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Monday, December 3, 2007 Volume 80, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 80th Fall North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Mori squad wins NA Swiss The team led by Larry Mori had a strong last round to win the Keohane North American Swiss Teams with 127.5 victory points. Mori played with Leonard Melander, Kelley Hwang, Rick Kaye, Kazuo Furuta and Hiroki Yokoi. This was the first NABC victory for each of the team members except for Mori, who has won the event twice. It was his fifth NABC career win. With the win, Furuta and Yokoi became the first Japanese nationals to win an NABC event. In second with 123.6 VPs was the squad led by William Watson, whose teammates were Ed Barlow, Bill Harker, Ronald Powell, Yul Inn and Rob Stevens. Going into the last round, the team led by David Maidman led with 113. A last-round loss, however, dropped them to fourth with 120.9. Ken Cohen’s team was in second with 111, but they narrowly won their last round match to Roger Smith, who represents host District 21 on the ACBL Board of finish with 123 and third place. Mori was in third with a round to go (110), Directors, is at center presenting the Reisinger Trophy to the winners of but won their last match big. Watson was in fourth with 106, and also won big the event. With him are Fulvio Fantoni, Alfredo Versace, Claudio Nunes to finish with 123.6, nipping the Cohen squad to take second. and Lorenzo Lauria. Captain James Cayne and his partner, Michael Seamon, left early. Cayne storms to Reisinger victory The team captained by James Cayne came on strong in the second final session of the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams to win the championship by nearly five boards. The winners are Cayne, Michael Seamon and Italian stars Lorenzo Lauria, Alfred Versace, Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes. Their final score of 35.55 was well ahead of the runners-up, led by Aubrey Strul, whose squad won the Mitchel Open Board-a-Match teams earlier in the tournament. Strul played with Mick Becker and teammates Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Larry Cohen and David Berkowitz. The Strul team ended with a score of 30.79. After the first final set, Cayne held a lead of less than half a board, but the squad scored 18.5 out of 26, better than 70%, to win going away. They won the North American Swiss Teams: Kazuo Furuta, Hiroki Yokoi, Kelley Hwang, Larry Mori, Rick Kaye and Leonard Melander. Second in the NA Swiss were Ronald Powell, William Watson, Rob Stevens, Ed Barlow and Yul Inn. (Not pictured: Bill Harker.) Second place in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams went to this squad: seated, Chip Martel, Aubrey Strul and Larry Cohen; standing, Lew Stansby and David Berkowitz. Not pictured is Michael Becker. Stansby captures Welland is 2007 Herman Trophy Lew Stansby, a member of the second-place squad in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, edged James Cayne Player of the Year and Michael Seamon for the Herman Trophy, awarded to Roy Welland’s team finished only 10th in the the player who earns the most masterpoints at the Fall Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, but it was plenty enough NABC. Stansby ended the San Francisco competition with for him to earn Player of the Year honors for 2007. 375.28 masterpoints. Cayne and Seamon, whose team won The Player of the Year is the ACBL member who the Reisinger, finished with 362.81. wins the most platinum masterpoints, available only in NABC+ events. The two closest competitors for the masterpoint honor were Zia Mahmood and Jeff Meckstroth. Zia, a member Final Attendance of the George Jacobs team, did not qualify to play the second day of the Reisinger. Meckstroth won 92.31 in the Reisinger. Welland, 14,858.5 Tables finished with an unofficial total of 736.80 platinum points to 676.45 for Meckstroth. Page 2 Daily Bulletin SATURDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO BRACKET I KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 3.03 1 Alan Malloy - Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Lynn Shannon - Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 161 Tables 2.27 2 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, 160.00 1 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Kazuo K. Furuta, Encino CA; Tammy Pepper, Thousand Oaks CA; Chester Johnson, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Chibaken Japan; Kelley Hwang, Chicago IL New York NY; Leonard Melander Jr, West Bloomfield MI 127.50 1.52 3/4 Cynthia Keaton, Coppell TX; David Binney - 120.00 2 William Watson - Edward Barlow, Sunnyvale CA; Bill Harker, Copperopolis William Fleming, Seattle WA; Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ 1.52 3/4 Jane Murray - Luke Dwyer, Boston MA; CA; Ronald Powell, Mountain View CA; Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; Rob Stevens, Barbara Johnson - Mary Staahl, Fargo ND Aptos CA 123.63 90.00 3 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Rick Rowland, SATURDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO BRACKET II Wilmington DE; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 123.04 3.03 1 Ann Gillespie - Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA; 73.85 4 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Roumen Trendafilov - Kalin Donna Wood, Vista CA; Afick Sharar, Carlsbad CA Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 120.90 2.27 2 Victor Galis - Ioana Galis, Fremont CA; Rosalyn Borys - Lynda Hirst, Vancouver WA 68.57 5 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX; James Griffin - Patricia Griffin, 1.52 3/4 Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Shill Shillitoe, Austin TX 117.89 Kempston United Kingdom; William Anderson - Elana Anderson, 64.00 6 Tony Kasday, Puyallup WA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Seattle WA Kopavogur Iceland; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Bjarni 1.52 3/4 Jackie Matthews, Roseville CA; Tony Ames II, Einarsson, 740 Neskaupstad Iceland; Sigurbjorn Haraldsson, Reykjvik Iceland 112.97 Minnetonka MN; Pamela Hughes, Bend OR; Chris Janicki, ; Kevin Perkins, Austin