DailyDailyAugust 10-August 20, 2000 72ndBulletinBulletin Summer North American Bridge Championships Friday, Aaugust 11, 2000 Anaheim, California Vol. 72, No. 5Tuesday, August 15, 2000 Editors: Henry Francis and Paul Linxwiler Special game highlights ABA/ACBL Day Today is a big day for United States bridge – we are building bridges for bridge. For the first time ever, the American Bridge Association and the American Contract Bridge League are co-sponsoring a major event at a North American championship tournament. Today’s two-session stratified pairs game is the ABA/ ACBL Stratified Open Pairs. That’s the highlight of ABA/ACBL Day. Anyone playing in this game can have any points Directors honored at Goodwill reception (l to r) Sol Weinstein, Doug Grove, Bobbie Shipley, John Ashton, won credited to either their ABA or their ACBL record. Goodwill Chairman Aileen Osofsky, Chris Patrias, Millard Nachtwey, Betty Bratcher and Tom Quinlan. All each player has to do is enter the player number of the organization to which they want their points cred- ited. Goodwill honors chief directors But ABA/ACBL Day goes further than that. Any The Goodwill Committee honored the directors Now it was time to introduce the three teams. player competing in an event that begins and ends to- who run the North American championships at Spring – Chris Patrias and John Ashton; Summer – day has the same right of choice as to where his points yesterday’s Goodwill Day reception. Sol Weinstein and Doug Grove Fall — Millard will go. That’s true for the morning games, the side The first director called forward by Goodwill Nachtwey and Betty Bratcher. Each of the teams al- games, the Senior event and all the novice-intermedi- Chairman Aileen Osofsky was Bobbie Shipley. “I re- ready has had the experience of running an NABC, ate events. It does not apply to multi-day events like member the first time I was one of the head directors,” and all three teams have done well as the chief direc- knockouts and North American championship games. said Bobbie. “I was supposed to work with Tom tors. There will be a special reception for ABA mem- Quinlan back in 1990 – and I had never worked with Bobbie had special remarks concerning Patrias and bers and their partners immediately after the second him before. But it worked out beautifully! We had to Weinstein. “Chris worked his first tournament for me. session in the Presidential Suite (Room 1917 at the put it together in Las Vegas during the biggest bridge At the time, it never occurred to me that either one of Marriott). tournament ever held – but we clicked -- we worked us would run a national tournament. And Sol was just As reported here yesterday, key persons in both great as a team.” a kid when we first worked together – I believe he was organizations have been working closely for many When Quinlan took the podium, he was quick to point only 20 back then.” months to make this day a reality. Both organizations out that it took six directors to replace him and Bobbie. In Quinlan called Ashton a “rustic Oregonian. He was have the common goal of becoming part of the United a way, that’s true – there are teams of two who run each always a fine player and now he’s a helluva director.” States Bridge Association, which is in the process of of the three NABCs. But after the laughter died down, Osofsky has the highest admiration for Jeff being formed. It will be through the USBA that we Quinlan conceded that the move was a change of policy, Johnston, NABC operations manager. “He never gets will make our application to the United States Olym- pic Committee en route to bridge becoming an Olym- not a necessary three-way replacement. Continued on page 4 pic sport. The ACBL cannot make such an application Continued on page 3 Opening day receipts to go to Education Starting with next year’s Spring North American Championships in Kansas City, the proceeds from the opening night games will go to the Educational Foun- dation instead of the Charity Foundation. The motion passed by the Board of Directors at last week’s meet- ing reads as follows: “The NABC opening night Charity game shall be renamed shall be renamed the Educational Foundation game with all net proceeds from that game going to the ACBL Education Foundation.” The foundation will pay administrative costs of such events. This will ABA/ACBL Day planners take time out for a few hands. Happy days are here amount to approximately $15,000 per NABC – $45,000 (l to r) Henry Bell, Howard Piltch, Barbara Nist , Ed West. per year that will go to education rather than charity. again for the Morrises In