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November 20-30, 2003 77th Fall North American Bridge Championships

New Orleans, Louisiana DailyVolume 77, Number 2 Saturday, November 22,Bulletin 2003 Editors: Henry Francis and Jody Latham The story behind that last Bowl deal

Bermuda Bowl champions, left to right: , , , Paul In the most dramatic finish in Soloway, and . (Photo by Donna Manley) world championship history, I gained 12 IMPs on the last of the event to emerge Kitty Cooper is Berkowitz, Cohen with an amazing 304-303 victory over Italy. The champions are Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Eric ‘planting a seed’ on top in LM Pairs Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Bob Hamman and Paul David Berkowitz and , who have an Soloway. Playing for Italy were , outstanding record in major pair events, led a huge , , , field of qualifiers into today’s final two sessions of and . the Life Master Open Pairs. What was so dramatic? Well, the issue was not Alfredo Versace of Italy, who finished second in settled until an appeals committee had rendered a the Bermuda Bowl, and George Jacobs were second, ruling on a disputed ending on the final board of the followed by Mark Dahl and David Butler. 128-board match. In the closed room, Rodwell and Meckstroth had gone plus 400 against 4♥ by Italy’s Bocchi and Duboin. Bondurant, Horn Continued on page 4 ahead in Non-LMs John Bondurant of Memphis and Paul Horn of Bradenton FL had two good qualifying sessions to Kitty Cooper plants a few seeds. lead 14 qualifiers into the two-session final of the Kitty Cooper is on a mission: “planting a seed” Skinny Miles Non-Life Master Pairs. They outdis- among young students learning the game of bridge. tanced the field by more than a board and a half. “I don’t want our game to die,” says Cooper, who Elaine Wood of Southlake TX and Claes Melin has developed a new lesson plan for school classes. of were second, followed by Rachael The ACBL School Bridge Lesson Program is partly Gosling and Craig Hutton of Bermuda. Cooper, partly Mini-Bridge and partly the Audrey Grant Lesson Series. Here at the NABC, she’s talking to 10 tables of ACBL National Tournament Director Patty would-be teachers about “building players now.” Johnson (back to camera) explains the use of With Mini-Bridge, developed in the hand records at the NABCs to “Champions of in the Eighties, youngsters learn to play without bid- Industry” camerman Tom Voight and Robin ding. Each player counts up his points and the player Monsky, public relations consultant for ACBL. with the most points becomes declarer. The declarer decides whether to play notrump or a suit contract. ACBL: ‘Champions Continued on page 5 of Industry’ A camera crew for the Pat Summerall Berkowitz, Glasson “Champions of Industry” program spent Friday at the New Orleans Fall NABC, recording 110 min- lead LM Women’s utes of tape that will produce a two-minute segment Lisa Berkowitz and Joann Glasson will lead 64 on the ACBL. pairs into today’s two-session final of the Life The segment is expected to air on CNN Dotty Toledano (seated), a former club director Master Women’s Pairs. Their score of 780.06 gave Headline News in the spring, according to Linda and longtime worker for bridge in the New them less than a one-point lead over Linda Orleans area, will be honored when the ‘Dotty Granell, ACBL director of marketing. And there’s a McGarry and Laurie Kranyak who had 779.50. Toledano Stratified 299er Pairs’ is played today. bonus — “a five-minute segment we can use for Close behind in third place were Lynn Baker With her are her daughter, Julie Greenberg, potential sponsorship,” added Granell. and with 776.98. and ACBL’s Director of Education, and longtime The crew filmed a game, checked out a scoring Cindy Marshall were fourth with 756.50. family friend Marilyn Marino of Mandeville LA. Continued on page 6 Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS/SEMINARS/RECEPTIONS Saturday, November 22 9:30 a.m. - ACBL Board of Governors meeting. All members of the 9 a.m. - Noon Bridge Teachers and Bridge Cruises. Peg Cundiff, host of Noon ACBL Board of Governors are invited to attend the Fall more than 100 bridge cruises with her husband Dewy, will NABC Meeting to hear and discuss the motions passed by educate you on the ins and outs of being a successful the ACBL Board of Directors at their pre-NABC meeting. teacher/game director on a cruise ship. An interesting Acadia Ballroom. morning program for current and prospective teachers and 10 a.m. - Noon Get Online with Bridge Base. Don’t miss the opportunity directors. $25 fee at the door. Napoleon Room. to meet with , the creator of ACBL’s Learn 9 - 10 a.m. Easybridge! Presenters Meeting. Join Marti Ronemus, to Play Bridge program. Find out how you can use this Easybridge! Program Director, for an informative and fun material for promotion and get a guided tour of the Bridge get-together. Find out what’s new and network with fellow Base site and its outstanding teaching features. St. Charles EB fans. Lafayette Room. Room. 10 - 11 a.m. Coffee with Carol. Join Carol Robertson, manager of the Monday, November 24 ACBL Club Membership Department, and other ACBL 8:30 a.m. - Easybridge! Presenters Course. Marti Ronemus will pres- staff for an update on what’s new with clubs. Come net- 12:30 p.m. ent a continuing education course for club managers and work with other club managers and find out what happened teachers working with a bridge club. Learn some outstand- at the Fall Board meetings. St. Charles Room. ing promotional ploys and a new way of getting players 10 a.m. - Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. Renowned teacher into the game. Easybridge! is especially designed to grow and author Audrey Grant offers a fun bridge lesson to Newcomer duplicate games. New streamlined course — ensure you get the most out of your I/N Program games four hours. $25 fee; $15 for optional materials. Napoleon and activities. Topic: Five Commonly Made Mistakes and Room. How to Fix Them. Complete with handout. Mardi Gras A- 9 a.m. - Noon Club Directors Continuing Education Course. Your games D. Come early (9:30 a.m.) for coffee and pastry. will grow as you update and improve your skills as a club 11 a.m. - Noon ACBLscore Q & A. If you have been using ACBLscore director. Attend one, two or all three sessions. Directors and have questions, meet with Rick Beye, Chief will receive a certificate if they attend all three sessions. Tournament Director, and Associate National Tournament Monday: Ruling the Game, a review of frequent rulings. Director Guillermo Poplawsky. They will address the new Tuesday: ACBLscore. Wednesday: The Proprieties, player and old features of this program. St. Charles Room. communication and conduct. Single-session fee: $10; three 1 - 3 p.m. Bridge Plus+. Mardi Gras A-D. sessions: $25 at the door. Lafayette Room. 5 p.m. Junior Get-Together. Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant, 841 10 a.m. - Noon ACBL Education Workshop. Unit officials, Education Iberville Street. (For Junior players, 26 and under, only.) liaisons, I/N Coordinators and teachers are invited to join 5 - 7 p.m. Newcomer Reception. Mardi Gras A-D. Julie Greenberg, ACBL’s Director of Education, for infor- Sunday, November 23 mation on ways to promote bridge and increase participa- 8:30 a.m. - The Business Side of Running a Club. Successful club tion. Learn more about the free Unit Growth Seminar. 12:30 p.m. manager Marti Ronemus will help you develop a concrete Audubon Room. plan to bring in more players, keep a higher percentage of 5 - 7 p.m. Goodwill Reception. Members of the National Goodwill your customers and have them play more. Your customer Committee are invited to a reception. Riverside Room. service will reach top-notch standards. Be prepared for a hands-on workshop that will show you the way. $25 fee. Napoleon Room. BRIDGE TALKS Saturday, November 22 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Bruce Reeve, 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Harriette Caring and Feeding of your Favorite Pet. Mardi Gras A-D. Buckman, R & R: Rights and Responsibilities. Mardi Gras Monday, November 24 A-D. 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Barbara 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Michael White, Seagram, Improve your Defense against Notrump. Mardi Stop, Look and Listen! Mardi Gras A-D. Gras A-D. Sunday, November 23 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Mike Flader, 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Billy Miller, Ruling the Game. Mardi Gras A-D. Squeeze Technology. Mardi Gras A-D. LATE NIGHT/ENTERTAINMENT Saturday, November 22 Monday, November 24 11 p.m. Frozen fruit and ice cream bars served in the Galeries; 11 p.m. Beignets served in the Galeries; Hard Hat Blues. Randy Elvis is the entertainer. Sunday, November 23 11 p.m. Baked potatoes served in the Galeries; dance band Burgundy entertains. Child care Evening session – 7 p.m. to midnight. week from today, and a sleep-over party also is After hours session – midnight to 2 a.m. planned. Child care is available every day from noon Field trips are planned for next Wednesday, Drop-ins are welcome. until 2 in the morning. The sessions are as follows: Friday and Saturday. Thursday will feature a special For more information call Room 931. Afternoon session – noon to 5 p.m. Thanksgiving dinner. There will be a pizza party a Dinner session – 5 to 7 p.m. Low Country Classic MABC Regional • Hilton Head Island, South Carolina February 2–8, 2004 Marriott Beach & Golf Resort Oceanfront at Palmetto Dunes • Reserve Early (843) 686–8400 Bridge Rate: $89 (Cut-off Date January 12) Join us for a gala week on this semi-tropical island paradise. Details in the November Bridge Bulletin Great bridge competition — Newcomer, Senior and Knockout Events Chairs: Carol Wilson (843) 681–3083, [email protected] ACCLAIMED FOR OUR WARM, FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE and Nancy Pruitt (843) 671–3556, [email protected] VISIT THE MABC ON THE WEB: www.mabc.org Daily Bulletin Page 3

That’s what pair games are all about Israeli Junior wins By OKbridge Award When you are suffering from jet lag, the last low spade to South’s jack. Back came a low spade, Ophir Reshef of Israel won the 2003 OKbridge thing you want is a set of challenging declarer-play and that was my ninth trick. I guess I still have an Award for Best Junior Deal. The award, given problems. A couple of the deals from the first qual- innocent face. annually by the International Bridge Press ifying session of the Life Master Open Pairs gave Dlr: North ♠ AK 2 Association, was presented by Henry Francis, edi- me some scope for maneuvering. Of course I need- Vul: Both ♥ J 9 tor of the OKbridge Spectator, at the association’s ed some help from my opponents, but that’s what ♦ Q 6 4 3 annual meeting in Monte Carlo earlier this month. pair games are all about. ♣ Q 10 8 5 The author of the winning was Andrew Dlr: South ♠ 8 7 3 ♠ 5 3 ♠ Q J 10 9 7 6 Robson of Great Britain. Vul: Both ♥ Q 8 6 3 ♥ Q 8 6 5 4 ♥ K 2 The winning action was a beautiful falsecard ♦ 10 8 ♦ K 5 2 ♦ A9 by the quick thinking declarer Reshef. Not only did ♣ K Q 7 3 ♣ 9 6 4 ♣ AJ 7 he realize the significance of dummy’s 9 in the key ♠ 9 5 ♠ A Q 10 2 ♠ 8 4 suit, but he also saw how East would be tempted to ♥ A 10 4 ♥ K 7 5 ♥ A 10 7 3 return the trick conceded while at the same time ♦ K 9 6 5 ♦ AJ 2 ♦ J 10 8 7 diverting the defender from a club switch. This was ♣ A 5 4 2 ♣ J 10 8 ♣ K 3 2 the deal: ♠ K J 6 4 West North East South Dlr: East ♠AQ ♥ J 9 2 1♣ 1♠ Dbl Vul: N-S ♥9 7 5 4 ♦ Q 7 4 3 Pass 1NT 2♠ All Pass ♦K Q J 8 7 ♣ 9 6 Maybe I should have defended 1NT and set it ♣A6 West North East South two tricks . . . but in 2♠ I was more concerned with ♠J 6 4 3 2 ♠9 7 5 Pass the overtrick. ♥6 ♥A J 10 8 2 Pass Pass 1NT Pass The ♣2 went to the queen and ace, freezing the ♦9 4 2 ♦A 3NT All Pass suit. North won the first spade and shifted to a dia- ♣K 10 7 2 ♣Q J 9 8 On the lead of the ♠6, how do you envisage the mond. I won the ace and drove out the second top ♠K 10 8 play going? Say you score the ♠10 at trick one. spade. When a diamond came back I won in ♥K Q 3 Then you clear the diamonds, and if South gets in dummy. What was the right continuation? ♦10 6 5 3 with the ♦Q, the best shift is to the ♥J! Now declar- ♠ 2 ♣5 4 3 er has an uphill struggle to take more than eight ♥ J 9 West North East South tricks. ♦ 6 4 1♥ Pass I introduced a diversion at trick one by winning ♣ 10 8 5 1♠ 2♦ Pass 3♦ with the ♠Q. It did not seem that it would cost, and ♠ – ♠ 10 9 7 6 Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT now I passed the ♣J to North, who got out with a ♥ Q 8 6 5 4 ♥ K 2 Pass Pass Double All Pass ♦ 5 ♦ – North-South really belong in a partscore – 2NT ♣ 9 6 ♣ J 7 is their best-scoring spot – but an aggressive auc- Masterpoint disclaimer ♠ – tion such as the one shown is quite reasonable. Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are ♥ A 10 7 3 What would you expect the fate of the contract to subject to change because of score changes or cor- ♦ 10 8 be? rections. Therefore, the masterpoint awards as ♣ K 3 Well, on a spade lead by West declarer drives shown are also subject to change. Ruffing a diamond and running trumps does out the ♦A, and the defense must play clubs to hold not work. In the five-card ending, South keeps two declarer to nine tricks. On a heart lead and club clubs, one diamond and two hearts. Now when East shift or on a club lead at trick one, declarer cannot leads the ♥K, South ducks, wins the next heart, and make more than eight tricks. Agreed? leads the last diamond to ensure getting two clubs. Well, consider East’s problem if his partner I decided to go for another approach. I led a leads a heart to trick one. The obvious solution is to heart to the king in the above ending. South has two go up with the ace. If no honor appears, shift to defenses – or win and return a heart. When clubs and hope for the best. Nice logic, but... she took the ♥A and tried to cash a diamond, I Reshef was sitting South. On the auction shown could and run the trumps. On the last , above he got a heart lead. Gauging the situation South had to bare her ♣Q to keep two hearts. That accurately, he called for a low heart from dummy, let me come down to the bare ♥Q and two clubs in and when East put up the ace he dropped the queen! dummy, and I ducked a club for the overtrick. East sniffed the air suspiciously for a few minutes, then took the bait and returned a low heart, letting College competition Reshef run this to dummy’s 9 and collect his 10 tricks for all 15 matchpoints. set up for next year Other entrants: An expense-paid trip to the Summer 2004 Martin Schaltz & Andreas Marquardsen NABC in New York City and a $500 scholarship (Denmark) European Youth Championships, will be up for grabs as competition begins in the Torquay 453.14/15 2004 College Bridge Team Championships. Author: Jens Otto “Charles” Pedersen The championships, sponsored by the ACBL Andrea Boldrini (Sicily) at European Educational Foundation, will feature qualifying University Championships 464.2 rounds on college campuses. Eligible students must Author: Christer Andersson (Sweden) carry a minimum of seven semester hours (or the Szymon Kapala and Lukasz Brede at equivalent) and have been born in 1978 or later. For World Junior Pairs 464.6 additional information, contact Charlotte Blaiss, Author: Henrik Røn ACBL Director of Junior Programs, at Olivier Bessis & Godefroy de Tessières [email protected] (France) at World Junior Teams, Paris The zonal stage of the competition is scheduled Author: for 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on March 6, 2004 on the Internet at ACBL Online. Contact Junior coupons Blaiss at the above address to register your team. Junior coupons are good for entry to any event The championship final will be held in New for just $6 per session. Coupons will be available York on Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10. First only to ACBL members who are residents of Zone and second-place winners will receive 80% region- 2 (North America including Bermuda) who are al rated gold points. In addition, each member of either (1) 21 years of age or younger or (2) full-time the winning team will receive a $500 scholarship. students between 22 and 25 years of age. Full-time The scholarship will be paid directly to the school. students must offer proof of eligibility prior to pur- chasing their entry. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Bermuda Bowl would gain 11 IMPs, and the match would end in a tie. was one level too high when the ♠K was offside. An eight-board playoff would be necessary to deter- West North East South Continued from page 1 mine the world champion. Hamman Lauria Soloway Versace But it was in the open room that there were fire- Of course the director was called. After hearing Pass works. all the facts, she ruled that the ♠7 was a played card 1♠ Pass 3♦ Pass Italy and USA I had played 127 boards, and the since that’s the card Lauria touched. The Italians 3NT Pass 4♥ All Pass Bermuda Bowl was still up for grabs with just one appealed, but the Appeals Committee agreed with Soloway’s 3♦ bid showed a good hand with board to go. Italy had the edge by 11 IMPs, but the director, citing Rules 45B and 45C3. These are long hearts. Hamman’s 3NT was the key bid – it that’s just a game swing. As a matter of fact, Italy the rules, according to the Laws of Duplicate said, “Warning! Proceed with caution!” Soloway had led by 21 with two boards to go, but the Bridge: liked his hand very much opposite an opening bid, Americans gained 10 when the Italians got a bit too 45B — Declarer plays a card from dummy by but he listened to his partner’s warning and signed aggressive on Board 127. naming the card, after which dummy picks up the off in 4♥. This made for a 10-IMP gain. Then came true drama. card and places it on the table. In playing from Since we’re going backward, let’s take a look at Board 128 ♠ 2 dummy’s hand declarer may, if necessary, pick up Board 126. Dlr: West ♥ A J 9 3 the desired card himself. Board 126 ♠ Q J 10 7 5 4 Vul: E-W ♦ K Q 10 9 8 6 5 45C3 — A card in the dummy must be played Dealer: East ♥ K J 9 4 ♣ 5 if it has been deliberately touched by declarer Vul: None ♦ AK 6 ♠ J 10 ♠ A 6 5 4 3 except for the purpose of arranging dummy’s cards, ♣ — ♥ 5 4 2 ♥ K Q 10 8 6 or of reaching a card above or below the card or ♠ A K 9 8 3 ♠ — ♦ A7 ♦ 4 2 cards touched. ♥ — ♥ 10 7 5 3 2 ♣ K 10 7 6 4 2 ♣ A Both the director and the committee concluded ♦ Q 8 4 ♦ 9 7 3 ♠ K Q 9 8 7 that Lauria had indeed touched the ♠7 with an ♣ A K Q 10 3 ♣ 9 6 5 4 2 ♥ 7 intent to play. That meant the Italians suffered a ♠ 6 2 ♦ J 3 two-trick set – minus 300. That was 12 IMPs and ♥ A Q 8 6 ♣ Q J 9 8 3 the gold medal for the United States. ♦ J 10 5 2 Something went wrong in the Closed Room – Of course the big question is, why did Soloway ♣ J 8 7 the Italians got way too high. This was the auction: lead a spade instead of the good heart? West North East South West North East South There were clues suggesting the spade lead. Hamman Lauria Soloway Versace Duboin Rodwell Bocchi Meckstroth First of all, his partner had bid hearts twice, which Pass Pass Pass 1♦ 2♦ Pass made it likely that Hamman had four hearts, in 1♣ 1♠ Pass Pass 2♥ 3♦ Pass Pass which case Lauria would have no more. Second, 2♣ Dbl 5♣ Dbl 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass Hamman followed to the opening club lead with the Pass 5♥ Pass Pass Notice that Meckstroth never bid. Perhaps that 7. Soloway was sure that Hamman knew that they 6♣ Dbl All Pass helped to convince the Italians that they were couldn’t cash the second club, so the 7 could have Not surprisingly, Laurier tried diamonds and stronger than they originally believed. When been a suit preference asking for spades. the contract went down two — minus 300. Here is Duboin took a second heart bid over Rodwell’s 3♦, Also, in playing hearts Hamman played the 2, then Soloway’s comment on this one: “I guess I should Bocchi decided his side had enough to make game the 4 and then the 5. He might have played 2-5-4 have doubled 5♥. Again that’s in retrospect. At the a reasonable shot. It didn’t work out that way. with three. time I thought my best action was to pass the deci- Rodwell led the ♦Q to the ace as Meckstroth Soloway had a very tough choice to make. Did sion to Bob. I thought chances were good that we unblocked the jack, and declarer led a heart to the his partner have four hearts and therefore a single- had only one loser in diamonds.” king. Next he led a low spade, won by Meckstroth ton spade, or did he have just three hearts along West North East South with the queen. He led a diamond to Rodwell’s 8. with two spades? Duboin Rodwell Bocchi Meckstroth. Rodwell switched to the ♥9 and Duboin went up “I saw the ♣7 and it looked like a signal for Pass Pass with the queen. He tried to cash the ♠A, but spades,” said Paul. “In the heart suit, our first play 1♠ Pass Pass Dbl Rodwell ruffed and cashed the ace of trumps. Then is attitude, and the second shows present count. Redbl 2♠ Pass 3♦ he led a diamond, and declarer was through. He Bob played the 4 second, and in our methods that 4♣ 4♥ 5♣ 5♦ could take his ♣A and his last trump, but his showed an even number originally, So it seemed Dbl All Pass remaining three spades were all losers. Down 4 – that Bob had started with four hearts and a single- Clearly this contract did not fare well. It actual- minus 400. ton spade. ly went down three tricks – minus 500, and that was The bidding took an entirely different turn in “But then there was the auction. Bob bid only a 13-IMP gain for the Italians. That made Italy’s the open room. 2♥ the first time. If he had four hearts, very likely lead 21 IMPs with two boards to go. And then came West North East South he would have jumped to 3♥.” the drama. Hamman Lauria Soloway Versace Soloway eventually made the wrong choice — Thousands and thousands of fans around the Pass 1♦ 2♦ Dbl he relied on the play rather than the auction and world sat transfixed at their computers as they fol- 2♥ 3♦ Pass Pass played partner for a singleton spade. But because lowed the final card by card through Bridge Base 3♥ 5♦ Dbl All Pass Lauria didn’t realize that Soloway had made the and other programs. Email messages flashed across Versace took a different view from Meckstroth wrong choice, the Americans still got their two- the continents as soon as the result of the last-board when he doubled the Michaels 2♦. Lauria bid trick set – and the gold medal in the closest appeal was announced. merely 3♦ over Hamman’s 2♥, but when Hamman Bermuda Bowl in history. This was the second time in the last three bid hearts again, Lauria’s view of the deal got “At the table I thought I had it right,” said Paul. Bermuda Bowls that this American team has beat- rosier. His partner had some stuff for his double and “In retrospect, I feel I should have given stronger en Italy as the result of carryover. In Bermuda in the bidding indicated strongly that Versace had a consideration to the bidding. Bob didn’t bid 3♥, so 2000 the victory margin in their quarterfinal match singleton heart. He felt this put the deal in game ter- he probably didn’t have four hearts. So in retrospect was 7 IMPs and the Americans had a 13-IMP car- ritory, so he leaped to the diamond game. I feel I should have led the heart, not the spade.” ryover. This time the Americans went into the final Soloway started with the ♣A and switched to What about that next-to-last board that con- with a 7-IMP carryover. The Italians gained back the ♥Q. Lauria won this and ruffed a heart. He tributed 10 IMPs to the American cause? all but one of those IMPs. crossed to his hand with a club ruff and led the ♥J, Board 127 ♠ 7 6 5 This was Hamman’s ninth Bermuda Bowl hoping to the 10. Soloway covered and Lauria Dlr: South ♥ 7 championship. Soloway now has five, but he has ruffed in dummy. He called for the ♠K, won by Vul N-S ♦ A 9 6 5 2 the key one to his credit–his team finally wrested Soloway. ♣ 8 6 3 2 the Bermuda Bowl from the Italian in At this point Soloway could cash the good ♥10 ♠ Q 8 4 3 2 ♠ AJ 1976. And incidentally, that championship also was for a two-trick set. That would have given the ♥ — ♥ A K J 10 9 6 5 2 in Monte Carlo. Rodwell and Meckstroth now have Americans 12 IMPs, just enough to win the ♦ K Q 10 3 ♦ J 8 four wins each, while Nickell and Freeman each Bermuda Bowl. But he didn’t – he led a spade! ♣ A Q 10 4 ♣ 7 have three. Something very strange happened next. ♠ K 10 9 USA II, which had reached the playoff stage Lauria’s partner had left the table, so Lauria was ♥ Q 8 4 3 with a tremendous comeback, defeated in playing both his hand and dummy. Fully expecting ♦ 7 4 the playoff for the bronze medal. The American that Soloway was cashing the good heart, he pulled ♣ K J 9 5 team consisted of , Pratap the ♠7. Suddenly he realized Soloway had played a Duboin opened a strong club and Bocchi Rajadhyaksha, , , Steve spade, not a heart! He attempted to replace the ♠7 leaped to 2♦, which showed a strong hand with Landen and , with Ralph Cohen as non- with the queen. If he had been allowed to do this, long hearts. After a series of relay bids that tested playing captain. the contract would have gone down one – America the waters for slam, they stopped in 5♥, but that Daily Bulletin Page 5

