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ATLANTA 2008 Daily Bulletin No MABC Labor Day Regional ATLANTA 2008 Daily Bulletin No. 5 Sunday T HERE’ S MORE TO PLAY Today ’ s Schedule Morning Pairs Side Series (5th of 5) 9:30 am Morning Stratified Swiss Team 10:30 am Daytime Stratified Swiss Teams Margaret Wagar Bracketed KOs 1:30 & Continues 10:00 am & TBA Monday 7:30 pm Stratified Open Pairs 100/200/300 Trophy Pairs 1:30/7:30 Peachtree Pairs Side Series (3rd & 4th of 6) pm 7:30 pm Stratified Board-a-Match Teams CLASS ACTS Top players came out in force to visit with Atlanta’ s NEW LM’S young players. David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Curtis Cheek, Jerry Helms, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rod- Congratulations to well all took time out of their busy schedules to come Linda Randall of Hoover, AL visit with the young players, answer questions, dis- Rose Rowland playing with Nicki Williams in a pairs cuss hands and hand-out trophies. One young game. player was heard to comment “I ’ ve seen your pic- June Morse—Peachtree KOs—with teammates Pat ture in the Bulletin. ” You can guess which one ! Trafford, Mary Matthewes and Renee Hoyt Pluma Bridges—Braves Thu-Fri KOs Bkt 6—with teammates Janice Boone, Peg Gibson and Sheila Goad NEW BRONZE LM Janice Boone—Braves Thu-Fri KOs Bkt. 6 Sheila Goad—Braves Thu-Fri KOs Bkt. 6 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ S ATURDAY’ S YOUTH WED-SAT DINNER BELL KO 1 9 Tables 11.70 1 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Bruce Ohmann, Flagler Beach FL; Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL 8.19 2 Grada Arble - Sigrid Olin, Chapel Hill NC; Steve Barsby, Cary NC; Jeffrey Boak, Bethesda MD 5.27 3 Don Kemp, Anniston AL; Mary Ann Baird, Glencoe AL; Amelia Cartrett, Attalla AL; Charlotte Rueschenberg, Birmingham AL 4.10 4 Linda Lee - Mary Anne McDougal, Destin FL; Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL WED-SAT DINNER BELL KO 2 12 Tables 4.91 1 Thomas Gabriel - Susan McFadden, Columbia SC; Bobbie Stricklin - Wilma Whitaker, Florence SC 3.44 2 Marilyn Cloutier - Mary Taylor, Navarre FL; Vivian Sue Smith, Pace FL; Colleen Wiley, Tallahassee FL 2.21 3 Judy Milbank - Mary Murray - Carol Black - Anna Barbo, Savannah GA 1.72 4 Bob Allard, Murfreesboro TN; Donald Rizer, Walterboro SC; Rose Rowland - Nicki Williams, Charleston SC SAT DAYTIME COMPACT KO-1 9 Tables 11.54 1 Michael Strizhevsky, Dunwoody GA; Mikhail Kreslavskiy, Marietta GA; Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA; Arnold Hawkins, Jones- boro GA 8.08 2 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ; David Rogers, Southern Pines NC; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA 5.19 3 Peter Ashy, Greenville SC; Richard Long, Tryon NC; Dana Brown - Nelson Brown, Jr, Houston TX 4.04 4 J Fletcher Smoak - Linda Smoak, Roanoke VA; Joe Walden, Monroe NC; Bob Autrey, Marietta GA SAT DAYTIME COMPACT KO-2 15 Tables 10.06 1 Paul Wharram, Marietta GA; George Powell, Roswell GA; Robert Holman - Linda Holman, Atlanta GA 7.04 2 Earl Ryan Jr, Tucker GA; Carolyn Eckert, Alpharetta GA; Larry Spruell, Sandy Springs GA; Michael Hovastak, Smyrna GA 4.53 3 Dennis Wammack - Dianne Wammack - Bobbie Hill, Birmingham AL; Ann Lilly, Tuscaloosa AL 3.52 4 Veronica Ruggles - Carol Duren - Emily Bittman - Eileen