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Jacobs Team Repeats As Spingold Champion July 18-July 28, 2002 74th Summer North American Bridge Championships Daily Bulletin Washington, DC Vol. 74, No. 11 Monday, July 29, 2002 Editors: Henry Francis and Paul Linxwiler Make it two in a row for George Jacobs and com- Jacobs team repeats as Spingoldpany. champion For the second straight year they are the Spingold champions. After trailing the Mike Moss squad throughout the first half, Jacobs came to life and pulled away in the second half, winning by 66 IMPs. Playing with Jacobs were Ralph Katz and four Italians – Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi and George Duboin. After accepting the Spingold Trophy from ACBL President George Retek, Jacobs congratulated the Moss team for doing so well playing with only a four- man team. Moss’ teammates were Allan Graves, Bryan Maksymetz and Austrian Martin Schifko. Moss took the lead in the first quarter by 24, but Jacobs cut that to 9 in the second quarter. From that The Spingold champs: Giorgio Duboin, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace and Norberto point on, it was all Jacobs. Bocchi. ACBL President George Retek (far right) presented the trophy. The squad captained by RosenbergMichael Rosenberg wins Mixed Board-A-Match posted the highest score in the Mixed Board-a-Match Teams to take first-place honors in the four-session contest. Rosenberg (Michael and Debbie Rosenberg, Lisa Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Richard Schwartz and They won the Mixed Margie Gwozdzinsky) finished with 34.29, edging out B-A-M: Debbie and the team of Paul and Linda Lewis and Bob and Joann Michael Rosenberg, Margie Glasson who scored 33.58. Gwozdzinsky and Richard This was the first NABC win for Debbie Schwartz. (Not pictured: Lisa Rosenberg. It was the fifth victory in the event for Berkowitz and Larry Cohen). Lisa Berkowitz, whose four previous victories were won with husband David. In third with 33.39 was the squad of Bob and Petra Hamman, Hemant Lall and Shawn Quinn. Winners of the NABC Fast Pairs: Leo LaSota and Alan Kleist. LaSota, Kleist: Leo LaSota, of College Park MD, and Alan Kleist, U.S. Junior I: Joon Pahk, Meredith Beck, Robert Glickman, Lindsay Pearlman, Xing Yuan and Lisa Burton. Fastest Guns in DC of Cheverly MD, won the four-session NABC Fast Pairs, leading the event wire to wire. The contest re- quires players to finish their two-board rounds in less The U.S. Junior Team Championship got off to a they got another shot at qualification in the second- than 11 minutes. shockingJunior start yesterday Trials: as the reigning Beck Junior World isary USfinal against I, Mignocchithe team of James Krot, Andrew II LaSota, a 22-year-old graduate student in eco- Champions, captained by Kent Mignocchi, were up- Hoskins, Charles Garrod and Noble Shore. Mignocchi nomics at George Mason University, and Kleist, a set by a younger, less experienced squad captained defeated Krot 150–58, so Mignochhi is U.S. II. stock trader, each earned their first NABC victory, by Meredith Beck in the 40-board primary final for U.S. I: Beck, 16, attends high school in Pennsyl- posting a total of 1308.67 matchpoints in the final, a the title of U.S. I. vania, and is the youngest female Life Master in board and a half ahead of the rest of the field. The Beck team (Beck, Joon Pahk, Meredith Beck, ACBL history; Glickman, 17, is a senior at El Camino In second with 1253.39 were Ron Smith, of San Robert Glickman, Lindsay Pearlman, Xing Yuan and High School in California; Yuan, 16, begins at the Francisco, and Chris Willenken, of New York. Lisa Burton) defeated the Mignocchi squad University of Michigan this fall and, ironically, lived (Willenken won the inaugural NABC Fast Pairs in (Mignocchi, Kevin Bathurst, Joel Wooldridge, John in Beijing until he was 9; Pearlman, 17, is a fresh- 2000 with partner Aaron Silverstein.) Hurd, Joe Grue and John Kranyak) 84–73.5 to claim man at the New York Institute of Technology; Bur- the U.S. I honors and the right to represent the U.S. ton, 18, is a freshman at Texas A&M; and Pahk, 23, at next year's world championships in Beijing. is a Harvard graduate and is beginning his Ph.D. in Total Attendance The Mignocchi team wasn’t done, however, as physics at Stanford this fall. 14,650 tables Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 103 Teams SATURDAY/SUNDAY KO TEAMS 240.00 1 George Jacobs, Burr Ridge IL; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome, Italy; Norberto Bracket 1 14 Teams Bocchi, Milan, Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Turin, Italy 37.57 1 Dorothy Coakley - Ronald Schick - Joy 160.00 2 Michael Moss, New York NY; Martin Schifko, Graz, Austria; Allan Graves, West Newbury VT; Bryan Maksymetz, Miller Schick, Naples FL; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI Coquitlam BC 28.18 2 Chris Champion - Shirley Scott - Toshiko 100.00 3/4 James Cayne, New York NY; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim, Norway; Robert Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Glen