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Piltch Elected ACBL President New Jersey Pairs Lead in Blue Ribbon 70th Fall North American Bridge Championships November 21 - December 1, 1996 San Francisco, California Volume 70, Number 6 Wednesday, November 27, 1996 Editors: Henry Francis and Brent Manley New Jersey pairs leadFour players in from Blue New Jersey Ribbon held down the top two spots in the Blue Ribbon Pairs after the first two qualifying sessions. In first place with a score of 2113.5 were Robert and Gail Van Ekeren of Plainsboro. Right behind them, with 2110.38, were Jay Korobow and Alexander Allen of Princeton. Two couples held down the next two spots -- Lew and JoAnna Stansby of Castro Valley were less than one matchpoint out of second, and Stephen and Kerri Sanborn were fourth, about 50 matchpoints behind the Stansbys. Last year’s winners, David Berkowitz and Larry Cohen, stood 60th in the field after the first day of play. David Levy and Karen Cooper President-Elect Howard Piltch Directing prodigy Top seed survives Piltch elected Karenworking Cooper, a tournament last directorNABC since she Thescare squad captained in Senior by Mary Chilcote, KO top- Howard Piltch of Andover MA, District director was 15 years old, is retiring from full-time work at seeded in the Senior Knockout Teams, eked out a from DistrictACBL 25 (New president England), was elected presi- the ripe old age of 29. 103-97 victory over a California-Washington sextet dent of the ACBL for 1997 by the Board of Direc- With plans to marry next summer and her eye on to advance to the round of eight today. tors last week. a career as a teacher, Cooper will direct only in the Chilcote, of Cleveland OH, is playing with Zeke Piltch has been a very active member of the Toronto area after the Fall NABC in San Francisco. Jabbour and Billy Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL; Fred Board. He has served as chairman of the Tourna- Her “retirement” will end a string of 20 straight Hamilton, Fresno CA; Tommy Sanders, Nashville, and ment Committee for two years and was chairman of NABCs she has worked since the summer tourna- Russ Arnold, Miami. Arnold and Jabbour are seeking the Education Committee for one year. He has dis- ment in Boston in 1990. their third straight victory in the Senior KO. played a vital interest in the ACBL’s insurance prob- “It’s time to move on,” said Cooper, who will wed They defeated the team captained by Michael lems and has been responsible for major savings in Junior player David Levy of Montreal in June. They Flanagan of Westlake Village CA. Flanagan and his this area. met during the 1993 Summer NABC in Washington wife Barbara were playing with Stephen Mager, Piltch is a licensed real estate and insurance bro- Continued on page 2 Continued on page 4 ker, but nowadays he works as a bridge professional. He is a highly successful player with about 13,000 masterpoints and more than 125 regional champion- Teaching gift ships to his credit. He is a regular among the lecturers to novice play- bears fruit ers at North American Championships. His subjects cover such areas as “Shape, Beautiful Shape” and hree years ago, Thomas “Balance, Baby, Balance!” McDow of Rock Hill SC He is married -- and now his wife Barbara is a T wanted to honor his late bridge player too. They have a pact -- each is sup- mother in a way that would pay posed to increase their masterpoint holding by 10% homage to her love of bridge. per year. Howard already has his 1300, but Barbara To do that, he and Bernard still has about three points to go. Warshauer, then a member of the They have two children -- Joseph 23 and Robert ACBL Board of Directors, ar- 14. Three dogs and two cats round out the house- ranged for bridge teacher Jerry hold. Helms to travel to Yale Univer- Piltch got into bridge in a rather strange way. He sity in New Haven CT to teach was visiting his parents in Brookline MA when he got the Club Series to a group of stu- a call from three old friends. “We’ve discovered the dents. greatest game,” they told him. “Come on over and Helms actually did double play. We’re playing for five cents a point.” duty with the student group. He That didn’t sound bad. He had heard that bridge taught them the beginning bridge Continued on page 5 lessons -- and he gave them the Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). In other words, he taught them bridge and how to teach it. Now, four former Yale stu- San FranciscoClosing 1997 inwas onclosing 8000 in on the 8000- dents who took the lessons, along table mark