November 20-30, 2003 77th Fall North American Bridge Championships

New Orleans, Louisiana DailyVolume 77, Number 7 Thursday, November 27,Bulletin 2003 Editors: Henry Francis and Jody Latham Colchamiro, Lynch in Senior KO final Mel Colchamiro’s team surprised an all-star team which had Edith Rosenkranz as non-playing captain in one of the semifinal matches in the . They’ll play the team headed by npc Carolyn Lynch in today’s 64- final. The Lynch team had an easy time yesterday. They took a 68-IMP lead in the first quarter against the team captained by Murray Melton. They increased their lead over the next 16 boards to 88, Bruce Reeve, 2004 ACBL president and the Melton team decided not to play the second Patti and Gunnar Berg half. 2004: The Year The Lynch team consists of six players who How they met ... won bronze medals in the world championships in of the Volunteer Monte Carlo earlier this month. and Dan Morse were on the team that finished third in and married ACBL president Bruce Reeve got involved the . Dennis Dawson, Clement She was a brand new bridge player coming to early in his bridge career as a volunteer, and he Jackson, and John Mohan finished the Rosemont IL (Chicago) regional to meet — in wants 2004 to be “The Year of the Volunteer.” third in the . Playing with Melton were person — friends she’d played with on the Internet. Reeve recalls moving to the Lynchburg VAarea Simon Kantar, George Tornay and Armand Barfus. He was a brand new ACBL director working in the early Seventies and going to the local bridge Continued on page 4 his first tournament. club. “I asked if there was anything I could do to Gunnar Berg describes their July 8 meeting: help and they asked if my wife and I would run “Being a rookie director, when she came to the their sectional tournament. They also asked if I Partnership Desk, I wanted to do a good job so I would be on their board and run their GNOT. I then asked her to marry me.” asked if anyone did anything and they said, ‘You’re ‘She’ was Patti Payne of New Castle CO and the first person who’s volunteered in years’.” “approximately 1,138 e-mails, phone calls and The ‘first person’ continued to volunteer — flights back and forth, we decided to get married,” club, unit and district boards. A unit board in the said Gunnar. Virginia Beach VA area had 36 members. “When The two were married yesterday on the my company transferred me out of the area, they Riverboat “Natchez” docked here in New Orleans. voted to replace me with a vacancy – that was the Then it was back to the NABC to play bridge – if smartest board I’ve ever been on.” you’re interested, they were slightly above average Reeve grew up in Toms River NJ. “My parents both sessions. wanted me to go to an Ivy League school and I Patti works in Payroll and Accounts Payable wanted to go to the University of Miami.” The for Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmental Continued on page 4 think tank located in Old Snowmass CO. is Gunnar is a math instructor at Columbia College in Chicago. He’ll relocate to Colorado Grand Life Master sometime in 2004. Bayou Classic: Peggy Sutherlin has been a world champion, a Everything is going well – “if we can just get multi North American champion and a major force past that bidding,” said Patti. get your wristband in appeals at North American tournaments. Now Grambling and Southern football fans she has achieved another crowning glory – she is an will be flooding the streets and hotels of New ACBL Grand Life Master. The points she won for Orleans this weekend. All area hotels will placing sixth in the Life Master Women’s Pairs did require wristbands to identify guests only for the trick. Continued on page 4 admittance to their hotels. The Marriott will secure the Canal Street doors at 6 p.m. on Friday, and the only entrance will be at the Seaman, Helgemo garage entrance on the Chartres Street side of the hotel. lead Blue Ribbon All bridge players who are not staying at the Marriott will be able to pick up a security Only one of the players on the three leading pairs wristband in the hotel lobby beginning today in the Blue Ribbon Pairs is an American, but the at 9 a.m. If you are unable to pick up a wrist- American is leading the field with a Norwegian part- band prior to 6 p.m. on Friday, you will sim- ner. He is of Miami Beach, and he is ply need to identify yourself as a bridge play- playing with Geir Helgemo of Norway. er to hotel security staff at the security station They have a small lead – about five points on a 25 that will be set up outside the revolving doors top – over Nafiz Zorlu and Salvador Assael of Turkey. Another transnational pair is in third place, at the garage entrance. Janice Seamon-Molson has become a World Wristbands will be delivered to guest approximately 19 points further back – Jan Svendsen Grand Master as a result of her team’s victory rooms in the Marriott Hotel on Thursday of England and Erik Saelensminde of Norway. in the in Monte Carlo earlier this evening. A field of 104 pairs will contest today’s two-ses- month. World Grand Master is the highest rank sion final with a 51 top. established by the . Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS BRIDGE TALKS Thursday, November 27 Saturday, November 29 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Jade Barrett, 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Haig It’s All in your Head. Mardi Gras A-D (3rd floor). Tchamitch, Weak Two Bids. Mardi Gras A-D (3rd floor). 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Shannon 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: John Onstott, Cappelletti, Slam Bidding. Mardi Gras A-D (3rd floor). Helpful Hints for Winning Bridge. Mardi Gras A-D (3rd Friday, November 28 floor). 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Daryl Fisher, Late Night/Entertainment Have Fun Bidding the Opponents’ Suit: A Look at Cuebid Thursday, November 27 Uses. Mardi Gras A-D (3rd floor). 11 p.m. Elvis is back in the building as part of the late night enter- 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Zeke Jabbour, tainment. Dry snacks will be served in the Galeries (2nd Winsome and Loathsome. Mardi Gras A-D (3rd floor). floor) Where did the spade king go? A fast grand slam

