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BRIDGE NEWS FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA
www.SouthernArizonaBridge.com
February 2017
February Events
Friday February 17
Unit Wide Championship All Clubs
Sunday February 19
Unit Game Adobe
February 27 - March 5 Tucson Winter Regional
Radisson Hotel
4550 S Palo Verde Blvd.
District 17 Official Website: www.d17acbl.org/
Unit 356 Official website www.SouthernArizonaBridge.com
2017 UNIT 356 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT: Cindy Shoemaker
VICE PRESIDENT: Mindy Hawkins
TREASURER: Carolyn Reynolds
SECRETARY: Betsy O’Dell
TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN: Steve Reynolds
TOURNAMENT COORDINATOR:
Cindy Shoemaker
PARTNERSHIPS: Rudy Martinez
CADDY MASTER: Judson Jones
CLUB MANAGER:
EDUCATION: Ann Shaylor
FACEBOOK: Ann Shaylor & Betsy O’Dell
MEMBERSHIP: Ann Hinge
I/N REPRESENTATIVE: Heidi Beards
CONDUCT AND ETHICS: Kenneth Grafton
HOSPITALITY: Committee
PUBLICITY: Cindy Shoemaker & Mindy Hawkins
DISTRICT 17 REP: Darwin Afdahl
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Webmaster and Kibitzer: Ann Hinge
Welcome New Members
Michael D Botwin Marie T Boucher David Davenport
Barbara Eisenberg Susan Hollis
Charles Hunter Lisa McLuckie Thain
Max Thain
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Pamela Thaut 1140.58 168.08
Eleanor Horton 1999.81 166.22
Jeffrey Lesser 6763.28 165.82
Rollie Armacost 4275.96 163.72
Jo Ann Aiken 2879.62 163.44
Fran Herrmann 3216.05 162.77
Paul Soper 3708.42 159.20
Melinda Hawkins 851.76 158.60
Russell Stowers 4372.88 157.80
Allen Bowman 5904.69 157.14
Judy Barnett 1979.05 156.51
Rao Bollimpalli 2334.49 155.68
Leslie Balascoe 3060.8 154.52
L Hall 2459.53 154.22
Aaron Carnes 1519.29 153.93
Hurd Baruch 479.55 151.29
Marlys Johansen 270.81 149.46
Arlene Mayfield 4845.15 148.88
John Mayfield 6210.63 148.62
Arne Maki 5986.62 145.45
Marc Hay 1368.83 144.14
Pauline Pettinato 205.13 143.90
Stephen Pozez 1971.06 143.70
Al Spaet 1220.56 138.35
Robert Lewis 368.1 136.84
Judson Jones 1572.5 134.81
Theodore Walden 2909.53 131.41
Randall Mandigo 3236.66 129.24
Franz Schatz 3178.63 129.15
John McKethen 529.42 128.70
William Hackbarth III 2693.15 128.16
Virginia Brier 236.27 127.74
Thomas Kennedy 1760.48 125.19
Julia Kennedy 1952.16 123.60
Henry Buch 1922.63 123.39
James Cobis 1253.08 122.70
Michael Cuno 927.11 120.66
Lorraine Vonk 4301.26 119.91
Gene Maki 4386.87 119.71
Al Peters 2723.79 119.59
Michael Smith 2001.88 119.03
Barbie Corbett 899.69 118.85
Joseph Rosenbaum 805.54 117.29
Mick Miller 2997.31 115.64
Michael Knight 365.82 115.56
Peter Godfrey 182.05 111.98
Lincoln Brown 1215.01 111.20
Patti Starr 382.39 110.10
Nicolai Minenko 3826.64 109.05
Randi Berkson 231.25 108.11
Michael Levy 13838.83 679.62
Doug Fritz 4736.92 502.18
Nora Tkacz 4080.45 447.08
Jared Boulds 1974.5 384.40
