www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org November/December 2016 I f Is it Time to Renew? y o u s t a r t B Happy New Year! Come celebrate at the e d y 55th Annual o § u r s u PRESIDENTIAL b U s c r i OURNAMENT p T t i © o n January 5-8, 2017 w i t L h featuring: t h ¨ Experimental, relaxed & fun IMP e ª J Pairs/Teams on Friday night ¨ Panel a n / Show & New Life Master Party on Saturday F e L ¨ Team games galore and WBL Trophy b 2 Race Winners’ Presentation on Sunday ¨ 0 1 ¨ I/N events throughout ¨ Silver Points! 6 i s —See pages 5 & 6 for the complete details.— s u E e , i t ’ Then, on MARCH 23-26, 2017, s t © get ready for a i m Washington Bridge League e t o T Non Life Master r e n 3 Sectional e § w e WBL NLM Tournament Chair, Julie Marquette, ! g a is back with a 4-day WBL sectional tourna- S p e ment just for Non Life Masters! (...with less e I n ¨ p o than 500 pMoinatrsk.) YJoiunr iCn afoler nad faurn weekend a g w with lunch and refreshments included on both for the December 15th e ª o weekend days. Silver points, too! 3 h Holiday Party, See page 27 e e See page 7 for the full tournament schedule... N S ? t n i r p n i s i h t g n i d a e r e b r e h t a r u o y d l u o W WBL omBudsman contents Any player with helpful director issues suggestion Box Do you have a suggestion that including criticism or praise of the direct - might help to increase membership or ing staff may contact the Ombudsman, otherwise improve the Washington Adrienne Kuehneman and be assured Bridge League? Give any and all ideas that the source of the information will re - articLe page to Don Berman, 301-776-3581, main confidential. 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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 Non-Life Master Sectional: March 23-26, 2017 . 7 Rose Berman, Treasurer — (301-776-3581), [email protected] Melissa Price, Secretary — (301-464-1261), [email protected] 70th Annual City of Washington Tournament: April 6-9, 2017 . 8 UNIT DIRECTORS Hadi Abushakra — (301-946-5630), [email protected] WBL Solvers’ Club . .by Steve Robinson 9 Carole Banks — (301-622-0923), [email protected] Thursday Night Unit Game... Alex Gretsinger— (410-949-4834), [email protected] Clyde Kruskal — (301-927-1023), [email protected] 2016 Trophy Race Standings . .by Alex Gretsinger 14 Lloyd Rawley — (301-513-5338), [email protected] Sylvia Shi — (240-406-8102), [email protected] 0-20 Game & Lesson Thursday Nights, Carpools . .14 SOME KEY VOLUNTEERS Schedule, WBL Cell Phone, Map, Guaranteed Partner Program . .15 Julie Marquette — NLM Tournament Chair , (301-642-9197), [email protected] Brad Theurer — Sectional Tournament Chair , ( 301-527-8819), [email protected] The Unit Game— Free Plays & Guaramteed Partner Program; Shawn Stringer — Regional Tournament Chair , (301-275-6363), [email protected] Adrienne Kuehneman — WBL Ombudsman (301-229-2022) Spare Brains or Muscles?; Upcoming Sectionals . .17 Don Berman, Webmaster — (301-776-3581), [email protected] Alex Gretsinger, e-List Administrator — (410-949-4834), [email protected] NVBA Winter Sectional: February 16-19, 2017 . 20 Eileen Houghton — Membership Secretary (301-431-1522), [email protected] Peter Boyd — Historian [email protected] At the Table: ASurvival Manual — Part 7 . .by Rich Colker 21 Chris Miller — Unit Game Chief Director & Club Manager (301-318-6083), [email protected] NLMasterPointers . .by I/N columnist, Vince Wilmot 28 Clyde Kruskal — Unit Game Chair (301-395-0480) Barbara Doran — Unit Game & Tournament Partnerships (301-608-0347), [email protected] Stepping Up to New Heights . .29 Hugo Van Dyke — WBL Bridge in Schools Coordinator, [email protected] Bob Bell — Unit Recorder (301-920-0402) WBL WEBSITE: DISTRICT 6 SITE: Notices: Advertise?; Youths 25 and Under are Half Price; Bring a Friend; www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org www.districtsix.org The WBL is on Facebook!; The WBL Online . .27-29 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 Many thanks to Brad Theurer, whose however, decide to try a new, more relaxed the new issue is available online if we have your email address—see below. tenure as Tournament Chair began at the Oc - event: IMP Pairs/Teams. This event, which Yearly (6 issues), Printed Mail Subscriptions are available: tober sectional. We are pleased to announce has never before been run by the ACBL, is ¨ that it went smoothly, and wish to recognize the brainchild of Bill Cole; Chris Miller got WBL members ................ $12.00/year Non-member .................. $18.00/year his efforts, as well as those of other volun - it experimentally approved by the ACBL. The bulletin comes out six times a year. To subscribe, give or mail a check to “Washington teers. Unfortunately we have to report that the Many thanks to Bill and Chris! Bridge League” via WBL Treasurer, Rose Berman, at: 13707 Engleman Dr., Laurel, MD 20708- sectional operated at a net loss of around 1325. Please include your full name and address (and player number if you are a WBL member). The event is an amalgam of a team event $600. For comparison, the July sectional net - We have established a WBL Unit Membership Email Database. and a pair event. Enter as a team of four play - ¨ ted a profit of $1300. ers (no five- or six-person teams); if you come The emailings are used for occasional bridge news only. Profit is not the WBL Board’s motive, but as a pair, we will find teammates for you. You One use is be to inform you when the bulletin is available online. There will be no advertising, sharing or publishing of the addresses. we do interpret it to reflect whether we are of - will play two or three boards against most of fering the events and level of hospitality that the other teams in the event, scored by IMPs; Send your email , name and player number to WBL e-List Administrator, Alex Gretsinger, at: [email protected] people want in our sectionals. In reviewing at the end of the session your score is the total the tournament financials, one conclusion Please also indicate if you would like to be included on Steve Robinson’s email list in order IMPs scored against everyone you played (no to receive additional bridge news, bridge problems, and other tidbits. You will be able to un - clearly stands out: Friday night is not work - separate match scores). The movement will subscribe from either list. ing. It has represented a $500 loss each time feel like a regular Pair event, so you won't in our last two sectionals. P compare scores with your teammates until the a i d end of the session. Steve Schatzow, our past Tournament A d v Chair, had the innovative idea of instituting e As a bonus, each pair will have their r t i a Triple Nickel Swiss (5 rounds, 5 boards per s e scores IMPed against everyone in the section, m round, 5 minutes per board) with a party (al - e and that will be scored as an IMP Pairs n cohol and desserts) in the middle of the game.