Mini-bridge Getting around in Entry fees Continued from page 1 New Orleans • Players must be ACBL members whose serv- ice fees or dues are current in order to participate in New Orleans has a modern, efficient trans- any of the following nationally rated events: Nail portation infrastructure with a sophisticated net- Life Master Open Pairs, Smith Life Master work of highways and roads. Parking, however, is Women’s Pairs, Board-a-Match Teams, at a premium in many areas, particularly in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, Kaplan French Quarter. At times, it is beneficial to rely on Blue Ribbon Pairs, Mitchell Open Board-a-Match taxis and public transportation to reach points not Teams, Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams within walking distance. and the Senior Knockouts. The entry fee for these A popular means of transportation is the city’s contests is $15.50 per player per session. streetcar system. Historic streetcars run two daily • Players must also be current ACBL members routes: the St. Charles Streetcar runs 24 hours a day to play in the Miles Non-Life Master Pairs or the down St. Charles Avenue from Canal Street to National 99er Pairs. The entry fee is $14 per player Claiborne Avenue and the “streetcar-style” Vieux per session. Carre bus runs the perimeter of the French Quarter • Regional championships are $13 per player from 5 a.m. until 7:16 p.m. Fares for the streetcars per session for ACBL members, $15 for non-mem- are $1.25 each way plus 25 cents per transfer. Studying thier lesson plan are, left to right: bers. Charlotte Blaiss, Kitty Cooper and Julie There is also the Riverfront Streetcar. It runs a • All other events are $12 per player per session Greenberg. 1.9-mile route from Canal Street to Riverview for ACBL members, $14 for non- members. weekdays from 6 a.m. until midnight and weekends Play is duplicate style and “kids love this,” says from 8 a.m. until midnight. The cost is $1.50 plus Notice to players who live Cooper. “When we’re in bridge clubs, we play. We 25 cents per transfer. don’t do the exercises in class – that’s optional outside North America homework. We want them playing and having fun.” Defending champions Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs During Thursday’s seminar, the aspiring teach- is limited to those ACBL members who have Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams ers take their turns at Mini-Bridge, counting and earned a Blue Ribbon qualification (or for those Stephen Landen, Dan Morse, announcing their points. “Remember,” Cooper members on the Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list), Bobby Wolff, , reminds them, “the points have to total 40.” and participation in the Life Master Open and Adam Wildavsky, Doug Doub A table erupts into laughter as the announced Women’s Pairs is restricted to ACBL members who Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs points add up to more than 40. Another table have achieved the rank of Life Master. Sidney Lazard, announces their points – less than 40. Foreign players who do not meet these criteria, Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams Cooper turns serious as she talks about ethics but feel they are otherwise eligible, must receive a George Jacobs, , and etiquette, topics rarely (if at all) covered in waiver in writing prior to the commencement of Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, beginning bridge lessons. these contests. Please contact ACBL Chief Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria “They need to know that if partner makes a Tournament Director Rick Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams good lead, you’re not supposed to smile in Beye here at the tourna- , , approval. You need to remind them that if you’re ment. He may be contacted Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn, playing with your brother or your sister or your through the Tournament Hjordis Eythorsdottir spouse, you tend to get more involved and more Operations office and he Keohane North American Swiss Teams personal.” will be available at the sell- Mark Gordon, Richard Zucker, The lessons move into scoring, where defense ing sites. Winthrop Allegaert, Jaggy becomes more important. “When dummy comes Shivdasani, , Boris Baran down, you (the declarer) say how many tricks you’ll take. If you don’t take them, the opponents Mike Levine, , get the score.” Bobby Wolff, Dan Morse, Per Olof In Lesson Five, the concept of game contracts Sundelin, is introduced and by Lesson Six, the course evolves Life Master Open Pairs into Bridgette, a bridge between Mini-Bridge and , bridge. Students begin using bidding boxes and Sarasota Life Master Women’s Pairs propose contracts based on their distribution and Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn points. “They just keep bidding until the other three Non-Life Master Pairs people give up,” says Cooper. Edward Wilson, Paul Fagan The course introduces finessing – “Finessing is 99er Pairs MaryBelle Hoenig, Jeff Kaldem Regional pretty tough for adults but kids seem to take to it right away” – and doubling – “Kids love doubling.” Junior Madness: NYC, For Cooper, the school lesson plan was a con- tinuation of her earlier career as a computer sys- Summer 2004 Feb 16-22, 2004 tems analyst for a New York bank. “As an execu- Plans are being finalized for Junior events to be tive, I’ve always been involved in training. I can played every day during the Summer 2004 North speak nerd as well as English.” American Bridge Championships, scheduled July 8- She graduated cum laude from Harvard 18 in New York City. Here’s a tentative schedule: University with a degree in art history. She’s now a Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10: North self-employed independent consultant who lives in American College Bridge Team Championship final. Albuquerque NM. Sunday, July 11: Stratified Junior Scholarship She’s been playing bridge since age 12 – “it Game (open to Juniors born 1979 or later; scholarship was a rainy summer, my mother didn’t really like it awards for ACBL members only). and the others were desperate for a fourth.” Tuesday and Wednesday, July 13 and 14 (three ses- She played some in college and went to work sions): Europe vs. North America Youth Team after graduation. She has won women’s and open Challenge Cup, sponsored in part by ACBL (for youths events on the North American level – plus the 1989 born Jan. 1, 1983 or later). Cup. Wednesday, July 14: prize-giving ceremony for Hyatt Sarasota The school lesson plan is available at no Challenge Cup and opening ceremony for Individual on Sarasota Bay charge. “Anybody can download these programs championship. free or call Kitty (kittycooper.com) or Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 14, 15 and Sarasota, Florida contact the ACBL Education Department (educa- 16 (four sessions): World Junior Individual [email protected]),” adds Charlotte Blaiss, ACBL’s Championship, sponsored by the World Bridge Director of Junior Activities. Federation (open to Juniors born in 1979 or later). Reservations: Friday evening, July 16: prize-giving ceremony for Individual. 800–233–1234 Saturday and Sunday, July 17 and 18: USA Junior Team Trials (for Juniors born in 1979 or later). or www.unit102.com ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Saturday - Saturday, July 17-24: Junior Bridge Camp (location to be announced). Page 6 Daily Bulletin

Home to the ACBL’s biggest and best regionals — 27,274 tables in 2003 Teachers and club officials enjoy ‘Thank You’ reception

from the Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference Check your 2004 calendar and plan to play in North America’s premier tournaments. Mid- Atlantic regionals offer bracketed knockouts at all hours, loads of Senior events, and exciting, trend–setting Intermediate/Newcomer schedules and lectures. Then there’s our true calling card: hospitality, with gifts, prizes, food and drink throughout the week. Williamsburg, VA — Jan. 12–18, Williamsburg Marriott, 50 Kingsmill Road (757) 220–2500. George Washington slept (and may have played bridge) here. Start the year in one of our country’s most historic venues. Chair: Wyatt Mapp (757) More than 100 teachers and club officials turned out for Friday night’s “thank you” reception. 597–0000, [email protected]. They included Jan Anderson, Regina SK; Elaine Woodruff, Castro Valley CA; Barbara Westholm, Hilton Head Island, SC — Feb. 2–8, Marriott Pensacola FL; Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Carol Robertson, manager of the ACBL Club Membership Beach & Golf Resort, Oceanfront at Palmetto Dunes Department, and Barbara Bacon, Rocky River OH. (843) 686–8400. Stroll along the Atlantic and enjoy the mild midwinter climate and great local seafood on this semitropical isle. Chairs: Carol Wilson (843) 681–3083, [email protected] and Nancy Pruitt (843) 671–3556, [email protected]. Gatlinburg, TN — April 12–18, Convention Center. Celebrate springtime in the Great Smokies and be a part of the world’s largest regional (7,424 tables last April) and Gold Point Giveaway. Chairs: Marlene Wass (865) 966–3292, [email protected] and Judy Nolan (865) 380–8852, [email protected]. Raleigh, NC — May 25–31, North Raleigh Hilton (919) 872–2323. Every year, the Mid– Atlantic’s Memorial Day regional is the most popular in North America. Book early for a great room rate of $68. Chair: John Marriott (252) 446– 4138, [email protected]. Alexandria, VA — June 29–July 5, Hilton at Mark Center (703) 845–1010. Fireworks, fun and hospitality to the max at America’s largest Independence Day regional. Chairs: Margot Hennings (703) 560–0245, [email protected] and Kathryn Kiley (703) 758–0366, [email protected]. Hunt Valley, MD — Aug. 16–22, Marriott’s Hunt Valley Inn (410) 785–7000. Enjoy the Maryland countryside just a short drive from BWI or Teachers and club officials came from all over North America for Friday night’s reception, hosted the Baltimore Harbor. Attendance ranked No. 3 by Carol Robertson (second from right), manager of the ACBL Club Membership Department. among all ACBL regionals in 2003. Chair: Patricia Wilson (410) 825–7579, [email protected]. Taking part were Carol Guimond (front) of Florida, Zia Mian of and Herbert and Cecelia Bradshaw of Georgia. Atlanta, GA — Aug. 31–Sept. 6, Crowne Plaza Ravinia (770) 395–7700. Make your reservations early at one of our classiest properties Champions of Industry reminder and most popular sites. Great shopping, casual and Continued from page 1 Each player is required to have a convention card fine dining within walking distance. Chair: Jack filled out legibly and on the table throughout a ses- Feagin (404) 252–9246, [email protected]. table and took in book sales, a tournament direc- tors’ meeting, hands and the Daily Bulletin office. sion. Both cards of a partnership must be identical Jekyll Island, GA — Oct. 11–17, Convention and include the first and last names of each member Center. Take an off–season fling to the beach, with They also interviewed Jay Baum, ACBL’s chief of the partnership. plenty of hotels, condos and other rentals nearby. executive officer; Rick Beye, ACBL’s chief tourna- The Golden Isles are an easy drive from the ment director; Nick Nickell, world bridge champi- If a director determines that neither player has a Savannah and Jacksonville airports. Chairs: Vernon on and president and CEO of Kelso & Co.; substantially completed card, the partnership may Reed (912) 638–4661, [email protected] and Canadian bridge writer/educator Audrey Grant; play only the yellow card and may Jo Edwards (912) 638–7801. , North American champion, and use only standard carding. This restriction may be lift- Virginia Beach, VA — Nov. 1–7, Cavalier , owner of Kate Buckman Bridge ed only at the beginning of a subsequent round after Hotel (757) 423–8555. Play bridge and enjoy the Studio, one of North America’s largest, and a co- convention cards have been properly prepared and gorgeous ocean view from the playing area. Our approved by the director. Further, the partnership will leader in all–around hospitality, with on–site innovator of the Zero Tolerance program. complimentary suppers. Chairs: Anne Duty (757) receive a 1/6 board matchpoint penalty for each board 420–4980, [email protected] and Barbara Pre-Alert/Disclosure played, commencing with the next round and contin- Moomy (757) 479–2763, [email protected]. uing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, Charleston, SC — Dec. 27–Jan. 2, Embassy forms penalties shall be at the discretion of the director. Suites (843) 747–1882. World–class dining, If your partnership plays special , you If the director determines the partnership has at sightseeing and mild weather await your visit to one must fill out a pre-Alert/Disclosure form and make least one substantially completed convention card but of every traveler’s favorite destinations. Chairs: it available to your opponents when you play in has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the Lindsey Butler (843) 881–0818, events that allow Mid-Chart and Super-Chart con- director may give warnings or assign such penalties as [email protected] and Anne Tokarczyk (843) 556–5043, [email protected]. ventions. This applies to NABC+, regional or high- he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances. er knockout and Flight A Swiss games. Look for the The objective of these warnings and penalties is Visit the Mid-Atlantic on the Web: light blue forms on the table where convention the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL www.mabcbridge.org cards are available. regulations. Daily Bulletin Page 7 LIFE MASTER PAIRS QUALIFIERS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A K EAST-WEST

