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Vugraph Shows Start Tonight Local Pairs Top National 199Ers Nickell July 18-July 28, 2002 74th Summer North American Bridge Championships Daily Bulletin Washington, DC Vol. 74, No. 8 Friday, July 26, 2002 Editors: Henry Francis and Paul Linxwiler Nickell, Meltzer, Wei-Sender battles BjerkanThe #1 and #2 in seeds Wagar in the Wagar final Women’s Shugart latest Knockouts will meet in today’s final round. Top- seeded Wei-Sender (npc Kent Massie, Kathie Wei- Sender, Betty Ann Kennedy, Jill Levin, Sue Picus, Big wood fell in yesterday’s Spingold action. The Spingold casualties Janice Seamon-Molson and Tobi Sokolow) will take #2 seed of Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Jeff on second seed Bjerkan (Cheri Bjerkan, Stasha Cohen, Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman and Paul Pam Wittes, Renee Mancuso, Beth Palmer and Lynn Soloway was upended by the #15 (originally #18) seed Deas). of Lou Ann O’Rourke, Billy Miller, Curtis Cheek, In the semifinal round, Wei-Sender held off a Mike Cappelletti, Peter Fredin and Magnus Lindkvist, Carey Snider, left, and Kathy Whidden third-quarter rally by the squad of Lynn Baker, Debbie 140–136. Nickell jumped out to 29-IMP lead after Rosenberg, Kerri Sanborn, Karen McCallum, the first quarter, and was still leading at the half, 85– Veronique Bessis and Catherine D’Ovidio. After lead- 62. O’Rourke rallied in the third set to trail by only ing 88-44 at the half, Wei-Sender saw the Baker team 10 IMPs, then outscored Nickell in the fourth quar- Snider and Whidden ter, 47–33, to advance to the quarterfinal round. Continued on page 12 The #6 seed, and defending Bermuda Bowl cham- winCarey Snider director and Kathy Whidden, awards both of At- pions, of Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Alan Sontag, Pe- lanta, were honored by their fellow tournament di- ter Weichsel, Lew Stansby and Chip Martel was ousted rectors here. Snider was presented the Tom Weeks by the four-handed team of Mike Moss, Martin Shifko, Award, given annually to the tournament director who Allan Graves and Brian Maksymetz, 148–135. makes a professional appearance and shows the most The international #5 seed — Rita Shugart, An- improvement. The Fred Friendly Award, given annu- drew Robson, Tony Forrester and Boye Brogeland ally to the TD who offers the best customer service — lost by a single IMP to the Swedish squad of Claus with a smile, went to Whidden. Christiansen, Magnus Eriksson, Lars Munlsgaard and Snider got into the directing game back in 1974 Ulf Nilsson. The final score: Christiansen, 137– when Betty Perkins asked her if she wanted to help. Shugart, 136. Snider said “no” but later changed her mind. She The top-seeded Jacobs team survived a scare by started working tournaments in the late Eighties and Continued on page 12 became a full-time member of the ACBL staff in 1994. Her husband Bill was very surprised that she has stayed with bridge so long. He asked her why, and Winners of the National 199er Pairs: Calvin Cobb and she told him it’s because of the unique folks she meets Chip King. Vugraph shows in the bridge world – the players and her fellow TDs. She credits National Tournament Director Millard Continued on page 2 The laststart half of the tonight Wagar Women’s Knockout Local pairs top Teams final will be featured on vugraph tonight start- ing at 8 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the Cotillion CalvinNational Cobb of Chevy Chase 199ers MD and Chip King Ballroom. of Bethesda MD posted a score of 342 matchpoints Once again Chris Compton, ACBL chief com- Attention Juniors! to win the National 199er Pairs. The event — open to mentator, will be the master of ceremonies. He will United States Junior players with fewer than 200 masterpoints — was the be assisted by Debbie Rosenberg, Shawn Quinn, largest in the history of the contest, attracting 52 George Jacobs and Jo Morse among others. Bridge Championship tables. Two more vugraph shows are coming up. The Cobb, an attorney with the local firm of Steptoe second half of tomorrow’s Spingold semifinals will Game (Juniortime: 11 a.m. Team tomorrow. Trials) and Johnson, and King, a retired businessman with be shown. On Sunday the final of the Spingold will Registration deadline: 8 p.m. today. IBM, have played infrequently together, but King be featured. Register with Charlotte Blaiss in the Taft Room asked Cobb to play for a reason. (mezzanine level). “He needed the gold points,” said Cobb — a long- The two top finishers will represent the United time duplicate player — of his partner, who has States in the World Youth Team Championships next played for four years. The pair picked up 19.18 gold