Dave Douglass 4710.99 373.44
Bill Barkley 4375.68 364.76
Max Limbocker 3599.67 348.16
Martin Schiff Jr 9558.12 328.89
George Good 9403.64 322.58
Joan Merrill 2500.58 320.97
David Rinehart 4233.72 309.13
Greg West 5891.08 302.82
William Howard 2810.82 285.94
Bradley Leach 300.11 275.76
Ernest Ledbetter 2342.02 271.83
Ellen Dilbert 4004.36 267.13
Clarence Mette III 2062.48 265.67
Harvey Bush 3630.97 263.11
Kenneth Badertscher 12003.6 260.07
Adair Karlin 2465.68 255.36
Marian Wilson 3467.83 226.06
Darwin Afdahl 13920.97 220.05
B Robert Simrak 3776.53 219.80
Kenneth Grafton 4177.08 215.48
Carol Pilmar 2140.15 212.23
Donna DePesa 3687.92 210.02
Stephen Maltzman 6288.55 208.51
Louis Herbster 5469.19 206.10
Betsy Howe 1278.52 205.89
Larry Rabideau 5144.12 200.68
Kay Afdahl 9834.29 199.40
Raymond Grady 1745.07 198.16
Walter Mann 1618.24 196.02
Corinne Leachman 4510.55 195.92
Mary Baptist 8757.99 195.48
Robert Baptist 10074.66 190.68
Mitch Towner 2303.06 190.01
Gary Mitchell 6755.84 189.20
Jo Fritz 5318.23 187.77
Eric Shoberg 300.88 184.89
William Schelstrate 1232.95 183.69
Clair Kretschmann 2311.57 181.46
Nona Dale 3745.19 180.15
James Kee 1788.62 179.43
Sue Binz 1619.77 174.47
Lois Odenweller 2838.78 174.25
Shirley Soucek 1051.58 174.02
Steve Reynolds 2900.38 173.50
Sunand Bal 1729.96 168.68
Don Barnett 2663.91 168.34
2016
Top
100 MP
Win-ners
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Adobe By Jared Boulds
December Results
Master Point Winners Under 750
S. Ram 20.04; John McKethen 16.90; Duncan Macdonell 9.18; Eric Shoberg 8.72; John Heieck 7.79.
Master Point Winners 0 - 2500
Jared Boulds 21.36; S. Ram 20.04; John McKethen 16.90; Sunand Bal 16.81; Chris Karabinas 16.43.
Master Point Winners Open
Michael Levy 33.95; Martin Schiff 30.42; William Howard 29.53; George Good 23.39;
Jared Boulds 21.36.
65% games Judy Barnett - Nancy Atherton 71.70; Eric Shoberg - Monica Quinlan 71.19;
Nona Dale - Lee Erdman 71.03; Marty Schiff - Mike Levy 70.84; Dev De Lucia - George Good 69.52; Ray Grady - Sunny Bal 68.89;
Bill Howard - Marty Schiff 68.62; Bill Howard - S. Ram 68.27; Carol Pilmar - Betsy Howe 68.22; Ellen Dilbert - Chris Apitz 67.57;
Carolyn Reynolds - Eleanor Horton 67.50; Nic Minenko - David Rinehart 67.42; Ann Hinge - John McKethan 67.41; Max Limbocker - Dave Douglass 66.95;
Nona Dale - Aaron Carnes 66.67; Eric Swanson - S. Ram 66.48; Ron Bliss - Duncan Macdonell 66.41; Ann Hinge - Barbara Feeley 66.20;
Nic Minenko - Ann Economidy 66.14; Sunny Bal - S. Ram 65.77; Mike Smith - Bengt Bjernfalk 65.71; Jared Boulds - Marty Schiff 65.66;
Bill Howard - Marty Schiff 65.64;
Saguaro By Doris Kuzmak
December Results
Bud Stein 6.45; Karen Eble 4.42; Shelton Howland 3.63; Ken Grafton 3.34; Gene Maki 2.74; Ted Walden 2.74; Corinne Leachman 2.60; Gary Mitchell 2.60;
Russ Stowers 2.54; and Karla Ramsey 2.18.