1 Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; , Taby Sweden 1225.51 1 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 1254.73 2 Douglas Wagner - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL 1140.94 2 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC 1196.48 3 Nels Erickson, Las Vegas NV; Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA 1106.92 3 - Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY 1183.93 4 Jeff Overby, Key West FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 1093.15 4 Ata Aydin - Ildeniz Ucan, Istanbul Turkey 1153.32 5 Chris Lubesnik, Bronx NY; Ed Troth Jr, Los Angeles CA 1075.67 5 Koksoy Evver - Dogan Prfan, Ankara Turkey 1148.09 6 Patricia Brodsky - Arthur Brodsky, Huntingtn Sta NY 1072.33 6 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 1116.93 7 Evette Mashaal, Westmount QC; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC 1066.12 7 Doug Fraser - Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 1092.61 8 Lars Goldberg - Ullabritt Goldberg, Sweden 1064.30 8 Betty Parker - Freerk Polling, Jupiter FL 1079.96 9 Paul Bethe, New York NY; Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY 1004.32 9 Ira Ewen, New York NY; Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY 1069.05 10 Simon Kantor, Agawam MA; Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV 999.00 10 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Bryan Storey, Plano TX 1066.13 11 Jo Ann Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA 997.94 11 Jim Backstrom, San Diego CA; Edward Molloy, El Cajon CA 1027.25 12 Gerald Van Gemert, Laguna Beach CA; , Las Vegas NV 986.54 11 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 1027.25 13 Nafiz Zorlu, Izmir Turkey; Salvador Assael, Alsancak Turkey 985.32 13 Eugene Davidson, Washington DC; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 995.33 14 Ed Barad, Marina del Rey CA; Donald Seldeen, Culver City CA 978.88 14 John Anderson, Baton Rouge LA; Pratap Puri, New Orleans LA 993.05

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1 Michal Kwiecien - Jacek Pszczola, Lublin 1207.64 1 , Los Gatos CA; , Fyllingsdalen Norway 1149.88 2 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; , San Diego CA 1159.76 2 Douglas Ross, Rochester NY; Daniel Boye, Seneca Falls NY 1116.44 3 Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 1130.88 3 , New York NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 1103.52 4 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY 1079.96 4 Greg Hinze, Grand Prairie TX; Junyi Zhu, Salt Lake City UT 1086.04 5 Thomas Hughes Jr - Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX 1073.88 5 , Sarasota FL; , New York NY 1080.72 6 Alan Resser, Chicago IL; Gary Williams, Milwaukee WI 1068.56 6 , Bloomington IN; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 1053.36 7 Roger Clough, Culver City CA; Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA 1066.28 7 , Los Angeles CA; , New York NY 1048.80 8 Daniel Rotman, N Miami Beach FL; , Wilmington DE 1064.00 8 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 1045.00 9 Richard Weiss, Swampscott MA; Stephen Czecha, Potomac MD 1057.16 9 Norm Gordon, Dol-des-Ormeaux QC; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 1032.84 10 Jonny Hansen - Arnt Blix, Norway 1035.88 10 Robert Cappelli, Southfield MI; Michael D’Alioto, Bloomfield MI 1032.08 11 Andrew McIntosh - Jack Mizel, London England 1027.52 10 Shawn Samuel, Cambridge MA; Russell Samuel, Locust Valley NY 1032.08 11 Mike Albert - Gary Amundson, Omaha NE 1027.52 12 Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 1019.92 13 Michael Katz, San Ramon CA; Arthur Ferman, El Cerrito CA 994.84 13 , Gaithersburg MD; Alan Osofsky, New City NY 1014.60 14 , New York NY; , Hixson TN 992.56 14 George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Armand Barfus, Port St Lucie FL 1004.72

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1 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 1295.04 1 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; David Butler, Keswick VA 1249.44 2 Edward Barlow, Sunnyvale CA; Evan Bailey, San Diego CA 1167.36 2 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Ross Robbins, Port Isabel TX 1164.32 3 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Craig Ganzer, New York NY 1162.80 3 Debbie Rosenberg - , New Rochelle NY 1111.12 4 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 1149.88 4 Andre Rakhmanin, Roseville CA; Srikanth Kodayam, San Leandro CA 1107.32 5 , Winter Park FL; , Canyon TX 1095.92 5 - , Davis CA 1095.92 6 Ralph Cohen, Memphis TN; Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 1076.92 6 Norman Beck, Dallas TX; Robert Schwartz, San Pedro CA 1088.32 7 Patricia Chambers - Robin Chambers, Palo Alto CA 1058.68 7 Maggie Shenkin - Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL 1057.16 8 John Moser, St Agatha ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 1038.16 7 , Kingston NY; , Kensington CA 1057.16 9 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Joe Gottler, Elberta AL 1017.64 9 Dave Kruse, Lakehead CA; Paul Gans Jr, Redding CA 1043.48 10 John Holland - , Stockport England 1016.88 10 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 1035.12 11 Rick Roeder, San Diego CA; Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 998.64 11 Edward Nield, Westchester IL; Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL 1027.52 12 Michael Strizhevsky, Atlanta GA; Charles Davis, Lilburn GA 997.88 12 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Joe Sacco, Longwood FL 1012.32 13 Paul Hackett, Manchester England; John Armstrong, Ashbourne England 994.84 13 Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 996.36 14 Masaharu Wakasa - Nobuko Wakasa, Kawasaki-Shi Japan 990.28 14 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; John Gassenheimer, New York NY 988.76

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1 , San Francisco CA; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL 1148.36 1 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; , Bronx NY 1164.32 2 Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 1136.96 2 Paul Marston, Australia; Stephen Burgess, Christchurch New Zealand 1111.12 3 Judy Hummel - Jerry Curtright, Colorado Spgs CO 1121.76 3 Charles Kopp, Columbus OH; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 1101.24 4 Barry Rigal - Seymour Reich, New York NY 1108.08 4 Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 1092.88 5 , Castro Valley CA; , Andes NY 1102.76 5 Steven Campau, Seattle WA; Pam Stratton, Arcata CA 1089.84 6 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 1069.32 6 Rick Goldstein - Laura Brill, White Plains NY 1086.80 7 Art Mathews, Atlanta GA; Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA 1058.68 7 Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM; Michael Levy, Tucson AZ 1062.48 8 Gino Scalamandre - Katie Scalamandre, Surfside FL 1044.24 8 Edward Freeman, Portland OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 1057.92 9 Jon Solli Hansen - Erik Dahl, Kristiansand Norway 1037.40 9 Jon Wittes, Claremont CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 1046.52 10 Ben Feinswog, Coconut Grove FL; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 1016.88 10 Ingvar Erga, Klepp St Norway; Fred Moen, Stavanger Norway 1037.40 11 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 1012.32 11 Judith Weisman, Englewood NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 1035.88 12 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Ron Sukoneck, Annandale VA 1010.80 12 Odette Zigheboim, Venezuela; Steve Hamaoui, Italy 1030.56 13 - Michael Moss, New York NY 1004.72 13 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC 1001.68 14 David Walker, Salem VA; Geoffrey Mallette, Port Richey FL 985.72 14 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE 990.28 14 Mans Berg, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Luno Sweden 990.28

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1 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Robert Levin, Bronx NY 1184.69 1 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 1143.95 2 Ross Rainwater - Jackie Jarigese, Vancouver WA 1147.45 2 Martin Harris - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 1139.79 3 David Chechelashvili, Arlington VA; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 1110.03 3 Gitte Hecht-Johansen, London England; Bob Prickaertz, Netherlands 1130.88 4 Michael Schreiber, Southaven MS; William Schreiber, Van Nuys CA 1107.93 4 Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN; Harley Bress, Cordova TN 1101.39 5 Jane Teel - Robert Teel Jr, Rockford AL 1075.40 5 Andre Chartrand, Chateauguay QC; Serge Chevalier, Montreal QC 1076.31 6 John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY; Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY 1058.53 6 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Bernard Miller, Boca Raton FL 1068.50 7 Mark Feldman, New York NY; Sharon Osberg, San Francisco CA 1054.09 7 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 1063.24 8 Robert Klein, Dunn Loring VA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 1021.44 8 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hollywood FL 1058.68 9 , Silver Spring MD; , Arlington VA 1021.29 9 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Steve Scott, Phoenix AZ 1051.23 9 Jess Stuart - Lois Stuart, West Chester PA 1021.29 10 , Toronto ON; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 1049.20 11 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA 1018.55 11 - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 1040.38 12 Paul Cornelius, Redwood City CA; Shih-Ming Shih, San Jose CA 1015.97 12 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 1032.29 13 Noble Shore, Pittsburgh PA; Adam Meyerson, Los Angeles CA 1014.60 13 Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel, Saugus MA; Randy Corn, Bellevue WA 1027.67 14 John Potter, Panama City FL; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hts OH 1006.91 14 Carol Pincus, Las Vegas NV; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 1026.15

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX ZZ EAST-WEST

1 , Pebble Beach CA; , Santa Cruz CA 1214.39 1 , New York NY; , San Francisco CA 1181.11 2 Ann Labe, Vancouver WA; Bruce Ferguson, San Francisco CA 1127.34 2 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 1175.11 3 R Craig Hemphill - John Landry, Jacksonville FL 1108.34 3 Mark Aquino - Paul Kinney, Jamaica Plain MA 1121.11 4 Suleyman Kolota, Istanbul Turkey; Yalcin Atabey, Selomigesme Isto Turkey 1101.89 4 Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; , Miami FL 1102.89 5 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Walter Schafer Jr, Norwalk CA 1101.61 5 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; David Becher, Swampscott MA 1100.61 6 , San Antonio TX; Hemant Lall, Plano TX 1096.34 6 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 1078.16 7 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Los Altos CA 1093.89 7 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; , Tucson AZ 1076.61 8 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, West Linn OR 1083.89 8 Dennis Sorensen, Portland OR; David Adams, Kennesaw GA 1067.89 9 Peter Grover, Aurora OH; Brian Ellis, Twinsburg OH 1082.01 9 Ralda St Pierre - John Erickson, Houston TX 1058.95 10 Betty Rossmann, Portland OR; Tony Glynne, Vancouver WA 1074.39 10 Paul Schroeder, New Berlin WI; Dick Benson, Le Roy IL 1042.84 11 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; James O’Neil, Palo Alto CA 1060.84 11 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London England 1041.84 12 Donald Stack, Shawnee Mission KS; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 1045.39 12 Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; George Colter, Fredericton NB 1036.11 13 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Martha Stewart Lucas, Milledgeville GA 1037.16 13 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM 1035.11 14 William Wood - Jill Wood, Pleasanton CA 1034.89 14 Stephen Lippmann - Janet Lippmann, Hastings Hdsn NY 1028.66 15 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 1029.00 15 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Marshall Tuly, Fairfield OH 1019.11 16 Ken Cohen - Charles Gray, Philadelphia PA 1015.00 16 David Treadwell, Wilmington DE; Varis Carey, Ithaca NY 1016.61 17 Andy Stark - Franco Baseggio, New York NY 1011.84 17 , Las Vegas NV; , Hollywood FL 1013.00 18 Michael Gilbert - Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 1005.89 18 Paul Meerschaert, Tonka Bay MN; Dave Anderson, Tampa FL 1010.11 19 Richard Lesage, Verdun QC; Jean Castonguay, Lery QC 993.80 19 Charles Urban, Fayetteville AR; , Northfield IL 996.49 20 Sidney Lazard - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 990.50 20 Atul Jain, Fairfax VA; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 994.66 21 Vandana Vidwans, Mountain View CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA 979.89 21 Robert Jackson - Sharon Pobloske, Bensenville IL 994.61 Page 8 Daily Bulletin

