Monday, March 19, 2012 Volume 55, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 55th Spring North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday Challenger chief bullish on bridge Challenger Challenger is also sponsoring a trophy for the Corporation CEO Intermediate/Newcomer (IN) player who earns the Bob Sweeney says most at the NABC through Friday that his company evening, March 23. It will be presented by Sweeney and the ACBL share and IN Chair Jody Couch on Saturday. a common interest: As the industry leader in electronic medical adult learning. education, Challenger is keenly interested in how That bond is one learning happens, and how knowledge is retained. of the key reasons “The science of learning,” is what Sweeney calls it. Challenger signed “Physicians are required to maintain their on to be the chief credentials through continuing medical education corporate sponsor of evaluations,” Sweeney says. “Residents must the Memphis NABC. prepare for certification. Challenger provides Hamman, Lall win Bob Sweeney There is a second certification examination and board preparation reason, too. As a materials, and ensures knowledge quality through Platinum Pairs bridge player and experienced business executive, continuous medical e-learning and updates.” Bob Hamman and Justin Lall, lying second with Sweeney understands the enormous economic Challenger’s customers also include hospitals a session to play in the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs, benefit — roughly $10 million — that Memphis, as and healthcare organizations who have a vested put together a 59% game in the second final to win the NABC host city, will realize. interest in assessing, supporting and improving the event by about 9 matchpoints on a 13 top. “The ACBL and Challenger — both leaders in the well-being and performance quality of their With the victory, the 25-year-old Lall becomes their respective industries — are the two best-kept practitioners — for recruitment purposes as well as the youngest player to earn Grand Life Master secrets in this part of the country,” Sweeney says. for customer reassurance. “We customize content continued on page 12 “Challenger. What a great descriptive word for and assessment resources for our customers’ web the company as well as the game of bridge,” says platforms,” Sweeney says. Memphis NABC Committee Co-chair Henry Francis Online education is more convenient, secure and Fraction separates Silver on behalf of a steering committee grateful for the reliable — as well as less costly — than travel-based Ribbon leaders sponsor’s considerable backing. alternatives he observes. “Now more than ever, The top three qualifying pairs in the Leventritt Francis’s committee co-chair Don Paterson physicians are concerned with the demands on their Silver Ribbon Pairs are within one matchpoint of says simply, “I am blown away by Challenger’s time and income.” each other as play begins in today’s two-session final. continued on page 5 generosity.” Gregory Potts and Charles Kopp of Ohio have the largest carryover with 227.62. A mere .03 matchpoints behind them are John Herrmann and Marcia Lamphear of Chattanooga TN. In third with 227.20 are Stephen McConnell of Evanston IL and Alan Kleist of Cheverly MD. Of the 298 pairs that entered the event, 156 qualified for the final.

Goodwill Message

Today is Goodwill Day Members of the Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee are invited to the Goodwill Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Heritage Room in the Marriott. A Goodwill reminder from 1954 committee chairmen, Louise Durham and John Simon: Gloating over boards you’ve won Offends good taste – it isn’t done. Overlook your partner’s crime Dress him down at dinnertime. When a stranger is in the game Introduce yourself by name Lose or win, let’s try to be Less guilty of discourtesy Board Meeting: The ACBL pre-duplicates Louise “Honeychile” Durham (d.1999) of hundreds of sets of boards for events at the Durant MS was Life Master # 358 and the first NABCs. ACBL staffer Murry Hayes (right), who Life Master in Mississippi. She served as ACBL is primarily responsible for much of this job, director and secretary, co-chairman of the Goodwill demonstrates one of the several pre-duplicating Committee and the WBF Friendship Committee. machines ACBL uses. She was a past president of Mississippi Bridge Association. Durham was named ACBL Honorary So far this tournament, almost 700 sets of Member 1974. boards have been created. Each set consists of John E. Simon (1897-1993) of St. Louis MO 36 boards. was a limited partner in a brokerage firm. Life Master #641, Simon was chairman of the ACBL Goodwill Committee. A two-time North American champion, Simon was the ACBL Honorary Member in 1962. Page 2 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Monday, March 19 Tuesday, March 20 8:30 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP), day three of three. 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course (session 1). An update (Marriott, Heritage Rooms 3 and 4) course for club directors to refresh and renew their skills 10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Barbara Seagram. Seagram for directing club and bridge cruise games. Anyone who is writes for the Bridge Bulletin and is a bridge teacher a club director or a director aboard a cruise ship is invited extraordinaire, whose friendly smile and teaching style will to participate. Fee: $15 covers both days. Must attend both win you over. Seagram’s lesson, for newer and intermediate sessions. (Marriott, Beale Room) players, is, “Become a Feared Opponent.” (Convention Wednesday, March 21 Center, Sultana Room) 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course (session 2). An update 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. course for club directors to refresh and renew their skills for (Marriott, Boardroom) directing club and bridge cruise games. Anyone who is a 11 am-Noon Get Online with BridgeBase.com. Don’t miss this club director or a director aboard a cruise ship is invited to opportunity to meet with Fred Gitelman, creator of the participate. (Marriott, Beale Room) ACBL’s Learn to Play Bridge program. Get a guided tour Friday, March 23 of the Bridge Base web site and its outstanding teaching 11:30 pm-2 am Women’s Team Trials meeting. (Marriott, Boardroom) features. (Marriott, Memphis Room) Sunday, March 25 10:30 am-Noon Open Team Trials meeting. (Marriott, Beale Room) 11 am-5:30 pm Peter Pender Memorial . (Room TBA) NOTE: Time change 8 pm Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA) 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee members only. (Marriott, Heritage Rooms 1, 2 and 3)

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM All speaker events will be held on Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level of the Thursday, March 21 Convention Center. 9:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Play to Trick One Monday, March 18 6:45 p.m. Barry Harper A Short List of 9:15 a.m. Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns Conventions You Need 6:45 p.m. Karen Walker The “Invisible Gorilla” at the Table Friday, March 22 Tuesday, March 19 9:15 a.m. Haig Tchamitch Support Doubles 9:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Listen to Place Opponents’ 6:45 p.m. Ellen Kent “Panic-ville: This is Not a Honors Zynga Game” 6:45 p.m. Barbara Seagram Common Errors to Avoid Saturday, March 23 Wednesday, March 20 9:15 a.m. Coley McGinnis & Takeout Doubles 9:15 a.m. Mike Flader Ruling the Game Linda Hanson 6:45 p.m. Michael Huston Doing it with 6:45 p.m Jeff Roman Look Beyond Your High-Card Points

HOSPITALITY Afternoon food is served at 1:30 p.m. on the Convention Center Mezzanine Friday, March 23 Late-night snacks are served at 10:30 p.m. in the Marriott Ballroom. 1:30 p.m. Cheeseburger with chips Monday, March 19 10:30 p.m. Cheeseburger with chips 1:30 p.m. Chicken salad sandwich with chips Saturday, March 24 10:30 p.m. Nachos and cheese with jalapenos Coffee and pastries will be served at the start of morning games in the Tuesday, March 20 Exhibit Hall and Daylight Pairs playing area 1:30 p.m. Ham and cheese sandwich with chips 10:30 p.m. Cookies and brownies 10:30 p.m. Ham and cheese sandwich with chips Wednesday, March 21 Be nice! 1:30 p.m. Pulled pork BBQ with chips Players are reminded that the Hospitality treats available at 1:30 10:30 p.m. Pulled pork BBQ with chips p.m. are for participants in the morning or morning/afternoon games Thursday, March 22 only. 1:30 p.m. Turkey sandwich with chips Hospitality food for participants in afternoon/evening games will 10:30 p.m. Turkey sandwich with chips be available after the evening session is complete.

The Insider of thunder last night was the ACBL helicopter Insider tip of the day: The Beauty Shop in the landing at the Pyramid. For those of you who don’t Cooper Young district. No, not to get your hair The Insider has said it before and will continue follow the soap opera that is Memphis politics, the done. This Beauty Shop offers some of the most saying it until the SC sends him packing; ACBL Pyramid is quite a story. It was built as a basketball innovative food in Memphis. Karen used to work in puts on the greatest tournaments in the world. arena. It would have been better fit for basketball, all those big cities until she decided to come back And there are only two things that makes our however, if they had built it upside-down --- the and be a star chef in Memphis. Tell her the Insider tournaments different from any others: the greatest incline was deadly, the seat pitch painful and just sent you and she’ll say, “The Insider? So what.” Members in the world and the greatest Tournament not very fan friendly. And the sound for concerts (Just like the Bulletin Boys --- and Sue --- do when Directors in the world. The usual NABC crew (plus was so bad nobody that was any good wanted told the Insider column is ready to be published.) a few new faces) is here in Memphis doing their to play there. So the city built the Forum for usual great job. This is John Ashton’s last NABC basketball and concerts. Several deals to sell the as No. 2 guy. He is cutting back from the national Snack Bar Info Pyramid have fallen apart although now it appears it scene, but the Insider is sure he’ll be playing a lot There are two Snack Bar locations near the will become a Bass Pro Shop --- the city sweetened more bridge and continuing to contribute on the playing areas: the deal after the ACBL left town and the Mayor local level. We’ll miss John and Marie. l Mezzanine Level of the Cook Convention knew he had to replace them somehow. Twenty-some TDs are staying in a Courtyard Center. Hours: 9 am to 6 pm Anyway, SC has moved to a 47th floor nd about 15 miles away. They are doing this because l 2 Floor of the Cook Convention Center. (temporary) executive suite inside the Pyramid so the NABC planners needed rooms downtown for Hours: 8:30 am to 9 pm that he can watch all the action at the hotels and the the players. They are doing this (without a single Center. He has an observation deck where he can complaint) because they are the greatest. Thanks to Parking sit and monitor the construction of the water slide all of them for doing all they do. Parking at the Convention Center is $10 a day – and roller coaster. If you focus on the red light atop The SC has been pretty quiet the last few days. no in-and-out privileges. The entrance is located on the Pyramid, you might catch a glimpse of him as Well, quiet if your hotel room isn’t on the west the Front Street side of the building. the moonlight reflects off his tumbler of single malt. side of the building. That flashing laser and roar Daily Bulletin Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS You’re the Devil in have sung, “You’re The Devil in Disguise.” You look like an angel Disguise Walk like an angel Day four in Memphis! You’ve settled in. You Talk like an angel have found all the restrooms near your playing But I got wise. area (always important!). You’ve played several You’re the devil in disguise. sessions, and you’re almost used to seeing Oh, yes, you are hundreds of people The devil in disguise playing bridge in one place at the same time. I thought that I was in heaven You actually got to ride But I was sure surprised in the elevator with world Heaven help me, I didn’t see champions! You’ve spent The devil in your eyes. lots of money with the Ah, yes. We can always count on the Wisdom vendors and are going to of Elvis. need another suitcase to This might be a good time for me to introduce carry home all the bridge you to a wonderful ACBL service called the books you’ve purchased. In other words, you are Partnership Desk. This is sort of like a store where becoming an old hand. you can go shopping for a new, improved partner. Judging from your emails though, there is You can tell them what you want: A genius who Trouble in Paradise for some of you. Read this plays as well as you do, never makes a mistake and pathetic email: is charming beautiful and/or handsome to boot! “Marti, what’s a girl to do? My partner and Voila! Like magic, the Partnership Desk will find I were playing in the 0-100 game. Through a you someone and your new life begins. terrible misunderstanding, the opponents ended Well, sort of. The Partnership Desk is actually up in a 7NT contract. My partner led out the ♠A more like a Pot Luck Supper at your church or a and ♠K. When I asked her why she didn’t double, blind date. You take what you get. If you like that get whatever will calm you down and go over the she said, “You know how good they are. They person and are compatible, ask them for a second hand records you picked up after the game. Trying would have just redoubled.” Please Marti…can date. If not, you never have to see that person to straighten your partner out between hands and at you recommend an untraceable poison? Signed, again. the table just doesn’t work. Plus it makes everyone Willing to Do Time” This is a great system! I know a player who around as miserable as your partner. First of all, never again do I want to receive an got every single point she needed to make Bronze Second, take a long look in the mirror. Are you email like this, one without The Rest of The Story. Life Master by playing with absolute strangers really as perfect as you think? Just how did that bidding go? What did everyone every session of every tournament. She’s one Third, pretend you are a bridge pro and that hold? How can I have a good laugh without the of those gals who have such charm and such a your partner is paying you $500 for this session. If details? positive attitude that she never got a bad partner. that doesn’t make you feel a little better, nothing Then there’s this one: Actually, she got lots of them but her personality will. “Marti, I’m desperate. My partner continues brought out the best in them, and those strangers And finally, here’s some advice I’ve given to pass my takeout doubles. I’ve begged, pleaded, played the best game of their lives. I won’t belabor before that has gotten more positive feedback than offered bribes and cried. What can I do besides the obvious lesson here. anything I’ve ever written: giving up this great bidding tool? The only other You get to meet some surprisingly interesting If it turns out that indeed your partner is solution that comes to mind is giving up my and nice people, and there’s another benefit, too. “The Devil in Disguise” and you determine that partner. Signed, Double Ignored from Phoenix” When you are playing with a new partner, you play your only solution is murder, be extra nice to that Faithful Readers, once after a particularly your very best, don’t you? You want to make a partner. Then, when the body is found and the frustrating game, I went grocery shopping with a good impression. You tone down your usual antics, police come to question us, we will all be able friend. I was shoving all the groceries into the back you are extra polite. Well, that’s just what they are to say, “Oh no. It couldn’t have been his partner. seat instead of using the trunk. My friend asked doing, too. They were getting along so well!” why, and I told her I had to save room in the trunk A couple of final pieces of advice. There you have it: More Wisdom of Elvis (and for the bodies of the partners who made me mad. First, if your partner is playing like a turnip, me!), and some ideas to improve your Memphis Being a fellow player, she understood completely. remember there is no way you can impart all of experience. Please keep emailing me. I need grist It turns out that my hero Elvis must have been your genius and wisdom during the game. Store up for the mill and I truly enjoy hearing about your a bridge player also. Otherwise, why would he your guidance until the end, and then go to the bar, (mis)adventures. [email protected].

