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AARP Game Today Bridge Loses Two Greats Volume 78, Number 2 78th Summer North American Bridge Championships DAILY BULLETIN Saturday, July 15, 2006 Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Meet Your TDs AARP game Showdown: GNT This is a continuing series of profiles of tournament directors working at NABCs. finals today Eight years ago, Dan Plato changed jobs, today The finals of all four flights of the Grand moving from directing and teaching to . well, New players have the opportunity to view for National Teams take place today. directing and teaching. more than masterpoint glory at today’s AARP In the Championship Flight, the Dallas-based The difference is in the venues. Before he game, the second of five tournament games co- District 16 squad with Bob Hamman at the helm joined the fraternity of bridge directors, the Atlanta hosted by the organization this year. will meet the District 21 team (central California) resident had spent 18 North-South and East-West winners will led by Jan Martel. years teaching theater receive free lodging and registration at the AARP In the Flight A final, Ontario will take on directing. Life Begins@50 National Event in Anaheim CA Texas. The District 2 squad (captain Andy Stark), He has no regrets Oct. 26-28. The event, which draws up to 30,000 all from the Toronto area, will play District 16’s at all about changing participants, will feature the first AARP Bridge team (captain Charles Price). careers. Open Tournament. In Flight B, District 5 faces District 25. Dan The Iowa native Festivities begin with a free lesson with Jerry Roseberry leads the Ohio-based D5 squad against earned a master of Helms at 10 a.m. in Grand Ballroom B, a light the all-Connecticut team captained by Allan Wolf fine arts in directing lunch, then the game at 1 p.m. The lesson is open of D25. from Central College to all regardless of whether they plan to play. The Flight C final is an all-Northwest contest. in Pella IA. In a career The game is limited to players with 0-5 District 19, with Tao Feng as captain, will battle that had him moving masterpoints. All players are eligible to win District 20 who is led by Daniel Rothwell. The from state to state masterpoints, but to be eligible to win the prize, D19 squad all live in British Columbia, while the fairly regularly, Plato lived in Iowa, Michigan, players must be at least 50 years or older (or D20 team calls Eugene OR home. Illinois, Louisiana, North Dakota, Texas and married to someone that age) and be legal Tennessee. residents of the United States – rules established Sanborn, Levitina lead During a seven-year stint at McNeese State by the AARP to meet federal gaming laws. University in Lake Charles LA, Plato and some other faculty members started playing bridge – the Life Master Pairs kitchen table variety. He recalls that the group had Second City first While the Young Life Master Pairs concludes a table cloth with bidding aids. “We could always today with two final session, the Bruce LM Pairs tell when someone had a big hand,” he says, in comedy and the von Zedtwitz LM Pairs enter the semifinal rounds. “because they would be looking at the corner of Tonight, the Chicago NABC is proud to The Young event is for players with 0-1500 the table cloth where all the strong bids were.” present the Second City Comedy Theater after the masterpoints; the Bruce has a cap of 5000 MPs, and Later, while he was living in Grand Forks ND, evening session. Second City, Chicago’s most the von Zedtwitz has no masterpoint restriction. Plato wandered into a duplicate club and famous comedy troupe and springboard for several Leading the main event after two qualifying experienced that form of the game for the first modern-day comedians, will perform just for us. sessions are Irina Levitina and Kerri Sanborn, who time. “I’ll never forget the very first auction,” he The Chicago Contract Bridge less than a month ago won the Women’s Pairs at the says. “There was Smolen and Roman Key Card Association is World Bridge Championships in Verona, Italy. On a Blackwood,” like nothing he and his partner had sponsoring this top of 25, they amassed a carryover score of 225. ever seen. event in honor Next in line, with 198.43, are Darren Wolpert Plato recalls that the game was once a week on of its 50th of Thornhill ON and Joe Grue of New York City, Mondays, four or five tables. “It was a year before Anniversary. followed by Californians Leo Bell and Marshall we finally came in first,” he says. The event will be Miles with 195.13. Five years later, Plato