TX 60.00 7 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Ken White, Lafayette CA; Grant Vance, San Leandro CA; Jessica Lai, Dublin CA; Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA 107.00 CHARLIE DORN MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 1 56.47 8 Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Tobi Sokolow - David Sokolow - Mildred Breed, 49.76 1 Sarah Dunn, London, United Kingdom; David Austin TX; William Schreiber, Van Nuys CA 106.00 Gold, Reading, Great Britain; David Ewart, London England; 53.33 9 John Rayner, Oakville ON; Doug Baxter - Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Andrew McIntosh, London England Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 105.90 37.32 2 George Rosenkranz, Mexico; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; 50.53 10 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM; Fred Gitelman, Simon De Wijs, Netherlands; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Jason Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss, Tarzana CA; Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Feldman, San Diego CA Huntsville AL 103.63 24.88 3/4 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Fred Hamilton, 48.00 11 Renate Hansen, Kitzbuehel Austria; Andreas Babsch - Arno Lindermann, Las Vegas NV; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Frances Dickman, Vienna Austria; Obermair Hubert, Linz Austria 102.88 San Jose CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 45.71 12 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA; Mark Itabashi, 24.88 3/4 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Chuck Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Pratap Murrieta CA; Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 101.66 Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota FL; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Eddie 43.64 13 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB; Wold, Houston TX Keith Balcombe, Oshawa ON 98.97 41.74 14 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM; Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ; CHARLIE DORN MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 2 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 97.39 36.80 1 Erwin Linzner, Santa Rosa CA; Laurence Hansen, Healdsburg CA; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Lin 40.00 15 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Thomas Carmichael, Goldstein, Reno NV Kennesaw GA; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 97.21 27.60 2 John Kranyak - Melanie Tucker - John Hurd, 38.40 16 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO; Alan New York NY; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 96.89 Rotterdam Netherlands; Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 36.92 17 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson - Brenda Keller, Boise 18.40 3/4 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Sandrea ID; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 96.37 Friedman, Flushing NY; Michael Rosen, New York NY; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 35.56 18 Chi-Yen Lai, East Brunswick NJ; Bin Dai, Mountain View CA; Xiaodong Zhang 18.40 3/4 Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Christopher Pisarra, - Yanong Han, Fremont CA 96.05 Lafayette CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Marc Renson, San Mateo 34.29 19 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Xiaodong Shi, Des Plaines CA IL; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 95.30 33.10 20 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Robert Bell, CHARLIE DORN MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 3 Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA; Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, 30.79 1 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Mike Rice - Jon Rice, Winston Salem NC; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Ari Pennington NJ 92.33 Greenberg, San Francisco CA 32.00 21 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; 23.09 2 Nicoleta Giura - Nick Hughes, Bondi Australia; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 91.46 David Morgan, Melbourne Australia; Alex Martelli, Palo Alto CA 30.97 22 John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; John Swanson Jr, Mission Viejo CA; John 15.40 3/4 Joseph Fox, Oakhurst CA; Andy Goodman, Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Huub Bertens, US; Gigi Marki - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA 15.40
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    The results from the Red Bull World Bridge Series Sanya, China 10th – 25th October 2014 Results Tables Mixed Teams – 89 teams Mixed Pairs – 130 pairs Open Teams – 123 teams Women’s Teams - 26 teams Senior Teams – 22 teams Open Pairs – 200 pairs (excluding drop-ins) Women’s Pairs – 46 pairs (excluding drop-ins) Senior pairs - 33 pairs (excluding drop-ins) Side event: 1 day Swiss Teams – 42 teams Medal Table Gold Silver Bronze Total China 1.5 3 2 6.50 USA 1.33 2.5 2,33 6.16 Poland 1.33 1 1.33 3.67 Indonesia 1 2 3.00 France 0.33 1.92 2.25 Netherlands 0.5 0.5 0,33 1.33 England 0.5 0.75 1.25 Israel 1 1.00 Monaco 1 1.00 Germany 0.33 0.4 0.73 Sweden 0.4 0.40 Canada 0.33 0.33 Argentina 0,2 0.20 Turkey 0.17 0.17 Total 8 8 12 28 (medals won by transnational teams or pairs are divided between the nationalities — two bronze medals in each of the team tournaments) Roll Of Honour, World Championship Events Mixed Teams Gold: Salvo : Anita Sinclair (Captain, England), Sabine Auken, Roy Welland (Germany), Zia Mahmood (USA), Marion Michielsen (Netherlands), Nafiz Zorlu (Turkey) Silver: Geely Automobile : Gui Shen Yue (captain), Dai Jianming, Wang Hongli, Wang Liping, Yang Lixin, Zhang Yu (China), Wang Wen Fei (coach) Bronze : Rossard : Martine Rossard (Captain), Danielle Avon, Jean-Michel Voldoire, Jerzy Romanowski (France), Grazyna Brewiak, Wojciech Gawel (Poland) Bronze : SAIC : Hu Mao Yuan, Liu Yi Qian, Wang Weimin, Wang Wen Fei, Zhou Yong Mei, Zhuang Zejun (China), Huang Rong (NPC), Hu Jihong (coach) Additional information: Sabine Auken and Zia Mahmoud also won gold in the mixed teams in 2004.