Where was the ♠K? Bart Bramley, the declar- On the previous round, Bramley faced a serious Gene Benedict and Jonathan Steinberg wasted er as North, thought East had it for his spade challenge on this deal. no time in getting to a grand slam on this deal from . East thought Bramley had it Board 2 ♠ Q 7 4 the first qualifying session of the Blue Ribbon because partner did not play it on the opening Dlr: East ♥ A 10 6 Pairs. lead. This is the deal from the second final session Vul: N-S ♦ J 10 7 Board 26 ♠ 10 7 6 2 of the Life Master Pairs. ♣ A J 10 4 Dlr: East ♥ 3 Board 4 ♠ Q 5 ♠ A 9 6 3 ♠ J 2 Vul: Both ♦ 8 7 5 3 Dlr: West ♥ K 10 4 ♥ Q 7 3 ♥ J 9 5 ♣ 9 8 6 3 Vul: Both ♦ K Q 5 3 ♦ A K Q 2 ♦ 9 8 6 5 3 ♠ A Q J 8 5 3 ♠ K 9 ♣ J 10 7 4 ♣ 9 3 ♣ 7 5 2 ♥ A2 ♥ K Q 7 5 4 ♠ K 3 2 ♠ J 10 9 8 7 4 ♠ K 10 8 5 ♦ A9 6 ♦ K J ♥ AJ 3 ♥ 9 7 2 ♥ K 8 4 2 ♣ 7 4 ♣ A Q J 2 ♦ A J 6 2 ♦ 10 4 ♦ 4 ♠ 4 ♣ 9 6 5 ♣ K 8 ♣ K Q 8 6 ♥ J 10 9 8 6 ♠ A6 West North East South ♦ Q 10 4 2 ♥ Q 8 6 5 Bramley Lazard ♣ K 10 5 ♦ 9 8 7 Pass Pass West North East South ♣ A Q 3 2 1♦ Dbl 3♦ 4♦ Benedict Steinberg West North East South Dbl Pass Pass Redbl 1♥ Pass Bramley Lazard Pass 4♥ All Pass 1♠ Pass 2NT Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ Dbl Bramley made a somewhat unusual takeout 3♠ Pass 4♣ Pass Pass 2NT All Pass double at his first turn. He wasn’t too happy when 7♠ All Pass East led the ♠J, and West ducked, which Lazard cuebid 4♦, but he felt better when West Benedict won the opening heart lead in his enabled Bramley to win with the queen. Why did doubled. “I could pass and leave the decision to hand and ran four trumps. This put tremendous West ? He had a good reason. He thought his Sidney,” he said. But Lazard didn’t cooperate – he pressure on South who had to protect all three side partner was probably leading from a five-card redoubled. So Bramley had to make the choice after suits – note North’s yarborough. This was the posi- suit. He expected to get in with a red ace and drive all, and he bid 4♥ – not exactly an elegant contract. tion as Benedict was about to cash his fifth : out the ♠A with his king. Then when he got in The defense started with two rounds of dia- ♠ — with his other red ace he could cross to partner’s monds. Bramley wasn’t happy about ruffing in the ♥ — good spades to beat the contract. long hand, but what else could he do? He led a ♦ 8 7 5 3 But it didn’t work out that way – not at all! trump to the 10 and East’s jack He ruffed the dia- ♣ 9 8 6 3 After winning the first trick with the ♠Q, mond return and led a spade to the queen and fol- ♠ 5 3 ♠ — Bramley did some thinking. Since East had the lowed with a second spade to the jack, king and ♥ 2 ♥ K Q 7 ♠K (!), he placed the ♣K with West. So he led a ace. West did not work out that partner must have a ♦ A9 6 ♦ K J club and went up with the ace instead of finess- doubleton spade and could a third round. ♣ 7 4 ♣ AQ J ing. He led a diamond to the king and led the ♣J. Instead she switched to a club to dummy’s queen. ♠ — He was devastated when he saw East produce the Next came a heart to the king and a club to the jack. ♥ J 10 9 king. He knew he was headed for a big set. Bramley cashed the trump ace, feeling quite ♦ Q 10 4 But remember, East thought Bramley had the relieved as the suit split 3-3. ♣ K 10 ♠K, so he thought there was no future in that suit. Then he ran his clubs, and West was squeezed Benedict pitched the ♣J on the fifth spade, and He switched to the ♥9! Bramley was alive again in spades and diamonds. When West decided to then it was South’s turn. What could he do? If he – he could take three clubs, three hearts, two hold spades, Bramley took his 10th trick with the threw a heart the hearts would run. The same was spades and a diamond for plus 150. That felt good unlikely ♦10. true of diamonds. He could blank the ♣K, but – until he saw his matchpoint score. He and chances are Benedict would read that. Sidney Lazard got only 43 of 90. Why? 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Convincing ploy The spade stoppers were a bit thin on this deal from the Senior Knockout Teams. However, Fred Bronze medalists in Hamilton found his way after getting a club open- the recent World ing lead against 3NT. He made an unusual play, and Senior Bowl were it was convincing enough to fatally mislead the Dennis Dawson, John defense. Sutherlin, Zeke ♠ J 2 Jabbour (in front), ♥ Q 6 3 Clement Jackson, ♦ K 9 6 4 John Mohan and Arnie ♣ A 10 9 5 Fisher. Carolyn Lynch ♠ 8 6 5 3 ♠ A K 10 9 4 was their non-playing captain. ♥ A 7 4 2 ♥ 9 8 ♦ 3 ♦ 7 5 2 ♣ K J 8 4 ♣ 7 6 3 ♠ Q 7 ♥ K J 10 5 Trump tricks ♦ A Q J 10 8 A defensive gem ♣ Q 2 Rarely do we come across a defensive gem like By West North East South this one. Bart Bramley and Sidney Lazard com- As North, how many trump tricks should you 1NT bined to defeat a contract that looked like a sure figure to score with your doubleton ♠9 6? Partner’s Pass 3NT All Pass make. The deal occurred in the first qualifying ses- ♠Q is in the pocket for declarer – not a good sign. Well, what would you do after a club opening sion of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. No doubt it will be a ♠ 9 6 lead? Most declarers would ride it around to their candidate for the Best Defense award given annual- ♥ 10 9 5 3 2 queen. Not Hamilton. He went up with dummy’s ly by the International Bridge Press Association. ♦ A 7 6 4 ace and led a heart to the king and ace. Consider ♠ 8 7 2 ♣ K 3 West’s problem. It certainly appears that his partner ♥ 7 3 ♠ A K 7 5 2 ♠ J 10 3 has the ♣Q, else why would Hamilton go up with ♦ Q 10 4 3 ♥ A 8 6 4 ♥ 7 the ace? So he continued with a second club! ♣ Q J 9 5 ♦ 9 3 ♦ K Q J 10 2 This time Hamilton led it ride to his now sin- ♠ K 5 4 ♠ 10 9 6 ♣ 7 4 ♣ Q 10 9 8 gleton queen, and moments later he claimed 3NT ♥ 10 6 2 ♥ A K Q J 8 4 ♠ Q 8 4 with an overtrick. ♦ K 7 5 ♦ — ♥ K Q J At the other table, declarer, also in 3NT, let the ♣ 10 8 7 2 ♣ A K 6 4 ♦ 8 5 club lead run to his queen and ran five diamond ♠ A Q J 3 ♣ A J 6 5 2 tricks. When West finally gained the lead with the ♥ 9 5 West North East South ♥A, there had been some confusion in the discard- ♦ A J 9 8 6 2 Pass Pass 1♣ ing. West switched to the ♣K, leading to a push the ♣ 3 1♠ Dbl 2♠ All Pass hard way at plus 630 West North East South You (North) led the ♥3, unimaginatively. Bramley Lazard Declarer wins his ace and leads the ♦9. You duck, Pass Pass 1♥ 2♦ stoically, win the next diamond and finally play the 2♥ 3♦ 4♦ Pass ♣K and a club to the jack. The ♣A comes back, Senior Knockout 4♥ All Pass forcing West to ruff low and you score your ♠6. Despite partner’s diamond raise, Lazard stayed Now you play back a heart. Declarer ruffs in Teams correction away from the ♦A opening lead, which would have dummy and has reached this position: We had the right winners for Tuesday’s Senior given away a trick. A club opening lead would have ♠ 9 Knockout Teams, but the losing teams were not cleared up the spots in that suit for declarer. Instead ♥ 10 9 5 reported as accurately. The final results were as fol- Lazard chose to start with a trump, a good choice. ♦ 7 6 lows: Declarer won and led the ♠9, a move he would ♣ — Rosenkranz 151, Ernst 122 later regret. Lazard covered with the queen and ♠ A K 5 2 ♠ J 10 Colchamiro 125, Bennett 67 dummy’s king won. Declarer crossed back to his ♥ 8 6 ♥ — hand with a club. He switched to the ♠10 and ♦ — ♦ Q J 10 Lazard covered as Bramley contributed the 8. ♣ — ♣ Q Lazard looked at that 8. He knew his partner ♠ Q 8 4 New Life Masters had three spades – where was the 7? Apparently the ♥ K 8 was a positive — it was the highest spade ♦ — David Wolf and Ray Lytle of New Orleans still outstanding — so Lazard placed his partner ♣ 6 5 began playing bridge three years ago by taking with the 7. Suiting thought to action, he led his low Declarer leads the ♦10 and partner thoughtful- EZBridge lessons from Nonie Leavitt. Now they spade and was gratified to see Bramley win with ly ruffs with the ♠8, forcing the ♠K. Declarer ruffs are both Life Masters. the 7. That enabled Bramley to lead the ♣Q. his ♥6 in dummy and leads the ♦Q, ruffed with the Wolf made the grade Monday night by winning Declarer was fixed. If he ducked, Bramley would ♠4 and overruffed with the ♠5. a Compact KO Consolation event. He needed 18 switch to a diamond. If he took the king, he would Declarer would do best to lead out the ♠A and points when he arrived at the tournament. His part- eventually have to play another club, and Bramley concede trick 13 to your ♥10. Instead he ruffs his ner was Noelie Bertoniere of New Orleans, who had the jack-9 over dummy’s 10-8. fourth heart with the ♠J, overruffed with the ♠Q. A also was in that EZBridge class. She isn’t a Life What a combination! Bramley had to think of club back promotes your ♠9. Master – yet. playing the ♠8 instead of the 7 that you and I would The defense has scored three trump tricks to set 2♠. Lytle got his necessary eight points on Saturday have followed with. Then Lazard had to read why by reaching the semifinals of a bracketed knockout. Bramley had played the 8 and then follow through He was playing with Wolf. on his conclusion. Turkey far from Alex Ogan of Washington DC, formerly of If declarer had started with the ♠6 at trick two being a sure thing Moreland Hills OH, became a Life Master on instead of the 9, we wouldn’t have had this wonder- Tuesday. ful story to tell. At present the is still set Marge Lennon became a Life Master by reach- for Instanbul, Turkey, as was noted in the feature ing the semifinals of Bracket 5 of the Bracketed article in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin. Knockouts. Silver Life Master Terrorist activities could force the World Robert Victor of Palm Springs CA needed Bill Nabors of Colorado Springs passed the Bridge Federation to seek a different location, just seven points when he arrived in New Orleans. He 1000-point mark in the bracketed knockouts. He as it was forced to do in 2000 when the world has earned 7.19 points in knockout events, enough came to New Orleans needing 50 points, and he championships had been scheduled for Bali, to earn his gold card. His partner was Jerry Stimple already has earned more than that in knockout events. Indonesia. of Lansing MI, and their teammates were Mary His partner is Dave Appel of Denver, and their team- Recent events in Turkey have not been con- Skavaril of Columbus OH and Eleanor Gay of mates are Neil Hunter and Anita Paulson of Santa Fe. ducive to inducing players from around the world Ostandra OH. to visit that nation. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Senior KO Bruce Reeve a couple of years and then turn it over to another volunteer. The Mid-Atlantic has done a tremendous continued from page 1 continued from page 1 amount with the I/N program — it is probably the The Colchamiro team had to come from behind compromise choice: Wake Forest University in #1 reason for our success.” after trailing by 18 after the first quarter and by 6 at Winston-Salem NC. Reeve had been chairman of the Raleigh the half. After taking the lead by 10 in the third He played canasta and cribbage growing up regional four different times. His wife, Sue, has quarter, they made sure of the win by outscoring and competed in his first duplicate at Wake Forest. provided the basis that allowed his involvement in Rosenkranz, 53-13, over the last 16 boards. Playing “The first time, neither of us – my partner or I – had bridge activities. She is a Gold Life Master with with Colchamiro were John Stiefel, Richard a very good time. One lady laughed at our inepti- more than 4,000 . DeMartino, Pat McDevitt, John Malley and Daniel tude. We made up our minds that the only reason District 7 has been the annual ACBL-wide Colatosti. we were going back was to beat her.” leader in funds raised during Junior Month. On the Rosenkranz squad were George In the late Sixties, there were lots of college “District 7 people like to play bridge and they love Rosenkranz, Miguel Reygadas, Fred Hamilton, students playing on campuses and in clubs. “I think masterpoints – the opportunity to support Juniors Arnie Fisher, George Mittleman and P.O. Sundelin. it’s a good sign that lots of college kids have start- and win extra masterpoints is what makes the Scores by quarters: ed playing again in our clubs and tournaments. District a leader.” Colchamiro 2 34 79 132 Maybe we’re starting to turn the corner.” He noted last year’s visit to the AARP conven- Rosenkranz 20 40 69 82 Reeve’s early mentor was Loreen Mitchell. tion. “The response was overwhelming. We need “She was a lady who ran bridge clubs in several more of these activities in 2004. Lynch 78 108 areas, including South Dakota and North Carolina. “It’s an old cliche but the squeaky wheel gets Melton 10 20 withdrew She befriended a lot of college students and she the grease. Many of our members are members of helped develop a lot of pretty good players includ- other organization. Ask the Elks, AARP, country SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS ing Allen Hawkins and my wife. It’s a shame it did- clubs, whatever for more bridge activities and arti- 32 Teams n’t take on me,” he says with a laugh. cles. Carolyn Lynch, Massachusetts; Dennis Reeve, however, had earned more than 8,000 “You can be a squeaky wheel.” Dawson, Santa Fe NM; Clement Jackson, masterpoints and teaches and plays professionally. Albuquerque NM; John Sutherlin - Bobby Wolff, “Bridge has been an important part of my life Dallas TX; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Dan as I moved to many cities. I had a circle of friends Morse, Houston TX through bridge and I could see old friends at tour- Peggy Sutherlin vs naments.” continued from page 1 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; John Stiefel, As for 2004, Reeve plans lots of traveling – to Her job as a stewardess for American Airlines Wethersfield CT; Richard De Martino, Riverside tournaments such as Albuquerque NM and Halifax had much to do with her bridge activities. “When I CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; John Malley, NS, places that don’t generally attract ACBL presi- applied for the job, I told them I wanted to be a Pascoag RI; Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA dents. stewardess so I could go to bridge tournaments. The He’s also planning two major changes: plan worked! I was a stewardess for 37 years.” 70.00 3/4 Edith Rosenkranz, 1. All Junior activities will be under one com- She won her world gold medal in the Women’s Mexico, npc; George Rosenkranz, Mexico; Miguel mittee, rather than several committees. “It is impor- Team Olympiad in Maastricht, the Netherlands in Reygadas, Mexico; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; tant that we raise the number of Juniors who are 2000. In fact, both Sutherlins were champions there Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; George Mittelman, playing and who are involved in bridge. – her husband John won the Transnational World Toronto ON; Per Olof Sundelin, Stockholm 2. An expanded committee will be responsible Senior Teams crown. Sweden for zonal and international affairs, combining world Her other successes at the world level include a 70.00 3/4 Murray Melton, Las Vegas bridge and relations with our federations. second in the World Mixed Pairs with her husband, NV; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA; George Tornay “We will have the largest marketing budget we a fourth in the Venice Cup and a fourth in the Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Armand Barfus, Port St have ever had and that total program can succeed Women’s Pairs. Lucie FL only with the help of our membership. We have an She has won seven North American champi- 45.00 5/8 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa opportunity now with the baby-boomer generation onships, three of them with Petra Hamman. Her CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA; Allan to develop a new group of players who have been present partner is Karen Allison, but she had many Siebert - David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Randy competitive in golf, tennis and other physical activ- good games with Mike Lawrence and Ron van der Pettit, Marietta GA; Larry Griffey, Daytona Beach ities that they’re aging out of. We cannot allow this Porten some years ago. FL opportunity to be missed.” She has been active in bridge administration, 45.00 5/8 Marc Low - Sandra Low, Another interest is expanding ACBL bridge in serving as a member of the ACBL Laws Centerville OH; Sue Sachs - David Sachs, Owings Mexico. “We had 500 Spanish translations of the Commission, Competition and Conventions Mills MD; Kenneth Badertscher - Martin Schiff Jr, Club Series printed. About 90% are still in our Committee and Ethical Oversight Committee. She Tucson AZ warehouse. I think we have a lot of opportunity to served as co-chair of the National Appeals 45.00 5/8 Hamish Bennett, Menlo expand bridge in Mexico.” Committee 1990-96. Park CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Harry “This is the year of the volunteer” and also the She represented District 21 on the Board of Ross - Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Dan Hertz - 40th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassina- Governors 1988-91 and District 16 1993-96. Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY tion. Kennedy’s famous “ask not what your country 45.00 5/8 Leonard Ernst, Las Vegas can do for you, ask what you can do for your coun- NV; John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Tony Ames, try” applies to bridge and its membership. reminder Minnetonka MN; Richard Halperin, Highland Park “I truly believe the members have a responsi- Each player is required to have a convention IL; Dick Benson, Le Roy IL; Paul Schroeder, New bility to raise their hands and say, ‘What can I do?’ card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a Berlin WI “The responsibility also lies with the clubs, units session. Both cards of a partnership must be identi- and districts to ask new people to participate. Our stud- cal and include the first and last names of each New Gold Life Master ies have shown that one major reason that people drop member of the partnership. out of bridge in their first couple of years is that their If a director determines that neither player has James LaFountain of Temple TX placed second partners either become ill or move away.” a substantially completed card, the partnership may in the A/X Swiss Teams, and the points he won “If we involve new people, they would have a cir- play only Yellow Card conven- were enough to put him over the 2500 mark and cle of friends rather than depending on one partner. tions and may use only standard carding. This into the Gold Life Master class. He was playing “They may never became great bridge players restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a with “my favorite team” – Richard Ware of New but they sure could bake some mean brownies or subsequent round after convention cards have been Braunfels TX, Diane Schaffer of Frisco Tx and chocolate-chip cookies.” properly prepared and approved by the director. Toni Firzgerald of Plano TX. The success of District 7 and the Mid-Atlantic Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6 board Conference is due to a “tremendous amount of matchpoint penalty for each board played, com- Embarrassment qualified volunteers. Most people will do a job for mencing with the next round and continuing until Tournament Director Mike Duke recalls the the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, penal- ties shall be at the discretion of the director. time his dad, Dan, was playing in a game he was Masterpoint disclaimer also directing. He was called to a table where one If the director determines the partnership has at Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are player had 15 cards and one had 11. He discovered least one substantially completed convention card subject to change because of score changes or cor- the hand had been played twice before as a 15-11 – but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, rections. Therefore, the masterpoint awards as and he was one of the ones who had played it that the director may give warnings or assign such shown are also subject to change. way! penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the Daily Bulletin Page 5