found himself in the held in the Grand Ballroom. Johnson City TN area, and someone told him about The original field of 350 pairs was reduced to the big annual tournament in Gatlinburg. Plato 182 pairs for the two semifinal sessions. went and more than doubled his masterpoint total, Fairchild elected Leaders in the Bruce LM Pairs with four from 30 to about 75. “That really hooked me,” he sessions to go are Eileen Cripps of Madison WI and says. ACBL president Steven Reuschlein of Middleton WI. Their Plato says his years of teaching directing have carryover, on the same top, is 72.50. Next, with helped him a lot in his bridge endeavors. He is Sharon 66.11, are the Denver pair of Tom Monikowski and now owner of one of the country’s largest duplicate Fairchild, a Peggy Ware. bridge clubs, the Atlanta Duplicate Bridge Center, member of the The Bruce LM started with 122 pairs, reduced where 750 to 800 tables a month are in play. ACBL Board of to 60 for the semifinal rounds. Teaching, says Plato, is his main contribution Directors Heading into the final two sessions of the Continued on page 4 representing Young LM Pairs, the leaders are James Wang and District 5, was Darcy Schroeder of Tempe AZ with a 42.43 elected ACBL carryover on a 25 top. Right on their heels are Lee Bridge loses president for 2007 and Jonathan Ohliger of Ridgewood NJ, with 38.64. at this week’s That event’s original field of 72 pairs was reduced Board meetings in to 36 for the two final sessions. two greats Chicago. The world of bridge recently Fairchild, of Today’s Goodwill suffered the loss of two giants of Rocky River OH near Cleveland, is completing her third term as Message the game. Today is Junior Day, the day we celebrate and Dorothy District 5 Director (for northeastern Ohio, part of West Virginia, and the western parts of New York, salute our Junior players. Hayden These players, ages 25 Truscott Pennsylvania and Maryland), and is a many-time past president of Unit 125 (Northern Ohio). and younger, are the future of and Ralph ACBL. Encourage them. Cohen both Tonight is Dress-up Night. Today’s Junior player is died in the last month. tomorrow’s Joe Grue. Tributes to these players Come to the evening game Aileen Osofsky, Chairman appear on page 4. looking your best. National Goodwill Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Saturday, July 15 ships. Pre-registration was required for this seminar. 9:30 a.m. - Noon ACBL Educational Foundation Meeting. Location: Location: Skyway 260. Skyway 261. 9:30 a.m. - Noon Board of Governors Meeting. Location: Grand Ballroom A. 10-11 a.m. Coffee with Carol. Join Carol Robertson, director of club 9:45 a.m. - Noon ACBL Membership Meeting. Location: Grand Ballroom A. and member services, and the ACBL staff for an update on 10 a.m. - Noon Free Two-Hour Lesson. ACBL Accredited Teacher Amy what’s new with clubs and marketing programs. Network Nellissen will give a free two-hour lesson. Topic: Notrump, with other club managers. Find out what motions were Minors and Slams. Lesson game to follow. Location: Grand passed at the Summer meeting of the ACBL Board of Ballroom B. Directors. Free. Location: Skyway 260. 10:30 a.m. - Open Team Trials Meeting. Location: Skyway 261. 10 a.m. - Noon Free Two-Hour Lesson. ACBL Accredited Teacher and 12:45 p.m. Bridge Bulletin columnist Jerry Helms will give a free two- 12:30-2:30 p.m. Easybridge! Lesson Game. For new players. Location: hour lesson sponsored by the AARP. Location: Grand Grand Ballroom B. Ballroom B. 11:30 p.m. - Women’s Team Trials Meeting. 10 a.m.- Noon ACBL Hall of Fame Committee Meeting. Location: 2 a.m. Skyway 265. Monday, July 17 10 a.m. - Noon ACBL Laws Commission Meeting. Location: Skyway 269. 10 a.m. - Noon Free Two-Hour Lesson. ACBL Accredited Teacher and 11 a.m. - Noon ACBLscore for Beginners. Join ACBL Chief TD Rick Beye Bridge Bulletin columnist Barbara Seagram will give a free for an informative seminar on the ACBLscore program. two-hour lesson. Lesson game to follow. Location: Grand Beginners only. Free. Location: Skyway 260. Ballroom B. Noon - 12:30 p.m. AARP Luncheon. Location: Grand Ballroom B. 10 a.m. - Noon Competition and Conventions Committee Meeting. 1-3 p.m. AARP/Bridge Plus+. Free game for players with 0-5 Location: Skyway 269. masterpoints. 14 deals. Location: Grand Ballroom B. 11 a.m. - Noon Get Online with Bridge Base. Don’t miss the opportunity to 5-6 p.m. Junior Player Reception. For ACBL members under 26. meet Fred Gitelman, Bridge Base founder and the creator of Location: Grand Ballroom A.
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