Vol. LIV No. 1 March 2012 WINTER IN WESTCHESTER WOWS! The Winter in Westchester Tournament, held the weekend of January 6-8, was a huge success. In addition to well attended pairs games on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, there was a team game at Sleepy Hollow Country Club on Sunday. Perhaps the real highlight was the Roy Hill Master/Non-Master Tournament on Friday evening. The entire unit came together to make the event the best attended in recent history, with twenty-six tables. The consumption of over forty pizzas that night may have broken yet another record. Please join us next year for this special weekend. Left: New life masters receive plaques at Sleepy Hollow (with Jill Marshall at rear). Below: Farley Mawyer & Joyana Rosenthal announce the Roy Hill Master/Non-Master winners. Left: Alan Primason, who won his direction and was 4/5 overall in the Roy Hill Master/ Non Master. Right: 2nd overall winners Farley Mawyer and Herb Jacobs. VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.BRIDGE-WCBA.ORG Page 2 Bridging the Counties UNIT 188 - PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE It is my honor weekend. It started with a pro-am on Fri- them for another year. The last thing that I and pleasure to day night with more than 50 ams playing would like to see accomplished this year serve again this with an equal number of pros. I want to before I turn the reins over at the end of year as President thank all of the pros who volunteered their this year would be to have a sectional tour- of the Westches- time. On Saturday we had two pair events. nament again in Westchester. Cost, space, ter Contract Then, on Sunday, we had a wonderful parking, lightning, Fri.-Sun. availability, Bridge Associa- event honoring our new life masters at the and numerous other obstacles have pre- tion. gorgeous Sleep Hollow Country Club. My vented us from offering one recently. In special thanks to all of the people on the order to restore a sectional to Westchester, Last year was a WCBA Board who made that the Winter- we need a committee of people who are fantastic year for in-Westchester such a great event. Right willing to create a master list of possible bridge in after the Winter-in-Westchester, we had locations, contact them, and cross them off Michael McNamara Westchester. We the regional tournament here in Rye. This one-by-one until a place is found. It is a furthered our tournament was punctuated by a youth difficult task, but many hands make light efforts with youth bridge by adding Fox game on the final Monday where 34 kids work. If you think that you have the time Meadow School to the list of schools offer- played an event. This is the second year for to call and/or visit even one place per ing bridge programs in Westchester. We this event and we saw a more than 50% week, your help would be greatly appreci- set up a 501(c)3 charity facility to take increase in attendance over last year. ated and I ask that you contact our Tourna- donations to help support youth bridge. We ment Chair, Farley Mayer. also had many great events for players at This group of hardworking volunteers on all levels. the WCBA Board has done so much to I am looking forward to a great year and to improve and promote bridge in Westches- seeing everyone at the Mini-McKenney 2012 is already off to a great start. We had ter that I am honored to serve along with Swiss in March. a magnificent Winter-in Westchester Master/Nonmaster (No Event in 2011) Acct. 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Income 4,388 -2,603 Financial Statement 2011 BRIDGE ASSOCIATION Expense -6,991 ASSETS www.bridge-wcba.com Jane Hill Income 2,828 -265 CURRENT ASSETS District: www.bridge-district3.org Expense -3,093 JPMorganChase Acct 12/31/11 36,460 Double KO Income 576 316 President: Michael McNamara TOTAL ASSETS 36,460 Editor: Ellyn Plato Expense -260 Unit Swiss Income 1,092 10 Contributors: Glenda Calkins, Henry Deutsch, LIABILITIES & EQUITY Jason Fuhrman, Mike McNamara, Sylwia Expense -1,082 Charity Pairs Income 165 -80 McNamara, Marjorie Murstein, Cliff Nebel, CURRENT LIABILITIES Bernard Schneider, Ethan Stein Expense -245 March 2012 Page 3 THIS N THAT It is an honor for me to succeed Joan as Full Service Clubs, Internet, and Volunteer put my experience to work in that area. District Director. She is truly one of a kind Internet and Full Service Clubs will be and we are fortunate that she has been our open areas for me, and I hope that I can Director for the last 26 years. Thank you GLENDA add to both Task Forces. I do not play Unit 188 for sharing her with the entire bridge on line, but am well aware that it is District. CALKINS an important area for the Board, and of My term began on January 1, but by then I course I look forward to interacting with already felt quite involved. I was invited District 3 local clubs where the action begins. to attend the National Board meetings in I will be leaving on March 8, for Memphis. Seattle in November as an observer; it was Director First I will have an orientation period at great to be able to observe all the action headquarters in Horn Lake, MS, before the and interaction. I think that tradition is a Board meetings start on March 12, my first good way to assure that the newly elected Development and Recognition. I look for- venture as a full voting member. Directors have an opportunity to become ward to getting involved in all of these I hope to have much to report to you in the familiar with Board procedure and to start important areas. I have already been hard next “Bridging the Counties” after I have getting to know the other Directors. at work on the Junior Task Force, which gotten my feet truly wet. I am impressed with the new CEO Robert also covers Youth Bridge. As you know, I very much look forward to serving all of Hartman and look forward to working with this has been one of my main thrusts dur- District 3 to the best of my ability, and him, the new president Sharon Anderson, ing my tenure as District President. I also appreciate the confidence shown by elect- and all the other Board members. have been very intent on helping develop ing me to this important post. My current assignments are Junior Bridge, volunteers within the District and hope to CLIFF’S NOTES by Cliff Nebel The 1965 Bermuda Bowl in Buenos Aires was marred by cheating. The culpable pair was Boris Shapiro and Terence Reese of Great Britain. During their match against the U.S., it was noticed by the U.S. pair of B. J. Becker and Dorothy Hayden that the British pair was holding their cards differently on each deal. Alan Truscott, the NY Times reporter in the room, noticed this too. As they compared the deals to the manner in which Reese and Shapiro were holding their cards, it was determined that they were signal- ing the number of hearts they held: two fingers together for two and two fingers spread apart for five, three together and three spread for three and six respectively. This was brought to the attention of John Gerber (npc) for North America, who in turn told Ralph Swimmer (npc) for Great Britain. He brought it to the attention of Geoffrey Butler, head of the British Bridge League. Butler was also a member of the Executive Committee of the World Bridge Federation, and head of its Appeals Committee. After an independ- ent study, he called a meeting of the Appeals Committee, and informed Reese and Shapiro of the charges. Of course, they both de- nied their guilt, and the matter was sent on to the WBF Executive Committee. The twelve member committee found the pair guilty (10-0, with 1 absentee, and 1 abstention: Carl’Alberto Perroux), and referred the matter to the British Bridge League for further ac- tion. Swimmer forfeited the match against Argentina which G.B. had won, and the match against North America in which G.B.