill Eisenberg and Rhoda The Lankes narrowed their choices to two – Antalya, Turkey, and will feature Mixed Teams, Walsh, tied for second-third. open their own bridge club in New York City, or Mixed Pairs; Open, Women’s and Senior Teams, Eisenberg's team is Connie Goldberg, Mitch move to Hawaii. and Open, Women’s and Senior Pairs. All events are Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai, Nader Hanna and Wafik Influenced by the fact that Dick was born on transnational (pairs and teams can be made of Abdou. The climbed into contention with a huge the island, they chose to pack up all their worldly players from any combination of countries) and second session - 20 out of 26. goods and head across the Pacific. They never there will be cash prizes for overall finishers. Walsh is playing with Mark Itabashi, Mark looked back. The EBL first opened a championship to all Lair and Neil Chambers. “It has worked out real well,” says Karen, comers in 2003, in Menton, France, where ACBL who is working as a TD in the players won two major events. Baker team leads Intermediate/Newcomer games at the Fall NABC. The venue for the 2007 championships will be Karen was introduced to bridge many years the World of Wonders Resort, Kremlin Palace Hotel ago when she was going out with a man who was in Antalya. Women’s B-A-M more into pinochle. A group of about eight people, For those concerned about security in Turkey, With two sessions to play, the team captained she recalls, were pinochle players. Rona said, the tournament venue will be open only by Lynn Baker is leading the Marsha May One day, more or less out of the blue, one of to registered players. Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams after Continued on page 6 Continued on page 5 two qualifying sessions. They scored 19 out of a possible 24 points in the afternoon session and followed that with 13.5 out of 24 in the evening. Young Swedes making Scores are reduced to carryover and Baker’s is 5. Besides Baker, the team includes Karen McCallum, Kerri Sanborn, Irina Levitina, Lynn big impressions in U.S. Deas and Beth Palmer. Deas and Palmer were on (the other half of last year’s the Baker team that won the event last year. Blue Ribbon champs). Three teams are tied for second place The What’s more, they are Joan Eaton squad includes Cathy Strauch, Peggy veterans of NABCs, taken Sutherlin and Margie Gwozdzinsky. They are tied to the championships by with Joann Glasson, Lisa Berkowitz, Shannon their mentor, Swedish Cappelletti, Stacy Jacobs, Chris Benson and Ginny international Jill Mellstrom. Schuett. The third team tied for second is: Judy The Rimstedt sisters and Radin, Sylvia Moss, Linda Lewis, Pam Wittes, Sjoberg and Sivelind made Continued on page 11 it to the final of every national event they played in last year in Denver. Senior KO begins Their successes are not Twenty-three teams began play yesterday in news to players across the the Senior Knockout Teams. After a series of two- Atlantic (Sivelind and and four-way matches, 16 teams advanced to Cecilia won the Junior today. There were no surprises as the top-seeded World Open Pairs in 14 teams advanced to today’s play and the final Slovakia earlier this year). two teams were the number 17 and 18 seeds. Says Mellstrom: “The Straight knockout play starts today behind Swedish players are getting screens. The event will conclude Thursday. Rising stars: front, Sandra and Cecilia Rimstedt; rear, Sara Sivelind and good, especially the girls.” Last year’s champions. Morris Chang, Bobby Emma Sjoberg with mentor Jill Mellstrom. It has not been by Wolff, John Schermer and Neil Chambers, are not First it was Jenny Ryman, youngest-ever winner accident. “They work at it,” Mellstrom says.”They entered as a team this year. of the Blue Ribbon Pairs last year. On Saturday really work at it.” See page 10 for today’s matchups and night, it was Sara Sivelind and Cecilia Rimstedt, Mellstrom says she really likes Cecilia’s complete team rosters. winners of the Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs in demeanor, much advanced for a 17-year-old. “She is a tough field. very supportive of partner, and she never gives Goodwill message They are young, they are pretty, they are anything away at the table. If she is in a bad Today is Goodwill Day and my co-chairs and Swedish – and they are very good bridge players. contract, you can never tell.” I invite members of the National Goodwill Four of the best and the brightest of a young One thing the young women have in common is Committee to join us at a crop of Scandinavian players were back at it on a very early start in the game. reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Sunday in the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams: Cecilia has been playing since she was six years Rainbow Suite. Emma Sjoberg, Sandra and Cecilia Rimstedt and old, influenced by her bridge-playing parents and We hope to see you there. Sivelind, playing with Ryman and Gavin Wolpert Aileen Osofsky, Chairman Continued on page 6 National Goodwill Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Note change of venue for Goodwill Committee Reception. Monday, Nov. 20 Tuesday, Nov. 21 10 a.m. - Noon Competition and Conventions meeting. Location: 10 a.m. - Noon Senior Team Trials meeting. Location: Nautilus 2. Nautilus 2. 11 a.m. - Noon Get Online with Bridge Base. Don’t miss this opportunity Wednesday, Nov. 22 to meet with Fred Gitelman, Bridge Base founder and the 10 a.m. - Noon International Team Trials meeting. Location: Nautilus 2. creator of the ACBL’s Learn to Play Bridge program. Find out how you can use this material for promotion and get a Sunday, Nov. 26 guided tour of the Bridge Base site and its outstanding 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Vugraph. Location: TBA teaching features. Location: Nautilus 1. 6 - 11:30 p.m. Vugraph. Location: TBA 5 - 7 p.m. ACBL Goodwill Committee Reception. Location: Honolulu Suite in the Tapa Tower. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures. They can be heard in the South Wednesday, Nov. 22 Pacific Ballroom. 12:45 p.m. Matt Smith Director, Please! Monday, Nov. 20 7:15 p.m. Michael Huston Overcalls 12:45 p.m. Allan Mazer 2♣ or not 2♣? 7:15 p.m. Ginny Schuett Bidding over the opponents weak two-bids Thursday, Nov. 23 12:45 p.m. Shannon Cappelletti Slam bidding Tuesday, Nov. 21 7:15 P.m. Ellen Wallace The value of game tries: 12:45 p.m. Mike Flader Ruling the Game To go or not to go? 7:15 p.m. Larry Cohen Lawful preemption DAILY ENTERTAINMENT - CORAL LOUNGE Abe Lagrimas, Jr. Monday at 5:00 p.m. (See photo on back page) Ma’ohi Nui, Polynesian/Tahitian dance and entertainment Tuesday at Abe Lagrimas was born in the U.S. territory of Guam. He came from a 5:00 p.m. musical family, and started playing the drums at the early age of four. Michael Baker quintet at 11:00 p.m. Baker has been a fixture in the Hawaii Abe recorded a CD with his progressive island jam band, “Akamai Brain music scene since 1974. His specialty is trumpet and the jazz Flugelhorn. He Collective” (ABC). ABC has received radio airplay in stations across the plays with the Honolulu Symphony Pops and the Royal Hawaiian Band. He U.S. as well as in Japan and gained a spot as a nominee in the 2004 Hawaii has played with many of the world’s top artists, including Diana Kroll. Baker Music Awards. In February of 2004, less than a year after Abe began playing has put together a group of great musicians. Come and enjoy!!! the ukulele, he received an endorsement deal from the Ko’olau Ukulele Food @ 11 p.m. – Hot dog and Hawaiian fruit punch. Company. In 2005, Abe released his first album as a solo artist. The album, entitled Pa’ahana, Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.