EDUCATION FOUNDATION KO TEAMS FRIDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS Bracket 1 16 Teams 48 Pairs John Fout - Joyce Sillins - Jonathan Greenspan, New York NY; ABC Jim Looby, Burbank CA vs 9.52 1 1 Flora Schwartz - Beverly Kruger, West Bloomfield MI 277.50 Robert Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Barry Harper, Regina SK; 7.14 2 Giles Belski - Betty Burt, N Myrtle Bch SC 261.50 Carolyn Jackson, Sugar Land TX; Robert Parasian, Jatinegara, 5.36 3 Jack Harris, Manhasset NY; Gary Paston, Syosset NY 252.50 Indonesia 4.43 4 2 Kenneth Moen, Guelph ON; John Cook, Toronto ON 251.50 3.32 5 3 Greg Caucutt - Genny Rice, Rochester MN 251.00 James Murphy, Chesapeake VA; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; 2.26 6 Tom Urso - Nancy Urso, Aston PA 249.50 Bryan Storey, Plano TX; Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 2.18 4/5 Sue Becker - Boots Frey, Canton OH 235.00 vs 2.18 4/5 John Shufelt - Jean Shufelt, Newport RI 235.00 James Marsh Sternberg, West Palm Bch FL; Allan Cokin, Coral 3.36 6 1 Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; Gayle Cole, Birmingham AL 231.50 Springs FL; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Armand Barfus, Port St 2.52 2 Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA; Louis Richardson, Metairie LA 219.50 Lucie FL; Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 1.89 3 Gerald Greene, Chicago IL; Frances Owens, Mobile AL 209.50 Bracket 2 16 Teams 1.42 4 Joy Cogburn, Bertram TX; Mary Weiser, Pottsboro TX 205.50 Roy Baughman, Pantego TX; Charles Richards - James Bauer, 1.06 5 Thomas Kennedy - Julia Kennedy, Levering MI 204.50 Dallas TX; Mike Miller, Temple TX vs 1ST FRIDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS Terry Currie - Jeanette Magid, Houston TX; Richard Gross, 76 Teams Pensacola FL; George Szeszycki Jr, Miami FL ABC Tomi Fitzgerald, Plano TX; Diane Schaffer, Frisco TX; James La 11.64 1 1 Lois Zeisler, Fairfield CT; Terry Brewster - Aimee Housholder, Fountain, Temple TX; Jon Richard Ware, New Braunfels TX Trumbull CT; Sandra De Martino, Riverside CT 107.00 vs 8.73 2 Marion Fleming - Jerry Fleming, Los Alamos NM; Chuck Wilkinson, John Markey II, Raleigh NC; Sarah Jones-Chambers, Chapel Hill Jackson MS; Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; George Retek, Montreal QC 106.00 NC; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 6.55 3 Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM; , Las Vegas NV; - Bobby Wolff, Dallas TX 100.00 Bracket 3 16 Teams Elton Lipnick - Susan Munn - June Ardoin, Houston TX; Atsuko 4.91 4 , Barnet VT; Jean Johnson, Devonshire Bermuda; Bill Nakamura, Pearland TX Souster, Newport Gwent So Great Britain; Stuart Shalom, vs Altrincham Great Britain 95.00 Tommy Latham, White House TN; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; 3.68 5 Jay Gibson, Benbrook TX; Annette McCarty, Irving TX; James Rebecca Barnes, Franklin TN; Carol Cox, Nashville TN Bauer, Dallas TX; Mike Miller, Temple TX 91.00 Walter Tauber, Longmeadow MA; Harriet Smith, Shreveport LA; 2.76 6 Carol Hamilton - James Hamilton - Douglas Drew - Lee Emmer, Molly Harris, Portland OR; Patricia Laflin, Camas WA Sarasota FL 89.00 vs 2.07 7 James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Kotomi Asakoshi, Tokyo Japan; Sachiho Neda, Funabashi Japan; Richard Anderson - Janice Anderson, Regina SK; Fred Buckman - Kosaka Yasuko, -Shi, Japan; Toshiko Nishi, Zushi Harriette Buckman, Lincolnwood IL 88.00 Japan 6.94 8 2 1 Jill Rosen, Greenwich CT; Susan Sekulow, Scarsdale NY; Hope Bracket 4 16 Teams Furth - Jane Silver, White Plains NY 84.00 Charles Gill - Carol Garnett, St Petersburg FL; B Horiguchi - 5.20 3 2 Laurence Angell - Joanne Angell - Katherine Richards - Norma Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA Temple, Birmingham AL 83.00 vs 3.90 4 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA; Joel Margaret Shore, La Quinta CA; William Leonard - Lu Anne Castoriano, McErcer Island WA; Patricia LaCerva, Waveland MS 82.00 Leonard, Rancho Mirage CA; Lee Millard, Los Angeles CA 2.93 5 Larry Laibson, Roswell GA; Karen Fabel, Boca Raton FL; Jim Larry Paul - Merle Holmes, Conway SC; Annette Wallace, Longs Cahalan, Isle of Palms SC; Peter Neufeld, Delray Beach FL 77.00 SC; Evelyn Brandon, Myrtle Beach SC 2.20 6 Carla Burke - E.Jonathan Scharf, Pensacola FL; Carol Guimond - vs Kay Huke, Gulf Breeze FL 75.00 Jerry Newcomb - Carolyn Newcomb, Littleton CO; Bill Beard - 2.24 3/5 Donna Mann - Mary Moore - Sally Floyd, Kingwood TX; Mary Drew, Lori Beard, Denver CO Spring TX 67.00 Bracket 5 16 Teams 2.24 3/5 Jack Preall, Rochester NY; Gloria Donatto, New Orleans LA; Judy William Nabors, Colorado Springs CO; Dave Appel, Denver CO; Brock, Sierra Madre CA; Sharon Beran, Huntington Bh CA 67.00 Anita Carlson - Neil Hunter, Santa Fe NM 2.24 3/5 Bill Carson - Katherine Trubey, Little Switzerland NC; B Susan vs Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Guy Ross, Little Switzerland NC 67.00 Norm Gordon, Dol-des-Ormeaux QC; Peter Neufeld, Delray 1.22 6 Arthur Falk - Sue Falk, New York NY; Frances Blau - Nicki Beach FL; Jim Cahalan, Isle of Palms SC; Larry Laibson, Deutsch, Somers NY 60.00 Roswell GA; James Hawkes, Charleston SC; Karen Fabel, Boca Raton FL FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Bracket 6 16 Teams 22 Pairs Brady Lotridge - Roy Boucvalt, New Orleans LA; Vicki Willis, ABC Houma LA; David Baskin, El Dorado Hills CA 2.97 1 1 1 Bill Grisham - Vi Grisham, Algonquin IL 100.50 vs 2.23 2 2 Christopher Hayes, Allen TX; Yvonne Hayes, San Antonio TX 99.00 Sharon Gary - Lillian Zisook - Roland Vaught, Memphis TN; Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN 1.67 3 3 2 Martha Noyes - Rosede Olson, Chicago IL 97.50 1.25 4 4 Eileen Sharpe, Warwick Bermuda; Jacqueline Swan, Paget Bermuda 94.50 Edward Foran, Marietta GA; Edward Wilson, Monsey NY; Paul 0.94 5 5 3 Alison Andrews - Sandy Smith, Birmingham AL 94.00 Fagan, Suffern NY; , Atlanta GA 0.74 6 Alice Gianakos, Waynesboro VA; Elba Gutekunst, Dallas TX 90.50 vs Lori Jacobs - Maggie Shenkin - Angela Arnone - Sheldon Zimbler, Boca Raton FL; Ellen Miller, Highland Park IL NABC+ entries Bid Box Alerts In order to play in NABC+ events (nationally Bracket 7 16 Teams and Announcements Richard Bagnetto - Eileen Bagnetto, Marrero LA; Dorothy Van rated events with no upper masterpoint limit), a Alstyne - Patricia Kessler, New Orleans LA player’s ACBL membership dues or Life Master When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that vs service fees must be current. players tap the Alert strip and say AAlert@ at the Dot Davis, Winter Park FL; Michiko Takenaka, Orlando FL; same time. Christine Caine, Rainbow City AL; Daniel Gubin, Coosada AL These events pay platinum points and the entry is $15.50 per player per session. When making an announcement, use the 7.71 3/4 Dot Davis, Winter Park FL; Michiko Other nationally rated events (those with an announcement word — such as Atransfer@ — and Takenaka, Orlando FL; Christine Caine, Rainbow City AL; upper masterpoint limit, such as the 0-1500 Mini- tap the Alert strip at the same time. Daniel Gubin, Coosada AL A player who Alerts or announces a bid should 7.71 3/4 James Wandler - Jeannie Wandler, Saskatoon Knockout Teams) pay red and gold SK; David Wandler, Port Williams NS; Jean Beveridge, Canning points. The entry is $14 per player per session for make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or NS players whose ACBL membership dues or Life announcement has been made. 3.47 5/8 Ralph Chesson - Dianne Chesson - Angelina Lascola, New Orleans LA; Martha Gause - Lynne Hand, Metairie Master service fees are current – or $16 per player LA per session for all others. Slow Play Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful Bracket 8 16 Teams Karen Verdirame - Elaine Martin - Dennis Martin, Omaha NE; Notice to players play, is discourteous to your opponents – and to all Gary Martin, Spring Hill FL Each player must have an ACBL convention other competitors as well. Players and pairs who vs card filled out and on the table. Please note that take more than their allotted time are subject to Paul Klaverkamp, Nisswa MN; Jeffrey Brauchle, Orono MN; penalty. Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN; R Chiodo - Lou Ann Chiodo, other types of convention cards, such as the WBF Tucson AZ convention card or homemade cards that do not suf- In general, pairs who are rarely late will be ficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or not acceptable substitutes. pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. Daily Bulletin Page 9

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0-5 PAIRS Bill Parrish - Lenora Parrish, Woodway TX; Mickey Britt, 15 Pairs Tallahassee FL; Charlotte Weathers, Roanoke Rapid NC 1.05 1 William White - Chris Dunham, Lutz FL 53.17 vs Robert Wooderson - Sid Leblanc - Suzanne Wooderson - Mary 0.79 2 Anne Fitzmorris, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Jan Collova, Tequesta FL 51.52 Leblanc, Kenner LA 0.59 3 William Morgan - Helen Morgan, Baton Rouge LA 50.77 0.44 4 Carmen Cusano, Hobe Sound FL; Kathleen Duplantis, Loranger LA 46.05 Bracket 9 12 Teams 0.37 5 Carol Perrin - Janie Brandt, Baton Rouge LA 44.03 Kathy Buford, Collierville TN; John Shanks - Chuck Evans - Ilene Markell, Memphis TN FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS vs Iola Young - Sharon Ordoyne - Shirley Laudun - Dorothy Le 32 Pairs Blanc, Metairie LA; Anne Dunn, River Ridge LA AB 2.63 1 Peter Tracy, Longboat Key FL; Sherry Tracy, Columbia Falls MT 78.00 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ; Nancy 1.97 2 1 Emmanuel Benjamin III - William Kearney III, New Orleans LA 76.50 Smith, Marietta GA; Nancy Motes, Sandy Springs GA 1.48 3 Jo Ann Gros, Lafayette LA; Lorraine Dowdell, New Iberia LA 72.90 vs Guy Ross, Lte Switzerland NC; Katherine Trubey - Bill Carson, 1.11 4 2 Stephanie Cook, Dothan AL; Sally Cook, Morgantown WV 72.50 Ltl Switzrlnd NC; B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC 0.95 5 3 Mildred White, Jackson MS; Hilda Holt, Brandon MS 72.00 0.55 6/7 Daniel Poret, Ville Platte LA; Jeanette Hutchinson, Lafayette LA 70.50 RENO COMPACT KO TEAMS 0.67 6/7 Charles Bardelis, Falmouth MA; Judy Velasquez, Colorado Springs CO 70.50 Bracket 1 16 Teams 0.55 4 James Kyker - Martha Kyker, Jackson MS 68.10 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Deborah Drury, Vero Beach FL; Rosemary Searcy, Lees Summit MO; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH BIG BRANCH SIDE GAME vs 92 Pairs Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; ABC Stephen Aarons, Toronto ON; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 8.49 1 Judy Singer, Scarborough ON; Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON 148.00 6.37 2 Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 146.50 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Jonathan Rivet, Wheaton IL; 4.78 3 Richard Taube, Marietta GA; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 146.00 Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC; Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ vs 6.07 4 1 Joseph Wakefield - Jean Wakefield, Flatts Bermuda 141.00 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; 2.69 5 Elizabeth King - Robert King, Princeton NJ 140.00 William Hunter, Reading MA; Jeff Overby, Key West FL 2.01 6 Kathy Schenk - Marvin Schenk, Phoenix AZ 135.00 4.55 2 Anna Chelchowski - Richard Fokes, London ON 132.00 Daryl Fisher, New Orleans LA; Jennie Sauviac, Metairie LA; 3.41 3 Othella Muzzio - Henry Muzzio Jr, Flower Mound TX 131.00 Mary Jo Butt - Charlie Robert, Baton Rouge LA vs 3.79 4 1 August Bagert, Metairie LA; Michael Martin, New Orleans LA 128.50 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Franky Karwur - Santje Panelewen, 2.84 5 2 Sharon Bain - David Kroft, Thornhill ON 128.00 Manado Sulawesi Indonesia; Dixie Hsu, San Luis Obispo CA 1.59 6 Bernard Zions, FL; Georgene Cronin, Rochester Hills MI 126.50 2.13 3 Jean Cravey, Palestine TX; Linda Volz, El Reno OK 118.00 Norm Hostetler - Daniel Till, Lincoln NE; Alan Resser, Chicago 1.60 4 Cristina Tita, MI; Stephannie Russo, New York NY 110.50 IL; Gary Williams, Milwaukee WI 1.05 5/6 M.Sneed Lary Jr - Gary Shepley, Houston TX 110.00 vs John Russell, North Barringto IL; Bernace DeYoung, Miami FL; 1.05 5/6 Jean Russo, New Orleans LA; Beverly Karl, Metairie LA 110.00 Elbert Moore, Crofton KY; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN

FRIDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS Bracket 2 16 Teams 14 Teams John Bortins, Louisville CO; Nancy Benamati, Arvada CO; Paul ABC Frean, New York NY; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO 3.39 1 1 Rosalie Corbett, Des Peres MO; Page Jackson - Margaret Baldwin - vs Barbara Rosenthal, Scottsdale AZ; Josi Williams - Cheryl Ted Baldwin, Saint Louis MO 66.00 Schwartz - Chris Champion, Colorado Springs CO 2.54 2 2 1 Marke Antonsen - Barbara Antonsen, Maple Ridge BC; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI; Stephen Kalstein, Birmingham MI 56.00 Audrey Hansman, Menasha WI; Gail Schilling, Kaukauna WI; C 1.91 3 3 Roy Labourdette Jr - David Woods, New Orleans LA; Stephanie Garvey, Appleton WI; Dorothy Foucault, Greenleaf WI Cook, Dothan AL; Sally Cook, Morgantown WV 48.00 vs Mary Witt, Simsbury CT; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; E Lewis - 1.43 4 4 Kathleen Savino - Cathy Rantz, New Orleans LA; Anne Meleton - E. Janet Catsonis, Charleston WV Ruth Deville, Lafayette LA 45.00 0.94 5/6 5/6 Howard Lindsey - Jane Murtishaw, Dickinson TX; Meriedith Pfister Lynne Cook, Wyandotte MI; Georgene Cronin, Rochester Hills - Lynn Weber, Houston TX 44.00 MI; John Shufelt - Jean Shufelt, Newport RI 0.94 5/6 5/6 Karen Alvarado, Kingwood TX; Kay Humphries - Hugh Humphries, vs Bellaire TX; Jayne Davis, Tomball TX 44.00 Beth Keeney - Sara Mantel, Fayetteville NC; Janet Sten, Alcoa TN; Patricia Dreinhoefer, Knoxville TN

FRIDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL; Jackie McCracken, Gainesville 28 Pairs FL; Stephen Czecha, Potomac MD; Larry Barr, Los Alamos NM ABC vs 2.52 1 1 1 Hy Datloff - Muriel Datloff, Baco Raton FL 165.42 Amos Foster, Westerly RI; Sally Kirtley - Sonja Smith, North 1.89 2 2 Lewis Lipscomb - Mildred White, Jackson MS 141.20 Granby CT; Jonna Robinson, Burlington VT 1.42 3 3 2 Zia Mian, Kingston-6, Jamaica; Howard Hamilton, Coral Spring FL 138.30 Bracket 3 16 Teams 1.06 4 Dean Dechert, Temecula CA; Kenneth Dye, Sna Francisco CA 134.90 Victor Papai - Maurice Hoban - Opal Jost - Robert Adams, South 0.80 5 Kathryn Clifton, Pensacola FL; Karen Groce, Savannah GA 129.80 Bend IN 0.63 6 Charles Bardelis, Falmouth MA; Judy Velasquez, Colorado Spgs CO 128.15 vs 0.69 4 Martha Kyker - James Kyker, Jackson MS 112.45 Clifford Lardinois, San Rafael CA; Robin Hillyard, Natick MA; Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Shirley Teather, Ottawa ON 0.52 5 Mary Groves - Frank Groves Jr, Baton Rouge LA 110.20 0.46 3 Fred Sutherland - Kathryn Sutherland, Shelton WA 107.75 Chao-Wang Chiang - Carole Chiang, Rapid City SD; Opal Thurman, Lawton OK; Ping Lee, Shawnee Mission KS HARRAH’S STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS vs 84 Pairs George Retos Jr, Washington PA; Darlene Mannheimer, Carnegie ABC PA; Catherine Thompson - Robert Quinlan, Pittsburgh PA 21.70 1 Ellen Gabriel - Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 388.27 Sally Blewett - Betty Long, Beaumont TX; Vada Gates, 16.28 2 Elizabeth Marion, High Point NC; Rachel Herman, Thomasville NC 384.39 Shreveport LA; Larry Johnson, Minneapolis MN 12.21 3 1 Carl Sharp, Chicago IL; David Robinson, Granbury TX 381.63 vs 9.15 4 Mary Santini-Ritt, Newton MA; Melvin Marcus, Framingham MA 377.83 Monica Hopper - Jane Mc Gloin, Rocky Hill CT; Marilyn Kay, 6.87 5 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 375.40 Middletown CT; Marguerite Zahoruiko, Palermo ME 8.42 6 2 1 Roy Boucvalt - Brady Lotridge, New Orleans LA 368.92 Mary Bray - Gladys Hardcastle - Kenneth Hardcastle, Atlanta 6.31 7 3 Michael Hovastak, Smyrna GA; Cheryl Jackson, Spring Hill KS 367.26 GA; Thomas Paul Scarpello, Alpharetta GA 3.76 8 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; William Hunter, Reading MA 365.67 vs 4.73 4 2 Percy Wu, Chesterfield MO; Susan Rechter, Saint Louis MO 363.81 Johnnie Dayton, Lubbock TX; John Posluszny - Merl Needham, 3.55 5 3 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, Toronto ON 362.79 Littleton CO; Florine Davis, Floydada TX 2.80 6 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 359.67 Bracket 4 16 Teams 2.76 4 Frank Corredine - Barry Norman, Slidell LA 349.25 Glenda Gordon, Marquette MI; Kerry Hicks, Dominion NS; 2.29 5 Elizabeth Rzekec - Zenon Wachowicz, Buffalo Grove IL 338.51 Wilma Simpson, Kentville NS; Georgia Sampson, Woodlands TX 1.80 6 David Legrow, Eagleville PA; E Hale, Rolla MO 337.81 vs Gary Shepley - M.Sneed Lary Jr - Carlys Swenn - Martha Sanders, Houston TX Page 10 Daily Bulletin