as we passed the halfway mark yester- with at least a dozen second-gen- day. The table count now is 7899.5. This is well ahead eration bridge students from Yale, of San Francisco 1990, which had 7179 tables at this are playing at the Fall NABC in point. South Carolina legacy: Thomas McDow, left rear, and Bernard Warshauer, San Francisco. There is no question about it -- the 1997 tour- former ACBL board member, center rear, helped set up a bridge teaching McDow’s mother would nament will surpass 1965 (11,198) and 1981 have been proud. program at Yale. Three former Yale students who benefited from that are Dodie McDow, right rear; Todd Keithley, front left, and Ron Birnbaum. (11,377). The target, of course, is the 1990 event (13,239). 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS 9:00 a.m. Club director’s course,Wednesday, Session 3, Pacific Nov. J. 27 11:45 a.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Max Hardy: Reverses. Golden Gate Hall A. 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Bill “Kojak” Schoder: The Game of Bridge. Golden Gate Hall A. 11:45 p.m. Dance to the DJ! Go for a number (of tunes). Golden Gate Hall C. Thursday,Thanksgiving Nov. Day 28 11:45 a.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- John Blubaugh: Law of Total Tricks. Golden Gate Hall A. Fabulous Thanksgiving Day buffet -- $10 discount coupons to the first 500 people who show up. Hospitality Desk, North Registration, lower B-2 level. Carol Sanders 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- George Pisk: Bridge is a Mystery. Golden Gate Hall A. Charity president 9:00 a.m. Club director’s exam, Friday,Session 4, GoldenNov. Gate 29 A-1. Carolis Sanders Carol of Nashville, Sanders who together with 11:00 a.m. International Team Trials Committee and interested participants, Pacific C. her husband Tom was named a co-Honorary Mem- 11:45 a.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- To be announced. ber for 1997, has been elected president of the ACBL Golden Gate Hall A. Charity Foundation. She has been a Charity Founda- 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Billy Miller: Dear Billy, Live! Golden Gate tion trustee for eight years and has served as vice Hall A. president for the past five. 11:45 p.m. Waltz night -- waltz, foxtrot, swing and just plain rock and roll with Bob Fallstein. Sanders wants all bridge players to know how Golden Gate Hall C. much they have done for charity over the years. “Most of our members know that we make large donations to our Charity of the Year. As a matter of fact, we donate $100,000 each year to these charities, which always are chosen for a two-year term. 4NTHugh Ross-- awas tough really worried. question What would he RonRon von dervon Porten, der a Portenformer star visit in top-flight “But your Charity Foundation does much more than answer if his partner, Peter Nagy, bid 4NT -- Kay ACBL and world competition who has dropped out that -- it makes all kinds of minor grants. Altogether the Card Blackwood? What would YOU respond with of competitive bridge for the most part, dropped by foundation gives away about $50,000 in minor grants.” two key cards, the queen of trumps, a useful void and the Daily Bulletin office yesterday. Lots is being done for charity by bridge players, a useless void? This was the deal from the first quali- Ron has been living in England for the past two but even more can be done, according to Sanders. “I fying session of the Blue Ribbon Pairs: and a half years. Ron is retired, but his wife has a want to open a door so our players can know what Board 25 A 10 5 major job in England. He plays some rubber bridge they can do locally. Every club has to run one charity « but almost no tournament bridge. game a year for the Charity of the Year. But every Dlr: North ª 10 5 Vul: E-W K J 5 4 2 He did play tournament bridge once recently. Bob club can also run a second charity game, with 100% © Hamman went over to England to play in the Brighton of the proceeds going to the local charity they choose. ¨ 8 6 3 K J 7 6 4 -- team tournament in which 291 teams participated. He “Good things are happening with the Charity Foun- « « asked Ron to play as his partner, and they finished K 7 2 A Q 9 8 6 3 dation, and I want to keep all members abreast of ª ª third in this strong international event. It’s not as if A Q 10 8 -- what’s going on. We’re making lots of progress.” © © Ron and Bob were new partners -- they once won ¨ Q ¨ A J 10 7 5 4 2 the Blue Ribbon Pairs together.
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