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July 21-July 31, 1999 71st Summer North American Bridge Championships SanSan Antonio,TexasAntonio,Texas Vol. 71, No. 11 Sunday, August 1, 1999 Editors: Brent Manley and Henry Francis DailyDaily BulletinBulletinThe amazing run of the team captained by Nick 6 Spingold wins in 7 years forNickell continued Nickell in San Antonio as the squad cap- tured their sixth Spingold Knockout Teams champi- onship in the last seven years, 152-111, over the four- some led by Steve Beatty. Nickell’s teammates are Richard Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman and Paul Soloway -- the same team which will be fighting for a world championship in the Bermuda Bowl next January in the Orbis World Bridge Championships in Bermuda. Beatty played with John Onstott, Billy Eisenberg and Garey Hayden. Despite trailing 60-5 after the opening quarter, the tough Beatty squad never quit, pulling to within 15 IMPs in the final quarter. A missed game and a slam swing ended their hopes of an upset, however. Beatty and com- pany actually won the second, third and fourth quarters, but their cumulative gains amounted to only 14 IMPs. Four of the Nickell team’s Spingold victories -- the consecutive wins from 1993 through 1996 -- were with Bobby Wolff instead of Soloway. That team also ACBL President Val Covalciuc presents the Spingold Trophy to the winners -- their sixth in seven years: had three straight wins in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Richard Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Nick Nickell and Paul Soloway. Teams — 1993, 1994 and 1995. Baker team scores Lynnsolid Baker, MixedZia, Karen McCallumvictory and Matt Granovetter thought they had a bad last round in the Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, but it didn’t matter. They were 3.5 boards ahead of the field going into that last round, and the most any team could pick up was two. Their final tally of 35.52 gave them just under a two-board lead over runners-up Richard and Ellen Gabriel, Brian Ellis and Rhoda Prager. A little more than half a board further back were Jerry Premo, Kay Beck, Sangarapil Mohan, Claude Vogel, Charlene Rogoff and Cindy Marshall. McCallum is the only world champion on the win- ning team, but Zia has come close twice -- in the 1981 Bermuda Bowl and the 1986 Teams. Granovetter, who now lives in Israel, and Baker both have previously They were tops in the Mixed Board-a-Match Teams: Matt Granovetter, Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum and won North American championships. Zia Mahmood. Platinum1 340.00 Masterpoint Jeff Meckstroth Race San Antonio 1 20.77I/N Masterpoint Rodney McCullough Race 2 340.00 Eric Rodwell 2 20.77 Gerald Myers 3 290.00 John Mohan 1 347.87Masterpoint Eric Rodwell Race 3 16.58 Joyce Truitt 4 290.00 Sam Lev 2 340.00 Jeff Meckstroth 4 16.58 Jacque Waghorne 5 241.34 Paul Soloway 3 290.00 John Mohan 5 13.72 Billie Graves 6 240.00 Bob Hamman 4 290.00 Sam Lev 6 13.72 Jo Graves 7 240.00 Richard Freeman 5 274.57 Paul Soloway 7 13.59 Bela Borsos 8 240.00 Nick Nickell 6 273.23 Richard Freeman 8 13.42 Ashok Shingavi 9 204.50 Fred Gitelman 7 273.23 Bob Hamman 9 13.42 Nandlal Khatri 10 184.55 Zia Mahmood 8 240.00 Nick Nickell 10 12.64 Celeste Godfrey 11 184.00 Robert Levin 9 229.54 Jim Barrow 11 12.18 Roland McWhorter 12 182.50 Brad Moss 10 