‘Last board’ syndrome You all know what “last board” syndrome is: you rush to get out and score up and blow a contract you should make. On the last board of the quarterfinal round of the Senior Knockout Teams, Fred Hamilton was playing what seemed to be a routine game contract. There were, however, warning signs in the auction, Runners-up in the so Fred took more than his usual care and was Open Board-a-Match rewarded. Teams were (seated) Dlr: West ♠ Q 8 7 and Brian Vul: None ♥ — Glubok; (standing) ♦ Q 9 7 4 3 Michael Kwiecien, ♣ A Q 6 5 2 Jacek Pszczola and ♠ A J 6 4 ♠ K 2 . ♥ 9 7 5 2 ♥ A Q J 8 6 4 ♦ 6 ♦ A J 10 ♣ K 8 7 4 ♣ 10 3 ♠ 10 9 5 3 ♥ K 10 3 ♦ K 8 5 2 ♣ J 9 West North East South Fisher Hamilton Pass 1♦ 1♥ 1NT The elusive 10th trick Mr. 30 IMPs 2♥ 3♣ 3♦ Pass By Barry Rigal By Jeff Lehman 4♥ All Pass This deal from the second qualifying session of My partner, Hansford Rowe, has earned a new Hamilton was playing with Arnie Fisher. the Blue Ribbon Pairs produced several interesting nickname – Mr. 30 IMPs. Here is the deal from the The ♣J opening lead was ducked and South challenges for declarer and the defenders. Sunday-Monday Bracketed Knockout Teams that continued with the ♣9 to North’s ♣Q. North con- ♠ 9 6 produced the nickname. tinued with the ♣2, as Hamilton ruffed with the ♥Q ♥ 8 4 I held and South discarded a diamond (a spade would ♦ A J 8 7 ♠— ♥A K Q J ♦A K 7 5 ♣A Q 9 6 3 have worked out better, as the cards lay). ♣ A K Q 10 2 and opened a strong, artificial 2♣. I was pleas- Hamilton cashed the ♦A and ruffed a diamond. ♠ 4 ♠ A Q J 8 7 5 2 antly surprised to hear Hansford’s response of 2♥. He came back to his hand with the ♠K and led a ♥ K J 5 3 2 ♥ 10 6 Envisaging a holding akin to six hearts, a doubleton spade to dummy’s ace. He ruffed a spade, ruffed a ♦ 10 9 6 4 3 2 ♦ — diamond and the ♣K, I closed the auction with a diamond and ruffed the ♠J low. ♣ 8 ♣ J 9 7 6 leap to 7♥. Now he exited with the ♥J. South was forced to ♠ K 10 3 Hansford’s actual differed more than slightly win his king and return a heart away from his 10. ♥ A Q 9 7 from what I expected. He held: The produced 10 tricks and plus 420. ♦ K Q 5 ♠AJ ♥10 9 8 7 3 ♦9 8 6 4 3 ♣K. ♣ 5 4 3 Well, maybe the auction is not everyone’s 3NT is where South wants to be. He has nine choice but Hansford shone in the play. He won the top tricks but can he produce a 10th? opening spade lead, pitching a diamond from Saving dummy’s West leads a spade to East’s ace and now a dummy, and cashed the ♣K. By Hamish Bennett heart shift does no good. South covers and West He cashed two rounds of hearts, with the suit Bruce Noda of Corte Madera CA made a nice can’t continue hearts, so declarer can simply give splitting 2-2. Next he cashed the ♦A K, with that play on this deal from the Senior Knockout Teams. up a club. suit splitting 3-1. Then he played the ♣A Q, pitch- Dlr: West ♠ K Q J 6 4 Say East continues the ♠Q at trick two. If ing diamonds from his hand, as each opponent fol- Vul: Both ♥ 6 5 4 3 South ducks, East does best to shift to a heart and lowed. A fourth club was ruffed in hand. ♦ K 5 4 now the defense prevails in the battle for a fourth A spade ruff to dummy allowed Hansford to ♣ Q trick. pitch a third diamond from hand on the long club. ♠ A ♠ 9 2 But if, as happened at our table, East wins the He claimed the remaining tricks on a crossruff. ♥ K Q J ♥ A 10 8 7 ♠Q to play a third spade, watch what happens when Now about that nickname, “Mr. 30 IMPs” – our ♦ AJ 2 ♦ Q 10 9 8 declarer takes the top clubs and finds the bad news. teammates defended 4♥ and scored minus 710. Our ♣ K J 9 7 4 2 ♣ 10 8 5 ♠ — plus 2210 produced a 17-IMP swing for our team. ♠ 10 8 7 5 3 ♥ 8 Had Hansford failed a trick in 7♥, we would have ♥ 9 2 ♦ A J 8 7 lost 13 IMPs on the board – a swing of 30 IMPs. As ♦ 7 6 3 ♣ 10 2 the match developed, we won by more than 30 ♣ A6 3 ♠ — ♠ 8 7 5 2 IMPs but Hansford’s play highlighted the match West North East South ♥ K J 5 ♥ 10 6 and earned him his new nickname. Noda Bennett ♦ 10 9 6 4 ♦ — As an aside, the deal represented an interesting 1♣ 1♠ Dbl 3♠ ♣ — ♣ J application of one of Barry Crane’s rules, as recent- 4♠ Pass 5♣ All Pass ♠ — ly referenced by Zeke Jabbour in his Bulletin arti- The opening lead was the ♠K and Bruce won ♥ A Q 9 7 cle: Never bid a grand slam in a team game. his ace. He didn’t want to use dummy’s only entry ♦ K Q 5 Had I bid 6♥ and not 7♥, we would have won right away, so he led the ♣K – dropping North’s ♣ – only four fewer IMPs on the board (13 instead of 17 stiff queen. South won his ♣A and returned a spade. You’ll notice that West still has to discard. If he IMPs) and would not been subjected to the risk of Bruce ruffed and drew trumps, ending in dummy. throws a diamond, declarer cashes four diamonds taking only 12 tricks. and leads the ♥8 to his ♥9, endplaying West. If He led the ♦Q and North ducked. Now Bruce West pitches a heart, declarer ducks a heart and sets cashed four rounds of hearts, pitching his ♦J, and up that suit. Either way, declarer has his 10th trick. claimed six for plus 620. Tough customer At the other table, 5♣ went down (declarer misguessed clubs) and Noda had a 12-IMP gain. Three of the players had three cards left, but the Attendance: 9370 tables fourth lady had only two. The director started to try Chances are good that attendance at this tour- to determine when she had played twice to a trick, Caddy reunion nament will surpass the attendance at the 1995 but she stopped him. “I’m playing it right! They If you are working here as a caddy or if you Summer NABC here in New Orleans. In 1995 there just can’t keep up with me.” previously worked as a caddy, please join were 12,840 tables. So far we’ve had 9370 tables, Caddymaster Jackie Matthews for a “caddy so even 900 tables a day the rest of the way will top reunion” picture at 4:45 p.m. Thursday in the Grand 1995. ♠♥♦♣ Ballroom on the third floor. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY ZIP KO TEAMS BLUE BRACKET Suzanne Edwards, Antigonish NS; Beryl Higgs - Carol Bracket 6 16 Teams 10 Teams Thompson - Peter Ineson, Halifax NS 22.30 1 Robert Neuhart, Troy NY; Bernard Neuhart, 3.03 1 Brad Bozick, Waltham MA; Nathan Glasser, vs Niskayuna NY; Vada Gates, Shreveport LA; Larry Johnson, Somerville MA; Joseph Stewart, Capo Beach CA; Nina Lubick- Jack Whetstone, Apex NC; Denis Shalloo - James Caray Jr, San Minneapolis MN Reich, Fullerton CA Francisco CA; Percy Wu, Chesterfield MO 16.73 2 Downey Grover - Carol Grover, Avonport NS; 2.27 2 Emerita Hayward, Leonardtown MD; Cherry Lorna Stock, Falmouth NS; Elaine Mac Keigan, Georges River Starling, Antioch TN; Janet Appel, Murfreesboro TN; Mary Bracket 7 14 Teams NS Juenemann, Bethesda MD Jerry McKay - Beverly McKay, Kinston NC; Helen Tucker, Red 11.15 3/4 Dave Appel, Denver CO; Neil Hunter - Anita 1.52 3/4 Daniel Wilderman, New York NY; Barry Bank NJ; J.B. Stewart, Rumson NJ Carlson, Santa Fe NM; William Nabors, Colorado Spgs CO Wilderman, Great Neck NY; Larry King, Grass Valley CA; vs 11.15 3/4 Peggy Hayes, Cumming GA; Jerry Mc Carn, Maxine Musick, Chicago Park CA Stuart Gallagher, Des Moines WA; Jason Chiu, Cambridge MA; Kennesaw GA; Lee Eckert - Carolyn Eckert, Alpharetta GA 1.52 3/4 Kenneth Kaufman - J J Armour, Derwood Joyce Dennis - Patricia Hoffman, Fairborn OH 5.02 5/8 Dwayne Ballew - Marcia Ballew, Hot Sprgs MD; Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Jonna Robinson, Vllge AR; Donald Coonfer - Liz Coonfer, Hot Springs Vlg AR Burlington VT Matt Meckstroth - Rob Meckstroth, Gainesville FL; Andrew Garnett, St Petersburg FL; Michael Gentry, Charleston SC Bracket 7 16 Teams TUESDAY ZIP KO TEAMS RED BRACKET vs 19.25 1 Richard Brehm - Carol Brehm, Memphis TN; 10 Teams Betty Zaric - Johanna Platt - Thomas Platt, Mississauga ON; Gail Deb Phillips - Alex Phillips, N Little Rock AR; Sandra 3.03 1 Steven Love, White Plains NY; Alberto Lambacher, Oakville ON Schneider, Boca Raton FL Feilhaber, Irvine CA; Solange Graziani, W Los Angeles CA; Tom 14.44 2 Donald Little - DeVerle Little - Frieda Fung, San Diego CA Bracket 8 14 Teams Spinelli, Clearwater FL; Anna Cormier, Pinellas Park FL 2.27 2 Andrea Hayman, New York NY; Renato F Rodman Jr, Ocean City MD; S Rodman, Berlin MD; Wallace 9.63 3/4 David Porter - Sarah Porter, Aurora CO; Robledo, Philadelphia PA; Robert Glickman, Woodland Hills Fleetwood - Penny Fleetwood, Metairie LA Marilyn Jones - Malcolm Jones, Centennial CO CA; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA vs 9.63 3/4 Dale Shepherd - Jody Castillo, Warsaw IN; 1.52 3/4 Percy Wu, Chesterfield MO; Susan Rechter - Terry Smith, Jacksonville FL; Linda Stuart, Gainesville FL; Dale James Green, Harrisburg PA; Jocelyn Krug, Vancouver BC En Xie, Saint Louis MO; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK Poszgai - Roni Brazell, Palm Coast FL 4.33 5/8 Gloria Rowland, Mabank TX; David Dorfman, 1.52 3/4 Adam Miller, Champaign IL; J Joseph Sarasota FL; Evelyn Schmidt, Gun Barrel Cy TX; Mary Knight, McGuan, Munster IN; Patricia Payne, New Castle CO; Gunnar Wilma Simpson, Kentville NS; Beth Henderson - Katherine Waxahachie TX Berg, Midlothian IL Stanton, Oakville ON; Kerry Hicks, Dominion NS 4.33 5/8 John Burlison - Joan Dennis, Hollywood FL; vs Heather Coburn, Waterloo ON; Rana Ghadaki, Don Mills ON OBBLE, GOBBLE, WHACK! KO TEAMS James McCartney, Tarpon Springs FL; Louise McCartney, Bracket 1 16 Teams Ottawa ON; Patricia Colmet, Pembroke Bermuda; Patricia Bracket 8 16 Teams Kevin Bathurst, Columbia SC; Ari Greenberg, Malibu CA; Hayward, St David’s Bermuda 17.09 1 Gary Shepley, Houston TX; Bob Fogle - Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY Sharon Fogle, Canterbury NH; Joseph Stewart, Capo Beach CA vs DEAD TURKEY WALKING KO TEAMS 12.82 2 Michael Pierce - Carolyn Pierce, Ostrander Betty Bloom - Steve Bloom, Duanesburg NY; Eugene Saxe, Bracket 1 16 Teams OH; Patricia Whalen, Melbourne FL; James Rash, Bellefontaine Briarcliff NY; Thomas Smith, Stamford CT; Marvin Rosenblatt, 52.13 1 Malcolm Brachman, Dallas TX; , OH Hartford CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ Plano TX; , Houston TX; Claudio Nunes - Fulvio 8.55 3/4 Ann Bittel - Dolores Vance, Huntsville AL; Fantoni, Rome Italy James Seabrooke, Rogersville AL; L Stuart Vance, Kailua Kona David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; James Cayne, New York NY; 39.10 2 Peggy Allen, Chevy Chase MD; Panelewen HI Dano De Falco, Padova Italy; , Cambridge Santje, Bekasi Timur Indonesia; Franky Karwur, Manado 8.55 3/4 Gail Richardson - Maxine Thomas - Marnie MA Sulawesi Indonesia; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Dixie Hsu, San Luis Hueston, Victoria BC; Anne Porter, Sooke BC vs Obispo CA Ralph Cohen, Memphis TN; Marvin Shapiro, Saint Louis MO; 26.07 3/4 Carol Pincus - Jerry Weinstein - Sue Bracket 9 16 Teams James Murphy, Chesapeake VA; Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA; Weinstein, Las Vegas NV; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 14.33 1 Mickey Britt, Tallahassee FL; Patricia Riding, Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Paul Kinney, Jamaica Plain MA 26.07 3/4 Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Smith’s Bermuda; Dot Davis, Winter Park FL; Michiko Schermer, Seattle WA; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jim Takenaka, Orlando FL Bracket 2 15 Teams Robison, Las Vegas NV 10.75 2 Eleanor Gay, Ostrander OH; Jerry Stimpfle, Carole WeinsteinGorsey, Acton MA; Susan Winkler - Walter Dansville MI; Mary Skavaril, Columbus OH; Robert Victor, Palm Spiewak, Amherst NH; David Sokolow, Austin TX Bracket 2 16 Teams Springs CA vs 43.70 1 Robert Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Barry 7.17 3/4 James Bochsler, Davenport FL; Peter Baxter, Karl Hicks, Dominion NS; Gerald La Flamme - Linda Cobham, Harper, Regina SK; Carolyn Jackson, Sugar Land TX; Robert Watlington Oxfor England; John Sharp, Inverness-Shire Grand-Bay-Wfld NB; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS Parasian, Jatinegara Indonesia Scotland; Deborah Roberts, Didcot Oxon England 32.78 2 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Sachiko Kato, 7.17 3/4 Charles Collins - Connie Collins, Denver CO; Karen Bradley, Huddersfield England; Diane Lazarus - Ed Kanagawa Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Musashinoshi Tok Japan; Chuck Donaldson - Madonna Donaldson, Westminster CO Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Les Brown, Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan vs 21.85 3/4 Alvin Levy - Beverly Levy, Commack NY; Bracket 10 11 Teams Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO; Jess Stuart - Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA; Barbara Nist, Bellevue WA 9.87 1 Floyd McWilliams, Terre Haute IN; Phyllis Lois Stuart, West Chester PA 21.85 3/4 Patricia Hurlbert, Santa Ynez CA; Dan Peters, Terrehaute IN; Joseph Koski, Birmingham AL; Jeanne Mathieson, Regina SK; Britain Beezley - Shelba Parmley, Zach, Buford GA Bracket 3 16 Teams Oklahoma City OK 7.40 2 Dion Dubois, Dallas TX; Margaret Wallis - Dave Anderson, Tampa FL; Donna Depesa - Gene Depesa, 9.83 5/8 Steve Scott - Suzette Wynn, Phoenix AZ; Max Jackson, Weatherford TX; Jim Chaffee, Fort Worth TX Tucson AZ; Myriam Milgrom, Miami FL; Mark Smith, Lutz FL Melvin Levine, Colorado Spgs CO; John Van Ness, Aspen CO 4.94 3/4 Edwyna Testerman, Longview TX; Barbara vs Chang - Colin Chang, Arlington TX; R Segerlind, Dallas TX Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Sabina Lim, Orange CA; Subba Bracket 3 16 Teams 4.94 3/4 Marvin Josaitis - Donna Josaitis, Jeffersonton Ravipudi, Downey CA; Jeff Strutzel, Redondo Beach CA 35.15 1 Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA; Barry Falgout, VA; Lawrence Chambers, Chapel Hill NC; Martin Demko, Cary Rockville MD; Alice Wegman - Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD NC Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX; Diane Schaffer, Frisco 26.36 2 Robert Harlow, Toledo OH; Betty Burt - Giles TX; Tomi Fitzgerald, Plano TX Belski, N Myrtle Bch SC; Vinay Apte, Atlanta GA Bracket 11 11 Teams vs 17.58 3/4 Sidney Golub, West Palm Beach FL; Walter 8.79 1 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Gregory Gran - Elaine Morrison, Lake Bluff IL; Ellen Smith, West Sand Lake NY; Allan Sorensen - Paul Sorensen, Lakes AZ; Joseph Phillips, Queensbury NY; Janice Taylor, Palm Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Ralph Hoffman, Lake Forest IL Berwyn AB City FL 17.58 3/4 Bob Autrey, Marietta GA; Gay Miller, Dayton 6.59 2 Sally Adler - Jean Stewart - Ted Adler, Bracket 4 16 Teams OH; Jan Janssen, Henderson NV; Gerald Collier, Westlake Vlg Virginia Beach VA; Robert Geppert, Kansas City MO Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON; Barbara Stewart, Don Mills ON; CA 4.40 3/4 Debra Kendall - Helen Rolfe, Richmond VA; Barbara Sims, Mississauga ON; Rea Rennox, Port Perry ON; 7.91 5/8 Pierce Smith, Rutland VT; Stewart Mackeigan, Esther Cleveland, Hendersonville NC; David Golper, Highland Dianne Balcombe, Oshawa ON Wilmington MA; Jean Seward, Venice FL; K Wright, Bullard TX Park IL vs 4.40 3/4 Dorothy Welker - Michael Amein, Raleigh NC; Mike Rice, Winston Salem NC; Jon Rice, Raleigh NC; Noble Bracket 4 16 Teams Lynne Kupperman, Longport NJ; Jacob Domowitz, Parkland FL Shore, Pittsburgh PA; Adam Meyerson, Los Angeles CA 30.77 1 Robert Glickman - James Glickman, Woodland Hills CA; Tim Crank, Wheaton MD; Fabrice Lecomte, NEW YORK KO TEAMS Mike Grodsky - Sharon Grodsky, Norcross GA; Nancy Cane - New York NY; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA Bracket 1 15 Teams Steven Blasingame, Knoxville TN 23.08 2 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Peter Morse, Steven Barcus, Altamonte Spg FL; Daniel Boye, Seneca Falls vs North Vancouver BC; Motaz Farag, Belleville ON; Robert NY; Douglas Ross, Rochester NY; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY; Joan Cohen, Memphis TN; Beryl Shapiro, Saint Louis MO; Hollow, Madoc ON Steve Bloom, Duanesburg NY Debra Hyatt, Denver CO; Brett Kunin, West Orange NJ 15.39 3/4 George Nichols Jr, Columbia SC; Walter vs Tauber, Longmeadow MA; James Easterling - Eileen Easterling, Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Shannon Bracket 5 16 Teams Casselberry FL Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Glenn Eisenstein - Joyce Sillins - Imogene Reed - Verdene Twomey, Carbondale IL; Karen Coe, 15.39 3/4 Raymond Hickey - Carla Hickey, Gulf Breeze Jonathan Greenspan, New York NY Ewing IL; Susan Davis, Marion IL FL; Mac Argo III, Ribars Del Pila Mexico; Doris Denny, Smyrna vs GA 17.25 3/4 Makiko Sato - Toshiko Kaho - Hideki Takano, Rolf Woods, Norway; Bob Woods - Sheldon Pearlman, Toronto Tokyo Japan; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan ON; Elizabeth Gallagher, Oakville ON Bracket 5 16 Teams 17.25 3/4 Peggy Allen, Chevy Chase MD; Panelewen 25.97 1 John Bronson, Scottsdale AZ; Renlu Wang, Santje, Bekasi Timur Indonesia; Franky Karwur, Manado Lu Anne Leonard - William Leonard, Rancho Mirage CA; Lee Delta BC; Alex Hong, Scarborough ON; Hao Ge, Cleveland OH; Sulawesi Indonesia; Dixie Hsu, San Luis Obispo CA; Ken Gee, Millard - Leonard Pennario, Los Angeles CA Shi Yan, Burnaby BC Regina SK vs 19.48 2 Henry Caspar, Toronto ON; Cheryl Evans - Carl Cronrath, Wyomissing PA; Janet Stevens, Reading PA; Jeremy Dilbeck, Houston TX; Joo-Hee Janicki - Paul Janicki, Bracket 2 16 Teams Susan Rodricks, Milford CT; Richard A Starbuck, Sun City West Markham ON Noble Shore, Pittsburgh PA; Edward Foran, Marietta GA; AZ 12.99 3/4 Henry Schroder - Ed Jennings, Houston TX; , Atlanta GA; Adam Meyerson, Los Angeles Charles Grimes, Midland TX; W Collins, San Angelo TX CA Bracket 6 14 Teams 12.99 3/4 Ronald Sholes - Carole Sholes, Springfield IL; vs D McCrady - Frances McCrady, Scarborough ON; Sharon Bain - Donald Flanigan - Donna Flanigan, Bettendorf IA William Young III - Linda Young - Bill Cook - Ann Cook, David Kroft, Thornhill ON 5.84 5/8 Evelyn Ogden - Mary Ann Bateman, Macon Shreveport LA vs GA; Mary Ann Belden, Jaxville Bch FL; Sandra Schenk, Evan Markowitz - Stephannie Russo, New York NY; Rachael Jacksonville FL Moller, Brooklyn NY; Phillip Yorston, West Palm Beach FL Daily Bulletin Page 7