which case you may be able to take the first five cards to drive out (say two aces or perhaps an Thinking Bridge spade tricks! ace and a king in the same suit), the first by Eddie Kantar General Third Hand Rule to Live By: When trick, win the second and drive out one of the Dlr: East ♠ 7 6 2 partner leads an honor card and third hand has a missing high cards. If either opponent started with Vul: Neither ♥ A 8 7 2 doubleton honor, it is almost always right either a doubleton in their suit and the two entries are ♦ Q 5 3 to overtake or unblock the honor. In other words, split, you are home. ♣ K J 5 play it! ♠ J 10 9 5 4 ♠ K 8 Play commentary: As South, you have two ♥ Q J 6 ♥ 10 9 3 stoppers in the suit they have and two high cards ♦ A 7 2 ♦ K 4 to drive out before your suit is established — the ♣ 9 6 ♣ 10 8 7 4 3 2 ♦A K. This scenario calls for a first-round hold- ♠ A Q 3 up play. Look at the hand closely to see why. If ♥ K 5 4 you win the first spade and lead a diamond, East ♦ J 10 9 8 6 wins and returns the ♠8. Now it is too late to hold ♣ A Q up. West overtakes, clears spades and eventually West North East South gets in with the ♦A to cash the setting tricks in Pass 1NT spades. You lose three spades and two diamonds. Pass 3NT All Pass Now back up to trick one and duck the ♠K, win : ♠J the spade return and lead a high diamond. If East Bidding commentary: North opts correctly, wins, guess what? East has no spade to return in my opinion, not to use Stayman with this and you have time to drive out the ♦A while you distribution. have another spade stopper. If West wins the first Lead commentary: What else? diamond and clears spades, East has no spade to Defensive commentary: As East, play the lead when on lead with the ♦K. ♠K at trick one for two reasons: (1) to unblock Words to live by: As declarer, when holding Joe Jones and Ethel Eldridge are new players the suit for partner’s greater length; (2) partner two stoppers in the suit they lead and two high hooked on bridge. might be leading from an A-J-10 combination, in Page 4 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin

Platinum round-up Dlr: South ♠ K 4 West North East South Vul: None ♥ 10 7 4 2 Pass 1NT 3♠ 3NT! By Barry Rigal ♦ A J 9 6 4 All Pass Dlr: West ♠ A ♣ K 6 Eric Leong’s macho 3NT earned him all the Vul: None ♥ 9 ♠ J 9 7 5 3 2 ♠ A Q 10 8 6 matchpoints when East led an optimistic spade and ♦ A Q 8 7 6 3 ♥ K J 9 ♥ Q 8 5 North had the first 11 tricks. ♣ A Q J 10 4 ♦ K Q 7 ♦ 10 3 2 Had South bid 4♥, I’m sure West would have ♠ Q 10 7 ♠ K J 8 3 ♣ 7 ♣ 9 5 bid 4♠, and had he bid 4♦ over 3NT, East would ♥ K ♥ A Q J 8 6 2 ♠ — have escaped for minus 300 or 500 in 4♠ doubled – ♦ J 9 4 2 ♦ K 10 ♥ A 6 3 and even if North-South bid on to 4NT, they don’t ♣ K 9 8 7 3 ♣ 2 ♦ 8 5 score more than 630 on the diamond lead. ♠ 9 6 5 4 2 ♣ A Q J 10 8 4 3 2 ♥ 10 7 5 4 3 West North East South ♦ 5 Beale Street merchants 1♣ ♣ 6 5 1♠ Dbl 4♠ 5♣ welcome visitors West North East South Pass 6♣ All Pass Entertainment is the watchword. There are so Pass 1♦ 1♥ Pass The 6♣ bid was based on the hope of running many wonderful clubs on Beale Street. B.B. King’s Pass 3♣ Dbl All Pass the diamonds (or an ill-timed ♠A lead). West could is perhaps the best known, but there many other The action at our table in the first semifinal hardly be faulted for leading a spade, when looking truly special attractions. round of the Kay Platinum Pairs did not at all those soft red cards. When the Beale Street Merchants Association demonstrate anything earth-shattering. This board The spade lead proved fatal, however. Declarer heard about all the bridge players who were is nothing more than focusing on the auction and had just enough entries to set up the diamonds even coming to town, they immediately sent a message reconstructing the opponents’ cards. though West played low on the first diamond lead of welcome. Along with the welcome note came a East-West took a somewhat aggressive position, and declarer put in the 9, losing to the 10. promise: There will be no cover charge on Monday and West must have been licking his chops when Nicely defended, but of course a heart lead night, March 19, for most clubs. Just show your she passed. East obediently led a – a dooms 6♣ ­— and even 5♣ becomes a struggle , that’s all you need. reasonable shot and, indeed, one that killed one of (declarer must duck a heart lead and set up an extra How do you get there? Easy. Just take the dummy’s ruffs. The best North can do is play the heart trick or a diamond trick as appropriate). trolley right outside the Convention Center and get ♦A, a diamond and play a spade to the ace, You will understand from the following deal off at Beale Street. You may also choose to walk. It then pause. East is surely 4=6=2=1, so don’t take why I didn’t name West on the previous deal. isn’t that far. the ♣A. Instead, exit with a heart, won by West. Dlr: West ♠ A 3 You win the diamond return with the queen and lead Vul: N-S ♥ A Q 5 another diamond to West. Book signing ♦ J 8 7 6 5 In the ending, you have four clubs and two Mel Colchamiro will sign copies of his book, ♣ A Q 2 diamonds with West on lead. You ruff the major- How You Can Play Like an Expert Without Having ♠ 9 8 4 ♠ K J 10 7 5 2 suit return, exit with a diamond, ruff the next major to Be One, at 12:15 p.m. today at the book stall in ♥ 10 7 ♥ 3 2 again and get out with your last diamond for the the Convention Center. ♦ A K 4 ♦ Q 9 2 trump at the end – plus 470. ♣ 10 7 6 4 3 ♣ 9 5 Boards 11 and 12 produced approximately full ♠ Q 6 App problems tops on a combination of bad luck and maybe a little ♥ K J 9 8 6 4 The results page of the Memphis NABC more. ♦ 10 3 application (for iPhones and Android smartphones) ♣ K J 8 has experienced technical difficulties that have kept it from working. The problem is being addressed. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 5