225.51 David Adams 12 11.87 Bill Ferguson 13 181.71 Garey Hayden 11 220.87 Robert Levin 13 11.45 Margaret Peterson 14 172.99 George Jacobs 12 204.50 Fred Gitelman 14 11.32 Joe Howard 15 170.00 Matt Granovetter 13 193.72 Garey Hayden 15 11.19 Sharon Navin 16 163.01 Shawn Quinn 14 191.75 Randall Pettit 16 11.19 Louis Navin 17 162.27 Rozanne Pollack 15 191.75 Allan Siebert 17 10.78 Barbara Simpson 18 161.91 Mildred Breed 16 190.78 Bill Eisenberg 18 10.14 Virginia Wynne 19 161.89 Steve Beatty 17 190.00 Jim Robison 19 10.00 Mauro Viale 20 161.52 Jim Robison 18 184.55 Zia Mahmood 20 10.00 Tom Henry 21 160.00 John Onstott 19 182.50 Brad Moss 21 9.89 Gail Himmelstein 22 160.00 Bill Eisenberg 20 181.09 John Onstott 22 9.89 Fran Bernstein 23 157.60 Connie Goldberg 21 175.26 Connie Goldberg 23 9.71 Rita Kothari 24 157.05 Karen McCallum 22 172.99 George Jacobs 24 9.71 Sonya Collins 25 157.05 Lynn Baker 23 170.00 Matt Granovetter 25 9.71 Richard Carroll 26 155.71 Beth Palmer 24 169.70 Steve Beatty 26 9.71 Joyce Williams 27 154.19 Lynn Deas 25 165.50 John Malley 27 9.71 Mary Lou Agocs 28 146.24 Robin Klar 28 9.63 Ilene Grabel 29 142.73 Lisa Berkowitz continued on page 3 29 9.63 Shirley Saltzman Page 2 Daily Bulletin WILLIAM MARCUS A/X SWISS TEAMS 3.57 2 Ned Nolte, Fort Worth TX; Susy Morrison - Bill Morrison, 51 Teams Bartlesville OK; Mary Lou Walch, Hopkins MN; John Stansbury, Minneapolis 121.00 A X 2.68 3 Brendan Doyle, Bala Cynwyd PA; Victoria Gregory, 31.10 1 Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA; David Adams, Kennesaw GA; Allan Pittsburg KS; Jeannette Wier, Saint Paul; Elaine Prebonich, New Brighton MN 96.00 Siebert, Little Rock AR; Randall Pettit, Marietta GA 174.00 2.37 4 1 William Nickles - David Ewing - Katherine Pearce, Kerrville 23.33 2 Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY; Kay Schulle, Oak Harbor WA; TX; Mary Hair, Medina TX 85.00 Andrea Buratti - Massimo Lanzarotti, Italy 172.00 17.49 3 James Bjerkan - Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Craig Gardner - Mary GRACE PORTERFIELD MORNING 199ER PAIRS Gardner, Streamwood IL 162.00 22 Pairs 13.12 4 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Brenda Jacobus - Marc Jacobus, A B C Las Vegas NV; Beverly Rosenberg, Sherman Oaks CA 146.00 2.70 1 1 Richard Pearcy - Jean Pearcy, San Benito TX 108.36 9.84 5 Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, 2.03 2 Evan Marti - Kevin Risley, Houston TX 105.93 Castro Valley CA; Andrew Robson, Carmel CA 145.00 1.52 3 Doug Boswell, Irving TX; Jenny Rose, Alexandria 102.93 7.38 6 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo, Japan; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Judy 1.58 4 2 1 Mark Baker - David Bolognia, Spring TX 102.00 Rimer, La Jolla CA; Yasuko Shrenzel, Kihei HI 136.00 1.18 5 3 Walter Still, N Braunfels TX; Judy McFall, Dallas 99.07 19.05 7/8 1 Flora Bery - Leon Sacal - D. Maria - Cespedes - B Baz, 0.68 6 Rory Powers, Ft Lauderdale; Philip Friedman, Miami 96.00 Mexico 134.00 1.05 4 2 Robert Main - Roy Willis, College Station TX 93.36 4.85 7/8 L Andrew Campbell, Manhattan Beach CA; Roberta Grubb, Man- 0.79 5 3 Nora Jean Beck - Richard Beck, Aransas Pass TX 85.57 hattan Beach CA; John Kissinger - Becky Kissinger, La Jolla CA 134.00 0.61 4 Brenda Callen - Jackie Callen, Shalimar FL 81.39 3.46 9 John Malley, Pascoag RI; Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; Melvin