Tonroe, Savannah GA SAT DAYTIME COMPACT KO-3 16 Tables 7.06 1 T Conklin - Beverly Belling, Alpharetta GA; Christine Sorrentino - Kaye Hart, Roswell GA 4.94 2 Margo Morrison - Gerald Goldstein - Shirley Carroll, Marietta GA; Robert Ingle, Acworth GA 3.18 3 Andy McKinnon, Lawrenceville GA; Lois Wender - Edward Stone, Marietta GA; Peggy Tienken, Atlanta GA 2.47 4 Nancy Raley, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Don Dvorak - Nancy Stein - Judy Pujol, Jacksonville FL SAT DAYTIME COMPACT KO-4 16 Tables 4.86 1 A Michel Jr - Duane Neil - William Ames, Atlanta GA; Margaret Landfield, Hendersonville NC 3.40 2 Susan Johnson - Ronald Johnson - Anne Powell - Kenneth Powell, Atlanta GA 2.19 3 Angela Young, Cumming GA; Joan Feeman - Joyce Gorowitz, Alpharetta GA; Dianna Norris, Roswell GA 1.70 4 Janet Johnson - Barbara Dawson, Hoover AL; Stephen Hersch, Alpharetta GA; Joe Manous, Canton GA PEACHTREE FRI-SAT KO 1 12 Tables 51.37 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL; Jeff Meck- stroth, Tampa FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 35.96 2 Joyce Hampton - Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; Lucas Lebioda, Columbia SC; David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 20.55 3/4 Gregory Roberts, Aiken SC; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; William Cunningham, Tucker GA; Len Case, Charlotte NC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC 20.55 3/4 Dot Blue - Arthur Lowen - Chuck Said - Elaine Said, Nashville TN; John Russell, North Barringto IL; Joe Rickman, Maryville TN PEACHTREE FRI-SAT KO 2 14 Tables 27.27 1 Charles Davis, Lilburn GA; Laurence Rivkin, Dunwoody GA; John Hassett, Kennesaw GA; Walt Murphy - Julie Murphy, Hendersonville NC 19.09 2 Jaime Villanueva, Greer SC; Anna Maria Le Boutillier, Anderson SC; Zygmunt Przedpelski - Brenda Klinker, Salem SC 10.91 3/4 William Burgess - John Mahoney - Steve Quisenberry - William Fritsch Jr - Jerry Wright, Kingsport TN; Jerry Umberger, Wytheville VA 10.91 3/4 Ann Rickard, Simpsonville SC; Michael Oechsler, Charlottesville VA; Mauri Malka - Tony Lipka, Louisville KY PEACHTREE FRI-SAT KO 3 16 Tables 23.62 1 Raymond Hickey, Gulf Breeze FL; Carla Hickey, Pensacola FL; Doris Whitlock Denny, Rome GA; Mickey Edholm, 45800 C. P. Mexico 16.53 2 Roger Reff - E.Jonathan Scharf - Carol Guimond - Joyce Gardner, Pensacola FL 9.45 3/4 Jeanne Zach, Buford GA; Freida Dohrman, Clearwater FL; Jo Ann Hazel, Tampa FL; Adeline Collins, Dunedin FL 9.45 3/4 Robert Erwin Jr - Anne Erwin - Steven McMahan - Roslyn McMahan, Nashville TN PEACHTREE FRI-SAT KO 4 16 Tables 17.90 1 Steve Callaham - Jessica Callaham, Woodstock GA; Fred Tanzer, Land O'Lakes FL; David Schulman, Atlanta GA 12.53 2 Lois Knight - Louise Fontecchio - Anne Tanner, Nashville TN; Ann Williams, Brentwood TN; Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN 7.16 3/4 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL; Linda Lee - Mary Anne McDougal, Destin FL 7.16 3/4 Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Jack Haley, Marietta GA; Jean Carr - Terri Fuller, Tallahassee FL PEACHTREE FRI-SAT KO 5 16 Tables 14.29 1 Joanne Walker - Robert Abrams - Barry Rothberg, Atlanta GA; Don Calvert, Jacksonville AL 10.00 2 Bill Walker, Jr - Caren Von Hippel, Salem SC; John Steeves, Savannah GA; Mary Shern, Roswell GA 