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NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Nafiz Zorlu, Izmir Turkey; Salvador Assael, Alsancak Turkey 846.55 1 Les Fouks - Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 778.19 2 Steve Garner, Northfield IL; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 815.96 2 Enver Koksoy - Irfan Dogan, Ancara Turkey 766.25 3 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA 745.61 3 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 748.88 4 John Moser, St Agatha ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 738.57 4 Ross Grabel, Huntington Bh CA; Jon Wittes, Claremont CA 731.90 5 Michael Schreiber, Southaven MS; Nels Erickson, Las Vegas NV 730.43 5 Elena Prahin - Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 716.93 6 Janet De Botton - Gunnar Hallberg, London England 728.47 6 JoAnna Stansby - , Castro Valley CA 715.25 7 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; , Barnet VT 717.41 7 Thomas Carmichael, Short Hills NJ; Jenni Hartsman, Lawrenceville GA 708.60 8 - Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 688.83 8 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 706.10 9 Michael White, Atlanta GA; Frederick Allenspach, Potomac MD 664.72 9 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Vish Viswanathan, West Windsor NJ 705.17 10 Ildeniz Ucan - Ata Aydin, Istanbul Turkey 662.52 10 Nick Sandqvist, London England; John Holland, Stockport England 697.80 11 - Judi Radin, New York NY 660.87 11 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 692.47 12 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Michael Roche, Don Mills ON 658.03 12 Rajaa Sinno, Pierre Fonds QC; Robert Hirsch, Saint-Lambert QC 683.72 13 Jerry Keller - Jane Thurman, Laurel MD 651.66 13 Randy Corn, Bellevue WA; Mizuko Tan Yamada, Tokyo Japan 672.57

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Ron Rubin, Miami FL; Russell Ekeblad, Boca Raton FL 809.89 1 Jan Svendsen, London England; Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway 827.37 2 , Kensington CA; , Kingston NY 784.54 2 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 757.21 3 , San Antonio TX; Hemant Lall, Plano TX 776.67 3 Winthrop Allegaert - , New York NY 755.00 4 , Taby Sweden; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 751.96 4 Alan Osofsky, New City NY; , Gaithersburg MD 723.56 5 Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 748.60 5 , Silver Spring MD; , Arlington VA 719.98 6 , Pebble Beach CA; , Santa Cruz CA 731.83 6 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH 708.72 7 Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC; Lars Andersson, Bromma Sweden 721.19 7 Jon Hansen - Erik Dahl, Kristiansand Norway 707.78 8 Stephen Landen, Rochester Hills MI; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH 716.66 8 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 700.42 9 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Paul Lewis, Hilton Head SC 712.17 9 Leszek Rabiega, Salt Lake City UT; Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL 697.11 10 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 711.86 10 Evette Mashaal, Westmount QC; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC 682.81 11 Jean Talbot - Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 701.31 11 Arve Farstad, Oslo Norway; Martin Andersen, Kudustrad Norway 677.47 12 Paul Munafo - Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 674.84 12 Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 675.09 13 Linda Smith - , Hixson TN 670.85 13 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Sunnyvale CA 674.90

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F EAST-WEST 1 Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Norway; Michael Seamon, Miami Beach FL 851.97 1 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jacek Pszczola, Lubin Poland 807.00 2 Alexander Ladyzhensky - Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 770.11 2 Yalcin Atabey, Selomigesme Turkey; Suleyman Kolota, Istanbul Turkey 758.67 3 Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Robert Levin, Bronx NY 753.01 3 - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 749.22 4 Joe Grue - Michael Moss, New York NY 731.57 4 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Craig Ganzer, New York NY 741.84 5 Odin Svendsen, Oslo Norway; Ingvar Erga, Klepp St Norway 728.33 5 Varis Carey - Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY 735.64 6 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 727.95 6 Waldemar Frukacz, Ottawa ON; Kenneth Skov, Syudei Norway 727.64 7 Meg Galey - Jan Graham, Baton Rouge LA 718.71 7 Michal Kwiecien, Lubin Poland; Brian Glubok, New York NY 725.44 8 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY 706.00 8 Stephen Burgess, Christchurch New Zealand; Paul Marston, Australia 706.55 9 Michael Ness, Saint Paul MN; Paul Winter, Minneapolis MN 705.37 9 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 701.08 10 John Kinst, Batavia IL; Edward Nield, Westchester IL 693.34 10 Pirkko Savolainen, Espoo Finland; Krister Ahlesveo, Stockholm Sweden 697.08 11 Bjorn Foellstad - Janerol Drangsholt, Kristiansand Norway 688.53 11 Gerri Knilans - Hal Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA 684.43 12 Doug Baxter, Toronto ON; Ron Bishop, Thornhill ON 688.10 12 John Fout, New York NY; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 680.65