Marcus, Framingham MA; Rena Lieberman, Westwood MA 132.00 THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS 14.29 10 2 Bob Cole, Bethlehem PA; William Carlson Jr, St Thomas VI; Daniel 20 Pairs Jackson, Spring TX; Helen Miller, Miller Place NY 131.00 A B 2.83 11 Nell Cahn - Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA; Louise Childs, Los 3.03 1 Mary Gorkin, Liverpool NY; Gwendolyn Pruitt, OklA City 136.69 Angeles CA; Derrell Childs, Garland TX 130.00 2.33 2 Shatrugna Prasad - Catherine Prasad, Missouri City TX 130.31 2.59 12 Corina Iukovici, Valley Park MO; Hans Iukovici, Frederick MD; 1.70 3 Alan Forsythe - Bette Lu Forsythe, Malvern PA 123.30 Eva Schondorf Md - William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 125.00 1.63 4 Sarah Sentman - William Sentman, Scott Depot WV 122.81 2.39 13 James Murphy, Chesapeake VA; Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA; Joel 2.12 5 1 Wynn Kamps, Naperville IL; Constance Galanti, La Grange IL 120.44 Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Thomas Carmichael, Iselin NJ 124.00 1.17 6 Mileva Jobin, Ottawa ON; Chuck Gillis, Hiuston TX 118.31 10.72 3 Robert Van Ekeren - E Gail Van Ekeren, Plainsboro NJ; Merle 1.59 2 Barbara Ridgeway - Don Holland, San Antonio TX 109.30 Stetser, Honolulu HI; Nanette Hegeman, Roseland NJ 119.00 1.19 3 Monica Jung, Lake Zurich IL; Donna Casey, Palatine IL 104.31 8.04 4 Arnold Malasky - Ronnie Malasky, Norwalk CT; Richard Wegman - Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD118.00 FAST PAIRS 6.03 5 Cheng Hu King - Linda Kay Rensi, Houston TX; Kevin Chen, 54 Pairs Scotrun PA; Scott Campbell, Sun City CA 115.00 A B C 4.52 6 James Jacobs, Las Vegas NV; James Sylvester, Gilbert AZ; Susan 18.55 1 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, Gehring, San Diego CA; Lawrence Malone, Arlington TX 113.00 Escondido CA 345.41 2.97 7/8 Al Lochli, San Antonio TX; William Smith, Houston TX; Howard 13.91 2 Paul Kelley Jr - Rosemary Kelley, Austin TX 336.95 Weber, Las Vegas NV; Michael Weber, San Diego CA 102.00 10.43 3 Alan Greer, Buffalo NY; P Mallela, Dekalb IL 322.23 2.97 7/8 Jason Meyer - Barbara Doran - David Genne, Silver Spring MD; 7.83 4 Mary Vickers, Northborough MA; Henk Sven Pride, Rockville MD 102.00 Uijterwaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 314.18 5.87 5 Jo Carol White, Fort Worth TX; Roy Baughman, STRATIFIED B/C/D SWISS Pantego TX 303.82 54 Teams 4.40 6 Scott Humphrey, Austin; Marilou Powell, Round Rock298.63 B C D 3.30 7 Mimi Bieber - Joel Bieber, Armonk NY 296.13 18.14 1 Gary Neisler, N Richlnd Hls TX; Nancy Peterson, Grand 5.95 1 Jim Alison - Dayn Beam, Huntsville AL 277.05 Prairie TX; John Mc Connell - Carol McConnell, De Soto TX 172.00 4.46 2 Mike Jones - Betsy Downs, Chicago IL 275.55 13.61 2 1 Matthew Grant - Mahesh Rathi - Michael Migdol, Austin 3.41 3 1 Shaun Chooi, Dallas; Ian Friedland, Bala Cynwyd PA 271.73 TX; Patricia Lozano, San Antonio TX 163.00 2.56 4 2 Vicky Fisher, Big Lake TX; Pat Barrett, Midkiff TX 263.23 10.20 3 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Buzze, Waco TX; Nancy Stanton, 1.88 5 Linda Stockton, Metairie LA; Daryl Fisher, Sherman TX; Beth Coker, Rockwall TX 157.00 New Orleans 255.50 7.65 4 Jerry Newcomb - Carolyn Newcomb - Mary Anne Pixley, 1.51 6 LaToss Carpenter,
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