65% GAMES Karen Eble - Bud Stein 67.26; Ken Grafton - Bud Stein 67.10;
Al Bowman - Paul Black 65.09.
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Green Valley By Allen Bowman
December Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
Ken Grafton 19.49; Allen Bowman 16.61; Fran Herrmann 16.31;
Franz Schatz 13.20; Gary Mitchell 13.01; Corinne Leachman 13.01;
Les Balascoe 11.04; Yvette Gormley 10.96; Russ Stowers 9.98; Karen Eble 9.36.
65% games
Darlene Armacost - Mick Miller 73.15; Fran Herrmann - Ernie Perkins 71.75;
Corinne Leachman - Gary Mitchell 69.91; Bill Barkley - Al Bowman 68.98;
Les Balascoe - Al Bowman 68.06; Fran Herrmann - Franz Schatz 66.86;
Mary Egger - Ann Stark 66.67; Corinne Leachman - Gary Mitchell 66.04;
Dick Grannis - Warren Fuesz 65.07.
TOP GAMES (49’ers)
Terry Cox - Nancy Kinder 67.19;
Tucson Charity Bridge By Pat Felker
December Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners Joseph Bianco 7.21; Samuel Sagi 6.36; Lu Rudolph 6.35; Pat Felker 6.13;
Diana Galis 4.80; Arthur Ammann 4.68; Susan Ammann 4.68; Elliott Weiss 4.43; Marlene Patrick 4.36; DiAnn Plunkett 4.3; Paul Plunkett 4.3.
65% GAMES Cindy Shoemaker - Dave Gaetke 70.03; Shari Heitz - Marlene Patrick 69.22;
Claire & Franklin Colgan 67.72; Diana Galis - Ann Wolbach 65.81.
DONATIONS The club and individual donations allowed the group to donate $2;526 to the Fisher
House, which provides temporary lodging for family members of our Veterans and Armed Forces during a medical crisis. It offers a warm compassionate environment
where families find support and encouragement from others in similar circumstances.
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Bridge Center of Greater Tucson By Al Spaet
December Results
Master Point Winners
Donna Depesa – 8.06; Steve Maltzman – 8.06; Barbara Dever – 6.10;
Barbara Feeley Sullenger – 4.59; Hy Osofsky – 4.59; Darlene Barstadt – 3.39; Virginia Brier – 3.15; Jane Pendley – 2.64; Mary Letts – 2.50;
Rodney Letts – 2.50;
65% GAMES
Barbara Werdell – Joyce Honorof – 75.00; Ed Helpert - Greg West - 67.56; Loretta Wood - Joy Rieckers – 66.67; Sue and Phil Bush & 66.25;
Ann Kuperberg - Joe Olivier 66.15; Greg West - Steve Maltzman 65.63.
Mike Lawrence
World famous Bridge Professional Mike Lawrence is offering a special Two day hands-on Seminar at our Bridge Center, right here in Catalina, on Saturday and
Sunday, March 25-26, 2017.
For many, Mike needs no introduction. He is a three time World Champion, winner
of multiple national titles, monthly columnist in the ACBL BULLETIN and the author of 23 fabulous books on Bridge. Ask anyone who has attended one of his sessions
or cruised with him, and you will be told that he's an amazing teacher, lecturer and authority on all phases of our game. Visit his website at MichaelLawrence.com to
learn more.
Mike will be making this Arizona appearance a very special one. Mike's lectures, shared insights and hands-on sessions will make you a better partner and a better
player.