The Lebhar IMP Pairs East won with the 9 and cashed the high heart, Sweeney but then had to lead away from the ♠K. By Phillip Alder Ao took three spades, three hearts, two continued from page 1 The victory by Hailong Ao and Jian-Jian Wang diamonds and one club. Plus 400 gained 7.60 imps Sweeney points to the ACBL’s marketing focus from the Washington DC area is probably the most en route to a first national championship for both on bringing baby boomers into the emphatic ever. They finished with 140.55 IMPs, players. fold. “What we do is not unlike what the ACBL is 63.08 ahead of a married couple, Alexander and Note the big assist that West gave to declarer. doing to teach this particular population how to play Irina Ladyzhensky, from Ellenton FL. Third were Today, it is almost de rigueur to make a preemptive bridge. We are both striving to maximize mental two brothers, John Potter of Panama City FL and bid whenever possible. But if you make one and development and cognitive abilities in older adults.” Richard Potter of Black Mountain NC. an opponent becomes the declarer, you will have Sweeney himself learned how to play bridge When asked for a good board, J. J., as he is helped to paint a road map for declarer – as West in the student union in college. Unlike many, known, modestly commented that he and his partner did here. If he had passed throughout, Ao probably however, he didn’t allow his new-found “addiction” should supply an instructive one in which they had would not have found a winning line of play. to forestall his studies, earning a bachelor’s done badly. But after struggling unsuccessfully to degree in history from the University of New think of one, they provided this one from the final York at Binghamton. He later added a doctorate in session (rotated to make South the declarer): Give them enough rope? American history from Carnegie Mellon University Dlr: South ♠ J 7 5 2 By Barry Rigal in Pittsburgh PA. And then an M.B.A in marketing Vul: E-W ♥ Q 5 3 Dlr: South ♠ A J 4 3 and an M.S. in experimental psychology from the ♦ A 5 2 Vul: E-W ♥ J 9 2 University of Memphis. ♣ A 6 3 ♦ A 7 Sweeney is one of a handful of Distinguished ♠ 8 ♠ K 10 9 4 ♣ A K Q 8 Alumni of the University of Memphis, awarded ♥ 8 2 ♥ J 9 7 6 4 ♠ K Q 9 8 7 ♠ 10 5 2 in 2004 for his contributions to the University’s ♦ Q 10 9 8 7 3 ♦ J 6 ♥ Q 10 6 ♥ A 5 3 Institute for Intelligent Systems. While a member ♣ K Q J 8 ♣ 10 5 ♦ 10 9 6 3 2 ♦ 5 of the Institute, Sweeney invented a program for ♠ A Q 6 3 ♣ ­— ♣ J 10 9 7 6 2 diagnosing appendicitis using a neural network ♥ A K 10 ♠ 6 method. His company sold the program nationally ♦ K 4 ♥ K 8 7 4 for over a decade, with significant royalties ♣ 9 7 4 2 ♦ K Q J 8 4 from those sales going to the Institute. Sweeney West North East South ♣ 5 4 3 continues to sponsor research there in cognitive Wang Ao 3NT by North was the standard contract, science. 1♣ frequently after West had thrown in a spade Sweeney drifted away from bridge for a number 2♦ Dbl Pass 2NT . On a spade lead, declarer needs to of years as he and his wife, Lynn, raised their Pass 3NT All Pass establish a heart to make plus 430 – that was daughter, and while he built his company. They Ao could not open 1NT, because, when non- managed a fair amount of the time. have lived in Memphis for 34 years, with temporary vulnerable, they use the mini notrump, showing At the table we are focusing on, the sequence of postings to Pittsburgh for two years and the Bay 10-12 points. After West made a 2♦ weak jump events was somewhat different: Area for seven years. Before that they lived in a overcall and Wang produced a negative double, West North East South variety of places, including two years in Israel. South wanted to describe the strength of his hand, 2♦ In addition to placing a high value on education, so he rebid 2NT, promising a good 15-17 points, Pass 2NT Pass 3♥ Sweeney has always been a big believer in the instead of showing his spades. This got them to Pass 3NT All Pass importance of physical fitness. He practices aikido, 3NT. The ♣J was lead to the queen as West pitched one of the Japanese martial arts, and is a member 4♠ could have been made, but most declarers the ♠9 (encouraging). Now declarer guessed well to of the Aikido World Alliance. Aikido is an arduous understandably failed. lead a heart to the king and a heart back to the jack blend of cardiac training, serious preparation in self- Against 3NT, West led the ♣K. When declarer and ace. defense and the countering of threats, and personal ducked in the dummy, West shifted to the ♥8. East shifted to a spade, and West could have spiritual development. South won with his king and ducked a club, made life hard for declarer by playing the ♠K Sweeney is the goalie on two soccer teams, and losing to East’s 10. Back came the ♦J. instead of the queen. On the play of the ♠Q, North a devotee of cardiac training with Russian kettle Declarer won with dummy’s ace, played a can infer from the earlier discard that it is safe to bells and rope/pulley techniques. When younger, he spade to his queen, led a club to dummy’s ace (East set up the 10th trick via hearts – surely West did not was an accomplished basketball player and fast- discarded a heart) and cashed the ♥Q. discard the ♠9 by a queen-high suit! pitch softball participant. The athletic gene runs in When West followed, his hand had counted After West follows with the ♠K, it looks far the family: His daughter, Becca Gordon, was the out. He was known to have started with 1=2=6=4 more normal to rely on diamonds breaking for the goalie on a state silver medal team and now teaches distribution. 10th trick . . . Not tonight, Josephine! iyengar yoga in the Los Angeles area. South played a heart to his ace and cashed the The webmaster of an award-winning ♦K to give this position: genealogical site for Sullivan County PA, Sweeney ♠ J 7 5 Vugraph operator needed created the Internet resource after his father died, ♥ — One vugraph operator is needed for Bridge primarily to help his daughter understand more ♦ 5 Base Online broadcast of the Vanderbilt Knockout about the origins of the family. In time, Sweeney ♣ — Teams starting Wednesday. If you are interested, attracted more than 100 local and national ♠ — ♠ K 10 9 contact Jan Martel at [email protected]. contributors to the site, and was named a Lifetime ♥ — ♥ J Member of the Sullivan County Historical Society. ♦ 10 9 8 ♦ — Sweeney is looking forward to playing some ♣ Q ♣ — Clarification In the Sunday issue, Frank Stewart was listed bridge during the Memphis NABC. He has playdates ♠ A 6 3 as a game sponsor for the one of the events that day. lined up with Jack Wynns, a well-known Mid-South ♥ — In fact, the sponsorship was in Stewart’s honor and player and teacher and Sweeney’s partner of more ♦ — came from the Birmingham (AL) Duplicate Bridge than 30 years. He will also be playing with former ♣ 9 Club. Washington Post columnist Bob Levey, winner of South led a low spade from his hand and played the Bean Red Ribbon pairs in 2010, with whom low from the dummy. Sweeney has developed a regular partnership. Page 6 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin Vanderbilt Knockout Teams The premier event of the Spring North American Championships is the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. The history of the prestigious contest stretches back to 1928 when the man who invented , Harold S. Vanderbilt, put the trophy bearing his name into play. The winners list is a who’s who of bridge, a parade of the titans of the game. As part of the ACBL’s ongoing archiving project, photos of some of the winners are included with this history. The The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams was donated in 1928 by Harold S. 2004 Vanderbilt champions Lorenzo Lauria, Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940. Alfredo Versace, Giorgio Duboin, Ralph Katz, The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New George Jacobs and Norberto Bocchi are York — as a separate championship — until 1958 presented the Vanderbilt trophy by ACBL President Bruce Reeve. when it became part of the Spring North American Championships. Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy — a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt’s will. On display at ACBL Headquarters in Horn Lake MS are the Vanderbilt Trophy, as well as replicas donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel Smith, a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945. Winners: 1928 Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead tied with Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester 2005 Vanderbilt champs: Mike Becker, Larry 1929 Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean Cohen, Richard Schwartz, Massimo Lanzarotti, Mattheys, Harry Raffel David Berkowitz and Andrea Buratti. 1930 Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1931 David Burnstine, , Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman 1932 Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims, Harold S. 1951 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz Rapee, Sam Stayman 1933 Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis 1952 Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, Rendon, Sydney Rusinow Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan 1934 David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael 1953 Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Peter Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Leventritt, William Lipton, Ruth Sherman Schenken 1954 Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned 1935 David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Drucker, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sherman 1955 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George 2006: ACBL President Harriette Buckman Stearns Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to Fred Chang, 1936 Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry 1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George captain of the winning team. (From left) Jack Fishbein, Fred Kaplan Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor Zhao, Chang, Fu Zhong, Gunnar Hallberg and 1937 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn 1957 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Seymon Deutsch. Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor 1938 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn 1958 Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold 1939 Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, 1959 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Norman Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias 1940 Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, Stone Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, 1960 John Crawford, Norman Kay, Sidney Waldemar von Zedtwitz Silodor, Tobias Stone 1941 John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert 1961 Charles Coon, Robert Jordan, Eric Murray, McPherran, Sherman Stearns Arthur Robinson 1942 Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, 1962 Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry Levitt, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman Garrett Nash, George de Runtz 1943 Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, 1963 Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, 2007: ACBL President Sharon Fairchild, second Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert from left, presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to the 1944 B. Jay Becker, , Sidney Weiss winners of the event: Bjorn Fallenius, Antonio Silodor, Helen Sobel 1964 Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, Sementa, Christal Henner-Welland, Roy 1945 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Peter Leventritt, Lew Mathe, Howard Welland, Adam Zmudzinski and Cezary Balicki. Silodor, Helen Sobel Schenken 1946 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George 1965 Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin, Albert 1947 David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry Weiss Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low 1966 Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami 1948 Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Albert 1967 James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lew Mathe, Weiss Bobby Nail, Ron Von der Porten, Lew 1949 Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Stansby Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge 1968 Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, 1950 John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth Daily Bulletin Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 7 Vanderbilt Knockout Teams 1987 Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Steve Robinson, Chip Martel 1988 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Roger Bates 1989 , Michael Becker, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Weichsel 1990 Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Michael Kamil, Ron Gerard, Tom Sanders, Bill Pollack 1991 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 1992 Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger Bates, John Schermer, Neil Chambers The 2008 Vanderbilt Knockout champions: npc 1993 Howard Weinstein, Peter Nagy, Dan Morse, Piotr Walczak, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Boguslaw John Sutherlin, Tom Sanders, Russ Arnold Gierulski, Krzystof Martens and Krzystof 1994 Seymon Deutsch, Gaylor Kasle, Michael Jassem. Rosenberg, , Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 1995 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Polowan, Marc Jacobus 1996 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 1997 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman 1998 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman 1999 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace 2000 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob 2009: Vanderbilt winners with the official Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, trophy: seated, Steve Weinstein, Walid Eric Rodwell Elahmady and Tarek Sadek; standing, George 2001 Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin, Jacobs, Robert Levin and Ralph Katz. Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski 2002 Reese Milner, Marc Jacobus, Sam Lev, John Mohan, Jacek Pszczola, Piotr Gawrys 2003 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, 1969 Gerald Hallee, Paul Soloway, John Eric Rodwell Swanson, Richard Walsh 2004 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo 1970 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Norberto Bocchi, Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee Giorgio Duboin 1971 Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob 2005 Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Massimo Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti 1972 Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas 2006 Fred Chang, Seymon Deutsch, Gunnar Smith, Alan Sontag, Joel Stuart, Peter Hallberg, Jack Zhao, Fu Zhong Weichsel 2007 Christal Henner-Welland, Antonio 1973 Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob 2010: ACBL President Rich DeMartino presents Sementa, Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff the Vanderbilt Trophy to the captain of the Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski winning team, Pierre Zimmerman. In the back 1974 David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric 2008 Boguslaw Gierulski, Krzysztof Jassem, row with him are Franck Multon and Michel Kokish, Joey Silver Krzysztof Martens, Jerzy Skrzypczak Bessis. In the front are Thomas Bessis, Tor 1975 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, 2009 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin, Helness and Geir Helgemo. John Mohan, George Rosenkranz Steve Weinstein, Tarek Sadek, Walid 1976 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, Elhamady John Mohan, George Rosenkranz 2010 Pierre Zimmerman, Michel Bessis, Thomas 1977 Mike Becker, Mark Blumenthal, Fred Bessis, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, Ron Rubin, Multon John Swanson 2011: Vanderbilt champions: seated, Lew 2011 Martin Fleisher, Lew Stansby, Bobby 1978 , Bobby Goldman, Stansby, Bobby Levin and Mike Kamil; Levin, Mike Kamil, Chip Martel, Steve Eddie Kantar, Billy Eisenberg, Mike standing, Chip Martel, Steve Weinstein and Weinstein Passell, Paul Soloway Martin Fleisher. 1979 Lou Bluhm, Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, Eddie Wold 1980 Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell 1981 B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin 1982 James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold 1983 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan 1984 Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender 1985 Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Rubin, Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, Peter Weichsel 1986 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek Page 8 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO JIM DENLY FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 10 Tables 10.0 Tables 3.03 1 Ludmila Antonova, New York NY; Kevin A B C Dwyer, Tampa FL; Zachary Brescoll, Hendersonville NC; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands 3.03 1 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Judy Rothstein, Roseland NJ 67.86% 2.12 2 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN; 2.58 2 1 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 66.37% Joshua Parks, Charlottesville VA; Alex Dezieck, Wilbraham MA 1.97 3 2 1 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; David Kellogg, Jacksonville AL 60.71% 1.21 3/4 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Max 1.59 4 3 Ike Golden, Tamarac FL; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 58.63% Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; 1.09 5 4 Mary Jane Gladfelter - Michael Gladfelter, Columbus OH 57.74% Theresa Venhuis, Redmond WA 1.11 6 5 Jeremy Williams, Reynoldsburg OH; Jerome Williams, Westerville OH 56.25% 1.21 3/4 Jeremy Lewis, Hampton VA; Gary Helman, Syosset NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Tania Reyes Hiller, 1.48 2 Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN; Hannah Tidman, Liberty TN 48.51% Shrub Oak NY SUNDAY MORNING CHARLES COX 299ER PAIRS SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 16.0 Tables 8 Tables A B C Ken Gee, Regina SK; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Diyan Danailov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; 3.21 1/2 1/2 Brenda McSpadden, Knoxville TN; Alda Hamrick, Maryville TN 61.36% Richard Ellis Jr, Kokomo IN; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 3.21 1/2 1/2 1 Thomas Lee Jr - John Bondurant, Memphis TN 61.36% vs 2.06 3 3 2 Barbara McQuigg - Richard McQuigg, Grand Rapids MI 59.85% Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille, Sweden; 1.84 4 4 Peggy Jalenak - Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 58.52% Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo, Japan; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 1.29 5 5 Juanita Painter - David Myers, Austin TX 57.20% 1.27 6 6 3 Cheryl Hutton - Nancy Whitfield, Tuscaloosa AL 56.44% SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 8 Tables 0.95 4 Vicki Scanlon - Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 55.30% Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Louis 0.72 5 Christine Garner, St Paul MN; Shamci Rafani, Visalia CA 54.55% Celli - Visanji Gala, Germantown TN; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN SUNDAY MORNING BRIDGE-PLUS PAIRS vs 6.0 Tables Gary Stern, Columbus GA; Virginia Swift - Joseph Barbary, New A B York NY; Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA 1.38 1 William Herman - Jane Herman, Effingham IL 66.88% SUNDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 1.04 2 Beth Harte - James Bowlan, Memphis TN 57.92% 9 Tables 0.82 3 1 Manilal Shah - Pushpa Shah, Germantown TN 55.83% Mark St John - Maclin Whiteman, Nashville TN; William Grant, 0.62 4 2 Joan Senhausen - Sophie Theodore, Memphis TN 55.00% San Diego CA; Patrick Williams, Greenbrier TN 0.46 3 Tad McKeon - Leslie McKeon, Germantown TN 54.47% vs Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Southwest Rnchs FL; Janet Neel DEBBIE BOYD MEMORIAL SWISS TEAMS Fleenor - Harley McCabe, Bowling Green KY 24 Tables A B C Simon Sellers, Barrington IL; James McKinney, Carol Stream IL; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH 9.52 1 1 Catherine Miller - Hugh Miller - James Bochsler, Spring TX; vs Michael Lunn, Sutton England 135.00 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Teresa Sackett, Saint Paul MN; 7.14 2 Jay Baum, Germantown TN; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Roger Carol Eiseman - F. Jeanette Johnston, Little Rock AR Passal, Woodside CA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD 129.00 5.36 3 Martin Scheinberg, New York NY; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Paul SUNDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II Trent - Sandra Trent, Asheville NC 124.00 13 Tables Robert Young - Shiaomay Young, Northfield IL; Phyllis Chambers, 4.02 4 Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; John Valliant - Stephen Brown, Ottawa Winnetka IL; Cecilia Ip, Walnut Creek CA ON; Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 120.00 vs 4.96 5 2 Phyllis Siegel - Loughery Hawkins - Gail Hawkins, Ballwin MO; Paul Nelson, Petoskey MI; Mark Hess, Charlevoix MI; Marilyn Jay D Shah, St Louis MO 119.00 Anstett - Jennifer Paulsrud, Fargo ND 3.72 6 3 Tommy Wynn - Maxine Wynn - Ronald Brotherson - Janet Brotherson, Paducah KY 113.00 Donald Power - Karen Allen, Kalamazoo MI; Peggy Doherty - Emmett Doherty, Three Rivers MI 2.38 7 Mary Terell, Banning CA; Larry Westholm - Elizabeth Poor - vs Barbara Westholm, Pensacola FL 109.00 Sue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Margie Patterson - 2.79 4 Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; Elaine Bowers, University Park Mary Willis, Spring TX FL; Marjorie Lennon, Bradenton FL; JoAnn Scata, Manchester CT 101.00 4.15 5 1 Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Mandeville LA; Jeffrey Perigoni, REECE ROGERS KO BRACKET 1 Slidell LA; Connie Hester, Baton Rouge LA 95.00 16 Tables Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL; 3.11 2 Carol Dunlevy - Ronald Dunlevy, Lighthousepoint FL; Linda Rebecca Lowen, Nashville TN; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB Glass, Ft Lauderdale FL; Margaret Duggan, Palos Heights IL 93.00 vs 2.33 3 Richard Garlick - Helene Taylor, Alliston ON; Eleanor Lyon, Jack Weingold - Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini, Jacksonville FL; Sharon Carter, Orange Park FL 91.00 Aurora OH; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 1.75 4 Richard Kalkbrenner - Lisa Rowland - Virginia Young, Little Rock AR; Skip Henry, Pine Bluff AR 80.00 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Jim McKeown, State College PA; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD vs SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE GAME SERIES Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; 19.0 Tables Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX; W Harris Jr, Lombard IL A B C 4.40 1 1 1 Sue Ritter - Bob Ritter, Cordova TN 68.45% REECE ROGERS KO BRACKET 2 3.30 2 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 62.80% 16 Tables Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Ann Zorn, Billings 2.84 3 2 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 61.31% MT; Marie Wiley, London ON 2.13 4 3 H Hunt, Charlotte NC; Carol Schroeder, Redmond WA 58.93% vs 1.39 5 Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 58.63% Michael Falcon - Debra Gay Falcon - Frances Schenk - Edward 2.39 6 4 2 Randy Baker - Jackie Baker, St Louis MO 57.44% Ashworth, Baton Rouge LA 1.31 5 Hadassah Klein, Port Washington NY; Marilyn Brescia, Great Neck NY 56.55% Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA; Richard Wendricks - 1.79 6 3 Andrea Schomaker - Michael Schomaker, Wichita KS 55.95% A Fetters, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 1.35 4 Ralph Raber - Karin Raber, Toledo OH 55.06% vs 1.32 5 Jay Gibbons, Washington DC; Jackie Stewart, Germantown TN 51.49% Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson, Phoenix AZ; Joy Rieckers - 0.81 6 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; T David Fenster Jr, Atlanta GA 50.89% Marian Wilson, Tucson AZ CECILE & MARVIN SKAGGS FAST PAIRS REECE ROGERS KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables 9.0 Tables Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN; Jane Chadwick, A B C Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Bill Gilmore, Jacksonville FL 6.65 1 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 59.23% vs 4.99 2 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 58.33% Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Snowmass CO; Sylvia 3.74 3 Suzanne Boruta - Michael Boruta, Anacortes WA 57.14% Dunne, Chicago IL; Sue Falk, New York NY 3.33 4 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; R Jay Becker, New York NY 56.40% Sue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Virginia Swift - 2.22 5 Bill Begert - Jess Jurkovic, New York NY 54.76% Joseph Barbary, New York NY 4.43 1 Diane Callahan, Germantown TN; Elaine Cobb, Eads TN 53.13% vs 3.46 2 1 Sherry McArdle - Marsha Reall, Columbus OH 51.79% Theresa Venhuis, Redmond WA; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights 2.60 3 2 Pat Oates - Bill Oates, Brighton MI 50.60% OH; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Mahesh Rathi, Austin TX 1.95 4 3 Sheryl McEwan, Reston VA; Brenda Thomas, Columbia MD 50.00% REECE ROGERS KO BRACKET 4 13 Tables Robert Dolan - Linda Dolan, Etowah NC; John Mindock - Anne Neil Brackley, Cordova TN; Lora Adkins - Teresa Crosby - Diane Mindock, Hot Springs Vlg AR Guiliano, Germantown TN vs vs Paul Nelson, Petoskey MI; Mark Hess, Charlevoix MI; Marilyn Larry Adler - Stephen Lightman - Ann Adler, Memphis TN; Blake ♠♥♦♣ Anstett - Jennifer Paulsrud, Fargo ND Sanders, Jonesboro AR Daily Bulletin Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 9