Dorothy Anderson, Wetumpka AL; Fred Steger Jr, Montgomery FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS AL; John Schnablegger - Michael Ritza, Sault Ste Marie ON 42 Pairs vs ABC Judith Lopez, Houston TX; Marie-Anne Johnson, Dallas TX; Jane Rakigjija, Houma LA; Mary Boudreaux, 4.38 1 Cathy Seidner, New York NY; Claudia McDonald, Williamsburg VA 111.50 3.29 2 John Taylor, Lago Vista TX; Sue Gerard, Mexico 104.71 Beverly Gaudet - Terry Gaudet - James Bernhard - Barbara 3.06 3 1 Jerry Sipher, Palm Desert CA; Lois Tulenko, Gainesville FL 103.43 Bernhard, Lafayette LA 2.30 4 2 1 Howard Lindsey - Jane Murtishaw, Dickinson TX 100.71 vs 1.72 5 3 Becky Ellisor - Milton Ellisor, Houston TX 100.70 Betty Scott - Georgia Loe, Jackson MS; Edna Holland, Ridgeland 1.34 6 4 2 Peter Tracy, Longboat Key FL; Sherry Tracy, Columbia Falls MT 100.64 MS; Frances McCain, Bolton MS 0.97 5 Shay Ura, Plano TX; Bob Ingebritson, Carrollton TX 100.29 Louise Brandon - Gaylen Beatty - Beth Pepe - Barbara Glaser, 1.04 6 3 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Sharon Madson, Scottsdale AZ 97.79 Mandeville LA 0.76 4 Kenneth Dye, San Francisco CA; Dean Dechert, Temecula CA 97.00 vs William Farnan, Ormond Beach FL; Marvin Kindy, Port Orange FRIDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 1ST SESSION FL; Terry Smith, Jacksonville FL; Linda Stuart, Gainesville FL 40 Pairs Bracket 5 13 Teams ABC Richard Hughes - Banner Hughes, Seabrook Island SC; Diane 4.55 1 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jim Linhart, Delray Beach FL 112.79 Lehder - Will Lehder, Kiawah Island SC 3.94 2 1 Geoffrey Cross, Fernandina FL; Marianne Cross, Fernandina Beach FL 110.00 vs 3.34 3 2 1 Marie Berggren - Gunnar Gothberg, Orebra Sweden 99.86 Daniel Wilderman - Ryan Connors, New York NY; John Dunlap, 1.92 4 John Moser, St Agatha ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 99.50 New Smyrna Beach FL; Evelyn Farnan, Ormond Beach FL 2.22 5 3 Larry King, Grass Valley CA; Maxine Musick, Chicago Park CA 97.93 Steven Tuggle - Cheri Staples - Bob Lester - Linda Howard, 1.66 6 4 Nicholas Potts, Owensboro KY; Joseph Hendon, Henderson KY 97.36 Houston TX 2.51 5 2 Terry Briscoe, Cincinnati OH; Donald Etson, Hamilton OH 97.07 vs 1.88 6 3 Arnt Blix - Joann Hansen, Norway 96.00 Janet Grove, Hillsborough CA; Linda Schwarz - Christine 1.41 4 Marie Asmussen - Johan Asmussen, Virum Denmark 95.50 Hevener - Robert Hevener, San Mateo CA 1.06 5 William Fogel, Portland ME; Earle Miller, Lisle IL 94.43 Stephan Juliusburger, Ireland Island Bermuda; Clifford Alison, 0.79 6 Seth Cohen, New York NY; Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL 89.50 Somerset Bermuda; Craig Hutton, Hamilton Bermuda; Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME vs 47 Pairs Diane Bastian - Joe Bastian - Mary Ellen Pasquale - Lawrence ABC Chambers, Chapel Hill NC vs 5.16 1 1 Martin Luis Guzman - Moises Ganc, Mexico 133.00 Mary Fisher - Michaele Olesen - Linda Moses, Scottsdale AZ; 3.87 2 Dale Dye - Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 131.06 Linda Davis, Palatine IL 2.90 3 Linda Bourquin - Chris Moll, Metairie LA 127.00 3.41 4 2 Jackie Cover - Sallie Jac Schafer, Newport Beach CA 126.00 RENO COMPACT KO CONSOLATION 3.64 5 3 1 Linda Wells - James Wells, Cordova TN 122.06 Bracket 1 8 Teams 2.05 6 4 Nancy Benamati, Arvada CO; John Bortins, Louisville CO 122.00 Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC; Evette Mashaal, Westmount QC; Roman Klein - Naveed Ather, Oakville ON 2.73 5 2 Carol Guy - Judith Clark, Virginia Beach VA 121.50 vs 2.05 6 3 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA 120.50 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Kanata ON; Henry Unglik - 1.54 4 Suzanne Bolotin, Evanston IL; Susan Halasi, Toronto ON 118.50 Lachman Advani, Ottawa ON 1.31 5 Marjorie Ezell - Louise Echavarria, Pass Christian MS 116.00 0.94 6 Patricia Betts - George Betts, Lake Suzy FL 115.50 Cynthia Glad - Don Glad - Thomas Land - Barbara McHarg, Seattle WA vs 1ST FRIDAY OPEN STRATIFIED PAIRS David Oakley - Gregory Chaffee, San Diego CA; Ahmed 96 Pairs Sorathia, Chino CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Coast CA ABC 23.10 1 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Lake Elsinore CA 394.50 Bracket 2 8 Teams 17.33 2 1 1 Patricia Heessels - William Heessels, Fort Lauderdale FL 378.46 Paul Pierce - Sharon Tyler, N Fort Myers FL; James Damon - Patricia Damon, Sidney ME 12.99 3 R Smith, Don Mills ON; Larry Cara, Thornhill ON 368.00 vs 9.75 4 2 2 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Daniel Creighton, Vicksburg MS 365.08 F. Marion Fletcher, Statesboro GA; Christopher Gennick, Owens 7.31 5 3 Jill Bromstead - Barry Bromstead, Alamo CA 361.00 X Rds AL; Vivien Harmon, Point Clear AL; Nancy Robinson, 5.48 6 Jon Coffee, Northville MI; Alexander Labry, Burnet TX 357.50 Fairhope AL 4.11 7 Francis Jenne, Massena NY; John McAdam, Ottawa ON 355.67 vs 3.08 8 Hilary Skolnik - Mel Skolnik, New York NY 351.96 Clair Chisler - Shirley Hooks, Montgomery AL; Joanne Rierson - Charlotte Rueschenberg, Birmingham AL 5.35 4 A Gorson - Norma Weiner, Philadelphia PA 350.50 4.02 5 3 Dorothy Costa - Kathleen Rein, Baton Rouge LA 348.55 Bracket 3 8 Teams 3.01 6 Bobbie Ann Miller - Mark Toney, Baton Rouge LA 348.50 Mary Jane Bright, Gulfport MS; James Hailey Jr - Marion Clerc - 2.94 4/5 August Bagert, Metairie LA; Michael Martin, New Orleans LA 345.00 William Moran, Pass Christian MS 3.15 4/5 Ellen Gordon - Sidney Gordon, Melrose Park PA 345.00 vs 2.86 6 Donald Campbell, Salem NY; Jeffrey Turner, Pittsfield MA 335.50 James Orme, Chesapeake VA; Carol Guy - Beth Brown - Judith Clark, Virginia Beach VA FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS Nora Burst - Letitia Wightman - Sonni Mauze - Sue George, 52 Pairs Saint Louis MO ABC vs 5.09 1 F Rodman Jr, Ocean City MD; S Rodman, Berlin MD 183.00 Jayne Paquette - Randolph Osstyn, Marquette MI; Pearl Feldman, Deerfield Beach FL; Rosemary Fariel, Highland Beach FL 4.53 2 1 1 Abe Zanayed - Ruth Zanayed, Hoover AL 166.00 3.40 3 2 Allen Prier - Betty Prier, Largo FL 160.50 Bracket 4 8 Teams 2.55 4 3 R Segerlind, Dallas TX; Elaine Luongo, Deerfield Beach FL 156.50 Robert Rose - Marcella Goul, Gulfport MS; Marjorie Ezell - 1.91 5 4 Lewis Lipscomb, Jackson MS; Richard Canan, Pelham AL 156.00 Louise Echavarria, Pass Christian MS 1.97 6 5 2 Sheila Middleton - Barbara Perkins, Milton MA 155.00 vs 1.14 6 Cynthia Struve - Clemens Struve, Corpus Christi TX 152.50 Marsha Devine - Vernon Devine, Minneapolis MN; Alan Johnston, Pharr TX; Trudy Johnston, Bloomington MN 1.47 3 Pat Burnett, Dalton GA; Gwendolyn Stengard, Rocky Face GA 147.00 1.11 4 Becky Ellisor - Milton Ellisor, Houston TX 145.50 Wendy Turk - Bill Johnson, Denver CO; Carole Carlson - David 0.98 5/6 Gary Kozan, Walls MS; Alan Wardroper, Australia 145.00 Carlson, Englewood CO 0.98 5/6 Janet Patterson, Metairie LA; Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 145.00 vs Patricia Riding, Smith’s Bermuda; Thea Price, Brooklyn NY; Flora Schnall - Marcia Beilin, New York NY Bracket 5 6 Teams The Business Side of Bridge Thomas Blanchard - Audrey Bruce, Metairie LA; Sue Balmer - Virginia Tamburo, New Orleans LA Successful Club manager Marti Ronemus vs NE Sondra Kae Goar - Hershel Goar, Burleson TX; Travis King - will help you develop a plan to make your W! 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FRENCH QUARTER KO TEAMS Bracket 6 16 Teams Stan Tankle - Susan Tankle, Myrtle Beach SC; Donna Belski, N Bracket 1 16 Teams Natalie Weintraub, Brigantine NJ; Shirley Rab, Atlantic City NJ; Myrtle Beach SC; Rosemarie Belisle, Groveton NH Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; James Marie Crompton, Egg Harbor Township NJ; Marylou McCarthy, vs Koley, Omaha NE; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Steve Longport NJ Roy Marsh - June Marsh, The Woodlands TX; Faye Boland, Gross, Westlake Village CA vs Huntsville TX; Georgia Sampson, Woodlands TX vs Carolyn Newcomb - Jerry Newcomb, Littleton CO; Lori Beard - vs Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia - Larry Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Bill Beard, Denver CO Sharon Gary - Lillian Zisook - Roland Vaught, Memphis TN; Jay Baum, Germantown TN; Jim Linhart, Delray Beach FL Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN vs F. Marion Fletcher, Statesboro GA; Christopher Gennick, Owens Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Crossroads AL; Vivien Harmon, Point Clear AL; Nancy Bracket 11 16 Teams Stephen Aarons, Toronto ON; Kathy Newman - Bert Newman, Robinson, Fairhope AL Bill Geary - Daisy Vandenburgh, New Orleans LA; Winnie West Bloomfield MI vs Wetterhall - Eleanor Willhard, Bountiful UT Patricia Anderson, Melrose MA; Judith Harrington, Saugus MA; vs Bracket 2 16 Teams Nancy Donaldson, Beverly MA; Sandy Sloan, Ipswich MA Lawton Hutchison - Dean Truair - Ellen Meyer, Austin TX; Wiley Michael Walrath, Keller TX; Gail Wells, Plano TX; Marion vs McMinn III, Pass Christian MS Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Jack Smith, Dallas TX Perrie Kay Avery - Vickie Thomas - Clara Bunning - Robley vs Mangney, Cheyenne WY Inger Blount, Horseshoe Bay TX; Jeanette Hughes - Shirley Peggy Allen, Chevy Chase MD; Dixie Hsu, San Luis Obispo CA; Naumann, Marble Falls TX; Virginia Ray, Meadowlakes TX Franky Karwur - Santje Panelewen, Manado Sulawesi Indonesia; Larry Mohr, Woodside CA; John Bronson, Scottsdale AZ; Elton vs Robert Parasian, Jatinegara Indonesia Lipnick - Susan Munn, Houston TX Mary Henderson - Gladys Gill, London ON; Jane Young - Donna vs Harrison, Columbia MO Marina Polestra, Boston MA; Ronnie Ferestien, Waban MA; Jack Lewis Jr, Luling LA; Sigurd Nordvoll, New Orleans LA; Madeline Bloom, Boynton Beach FL; Marlene Keliher, Chestnut Ronald Berenger - Anne Plauche, Metairie LA Bracket 12 12 Teams Hill MA Wallace Fleetwood - Penny Fleetwood - Alice Milton - Robert vs Bracket 7 16 Teams Milton, Metairie LA Paul Nimmons - Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX; Jim Senter - James Damon - Patricia Damon, Sidney ME; Paul Pierce - Sharon vs Gale Senter, Laguna Niguel CA Tyler, N Fort Myers FL Richard Bagnetto - Eileen Bagnetto, Marrero LA; Stacey Hunter - vs Patricia Kessler, New Orleans LA Davis Peters, Canton GA; Joan Braender, Newnan GA; William Bill Blackburn - Margaret Blackburn, Naples FL; John Cassidy, Allison, Atlanta GA; Charles Galloway, Bolton ON Myrtle Beach SC; Gil Mahla, Hartwell GA Jane Dickey - Mike Compton, Little Rock AR; Col Anthony vs Russo, Colorado Springs CO; Jim Wilson, Colorado Springs CO Melanie Tucker - John Kranyak, New York NY; Kevin Bathurst, Patricia Hurlbert, Santa Ynez CA; Alex Hong, Scarborough ON; vs Columbia SC; John Hurd, Charleston SC Hao Ge, Cleveland OH; Shi Yan, Burnaby BC Karen Verdirame - Dennis Martin - Elaine Martin, Omaha NE; vs Gary Martin, Spring Hill FL Bracket 3 16 Teams James Orme, Chesapeake VA; Beth Brown - Joyce Strelitz, Jim Howie - Deborah Thomas-Howie, Etobicoke ON; Gerald Virginia Beach VA; Doris Riley, Norfolk VA Bracket 13 12 Teams Mindell, Chicago IL; Myles Walsh, Buzzards Bay MA Willis Mitchell, Dearborn MI; Carol Sullivan, Westland MI; Jerry vs Beverly Schultz, Clifton Park NY; Diane Burger, Troy NY; Sipher, Palm Desert CA; Robert Victor, Palm Springs CA Carole Weinstein-Gorsey, Acton MA; Susan Winkler - Walter Maryclare Devlin, Delmar NY; Ruth Anderson, Glenmont NY vs Spiewak, Amherst NH; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA vs Janet Sanborn - Alice Ernster - Janet Conway, Chatfield MN; Florence Macleod, Sydney NS; Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY; Catherine Streiff, Rochester MN Joanne Rierson - Charlotte Rueschenberg, Birmingham AL; Elaine Mac Keigan, Georges River NS; Patricia Kent, Mahwah NJ Rosemary Searcy, Lees Summit MO; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro Lorraine Little - Shirley Prewitt - Jim Chaffee, Fort Worth TX; NH Bracket 8 15 Teams Dion Dubois, Dallas TX vs Al Blinder, Torrance CA; James Hawkes, Charleston SC; Vered vs Paul Sorensen - Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB; Walter Smith, West Rachman, Sunnyvale CA; Oded Korczyn, Palo Alto CA Steven Tuggle - Bob Lester - Cheri Staples - Linda Howard, Sand Lake NY; Sidney Golub, West Palm Beach FL vs Houston TX William Nabors, Colorado Springs CO; Neil Hunter - Anita Bracket 4 16 Teams Carlson, Santa Fe NM; Dave Appel, Denver CO Bracket 14 13 Teams Tommy Latham, White House TN; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Elizabeth Arthur - Michael Arthur, Pearl River LA; William Carol Cox, Nashville TN; Rebecca Barnes, Franklin TN Jerry Katz - Joann Katz, Cincinnati OH; Ausra Geaski, East Noland - John Dirriwachter, Slidell LA vs Hartford CT; Rita Wolak, Newport News VA vs Cynthia Hall - Donna Rieper, Destin FL; Gayle Starling, Ft vs Kathy Buford, Collierville TN; John Shanks - Chuck Evans - Walton Beach FL; Barbara Stone, Shalimar FL Daniel Sellers Jr - Christie Sellers, Mobile AL; Heather Coburn, Ilene Markell, Memphis TN Waterloo ON; Rana Ghadaki, Don Mills ON Hai Gates - Dee Berg, Arlington TX; John Mc Connell - Carol Olga Christensen, Margate City NJ; Doris Grabel, Ventnor City NJ; McConnell, Desoto TX Bracket 9 16 Teams Jacob Domowitz, Parkland FL; Lynne Kupperman, Longport NJ vs Clair Chisler - Shirley Hooks, Montgomery AL; Cynthia Keaton, vs Robert Hollow, Madoc ON; Sarah Jones-Chambers, Chapel Hill Coppell TX; Jacob Schuurman, Three Rivers MI Patricia Hayward, St David’s Bermuda; Elysa Burland, Warwick NC; John Markey II, Raleigh NC; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington vs Bermuda; Peggy Thompson, Southampton Bermuda; Patricia DE Herbert Fallin Jr - Jenny Rose, Alexandria VA; Jerry Krim - Jean Colmet, Pembroke Bermuda Valentine, Arlington VA Claude Williams, Madisonville KY; Thomas Carpenter, Fort Wayne IN; Anton Habash, Oxford OH; Mike Sloan, Sellersburg Jack Mayer - Fran Mayer - Ping Lee, Shawnee Mission KS; Opal IN Thurman, Lawton OK Parking information vs vs The New Orleans Marriott is discounting its John Burlison - Joan Dennis, Hollywood FL; Dick Duff, Denver Michael Nabrynski - Jennifer Nabrynski, Ashland MA; Bruce normal valet parking price for bridge players. The CO; Daniel Williams, Lighthouse Point FL Downing, Manchester NH; Mark Conner, Grantham NH parking rate for those parking for 10 or more hours, Bracket 5 16 Teams Clifford Lardinois, San Rafael CA; Robin Hillyard, Natick MA; but not parking overnight, will be $12 plus tax. Libby Boeye - Jim Stephenson - Marilyn Mac Donald - Bill Mac Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Shirley Teather, Ottawa ON Overnight parkers will pay a flat rate of $19 includ- Donald, Corpus Christi TX vs vs Jerry Currie - Maurice Geisel, New Orleans LA; Bonnie Griwach ing tax. Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Charles Coffin, Danville NH; - Mildred Meng, Metairie LA There is no self-parking at the hotel, so be sure David Willmott, Folsom CA; Sharron Hinckley, East Winthrop vs to allow for extra time needed for your car to be ME C Kay Teal, Richland WA; Marian Garrett, Bellevue WA; Louise brought to you. Goldberg - Marvin Goldberg, Sun City West AZ William Breslin - Rick Burton - Pat McMullin, Houston TX; There is an outdoor Julian Barr, Missouri City TX Bracket 10 16 Teams lot near the old Jax vs Peter Lombardo - Grace Lombardo, Stoneham MA; Rosalie Brewery building and an Jan Rubenstein, Sugar Land TX; Bobby Maynard - Janice Traster - Tony Traster, New York NY Henderson - Charles Markowitz, Houston TX vs indoor garage at Canal Patrick Cardullo, San Antonio TX; Michael Doll, Los Angeles Place which both offer Emile Heredia - Terry Oleske, New York NY; Joseph Bussen, CA; Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL; Linda Bell, Canada $15 overnight parking. 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FRIDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Kenneth Moen, Guelph ON; John Cook, Toronto ON 135.00 1 Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA; Anita Burgis, San Diego CA 124.00 2 2 Sue Becker - Boots Frey, Canton OH 133.00 2 Lynne Shah - Barat Shah, Plant City FL 122.50 3 Mike Sheldon - Bob Autrey, Marietta GA 128.50 3 1 1 Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; Gayle Cole, Birmingham AL 117.00 4 3 Leona Leyton - Philip Leyton, Jersey City NJ 116.50 4 2 Beverley Bernick - Ed Danziger, Willowdale ON 116.00 5 Phyllis Burstein, Cherry Hill NJ; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA 116.00 5 Jennifer Swimmer - Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 115.00 1 Robert Cheah - Ruby Cheah, Berkshire England 97.00 3 Amelie Le Blanc - Clyde James, New Orleans LA 110.50 2 G Richard Ramage Jr - Nancy Ramage, Downey CA 106.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Greg Caucutt - Genny Rice, Rochester MN 129.50 1 1 Flora Schwartz - Beverly Kruger, West Bloomfield MI 146.00 2 Giles Belski - Betty Burt, N Myrtle Bch SC 124.50 2 2 John Shufelt - Jean Shufelt, Newport RI 132.50 3 Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA; Harry Ross, Winter Spgs FL 120.50 3/4 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 111.50 4 Bob Bratcher, Vista CA; Derald Keetch, Fort Worth TX 118.50 3/4 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 111.50 5 2 Gertrud McLachlan, Tustin CA; Lorrie Schramm, Anaheim CA 114.50 5 3 1 Joy Cogburn, Bertram TX; Mary Weiser, Pottsboro TX 108.00 3 1 Gerald Greene, Chicago IL; Frances Owens, Mobile AL 112.50 2 Kaye Folsom - Jerome Brown, Oakland CA 107.00 LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS QUALIFIERS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS N O EAST-WEST 1 Lisa Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 780.06 1 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY 776.98 2 Roberta Magnus, Brooklyn NY; Linda Rothstein, New York NY 724.24 2 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Ames, Gaithersburg MD 742.92 3 Georgia Heth, Morton IL; Lisa Sievers, Champaign IL 716.20 3 Jacqui Mitchell - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 729.16 4 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA 706.52 4 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 724.98 5 Sharon Kern - Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 697.22 5 Jayne Thomas, Lutz FL; Barbara Nudelman, Chicago IL 715.78 6 Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL; Ellen Crawford, Las Vegas NV 696.56 6 Janet Daling, Seattle WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 697.44 7 Lee De Simone, Alexandria VA; Ginny Steele, Fort Collins CO 696.00 7 Cynthia Colin, New York NY; Deanna Goh, Peterborough ON 696.84 8 Esta Van Zandt - Pat Levy, Houston TX 689.90 8 Bette Wrona - Jennifer Gianera, San Diego CA 684.34 9 J’Neane Huey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 679.72 9 Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ 684.30 10 , Nashville TN; Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 676.66 10 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Bette Cohn, Sarasota FL 681.96 11 Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL 676.54 11 Barbara Lesser - Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA 678.30 12 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Harriel Shea, San Jose CA 675.80 12 Muriel Altus, Tampa FL; Myriam Milgrom, Miami FL 675.66 13 Kathy Harper, Atherton CA; Heather Cutting, Boulder Creek CA 665.14 13 Brenda Keller, Boise ID; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 675.38 14 Susan Wexler - G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 661.94 14 Ruth Stearns, Glendale WI; Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI 667.56 15 Deborah Cohen, Lisle IL; Eunice Rosen, Highland Park IL 653.16 15 Natsuko Nishida - Sachiko Yamamura, Tokyo Japan 665.48 16 Leslie Reynolds, Norwalk CA; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 652.60 16 Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY; Sandra Levine, New York NY 662.62