5.72 3/4 Lora Reed, Alpharetta GA; Carol Norman, Roswell GA; Barbara Smallwood, Atlanta GA; Sambasiva Rao, Morrisville NC 5.72 3/4 Grada Arble - Sigrid Olin, Chapel Hill NC; Henry Meguid - James Cunningham, Durham NC; Steve Barsby, Cary NC – 2 – PEACHTREE FRI-SAT KO 6 16 Tables 11.97 1 June Morse, St Augustine FL; Renee Hoyt - Mary Mathewes, Charleston SC; Patricia Trafford, Ponte Vedra FL 8.38 2 Richard Bird - Janie Bird, Raleigh NC; Mary Ann Oakley - Godfrey Oakley Jr, Atlanta GA 4.79 3/4 Tom Wight - Janette McGaughey - Edith Hardy - Ann Dunwody, Macon GA; James Fordham, Fairburn GA; Wanda Moorman, Byron GA 4.79 3/4 Vivian Sue Smith, Pace FL; Marilyn Cloutier - Mary Taylor, Navarre FL; Colleen Wiley, Tallahassee FL PEACHTREE FRI-SAT KO 7 16 Tables 9.08 1 Amy Waring - Julia Drayton - Emily Ramsay, Charleston SC; Diane Bennett, Kiawah Island SC; Joan Fix, Seabrook Island SC; Martha Heslep, Mt Pleasant SC 6.36 2 Milton Hirsch - Elizabeth Heard - Sally Molloy - Bob Nellums, Columbus GA 3.63 3/4 Thomas Gabriel - Susan McFadden, Columbia SC; Bobbie Stricklin - Wilma Whitaker, Florence SC 3.63 3/4 Jack Andrews - David West - H Clark Pollard, Hendersonville NC; Joseph Marin, Hendersonvlle NC SATURDAY MORNING SIDE 22.0 Tables A B C 4.25 1/2 Linda Barson - Jerry Barson, West Palm Beach FL 63.69% 4.25 1/2 1 Larry Westholm - Barbara Westholm, Pensacola FL 63.69% 2.73 3 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 62.20% 2.05 4 Bruce Bedient, Charlotte NC; Prakash Bhandari, New Delhi India 59.23% 2.84 5 2 1 Paul Cuffe, Fripp Island SC; Joan Simon, Dataw Island SC 58.63% 2.13 6 3 James Fordham, Fairburn GA; Tom Wight, Macon GA 58.04% 2.05 4 2 Thomas Bartinikas - Cathleen Bartinikas, Sarasota FL 57.14% 1.20 5 Arlene Steinfeldt - Michel Steinfeldt, Savannah GA 55.65% 0.90 6 Harold Collings - Juanita Collings, St Helena Is SC 53.57% 1.59 3 Richard Johnson, Marietta GA; Raymond Reusche, Atlanta GA 53.27% 1.24 4 Allison Milhem, Duluth GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 50.89% 0.87 5 Louise Echavarria, Sky Valley GA; Charles Segraves, Clayton GA 50.30% SAT AM EARLY BIRD 0-300 17.5 Tables A B C 3.96 1 Sean Gannon - Rick Gannon, Atlanta GA 63.69% 2.97 2 1 Jo Weatherly, Pelham AL; Charlotte Lusco, Birmingham AL 63.39% 2.23 3 Sarah Caldwell, Atlanta GA; Sally Pappas, Woodstock GA 58.59% 1.67 4 Dixie Wade, Atlanta GA; Lylah Gillespie, Plano TX 58.04% 1.34 5 John Randall - Linda Randall, Birmingham AL 57.99% 0.94 6 Todd Wille - Nick Gasnier, Atlanta GA 55.73% 1.70 2 Karen Schaefer - Marilynn Winston, Atlanta GA 54.08% 1.58 3 1 David Westbrook - Maria Lind, Athens GA 52.25% 0.95 4 Sue Williams, Atlanta GA; Terry Martin, Nashville TN 52.23% 1.19 5 2 Anne Blount - Bud Blount, Dunwoody GA 51.79% 0.89 3 Robert Cohen, Atlanta GA; Don Ross, Atlantic GA 50.89% 0.71 4 Harvey Jones, Atlanta GA; Janette Edmonds, Dunwoody GA 50.00% SAT AM JUNIOR GAME 12.0 Tables A B C 2.10 1 Arjun Dhir - Zandy Rizzo, Alpharetta GA 75.43% 1.58 2 Andrew Jeng - Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA 64.63% 1.38 3 1 1 Siddharth Duddikunta - Audy Mulia, Alpharetta GA 63.12% 1.04 4 2 2 Jason Sheres - Marissa Sheres, Marietta GA 61.47% 0.66 5 Minal Shah, Washington DC; Divya Chawla, Alpharetta GA 61.39% 0.50 6 Ashish Shah - Ricoh Das, Alpharetta GA 59.41% 0.78
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