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS Top I/N Masterpoints 14.0 Tables 1 9.12 Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN A B C 2 9.12 Peggy Jalenak, Memphis TN 3.39 1 1 1 Gail Cizek, Clifton CO; Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO 61.55% 3 7.94 Cheryl Hutton, Tuscaloosa AL 2.54 2 2 2 Vicki Scanlon - Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 60.23% 4 7.94 Nancy Whitfield, Tuscaloosa AL 1.91 3 3 3 Sibyl McKellar, Memphis TN; Charles Butler, Chicago IL 59.47% 5 6.51 John Bondurant, Memphis TN 1.43 4 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 58.14% 6 5.81 Charles Butler, Chicago IL 1.29 5 4 4 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN; R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL 55.87% 7 5.77 Louise Koenigsfeld, St Louis MO 0.97 6 5 5 Lannon Corley, Chesterfield MO; Roxy Kesler, Creve Coeur MO 54.55% 8 5.77 Atul Hajela, Saint Louis MO 0.66 6/7 Catherine Cooper - Ira Cooper, Woburn MA 53.79% 9 5.31 Thomas Lee Jr, Memphis TN 0.66 6/7 Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA; Susan Sbar, Tampa FL 53.79% 10 5.09 Ann Sutherland, North York ON 11 5.09 Will Sutherland, North York ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables 12 4.94 Lue Reid, Blytheville AR A B C 13 4.94 Glendalee Coppedge, Blytheville AR 1.89 1 Carolyn Borneman - Gene Borneman, Conway AR 66.25% 14 4.85 Ronald Williams, Piperton TN 1.42 2 1 1 Ben Kedia, Germantown TN; Chhabil Dass, Cordova TN 65.83% 15 4.63 Jim Garnier, Maple Ridge BC 1.06 3 Mary Jo Burpee - Chuck Burpee, Grand Rapids MI 60.00% 16 4.36 Paul Smith, Clayton NC 1.04 4 2 Jimmy Dime, Fort Smith AR; Janey Musgrove, Greenwood AR 58.33% 17 4.36 Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC 0.60 5 Dianne Ramsey, Germantown TN; Ruth Owen, Memphis TN 55.42% 18 4.29 Jean Alden, Old Fort NC 0.78 3 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 54.58% 19 4.29 Doug Alden, Old Fort NC 0.58 4 Robert Calhoun - Patricia Calhoun, Germantown TN 53.33% 20 4.27 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN 0.57 2 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 50.42% 21 4.25 Jimmy Dime, Fort Smith AR 22 4.10 Jane Herman, Effingham IL SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS 23 4.10 William Herman, Effingham IL 8 Tables A B C 24 4.00 Pam Merkel, Jackson TN 2.54 1 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Robin Hart, North Vancouver BC; Mary 25 3.92 Gloria Mitchell, Madison MS Helen Harris, Marietta GA; Josephine Turner, Tupelo MS 70.00 26 3.92 Carole Mangrem, Clarksdale MS 2.26 2 1 1 Janet Knight - Robert Schreiber - Robert Williams, Jr, Memphis 27 3.89 Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD TN; Joanne Sandefer, Germantown TN 51.00 28 3.89 Donald Hixson, Rapid City SD 1.70 3 2 Diane Segel, Keller TX; Carol Bice - Jenny Oswald, Colleyville 29 3.87 Sarah Ellison, Jonesboro AR TX; Sandy Brown, N Richland Hill TX 49.00 30 3.87 Bill Cox, Jonesboro AR 1.27 3 Linda Sherrell, Collierville TN; Joan Stanton, Memphis TN; Jan 31 3.80 Margaret Boveri, Saint Louis MO Gaston, Drummonds TN; Janice Fite, Atoka TN 39.00 32 3.80 Shirley Ryan, St Charles MO 33 3.73 Sue Marsh, Jackson TN WENDELL PARKER DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 34 3.72 Germaine Johnston, Edmond OK 18.5 Tables 35 3.72 Ron Johnston, Edmond OK A B C 10.15 1 Curtis Hastings, St Louis MO; Mark Boswell, Chesterfield MO 61.31% 36 3.55 Donald Keyes, Anchorage AK 7.61 2 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 59.96% 37 3.55 Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 5.71 3 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 57.14% 38 3.53 Daniel Copp, Memphis TN 4.28 4 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 56.32% 39 3.34 Judy Hardin, Olive Branch MS 6.49 5 1 Martina Kelley - Michael Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 56.04% 40 3.34 Robert Meisinger, Memphis TN 4.87 6 2 Bud Stowe - Kay Stowe, Clive IA 55.69% 41 3.30 Alexander Wellford, Memphis TN 3.65 3 Albert Fultz, Ft Mitchell KY; Cordell Coy, Villa Hills KY 54.93% 42 3.27 Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI 3.96 4 1 David Loeb, Heathrow FL; Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 54.50% 43 3.27 Kenneth Geisler, Clarkston MI 3.02 5 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfield MA 53.96% 44 3.21 Alda Hamrick, Maryville TN 1.85 6 Leslie Bays, Kingsport TN; Theo Lichtenstein, Winter Garden FL 52.56% 45 3.21 Brenda McSpadden, Knoxville TN 2.97 2 Jerry Demeyer, Bolivia NC; Joseph Tomlinson, Wilmington NC 52.06% 46 3.12 Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO 2.23 3 Julia Reed, Saluda NC; Patricia Papachristou, Memphis TN 50.92% 47 3.12 Gail Cizek, Clifton CO 2.21 4 Donna Plumer - Sherry Thaxton, Memphis TN 49.84% 48 2.94 Piper Ziebarth, Cordova TN SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 49 2.92 Andrew Cruce, Vero Beach FL 12.0 Tables 50 2.92 Carolyn Taylor, Carbondale IL A B C 51 2.82 Josephine Turner, Tupelo MS 3.11 1 1 1 Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO; Gail Cizek, Clifton CO 67.26% 52 2.82 Mary Helen Harris, Marietta GA 2.33 2 Thomas Herzog, Reston VA; Mac Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT 66.07% 53 2.67 Linda Banks, San Marcos TX 2.00 3 2 David Howorth, Oxford MS; David Owen, Washington CT 64.88% 54 2.67 Ronald Mason, Elgin TX 1.55 4 3 2 Ruth Williford - Ike Williford, Chidester AR 60.71% 55 2.64 Sue Kay Reeder, Arlington TX 1.12 5 4 3 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 59.52% 56 2.64 Rojean Smith, Arlington TX 0.84 6 5 Gregory Herman - William Herman, Bellevue WA 58.33% 57 2.54 Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 1.10 6 4 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 52.68% 58 2.54 Earl Mast, Arlington TX ESTA FARGOTSTEIN 299ER SWISS TEAMS 59 2.53 Sophie Theodore, Memphis TN 7 Tables 60 2.53 Joan Senhausen, Memphis TN A B C 61 2.45 Richard Jones, Shawnee Msn KS 2.40 1 1 1 Roger Leemis, Southfield MI; Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hill MI; 62 2.45 Elaine Jones, Shawnee KS Darlene Scott, Oakville ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON 100.00 63 2.43 Joe Jones, Memphis TN 1.80 2 2 Diane Segel, Keller TX; Sandy Brown, N Richland Hill TX; Carol 64 2.43 Susan Valerio-Long, Maumelle AR Bice - Jenny Oswald, Colleyville TX 85.00 65 2.42 Janey Musgrove, Greenwood AR 1.35 3 3 Roxy Kesler, Creve Coeur MO; Lannon Corley, Chesterfield MO; 66 2.36 Mary Silky, Syracuse NY Shirley Ryan, St Charles MO; Margaret Boveri, Saint Louis MO 62.00 67 2.36 Bill Silky, Syracuse NY 68 2.28 Sibyl McKellar, Memphis TN 69 2.15 Penny Keras, Memphis TN 70 2.12 Glen Quackenbush, Lenexa KS Page 10 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin

ENTRANTS IN THE M.A. LIGHTMAN A/X SWISS TEAMS 2012 VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 60 Tables / Based on 99 Tables A X 1 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel 29.27 1 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Robert Lebi, NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Steve Toronto ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 207.00 Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 21.95 2 Joe Grue - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Melanie Tucker, New York NY; 2 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 174.00 Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater 14.41 3/4 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Farid Assemi Bch FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX - Edward Wojewoda, Fresno CA; Michal Nowosadzki, Weyheriwi 84-20 3 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Poland; Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA 165.00 Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio 14.41 3/4 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Sjoert Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma, Italy Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Eddie Wold, 4 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor Houston TX; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 165.00 Helness - Claudio Nunes - Fulvio Fantoni, Monaco 9.76 5 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, 5 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Steve Warsaw Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Gunnar Hallberg, Garner, Chicago IL; Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Boye Brighton United Kingdom; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England 162.00 Brogeland, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim, Norway 8.36 6 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Tarek Sadek 6 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 155.00 Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice, 7.32 7 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Zachary Brescoll, Hendersonville NC; Poland; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 153.00 Russia 6.50 8 Juan Pont, 08017 Barcelona Spain; Javier Graupera, Barcelona Spain 7 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Spain; Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Agustin Madala, Juan Carlos Ventin - Dragan Markovic, 08021 Barcelona Spain 151.00 Buenos Aires Argentina; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, 5.35 9/11 Munawar Sawiruddin, India; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Cairo, Egypt Singapore; Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Allen Tan, Singapore Singapore 146.00 8 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston 7.25 9/11 1 Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Shan Huang, IL; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Fred Gitelman - Geoff Toronto ON; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 146.00 Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 5.35 9/11 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, 9 Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Alexander Smirnov, Cincinnati OH; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Ron Rubin, Miami FL 146.00 Lubeck Germany; Roy Welland, New York NY; Bart Bramley, 5.44 12/14 2 John Lewis, Fort Lauderdale FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Michael Dallas TX; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL 145.00 von Arnim, Hockenheim, Germany 4.19 12/14 Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires 10 Argentina; Luis Palazzo - Walter 10 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Fornasari, Santiago CP - 7 Chile; Hector Camberos, Charlotte NC 145.00 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chris Willenken - Bjorn 4.19 12/14 Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden Pleasantville NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY 145.00 11 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; 4.08 15 3 Alex Dezieck, Wilbraham MA; Joshua Parks, Charlottesville VA; Sean Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Gannon, Decatur GA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 142.00 Poland; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Gunnar 3.44 16 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Tilburg Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Muller - 12 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice Simon De Wis, Hoorn Netherlands; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 141.00 FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca 3.25 17 Paul Wyer, Qld 4212 Aust Australia; Michael Conrtney, Qld Raton FL; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Aust TN; Stephen Burgess, New Zealand; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL 140.00 Trondheim Norway 3.08 18 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Amar Banerjee, Bhadreswar India; Kaustabh 13 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Richard Schwartz, Aventura Nandi - Sandip Datta - Bhabesh Saha - Debaabrata Majumder, Kolkata West India 137.00 FL; Louk Verhees, Voorhou Netherlands; Rico Van Prooijen, 2.93 19 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC; Robin Wilkinson - Nieuw Vennep, Netherlands; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit, Chuck Wilkinson, Jackson MS 135.00 Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba, Israel 3.06 4 A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; Ryan Schultz - 14 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Curtis Cheek - Joe Grue, Las David Camillus, Dayton OH 127.00 Vegas NV; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Ishmael Delmonte, 2.42 5 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt - Carlos Barrientos, Surrey BC; New South Wales Australia; Thomas Bessis, Paris, France Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 111.00 15 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, V.T. GALA B/C/D SWISS TEAMS Pensacola FL; Jon Baldursson, Reykjavik, Iceland; Thorlakur 27 Tables Jonsson, Kopavogur, Iceland B C D 16 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas 10.92 1 1 Jean La Traverse - Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Sjoert QC; Richard Collette, Valleyfield QC 213.00 8.19 2 2 Michele Brown - Dianne Walters, Monroe LA; Mary Jane Gladfelter Brink, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den - Michael Gladfelter, Columbus OH 184.00 Netherlands 6.14 3 3 1 Cynthia Cone, Sumter SC; Vicki Bell, Atlanta GA; Peter Huggler 17 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan III, Seminole OK; Terri Davis, Oklahoma City OK 152.00 Mexico; Diego Brenner, Barcelona, Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, 4.61 4 4 Bobbie Griggs - Barbara Hess, Wynne AR; Elaine Hallum - Barbara Buenos Aires Argentina; Joao Paulo Campos -; Miguel Villas- Rankin, Jonesboro AR 145.00 Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil 3.64 5 5 2 Robert Young - Shiaomay Young, Northfield IL; Phyllis Chambers, 18 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Winnetka IL; Cecilia Ip, Walnut Creek CA 142.00 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Matt 3.12 6 Charles Cohen - Howard Morris, Cordova TN; Doyle Crook Jr, Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Miami FL Spokane WA; Rita Annaratone, Memphis TN 140.00 19 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Tilburg, 2.58 7/8 6/7 Mike Tuchman, Celebration FL; Bonnie Bond, Hamilton ON; David Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Kellogg, Jacksonville AL; Charles Kelly, Anniston AL 135.00 Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn, 2.58 7/8 6/7 Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Gina Cianciolo, Memphis TN; Bruce Netherlands; Mark Lair, Canyon TX Wachsman - Louis Celli, Germantown TN 135.00 20 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm, 2.69 3 Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR; Carl Gray, Sweden; Johan Upmark, Stockholm, Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Benton AR; Dick Heil, N Little Rock AR 129.00 Johanneshov Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin 2.02 4 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Judith Arbus, Bathurst, New York NY Toronto ON; Ann Bullard, Tomball TX 128.00 21 Jie Li, Beijing China People’s Republic of China; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jian-Jian Wang, SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES 26.0 Tables Clarksville MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ A B C 22 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, Louisville KY; 5.46 1 1 1 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Mary Regottaz, Kenner LA 67.15% Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; 4.10 2 2 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Senta Lackner, Unterpremstätte Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY Austria 60.58% 23 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; 2.69 3/4 Valentin Kovachev - Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 58.81% Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad 2.69 3/4 3 2 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Hts OH 58.81% CA; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 1.73 5 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 58.49% 24 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal 1.51 6 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 56.89% QC; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Jie Zhao, Boca Raton FL; 1.87 4 3 Sherry Wortsmith - Sheila Mehaffy, Little Rock AR 56.73% David Bakhshi, London England 1.51 5/6 Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria; Elizabeth Stewart, Whitby ON 55.13% 25 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Venkatrao Koneru, San 1.24 5/6 Dorthy Rippstein - Katherine Gary, Karnes City TX 55.13% Antonio TX; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Dan Morse, Houston 1.03 4 Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Robert Tully, White Hall AR 48.24% TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ MICK MCGUIRE SIDE IMP PAIRS 26 Justin Lall, Henderson NV; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Judith 22.0 Tables Bianco - Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Lapt Chan, A B C Forest Hills NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville NY 4.85 1 Ellen Mendelson, Pikesville MD; Jane Shaw, Columbia MD 45.76 27 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Craig Gower 3.64 2 1 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Marilyn Fontenot, Lake Charge LA 41.12 - Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa; Jan Jansma, 2.73 3 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 39.41 Spijkenisse Netherlands 2.05 4 Bruce Caldwell, Jacksonville FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 37.12 28 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; 2.73 5 2 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 37.06 John Hurd - Joel Wooldridge, New York NY; Krzysztof Buras, 1.15 6 Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 32.82 Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk, Poland 2.43 3 1 Judy Etchison - J Scott Etchison, Dallas TX 21.18 29 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; 1.54 4 Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA 13.94 Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ; Josh Parker - Jeff Aker, Briarcliff 1.82 5 2 Joan Dibaggio, Brentwood TN; Judith Gandee, Franklin TN 6.94 NY; Brady Richter, Summit NJ 1.37 6 3 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Robert Brady, McLean VA 5.82 30 Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hector Camberos, 1.03 4 Claude Le Feuvre - Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 2.88 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 11