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P R EAST-WEST 1 Rhoda Walsh, Palm Desert CA; Cindy Marshall, Knoxville TN 758.50 1 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 779.50 2 Toby Bassett - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 744.00 2 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX 737.50 3 Candace Fowler Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Joan Eaton, Willowdale ON 711.00 3 Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC; Florence Rotman, N Miami Beach FL 735.00 4 Amalya Kearse, New York NY; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 701.50 4 Sylvia Moss, Kings Point NY; Linda Perlman, Loxahatchee FL 732.00 5 Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV; , Dallas TX 697.50 5 Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Robin Klar, Spring TX 722.00 6 Jody Castillo, Warsaw IN; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 697.00 6 Gail Greenberg - Laurie Vogel, New York NY 718.28 7 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Judy Kay, Narberth PA 690.00 7 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY 698.00 8 Ellen Oelsner - Judi Radin, New York NY 685.00 8 Jean Talbot - Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 696.50 8 Jan George, Las Vegas NV; Roni Gitchel, Pittsburgh PA 685.00 9 Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; Pamela Wild, Daytona Beach FL 696.00 10 Mizuko Tan Yamada - Toyoko Saito, Tokyo Japan 681.00 10 Karen Lee Barrett, Vancouver WA; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA 695.00 11 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Martha McGhee, Maitland FL 674.50 11 Jeanne Fisher, Clementon NJ; Janis Rush, Fort Lee NJ 689.00 12 Gail Nye, Palm City FL; Deborah Drury, Vero Beach FL 673.00 12 Harriet Eaton - Tina Tessaro, Miami FL 688.00 13 Ellen Melson Chicago IL; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 667.50 13 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 680.00 14 Ulker Mutlu, Clearwater FL; Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 660.50 14 Terry Michaels, Prairie Village KS; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 678.50 15 Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL; Ellie Miller, Covington LA 660.00 15 , Austin TX; Gladys Collier, East Hampton NY 663.50 16 Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL; Jackie McCracken, Gainesville FL 659.00 16 Virginia Munafo - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 661.50 SKINNY MILES NON-LIFE MASTER PAIRS QUALIFIERS 1 John Bondurant, Memphis TN; Paul Horn, Bradenton FL 379.62 2 Elaine Wood, Southlake TX; Claes Melin, Stockholm Sweden 360.50 3 Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda; Craig Hutton, Hamilton Bermuda 340.46 4 Linda Otness, Rye Brook NY; Livingston Johnson, Fairfax VA 339.96 5 John Schnablegger - Michael Ritza, Sault Ste Marie ON 338.81 6 Nicolas Hammond, Atlanta GA; Donald Etson, Hamilton OH 336.00 7 Sue Gerard, Mexico; John Taylor, Lago Vista TX 334.35 8 Stephan Juliusburger, Ireland Island Bermuda; Clifford Alison, Somerset Bermuda 333.27 9 Marie Berggren - Gunnar Gothberg, Orebro Sweden 331.96 10 Alex Ogan - Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH 326.73 11 Richard Smith - Darlene Smith, St Clair Shores MI 317.81 12 Ryan Connors - Daniel Wilderman, New York NY 317.42 13 Alfred Fortier III, Katy TX; Richard Muse, Hornell NY 311.73 14 Michael Goldman, Rockville MD; William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA 309.77 Gatlinburg, Tenn. — April 12–18 A bridge player’s true rite of spring: 7,424 tables this year, at a spacious convention center a half-mile from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Plan for an affordable week amid nature’s beauty — and an avalanche of . Scores of motels and restaurants within walking distance. Chairs: Marlene Wass (865) 966–3292, [email protected] and Judy Nolan (865) 380–8852, [email protected]. See fliers on information table, and visit the Mid-Atlantic on the Web: www.mabcbridge.org Daily Bulletin Page 13

LIFE MASTER PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P R EAST-WEST 1 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 604.20 1 Douglas Wagner - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL 584.26 2 Kay Schulle - Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY 601.92 2 Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 579.15 3 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC 587.48 3 Nels Erickson, Las Vegas NV; Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA 575.32 4 Ata Aydin - Ildeniz Ucan, Istanbul Turkey 583.68 4 Patricia Brodsky - Arthur Brodsky, Huntingtn Sta NY 568.45 5 Betty Parker - Freerk Polling, Jupiter FL 582.16 5 Jeff Overby, Key West FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 567.72 6 Koksoy Evver - Dogan Prfan, Ankara Turkey 578.36 6 Lars Goldberg - Ullabritt Goldberg, Stockholm Sweden 550.39 7 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Bryan Storey, Plano TX 556.32 7 Jane Sturgis, Laurel MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 540.69 8 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 549.48 8 Helene Blumenau, Dallas TX; Diane Schwartz, New Orleans LA 528.50 9 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; James Murphy, Chesapeake VA 535.04 9 Joan Vigdor - Charles Wolpert, Boynton Beach FL 520.14 10 Doug Fraser - Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 528.96 10 James Bottom, Russell Springs KY; Judith Harris, W Terre Haute IN 511.02 11 Ira Ewen, New York NY; Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY 522.12 11 Evette Mashaal, Westmount QC; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC 510.29

SKINNY MILES NON-LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST 1 John Bondurant, Memphis TN; Paul Horn, Bradenton FL 201.00 1 Richard Smith - Darlene Smith, St Clair Shrs MI 177.50 2 Linda Otness, Rye Brook NY; Livingston Johnson, Fairfax VA 183.50 2 John Schnablegger - Michael Ritza, Sault Ste Marie ON 174.50 3 William Fogel, Portland ME; Earle Miller, Lisle IL 179.00 3 Sue Gerard, Mexico; John Taylor, Lago Vista TX 170.50 4 Michael Goldman, Rockville MD; William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA 169.00 4 Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda; Craig Hutton, Hamilton Bermuda 166.00 5 Elaine Wood, Southlake TX; Claes Melin, Stockholm Sweeden 168.50 5 Donald Plorde, Port Ludlow WA; Dale Shepherd, Warsaw IN 164.00 6 David Wicks - Robert Arnett, Houston TX 162.50 6 Stephan Juliusburger, Ireland Island Bermuda; Clifford Alison, Somerset Bermuda 162.50

BIG BRANCH SIDE GAME SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Elizabeth King - Robert King, Princeton NJ 140.00 1 Judy Singer, Scarborough ON; Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON 148.00 2 1 Bernard Zions, Naples FL; Georgene Cronin, Rochester Hills MI 126.50 2 Kathy Schenk - Marvin Schenk, Phoenix AZ 135.00 3 Linda Bourquin - Chris Moll, Metairie LA 123.50 3 1 Anna Chelchowski - Richard Fokes, London ON 132.00 4 Sally Chapleau, South Bend IN; Dean Robinson, Indianapolis IN 112.00 4/5 Joan Stephens - Robin Stephens, Toronto ON 114.50 5/6 2/3 1/2 M.Sneed Lary Jr - Gary Shepley, Houston TX 110.00 4/5 Reanette Frobouck, Pittsburgh PA; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 114.50 5/6 2/3 1/2 Jean Russo, New Orleans LA; Beverly Karl, Metairie LA 110.00 2 1 Anna Cormier, Pinellas Park FL; Frieda Spinelli, Clearwater FL 106.50 3 Marie Jo Desbrandes, Baton Rouge LA; Franck Desbrandes, Sevres 98.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Bonn Tanner, Humble TX; Jan Hunt, Long Beach MS 131.00 1 Richard Taube, Marietta GA; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 146.00 2 Neva Kegel, Milwaukee WI; Marjorie Thien, Waukesha WI 121.00 2 Jack La Noue, New Orleans LA; Timothy Joder, Metairie LA 125.00 3 1 1 Jean Cravey, Palestine TX; Linda Volz, El Reno OK 118.00 3 1 Theodore Burns, Bremerton WA; Nile Gross, Metairie LA 122.50 4 2 Martin Luis Guzman - Moises Ganc, Mexico 117.00 4 2 Bill Morrison - Susy Morrison, Bartlesville OK 121.00 5 3 Wayne Merkel, Scarborough ON; Dan Jernigan, Chattanooga TN 114.00 5 George Barger - Peggy Barger, Hickory NC 114.00 4 2 Pat Spear - Donald Strupat, Toronto ON 108.00 3 Kenneth Kaufman - J J Armour, Derwood MD 112.50 1 Barbara McCormick, Polson MT; Gary Dayton, Loda IL 91.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Othella Muzzio - Henry Muzzio Jr, Flower Mound TX 131.00 1 Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 146.50 2 Dorothy Moore, Crofton KY; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 123.50 2 1 1 August Bagert, Metairie LA; Michael Martin, New Orleans LA 128.50 3 Guyleene Ebersole, Bellaire TX; Mike Watson, Houston TX 122.50 3 Rosemary Zonker, Elkhart IN; Art Ardy Bakshian, Plymouth MN 124.50 4 Lee Anderson - Dora Anderson, Shalimar FL 111.50 4 Sandra Nott - Joyce McMonagle, Memphis TN 120.00 2 1 Terry Briscoe, Cincinnati OH; Ruthanne Richter, Fairfield OH 109.50 2 2 Dodsworth Nill, New Roads LA; Jean Dampier, Oscar LA 104.50 3 Donna Gisondi - Nicholas Gisondi, Lebanon OH 104.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Joseph Wakefield - Jean Wakefield, Flatts Bermuda 141.00 1 Jim Cleary, Bloomfield CT; Brett Kunin, West Orange NJ 131.50 2 Donald Caplin - Sondra Caplin, Waltham MA 121.50 2 1 1 Sharon Bain - David Kroft, Thornhill ON 128.00 3 2 Bill Bauknight - Charles Bauknight, Anderson SC 113.00 3 2 Matthew Hoskins - Elizabeth Hoskins, Shoreham England 124.00 4 Marilyn Loesberg, New York NY; Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 112.50 4 3 Arlene Leshine, Branford CT; Fredda Kelly, Orange CT 116.50 3 1 Lynn O’Neill, Warwick Bermuda; Audrey Smith, Paget Bermuda 109.50 2 Cristina Tita, Detroit MI; Stephannie Russo, New York NY 110.50 2 Viktoria Renaud - Charles Renaud, Hamilton ON 103.50

FRIDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Lewis Lipscomb - Mildred White, Jackson MS 141.20 1 1 1 Hy Datloff - Muriel Datloff, Baco Raton FL 165.42 2 2 1 Zia Mian, Kingston-6, Jamaica; Howard Hamilton, Coral Spring FL 138.30 2 Dean Dechert, Temecula CA; Kenneth Dye, Sna Francisco CA 134.90 3 Charles Bardelis, Falmouth MA; Judy Velasquez, Colorado Spgs CO 128.15 3 Kathryn Clifton, Pensacola FL; Karen Groce, Savannah GA 129.80 4 Jan Bruinooge - Bonnie Bruinooge, Maple Grove MN 124.75 4 Patrick Beard - Eddie Beard, Metairie LA 114.90 5 Jane McCoy, Pleasanton CA; Don Dachner Jr, Tracy CA 118.15 5 Janet Blume - Darnell Blume, Ramsey MN 113.80 6 3 Gene Lindner - Darlene Lindner, Belle Chasse LA 110.15 6 2 Martha Kyker - James Kyker, Jackson MS 112.45 4 2 Fred Sutherland - Kathryn Sutherland, Shelton WA 107.75 3 Mary Groves - Frank Groves Jr, Baton Rouge LA 110.20 2 Judith Durel, Gretna LA; Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA 101.50

FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Bill Grisham - Vi Grisham, Algonquin IL 100.50 1 1 Christopher Hayes, Allen TX; Yvonne Hayes, San Antonio TX 99.00 2 2 2 Martha Noyes - Rosede Olson, Chicago IL 97.50 2 2 Eileen Sharpe, Warwick Bermuda; Jacqueline Swan, Paget Bermuda 94.50 3 3 Alison Andrews - Sandy Smith, Birmingham AL 94.00 3 3 Alice Gianakos, Waynesboro VA; Elba Gutekunst, Dallas TX 90.50 4 J Sue Gagliardi, Ft Walton Bch FL; Gary Carter, Destin FL 86.00 4/5 A. Richard Devaul, College Station TX; Elizabeth Ward, Bryan TX 89.50 4 Janice Tingler - Barbara Bowerman, Anchorage AK 85.00 4/5 4 1 Nadine Kazimi, Lakewood CO; Massuma M Kazemi, Dallas TX 89.50 2 Scott Corlett - Peter Rowland, San Francisco CA 85.50

FRIDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Tom Urso - Nancy Urso, Aston PA 141.00 1 Jack Harris, Manhasset NY; Gary Paston, Syosset NY 141.50 2 Lynne Shah - Barat Shah, Plant City FL 122.00 2 1 Flora Schwartz - Beverly Kruger, West Bloomfield MI 131.50 3 1 Kenneth Moen, Guelph ON; John Cook, Toronto ON 116.50 3/4 2 1 Thomas Kennedy - Julia Kennedy, Levering MI 115.00 4/5 2/3 1 Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; Gayle Cole, Birmingham AL 114.50 3/4 David Meyer - Marlene Meyer, Scranton PA 115.00 4/5 2/3 Leona Leyton - Philip Leyton, Jersey City NJ 114.50 5 Georgeanne Bender, Cocoa Beach FL; Stanley Robinson, Sarnia ON 109.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Giles Belski - Betty Burt, N Myrtle Bch SC 137.00 1 Jennifer Swimmer - Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 125.50 2 Bob Bratcher, Vista CA; Derald Keetch, Fort Worth TX 130.00 2 Robert Harlow - Margaret Harlow, Toledo OH 124.50 3 1 Nicholas Gregorio Sr, Lauderhill FL; Jiti Bhatia, Edmonton AB 126.50 3 Bryan Rapson - Gerald Soucy, Halifax NS 121.00 4 2 Greg Caucutt - Genny Rice, Rochester MN 121.50 4/5 1/2 Larry Westholm - Barbara Westholm, Pensacola FL 120.00 5 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 117.50 4/5 1/2 1 Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA; Louis Richardson, Metairie LA 120.00 3 Edna Zohar, Boynton Beach FL; Jeffrey Krebs, Irvington NY 105.00 3 Amelie Le Blanc - Clyde James, New Orleans LA 104.00 1 Barbara Wilcox, East Dennis MA; Elizabeth Rosman, South Yarmouth MA 102.50 2 Robert Cheah - Ruby Cheah, Berkshire England 101.50

