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THE SUN Seattle Unit 446 Newsletter February/March 2013 2012 Round Robin Wrap-Up by Ray Miller Teams captained by Richard Yarington and Steve Kasner have wrapped up victories in their brackets of the 2012 Seattle Round Robin. Yarington defeated a tough Castoriano team 109-35 in the Open bracket, while Kasner defeated the Matt Schafer team 98-23 to win the 0-750 bracket. The team of John Schermer, Ken Scholes, Kevin Bolan, Bill O’Brien, Richard Yarington, and Leo Schwartz continues to dominate the Round Robin. Online reports of the event go back to 2006 and indicate that they have won every year since then, mak- ing this at least their seventh consecutive victory! One report did contain a vague reference to the team having lost in the finals of the event at some point in the past, improbable though it may seem. This year the perennial favorites secured the final qualifying spot by a margin of only one VP, but dominated once again in the knockout stages. The team of Joel Castoriano, Bob Richardson, Ron Tracy, and David Hildebrand won the qualifying stage and were strong throughout, losing only one match prior to the final. Tying for 3rd/4th were the Rao team (Baluso Rao, Jess Sellers, Jim Aitken, Greg Ho) and Godefroy team (Ole and Julie Godefroy, Carlyn Steiner, Emery Selymes, Roger Urbaniak). In the new 0-750 bracket, the Kasner team lost three very close matches while capturing three big wins in the qualifying stage, but were dom- inant in the knockout stage. The Kasner team is made up of Steve Kasner, Wende Keirsey, Wally Hurst, and Greg Herman. Ben Bomber also played for the team, but didn’t play in the later stages of the event because of his studies abroad. Congratulations on a job well done. In second place was the team of Matt Schafer, Terry Graham, Dave Drischell, Marty Potter, and Jim Stick- man, who won the qualifying stage. Tying for 3rd/4th were the Lowe team (Roger Lowe, John Ellis, Larry and Myrtis Holdren, Bob and Carol Shelley) and Creech team (Leanne Creech, Bill Stewart, Bill Campbell, Ann Romeo). We have received very positive feedback from all in the event. The biggest feedback came to me from Southern Utah, when I received a call from Bob Shelley’s sister-in-law who told me she was starting a round robin event in her club because Bob was so enthusiastic about how much fun the Steve Kasner, Wende Keirsey, Greg Herman, Wally Hurst event is. A party was held at the Eastside Bridge Center in January for all par- ticipating teams, in which pairs from the open bracket were teamed up with pairs from the 0-750 bracket, and food and drink were enjoyed by all. Tell all your friends and recruit new players to this fun and exciting event! Sign up for the 2013 Round Robin! We had 23 teams in 2012 — let’s go for even more this year! Registration is open now for the 2013 event. To register, send e-mail to Ray Miller at [email protected] with your team roster (4 to 6 players). Deadline for registration is March 31. Play will begin in April. We hope to have an even stronger signup for the 0-750 bracket this year. The format and matchups will depend on the number of teams entering, but will be similar to last year’s event. See http://bridgeinseattle.org for more information. Page 2 February / March 2013 Club News Vashon Bridge Club (VBC) The 2nd Tuesday of each month we have a larger than usual crowd as many nice players from Rainbow Location varies Bridge Club join us. November top masterpoint winners were Kim Eng (206) 567-5279 (3.66), Brian Zaugg (3.14), Jeff Ford (2.82), Phyllis [email protected] Gravitz (1.90), and Mike Bovarnick (1.90). VBC has an open bridge game every Friday evening, December winners: Joel Fuhrman and Scott Martin except the first Friday of the month, when the game will won our special holiday party game! Aaron Mohrman- be on the day before (Thursday). The location varies de- Theresa Venhuis and Shawn Abernethy-Jingsong Liu won pending upon availability of sites, so please call James our STAC game. Regular game winners were David Bin- Dam ahead of time for the location of the game. Reserva- ney-James Sherman and Mike Christensen-Mike Ring. tions are appreciated. We play in the lower level of the Mercer Island Con- gregational Church and there is parking just outside the —James Dam door. Our boards are premade with hand records (!), and results are posted at our web site shortly after the game ends. We are incredibly blessed: an extremely generous Mercercrest Bridge Club (MBC) anonymous patron has provided us with Bridgemates to use, so scoring is quicker than ever! This was a wonderful Mercer Island Congregational Church act by a wonderful person. 