QUALIFIERS IN THE LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS Charlotte NC; Luis Palazzo, Santiago, Chile; Walter 78.0 Tables Fornasari, Argentina 1 Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH; Charles Kopp, Columbus OH 227.62 31 Hans Christian Graversen, Aalborg, Denmark; Dennis Bilde, 2 John Herrmann - Marcia Lanphear, Chattanooga TN 227.59 Aarhus, Denmark; Martin Schaltz, Odense, Denmark; Lars 3 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 227.20 Blakset, Copenhagen, Denmark 4 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Panama City FL 225.24 32 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; 5 Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO; Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO 193.01 Michal Nowosadzki, Weyheriwi, Poland; Farid Assemi - 6 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 188.61 Edward Wojewoda, Fresno CA; Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont 7 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 186.49 CA 8 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 185.34 33 Wen Wang, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; Gu Ling, 9 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 181.19 People’s Republic of China; Yu Zhang - Yan Lu, Beijing 10 John Grantham, Amarillo TX; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 180.98 People’s Republic of China; Xuefeng Feng, Chengdu, 11 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Fay Teal, Mesa AZ 170.56 People’s Republic of China; Li Ping Wang, Shanghai, 12 Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL; Paul Lewis, Zionsville IN 168.14 People’s Republic of China 13 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 162.59 34 Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona, Spain; Juan Pont, Barcelona, 14 Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 159.99 15 Jennifer Jones - Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 156.21 Spain; Javier Graupera, Barcelona, Spain Spain; Alejandro 16 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 151.66 Bianchedi - Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 17 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Gerard Laquerriere, Clovis CA 149.18 Frederic Wrang, Stockholm, Sweden 18 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 142.82 35 Brian Glubok - Marius Agica, New York NY; Allan Graves, 19 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 135.67 Barnet VT; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 20 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; David Siebert, Little Rock AR 132.59 36 Martin Bloom, Sydney, Australia; Peter David Gill, Sydney, 21 Ann Rickard, Simpsonville SC; Michael Oechsler, Charleston SC 131.22 Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon, Australia; Anthony Nunn, 22 Jordan Cohen, Thornhill ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 130.76 Ashfield, Australia 23 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 128.15 37 Paul Wyer, Australia; Michael Courtney ; Bob Jones, 24 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 128.11 Hypoluxo FL; Stephen Burgess, New Zealand 25 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 128.01 38 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; 26 Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 127.76 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, 27 Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI 127.62 Hollywood FL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris, France; Sylvie 28 Cedric Pang, Vista CA; Godfrey Chang, Honolulu HI 126.71 Willard, Paris, France 29 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 126.07 39 Dano De Falco, Rubano, Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria, 30 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 125.92 Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY 31 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 125.16 40 Kasper Konow - Gregers Bjarnarson, Copenhagen, Denmark; 32 Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 124.43 33 Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 122.41 Anders Hagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Michael Askgaard, 34 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN 120.62 Gentofte, Denmark 35 Jody Williams - Richard Williams, San Carlos CA 119.31 41 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne 36 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 119.11 Dawson, Delhi LA; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; Apolinary 37 Tom Dixon, Germantown TN; Terry Van Dyke, Memphis TN 118.84 Kowalski, Warsaw, Poland; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna, 38/39 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 118.05 Poland 38/39 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA 118.05 42 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Philadelphia PA; David 40 Carol Reitz - Ed Bissell, State College PA 117.62 Caprera, Denver CO; David Grainger, Bend OR 41 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 116.08 43 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Ira Chorush, Houston TX; Josh 42 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 115.62 Donn, Las Vegas NV; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA 43 Paul Janicki - Richard Chan, Markham ON 114.36 44 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks 44 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 113.84 CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 45 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 112.20 45 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Arno Hobart, Markham 46 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 111.27 ON; David Lindop - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON 47 David Rogers, Pinehurst NC; Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC 110.90 46 Doug Doub, W Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield 48 Randall Berseth, Bear DE; Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 110.68 CT; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Jan Paulissen, 49 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 110.20 Amsterdam Netherlands 50 Lauren Block, Manhasset NY; Howard Friedman, Great Neck NY 110.02 47 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR; Peter 51 Gary Helman, Syosset NY; Peter Gerrard, Huntersville NC 109.62 52 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 107.09 Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 53 Donald Florida, Indianapolis IN; Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL 106.99 48 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Keyzad Anklesaria, Reno 54 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL 105.45 NV; P Ridhar, Chennai, India; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai 55 James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 104.17 India; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai, India; Uttam Gupta, 56 Helen Johnston, Ajax ON; Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON 101.22 Bangalore, India 57 P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 100.83 49 David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY; Allen Kahn, New 58 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 99.69 York NY; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston 59 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 99.42 VA 60 J Adams, Columbus OH; Dean Ishida, Blacklick OH 99.09 50 Zach Brescoll, Hendersonville NC; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta 61 Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA; Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 98.24 GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Jonathan Steinberg, 62 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 98.06 Toronto ON 63 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 96.24 51 Pawel Niedzielski, Loda, Poland; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice, 64 Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Allan Smith, Perkinsfield ON 93.87 Poland; Piotr Walczak, Ualisz, Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, 65 Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Robert Sweeney, Memphis TN 91.65 Kalisz, Poland 66 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 88.61 52 Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Jessica Piafsky, New York 67 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 88.49 NY; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 68 Gregory Roberts, Aiken SC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC 88.07 53 Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY; John Zilic, 69 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 87.77 70 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 87.49 Houston TX; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX 71 Chris Benson, Le Roy IL; Sheldon Margulis, Saint Louis MO 85.79 54 Piotr Zak, Lodz Poland; Jerzy Zaremba, Chapel Hill NC; 72 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 85.70 Jaroslaw Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Grzegorz Lewaciak, 73 Douglas Simson - Kenneth Eichenbaum, Columbus OH 85.67 Lodz, Poland; Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON 74 James Thurtell - James Bauer, Dallas TX 85.04 55 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Drew Hoskins, 75 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 84.74 Burlingame CA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, 76 Kathy Longman - Jack Longman, Clearwater FL 84.18 Salem VA 77 Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN; Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN 83.09 56 Paul Gipson, Duns, United Kingdom; Alex Gipson, 78 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 82.50 Orpington, England; Tim Rees, Crowthorne Berk, England; 79 C Reis, Baton Rouge LA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 82.37 Samantha Punch, Stirling, United Kingdom 80 Alan Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 81.90 57 Hua Poon, Singapore; Allen Tan, Singapore; Choon Chou 81 Phil Schwarz - Judy Schwarz, Lakeville MN 79.74 Loo, Singapore; Munawar Sawirudin, Jakarta, Indonesia 82 Judi Radin - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 78.98 58 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; 83 Robert Bitterman - Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 77.92 Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA; Satya Rami, Morganville 84 Andrea Culberson - Marc Culberson, Weston FL 77.56 NJ 85 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 77.47 59 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher - Neil Kimelman - Donald 86 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 77.44 Pearsons, Winnipeg MB 87 Allen Hawkins Jr - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 76.81 88 Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson AZ; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 76.38 60 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Amar Banerjee, 89 James Nunn, Chesterfield MO; Jerome Shen, Saint Louis MO 75.75 Bhadreswar, India; Kaystabh Nandi - Sandip Datta - Bhabesh 90 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 75.71 Saha, Kolkata West Be, India; Debrabrata Majumdar, India 91 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 74.44 61 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; Joan 92 Gerald Koonce - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 73.71 Stein - Paul Karas, Milwaukee WI 93 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN 73.07 62 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Gary Brown, San Francisco 94 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 72.33 CA; Andreas Konyves - Borje Rudenstal, St. Vincent- 95 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 71.11 Grenadines 96 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 70.65 63 Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; Stephen Brown - John Valliant, 97 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 69.14 Ottawa ON; Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 98 Perry Richardson, Montgomery AL; James Tucker Jr, Alexander City AL 68.35 64 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; 99 Rita Callahan, Las Vegas NV; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 67.77 Raghavendra Rajkumar, Ithaca NY; Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill 100 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 67.44 PA 101 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 66.87 65 John Lewis, Fort Lauderdale FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton 102 Ralph Jungwirth - Latrelle Uhl, Modesto CA 66.63 FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Saul Gross, Miami 103 Richard Taube, Marietta GA; Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA 65.29 Beach FL 104 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 64.64 66 Ben Bomber - Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA; Gregory 105 Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Harmon Edgar, Mequon WI 64.14 Herman, Bellevue WA; Jeffrey Tsang, Guelph ON Page 12 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin

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Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; 106 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 63.76 David Camillus - Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH 107 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 60.66 68 Jean La Traverse - Josette Levesque - Chantal Dube, Montreal 108 Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 60.33 QC; Richard Collette, Valleyfield QC 109 Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN; Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN 59.84 69 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Robert Brady - Stephen 110 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 59.66 Drodge, McLean VA; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA 111 Ned Hager, Tulsa OK; Bob Gow, Oklahoma City OK 59.59 70 Claybourne Waldrop Jr - Melody Gann, Arlington TX; 112 Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 59.09 Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX; Gary Neisler, N Richlnd Hls 113 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 57.32 TX 114 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 57.28 71 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; 115 Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ; Frank Leonard, Tempe AZ 56.08 116 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 55.22 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 117 Melvin Rueppel - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 55.05 72 Jeff Ford, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; David 118 Jane McKinney, Springfield MO; Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR 47.36 Taylor - Aaron Mohrman, Seattle WA 119 Dave Smith, Walls MS; Kate Burton, Durham CT 46.57 73 Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Joe Black - Terry Richardson, 120 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Steven Picus, Mequon WI 45.15 Austin TX; Kathie Macnab - Bill Halliday, Halifax NS 121 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 44.45 74 Isabella De Andrade, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, 122 George St Pierre, Columbus OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 44.33 Washington DC; Elaine Bowers, University Park FL; Michael 123 Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 43.30 Roeder, Madison WI 124 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 42.79 75 Willie Baker Jr, Guthrie OK; Terri Davis, Oklahoma City OK; 125 Thomas Peters - Carolyn Peters, Grapeland TX 42.37 Peter Huggler III, Seminole OK; Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR 126 Gale Senter - James Senter, San Clemente CA 41.12 76 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby 127 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 40.22 BC; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Jianfeng Luo, North York ON 128 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 39.61 77 Chantal Whitney, Shaker Heights OH; Nicholas Ogan, 129 Alvin Stone - Dee Adams, Memphis TN 39.22 Moreland Hills OH; Victor Vertes, Cleveland OH; Marlene 130 Ron Mitchell, Jeffersonvlle IN; Dennis Hesthaven, Louisville KY 38.85 Zinamon, Beachwood OH 131 Denis Bennett, London England; Brian Senior, Nottingham England 38.11 132 Susan Winkler - Walter Spiewak, Wake Forest NC 36.92 133 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Lew Walter, New York NY 35.97 Platinum 134 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 34.89 135 Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 34.86 continued from page 1 136 Richard Anderson - Janice Anderson, Regina SK 34.31 137 Robert Adams, Oklahoma City OK; Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK 34.28 status, which requires 10,000 masterpoints plus at 138 Jim Wattenbarger - Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 32.25 least one North American championship with no 139 Kenneth Shatoff, Broomall PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 32.04 upper masterpoint restriction. The Platinum Pairs 140 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 30.67 win was his third major title. 141 Laurence Rivkin, Dunwoody GA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 28.25 142 R Barkley Calkins - Glenda Calkins, Allendale NJ 27.50 Second place went to Ishmael Delmonte of 143 Ralda St Pierre, Houston TX; Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX 25.28 Australia and Thomas Bessis of France. About half 144 Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA; Enrico Beretta, Martin GA 24.62 a board behind them in third were John Diamond 145 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 24.32 and Brian Platnick. 146 Murray Haggins - Marilyn Haggins, Calgary AB 22.95 147 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 22.20 Hamman and Lall have played together 148 Jack Wynns, Memphis TN; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 21.68 previously, competing in the 149 Jim Hilton, Austin TX; Daniel Suty, Houston TX 19.77 Pairs and several North American championships. 150 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 18.62 151 Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 17.65 Starting with the Summer NABC this year, they 152 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 8.21 will be regular partners after Hamman leaves the 153 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO 8.14 Nick Nickell team following the United States 154 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 6.30 Bridge Championship. 155 Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON; Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON 3.03 156 Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI; George Kaiser, Tequesta FL 0.00 Hamman and Lall were tied for 10th going into the third day of the event, but they moved to within NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 2.24 matchpoints of the lead after the first final 14.0 Tables / Based on 53 Tables session. 200.00 1 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Justin Lall, Henderson NV 435.00 On the last round, Hamman and Lall – leading 150.00 2 Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Thomas Bessis, Paris, France 426.11 by 16 matchpoints – faced the second-place pair, 112.50 3 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 419.24 92.31 4 Joel Wooldridge, New York NY; Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 406.07 Delmonte and Bessis. The winners scored 8.5 85.71 5 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 398.03 matchpoints on the first board but only 1.5 on the 80.00 6 Chip Martel, Davis CA; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 390.66 second when Hamman was doubled in 4♠, going 75.00 7 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, Louisville KY 384.22 two down for minus 500. 70.59 8 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 377.37 For Hamman, the victory was the second in a 66.67 9 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 376.09 six-session North American championship with a 63.16 10 Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 373.48 60.00 11 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA 372.76 partner named Lall. Twenty years ago in Toronto, 57.14 12 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT 368.00 Hamman and Justin’s father, Hemant, won the von 54.55 13 Shane Blanchard - Kevin Bathurst, New York NY 365.39 Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. 52.17 14 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 363.33 50.00 15 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 359.69 48.00 16 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Johan Upmark, Stockholm, Sweden 359.31 Door prizes 46.15 17 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Fred King, Falls Church VA 358.57 Every day, six door prizes are being awarded 44.44 18 Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; John Hurd, New York NY 354.60 by the tournament committee. Don’t be surprised if 42.86 19 Karen Walker - James Ward, Champaign IL 353.07 a stranger walks up to your table and gives you an 41.38 20 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel 348.82 envelope, saying “Here’s your door prize.” 40.00 21 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 338.95 38.71 22 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenheim, Germany 328.49 How does it work? There’s a tubful of seat 37.50 23 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Boye Brogeland, Norway 321.34 placement cards, each of which has a section, a 36.36 24 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA 319.13 table number and a direction. When we draw a card, 35.29 25 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; William Cole, Silver Spring MD 310.21 we have no idea who the winner is. All we know is 34.29 26 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA 307.53 where the winner is sitting. The prize is either $15 33.33 27 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 303.16 of scrip you can use for entries or a $15 certificate 32.43 28 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 299.79 that can be used at any one of the 10 restaurants CORKY’S BBQ STRATIFED OPEN PAIRS listed. 33.0 Tables / Based on 45 Tables A B C 19.25 1 Peter Worby - Kevin Young, Regina SK 63.41% Bid Box Alerts and 14.44 2 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 60.99% 10.83 3 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 58.43% Announcements 8.12 4 1 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Rory Millson, Bronxville NY 58.20% When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that 6.42 5 2 Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA; Suzi Steffenhagen, Horseheads NY 57.89% players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 5.50 6 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 57.67% same time. 4.81 7 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Brian Richardson, Pacific Plsds CA 57.65% When making an Announcement, use the 4.28 8 Sharon Goldman, New York City NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 57.47% Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap 3.85 9 Stewart Angel, Wake Village TX; Jonathan Ernest, Lindale TX 56.51% the Alert strip at the same time. 3.50 10 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 56.34% 3.21 11 En Xie, Saint Louis MO; Alice Brown, Midlothian VA 56.03% A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must 4.31 12 3 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jeffrey Tsang, Guelph ON 55.92% make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or 3.24 4 Michael Tallent, Groton MA; Lance Ribeiro, Hampstead NH 53.94% Announcement has been made. 4.70 5 1 Robert MacNeal, Point Ludlow WA; Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ 53.34% 3.53 6 2 Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Robert Padgug, Amherst NY 52.98% 2.64 3 Ludmila Antonova, New York NY; Ethan Yi Liu, Downers Grove IL 50.59% 1.98 4 Roy Kuhn - Mary Ann Kuhn, Lake Lure NC 49.41% 2.17 5 Mark Behling, Fenton MO; Aaron Krieser, Saint Louis MO 48.56% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 13

LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Carol Reitz - Ed Bissell, State College PA 59.23% 1 Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 59.26% 2 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 58.90% 2 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; David Siebert, Little Rock AR 57.37% 3 Gale Senter - James Senter, San Clemente CA 57.38% 3 David Rogers, Pinehurst NC; Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC 55.78% 4 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN 55.71% 4 Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO; Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO 55.66% 5 C Reis, Baton Rouge LA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 55.27% 5 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 55.57% 6 Thomas Peters - Carolyn Peters, Grapeland TX 54.97% 6 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 55.52% 7 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 54.82% 7 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 54.29% 8 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT 54.34% 8 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 52.79% 9 Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 54.29% 9 Peter Wityk, Des Moines IA; John Gustafson, Clive IA 52.12% 10 Rita Callahan, Las Vegas NV; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 52.63% 10 James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 51.79% 11 Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN; Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN 51.98% 11 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX 51.14% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL; Paul Lewis, Zionsville IN 66.98% 1 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 59.36% 2 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 59.56% 2 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 58.56% 3 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 56.37% 3 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 58.07% 4 Jordan Cohen, Thornhill ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 55.80% 4 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA 57.66% 5 Melvin Rueppel - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 55.11% 5 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 55.43% 6 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 55.08% 6 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 55.00% 7 Andrea Culberson - Marc Culberson, Weston FL 54.55% 7 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 54.76% 8 Ned Hager, Tulsa OK; Bob Gow, Oklahoma City OK 54.11% 8 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 54.74% 9 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 53.61% 9 Jane McKinney, Springfield MO; Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR 54.02% 10 Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Harmon Edgar, Mequon WI 53.49% 10 Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL; Richard Weiss, Swampscott MA 53.35% 11 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 53.01% 11 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 53.22% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E H EAST-WEST 1 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 59.46% 1 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 62.46% 2 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 55.38% 2 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 61.08% 3 Barry Senensky, Maple ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 54.92% 3 Ann Rickard, Simpsonville SC; Michael Oechsler, Charleston SC 59.69% 4 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 54.00% 4 James Thurtell - James Bauer, Dallas TX 57.46% 5 Kenneth Shatoff, Broomall PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 53.54% 5 Lauren Block, Manhasset NY; Howard Friedman, Great Neck NY 56.62% 6 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 53.46% 6 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 55.31% 7 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 53.08% 7 Phil Schwarz - Judy Schwarz, Lakeville MN 55.15% 8 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 52.77% 8 Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 54.77% 9/10 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 52.38% 9/10 Chris Benson, Le Roy IL; Sheldon Margulis, Saint Louis MO 54.46% 9/10 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 52.38% 9/10 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 54.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G EAST-WEST 1 Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH; Charles Kopp, Columbus OH 61.69% 1 John Herrmann - Marcia Lanphear, Chattanooga TN 64.62% 2 Cedric Pang, Vista CA; Godfrey Chang, Honolulu HI 61.08% 2 Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA; Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 57.85% 3 John Grantham, Amarillo TX; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 57.85% 3 Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 57.08% 4 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 56.77% 4 Jennifer Jones - Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 56.85% 5 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 55.85% 5 Jim Wattenbarger - Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 55.31% 6 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Steven Picus, Mequon WI 55.77% 6 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 55.15% 7 J Adams, Columbus OH; Dean Ishida, Blacklick OH 55.62% 7 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Fay Teal, Mesa AZ 54.77% 8 Robert Adams, Oklahoma City OK; Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK 54.54% 8 Ralph Jungwirth - Latrelle Uhl, Modesto CA 54.00% 9 Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA 53.85% 9 Douglas Simson - Kenneth Eichenbaum, Columbus OH 53.00% 10 Jack Wynns, Memphis TN; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 53.54% 10 Gerald Koonce - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 52.31% 11 Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson AZ; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 52.23% 11 Sondra Holt - Terrell Holt, Lexington KY 51.69% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J L M EAST-WEST 1 Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Allan Smith, Perkinsfield ON 66.14% 1 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Panama City FL 62.23% 2 Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Robert Sweeney, Memphis TN 58.07% 2 Gary Helman, Syosset NY; Peter Gerrard, Huntersville NC 58.78% 3 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 57.97% 3 Alan Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 57.18% 4 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 56.09% 4 Jody Williams - Richard Williams, San Carlos CA 56.02% 5 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 55.44% 5 Allen Hawkins Jr - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 56.00% 6 Kathy Longman - Jack Longman, Clearwater FL 55.13% 6 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA 55.75% 7 Susan Winkler - Walter Spiewak, Wake Forest NC 54.38% 7 Tom Dixon, Germantown TN; Terry Van Dyke, Memphis TN 54.76% 8 Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 54.21% 8 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 54.38% 9 Brian Ellis - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 54.19% 9/10 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 54.12% 10 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 53.72% 9/10 James Nunn, Chesterfield MO; Jerome Shen, Saint Louis MO 54.12% 11 Denis Bennett, London England; Brian Senior, Nottingham England 53.59% 11 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 53.61% 12 Raymond Smith - Beverly Smith, Plymouth MN 53.56% 12 Randall Berseth, Bear DE; Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 53.12% 13 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI 53.31% 13 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 53.05% 14 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 52.70% 14 Todd Lusk - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 52.31% 15 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 52.49% 15 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 52.19% 16 Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ; Frank Leonard, Tempe AZ 52.43% 16 Richard Taube, Marietta GA; Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA 52.10%

NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTION P 1 Joel Wooldridge, New York NY; Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 59.91% 2 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Justin Lall, Henderson NV 58.88% 3 Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Thomas Bessis, Paris, France 57.94% 4 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel 56.16% 5/6 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 55.62% 5/6 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA 55.62% 7 Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; John Hurd, New York NY 54.73% 8 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 53.99% 9 Shane Blanchard - Kevin Bathurst, New York NY 53.40% 10 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 53.25% 11 Chip Martel, Davis CA; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 52.66% SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Ruth Williford - Ike Williford, Chidester AR 60.71% 1 1 1 Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO; Gail Cizek, Clifton CO 67.26% 2 2 2 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 59.52% 2 Thomas Herzog, Reston VA; Mac Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT 66.07% 3 3 Gregory Herman - William Herman, Bellevue WA 58.33% 3 2 David Howorth, Oxford MS; David Owen, Washington CT 64.88% 4 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 53.87% 4 3 2 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 52.68% 5 4 Ruth Fly, Ridgeland MS; David Keierleber, Flat Rock NC 52.38% 5 4 Lucy Lee, Memphis TN; Samuel Love, Olive Branch MS 51.79%

SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE GAME SERIES SUNDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Senta Lackner, Unterpremstätte Austria 60.58% 1 Valentin Kovachev - Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 58.81% 2 2 Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria; Elizabeth Stewart, Whitby ON 55.13% 2 1 1 Sherry Wortsmith - Sheila Mehaffy, Little Rock AR 56.73% 3 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Roxana Tom, San Antonio TX 54.97% 3 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 56.41% 4 Donald Caplin - Sondra Caplin, Waltham MA 54.33% 4 2 Judy Huffman, Lexington KY; Anita Pettus, Winchester KY 54.65% 5 K Boagni Jr - Lois Boagni, Opelousas LA 53.69% 5 3 Leo Birmingham, Whitney Point NY; Normand Malette, Sudbury ON 51.44% 3 Martha Jo Jones, Baton Rouge LA; Irby Jones, Gonzales LA 51.92% 4 James Thornton - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 51.12% 4 Kathy Love, Olive Branch MS; Barbara Terhune, Memphis TN 51.44% 1 Jack Verkler, Southaven MS; Sarkis Kish, Memphis TN 46.47% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Mary Regottaz, Kenner LA 67.15% 1 1 1 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Hts OH 58.81% 2 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 56.89% 2 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 58.49% 3 2 Dorthy Rippstein - Katherine Gary, Karnes City TX 55.13% 3 Robert Webster - Wayne Larson, Ripon WI 55.77% 4 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 54.17% 4/5 2/3 Sherry Freese, St Pete Beach FL; Lisa Rowland, Little Rock AR 52.72% 5 3 Robert Reynolds - Mary Reynolds, Huntsville AL 50.00% 4/5 2/3 Marilyn Brescia, Great Neck NY; Hadassah Klein, Port Washington NY 52.72% 4 Martha Young, Monroe LA; Elizabeth Bryan, Newhebron MS 48.88% 4 Keenan Romig, Metairie LA; Betty Schwall, New Orleans LA 50.80%