For more information: Web: TucsonBridge.com
email: [email protected]
Telephone: 520-825-2383
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Mike’s Play and Learn Bridge By Mike Smith
December Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
Arlo McDowell 2.12; Bobbie Gilkerson 1.99; Bobbie Lambert 1.99;
Deb Browning 1.74; Drew Browning 1.74
65% games
Sandra Millar - Taffie Eiff 72.92; Deb & Drew Browning 70.14;
Bobbie Gilkerson - Bobbie Lambert 69.09;
Bobbie Gilkerson - Bobbie Lambert 66.67; Kathy Klammer - Curtis Thorgaard 66,07;
Deb & Drew Browning 65.48; Bob & Glenda Burdick 65.28
Small Slams Bridge Club By Joyce Honorof
December Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
Carl Travor 3.92; Mike Pickering 3.36; Ginny Jeronimus 3.30; Wayne Jeronimus 3.30; Miki Pratt 2.44; Helen Turner 2.44; Donna Sachrison 2.39;
Fay Steele 2.39; Mike Kotten 2.31; Pat Kotten 2.31
65% Games Carl Travor - Mike Pickering 70.49; Marilynn & Tom Baker 68.06%; Ginny & Wayne
Jeronimus 67.23%; Helen Turner - Miki Pratt 66.16; Sharon Wyles - Irma Frank 65.25
Thunder Mountain Bridge Center By James Cobis
December Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners Paul Soper 8.70; Marc Hay 6.13; Marjorie Dugas 5.92; Jim Cobis 4.62;
Robert Walton 4.19; Carol Thornton 3.95; Richard Turke 3.72;
Margaret Glenn 3.19; Kaye Dean 2.62; Jan Dragoo 2.58.
65% games
Paul Soper & Jim Cobis 69.6; Mary Blanchard & Carol Thornton 66.0.
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High Desert Hand By Carol Lee Erbeck December Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners Elliott Hendricks 3.00; Bob Ruona, 3.00; Carol Lee Erbeck 2.64;
Meredith Lane 1.15; Larry Snyder 1.15; Eric Rasmussen 1.10; Emily Anderson 1.00;
Jim Cobis 1.00; Jane Klug .85; Mary Ahearn .50
65% games
Mary Ahearn - Ed Mulkey 70.0; Bob Ruona - Elliott Hendricks 67.5;
Eric Rasmussen - Norma Sue Griffins 67.5; Eric Rasmussen - Carol Lee Erbeck 65.0;
Jane Klug - Ed Mulkey 65.0
Over 70% Games all Clubs
December Results
Barbara Werdell – Joyce Honorof 75.00; Judy Barnett - Nancy Atherton 71.70;
Darlene Armacost - Mick Miller 73.15; Sandra Millar - Taffie Eiff 72.92; Fran Herrmann - Ernie Perkins 71.75; Eric Shoberg - Monica Quinlan 71.19;
Nona Dale - Lee Erdman 71.03; Marty Schiff - Mike Levy 70.84; Carl Travor - Mike Pickering 70.49; Deb & Drew Browning 70.14;
Cindy Shoemaker - Dave Gaetke 70.03; Mary Ahearn - Ed Mulkey 70.0;
December 11, 2016 Unit 356 Meeting Notes
The meeting was called to order at 12:10. Present were Joan Merrill, Anne Hinge, Darwin Afdahl, Jud Jones, Carolyn Reyn-
olds, Steve Reynolds, Barry Abrahams, Ken Grafton, Mindy Hawkins, Cindy Shoe-maker, Betsy O'Dell, Adair Karlin and Heidi Beards
Minutes from the November meeting were approved.
The treasurer report was approved with no questions.
Heidi Beards, the candidate for NLM representative, was accepted by acclamation.
Tournaments
Joan and Heidi will introduce the speakers at the sectional. The speakers in
clude local Adobe players - Aaron, Dave and Jared. Caddies are set for both the sectional and regional.
We have need 9 regional speakers. Each day Tuesday through Friday there will be 2 speakers per day. On Saturday there will be one speaker. We have
8 professional players and Ken Grafton scheduled to speak. There will not be a dinner with a pro at the regional.
