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It's Nickell Again in Reisinger Lynch Team Cruises in NA Swiss Monday, December 1, 2008 Volume 81, Number 11 Daily Bulletin Boston MA 81st Fall North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Lynch team cruises It’s Nickell again in NA Swiss in Reisinger They won the Keohane North American Swiss Teams: Joe Grue, captain Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Curtis Cheek, Bart Bramley and Eddie Wold. Reisinger winners: seated, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Zia Mahmood; standing, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, coach Eric Kokish. Nick Nickell was not present for the photo. Second in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams were Waldemar Frukacz, Ron Zambonini, Krzysztof Kotorowicz and Jacek Kalita. Rodwell wins Goren, Soloway Second in the Reisinger: seated, Howard Weinstein, Roy Welland, Steve Garner; standing, Brian Glubok, Ron Smith, Billy Cohen. trophies. See page 2. For event reports, see page 3. Page 2 Daily Bulletin Rodwell smashes records, REISINGER BAM TEAMS 14 Tables / Based on 52 Tables wins two masterpoint 200.00 1 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA; Jeff trophies Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 36.31 150.00 2 Roy Welland - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Howard Eric Rodwell’s epic performance at the 2008 Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Ron Smith, San Fall NABC earned him two trophies with new Francisco CA 35.25 names, but representing familiar accomplishments. 112.50 3 Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Rodwell was on the winning team in the Denmark; Debbie Rosenberg - Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 31.71 Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams and the 92.31 4 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Michael Becker - Larry Cohen - David Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, won the Kaplan Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 31.11 Blue Ribbon Pairs with Jeff Meckstroth and was 85.71 5 Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Bjorn second in the Nail Life Master Open Pairs. Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw He won 623.75 platinum points at the Fall Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland 30.50 NABC to capture the Goren Trophy, which 80.00 6 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom; replaces the Herman Trophy as the award for the Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm 112 Sweden; Fu player who earns the most masterpoints of any Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Zhao Jie, Tianjin People’s pigment at a Fall NABC. He is also the record-setting winner of the Republic of China 29.88 Soloway Trophy for Player of the Year – awarded 75.00 7 Paul Hackett, Manchester England; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Tommy to the player who earns the most platinum points Garvey, Essex Cm145ww England; David Bakhshi, London England 28.94 in a calendar year. The Soloway Trophy is new. 70.59 8 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Adam Zmudzinski, Rodwell’s 2008 platinum-point total was Katowice 40-479 Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland 28.86 1017.31, the first time a Player of the Year has 66.67 9 Krzysztof Kujawa - Jacek Poletylo, Lublin Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Radom surpassed 1000 MPs. Poland; Marek Wojcicki, Przemysl Poland 28.80 Right behind Rodwell in the race is 63.16 10 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Meckstroth, who was leading in the Player of the 35- Poland; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Neil Chambers, Year race at the start of the NABC. Rodwell Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA 28.77 passed his partner with the second-place finish in 60.00 11 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Giorgio the Nail LM Open Pairs. Meckstroth’s 2008 Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy; Boye platinum-point total was 983.02. He is still leading Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindquist, Trondheim 26.84 in the Player of the Decade race, which will be 57.14 12 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Jared decided in 2009. Lilienstein - Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 24.57 54.55 13 Daniel Zagorin, Skokie IL; Michael Lawrence, Brentwood TN; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 23.50 52.17 14 Rhoda Habert, Montreal QC; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Lou Reich, Wheaton MD 18.52 Final attendance 10,636 tables Eric Rodwell holding the Reisinger Trophy. Daily Bulletin Page 3 KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS Nickell wins 26 Tables / Based on 120 Tables 160.00 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Joe Grue, New York NY; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 253.11 sixth Reisinger 120.00 2 Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Bialystok 15 Poland; Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON 238.10 The Nick Nickell team took the lead in the 90.00 3 John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Mark Feldman, first final session of the Reisinger Board-a-Match Hoboken NJ; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 236.97 Teams then fended off a challenge by the Roy 73.85 4 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Rumen Trendafilov - Kalin Welland squad to win by slightly more than a Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 225.86 board. 68.57 5 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Stephen Nickell has now won the event – arguably the Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 214.70 toughest on the ACBL calendar – six times since 64.00 6 R Jay Becker, New York NY; David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 212.71 1993, with five constant members: Nickell, 60.00 7 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Terje Aa, Heimdal Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth Norway; Joergen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 210.63 and Eric Rodwell. Bobby Wolff and Paul Soloway 56.47 8 Melanie Tucker - Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Melih Ozdil, Astoria NY; have played with Hamman on past teams. This Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Piotr year, it was Zia Mahmood. Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland 210.47 Second place went to Welland, Brian Glubok, 53.33 9 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Huub Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Billy Cohen and Bertens, Tilburg 50 Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Ron Smith. Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk The victory capped a remarkable performance Netherlands 206.86 at the Fall NABC by Rodwell, who won three 50.53 10 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 205.76 national events and finished second in a fourth. 48.00 11 Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; John His tournament total of 623.75 platinum points Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Zeke Jabbour, obliterated the previous Fall NABC masterpoint Boca Raton FL; Stephen Earl, Avon CT 204.00 record of 449.37 set by Geir Helgemo in 1999 and 45.71 12 Jonathan Steinberg - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; is the highest MP total in the history of NABCs. Stephen Mackay, Markham ON 200.61 Nickell took the lead after the first final 43.64 13 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; James session with a total of 23.81, including carryover. Streisand, Sudbury MA; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT; Melvin Marcus, Welland was right behind with 22.25. They stayed Waltham MA 199.58 neck and neck through the end, Nickell prevailing 41.74 14 Helman, NPC P Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Richard Margolis, Melbourne FL; by 1.06 boards. David Kendrick, Royston Herts England; Brian Senior, Nottingham England; Nigel Bird, London England; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag Netherlands 195.87 40.00 15 Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA; Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; Steven Cooper, Ft Collins CO; Paul Bethe, New York NY; Lynch romps in Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 195.29 38.40 16 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Barry NA Swiss final Schaffer, Frisco TX; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 192.75 The squad captained by Carolyn Lynch led 36.92 17 Michael Moss, New York NY; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Tadashi the Keohane North American Swiss Teams wire Teramoto, Tokyo Japan; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 192.14 35.56 18 Silverstein NPC Friedman, Flushing NY; Michael Rosen - Jane Dillenberg, to wire, finishing first after Saturday’s New York NY; Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY 192.05 qualifying session, and setting the pace 34.29 19 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; Gavin Wolpert - John Hurd, New York NY; throughout yesterday’s final as well. Lynch, Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit who played with Mike Passell, Joe Grue, Curtis Israel; Joel Wooldridge, Glenside PA 191.63 Cheek, Bart Bramley and Eddie Wold, won 33.10 20 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Hailong Ao, Herndon VA; seven of its eight matches in the two-session Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD 188.24 32.00 21 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Sharon final, earning 253.11 victory points. Meng-Horton, Dade City FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Bronia Jenkins, Vero In second with 238.10 was the Polish- Beach FL; Sylvia Moss, New York NY 186.65 Canadian squad of Waldemar Frukacz, Ron 30.97 22 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Lowell Andrews, Zambonini, Krzysztof Kotorowicz and captain Huntington Bch CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 185.46 Jacek Kalita.
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