www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org September/October 2016 I f Is it Time to Renew? y o u s t a r t B The Washington Bridge League e d presents the y o § u r s 86th Annual u b U s c r i D.C. p t i © o n CHAMPIONSHIPS w i t L h October 6-9, 2016 t h e ª With this sectional tournament, we welcome N o our new Sectional Chair, Brad Theurer, work - v / (ing in conjunction with Sectional Coordinator , D L e c Bill Cole, and the WBL tournament commit - 2 tee headed by Carole Banks plus many other 0 ¨ 1 5 volunteers to bring you a fantastic event. i s s u E e Silver Points! , i t ’ I/N Events throughout ! Lots of team s © t i games! Eynon Trophy Swiss ! 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Information should be [email protected], 13707 En - provided in writing and may be handed President’s Letter . .by Ellen Cherniavsky 2 gleman Dr., Laurel, MD 20708, or to her at any game, or mailed to her at WBL Bulletin & WBL eNews www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org. 6333 Tone Dr., Bethesda, MD 20817-5811. —Would you rather be reading this in print? . 3 §¨©ª ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §¨©ª Bits and Pieces... deadline : november 14, 2016 to submit new articles to the editor for the nov/dec 2016 issue WBL’s Bridge in Schools Program; Time to Renew?; Welcome to the Washington Bridge League BULLETIN (usps #861-240) Washington Bridge League; . 4 VOL . 74, #5— S UBSCRIPTION $12 PER YEAR FOR MEMBERS OF UNIT #147 . N ON -MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION RATE IS $18 PER YEAR . P UBLISHED BI -MONTHLY BY THE WASHINGTON BRIDGE LEAGUE AT 14517 P ERRYWOOD 2016-17 Grand National Teams — Get Your Team Together!; . 19 DRIVE , B URTONSVILLE , MD 20866. 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The WBL is not responsible for the claims of its advertisers. 55th Annual Presidential Tournament: January 5-8, 2017 . 6 Ellen Cherniavsky, President — (301-649-1350), [email protected] Linda Marshall, Vice President — (301-320-6057), [email protected] WBL Solvers’ Club . .by Steve Robinson 7 Rose Berman, Treasurer — (301-776-3581), [email protected] Melissa Price, Secretary — (301-464-1261), [email protected] Thursday Night Unit Game... UNIT DIRECTORS Hadi Abushakra — (301-946-5630), [email protected] 2016 Trophy Race Standings . .by Alex Gretsinger 14 Carole Banks — (301-622-0923), [email protected] Alex Gretsinger— (410-949-4834), [email protected] 0-20 Game & Lesson Thursday Nights, Carpools . .14 Clyde Kruskal — (301-927-1023), [email protected] Lloyd Rawley — (301-513-5338), [email protected] Schedule, WBL Cell Phone, Map, Guaranteed Partner Program . .15 Sylvia Shi — (240-406-8102), [email protected] The Unit Game— Caddies; Spare Brains or Muscles?; SOME KEY VOLUNTEERS Julie Marquette — NLM Tournament Chair , (301-642-9197), [email protected] Upcoming Sectionals . .17 Brad Theurer — Sectional Tournament Chair , ( 301-527-8819), [email protected] Shawn Stringer — Regional Tournament Chair , (301-275-6363), [email protected] NVBA Fall Sectional Tournament: October 20-23, 2016 . 20 Adrienne Kuehneman — WBL Ombudsman (301-229-2022) Don Berman, Webmaster — (301-776-3581), [email protected] At the Table: ASurvival Manual — Part 6 . .by Rich Colker 21 Alex Gretsinger, e-List Administrator — (410-949-4834), [email protected] Eileen Houghton — Membership Secretary (301-431-1522), [email protected] Stepping Up to New Heights . .24 Peter Boyd — Historian [email protected] Chris Miller — Unit Game Chief Director & Club Manager (301-318-6083), [email protected] WBL Education Foundation . .27 Clyde Kruskal — Unit Game Chair (301-395-0480) Barbara Doran — Unit Game & Tournament Partnerships (301-608-0347), [email protected] NLMasterPointers . .by I/N columnist, Vince Wilmot 28 Hugo Van Dyke — WBL Bridge in Schools Coordinator, [email protected] Bob Bell — Unit Recorder (301-920-0402) Notices: Youths 25 and Under are Half Price; Bring a Friend; WBL