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Friday Afternoon Fever by Francesca Canali “The Letters of the Alphabet Are Only 26 Monday, March 14, 2016 Volume 59, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 59th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley Friday afternoon fever By Francesca Canali “The letters of the alphabet are only 26. But they can be arranged in ways that can make you cry, giggle, love, have, wonder, ponder and understand.” This sentence is written on the wall of the Reno McQueen High School’s library. On Friday afternoon, that Geoff Hampson and Eric Greco, winners of the room hosted a bridge Kay Platinum Pairs. tournament dedicated to the students of the Reno Greco, Hampson win Youth Bridge program. RYB owner and instructor Kathy Lane offers guidance to high school At the end of their club players. Kay Platinum Pairs regular school day, about also sees more bridge in her future. Geoff Hampson and Eric Greco took the lead 30 kids walked into the library wearing colorful “Bridge is such a wonderful game. It teaches in the first final session of the Kay Platinum Pairs sweatshirts and the typical Friday afternoon smiles. you how to think,” says Matt, also 17, a future and held off a challenge by the runners-up to win “When I tell my friends that on Friday night computer scientist. the event by slightly more than a board (13 top). I like playing bridge, they look at me as if I was Someone asks, “Matt, do you know that at continued on page 15 a Martian!” says Emma, 17 years old. After bridge tournaments you could meet Bill Gates?” high school, she will move to Washington to Suddenly his eyes become really big. New Englanders lead attend college. Her plans are to start a career in While the teacher distributes the pre-dealt international relations and public health, but she continued on page 5 Silver Ribbon Pairs Massachusetts players Sheila Gabay, Newton, WBF President: policing the game ‘not a simple thing’ and Lewis Gamerman, Randolph, take a slim lead The turmoil over the explosion of cheating methods now in development to prevent, detect and into today’s two final sessions of the Leventritt allegations in the bridge world last year may have prove wrongdoing at the bridge table. Silver Ribbon Pairs. ebbed to an extent, but World Bridge Federation For example, Rona foresees a time when every Their carryover score of 207.48 is just ahead President Gianarrigo Rona knows the issue is far playing card will have a chip embedded to allow of Californians Bob Sanner, Palo Alto, and Ronald from settled. for a complete record of every play. Every bid and Powell, Santa Clara. For starters, there are still hearings on three play will be captured on video. pairs who are either suspected of cheating or The WBF and many national bridge NAP B and C in finals today have confessed to doing so. The hearings, to be organizations have for years used only Competitors in the Golder North American conducted by the European Bridge League, are “symmetrical” playing cards, designed to look the Pairs Flight B and the President’s Cup North scheduled for April and May. same no matter how they are positioned. American Pairs Flight C will select champions Leading up to those hearings and beyond, Rona What the WBF and national bridge today in the final two sessions of both events. will be traveling the world to try to recruit the 124 organizations need the most to combat unethical Leading the way in Flight B after two member countries of the WBF to join the war on behavior is evidence, Rona says. qualifying sessions are Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy unethical behavior at the bridge table. The plans The WBF has set up a hotline on its website IL, and Norman Goldman, Chesterfield MO. They include revealing new methods for safeguarding continued on page 6 represent District 8. the game. One of his first trips will be to South The leaders in Flight C are from District 13: America, where he will conduct a seminar on Shengke Wang, Bolingbrook IL, and Henry Shi, Naperville IL. 0-10,000 KO Team event fees Entry fees for multi-session team events are per Pre-registration person per session; This does not apply to two- Teams must pre-register for the 0–10,000 session Swiss teams. Knockout Teams by Monday at 10 a.m. This fee structure applies at NABCs to national See Curtis Patrias in the Silver Leagacy, rated knockouts (Vanderbilt, 0–10,000 KO), Expo Hall (lower level). national Swiss team events (Jacoby Open Swiss, Machlin Women’s Swiss and 0–10,000 Swiss) and regional knockouts that are at least two days long. Today is Goodwill Day. Teams are charged the base price of the event You can be competitive and still be times the number of persons on