12.44 3/4 Sheldon Pearlman - Shirley Tartick - Joan Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda; Craig Hutton, Hamilton Klap, Toronto ON; Elizabeth Gallagher, Oakville ON Bermuda; Stephan Juliusburger, Ireland Island Bermuda; Clifford Robert Hill - Wonnie Duncan, Anchorage AK; Renato Robledo, 12.44 3/4 Varis Carey, Ithaca NY; Arnt Blix - Jonny Alison, Somerset Bermuda Philadelphia PA; Joseph Bussen, Kailua HI; Jean Monette, Hansen, Alesund Norway; Paul Bethe, New York NY Hallandale FL 5.60 5/8 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Mariko 5.03 3/4 Terry Smith, Jacksonville FL; Linda Stuart, vs Kakimoto, Newport Coast CA; Jeff Strutzel, Redondo Beach CA; Gainesville FL; Dale Poszgai - Roni Brazell, Palm Coast FL Evan Markowitz, New York NY; Walter Tauber, Longmeadow MA; Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Lake Elsinore CA 5.03 3/4 Jerry McKay - Beverly McKay, Kinston NC; Robert Park, Gibsonia PA; Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN Cheryl Schwartz - Josi Williams, Colorado Spgs CO Bracket 3 12 Teams Polly Westra - Pier Westra, Lakeland FL; John Champion Jr - John Bronson, Scottsdale AZ; Renlu Wang, Delta BC; Alex ORLANDO MORNING KO TEAMS Jane Champion, Tallahassee FL Hong, Scarborough ON; Hao Ge, Cleveland OH; Shi Yan, Bracket 1 9 Teams vs Burnaby BC Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Andrew Neil Hunter - Anita Carlson - Kay Enfield - Beatrice Bridges, vs Vinock - Tom Wylie, Woodland Hills CA; Marjorie Michelin, Santa Fe NM; William Nabors, Colorado Spgs CO Michael Nabrynski - Jennifer Nabrynski, Ashland MA; Bruce Los Angeles CA Downing, Manchester NH; Mark Conner, Grantham NH vs Bracket 3 13 Teams Robert Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Barry Harper, Regina SK; Duaine Benard, Redford MI; Carol Sullivan, Westland MI; Willis 7.96 3/4 Beth Brown, Virginia Beach VA; James Orme, Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Carolyn Jackson, Sugar Land Mitchell, Dearborn MI; Dilip Udeshi, Bensalem PA Chesapeake VA; Robert Geppert, Kansas City MO; Daniel Wynn, TX; Robert Parasian, Jatinegara Indonesia; Bernace De- Young, vs Carpentersville IL Miami FL Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ; Richard 7.96 3/4 Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ; James Zinkand, vs Canan, Pelham AL; Joseph Phillips, Queensbury NY Flourtown PA; April Hand, Mt Laurel NJ; Max Moody III, Davis Peters, Canton GA; Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Tom Tuscaloosa AL Ottley - Douglas H Scott, Anchorage AK Ray Lytle - F. Joseph Theriot - Josef Suter - George Cossitt, New Orleans LA Bracket 4 12 Teams James Priebe - Joan Priebe, Mississauga ON; Paul Janicki, vs J Michael Andresen, Cambridge MA; Brad Bozick, Waltham Markham ON; Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON Thomas Wick, Brooklyn Park MN; Nancy Wick, Minneapolis MA; Jack Vecchione - Matthew Dyer, Boston MA; Tina vs MN; Marv Riedesel - Mary Johnson, Prior Lake MN Andresen, Brooklyn Park MN Norm Hostetler - Daniel Till, Lincoln NE; Gary Williams, vs Milwaukee WI; Alan Resser, Chicago IL Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX; Tamah Bob Fogle - Sharon Fogle, Canterbury NH; Gail Lambacher, vs Goad - Rick Goad, Lake Charles LA Oakville ON; Betty Zaric, Mississauga ON G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Veronica McMurdie - John vs McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Diana Marke Antonsen, Maple Ridge BC; Stanley Fiol - Pat Fiol, Tryon 6.36 3/4 Gail Richardson - Marnie Hueston - Sheila Marquardt, Del Mar CA NC; Livingston Johnson, Fairfax VA Kaye - Bob Sommerhalder, Victoria BC 6.36 3/4 Andrew Risman, Toronto ON; D McCrady - Bracket 2 16 Teams Steven Tuggle - M.Sneed Lary Jr, Houston TX; Robert Graber - Frances McCrady, Scarborough ON; Merryl Chin, Don Mills ON Carl Cronrath, Wyomissing PA; Janet Stevens, Reading PA; Sharon Louvier, Seabrook TX Susan Rodricks, Milford CT; Richard A Starbuck, Sun City West vs Bracket 5 11 Teams AZ Atul Rai, Madison AL; Mickey Britt, Tallahassee FL; Burch Marjorie Lennon - Patricia Fliakos, W Hartford CT; Marilyn Kay, vs Fitzpatrick - Patsy Fitzpatrick, Piedmont CA Middletown CT; Marguerite Zahoruiko, Palermo ME Daniel Denison - Mary Lou Denison, Solana Beach CA; Janet vs Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA; Teri Atkinson, Bakersfield CA Bridge Cruise to the West Indies & Bahamas MSC Lirica – 11 Nights from Ft. Lauderdale on April 12, 2004 Come enjoy bridge with Jerry McCoy – “The Real McCoy” of the Bridge Center of Bradenton. Registered in Panama from Lessons and ACBL sanctioned games. A Life Master, Certified Club Director, and Accredited Bridge Teacher $ * PORTS: San Juan, Antigua, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Barts, TICKET TO TRAVEL 895 Tortola, Nassau 941–745–9688 or 941–794–0148 P.P. Double Occupany Cruise Only * With AARPdiscount. Includes Port Charges, taxes. You must book through Ticket to Travel to participate. [email protected] Page 8 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 30 Pairs 54 Pairs ABC ABC 3.53 1 1 1 Eleanor Aarts - Henk Aarts, Huntington Station NY 161.00 5.61 1 Leroy Abinanti, Surprise AZ; Al French, North Vancouver BC 113.00 2.65 2 2 2 Lucie Harris - Louie Harris, New Orleans LA 157.00 4.70 2 1 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 105.00 1.99 3 3 3 Bill Grisham - Vi Grisham, Algonquin IL 155.50 3.16 3 Marshall Tuly, Fairfield OH; Frank Aquila, Fairlawn OH 103.00 1.31 4/5 4 Jan Howard - Joan Grice, Orlando FL 154.50 3.53 4 2 Geoffrey Cross, Fernandina FL; Marianne Cross, Fernandina Bch FL 102.00 1.31 4/5 Bill Willis, El Dorado AR; Rosalyn Silverstein, Bronx NY 154.50 3.03 5 3 1 Stephen Zierak, Danbury CT; Phillip Yorston, West Palm Beach FL 101.50 0.93 6 5 4 Lorne Cock - Shirley Cock, Truro NS 152.00 1.98 6 4 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Patricia LaCerva, Waveland MS 99.00 0.70 6 David Florence - Michelle Florence, Rye NY 151.50 1.49 5 Lorraine Holub, Blacksburg VA; James Hooven, Roanoke VA 98.50 1.49 6 Sharon Tyler - Paul Pierce, N Fort Myers FL 97.71 2.27 2 Michaele Olesen, Scottsdale AZ; Eleanor Gay, Ostrander OH 88.50 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING SIDE GAME 1.70 3 Jack Whetstone, Apex NC; Percy Wu, Chesterfield MO 88.20 500 Players 1.28 4 Anthony Eckman, Austin TX; Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX 86.43 17.40 1/2 Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton Florida 130.93% 1.07 5 Joyce Harlin - William Harlin, Gainesville GA 85.50 17.40 1/2 Judith Gushner, Boca Raton Florida 130.93% 0.63 6/7 Pamela Hartigan - John Hartigan, Hamden CT 85.00 1.07 6/7 William Atteberry, Clearwater FL; Leelyn Main, St Petersburg FL 85.00 15.31 3/4 James Tucker Jr, Alexander City Alabama 125.64% 15.31 3/4 Frank Cook, Montgomery Alabama 125.64% WEDNESDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS 15.37 5/6 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City Oklahoma 124.97% 24 Pairs 15.37 5/6 Britain Beezley, Oklahoma City Oklahoma 124.97% ABC 11.45 7 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch California 123.85% 3.11 1 1 1 Robert Vanderwilde - Hiyam Vanderwilde, Palm Desert CA 104.00 9.27 8 Dot Babin, New Orleans Louisiana 123.24% 2.33 2 Edith Moens - Ann Emmett, New Orleans LA 99.64 1.90 3 2 2 Howard Lindsey - Jane Murtishaw, Dickinson TX 98.00 1.42 4 3 Bill Gentry, Metairie LA; David Simms, New Orleans LA 97.86 WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS 1.20 5 4 3 Ann Rutledge - Ruth Ruyle, Roseville CA 97.50 10 Teams 0.84 6 5 Veda Seif, Toronto ON; Heather Coburn, Waterloo ON 97.00 ABC 0.76 4 Sally Seebeck - Carol Troxel, Roswell GA 91.50 2.83 1 1 1 Eddie Beard - Patrick Beard, Metairie LA; Tara McCabe, Ottawa ON; Patti McCabe, Whitecourt AB 60.00 WEDNESDAY 1.86 2/3 Jeanette Shaw, Somerset Bermuda; Richard Canan, Pelham AL; 72 Pairs ABC Julia Lunn, Hamilton Bermuda; Bill Willis, El Dorado AR 46.00 21.70 1 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 212.79 1.90 2/3 2 Lynne Kupperman, Longport NJ; Jacob Domowitz, Parkland FL; 16.28 2 Nakamura Yoshiyuki, Tokyo Japan; Haruko Koshi, Tokyo Japan 208.50 Gayle Marsh - Jeff Marsh, La Mesa CA 46.00 12.21 3 1 Barbara Bates - Jay Albright, Westerville OH 205.00 1.42 4 3 Bill Grisham - Vi Grisham, Algonquin IL; Joan Karbonik, Palatine 9.15 4 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX 201.50 IL; Rose Ann Donzelli, Lombard IL 43.00 6.87 5 Robert Varty - David Kamm, Grand Rapids MI 199.35 1.07 4 Alfred Fortier III, Katy TX; David Wicks, Houston TX; E Pullom, 5.15 6 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 197.00 4.37 7 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; , Jackson Heights NY Birmingham AL; Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON 41.00 196.84 3.09 8/9 Sheila Bleiman - Jim Woodside, Sun City West AZ 196.50 WEDNESDAY EVENING 99ER PAIRS 2.66 8/9 Derald Keetch, Fort Worth TX; Bob Bratcher, Vista CA 196.50 18 Pairs 3.88 2/3 Roberta Smith, Naples FL; June Hearrell, Madison CT 176.00 ABC 3.88 2/3 LaToss Carpenter - Brandon Carpenter, Whitehouse TX 176.00 2.26 1 Bud Feron - Lynda Feron, Halifax NS 114.86 3.96 4 1 Malcolm Barker, Bucks England; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS 175.50 1.87 5 Patricia Capriotti - John Ertel, Beach Haven NJ 174.00 1.70 2 Cathy Paterson - Helen McKelvie, Windsor ON 112.65 2.97 6 2 Daniel Creighton, Vicksburg MS; Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX 173.71 1.68 3 1 1 Maryanne Hovinen - David Hovinen, Denver CO 110.29 2.23 3 Steve Johnson - Charlyn Johnson, Orange CA 166.29 1.11 4/5 2/3 2 Kathy Rolfe - Paul Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO 101.85 1.67 4 Judith Lichter, Los Angeles CA; Caroline Vincent, Santa Monica CA 157.21 1.11 4/5 2/3 Damaris Robinson, Toronto ON; Katherine Robert, Naples FL101.85 0.71 4 Judy Brown - Ronald Brown, Houston TX 98.00 WEDNESDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS 100 Pairs ABC WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 16.52 1 Barat Shah - Lynne Shah, Plant City FL 409.02 22 Pairs 12.39 2 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Jim Hamilton, Wallingford CT 391.50 ABC 9.29 3 William Allison, Atlanta GA; Charles Galloway, Bolton ON 385.00 2.97 1 1 1 John Lowenstein, Marrero LA; Cathy Rantz, New Orleans LA 108.50 6.97 4 John Fisher - Fran Beard, Dallas TX 383.02 2.23 2 2 James Norris - Julie Norris, St Clair Shores MI 101.50 5.23 5 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 376.11 1.67 3 Michael Schwab, Youngsville NC; Margaret Webb, Raleigh NC 99.50 3.92 6 Marge Neate, West Vancouver BC; Evelyn Hodge, Burnaby BC 370.56 2.94 7 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 365.00 1.25 4 R Bruce Edwards - Ruth Edwards, London ON 95.00 8.97 1 Delia Juul-Dam - Brian Richardson, Pacific Plsds CA 361.32 1.35 5 3 Alex Booke - Sandy Howe, Pittsford NY 90.50 6.73 2 Roger Banks, Vancleave MS; Malcolm Latour, Ocean Springs MS 351.69 1.01 6 4 Eileen Sharpe, Warwick Bermuda; Jacqueline Swan, Paget Bermuda 88.50 5.05 3 Henry Williams - Rosemary Wade Williams, Oro Valley AZ 351.66 1.10 5/6 2/3 Zia Mian, Kingston, Jamaica; Howard Hamilton, Coral Spring FL 87.50 3.78 4 Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON 349.50 1.10 5/6 2/3 Joan Fitzpatrick, Bethesda MD; Gail Morgenweck, Silver Spring MD 87.50 2.84 5 Beverley Bernick - Ed Danziger, Willowdale ON 349.08 2.43 6 Kenneth Moen, Guelph ON; John Cook, Toronto ON 347.50 4.75 1 Frances Tadros - Gamil Tadros, Calgary AB 332.71 WEDNESDAY EVENING IMP PAIRS 3.56 2 Suzanne Hand - John Hand, Cypress CA 332.00 72 Pairs 2.67 3 Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA; Louis Richardson, Metairie LA 318.50 ABC 2.05 4 Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Carlsbad CA 317.13 6.98 1 Jim Senter - Gale Senter, Laguna Niguel CA 66.00 1.50 5 Estelle Viner, Don Mills ON; Vera Weinstein, North York ON 317.00 5.24 2 Cecily Kohler, Washington DC; Ellen Melson, Chicago IL 64.00 1.55 6 Marjorie Ezell, Pass Christian MS; Stella Pierce, Slidell LA 308.50 3.93 3 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 61.00 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 2.94 4 Joe Walden, Monroe NC; James Blackwell, Prosperity SC 59.00 60 Pairs 2.21 5 Mary McCune - Marty McCune, Seattle WA 53.00 ABC 1.66 6 Bernace DeYoung, Miami FL; June Deutsch, Aventura FL 46.00 6.07 1 Dot Babin, New Orleans LA; C Layton Merritt Jr, Metairie LA 195.00 4.55 1 Diana Hunke - Maurice Hunke, Golden Valley MN 45.00 3.98 2/3 Ann Barone, Metairie LA; C J Hoadley, New Orleans LA 193.50 3.41 2 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Atul Rai, Madison AL 43.00 3.98 2/3 Marion Clerc, Pass Christian MS; Mary Jane Bright, Gulfport MS 193.50 3.19 3 1 Sam Katz, Hinsdale IL; Kathy Chandler, Sarasota FL 24.00 2.56 4 Alan Truscott, Riverdale NY; Dorothy Truscott, Bronx NY 186.00 1.92 5 Harriet Smith, Shreveport LA; Jean Willis, El Dorado AR 181.00 2.39 4 2 Robert Cheah - Ruby Cheah, Berkshire England 23.00 4.85 6 1 1 Malcolm Coutts - Jim Rife, Guelph ON 180.50 1.79 5 3 Masaharu Wakasa - Nobuko Wakasa, Kawasaki-Shi Japan 20.00 3.64 2 Makiko Sato, Tokyo Japan; Yasuyo Iida, Yokohama Japan 178.50 1.11 6/8 Emile Heredia - Terry Oleske, New York NY 18.00 2.73 3 Margaret Davis - Heather Burling, Newmarket ON 178.00 0.83 6/8 Agnes Beckman, Baton Rouge LA; Dodie Beckman, Canton MI 18.00 1.79 4/5 Carol Ann McGill - Robert McGill, Orange TX 177.00 1.06 6/8 Jean Monette, Hallandale FL; Renato Robledo, Philadelphia PA 18.00 1.87 4/5 Toshiko Kaho, Tokyo Japan; Sachiko Nakatani, Reno NV 177.00 1.18 4/5 Susie Butler, Marblehead MA; Alice Roche, Sagamore Beach MA 2.00 1.17 6 Earl Brady - Chloe Webb, Picayune MS 176.00 2.51 2 Anthony Eckman, Austin TX; Richard Canan, Pelham AL 174.50 1.18 4/5 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, Toronto ON 2.00 1.88 3 Joyce Harlin - William Harlin, Gainesville GA 173.00 0.85 6 David Porter - Sarah Porter, Aurora CO -3.00 1.87 4 George Levine - Barbara Levine, Providence RI 168.00 1.32 5/6 Charles Leslie, St Pete Beach FL; Noreen Bramsen, Toronto ON 161.50 WEDNESDAY EVENING SIDE SERIES 0.93 5/6 Carol Guy - Judith Clark, Virginia Beach VA 161.50 86 Pairs ABC WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 99ER PAIRS 22 Pairs 8.04 1 Judith Gushner - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 212.71 ABC 6.03 2 1 1 Malcolm Barker, Bucks England; Victoria Gregory, 2.50 1 1 Louise Schellenberger, East Freetown MA; Shirley Soucy, Halifax NS 98.61 Pittsburg KS 209.25 1.88 2 2 1 Howard Lindsey - Jane Murtishaw, Dickinson TX 97.50 4.52 3 Harry Falk, Palm City FL; Len Case, Charlotte NC 204.75 1.41 3 3 2 Zia Mian, Kingston-6, Jamaica; Howard Hamilton, Coral Spring FL 96.86 3.39 4 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX 201.00 1.05 4 4 Judy Brown - Ronald Brown, Houston TX 93.93 2.54 5 Robert McPhee, Belleville ON; Alice Odenwald, Fort Myers FL 194.71 0.79 5 5 Katherine Trubey, Ltl Switzrlnd NC; James Crawford, New York NY 91.20 0.73 6 3 Sandra Delfs, Cedar Falls IA; Sandy Kazlow, Brooklyn NY 89.14 2.43 6 John Currie, Halifax NS; Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON 192.12 0.55 4 David Hovinen - Maryanne Hovinen, Denver CO 87.50 4.32 2 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; Harvinder Sidhu, Neshantic Sta NJ 191.60 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 3.24 3 Beverly Tuck-Sherman, Ft Lee NJ; Martin Weiss, Fort Lee NJ 190.12 Daily Bulletin Page 9