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Carolyn and Cindy are working on Fast Results.
The design for the patch for the regional is done. Cindy will double check to see if it will be cheaper if we order 1000. T-shirts will cost about $5. The pref
erence is to be made by local businesses. Jud has concerns about the Regional Tournament schedule. Events for the re
gional are determined by Becky and the district. We will have 3 national di rectors.
The NLM Tournament in September 2017 will have cup holders and gift baskets.
The Senior Olympics will be at Adobe on January 29. Registration is done through the city. Cindy will supply details in January. There is some concern about room for
everyone. Jared Boulds and Bob Griffin were named as possible directors.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:50.
Respectfully submitted by Betsy O'Dell on December 19, 2016
Recent Rank Advances
New Junior Masters:
Paul G Koss Essie Nadler
Conrad A Paul Rita F Schmitz
Larry Snyder
New Club Masters:
Tom D Baker
Barbara V Gilkerson Carolyn E Sennhenn
Carl A Travor
New Sectional Masters:
Patricia A Coker Michael Kotten
Judith A Lattavo
Recent Rank Advances
New Regional Masters:
Peter L Godfrey
Marlys D Johansen
Anne S Lyman
Sundaresan Ram
New NABC Masters:
Virginia Brier
John Heieck
Patti A Starr
New Bronze Masters:
John T McKethen
New Ruby Masters:
Aaron Carnes
Leo Pigaty
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You are West and hold: ♠ 982
♥ KQJT952
♦
♣ 963
Both Vulnerable
South West North East 1♠ 3♥ 3♠ 4♥
4♠ Pass Pass Pass Your 3♥ jump overcall showed long Hearts and not much else (preemptive, in other words), and South eventually buys the contract in 4♠. You’d love to get a Diamond ruff (or two) but, alas, you are on open-ing lead. Any thoughts?
This deal was played in a team game and at one table West routinely led the ♥K which held the trick. Declarer ruffed the second round of Hearts and lost a trump to East’s Ace. A Diamond was re-turned for West to ruff, briefly raising the defense’s hopes. But that was all they got, and Declarer had 10 tricks. In the post mortem West stated the obvious by pointing out that East needed to overtake the King with his ♥A at Trick 1 and shoot back a Diamond, getting the defense two ruffs and setting the con-tract. Here is the full deal:
At the other table, West was made of smarter stuff. At Trick 1 she led the Heart Two! Unless leading “top of a sequence” it is customary to lead 4
th best from a long suit (some prefer “3
rd or 5
th”), so that Heart
Two was distinctly fishy-looking, considering that West’s bidding had announced 6 or 7 Hearts. What was West trying to say by her strange lead? She clearly wanted a shift, probably for a ruff. That was a great lead, but how did East correctly deduce that he should try to give West a Diamond ruff, not a Club ruff?
East’s logic was as follows:
- If West was out of Clubs, then Declarer had four of them and East had two natu-
ral Club tricks coming his way. If West got ruffs in that suit he would merely be ruffing East’s slow Club winners.
- But, if West was out of Diamonds then West would be ruffing Declarer’s winners.