summer. The event probably will take place in Beijing, for the win. Virginians ahead in China, but final arrangements have not yet been made. Continued on page 12 NationalHailong Ao of Herndon IMP VA and Yi PairsZhong of South Riding VA led by more than 14 points after the quali- fying sessions of the National IMP Pairs. Their score For the second time this week, two of 106.20 put them well ahead of runners-up Randy brothers2 set became Lifeof Masters brothers playing on join for Junior Trials and Kay Joyce of Raleigh NC, who had 91.98. In a team with their father. This time the third place were Brian Glubok of New York City and brother combination was Jeremy Fournier, Sheila Ekeblad of Providence RI with 89.08. 15 years old, and Jared, 17. Their dad, The field was huge – 13 sections. A total of 182 who is an ACBL teacher, is Bob Fournier. pairs qualified for today’s two-session final. They live in Knoxville TN. Their team- Note that the scores are much smaller than they mates were Evan Markowitz and Gennifer were a year ago. Pairs still are IMPed against every Binder of New York City. other pair in their field, but the method of figuring The brothers who got their gold cards scores has changed. The difference is that the IMP earlier this week are Michael and John total now is divided by the total number of compari- Rice. The two sets of brothers met each sons. The total score for each pair is stored in the other at the Raleigh Regional and they computer so that there are no round-off errors. decided to sign up together as a team for the Junior Teams Trials. They will be play- Continued on page 2 Attendance11,432.5 tablesto date The Fourniers: Jared, Bob and Jeremy. Page 2 Daily Bulletin Solution« J 10 9to 3 2Quiz #7 SPECIAL EVENTS ª A Q 9 © A 2 MilitaryFriday, Recognition July 26 Day ¨ A K 8 10 a.m. - noon Recorder Seminar. Johnson Room. Designed for recorders at all levels and with any « K 7 6 5 « Q 4 amount of experience. ª 10 4 ª 8 7 6 5 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers program: Shannon Cappelletti, Slam Bidding. Exhibit J 10 9 8 3 7 6 5 4 Hall B North. Cappelletti, Chattanooga TN, is a professional player and ACBL Accredited © © ¨ 5 4 ¨ Q 3 2 Teacher. A 8 5-6:30 p.m. Reception for participants in Military Championship. Room 9021. Pick up badge at « Registration Desk. ª K J 3 2 6:45 p.m. Presentation for Senior players at conclusion of Senior event by Washington Post colum- © K Q nist Bob Levey and noted local historian Jane Levey. Carved roast turkey and other ¨ J 10 9 7 6 refreshments featured. Cotillion Ballroom. Contract: 6NT. Opening lead: ©J. Plan the play. 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers program: Leslie Shafer, The Perfect Bid. Exhibit Hall B Kantar’s answer: Hopefully, you won the open- North. Shafer, Silver Spring MD, was the 1992 “Rookie of the Year” in the ACBL-wide ing lead in dummy and led a low spade to your 8. If Mini-McKenney contest. She is now a bridge teacher, bridge writer and Silver Life this holds, you can play on clubs, ensuring 12 tricks. Master. If the 8 loses, win the diamond return, lead the ¨J to 8 p.m. - midnight Vugraph. Cotillion Ballroom. Food: Carved roast turkey, rolls, condiments. the ace, and then a spade back to your ace. If the remaining spade honor falls, claim before you make CaddySaturday, Appreciation July 27Day a mistake; if it does not, close your eyes and take the 10 a.m. - noon How do I handle behavior problems? – an interactive seminar on Conduct and Ethics and club finesse. Zero Tolerance. Johnson Room. Jon Brissman, chairman of the National Appeals Commit tee, hosts a seminar that deals with issues from Zero Tolerance infractions to all aspects of Conduct and Ethics matters. 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers program: Mary Jane Von Moss, Star Spangled Opening Montreal World Leads. Exhibit Hall B North. Von Moss is the president of the American Bridge Teachers Association. She has earned the titles of ACBL 4 Star Teacher, ABTA Master Teacher and To heightenChampionship awareness of theQuiz Montreal #8 World Accredited Club, Tournament and Cruise Director. Championships that will take place in August, the or- 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers program: Jim Priebe, Thinking on Defense. Exhibit Hall ganizers have been offering a daily problem. There is B North. Priebe, Mississauga ON, is the 2002 president of the Canadian Bridge Federa- a daily drawing among those who turn in the correct tion. He is the author of Thinking on Defense. His articles have appeared in Bridge answer to the Daily Bulletin office in the Taft Room Canada, The Bridge Bulletin and the Kibitzer.
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