2.43 4 Ann West, Birmingham AL; Judy Singer, Scarborough ON187.79 WEDNESDAY FLIGHT A/X SWISS 1.82 5 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 185.25 49 Teams 2.62 6 2 Serge Bondar, Wheeling IL; Elana Dolgina, Skokie IL 184.44 AX 1.96 3 Carl Spencer, Farmington NM; Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA 177.06 28.89 1 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA; Rebecca 1.47 4 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Franklin Lakes NJ174.38 Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA 177.00 1.18 5 Erez Hendelman, Brockville MD; Susan Bender-Scheer, Morristown NJ 174.00 18.96 2/3 Ava Grubman - Steven Zlotnick - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY; J 1.24 6 James Kuhn, Oakland CA; Molly Hosford, Las Vegaas NV169.66 Edgar Lillard, Southern Pines NC 168.00 18.96 2/3 Charles Davis, Lilburn GA; Joel Schwartz, Las Cruces NM; Guss PEGGY SERPAS OPEN PAIRS Ginsburg, Houston TX; Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS 168.00 162 Pairs 10.67 4/5 Don Nemiro, Hollister CA; Susan Abrams - Norm Rosen, Sun City ABC West AZ; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Beach CA 157.00 29.17 1 Andre Rakhmanin, Roseville CA; Srikanth Kodayam, San 10.67 4/5 Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; Gail Greenberg, New York NY; Leandro CA 405.50 Irina Levitina, Fair Lawn NJ; , Stony Point NY 157.00 21.88 2 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 394.50 6.00 6/7 Loren Hawkins, Bremerton WA; Mary Ruth Blustein - Maurice 16.41 3 Robert Jackson - Sharon Pobloske, Bensenville IL 389.00 Blustein, Bellevue WA; Dudley Brown, Grandview WA 155.00 12.31 4 Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL 385.50 6.00 6/7 Larry Kolker - Alan Popkin - Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Donald 9.23 5 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; James O’Neil, Palo Alto CA 382.50 Stack, Shawnee Mission KS 155.00 15.35 6 1 Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX 377.00 3.86 8 Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West 5.19 7 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Frank Aquila, Fairlawn OH 375.00 Bloomfield MI; Georgene Cronin, Rochester Hills MI; Rhonda Monro, 3.66 8/9 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 368.00 Beverly Hills MI 150.00 3.57 8/9 Sheryl Langner, Dublin OH; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 368.00 3.21 9 Sue Sachs - David Sachs, Owings Mills MD; Marc Low - Sandra Low, 3.64 10 Hollis Barry - Robin Stephens, Toronto ON 364.50 Centerville OH; Martin Schiff Jr - Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson AZ 147.00 11.51 2 Peter Clinch, New York NY; D Raija Davis, Reno NV 362.50 2.89 10 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Rusty Rapport, Englishtown NJ; Madi 8.63 3 David McDonald, Baton Rouge LA; Vicki Willis, Houma LA 356.00 Drimmer, Sarasota FL; Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 145.00 6.48 4 Atul Jain, Fairfax VA; Shuba Dey, Durham NC 352.00 7.25 1 Alice Leicht - Marvin French, San Diego CA; Tutty Wetzel, Reno NV; 4.86 5 Ronald Huffaker, Alpine CA; Harold Huffaker, Danville CA 348.50 Rosemary Dunn, Syracuse NY 140.00 3.64 6 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Yi-Qun Jin, Sunnyvale CA 346.50 4.76 2/3 Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Rita Zoebeli, Boca Raton FL; 3.97 7 Robert Gold - Hanneke Gold, Amagansett NY 346.00 Yasuko Shrenzel, Kihei HI; Hiroko Janssen, Minato-Ku 6.18 1 Tamah Goad - Rick Goad, Lake Charles LA 335.00 Tokyo Japan 132.00 4.64 2 Gerald Greene - Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 322.50 4.76 2/3 Jon Downing, Solihill England; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England; 3.48 3 Jianming Zhang, Mountain View CA; Rivka Sorrell, David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY 132.00 Beer Sheva Israel 314.50 3.06 4 Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Neal Webb, San Jose CA; Gerald 2.61 4 Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS; Max Moody III, Tuscaloosa AL 307.50 Mindell, Chicago IL; Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ 127.00 1.96 5 Charles Gill, Newton IA; Dloye Swift, Slidell LA 303.50 2.29 5 Gerrie Owen - Preston Morrow, Dallas TX; Albert Postar - James 1.29 6/7 Merryl Chin, Don Mills ON; Andrew Risman, Toronto ON303.00 Bradley, Albuquerque NM 119.00 1.52 6/7 John Tolson - Lynne Tolson, Bedford NS 303.00 STRATIFIED B/C/D SWISS WEDNESDAY EVENING BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 29 Teams 38 Teams BCD AB C 11.51 1 Joel Datloff - Dick Mc Cluer, Vancouver WA; Edward Freeman, 8.01 1 Shannon Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Joyce Sillins - Jonathan Portland OR; Teresa Ozias, Dallas OR 178.00 Greenspan - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 19.50 8.63 2 Kevin Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Jay Kurzet, Portland OR; Thomas 6.01 2 Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Gail Carns - Mary Lennon, The Woodlands TX; Clifford Lardinois, San Rafael CA 166.00 Paulone Carns, Export PA 17.00 6.47 3 Janet Appel, Murfreesboro TN; Cherry Starling, Antioch TN; 4.51 3 Charles Wolpert - Joan Vigdor, Boynton Beach FL; Mary Biedenkapp, Elinor Saperstein - Rudy Saperstein, Nashville TN 162.00 Palm Springs CA; Dorothy Shenkan, Rancho Mirage CA 16.50 6.53 4 1 James Tonjes - Jean Tonjes, Espanola NM; Kay Enfield - 2.96 4/5 Charles Durrin III - Larry Gariepy, Madison AL; Arthur Lowen - Beatrice Bridges, Santa Fe NM 155.00 Dot Blue, Nashville TN 16.00 4.90 5 2 1 Donna Harrison, Columbia MO; Ruth Cant, New York NY; 2.96 4/5 Seymour Reich - Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jonny Hansen - Arnt Beverly Karl, Metairie LA; Jean Russo, New Orleans LA 154.00 Blix, Alesund Norway 16.00 3.67 6 3 Rey Pana - Ruth Pana, Englewood CO; Joe Marci - Kathy Marci, 1.47 6/8 Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC; Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Corinne Denver CO 148.00 Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 15.50 2.75 4 Jason Clevenger - Eryk Gozdowski, Saint Louis MO; Sigurd 1.47 6/8 Richard Cornett, Madisonville KY; Deborah Gregory, Henderson KY; Nordvoll, New Orleans LA; Jack Lewis Jr, Luling LA 145.00 Dann Kramer, Calgary AB; Gail Hyland, Leavenworth WA 15.50 2.07 5 Janice L Wild, Briarcliff NY; Marcia White, Lakeville MA; 4.67 6/8 1 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Brad Bozick, Waltham MA; Jack Eileen O’Neill, Fall River MA; Donna Sparks, Houston TX 131.00 Vecchione, Boston MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 15.50 3.50 2 1 Richard Whittington - Michael Warchol, Venice FL; Ted Guthrie - Reese House, Washington DC 12.00 What happened to 2.30 3/4 Evelyn Ogden - Mary Ann Bateman, Macon GA; Sandra Schenk, Jacksonville FL; Mary Ann Belden, Jaxville Bch FL 11.50 the other 3 cards? 2.30 3/4 Ronald Sholes - Carole Sholes, Springfield IL; Donald Flanigan - Tournament Director Ron Geagley discovered that North, South and Donna Flanigan, Bettendorf IA 11.50 West each had two cards left, but East still had three. He checked the tricks, 1.14 5/7 Larry King, Grass Valley CA; Anthony Eckman, Austin TX; Robert seeking to discover which trick East had failed to follow. East had followed McConnell, Palm Desert CA; June Mitchell, Palm Springs CA 11.00 to all tricks! 2.20 5/7 2/3 Carl Markel, St Augustine FL; Louis Neveu, New Orleans LA; Janice Trott, Devonshire Bermuda; Jacob Schuurman, Three Rivers MI 11.00 Maybe East had started with 14 cards? Nope, just 13. Then they count- 2.20 5/7 2/3 Kathryn Ritterbush, Albuquerque NM; Catherine Thompson, ed the cards in the other three hands. Each had 12! Even dummy had only Pittsburgh PA; Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Linda McDaniel, 12, but nobody noticed. Denton TX 11.00 What happened to the other three cards? We’ll probably never know. 1.24 4/5 Craig Abbott, Sarasota FL; Donald Cisek, St Charles IL; Emerita Hayward, Leonardtown MD; Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC 10.50 1.24 4/5 David Woods - Roy Labourdette Jr - David Wolf, New Orleans LA; Raymond Gandolfi, Metairie LA 10.50 How to feel old Japan here MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME Tournament Director Stan Tench 302 Players got a strong reminder about his age a in force 13.72 1 Leroy Abinanti, Surprise Arizona 133.03% couple of days ago. He saw a woman 10.29 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville Massachusetts 129.99% who used to be his caddy when she Approximately 40 bridge players 9.72 3/4 Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville Quebec 127.38% was a teenager sit down to play in the from Japan are playing daily at this 9.72 3/4 Evette Mashaal, Westmount Quebec 127.38% Senior Pairs. tournament. Japanese have been reg- 6.91 5/6 Livingston Johnson, Fairfax Virginia 120.53% ulars at NABC tournament for many 6.91 5/6 Doug Anderson, Quincy Massachusetts 120.53% years now, but not in such numbers. 3.73 7/8 James Hooven, Roanoke Virginia 120.24% “We like American tournaments,” 3.73 7/8 Lorraine Holub, Blacksburg Virginia 120.24% said one player. “Americans are friendly, and American prices are low.” Japanese players have done well ♠♥♦♣ at all tournament levels here. Page 10 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY SENIOR STRATIFIED PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION N AST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Frances Tadros - Gamil Tadros, Calgary AB 183.50 1 Howard Raymond, Burlington WA; Charles Jaskela, Kelowna BC 190.00 2 James Tucker Jr, Alexander City AL; Robert Teel Jr, Rockford AL 182.00 2 1 Beverley Bernick - Ed Danziger, Willowdale ON 182.50 3 Charlotte St Amant, Trenton ON; Lachman Advani, Ottawa ON 179.00 3 Cynthia Glad, Seattle WA; Helen Abbott, Mercer Island WA 182.00 4 J Alfred Letourneau - A Lorraine Letourneau, Winslow ME 176.50 4 2 Jean Weiss - William Weiss, New Orleans LA 177.00 5 2 Gretchen Teich - Mark Teich, Concord NH 169.50 5/6 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 173.00 6 Neva Kegel, Milwaukee WI; Marjorie Thien, Waukesha WI 167.50 5/6 3 Marvin Arnol, Milwaukee WI; Gerald Haig, Glendale WI 173.00 7 Valerie Barber, Allentown PA; Marie Bond, Macungie PA 165.00 7 4 Floyd Derkat - Anne Rabik, Edmonton AB 169.00 3 Berna Case - Morton Case, Roslyn NY 158.00 1 Elliott Moore, Vestavia Hills AL; Patsy Moore, Birmingham AL 155.50 4 Thomas Land - Barbara McHarg, Seattle WA 157.50 2 Harold Collings - Juanita Collings, St Helena Isl SC 154.00 2 Suzanne Hand - John Hand, Cypress CA 147.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Lynn Pories, Savannah GA; Marie Louise Steuer, Pompano Beach FL 191.50 1 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Jim Hamilton, Wallingford CT 210.50 2 Patricia Elms - Sallie Jac Schafer, Newport Beach CA 191.00 2 Martin Moltz, Chicago IL; M Miller, Skokie IL 195.50 3 1 Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON 176.50 3 Ellen Allen - Larry Allen, Summerville SC 193.50 4 2 Sue Morgan - Grant Morgan, Atascadero CA 174.00 4 William Allison, Atlanta GA; Charles Galloway, Bolton ON 181.50 5 Mike Albert - Richard Crotty, Omaha NE 165.50 5 1 Marsh Bryan - Helen Bryan, Rumson NJ 172.00 6/7 3 Alex Mood - Marian Mood, Irvine CA 162.00 6 2 1 Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA; Louis Richardson, Metairie LA 160.00 6/7 Nie Lih Kalat - Peter Kalat, Bedford NY 162.00 7 Mary Fines, North Vancouver BC; Claire Burns, West Vancouver BC 157.50 4 Joan Hamer, Westcott England; Melbourne Hamer, Nestcott England 161.00 3 Mike Bovarnick, Mercer Island WA; Paul McGough, Sun City West AZ 150.50 1 Marjorie Ezell, Pass Christian MS; Stella Pierce, Slidell LA 151.00 4 Jackie Cover - Roberta Abel, Newport Beach CA 145.00 2 Mary Carey, Kensington CT; John Carey, Melbourne FL 129.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 208.11 1 Marge Neate, West Vancouver BC; Evelyn Hodge, Burnaby BC 195.15 2 John Fisher - Fran Beard, Dallas TX 199.52 2 1 Delia Juul-Dam - Brian Richardson, Pacific Plsds CA 193.32 3 1 Kathy Curtis - Don Glad, Seattle WA 187.15 3 Barat Shah - Lynne Shah, Plant City FL 190.52 4 Donald Kerry, Winchester MO; Paul Gabalis, Woodland WA 176.79 4 Lorraine Herlick, North York ON; William White, Markham ON 170.42 5 2 Roger Banks, Vancleave MS; Malcolm Latour, Ocean Springs MS 176.78 5 Douglas de Montluzin, Metairie LA; John Brumfield, New Orleans LA 168.87 6 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 166.13 6 Nonie Leavitt - Dorothy Schuber, New Orleans LA 161.85 7 3 1 Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Carlsbad CA 162.63 7 2 Lacy Jennings, San Diego CA; Christopher Bell, Murphys CA 157.29 4 William Jenkins, Amarillo TX; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 150.29 3 Henry Williams - Rosemary Wade Williams, Oro Valley AZ 156.23 2 Janice Trott, Devonshire Bermuda; Nicki Magee, Decatur GA 146.56 4 1 Dave Hellwig, Saint Cloud MN; Richard Fumanti, Fullerton CA 143.59 2 Marlene Benny - John Benny, London ON 142.53

WEDNESDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION S EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 99.00 1 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 109.00 2 Nakamura Yoshiyuki, Tokyo Japan; Haruko Koshi, Tokyo Japan 96.50 2 Ritchey Goodwin - Lew Walter, New York NY 102.50 3 1 Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ; Grace Lloyd, Southampton NY 95.00 3 Sheila Bleiman - Jim Woodside, Sun City West AZ 95.00 4/5 Pat Morris, Philadelphia PA; Gail Rust, Daytona Beach FL 91.50 4 1 1 Daniel Creighton, Vicksburg MS; Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX 94.50 4/5 Rick Goldstein - Laura Brill, White Plains NY 91.50 5 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX 93.00 2 H Albert Lilly, Mobile AL; Ann Lilly, Tuscaloosa AL 79.00 2 Barbara Moomy, Virginia Beach VA; Susan Bowles, Va Beach VA 87.00 1 William Heessels - Patricia Heessels, Fort Lauderdale FL 75.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 96.00 1 Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Sharron Hinckley, East Winthrop ME 103.50 2 1 LaToss Carpenter - Brandon Carpenter, Whitehouse TX 95.00 2 Anne Louise Martyn, Dashwood ON; Elizabeth Brawn, London ON 101.50 3 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Jim Daniel, Shrewsbury NJ 93.00 3 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Paul Morris, Brooklyn NY 93.50 4 Lee Laske, Raleigh NC; Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN 88.50 4 Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON; Judy Singer, Scarborough ON 89.00 5 2 1 Malcolm Barker, Bucks HP8 4TH England; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS 87.50 5 1 Donna Simon - Daniel Simon, South Bend IN 87.00 2 1 Joseph Oren - Beverly Oren, White Stone VA 85.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION U EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY 102.55 1 1 Barbara Bates - Jay Albright, Westerville OH 104.50 2 Robert Varty - David Kamm, Grand Rapids MI 98.64 2 Patricia Brodsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Frank Allison, West Hempstead NY 103.65 3 Dann Kramer, Calgary AB; Deborah Gregory, Henderson KY 91.00 3 William Vinson, Boynton Beach FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 92.72 4 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; William Hunter, Reading MA 90.00 4 Duncan Jones - Cheryl Holcomb, Newark NY 92.00 5 1 Wanda Hartley, Bullard TX; Doris Bunselmeyer, Lindale TX 87.72 5 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 91.50 2 1 Judith Lichter, Los Angeles CA; Caroline Vincent, Santa Monica CA 81.21 2 Henry Essig, Westlake OH; Sandy Smith, Madison WI 83.45 1 Jeremy Huie - Stacey Huie, Lafayette CA 75.50

WEDNESDAY FAST OPEN PAIS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION S EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 103.79 1 Robert Varty - David Kamm, Grand Rapids MI 99.71 2 Sheila Bleiman - Jim Woodside, Sun City West AZ 101.50 2 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY 96.79 3 1 Wallace Twichell - Linda Stockton, Metairie LA 96.93 3 Duncan Jones - Cheryl Holcomb, Newark NY 90.21 4 Jeanine Dow - C Arthur Nevins, Kalamazoo MI 91.29 4 1 1 Steve Johnson - Charlyn Johnson, Orange CA 87.79 5 2 Gary Straka, Union City OK; Jack Killough, Oklahoma City OK 84.52 5 Lee Laske, Raleigh NC; Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN 87.50 1 Daniel Creighton, Vicksburg MS; Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX 79.21 2 James Williams - Richard Butrovich, Wilmington NC 78.7 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Derald Keetch, Fort Worth TX; Bob Bratcher, Vista CA 110.00 1 Nakamura Yoshiyuki, Tokyo Japan; Haruko Koshi, Tokyo Japan 112.00 2 1 Roberta Smith, Naples FL; June Hearrell, Madison CT 93.00 2 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX 108.50 3 Bill Garrity, Orlando FL; Martha McGhee, Maitland FL 90.50 3 Rick Goldstein - Laura Brill, White Plains NY 95.50 4 2 Patricia Capriotti - John Ertel, Beach Haven NJ 90.00 4/5 1 H Albert Lilly, Mobile AL; Ann Lilly, Tuscaloosa AL 93.50 5 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Paul Morris, Brooklyn NY 89.50 4/5 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 93.50 1 Joseph Oren - Beverly Oren, White Stone VA 70.50 2 Donna Simon - Daniel Simon, South Bend IN 79.00 1 Karen Famera, New York NY; Tom Moran, Lady Lake FL 76.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION U EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 105.50 1 Reanette Frobouck, Pittsburgh PA; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 104.00 2 1 Barbara Bates - Jay Albright, Westerville OH 100.50 2 Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 95.00 3 Jean Levin, Springfield VA; Don Brock, Brampton ON 100.00 3 1 1 Malcolm Barker, Bucks HP8 England; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS 88.00 4 William Vinson, Boynton Beach FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 92.00 4/5 Ross Robbins, Port Isabel TX; C. Buddy Carls, Huntington Bh CA 87.50 5 Julia Hirsch - B Paul Hirsch, Garland TX 91.50 4/5 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Jim Daniel, Shrewsbury NJ 87.50 2 Larry Klein, Cincinnati OH; David Tsui, Centerville OH 78.50 2 Ted Cohn - Sandra Cohn, Sun City West AZ 84.50 1 Jeremy Huie - Stacey Huie, Lafayette CA 77.50

WEDNESDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS.2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION N EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Henry Williams - Rosemary Wade Williams, Oro Valley AZ 195.43 1 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 200.50 2 John Fisher - Fran Beard, Dallas TX 183.50 2 1 1 Suzanne Hand - John Hand, Cypress CA 184.50 3 Marge Neate, West Vancouver BC; Evelyn Hodge, Burnaby BC 175.41 3 2 Gary Straka, Union City OK; Jack Killough, Oklahoma City OK 183.18 4 Chester Kurzet - Louise Kurzet, Portland OR 174.96 4 Marie Burgess-Strauss, Jacksonville NC; Andris Strauss, Abingdon MD 176.71 5 2 Roger Banks, Vancleave MS; Malcolm Latour, Ocean Springs MS 174.91 5 3 Beverley Bernick - Ed Danziger, Willowdale ON 166.58 6 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 172.84 6 Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ 156.63 7 3 Delia Juul-Dam - Brian Richardson, Pacific Plsds CA 168.00 7 4 Gretchen Teich - Mark Teich, Concord NH 154.50 4 1 Josephine Cook, Florence AL; Gene Hamman, Knoxville TN 148.08 2 Frances Tadros - Gamil Tadros, Calgary AB 149.21 2 Richard Goldberg - Beverly Goldberg, Greenbrae CA 147.79 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1/2 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 183.50 1 1 Kenneth Moen, Guelph ON; John Cook, Toronto ON 216.00 1/2 Patricia Laflin, Camas WA; Tony Glynne, Vancouver WA 183.50 2 William Allison, Atlanta GA; Charles Galloway, Bolton ON 203.50 3 Neva Kegel, Milwaukee WI; Marjorie Thien, Waukesha WI 180.00 3 2 Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON 173.00 4 Cynthia Glad, Seattle WA; Helen Abbott, Mercer Island WA 167.50 4 3 1 Estelle Viner, Don Mills ON; Vera Weinstein, North York ON 172.50 5 1 Jean Weiss - William Weiss, New Orleans LA 166.50 5 Joe Feldman, Toronto ON; Betty Monahan, Burr Ridge IL 170.00 6 2 Irene Geisinger - Michael Geisinger, Glen Head NY 166.00 6 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Donald Geerhart, Springfield VA 168.50 3 Berna Case - Morton Case, Roslyn NY 165.00 4 2 Marjorie Ezell, Pass Christian MS; Stella Pierce, Slidell LA 157.50 1 Myrtis Pauling - Cledith Peterson, Baton Rouge LA 136.50 2 David Dean - Richard Joseph, Sarasota FL 134.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Nie Lih Kalat - Peter Kalat, Bedford NY 191.50 1 Barat Shah - Lynne Shah, Plant City FL 218.50 2 1 Mike Bovarnick, Mercer Island WA; Paul McGough, Sun City West AZ 183.50 2 Douglas de Montluzin, Metairie LA; John Brumfield, New Orleans LA 193.50 3 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Jim Hamilton, Wallingford CT 181.00 3 Donald Kerry, Winchester MO; Paul Gabalis, Woodland WA 171.50 4 Ellen Allen - Larry Allen, Summerville SC 166.00 4 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 168.00 5 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Alvin Zuckerman, Oceanside NY 161.50 5 Ruby Rhoads - Arnold Katz, Laguna Woods CA 167.00 6 2 Jack Rochford - Jean Rochford, San Angelo TX 160.00 6 1 Linda Young - William Young III, Shreveport LA 162.00 7 3 Sue Morgan - Grant Morgan, Atascadero CA 159.50 7 2 William Jenkins, Amarillo TX; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 157.50 4 1 Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA; Louis Richardson, Metairie LA 158.50 3 1 Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Carlsbad CA 154.50 4 2 Don Daly, Thousand Oaks CA; William Heess, Marlborough MA 148.00

MONDAY- WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 5TH SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Ann Barone, Metairie LA; C J Hoadley, New Orleans LA 193.50 1 1 1 Malcolm Coutts - Jim Rife, Guelph ON 180.50 2 Harriet Smith, Shreveport LA; Jean Willis, El Dorado AR 181.00 2 2 Carol Ann McGill - Robert McGill, Orange TX 177.00 3 Zeke Jabbour - Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 178.50 3 3 Earl Brady - Chloe Webb, Picayune MS 176.00 4 1 1 George Levine - Barbara Levine, Providence RI 168.00 4 4 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; Harvinder Sidhu, Neshantic Sta NJ 172.00 5/6 2/3 Sharon Tyler - Paul Pierce, N Fort Myers FL 161.50 5 5 Bruce Oliver Jr - Kristina Oliver, Birmingham AL 168.00 5/6 2/3 Walter Thurow - Jan Thurow, Slidell LA 161.50 6 Kyle Weems - Ellie Weems, Chattanooga TN 163.00 4 2 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Garland TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 161.00 2 Elianna Ruppin, Lincoln NE; Vicki Ebin, Los Angeles CA 160.00 3 Earl Laberge - Margaret Laberge, Willowdale ON 155.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Dot Babin, New Orleans LA; C Layton Merritt Jr, Metairie LA 195.00 1 Marion Clerc, Pass Christian MS; Mary Jane Bright, Gulfport MS 193.50 2 Alan Truscott, Riverdale NY; Dorothy Truscott, Bronx NY 186.00 2 1 Toshiko Kaho, Tokyo Japan; Sachiko Nakatani, Reno NV 177.00 3 1 Makiko Sato, Tokyo Japan; Yasuyo Iida, Yokohama Japan 178.50 3 2 1 Anthony Eckman, Austin TX; Richard Canan, Pelham AL 174.50 4 2 Margaret Davis - Heather Burling, Newmarket ON 178.00 4 3 2 Joyce Harlin - William Harlin, Gainesville GA 173.00 5 3 Iris Darroch, Walnut Creek CA; Loretta Baines, Foster City CA 168.50 5 Malcolm Oliver, Northallerton England; Clive Owen, Darlington Cty England 170.00 6 4 Marie Jo Desbrandes, Baton Rouge LA; Franck Desbrandes, Sevres France 168.00 6 4 Richard Brammell, Metairie LA; Daryl Fisher, New Orleans LA 165.50 1 Charles Leslie, St Pete Beach FL; Noreen Bramsen, Toronto ON 161.50 2 Richard Gray - Wendy Gray, Southampton Bermuda 147.00 Daily Bulletin Page 11

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 99ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Howard Lindsey - Jane Murtishaw, Dickinson TX 97.50 1 1 Louise Schellenberger, East Freetown MA; Shirley Soucy, Halifax NS 98.61 2 2 2 Zia Mian, Kingston-6, Jamaica; Howard Hamilton, Coral Spring FL 96.86 2 2 Judy Brown - Ronald Brown, Houston TX 93.93 3 3 Katherine Trubey, Ltl Switzrlnd NC; James Crawford, New York NY 91.20 3 3 1 Sandra Delfs, Cedar Falls IA; Sandy Kazlow, Brooklyn NY 89.14 4 Kathy Rolfe - Eric Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO 85.57 4 Julia Lunn, Hamilton Bermuda; Cily Winkeler, New Orleans LA 88.14 2 David Hovinen - Maryanne Hovinen, Denver CO 87.50