HARRAH’S STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Gail Haire, Tampa FL; Roy Hoppe, San Rafael CA 183.50 1 1 Sharon Fosses, West Linn OR; Carol Frank, Burbank CA 186.50 2 1 1 Percy Wu, Chesterfield MO; Susan Rechter, Saint Louis MO 180.00 2 John Kinst, Batavia IL; Glenna Shannahan, Fitchburg WI 183.50 3 2 Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON 173.50 3 2 1 Thomas Trudeau, Martinez CA; Douglas Laird, North Bend OR 181.50 4 Irina Levitina, Fair Lawn NJ; , Phoenix AZ 169.00 4 3 2 Frank Corredine - Barry Norman, Slidell LA 179.00 5 Ray Johnson, Park City UT; Howard Piltch, Andover MA 168.50 5 Robert Lesser, Los Angeles CA; Patricia Worthley, Andover MA 171.00 6 3 2 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, Toronto ON 166.00 6 4 Jere Hines - Rose Marie Cleveland, Houston TX 164.50 4 B Horiguchi - Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA 162.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Carl Sharp, Chicago IL; David Robinson, Granbury TX 191.88 1 Beverly Levy - Alvin Levy, Commack NY 189.58 2 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; William Hunter, Reading MA 181.92 2 1 1 Roy Boucvalt - Brady Lotridge, New Orleans LA 184.59 3 2 1 Elizabeth Rzekec - Zenon Wachowicz, Buffalo Grove IL 180.26 3 2 Michael Hovastak, Smyrna GA; Cheryl Jackson, Spring Hill KS 174.63 4 3 Verda Gould, Minneapolis MN; Carol Rynders, Saint Paul MN 178.09 4 Elizabeth Marion, High Point NC; Rachel Herman, Thomasville NC 174.62 5 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; , Huntsville AL 171.17 5 3 2 David Legrow, Eagleville PA; E Hale, Rolla MO 167.50 6 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 170.88 6 4 Hope Arian, Beachwood OH; James Bridges, Penfield NY 162.55 2 Michael Lemmon - Janet Arceri, Slidell LA 125.42 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 202.50 1 Linda Mamula - Donald Mamula, Mill Creek WA 186.50 2 Mary Santini-Ritt, Newton MA; Melvin Marcus, Framingham MA 180.00 2 Ellen Gabriel - Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 178.50 3 1 Andrew De Leon, Laguna Hills CA; Judith Northup, Irving TX 166.00 3 W Lease, Houston TX; L Laird, Sugar Land TX 169.00 4/5 2 Ada Loetzerich - Frank Arceri, Slidell LA 161.50 4 1 Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA; William McFall, New Berlin WI 163.00 4/5 Nonie Leavitt - Susan Sanoe, New Orleans LA 161.50 5 2 Karen Barrett, Darien CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA 161.00 6 3 1 Jay Brown - Patricia Brown, Babylon NY 160.00 6 3 1 Jon Downing, Solihill England; Meg Andrews, San Francisco CA 157.00 4 Sue Maly - Melvin Schneider, Metairie LA 158.00 4 2 John Champion Jr - Jane Champion, Tallahassee FL 155.00 2 John Posluszny - Merl Needham, Littleton CO 140.00

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Peter Tracy, Longboat Key FL; Sherry Tracy, Columbia Falls MT 78.00 1 1 Mildred White, Jackson MS; Hilda Holt, Brandon MS 72.00 2 1 Stephanie Cook, Dothan AL; Sally Cook, Morgantown WV 72.50 2 Charles Bardelis, Falmouth MA; Judy Velasquez, Colorado Spgs CO 70.50 3 Daniel Poret, Ville Platte LA; Jeanette Hutchinson, Lafayette LA 70.50 3 Charlotte Tull, Huntsville TX; James Williams, San Augustine TX 63.00

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 F Rodman Jr, Ocean City MD; S Rodman, Berlin MD 183.00 1 1 1 Abe Zanayed - Ruth Zanayed, Hoover AL 166.00 2 1 Lewis Lipscomb, Jackson MS; Richard Canan, Pelham AL 156.00 2 2 R Segerlind, Dallas TX; Elaine Luongo, Deerfield Beach FL 156.50 3 2 1 Pat Burnett, Dalton GA; Gwendolyn Stengard, Rocky Face GA 147.00 3 Dorothy Le Blanc, Metairie LA; Marion Berault, Kenner LA 149.50 4 Dennis Liss, Malibu CA; Harold Causey, Ponte Vedra FL 144.00 4 3 Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel; Susan Reiter, Caesarea Israel 143.00 5 3 2 Carol Tanner, New Orleans LA; Wanda Picarella, Metairie LA 142.50 5 4 Mary Chapman, Knoxville TN; Robert Bennett, Sterling City TX 142.50 4 Grace Davis - Cily Winkeler, New Orleans LA 135.50 5 Iona Steele, Metairie LA; Mildred Dusenbury, New Orleans LA 141.50 2 Velumylum Thanga, Don Mills ON; Maria Guzman, Mexico 136.50 3 Bob Reese - Georgia Reese, Houston TX 134.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Sheila Middleton - Barbara Perkins, Milton MA 155.00 1 1 Allen Prier - Betty Prier, Largo FL 160.50 2 2 Cynthia Struve - Clemens Struve, Corpus Christi TX 152.50 2/3 2/3 1/2 Gary Kozan, Walls MS; Alan Wardroper, Australia 145.00 3 3 Eileen Sharpe, Warwick Bermuda; Jacqueline Swan, Paget Bermuda 147.00 2/3 2/3 1/2 Janet Patterson, Metairie LA; Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 145.00 4 4 2 Becky Ellisor - Milton Ellisor, Houston TX 145.50 4 4 Dawn Norton Kelm - Noelie Bertoniere, New Orleans LA 144.50 5 5 Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI; Stephen Kalstein, Birmingham MI 144.50 5 5 Roberta Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Carole Noreen, Encino CA 143.00

1ST FRIDAY OPEN STRATIFIED PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Jill Bromstead - Barry Bromstead, Alamo CA 187.00 1 Bernard Sillins - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 178.50 2 2 1 Joe Carbo III, Pineville LA; Sheila Barron, Knoxville TN 184.50 2 Laura Lee Bright, Terre Haute IN; Virginia Stipp, South Bend IN 171.00 3 3 Barbara Finch, Houston TX; Maria Roth, Manchester CA 179.50 3 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 167.50 4 Barbara Yates - Barbara Butler, Fort Worth TX 162.00 4 1 Sue Himel, Omaha NE; Kent White, Lincoln CA 164.50 5 4 2 Sylvia Harrod, Baton Rouge LA; Barbara Hutchison, Austin TX 160.50 5/6 2/3 1/2 Sunil Manik - Roma Manik, Fort Myers FL 162.50 6 Cindy Sustin, Cleveland OH; John Stansbury, Saint Paul MN 160.00 5/6 2/3 1/2 Brenda Mote Wilson, Senatobia MS; Nancy Smit, Terrytown LA 162.50 4 Bobbie Ann Miller - Mark Toney, Baton Rouge LA 161.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Rita Baudo, West Yarmouth MA; Florence Hackman, Chatham MA 190.26 1 1 1 Patricia Heessels - William Heessels, Fort Lauderdale FL 191.96 2 2 1 Dorothy Costa - Kathleen Rein, Baton Rouge LA 175.05 2 2 Nancy Draughn, Lake Charles LA; Nobuko Mateubara, Tokyo Japan 190.38 3 3 2 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Daniel Creighton, Vicksburg MS 174.08 3 Hilary Skolnik - Mel Skolnik, New York NY 183.46 4 4 3 Dorothy Bedford - Dorothy Martin, Irving TX 173.62 4 Francis Jenne, Massena NY; John McAdam, Ottawa ON 178.67 5 Beverly Gardner - Thomas Gardner, Farmington MI 162.31 5 3 Gerald Goodale - Vickie Goodale, Leesburg VA 173.42 6 5 Margaret Partridge - Madeleine Walker, Oxford MS 161.22 6 4 2 Constance Barclay, Sarasota FL; Betty Schwall, New Orleans LA 169.40 5 3 Barbara Noal, Woodland Hills CA; John Nevins, San Clemente CA 162.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Ellen Gordon - Sidney Gordon, Melrose Park PA 200.50 1 Jon Coffee, Northville MI; Alexander Labry, Burnet TX 192.00 2/3 2/3 2 August Bagert, Metairie LA; Michael Martin, New Orleans LA 180.50 2 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Lake Elsinore CA 191.00 2/3 2/3 A Gorson - Norma Weiner, Philadelphia PA 180.50 3 1 Floyd Derkat - Anne Rabik, Edmonton AB 187.50 4 R Smith, Don Mills ON; Larry Cara, Thornhill ON 179.50 4 2 1 Barbara Bernhard - James Bernhard, Lafayette LA 173.00 5 4 3 Donald Campbell, Salem NY; Jeffrey Turner, Pittsfield MA 164.00 5 3 Jeanette Deverian, Pasadena CA; Lynn Ryan, Glendale CA 171.00 6 5 Norma Huhn, San Diego CA; Susan Monken, Solana Beach CA 162.50 6 4 Nancy Tamblyn, Aliso Viejo CA; Elinor Scott, Lake Forest CA 169.00 7 Frank De Santo - Sharon Strassler, Terre Haute IN 161.50 7 5 Margaret Brennan, West Des Moines IA; Mark Steele, Livingston TX 167.00 2 George Prozan, Hillsborough CA; Kathleen Kellen, Des Moines IA 157.00 3 Dorothy Moore - Tom Moore, Irving TX 155.00

LIFE MASTER PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS B C EAST-WEST 1 Jim Krekorian, New York NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 663.48 1 Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 609.52 2 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 563.92 2 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Grant Baze, San Diego CA 573.80 3 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Boye Brogeland, Fyllingsdalen Norway 560.12 3 Michal Kwiecien - Jacek Pszczola, Lublin Poland 561.64 4 Robert Cappelli, Southfield MI; Michael D Alioto, Bloomfield MI 552.52 4 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY 554.04 5 Howard Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 551.76 5 Andrew McIntosh - Jack Mizel, London England 547.20 6 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Sam Lev, New York NY 551.00 6 Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 534.28 7 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alan Osofsky, New City NY 550.24 7 Jonny Hansen - Arnt Blix, Norway 532.00 8 Shawn Samuel, Cambridge MA; Russell Samuel, Locust Valley NY 526.68 8 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 516.04 9 Greg Hinze, Grand Prairie TX; Junyi Zhu, Salt Lake City UT 524.40 9 Robert Levey, Chevy Chase MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 510.72 10/11 George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Armand Barfus, Port St Lucie FL 510.72 10 Thomas Hughes Jr - Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX 508.44 10/11 Norman Coombs, Brookville IN; Rob Crawford, Las Vegas NV 510.72 11 Roger Clough, Culver City CA; Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA 505.40 12 Douglas Ross, Rochester NY; Daniel Boye, Seneca Falls NY 506.16 12 Mike Albert - Gary Amundson, Omaha NE 491.72 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS D E EAST-WEST 1 Andre Rakhmanin, Roseville CA; Srikanth Kodayam, San Leandro CA 612.56 1 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 657.40 2 Debbie Rosenberg - Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 598.12 2 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 638.40 3 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; David Butler, Keswick VA 586.72 3 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Craig Ganzer, New York NY 580.64 4 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 578.36 4 Edward Barlow, Sunnyvale CA; Evan Bailey, San Diego CA 576.08 5 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Ross Robbins, Port Isabel TX 559.36 5 John Moser, St Agatha ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 547.96 6 Maggie Shenkin - Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL 557.08 6 Ralph Cohen, Memphis TN; Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 547.20 7 Roman Smolski - Vera Petty, Warwick Bermuda 541.12 7 Eva Caplan - Lew Levy, Houston TX 528.96 8 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 522.12 8 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 526.68 9 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; John Gassenheimer, New York NY 519.84 9 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 523.64 10 Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA; Frank King Jr, Washington DC 513.76 10 John Holland - Michelle Brunner, Stockport England 515.28 11 John Rengstorff, New York NY; William Ehlers, West Orange NJ 507.68 11 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Joe Gottler, Elberta AL 506.92 12 Norman Beck, Dallas TX; Robert Schwartz, San Pedro CA 506.92 12 Steve Beatty, Bothell WA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 505.40 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G EAST-WEST 1 Judith Weisman, Englewood NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 575.32 1 Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 595.84 2 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Bronx NY 571.52 2 Gino Scalamandre - Katie Scalamandre, Surfside FL 594.32 3 Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM; Michael Levy, Tucson AZ 549.48 3 Barry Rigal - Seymour Reich, New York NY 587.48 4 Edward Freeman, Portland OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 547.96 4 Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL 573.04 5 Charles Kopp, Columbus OH; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 545.68 5 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 566.20 6 Forest Clark, Aurora CO; Charles Reed, Denver CO 542.64 6 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Ron Sukoneck, Annandale VA 552.52 7 Odette Zigheboim, Venezuela; Steve Hamaoui, Italy 539.60 7 Jan Nathan, Manhattan Beach CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 526.68 8/9 Rick Goldstein - Laura Brill, White Plains NY 532.76 8 Jon Solli Hansen - Erik Dahl, Kristiansand Norway 519.08 8/9 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY 532.76 9 Jean Weiss - William Weiss, New Orleans LA 512.24 10 Paul Marston, Australia; Stephen Burgess, Christchurch New Zealand 527.44 10 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 511.48 11/12 R Beery - Mary Egan, Lincoln NE 525.16 11 David Walker, Salem VA; Geoffrey Mallette, Port Richey FL 509.20 11/12 Steven Campau, Seattle WA; Pam Stratton, Arcata CA 525.16 12 Judy Hummel - Jerry Curtright, Colorado Spgs CO 497.80 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H J EAST-WEST 1 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 606.63 1 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Robert Levin, Bronx NY 583.53 2 Gitte Hecht-Johansen, London England; Bob Prickaertz, Oosterhout, Netherlands 597.36 2 Ross Rainwater - Jackie Jarigese, Vancouver WA 571.37 3 George Mittelman, Toronto ON; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 595.48 3 Mark Feldman, New York NY; Sharon Osberg, San Francisco CA 554.01 4 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA 591.43 4 David Chechelashvili, Arlington VA; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 552.19 5 Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel, Saugus MA; Randy Corn, Bellevue WA 570.91 5 Martin Harris - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 551.55 6 Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN; Harley Bress, Cordova TN 559.51 6 Jane Teel - Robert Teel Jr, Rockford AL 549.48 7 Robert Klein, Dunn Loring VA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 558.60 7 John Potter, Panama City FL; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hts OH 544.07 8 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Bernard Miller, Boca Raton FL 549.42 8 Michael Schreiber, Southaven MS; William Schreiber, Van Nuys CA 541.73 9 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 538.23 9 Elbert Hargesheimer - Patricia Rasmus, Hamburg NY 527.44 10 Carol Pincus, Las Vegas NV; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 532.91 10 Noble Shore, Pittsburgh PA; Adam Meyerson, Los Angeles CA 515.28 11 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Steve Scott, Phoenix AZ 529.11 11 Shary Watson, Corsicana TX; James Green, Harrisburg PA 507.28 12 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 527.65 12 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 506.01 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K N O EAST-WEST 1 Chris Willenken, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 640.61 1 Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Andrew Robson, Santa Cruz CA 620.39 2 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; David Becher, Swampscott MA 624.11 2 Erez Hendelman, Brockville MD; Aviv Shahaf, New York NY 596.39 3 Jerry Keller - Jane Thurman, Laurel MD 592.11 3 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Los Altos CA 584.39 4 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Martha Stewart Lucas, Milledgeville GA 574.66 4 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, West Linn OR 567.89 5 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Walter Schafer Jr, Norwalk CA 572.11 5 Ann Labe, Vancouver WA; Bruce Ferguson, San Francisco CA 564.84 6 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 565.61 6 R Craig Hemphill - John Landry, Jacksonville FL 562.84 7 Stephen Lippmann - Janet Lippmann, Hastings Hdsn NY 556.66 7 William Wood - Jill Wood, Pleasanton CA 560.39 8 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 553.11 8 Suleyman Kolota, Istanbul Turkey; Yalcin Atabey, Selomigesme Isto Turkey 557.89 9 Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; George Colter, Fredericton NB 549.61 9 Andy Stark - Franco Baseggio, New York NY 548.84 10 Ralda St Pierre - John Erickson, Houston TX 547.45 10 Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Charity Sack, Silver Spring MD 535.34 11 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 547.16 11 Dudley Brown, Grandview WA; Loren Hawkins, Bremerton WA 527.55 12 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 525.66 12 Charles Urban, Fayetteville AR; Steve Garner, Northfield IL 526.49 13 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Richard Coren, Hollywood FL 515.50 13 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; James O’Neil, Palo Alto CA 523.84 14 Gene Depesa - Donna Depesa, Tucson AZ 513.66 14 Peter Grover, Aurora OH; Brian Ellis, Twinsburg OH 522.51 15 Randolph Johnson, Wayland MA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 509.61 15 Dennis Sorensen, Portland OR; David Adams, Kennesaw GA 520.39 16 Steve Catlett, Richmond VA; , Mill Creek WA 507.00 16 Paul Schroeder, New Berlin WI; Dick Benson, Le Roy IL 518.84 17 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM 505.11 17 Vandana Vidwans, Mountain View CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA 517.89 Bridge Cruise to the West Indies & Bahamas MSC Lirica – 11 Nights from Ft. 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FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Becky Ellisor - Milton Ellisor, Houston TX 100.70 1 John Taylor, Lago Vista TX; Sue Gerard, Mexico 104.71 2 2 1 Peter Tracy, Longboat Key FL; Sherry Tracy, Columbia Falls MT 100.64 2 1 1 Howard Lindsey - Jane Murtishaw, Dickinson TX 100.71 3 Shay Ura, Plano TX; Bob Ingebritson, Carrollton TX 100.29 3 Meriedith Pfister - Lynn Weber, Houston TX 89.50 4 Jane Keener - Frances Gross, Metairie LA 97.43 4 2 Barbara Perkins - Sheila Middleton, Milton MA 86.71 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Linda Collins - Vee Ann Backes, Fargo ND 98.79 1 Cathy Seidner, New York NY; Claudia McDonald, Williamsburg VA 111.50 2 1 1 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Sharon Madson, Scottsdale AZ 97.79 2 1 Jerry Sipher, Palm Desert CA; Lois Tulenko, Gainesville FL 103.43 3 2 Kenneth Dye, Sna Francisco CA; Dean Dechert, Temecula CA 97.00 3 2 Joyce Lopresto - Ronald Menville, New Iberia LA 96.52 4 Myron White - Gerald Grabush, Highland Beach FL 89.07 4 Joseph Phillips, Queensbury NY; Dennis Smith, Anchorange AK 90.21 3 Roberta Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Carole Noreen, Encino CA 89.43 1 Roberta Lovell, Farrgo ND; Connie Weed, Fargo ND 71.71