4545 Island Crest Way, Mercer Island Players of all levels are welcome! For more infor- mation, please call Brian at 206-453-8326 or contact us http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/mercercrest/ at [email protected]. We look forward to see- [email protected] ing you! —Brian Zaugg We meet once a week on Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm for good food, good friends, and good bridge (only the first two guaranteed). If you haven’t come already, we hope you’ll join us! Our games are always stratified so Des Moines Bridge Club (DMBC) newer players have a chance to play against the best, and 2045 S 216th St still compete among themselves. It's a delightful game, and the competition is excellent. Our game cost will be (206) 824-1192 $8 for all games that don't require an additional $1 (most [email protected] games) effective February 1st. We have two mailing lists, one for infrequent an- We welcome all players. Our stratified pairs game, nouncements and another for weekly game results. If Friday at 10:30 am, is only $5.00 and we have a potluck you’d like to be on either list, please drop us a line at buffet. Bringing food is not mandatory, but if you par- [email protected]. take, it’s nice to contribute something. Please arrive by We have several upcoming special games with an 10:15 a.m. Plenty of free parking. opportunity to earn extra masterpoints: My prayer is that everyone that comes to the club has fun and does their best. Hope to see you! Feb. 5: Junior Fund game ($1 extra) —Yvonne Kirkland Feb. 26: Club Membership game Mar. 12: ACBL-wide Charity game ($1 extra) (Continued on page 3) Mar. 26: Unit game SEATTLE UNIT NEWSLETTER Page 3 Club News (Continued from page 2) BRIDGE CLASSES: Nick Tipton, the director of Rainbow Bridge Club and Alki Bridge Club, is teaching Seattle Bridge Center (SBC) an introduction to bridge with classes on Monday eve- nings at 7:00 pm and intermediate classes on Saturday 1539 NE 145th, Seattle mornings. Both classes keep adding more students. Please contact Nick by e-mail at [email protected]. (206) 282-6414 HALF PRICE GAMES ($3.50) Wednesday morn- [email protected] ings at 10:30 am and Sunday afternoons at 1:00 pm. http://seattlebridgecenter.tripod.com UNLIMITED FREE PARKING with handicap ac- cess. Please park in the lot east of the club. Mark and Patti are in Mexico and Nick Tipton will be A PARTNER IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. directing all sessions in February. Thank you, Nick, for NOVEMBER TOP CLUB MASTERPOINT WIN- allowing us to get away for some warm weather and total NERS: Rose Bolson, Suzanne Sax, Joe Ulrich, and Frank relaxation. These vacations are our lifeline to sanity. Brewer. DECEMBER TOP CLUB MASTERPOINT THE TOP MASTERPOINT AWARD FOR 2012 WINNERS: Rose Bolson, Mary McCune, Pete Pitell, goes to Joe Ulrich. Other high masterpoint winners were and Joe Ulrich. Rose Bolson, Corrine Joinette, Terry Chinn, and Mary —Patti McCallum McCune. A plaque hangs on the wall of SBC with Joe’s name engraved on it in honor of our dear friend Lorraine Leach. Joe has also been awarded an individual trophy. Eastside Bridge Center (ESBC) For those of you who not aware, Lorraine fell and broke her hip before Christmas and is slowly recuperating. We 8151 164th Ave NE, Redmond hope to have her back at the bridge table some day soon. (425) 881-6110 WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE OUR E-MAIL LIST so everyone is aware of special events at SBC. If [email protected] you would like to receive occasional e-mails concerning http://www.eastsidebridgecenter.com monthly unit games etc., please send us your e-mail ad- Happy New Year! Eighteen teams of bridge players dress. We are very protective of all your personal infor- brought in the new year at Eastside. Chris Moore did a mation including e-mail addresses. great job of organizing & directing this large group, and HALF-PRICED ENTRY FOR STUDENTS: It has boy did we eat great food! We even had duplicated been a policy for many years at SBC that all full-time stu- boards. Congratulations to the winners: (A) Marci Knip- dents will be charged half the normal entry fee or $3.50 schield, Steven Lewis, Michael Ring, Kathy Gilman; (B) per game plus any additional charge for special events. Joel Castoriano, Kathryn Chalfan, Jim Hamilton, Billie CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES every session Coopwood; (C) Susan Cothern, Ruthann Quinn, John Friday, February 1 through Thursday, February 7. & Michelle Kirsch. SBC WILL BE CLOSED February 15-17 for the Changes are in the works for Eastside.