addition the Charity game held during future 64 Teams advance NABCs will be renamed the Educational Foundation Mac and Milly Morris of Los Gatos CA have Pairs, and all proceeds will go to the Educational Foun- played together almost exclusively since they began in Spingold dation. This applies only to the game played at the playing duplicate bridge. It was fitting that they earned NABC. Charity games played at clubs on the same day their Life Master gold cards together here in Anaheim. The field of 133 entrants in the Spingold KOs was will continue to be charity games, with all proceeds They thought they had made it at the Hawaiian Re- reduced to 64 in yesterday’s action. There were few up- gional, but their point cards showed that they were one- Continued on page 4 sets. A California-based squad captained by Robert Kent tenth (!) of a gold point short. They got that and more in (Marjorie Michelin, Allan Lebovitz, and Anand Ayyagari) the first event in which they competed, the Charity Knock- Walsh upset in Wagar defeated the #20 seed headed by Adam Wildavsky (Gerald outs. So far they have won more than 22 golds. Seixas, Norman Kay, Eddie Kantar, Dan Morse and Larry Bridge is not the only area where they have out- In the first round of action in the Wagar KO, most of Mori). standing success. Molly got a hole-in-one on a Mon- the top seeds advanced. The most notable upset came A team of Junior players who recently turned in an tana golf course recently. Mac got his hole-in-one way when the #7 seed of Rhoda Walsh (Susan Wexler, Carol impressive performance at the International Team Trials back in 1983. In addition to playing golf and bridge, Simon and Kitty Munson) lost to the squad captained by in Memphis (Joe Grue, John Kranyak, John Hurd, Joel the Morrises also are avid scuba divers and bicyclists. Jean Hume (Vicki Chang, Jill Richmond, Suzanne Trull, Wooldridge, Kent Mignocchi and Brad Campbell) upset Next year is going to be big as well – they’ll cel- Florence Garber and Lee De Simone). Sixteen of the origi- the #37 seed captained by Chris Willenken (Marty ebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on March 18, 2001. nal 33 teams advance to today’s round. Fleisher, John Rengstorff, Jeff Roman and Doug Doub). Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS Outfoxing partner By Roger Lord The following deal occurred in the evening ses- Tuesday, August 15 sion of Sunday’s Flight A Pairs. My partner was John Fox. ACBL/ABA Day Dlr: North « --- 10:00 a.m. - Noon Education Liaison Seminar, San Simeon-A, Hilton. The annual three-day seminar will Vul: None ª --- focus on ACBL programs, ideas and activities designed to promote bridge and improve © A K Q J 8 2 attendance at local games. Participants may attend single sessions but are encouraged to ¨ A 10 7 5 4 3 2 attend all three. (Seminars continue 10:00 a.m. - noon Wednesday and Thursday. Same « A K J 10 9 7 6 5 « Q 8 4 3 location.) ª ª 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Peg and Dewy Cundiff, Bridge -- It’s a A Q 2 10 7 6 Partnership, 2nd floor, Hilton. The Cundiffs live in Las Vegas and are members of the © 9 © 7 4 Rovere Bridge Team which offers bridge programs at sea. Both are certified as ACBL ¨ 6 ¨ K J 9 8 club directors, ACBL Accredited Teachers, TAP trainers and Easybridge! presenters. « 2 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Kathie Wei-Sender, Championship Bridge, ª K J 9 8 5 4 3 2nd floor, Hilton. Wei-Sender, Nashville, is an ACBL Grand Life Master and a World © 10 6 5 3 Bridge Federation Grand Master. She was inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame in ¨ Q 1999. West North East South 11:30 p.m. Food and entertainment, California Promenade, Hilton. Lord Fox Pass! Pass 3ª Wednesday, August 16 5« 6© 6« Pass 10:00 a.m. - Noon Education Liaison Seminar, San Simeon-A, Hilton. The annual three-day seminar will Pass 7© Dbl All Pass focus on ACBL programs, ideas and activities designed to promote bridge and improve Undaunted by previous poor results caused by my attendance at local games. Participants may attend single sessions but are encouraged to repeated failure to observe one of my partner’s rules attend all three. (The seminar continues 10:00 a.m. - noon Thursday. Same location.) (“Never play me for anything I haven’t bid.”), I 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Lowell Andrews, Balancing, 2nd floor, achieved a one-deal vindication on this board. Hilton. Andrews, Huntington Beach CA, is a retired tournament director who currently Possibly I violated another of “Fox’s Rules” by plays bridge professionally.