WEBSITE: DISTRICT 6 SITE: www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org www.districtsix.org The WBL is on Facebook!; The WBL Online . .28-29 To geT on an email lisT for bridge news & bridge problems , send a Need a Partner or a Ride to the Unit Game? . .back cover noTe To sTeve robinson aT robinswr @erols .com requesTing such . Solvers’ Club’s New Problems . .back cover - 1 - president’s letter wbl bulletin & wbl e-news by WBL President, Ellen Cherniavsky Would you rather be reading this in print? [email protected] Printed mail subscriptions are reasonably priced: The WBL Bulletin has ceased free mail distribution. The bulletin will continue to be avail - able free online through our website: washingtonbridgeleague.org . You can be notified when This column marks the beginning of subsequent accounting for money re - the new issue is available online if we have your email address—see below. the Board’s initiative to revise WBL ceived and disbursed during a session, ¨Yearly (6 issues), Printed Mail Subscriptions are available: Policies. The last revision dates to the Club Manager takes care of sanction WBL members ................ $12.00/year Non-member .................. $18.00/year 2012. At that time we adopted the prac - fees, monthly financial reports to the The bulletin comes out six times a year. To subscribe, give or mail a check to “Washington tice of putting all information about re - Treasurer, and an annual summary of Bridge League” via WBL Treasurer, Rose Berman, at: 13707 Engleman Dr., Laurel, MD 20708- imbursement rates, compensation, fees directing and caddy fees paid out, in 1325. Please include your full name and address (and player number if you are a WBL member). and prizes, into schedules that could order to meet IRS reporting require - ¨We have established a WBL Unit Membership Email Database. easily be amended when the monetary ments. Further, the Club Manager The emailings are used for occasional bridge news only. amounts changed. Previously, dollar maintains the WBL Unit computer, in - One use is be to inform you when the bulletin is available online. figures were incorporated into the body cluding updating software for it and There will be no advertising, sharing or publishing of the addresses. of the document, and the whole set of electronic scoring devices. Send your email , name and player number to WBL e-List Administrator, Alex Gretsinger, Policies had to be reviewed and ap - at: [email protected] proved when, for example, entry fees to In the future we anticipate revisions Please also indicate if you would like to be included on Steve Robinson’s email list in order to receive additional bridge news, bridge problems, and other tidbits. You will be able to un - the Unit Game were raised. to the following sections: Bulletin, Tour - subscribe from either list. naments, and Free Plays. Since the Since the last revision of the Poli - P Bulletin became accessible online, we a i d cies took place, there have been sig - no longer mail it to members free of A d v nificant changes in the way we e charge, rather there is a subscription r t i s operate. To insure that future person - e fee; other details need to be updated. m e nel transitions proceed smoothly, we n The way we run our sectional tourna - t find it imperative to clarify roles and ments is changing, as has been men - responsibilities. tioned in past columns, and needs to be Chris Miller leads off by document - documented; this may have an effect on ing the roles of the Unit Game Chief Di - Free Play policy. rector and the Unit Game Club The revised Policies may be found on Manager. Normally the Chief Director the WBL website at: also serves as Club Manager, but there P are important differences in the respon - a i http://www.districtsix.org/WBL/Admin/ d sibilities. The Chief Director is a (non- A Laws/Washington%20Bridge%20League d v e voting) member of the Board; the Club r t %20Policies.pdf i s e Manager is not.