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 1ST OR 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jim Linhart, Delray Beach FL 112.79 1 1 1 Marie Berggren - Gunnar Gothberg, Orebra Sweden 99.86 2 1 1 Terry Briscoe, Cincinnati OH; Donald Etson, Hamilton OH 97.07 2 2 Larry King, Grass Valley CA; Maxine Musick, Chicago Park CA 97.93 3 2 2 William Fogel, Portland ME; Earle Miller, Lisle IL 94.43 3 3 Nicholas Potts, Owensboro KY; Joseph Hendon, Henderson KY 97.36 4 3 Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda; Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda 86.64 4 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Leroy Abinanti, Surprise AZ 91.50 4 Robert Johnson - Charles Markowitz, Houston TX 84.52 2 Rosalie Corbett, Des Peres MO; Page Jackson, Saint Louis MO 82.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Arnt Blix - Joann Hansen, Norway 96.00 1 1 Geoffrey Cross, Fernandina FL; Marianne Cross, Fernandina Bch FL 110.00 2/3 Mike Sloan, Sellersburg IN; Jean Donoho, Louisville KY 95.50 2 John Moser, St Agatha ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 99.50 2/3 2 2 Marie Asmussen - Johan Asmussen, Virum Denmark 95.50 3 Linda Bourquin - Chris Moll, Metairie LA 89.50 4 Peter Kutza, Bonita Springs FL; Edwin Siegel, New York NY 90.00 4 Charles Thornton - Betty Wilton, Lutz FL 86.00 3 Seth Cohen, New York NY; Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL 89.50 2 1 Jerry Currie, New Orleans LA; Nile Gross, Metairie LA 83.50 3 2 Rebecca Gunnell, Jackxville Bch FL; Craig Abbott, Sarasota FL 82.50

1ST FRIDAY EARLY OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1/2 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 184.50 1 Joan Anderson, West Des Moines IA; Sharon Maris, Hudson FL 192.00 1/2 1 Linda Konwiser, South Orange NJ; Karen Lahn, Basking Ridge NJ 184.50 2 1 1 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Daniel Creighton, Vicksburg MS 191.00 3 Beverly Gardner - Thomas Gardner, Farmington MI 177.00 3 2 Bobbie Ann Miller - Mark Toney, Baton Rouge LA 187.50 4 Laura Lee Bright, Terre Haute IN; Virginia Stipp, South Bend IN 174.50 4 Marilyn Maddox - Myles Maddox, Pleasant Ridge MI 185.50 5 2 1 Sunil Manik - Roma Manik, Fort Myers FL 164.00 5 Del Moen - Richard Moen, Santa Barbara CA 176.50 6 3 2 Constance Heugel, Hemphill TX; Frances Kavanaugh, Gonzales LA 161.50 6 3 2 Dorothy Costa - Kathleen Rein, Baton Rouge LA 173.50 4 Edward Hedleston, Horn Lake MS; Susan Senogles, Memphis TN 156.00 4 Saralee Pincus - Muriel Zavidow, New York NY 170.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Patricia Heessels - William Heessels, Fort Lauderdale FL 185.50 1 David Kamm - Robert Varty, Grand Rapids MI 194.50 2 Francis Jenne, Massena NY; John McAdam, Ottawa ON 177.00 2 Harriet Adelstein, Chagrin Falls OH; Sally Kane, Willoughby OH 190.00 3 Stanley Roth, New York NY; Alvin Galland, Hastings Hdsn NY 175.50 3 R Smith, Don Mills ON; Larry Cara, Thornhill ON 189.50 4 2 A Gorson - Norma Weiner, Philadelphia PA 169.00 4 1 1 Donald Campbell, Salem NY; Jeffrey Turner, Pittsfield MA 172.50 5 Hilary Skolnik - Mel Skolnik, New York NY 167.50 5 2 2 Malcolm Barker, Bucks England; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS 170.50 6 Ann Ottenberg, Soquel CA; Jane Jennings, Ben Lomond CA 163.00 6 3 3 August Bagert, Metairie LA; Michael Martin, New Orleans LA 165.50 3 Frank De Santo - Sharon Strassler, Terre Haute IN 158.00 4 Marjorie Dunne, Moraga CA; Rodger Whelan, Westbury NY 153.00 4 2 Constance Barclay, Sarasota FL; Betty Schwall, New Orleans LA 157.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Lake Elsinore CA 203.50 1 1 Jill Bromstead - Barry Bromstead, Alamo CA 173.50 2 , Riverdale NY; Dorothy Truscott, Bronx NY 201.50 2 2 1 George Prozan, Hillsborough CA; Kathleen Kellen, Des Moines IA 173.00 3 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 192.50 3 Barbara Yates - Barbara Butler, Fort Worth TX 168.50 4 Malle Andrade - Ritchey Goodwin, New York NY 175.00 4 Jon Coffee, Northville MI; Alexander Labry, Burnet TX 165.50 5 1 Nancy Tamblyn, Aliso Viejo CA; Elinor Scott, Lake Forest CA 174.00 5 3 Bill Morrison - Susy Morrison, Bartlesville OK 164.50 6 2 Rose Mary Schembre - Stella Pierce, Slidell LA 169.50 6 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 163.00 3 Jeanette Deverian, Pasadena CA; Lynn Ryan, Glendale CA 169.00 4 Cindy Sustin, Cleveland OH; John Stansbury, Saint Paul MN 161.00 4 Carol Ann McGill - Robert McGill, Orange TX 146.00 2 Frances Blau - Nicki Deutsch, Somers NY 153.50 1 Dorothy Bedford - Dorothy Martin, Irving TX 144.00 2 Patricia Daron - Mary Jo Chambless, Shreveport LA 139.50

FRDAYI AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 1ST OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Dale Dye - Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 131.06 1 1 Martin Luis Guzman - Moises Ganc, Mexico 133.00 2 1 Jackie Cover - Sallie Jac Schafer, Newport Beach CA 126.00 2 Linda Bourquin - Chris Moll, Metairie LA 127.00 3 2 1 Linda Wells - James Wells, Cordova TN 122.06 3 2 Gail Schilling, Kaukauna WI; Audrey Hansman, Menasha WI 115.00 4 Dot Babin, New Orleans LA; Ann Barone, Metairie LA 118.69 4 3 1 Sid Leblanc - Robert Wooderson, Kenner LA 114.50 5 3 2 Suzanne Bolotin, Evanston IL; Susan Halasi, Toronto ON 118.50 5 Linda Westerfield - David Ehle, Charlotte NC 109.00 4 Arline Susswein - Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA 117.56 4 2 B.Melody Patterson - Sherry Thaxton, Memphis TN 106.00 3 Norma George - Harriet Moore, Dalton GA 102.94 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Nancy Benamati, Arvada CO; John Bortins, Louisville CO 122.00 1 1 1 Carol Guy - Judith Clark, Virginia Beach VA 121.50 2 2 1 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA 120.50 2 Carol Keller - Alan Keller, Hilton Head SC 120.50 3 3 Pearl Feldman, Deerfield Beach FL; Rosemary Fariel, Highland Bch FL 118.50 3 Martha Easter, Daytona Beach FL; Donna Yeargain, Denver CO 119.50 4 Leah Miciotto - Judy Robertson, Lake Charles LA 114.00 4 2 2 Marjorie Ezell - Louise Echavarria, Pass Christian MS 116.00 5 4 Marie Jo Desbrandes, Baton Rouge LA; Franck Desbrandes, Sevres France 113.50 5 3 3 Patricia Betts - George Betts, Lake Suzy FL 115.50 2 Wilson Banta - Marilyn Banta, Sunshine LA 110.00 4 Theodore Burns, Bremerton WA; Nile Gross, Metairie LA 114.50

LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S T EAST-WEST 1 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY 395.50 1 Lisa Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 414.00 2 Jayne Thomas, Lutz FL; Barbara Nudelman, Chicago IL 391.72 2 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA 401.94 3 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 372.00 3 Roberta Magnus, Brooklyn NY; Linda Rothstein, New York NY 389.28 4 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 363.00 4 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Ames, Gaithersburg MD 382.92 5 Natsuko Nishida - Sachiko Yamamura, Tokyo Japan 355.56 5 Gail Greenberg - Laurie Vogel, New York NY 363.78 6 Brenda Keller, Boise ID; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 354.56 6 Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL 360.44 7 Muriel Altus, Tampa FL; Myriam Milgrom, Miami FL 353.72 7 Sharon Kern - Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 358.94 8 Janet Daling, Seattle WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 351.56 8 Georgia Heth, Morton IL; Lisa Sievers, Champaign IL 351.44 9 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Rita Xistris, Plymouth MN 345.00 9 Deborah Cohen, Lisle IL; Eunice Rosen, Highland Park IL 349.28 10 Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY; Sandra Levine, New York NY 344.58 10 Judith Gushner - Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 347.42 11 Julie Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Barbara Odlin, Tacoma WA 342.90 11 Linda Fox, New Orleans LA; Linda Stockton, Metairie LA 345.00 12 Alice Lane, La Jolla CA; Evelyn Sherman, San Diego CA 342.56 12 Barbara Lesser - Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA 342.44 13 Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ 340.06 13 Kathy Harper, Atherton CA; Heather Cutting, Boulder Creek CA 333.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U V EAST-WEST 1 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX 400.00 1 Toby Bassett - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 383.50 2 Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 388.50 2 Gail Nye, Palm City FL; Deborah Drury, Vero Beach FL 379.00 3 Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; Pamela Wild, Daytona Beach FL 385.50 3 Karen Lee Barrett, Vancouver WA; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA 366.50 4 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 383.50 4 Amalya Kearse, New York NY; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 365.50 5 Alice Gerard - Helen Gerard, Orlando FL 378.50 5 Rhoda Walsh, Palm Desert CA; Cindy Marshall, Knoxville TN 363.50 6 Jeanne Fisher, Clementon NJ; Janis Rush, Fort Lee NJ 377.00 6 Jody Castillo, Warsaw IN; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 362.00 7 Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC; Florence Rotman, N Miami Beach FL 369.50 7 Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 359.00 8 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY 360.00 8 Candace Fowler Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Joan Eaton, Willowdale ON 354.50 9 Sylvia Moss, Kings Point NY; Linda Perlman, Loxahatchee FL 359.50 9 Jan George, Las Vegas NV; Roni Gitchel, Pittsburgh PA 349.50 10 Kyun Ja Chung - Libushe Zaporozec, Madison WI 349.00 10 Mizuko Tan Yamada - Toyoko Saito, Tokyo Japan 345.50 11 Terry Michaels, Prairie Village KS; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 345.00 11 Bobbie Chambers, Crowley LA; Sara Babb, Lafayette LA 344.50 12 Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Robin Klar, Spring TX 342.50 12 Ulker Mutlu, Clearwater FL; Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 340.50 13 Joan Priebe, Mississauga ON; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 340.00 13 Eiko Nomura, Tokyo Japan; Aiko Mizuuchi, Tokyo Japan 335.50

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0-5 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST 1 William White - Chris Dunham, Lutz FL 53.17 1 Anne Fitzmorris, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Jan Collova, Tequesta FL 51.52 2 Carol Perrin - Janie Brandt, Baton Rouge LA 44.03 2 William Morgan - Helen Morgan, Baton Rouge LA 50.77 3 Fred Sutherland - Kathy Sutherland, Shelton WA 43.16 3 Carmen Cusano, Hobe Sound FL; Kathleen Duplantis, Loranger LA 46.05

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Mary Groves - Frank Groves Jr, Baton Rouge LA 68.50 1 1 Emmanuel Benjamin III - William Kearney III, New Orleans LA 76.50 2 Helen Thrasher Md - Eleanor Binderman, Birmingham AL 67.50 2 Jo Ann Gros, Lafayette LA; Lorraine Dowdell, New Iberia LA 72.90 3 Yvonne Haight - Frances Syfan, Lafayette LA 63.00 3 James Kyker - Martha Kyker, Jackson MS 68.10 1 Diane Meier, Harvey LA; Patricia Cognevich, Gretna LA 59.00 ACBL Education Workshop Find out how to promote bridge and increase participation locally. Bring the unit Monday, growth program — free of charge — to your area. Join Julie Greenberg, ACBL’s Director of Education, and the Education Department staff to discuss ways to pro- Nov. 24 mote bridge and increase participation. Audubon Room, 5th floor • 10 a.m. to Noon • FREE Page 16 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S SCHEDULE *Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Saturday, November 22, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other

Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Reno Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Cajun AM Compact KO Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Continues Sunday. Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series* 2nd single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Dotty Toledano Stratified 299er Pairs single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Bettye Pope Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1-2 Galeries (2nd floor) $13 $15 Stratified Open Pairs* 1-2 Galeries (2nd floor) $13 $15 Saturday, November 22, 1 p.m. Bridge Plus+ Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) Free! Free! Saturday, November 22, 1& 7:30 p.m. Life Master Open Pairs 1-2F Preservation Hall (2nd floor) $15.50 Life Master Women’s Pairs 1-2F Preservation Hall (2nd floor) $15.50 Rufus L. “Skinny” Miles Jr. Non-Life Master Pairs 1-2F Preservation Hall (2nd floor) $14 Louisiana Bridge Association Strati-Flighted Open Pairs* Flight A/X 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Flight B/C/D 1-2 Mardi Gras E-F-G (3rd floor) $13 $15 Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Balconies L-M-N (4th floor) $13 $15 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Continues Sunday. Big Branch Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Saturday, November 22, 7:30 p.m. Big Branch Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified Board-a-Match Teams* single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Saturday, November 22, 11:30 p.m. Night Owl Compact KO Teams 1-2 Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $13 $15 Continues Sunday. International Fund Zip Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14

TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE Pre-registration for the Senior Swiss Teams required by 12:30 p.m. Sunday. See Steve Bates. *Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Sunday, November 23, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 4th Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series* 3rd single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Cajun AM Compact KO Teams 3-4 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Bayona Restaurant Stratified 299er Pairs single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Sunday, November 23, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Stratified * 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Sunday, November 23, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Swiss Teams* 1-2 Galeries (2nd floor) $13 $15 Sunday, November 23, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Open Board-a-Match Teams 1-2Q Preservation Hall (2nd floor) $15.50 Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams 1-2Q Preservation Hall (2nd floor) $15.50 Both events: two qualifying, two final sessions. Senior KO Teams 1st 41st Floor $15.50 (Pre-registration required by 12:30 p.m. Sunday. See Steve Bates. One match per day until complete) Strati-Flighted Swiss Teams* Flight A/X 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Flight B/C/D 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Stratified Open Pairs* 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Big Branch Friday-Sunday Side Game Series* 5th single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Balcony L-M-N (4th floor) $13 $15 Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Continues Monday. Nonie Leavitt Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Sunday, November 23, 7:30 p.m. Stratified IMP Pairs* single Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $12 $14 Open to Swiss non-qualifiers and new entrants Big Branch Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Grand Ballroom (3rd floor) $13 $15 Nonie Leavitt Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $12 Sunday, November 23, 11:30 p.m. Night Owl Compact KO Teams 3-4 Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $13 $15 Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras A-B-C-D (3rd floor) $12 $14