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Eleanor Aarts - Henk Aarts, Huntingtn Sta NY 161.00 1 1 1 Lucie Harris - Louie Harris, New Orleans LA 157.00 2/3 2 Jan Howard - Joan Grice, Orlando FL 154.50 2 2 2 Bill Grisham - Vi Grisham, Algonquin IL 155.50 2/3 Bill Willis, El Dorado AR; Rosalyn Silverstein, Bronx NY 154.50 3 3 3 Lorne Cock - Shirley Cock, Truro NS 152.00 4 3 Frank Maxwell - Janie Maxwell, Delhi LA 140.00 4 4 David Florence - Michelle Florence, Rye NY 151.50 5 4 Eileen Sharpe, Warwick Bermuda; Jacqueline Swan, Paget Bermuda 139.00 5 Frances Gross - Jane Keener, Metairie LA 143.50 6 5 David Wicks, Houston TX; E Pullom, Birmingham AL 138.00 6 5 Joan Fitzpatrick, Bethesda MD; Gail Morgenweck, Silver Spring MD 143.00

BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Thomas Carmichael, Short Hills NJ; Jenni Hartsman, Lawrenceville GA 382.50 1 Nafiz Zorlu, Izmir Turkey; Salvador Assael, Alsancak Turkey 411.50 2 Les Fouks - Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 382.00 2 Michael Schreiber, Southaven MS; Nels Erickson, Las Vegas NV 402.00 3 Ross Grabel, Huntington Bh CA; Jon Wittes, Claremont CA 372.00 3 Steve Garner, Northfield IL; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 396.50 4 Elena Prahin - Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 368.50 4 Tarek Sadek - Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 382.00 5 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 362.00 5 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Thomas Hughes Jr, Fort Worth TX 360.50 6 Marshall Tuly, Fairfield OH; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 361.50 6 John Moser, St Agatha ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 358.00 7 Per-Erik Malmstrom, Uppsala Sweden; Daniel Salomonsson, Uddevalla Sweden 348.50 7/8 Frank Hoadley, New Orleans LA; Louis Fiorella, Kenner LA 346.00 8 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 347.50 7/8 Valerie Westheimer - Judi Radin, New York NY 346.00 9 Nick Sandqvist, London England; John Holland, Stockport England 339.00 9 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 345.00 10 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Sam Lev, New York NY 338.00 10 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Allan Graves, Barnet VT 342.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Winthrop Allegaert - Jaggy Shivdasani, New York NY 392.16 1 Justin Lall, San Antonio TX; Hemant Lall, Plano TX 420.48 2 Alan Osofsky, New City NY; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 369.76 2 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Kingston NY 393.88 3 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 368.46 3 Jan Svendsen, London England; Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway 388.30 4 Jon Hansen - Erik Dahl, Kristiansand Norway 359.82 4 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 382.90 5 Joan Lewis - Robert Hopkins Jr, Arlington VA 359.40 5 Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 375.08 6 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 357.70 6 Ron Rubin, Miami FL; Russell Ekeblad, Boca Raton FL 372.08 7 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH 356.04 7 Terry Michaels, Prairie Village KS; Gary Roberts, Leawood KS 357.10 8 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 348.54 8 Stephen Landen, Rochester Hills MI; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH 355.66 9 Leszek Rabiega, Salt Lake City UT; Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL 336.42 9 , Austin TX; Jo Ann Sprung, Philadelphia PA 353.30 10 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Sunnyvale CA 333.70 10 Paul Munafo - Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 338.60 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F EAST-WEST 1 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Craig Ganzer, New York NY 398.50 1 Alexander Ladyzhensky - Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 415.00 2 Waldemar Frukacz, Ottawa ON; Kenneth Skov, Syudei Norway 387.50 2 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 383.00 3 Mans Berg, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Luno Sweden 366.50 3 Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Ca Norway; Michael Seamon, Miami Beach FL 373.00 4 Varis Carey - Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY 363.50 4 Michael Ness, Saint Paul MN; Paul Winter, Minneapolis MN 372.00 5 Pirkko Savolainen, Espoo Finland; Krister Ahlesveo, Stockholm Sweden 359.50 5 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 369.00 6 Roy Welland - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 358.50 6 Odin Svendsen, Oslo Norway; Ingvar Erga, Klepp St Norway 365.50 7 Stephen Burgess, Chrftuhurih New Zealand; Paul Marston, Australia 354.50 7 John Fout, New York NY; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 355.50 8 , Nottingham England; Nigel Bird, London England 352.50 8 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY 355.00 9 Gerri Knilans - Hal Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA 345.00 9 Doug Baxter, Toronto ON; Ron Bishop, Thornhill ON 348.00 10 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jacek Pszczola, Lubin Poland 336.50 10 Bjorn Foellstad - Janerol Drangsholt, Kristiansand Norway 340.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H EAST-WEST 1 Eric Greco, North Wales PA; , Los Angeles CA 417.92 1 Michael Barel - Amir Levin, Tel Aviv Israel 395.68 2/3 Robert Gookin, Falls Church VA; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 379.74 2 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 381.68 2/3 Josh Sher, Albuquerque NM; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA 379.74 3 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London England 380.50 4 Connie Coquillette - Sherwin Moscow, West Linn OR 376.24 4 Chip Martel, Davis CA; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 375.48 5 Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss, New York NY 365.56 5 Fred Moen, Stavanger Norway; Rune Hauge, St Petersport England 363.26 6 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 361.32 6 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 362.68 7 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Jim Krekorian, New York NY 352.82 7 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY 361.76 8 , Thornhill ON; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC 351.82 8 Mark Feldman, New York NY; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL 360.18 9 John Armstrong, Ashbourne England; Paul Hackett, Manchester England 339.74 9 Al Blinder, Torrance CA; Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israe Israel 359.18 10 Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 339.32 10 Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hts OH 341.18

PEGGY SERPAS STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Andre Rakhmanin, Roseville CA; Srikanth Kodayam, San Leandro CA 191.00 1 1 Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX 217.50 2 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 182.50 2 Sally Power, Oxford PA; Judie Belyea, Ottawa ON 186.50 3 1 Peter Clinch, New York NY; D Raija Davis, Reno NV 181.50 3 John Morris, Atlanta GA; Harriet Eaton, Miami FL 182.50 4 Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 175.00 4 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 171.50 5 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 173.00 5 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 171.00 6 2 Gretchen Smith - David Smith, Salisbury NC 164.50 6 James Bush - Gerald Kendal, New Orleans LA 169.00 7 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX 162.50 7 Steven Gaynor, Roseville MN; Bob Friz, Leonard TX 165.00 3 1 Beth Lasky, New York NY; M. O. Crawford, Dallas TX 148.50 2 1 Glen Okui - H Legros Jr, Memphis TN 158.50 3 Kathleen Centorino, Chestnut Hill MA; Riza Gross, Boston MA 151.00 4 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Norm Gordon, Dol-des-Ormeaux QC 144.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 - David Siebert, Little Rock AR 181.50 1 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 200.00 2 Denise Zongas - James Tullis, Yarmouth Port MA 176.00 2 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; James O’Neil, Palo Alto CA 195.00 3 Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD; Carole Geagley, Severn MD 175.00 3/4 Bonn Tanner, Humble TX; Jan Hunt, Long Beach MS 170.00 4 Bill Passell, Coral Springs FL; R Fieler, Boca Raton FL 174.50 3/4 1 Charity Sack, Silver Spring MD; Deanna Goh, Peterborough ON 170.00 5 1 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 169.00 5 Janet Daling, Seattle WA; Ray Loftis, Bellevue WA 167.50 6/7 2/3 Lorraine Holub, Blacksburg VA; James Hooven, Roanoke VA 160.00 6 2 Ronald Huffaker, Alpine CA; Harold Huffaker, Danville CA 167.00 6/7 2/3 1 Gerald Greene - Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 160.00 3 Jean Johnson, Devonshire Bermuda; Frank Wharton, London England 164.00 1 Kaye Folsom - Jerome Brown, Oakland CA 136.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Robert Gold - Hanneke Gold, Amagansett NY 194.00 1 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Frank Aquila, Fairlawn OH 201.50 2 Jack La Noue, New Orleans LA; Timothy Joder, Metairie LA 185.00 2 Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL 200.50 3 Hollis Barry - Robin Stephens, Toronto ON 181.50 3 1 Nataly Goldin, Auburndale MA; Oleg Sheyner, Marlborough MA 193.50 4 2 John Shufelt - Jean Shufelt, Newport RI 180.00 4 Arthur Brodsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 169.50 5 3 Atul Jain, Fairfax VA; Shuba Dey, Durham NC 179.50 5 Jack Barcinski, Dallas TX; Gabe Estrada Jr, Peoria AZ 165.50 6 4 Janet Dunbar - Frank Ayer, Calgary AB 168.50 6 2 Leslie Powell, New York NY; Mark Leonard, Ypsilanti MI 156.00 1 C Suzanne Erwin - Robert Erwin, Portsmouth RI 151.00 3/4 1/2 George Goewey, Chicago IL; Diane Beyer, Orland Park IL 151.00 3/4 1/2 April Berg, Long Beach CA; Teegie Hamilton, Baton Rouge LA 151.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC 184.00 1 Robert Jackson - Sharon Pobloske, Bensenville IL 195.50 2 2 Richard Quist, Moreno Valley CA; Jim Dingwerth, Kansas City MO 183.00 2 1 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Yi-Qun Jin, Sunnyvale CA 190.00 3 3 August Bagert, Metairie LA; Bud Murphy, New Orleans LA 171.50 3 , Mesa AZ; Joanne Minken, Los Angeles CA 175.00 4 David Moss, New York NY; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL 168.00 4 2 Patrick Cardullo, San Antonio TX; Michael Doll, Los Angeles CA 170.50 5 Harry Kast, Hamilton Bermuda; Michael Bickley, St Georges Bermuda 166.50 5 3 Anna Chelchowski - Richard Fokes, London ON 168.00 6 , Stockport England; , Peoria AZ 166.00 6/8 Nancy Hetsko - Larry Rich, Cumming GA 161.00 1 Elaine Norcross - Louise Echavarria, Pass Christian MS 157.00 6/8 Calvin Rowe - Malay Ghosh, Gainesville FL 161.00 6/8 W Dane Clay - Ann Clay, Little Rock AR 161.00 1 Gary Gilraine - Faye Gilraine, Vancouver BC 139.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Janet Gookin, Annandale VA; Frank King Jr, Washington DC 188.50 1 - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 188.00 2 Carol Stewart, Henderson NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 188.00 2 1 1 Tamah Goad - Rick Goad, Lake Charles LA 180.00 3 Judith Weisman, Englewood NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 184.50 3 Ronald Sutherland, Mississauga ON; Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON 172.50 4 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Merrell Anderson, Littleton CO 172.50 4 2 Roberta Magnus, Brooklyn NY; James Kehoe, Glen Ellyn IL 170.00 5 1 Anton Habash, Oxford OH; Thomas Carpenter, Fort Wayne IN 169.50 5 Daniel Wynn, Carpentersville IL; Sherry Wynn, Carpentersvle IL 166.50 6 Sheryl Langner, Dublin OH; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 166.00 6 3 Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS; Max Moody III, Tuscaloosa AL 165.00 2 Ralph Pattelena - Barbara Pattelena, Santa Fe NM 152.50 3 Sandra Robson, New Westminster BC; Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC 145.50 1 William Atteberry, Clearwater FL; Leelyn Main, St Petersburg FL 139.50

Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional January 19-25, 2004 Grand Casino Biloxi (Bayview Hotel) Mention Mississippi Gulf Coast Bridge for special rate of $89 for a single or a double (no special rate after January 2). See our website – www.gulfcoastbridge.com for full tournament details. Tournament Chairperson: Walter Lewis 228-497-1442 [email protected] Intermediate/Novice Chairperson: Rebecca McMichael 228-432-1313 [email protected] • Overall prizes • Strata Tops Prizes • Novice Trophies • Registration Gift • Hospitality • Daily Bulletins • Bridge Lectures with Expert Speakers This event is partially funded by The Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau Page 12 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

*Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for Stratified Open 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. Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 27, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Orlando Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 New York Bracketed KO Teams 4th Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Thursday-Saturday AM Side Game Series* 1st single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified 299er Pairs single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Thursday, November 27, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1-2 Galeries 4-6 (2nd floor) $13 $15 Stratified Open Pairs* 1-2 Mardi Gras E-F-G (3rd floor) $13 $15 Thursday, November 27, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs 1-2F Galeries 1-3 (2nd floor) $15.50 Senior KO Teams 5th Balconies L-M-N (4th floor) $15.50 Stratified Open Pairs* 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified Mixed Pairs* 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Creole Compact KO Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Continues at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Balconies I-J-K (4th floor) $13 $15 Houma Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 1st single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Thursday, November 27, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Swiss Teams* single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Creole Compact KO Teams 3-4 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Houma Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 2nd single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Thursday, November 27, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Stratified Fast Open Pairs* 1-2 Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $13 $15 Thursday, November 27, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14

Note: Entry for the Board-a-Match Teams required by 8 p.m. Thursday.

TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE *Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for Stratified Open 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. Friday, November 28, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Orlando Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Bayou AM Compact KO Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Continues Saturday. Thursday-Saturday AM Side Game Series* 2nd single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified 299er Pairs single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Friday, November 28, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1-2 Galeries 4-6 (2nd floor) $13 $15 Stratified Open Pairs* 1-2 Mardi Gras E-F-G (3rd floor) $13 $15 Friday, November 28, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams 1-2Q Galeries 1-3 (2nd floor) $15.50 (Two qualifying, two semifinal, two final sessions) Bill Keohane North American Swiss Teams 1-2Q Preservation Hall (2nd floor) $15.50 (Two qualifying, two semifinal, two final sessions) National 99er Pairs 1-2 Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $14 Stratified Open Pairs* 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Continues Saturday. Houma Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 3rd single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Friday, November 28, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Board-a-Match Teams* single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Houma Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 4th single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Friday, November 28, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams* single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14