Yingst, Colorado Springs CO; Suzanne Erwetowski, Severna Ridge NJ; Jon Egel Furness - Tor Helness, Norway Park MD 100.00 3/4 Claus Christiansen, Denmark; Magnus Eriksson, Sweden; Lars Munksgaard, Denmark ; Ulf Nilsson, Malmo, Sweden 18.79 3/4 Nancy Frank, Juno Beach FL; Allan Cokin, 60.00 5/8 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Kingston NY Coral Springs FL; Joergen Molberg - Boerre Lund, Norway; 60.00 5/8 Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; Michael Becker - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Bernie Chazen, Tamarac FL Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY 18.79 3/4 Michael Lucy, N Brunswick NJ; Dorin 60.00 5/8 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL; Mike Cappelletti, Musat, York PA; David Buckthal, Harrisburg PA; Ed Bissell, Hixson TN; Peter Fredin, Malmo, Sweden; Magnus Lindkvist, Hoor, Sweden State College PA; John Sheaffer, Lancaster PA; Kurt Kilhefner, 60.00 5/8 Robert Bernstein - Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX; David Lindop, Toronto ON; Richard Oshlag, Germantown TN Lebanon PA 40.00 9/16 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA; Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Beach FL Bracket 2 16 Teams 40.00 9/16 Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Andrew Robson, Santa Cruz CA; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire, England; Boye Brogeland, 30.33 1 Randolph Beckham, Locust Grove VA; John Fyllingsdalen, Norway Klayman, Germantown MD; Thomas Lavender, Arlington VA; 40.00 9/16 Rose Meltzer - Peter Weichsel, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Chip Joe Wallen, Fredericksbrg VA Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 22.75 2 Joseph Lane, Yorktown VA; Yuko Richter, 40.00 9/16 Gerald Sosler - Kay Schulle, Purchase NY; Massimo Lanzarotti - Andrea Buratti, Italy Hampton VA; Kim Smith, Bethesda MD; Michael Stafford, Al- 40.00 9/16 Dan Morse - Ira Chorush, Houston TX; Hugh Ross, Oakland CA; Bobby Wolff, Fort Worth TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas exandria VA TX; Hemant Lall, Plano TX 15.17 3/4 Jack Bastian, Haddonfield NJ; Marie 40.00 9/16 Mel Colchamiro - Janet Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Betty Bloom - Steve Bloom, Duanesburg NY Trethaway, Cherry Hill NJ; John Glick, Hope IN; Nancy Zakim, 40.00 9/16 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Hideki Takano, Tokyo, Japan; Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO; Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama, Japan Kentfield CA 40.00 9/16 John Lusky - Randy Pickett, Portland OR; Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 15.17 3/4 Thomas Schonfeldt - Flemming Clausan, Den- MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 52 Teams mark; Peter Berthau, Haniuge, Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm, Sweden; Andrea Hayman - Alan Hayman, New York NY 110.00 1 Michael Rosenberg-Debbie Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY; Lisa Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; G. Margie Bracket 3 16 Teams Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 34.29 24.52 1 Sherman Kahan - Richard Taylor - Lois Tay- 82.50 2 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Vashon WA; Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, lor, Frederick MD; Robert Freed, Shendoah Junction WV Pennington NJ 33.58 18.39 2 David Wakefield - Micheline Heiche, Silver 61.88 3 Bob Hamman - Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Hemant Lall, Plano TX; Shawn Quinn, Spring MD; George Clark III, Olney MD; Audrey Stern, Richmond TX 33.39 Greenbelt MD 48.89 4 Richard Finberg - M Finberg, Pittsburgh PA; Tom Cogan, Annapolis MD; 12.26 3/4 Marlys Moholt, Montgomry Village MD; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 33.04 Elizabeth Shirai, Roseville CA; Avinash Bhagwat - Seema 44.00 5 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Michael White, Atlanta GA; Diane Walker, Bhagwat, Bethesda MD Gaithersburg MD; Steven Campau, Seattle WA; Pam Stratton, Portland OR 33.02 12.26 3/4 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Mariko 40.00 6 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Robin Klar, Kakimoto, Newport Coast CA; Douglas McCormac, North Spring TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ 32.83 Dartmouth MA; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO 36.67 7 Karen Manfield - Craig Ganzer - Gennifer Binder - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 32.06 Bracket 4 16 Teams 33.85 8 Sue Sachs - David Sachs, Owings Mills MD; Sandra Low - Marc Low, 18.78 1 Mark Lombard - Renato Robledo - Andrea Centerville OH 31.85 Missias - Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 31.43 9 Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA; Patricia Civale - Vincent 14.09 2 Ronald Orr, Falling Wtrs WV; Timothy Civale, Trenton NJ 31.35 Smith - Dennis Wick, Martinsburg WV; David Watson, Win- 29.33 10 Lee Rautenberg, Boca Raton FL; Karen Allison, Las Vegas
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