CORKY’S BBQ STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SUNDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Stewart Angel, Wake Village TX; Jonathan Ernest, Lindale TX 56.43% 1 Peter Worby - Kevin Young, Regina SK 68.00% 2 1 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Rory Millson, Bronxville NY 55.47% 2 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 65.51% 3 James Partridge - Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL 51.91% 3 Henry Lortz - Wayne Ohlrich, Seattle WA 56.57% 4 2 Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; Myra Kolton, Chestnut Hill MA 50.55% 4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 56.22% 1 Harold Mendelson, Pikesville MD; Willie Baker Jr, Guthrie OK 44.11% 1 Tad Yoshikawa - Florence Yoshikawa, Sunnyvale CA 55.12% 2 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Judy Hyde, Aspen CO 52.98% 1 Mark Behling, Fenton MO; Aaron Krieser, Saint Louis MO 49.78% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 59.94% 1 En Xie, Saint Louis MO; Alice Brown, Midlothian VA 56.59% 2 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 59.56% 2 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 55.30% 3 1 Michael Tallent, Groton MA; Lance Ribeiro, Hampstead NH 56.76% 3 1 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jeffrey Tsang, Guelph ON 52.60% 4 Janise Saul, San Antonio TX; Mary Gorkin, Boca Raton FL 56.21% 4 2 Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA; Suzi Steffenhagen, Horseheads NY 49.68% 2 1 Dorothy Johnson, Independence MO; Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO 55.64% 1 Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Robert Padgug, Amherst NY 47.25% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Adam Parrish, Arlington MA 59.92% 1 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Jean Orr, Middletown CT 58.77% 2 Sharon Goldman, New York City NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 58.90% 2 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Brian Richardson, Pacific Plsds CA 57.89% 3 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS 58.12% 3 1 Paul Walker, London England; Frank Wharton, London England 54.26% 4 Joyce Penn, Columbus OH; Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 55.01% 4 2 1 Roy Kuhn - Mary Ann Kuhn, Lake Lure NC 52.24% 1 1 Ludmila Antonova, New York NY; Ethan Yi Liu, Downers Grove IL 51.76% 2 Steven Goodman - Carol Frana, Overland Park KS 48.99%

MICK MCGUIRE SIDE IMP PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ellen Mendelson, Pikesville MD; Jane Shaw, Columbia MD 45.76 1 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 39.41 2 1 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Marilyn Fontenot, Lake Charge LA 41.12 2 1 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 37.06 3 Bruce Caldwell, Jacksonville FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 37.12 3 Eugene Kales, East Lansing MI; Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL 22.24 4 Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 32.82 4 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN 21.88 5 Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel - Michael Diesel, Saugus MA 18.94 5 2 1 Judy Etchison - J Scott Etchison, Dallas TX 21.18 6 2 Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA 13.94 6 Lenore Bassett - Sage Bassett, Daleville VA 20.35 7 Wayne Merkel, North York ON; Lynn John Federico, Kenner LA 9.41 7 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 19.82 8 3 1 Joan Dibaggio, Brentwood TN; Judith Gandee, Franklin TN 6.94 8 Isabella De Andrade, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC 16.65 9 4 Gwen Kyle - Thomas Timm, Knoxville TN 5.59 9/10 3 2 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Robert Brady, McLean VA 5.82 5 Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Bridgett Pitt, Brookhaven PA 4.24 9/10 Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA; Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 5.82 6 Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH; Chantal Whitney, Shaker Heights OH 3.35 4 Claude Le Feuvre - Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 2.88 2 Michael Arthur - Elizabeth Arthur, Pearl River LA -11.00 5 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Glynda Caldwell, Jacksonville FL -1.71 WENDELL PARKER DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SUNDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Curtis Hastings, St Louis MO; Mark Boswell, Chesterfield MO 59.51% 1 1 Martina Kelley - Michael Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 64.95% 2 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 59.49% 2 2 Bud Stowe - Kay Stowe, Clive IA 58.21% 3 1 Douglas Lampert, Meridianville AL; Marvin Lampert, Huntsville AL 56.40% 3 3 1 David Loeb, Heathrow FL; Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 57.82% 4 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 55.58% 4 4 Leslie Bays, Kingsport TN; Theo Lichtenstein, Winter Garden FL 55.70% 5 2 1 Donna Plumer - Sherry Thaxton, Memphis TN 54.48% 5 Bill Haskitt, Ashburn VA; Gary King, Hermosa Beach CA 54.67% 6 3 2 James Williams - Ann Williams, Brentwood TN 52.86% 6 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 53.80% 7 4 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfield MA 52.77% 7 Bert Sheldon, Houston TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN 53.26% 8 5 Sandra Krietzberg, Belmar NJ; Cleopatra Guastella, Red Bank NJ 52.75% 8 2 Jerry Demeyer, Bolivia NC; Joseph Tomlinson, Wilmington NC 52.85% 3 Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS 51.56% Page 14 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE GAME SERIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 62.80% 1 1 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 61.31% 2 1 Tish Davis, Memphis TN; Bobbie Pihl, Cordova TN 55.36% 2 2 1 Randy Baker - Jackie Baker, St Louis MO 57.44% 3 2 1 Ralph Raber - Karin Raber, Toledo OH 55.06% 3 3 2 Andrea Schomaker - Michael Schomaker, Wichita KS 55.95% 4 Susan Kusler, Moss Point MS; Rebecca Bradley, Birmingham AL 51.79% 4 Brenda Simpson, Spokane WA; Dee Berry, Arlington WA 53.87% 2 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; T David Fenster Jr, Atlanta GA 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sue Ritter - Bob Ritter, Cordova TN 68.45% 1 1 H Hunt, Charlotte NC; Carol Schroeder, Redmond WA 58.93% 2 2 Hadassah Klein, Port Washington NY; Marilyn Brescia, Great Neck NY 56.55% 2 Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 58.63% 3 Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Isabella De Andrade, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 56.25% 3 Rosalyn Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 52.68% 4 Jon King, Balboa Island CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 54.17% 4 2 1 Jay Gibbons, Washington DC; Jackie Stewart, Germantown TN 51.49% 3 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 52.98% 3 2 Irene Crowder, Madison MS; W Jean Denson, Brandon MS 50.30% 2 Judy Knox - Russell Strauss, Memphis TN 45.83%

CECILE & MARVIN SKAGGS FAST PAIRS SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Suzanne Boruta - Michael Boruta, Anacortes WA 67.26% 1 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; R Jay Becker, New York NY 60.71% 2 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 60.71% 2 Bill Begert - Jess Jurkovic, New York NY 59.52% 3 1 1 Sheryl McEwan, Reston VA; Brenda Thomas, Columbia MD 51.79% 3 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 54.17% 4 2 2 Ralph Vogel - Terri Schafer, Little Rock AR 50.89% 4 1 1 Sherry McArdle - Marsha Reall, Columbus OH 51.49% 2 Diane Callahan, Germantown TN; Elaine Cobb, Eads TN 45.83%

CECILE & MARVIN SKAGGS FAST PAIRS SUNDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 62.50% 1 1 1 Victor Galis - Ioana Galis, Fremont CA 54.17% 2 1 Diane Callahan, Germantown TN; Elaine Cobb, Eads TN 60.42% 2 Joan Stein - Paul Karas, Milwaukee WI 52.98% 3 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 57.74% 3 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; R Jay Becker, New York NY 52.08% 4 2 1 Pat Oates - Bill Oates, Brighton MI 55.65% 4 2 Steve Graves, Olney MD; Sara Hilgartner, Great Falls VA 51.19% 2 Sherry McArdle - Marsha Reall, Columbus OH 52.08%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Gail Cizek, Clifton CO; Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO 61.55% 1 1 1 Sibyl McKellar, Memphis TN; Charles Butler, Chicago IL 59.47% 2 2 2 Vicki Scanlon - Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 60.23% 2 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 58.14% 3 3 3 Lannon Corley, Chesterfield MO; Roxy Kesler, Creve Coeur MO 54.55% 3 2 2 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN; R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL 55.87% 4 4 Ronald Mason, Elgin TX; Linda Banks, San Marcos TX 53.03% 4/5 3/4 Catherine Cooper - Ira Cooper, Woburn MA 53.79% 5/6 5/6 David Howorth, Oxford MS; David Owen, Washington CT 52.84% 4/5 3/4 3 Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA; Susan Sbar, Tampa FL 53.79% 5/6 5/6 Charles Cox, Memphis TN; Donna Pace, Brighton TN 52.84% 6 5 Sharon Thomerson - Roy Thomerson, Bowling Green KY 52.84%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mary Jo Burpee - Chuck Burpee, Grand Rapids MI 60.00% 1 Carolyn Borneman - Gene Borneman, Conway AR 66.25% 2 1 Jimmy Dime, Fort Smith AR; Janey Musgrove, Greenwood AR 58.33% 2 1 1 Ben Kedia, Germantown TN; Chhabil Dass, Cordova TN 65.83% 3 2 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 54.58% 3 Dianne Ramsey, Germantown TN; Ruth Owen, Memphis TN 55.42% 1 Bob Rogers, Montgomery AL; Karen Birck, Wilton CT 47.08% 2 Robert Calhoun - Patricia Calhoun, Germantown TN 53.33%

WENDELL PARKER DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gerald Lackner - Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria 59.59% 1 Curtis Hastings, St Louis MO; Mark Boswell, Chesterfield MO 63.11% 2 1 Albert Fultz, Ft Mitchell KY; Cordell Coy, Villa Hills KY 58.63% 2 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 60.47% 3 2 1 Ann Johnston, Wellesley MA; Ellen Alper, West Roxbury MA 55.88% 3 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 60.42% 4 3 Bud Stowe - Kay Stowe, Clive IA 53.17% 4 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 57.06% 5 4 Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN; Beverly Parrish, Cordova TN 52.86% 5 1 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfield MA 55.15% 6 Bill Haskitt, Ashburn VA; Gary King, Hermosa Beach CA 52.22% 6 2 Judith Wolf, Des Moines IA; Margaret Brennan, West Des Moines IA 54.06% 7 2 Jerry Demeyer, Bolivia NC; Joseph Tomlinson, Wilmington NC 51.27% 7 3 1 Julia Reed, Saluda NC; Patricia Papachristou, Memphis TN 53.47% 8 David Loeb, Heathrow FL; Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 51.19% 8 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 52.08% 4 Egon Diekhoff - Stephen Zenk, Maryland Hts MO 51.75% 5 Bert Sheldon, Houston TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN 51.68% 2 Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS 47.87% 3 Donna Plumer - Sherry Thaxton, Memphis TN 45.21% NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS FIRST FINAL SESSION SECTION P 1 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 61.81% 2 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Justin Lall, Henderson NV 60.71% 3 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, Louisville KY 58.52% 4 Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 56.46% 5 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 55.49% 6 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT 54.12% 7 Chip Martel, Davis CA; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 53.02% 8 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 52.61% 9 Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 52.47% 10 Joel Wooldridge, New York NY; Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 52.01% 11 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 51.92% CORKY’S BBQ STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SUNDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Alison Wilson, New York NY 59.28% 1 1 Allan Roderiques - Lois Belliveau, Leesburg FL 62.18% 2 Sharon Goldman, New York City NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 55.86% 2 Peter Worby - Kevin Young, Regina SK 58.24% 3 Linda Mamula - Donald Mamula, Mill Creek WA 50.56% 3 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 56.48% 4 1 Art Bonneau, Bethel Park PA; Mary Lou D’Altorio, Pittsburgh PA 50.41% 4 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 55.90% 2 1 Mark Behling, Fenton MO; Aaron Krieser, Saint Louis MO 47.18% 2 1 Louise Koenigsfeld, St Louis MO; Atul Hajela, Saint Louis MO 50.90% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA; Suzi Steffenhagen, Horseheads NY 67.13% 1 1 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Rory Millson, Bronxville NY 61.28% 2 2 1 Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Robert Padgug, Amherst NY 59.42% 2 Jennie Flynn Sauviac, Metairie LA; Nonie Leavitt, New Orleans LA 59.75% 3 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 56.15% 3 2 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jeffrey Tsang, Guelph ON 59.65% 4 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 55.74% 4 Stewart Angel, Wake Village TX; Jonathan Ernest, Lindale TX 56.59% 1 Dianne Caldwell, Madison AL; Lynn Quinlan, Huntsville AL 50.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Brian Richardson, Pacific Plsds CA 57.37% 1 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 56.74% 2 Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 56.91% 2 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL 56.16% 3 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 55.55% 3 1 1 Robert MacNeal, Point Ludlow WA; Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ 54.06% 4 Debby Rosenberg - Myron Rosenberg, Cordova TN 52.72% 4 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 51.28% 1 1 Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 50.60% 2 Michael Tallent, Groton MA; Lance Ribeiro, Hampstead NH 50.76% 2 Paula Strand, Kirkland WA; Barbara Hastings, Pointe-Claire QC 47.61%

LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 66.92% 1 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Gerard Laquerriere, Clovis CA 61.31% 2 Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO; Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO 61.54% 2 Carlos Munoz - Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 58.00% 3 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 61.15% 3 Perry Richardson, Montgomery AL; James Tucker Jr, Alexander City AL 56.00% 4 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL 57.62% 4 Stephen Nellissen, Ramsey NJ; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 55.00% 5 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 57.46% 5 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 54.15% 6 James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 56.31% 6 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 52.54% 7 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; David Siebert, Little Rock AR 53.69% 7/8 Leo Bicknese, Mesa AZ; Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ 51.85% 8 David Rogers, Pinehurst NC; Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC 53.00% 7/8 Rita Callahan, Las Vegas NV; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 51.85% 9 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 52.15% 9 Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN; Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN 51.77% 10 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 51.85% 10 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 51.15% 11 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 51.77% 11 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 51.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 58.77% 1 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 64.15% 2 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 58.31% 2 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 57.00% 3 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Lew Walter, New York NY 55.77% 3 Douglas Wagner, Birmingham AL; Jeff Johnson, Huntsville AL 56.31% 4 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 54.38% 4 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 55.62% 5 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 54.31% 5 Jordan Cohen, Thornhill ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 54.92% 6 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 53.46% 6 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 54.08% 7 Robert Bitterman - Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 53.31% 7/8 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 52.69% 8 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 53.23% 7/8 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Julian Laderman, Bronx NY 52.69% 9 Linda Rothstein - Linda Frank, New York NY 52.54% 9 Murray Haggins - Marilyn Haggins, Calgary AB 52.62% 10 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA 52.08% 10 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 52.38% 11 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 52.00% 11/12 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 51.69% 11/12 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 51.69% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E H EAST-WEST 1 Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 58.92% 1 Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 59.77% 2/3 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 55.69% 2 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN 58.46% 2/3 Mary McIntyre - Larry McIntyre, St Paul MN 55.69% 3 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 57.23% 4 Donald Florida, Indianapolis IN; Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL 55.62% 4 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 55.85% 5 Judi Radin - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 55.38% 5 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 55.54% 6 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 55.31% 6 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 55.08% 7 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 55.00% 7 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 53.69% 8 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 54.85% 8 Gregory Roberts, Aiken SC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC 53.38% 9 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 53.31% 9 Laurence Rivkin, Dunwoody GA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 52.15% 10 Lauren Block, Manhasset NY; Howard Friedman, Great Neck NY 52.00% 10 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G EAST-WEST 1 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Fay Teal, Mesa AZ 60.15% 1 Paul Janicki - Richard Chan, Markham ON 60.59% 2 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 58.96% 2 Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH; Charles Kopp, Columbus OH 59.02% 3 Jennifer Jones - Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 56.62% 3 John Grantham, Amarillo TX; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 58.13% 4 John Herrmann - Marcia Lanphear, Chattanooga TN 56.10% 4 Ron Mitchell, Jeffersonvlle IN; Dennis Hesthaven, Louisville KY 55.08% 5 Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN; Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN 54.49% 5 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 54.44% 6 Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON; Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON 53.90% 6 Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson AZ; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 53.12% 7 Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 53.49% 7 J Adams, Columbus OH; Dean Ishida, Blacklick OH 52.04% 8 Douglas Simson - Kenneth Eichenbaum, Columbus OH 53.30% 8 Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA 51.77% 9 Gerald Koonce - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 52.77% 9 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 50.75% 10 Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI; George Kaiser, Tequesta FL 51.59% 10 Janice Nakao - Thomas Quinlan, San Mateo CA 50.64% 11 Ralph Jungwirth - Latrelle Uhl, Modesto CA 50.36% 11 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL 50.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J L M EAST-WEST 1 Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI 62.55% 1 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 59.82% 2 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 62.35% 2 George St Pierre, Columbus OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 58.10% 3 P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 61.08% 3 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 57.74% 4 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 59.82% 4 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 57.64% 5 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Panama City FL 58.30% 5 Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 57.59% 6 Helen Johnston, Ajax ON; Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON 57.54% 6 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 56.28% 7 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 57.24% 7 Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 55.97% 8 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 56.28% 8 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 55.92% 9 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 56.07% 9 Dave Smith, Walls MS; Kate Burton, Durham CT 54.71% 10 Randall Berseth, Bear DE; Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 55.77% 10/11 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 54.05% 11 Tom Dixon, Germantown TN; Terry Van Dyke, Memphis TN 54.96% 10/11 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA 54.05% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 15

12 Jody Williams - Richard Williams, San Carlos CA 53.74% 12 Roger Pennell - Hachy Pennell, Aurora CO 54.00% 13 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 52.94% 13 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 53.95% 14 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 52.43% 14 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA 53.49% 15 Richard Taube, Marietta GA; Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA 52.18% 15 Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ; Frank Leonard, Tempe AZ 52.78% 16 James Nunn, Chesterfield MO; Jerome Shen, Saint Louis MO 51.21% 16 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 52.53%

JIM DENLY MORNING SIDE GAME, SUNDAY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Judy Rothstein, Roseland NJ 67.86% 1 1 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 66.37% 2 1 Ike Golden, Tamarac FL; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 58.63% 2 2 1 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; David Kellogg, Jacksonville AL 60.71% 3 2 Jeremy Williams, Reynoldsburg OH; Jerome Williams, Westerville OH 56.25% 3 Mary Jane Gladfelter - Michael Gladfelter, Columbus OH 57.74% 4 Randy Baker, St Louis MO; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 55.36% 4 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 52.98% 3 Ray Lytle, Paducah KY; Al Grant, Memphis TN 50.00% 1 Bill Frazee - Susan Frazee, Memphis TN 43.75% SUNDAY MORNING CHARLES COX 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Peggy Jalenak - Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 58.52% 1/2 1/2 Brenda McSpadden, Knoxville TN; Alda Hamrick, Maryville TN 61.36% 2 2 Juanita Painter - David Myers, Austin TX 57.20% 1/2 1/2 1 Thomas Lee Jr - John Bondurant, Memphis TN 61.36% 3 3 1 Cheryl Hutton - Nancy Whitfield, Tuscaloosa AL 56.44% 3 3 2 Barbara McQuigg - Richard McQuigg, Grand Rapids MI 59.85% 4 4 2 Vicki Scanlon - Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 55.30% 4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Robin Hart, North Vancouver BC 54.36% 5 5 Greg Nomland, Cordova TN; Martin Hinchin, Memphis TN 54.73% 5 4 David Owen, Washington CT; David Howorth, Oxford MS 53.98% 6 6 3 Christine Garner, St Paul MN; Shamci Rafani, Visalia CA 54.55% 6 5 Elaine Jones, Shawnee KS; Richard Jones, Shawnee Msn KS 53.03% 4 Rick Bovee - Ben Wright, Nashville TN 53.79% 6 3 Anthony Munson - Ann Munson, Sarasota FL 51.33%

SUNDAY MORNING BRIDGE-PLUS PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B A B 1 William Herman - Jane Herman, Effingham IL 66.88% 1 Beth Harte - James Bowlan, Memphis TN 57.92% 2 1 Manilal Shah - Pushpa Shah, Germantown TN 55.83% 2 1 Joan Senhausen - Sophie Theodore, Memphis TN 55.00% 2 Tad Mc Keon - Leslie Mc Keon, Germantown TN 54.47% Monday Sponsors John and Marge Willingham Judy Knox club Swiss teams that has been copied all over the John’s career has included sports, the restaurant/ Judy Knox, a hard-working, loyal member ACBL .It’s called Eight is Enough, and it’s a method barbecue business and involvement in local politics. of the bridge community, is an international designed to ensure that all teams are approximately Early on, John was a professional baseball player specialist with the Internal Revenue Service. She equal in experience level. with a three minor-league teams. Food and fine has been secretary of Unit 144 for several years, Fran Downing barbecue then became the focus of his life. He and also serves as secretary for District 10. She was Fran Downing’s career as a bridge worker and established several outstanding restaurants in appointed to the ACBL’s Goodwill Committee in player came to a sudden halt when she suffered a Memphis, competed in numerous barbecue contests 2010. A certified instructor and director, she teaches severe stroke in the ACBL library while working at nationally and developed an excellent smoker for several games for new players weekly. Judy was the ACBL. She worked in several positions during meats. His Wham Sauce, both liquid and dry, can one of the originators of the successful mentoring her stay at ACBL. Her daughter Amy moved to be found at grocers in the area. John also has been program at the M.A. Lightman Bridge Club. Memphis to take care of her mother. Fran continued a major participant in local elections over the last Judy is the partnership chairman for the regional to play bridge as often as possible and reached her few years. Marge is the bridge enthusiast in the tournament at Tunica and is serving in the same goal of Silver Life Master shortly before her death. Willingham family. position for this NABC. She also is tournament Dee and Harrison Adams Mary Virginia Southwell Memorial chairman for two Memphis sectional tournaments. Many years ago, Dee and Harrison Adams of Mary Virginia is being remembered by Bill Richard and Mary Oshlag Memphis were a formidable pair throughout the and Susan Frazee not only because she was an Richard and Mary Oshlag of Memphis had South. But Harrison retired from the game, and Dee excellent bridge player, but also for her kindness and the biggest thrill of their lives at last year’s NABC was on her own. She proved entirely capable. She welcoming spirit, especially to new players. When in Louisville – they won a North American continues to be the top woman player at the M.A. newcomers came to M. A. Lightman Bridge Club, championship – the Senior Swiss Teams. Richard Lightman Bridge Club and also is the champion she encouraged them to play in the Swiss teams. has been working at the ACBL forever, it seems. He in many events in regionals and sectionals in the She was always encouraging and affirming. Mary started as a proofreader for the Bridge Bulletin in Mid-South. She is icy cool under pressure and never Virginia is a member of the M A Lightman Hall of 1968, became business manager for the magazine, loses her concentration. She is the top point scorer Fame. learned about computers and became the IT manager at the club almost every month and also has a good for ACBL. continued on page 16 Mary, a club director, came up with an idea for Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Huey’s Restaurants Day Tuesday, March 20, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold /player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Joyce and Al Stone Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Unit 179 Side Game 2nd single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series Tuesday, March 20, 10 a.m. Greenwood Bridge Club 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Greenwood Bridge Club 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Tuesday, March 20, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Roland Bondani Memorial Stratified Daylight Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Mary and Richard Oshlag Monday-Tuesday Senior KO Teams 3-4 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Tuesday, March 20, 1 p.m. M.A. Lightman Bridge Club Members’ Memorial Side Game 1st single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series Tuesday, March 20, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 2nd Floor, Ballroom D $20 1-2 Q 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Mimi Kopald Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Becker Family (Tuesday-Wednesday) Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Tuesday, March 20, 3 p.m. Ernie Marquette 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Ernie Marquette 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Tuesday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. Charles Steinberg Memorial Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17 L.R. and Peggy Jalenak Side Game 2nd single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series Don Paterson Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Tuesday, March 20, 11:30 p.m. Sam’s Town Casino Zip KO Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 16 Monday, March 19, 2012 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events

Goodwill Day & Memphis Bridge Day

Monday, March 19, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Joyce and Al Stone (Monday-Wednesday) Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Unit 179 Side Game 1st single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series Frank Stewart Sunday-Monday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Janice and Terry Van Dyke Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Monday, March 19, 10 a.m. Judy Knox 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Judy Knox 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Happy Bridge single River Bluff, Mezzanine Level Free Free Lesson at 10 a.m., followed by 14 deals at 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. M.A. Lightman Board of Directors Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Note: Game named in honor of M.A. Lightman is not played at the M.A. Lightman Bridge Club. Mary and Richard Oshlag (Monday-Tuesday) Senior KO Teams 1-2 Chickasaw, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Monday, March 19, 12:30 p.m. Happy Bridge single River Bluff, Mezzanine Level Free Free Lesson at 10 a.m., followed by 14 deals at 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, 1 p.m. Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 3rd single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Monday, March 19, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20 Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams required by 8 p.m. Sunday, March 18. LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F 2nd Floor, Ballroom A $20 Fran Downing Memorial Flight A/X Pairs 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Jack and Jackie Stewart Flight B/C/D Pairs 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Steve Greenberg (Monday) Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Reece Rogers Memorial (Sunday-Monday) Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Monday, March 19, 3 p.m. Mary Virginia Southwell Memorial Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Monday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. John and Marge Willingham A/X Swiss Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17 Dee and Harrison Adams B/C/D Swiss Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17 Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club Side Game 4th single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Sunday-Monday Side Game Series Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Margo LaManna Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Monday, March 19, 11:30 p.m. Marriott Hotel Zip KO Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Monday Sponsors Continued from page 14 selection of regional trophies. in affairs for this tournament – they are chairmen of trolley line. Not far away are attractions such as Al and Joyce Stone the prize committee. Graceland, the National Civil Rights Museum, Al and Joyce have chosen different paths in their Steve Greenberg Memorial AutoZone Park and FedEx Forum. Showcasing bridge lives. Al specializes in administration and Steve Greenberg (1931-1998) was a champion 12,000 square feet of versatile event space, this hotel play, Joyce in teaching and directing. In the past, player for decades and one of the most ethical is perfect for productive business engagements as Al was a driving force in Unit 144 and the M.A. players the game has even known. He loved bridge well as elegant wedding receptions. Lightman Bridge Club, serving as president of both. and the people who play the game, but bad bridge M.A. Lightman Board of Directors He recently returned to administration by returning could make him grumpy at times. Despite the The M.A. Lightman Board of Directors has to the Boards of both organizations. He also is a sometimes-gruff exterior, Steve was a kind person, two main functions – it serves as the governing leading player in the Memphis area. Joyce started by always fun to be with and a loyal friend. He never body for Unit 144 as well as for the club. For the becoming an EasyBridge teacher. This proved to be lost his enthusiasm for the beauty of the game of club, the board handles such matters as First Friday so fulfilling that she became a club director and now bridge. dinners, discipline, club games, Zero Tolerance and runs a successful club. Back problems kept him in pain most of the membership. For the unit, the board is responsible Jack and Jackie Stewart time, but he enjoyed life nonetheless. He was for discipline, new members, regulations and for Jackie Stewart took up bridge first, but she particularly fond of Memphis barbecue. He died on organizing sectionals, insisted that Jack start taking lessons as soon as he the golf course after a particularly well-played hole. Margo LaManna Memorial retired in 2001. Jack was a lawyer for Schering- Memphis Marriott Downtown Margo LaManna was a no-nonsense lady who Plough for 30 years –10 in New Jersey and 20 in Escape to the Memphis Marriott Downtown played at the M.A. Lightman Bridge Club for Memphis. Jackie, a native of Bastrop TX, was a Hotel with its exceptional service in a warm nearly 40 years, from the Sixties until 2000. She stay-at-home mom rearing four children. Now both and welcoming atmosphere. The largest hotel in attended many tournaments with her good friend are regulars in Memphis area games. Both are active Memphis, it is conveniently located on the Memphis Ruby Killebrew, who provided this memorial. After