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BRIDGE BITES #68
A STRANGE LEAD Brian Gunnell
♠ JT3
♥ 743
♦ J86
♣ AK87
♠ 982
♥ KQJT952
♦
♣ 963
Dummy West East Declarer
♠ A
♥ A6
♦ T9743
♣ QJT42
♠ KQ7654
♥ 8
♦ AKQ52
♣ 5
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WEEKLY CLUB SCHEDULES
Club Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Adobe Bridge Club (Jared Boulds Club Manager) 401 E Limberlost 795-2441 [email protected] www.bridgewebs.com/adobe
1:00pm
Open 9.00 am
299’er
12:30pm
Open & 749
9.00 am
199’er
12:30pm
Open & 749
9.00 am
99’er
12:30pm
Open & 749
12:30pm
Open & 749 12:30pm
Open 9:00am
749 Game
1:00pm
Open
Green Valley Duplicate Bridge Club Games Open to Members and Guests Only (Al Bowman—Club Manager) 3660 S Camino Del Sol [email protected] gvbridge.com
1:00pm Inv
Canoa
1:00pm Inv
Canoa
1:00pm Inv
Canoa
High Desert Hands (Carol L Erbeck, Club Manager) 1270 Treasure Road, Pearce 520-559-7894 [email protected]
12:00pm
Mike's Play and Learn Bridge
(Michael D Smith, Club Manager) 520-820-1757
5360 E Pima St Tucson AZ 85712
1:00
199'er
Mountain View Duplicate Bridge Club (Jo Ann Aiken, Club Manager) 38759 Mountain View Blvd, Saddlebrooke - 818-1727 [email protected] www.bridgewebs.com/mountainview/
1:00pm
1:00pm
Saguaro Duplicate Bridge Club (Doris Kuzmak, Director/Manager) 600 S La Canada Dr 625-4027 or 237-1959 [email protected] gvbridge.com
12:30pm
Open
Thunder Mountain Bridge Center 240 N Hwy 90 (James Cobis , Club Manager) P.O. box 839, Bisbee, Arizona 85603 or 520-366-1866 [email protected]
12:30pm
12:30pm
12:30pm
9:00am
1:00pm
Tucson Charity Bridge (Ruth Houkom, Club Manager) 5360 E Pima Street, Tucson [email protected] OR www.bridgewebs.com/tucsoncharity
12:30pm
749
(Streams)
12:30pm
749
(Streams)
9:00am
749
(Streams)
Bridge Center of Greater Tucson (Al Spaet Club Manager) 16150 N Oracle Road 520-825-2383 [email protected] OR www.tucsonbridge.com
1.00pm
Open & 749 1.00pm
749
1.00pm
Open & 749 1.00pm
Open & 749 1.00pm
749
11.30am
Small Slams Bridge Club Open to SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents and their guests only (Joyce Honorof Club Manager) SaddleBrooke HOA #1 Activity Center and Clubhouse 64518 Galveston Lane; Tucson, AZ 85739 [email protected] www.bridgewebs.com/smallslams/
1.00pm
749
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SPECIAL EVENTS SCHEDULE — February 2017
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
February 1 February 2 February 3 February 4
AD CG SS, BC CC GV Mara-
thon
MV CG
S ACBL Wide SFG
February 5 February 6 February 7 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11
AD CG
BC CC
AD CG
GV CG
GV, MV, AD
CG
AD CC
February 12 February 13 February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18
GNT Adobe
AD CG BC CC
AD CC
Unit Wide
Championship
Local Clubs
S CG
BC CC
February 19 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25
Unit Game
Adobe
BC CC
GV Pro/Am
AD CC
MV CG BC CC
AD CG
February 26 February 27 February 28
AD CC
Tucson Winter
Regional
7 PM
Tucson Winter
Regional
Radisson Hotel
Abbreviations: AD– Adobe, MV – Mountain View, S –Saguaro, TM – Thunder Mountain, GV - Green Valley, HDH - High Desert Hands, TCB - Tucson Charity Bridge, MPL - Mikes Play and Learn, BC - Bridge Center, SS - Small Slams B -Birthdays, BAM -Board-a-Match, CAC – Club Appreciation Championship, CC – Club Championship, CG - Charity Game, MAG—Member Appreciation Game, NLM – Non Life Master, IN – Intermediate /Novice, SFG—Special Fund Game, SR—Sectionally Rated, ST— Swiss Teams, UWC—Unit Wide Championship, AMB--Membership Game, GNT - GNT Qualifi-er, NAP - North American Pair Qualifier, * See write-up under club