the team. friendly, caring and ethical. For example, an event with a base price of $16 Sandy DeMartino, chair is $64 for a team of four, $80 for a team of five, or Ailieen Osofsky Goodwill Committee Gianarrigo Roma $96 for a team of six. Page 2 Monday, March 14, 2016 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Monday, March 14 of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life GOODWILL DAY 9:30-Noon Teacher and Club Owner Roundtable with Patty Masters, Bulletin contributors, I/N speakers, etc. (Reno Tucker. Need some ideas for expanding your club? Ballroom) Want some help in managing lessons? The ABTA, the 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Educational Foundation and the ACBL are partnering Committee members only. (Baron CDE, mezzanine level) to present an informal meeting where new and potential teachers and club owners can brainstorm with veterans Tuesday, March 15 including Barbara Seagram, Betty Starzec, Chuck Hodel 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education and others. Coffee, tea and breakfast pastries will be course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants provided. (Baron 6, mezzanine level) must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee. (Board Room, up at the door. (Baron 6, mezzanine level) mezzanine level) 10 am-Noon USBF Board meeting. (Circus Circus, Mandalay 6 – go Wednesday, March 16 down the escalators/elevator) 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing 4-8 pm Professional photographer. ACBL has retained a education course for club directors to increase their skills. professional photographer to update images for our Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both publications and website. We are looking for you – Hall days. (Baron 6, mezzanine level) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Presented by the ACBL Educational Foundation Tuesday, March 15 Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known 9:15 am Lowell Andrews Counting players in the game! Talks will be held in the Eldorado 6:45 pm Kitty Cooper Opening Leads Convention Center. Speakers and topics are subject to change. Wednesday, March 16 Monday, March 14 9:15 am GS Jade Barrett The Power of Fits 9:15 am Josh Donn Holding Up 6:45 pm Jeff Hand Play These Notrump Hands 6:45 pm Donna Compton Count Like the Experts ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Late-night snacks will be served at the Silver Legacy at 10:30 p.m. near the Tuesday, March 15 Silver Baron Ballroom on the mezzanine level and at 11 p.m. at the Reno Hot dogs Ballroom.Monday, March 14 Wednesday, March 16 Dove Bars, Drumsticks, Nestle Bars and ice cream sandwiches Chicken and rice soup Key of Sacramento CA and New Life Masters plus! Glenna Cook of San Mateo Electronic Device Policy Linda 1.11.1 The CA. Beneviste needed 2.13 Bacon and gold points but earned 8.18 electronic device Ron Mulcare, policy at NABCs in the KO. both from Wes Seitz of Champaign allows players to San Franciso, bring electronic IL became a Life Master earned their playing in the Saturday devices into the gold card playing area. Except Flight B Pairs. He and playing in partner Bill Strauss of for health-related the morning equipment and/or Urbana IL finished seventh compact KO overall to earn 7.3 gold by permission of the on Sunday. Director-in-Charge of points. He needed only three Not only did points of any pigment to the tournament, all such devices must be inoperable Ron make Life and turned off. earn his gold card. Master, but he leaped all the way to Bronze Life On arriving at the Spring 1.11.2 Any device capable of either sending Master when he picked up the 3.51 gold he needed. or receiving electronic signals must not be visible NABC, Doris Neilson Hoff Their teammates were Julian Standen and Mike of Sacramento CA needed during the session. Fehr, also from San Franciso. 1.11.3 This policy applies to all pairs, team less than one masterpoint Wendy Beneviste to become a Bronze Life members, captains, coaches, play recorders and earned her gold card playing kibitzers with the exception of those persons Master. Her husband will in the Friday-Saturday join her in the Bronze LM designated by the ACBL. This policy is in force Knockout Teams, Bracket throughout any actual playing session or segment ranks. 6, when her team finished Toby McEvoy struck of play. second in the event. 1.11.4 A violation of the policy will result in gold on Sunday. He came Beneviste, of Belmont CA, to Reno needing 4.69 points an automatic penalty pursuant to Law 91 of the was playing with Debbie Laws of Duplicate Bridge of one full board at and mined 5.37 in the Gold Weinstein of San Carlos CA.
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