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The Bridge Gazette

June, 2015 Kim Howard, Editor

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Vero Beach Bridge Center

1520 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL. 32960

772-562-3008

www.verobridge.com

From the Bridge Coordinator’s desk The World-Wide Bridge Contest will be held on Saturday, June 6th. These games are played just twice a year and pay 50/50 red and black points at Sectional rating. The World Bridge Federation sponsors this event with all profits going to the development of youth bridge. We will have hand records with extensive analysis of the boards played. Extra points are awarded for District – wide winners. Do not miss this great opportunity. There are two other opportunities for red points this month with NAP Qualifiers on Thursday, June 11th and Saturday, June 27th. These two games offer 50/50 red and black points at Sectional rating also. We will continue our Tuesday Series games awarding the higher scoring players extra bonus points at month end. We will start a Wednesday Series Games in June with the same bonus awards for Wednesday higher scorers. At least four players earn bonus points with each of these series. On Sunday, June 21st we will hold a Brunch and Bridge at 12:30 followed by the Open and 499er Swiss Teams event for the benefit of The Alzheimer’s Association. The ACBL has been a major “player” in The Longest Day effort for three years. On Monday, June 22nd we will play a special short game at 10:00 (just 18 boards) and our usual 1:00 Open and 299er games. Marge Desmery will be preparing a great lunch for in between these two games. Come and play both games on Monday to benefit this great cause that effects so many lives. Extra points will be awarded at all three of these Charity Games. A special thanks to John Garrison who has been trimming some of our tree branches, and Maggie Eggleston who has been spotted with her gardening shears working on the weeds surrounding our trees. These folks have seen a need and gone out of their way to help the club. Thanks to these and many more of you who volunteer your time to help make this the “GREAT” Club it is!!

Martha Glassmeyer

Points for May

Masterpoint race

1 37.32 William Poole* 2 29.25 Susan Mayo* 3 26.27 Debbie Drury* 4 24.83 Freeman Bunn* 5 22.63 Gini Hauser* 6 20.30 Reanette Frobouck* 7 19.95 Boots Van Nostrand 8 17.54 Rosalie Powers* 9 17.53 Joanne Matchette 10 17.31 Gail Reams* 11 15.55 Judith Kane* 12 14.52 Nancy Lineback* 13 14.42 Nancy Marquardt* 14 14.40 Merle Hauser* 15 14.37 Doris Leigh* 16 13.47 Jay Prillaman* 17 13.38 Arnie Summers* 18 12.64 Bob Flynn* 19 12.00 Anne Bell Rusher* 20 11.93 Priscilla Knox* 21 11.26 Paul Quinn 22 10.83 Sheldon Wander 23 10.67 Jamie Portell* 24 9.98 Lee Ann Daly 25 9.87 Sandra Gross* Total Masterpoints reported: 422.22 Players selected: 25 out of 10001

The Bridge Gazette Editor: Kim Howard Contributors for this issue: Leslie Phelps, David Garfield, Martha Glassmeyer,

Joanne Matchette, and Kim Howard

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www.verobridge.com • for daily game results • for tournament schedules • to locate a member’s e-mail address • For hand records • For partnership’s

June 1 Edward Carter, MariAnne Doherty, Susan Moore, Rosemary Wallach June 2

Betsy Freytag, Samuel Lacks, David Nocar, Ginger Paul, Vincent Soukup, Francis Wallach June 3 June Koch, Paula Swain, Dick Swartz, Ann Wheeler June 4 Janet Carroll, Ibby El-Raheb June 5 Lois MacLeod, Muriel Schaffer June 6

Keith Cracknell, Maria Germain, Steph Hampton, David Hiley June 7 Gay Bain, Linda Lemmon, James Migliore, Jeanne Moore, Sheldon Wander June 8

William Friesell June 9

Jerry Galyean June 10 Rosemary Callahan, Tina Cole, Peggy Dennis, Barbie Horton June 11 Joe Burke, Janet Grant June 12 Fran Jaffee, Pamela Sailer, Judy Whittaker

June 13

John Brunner, Bill Grealis June 14 Nece Buckle, Dora Churchill June 15 Chuck Cramb, Peter Stoll June 16 Ann Barton, Georgia Hennig, Brent Welch June 17 Nancy Marquardt, Emily McDonough, Ann Oatwan, Betty Robinson, Barbara Seagram June 18 Diane MacQueen, Shirley Wertz, Lee Woody June 20 Judy Calley, Linda Ferrari June 22 Brian Fisher, John McClenathan, James McConnell June 23 Joan Cadden, Audrey Fetter, Neil Hockenhull, Harlley McKean June 24 Robert Colton, Carolyn Evers, Jerry Shaw, King Stubbs, Pieter VanBennekom June 25 Linda Jennings June 26 Winnie Cashin, Mary Collins, Merle Hauser, Fred Nordstrom, Ann Piper, Sid Stein June 27

Donna Pottle, MaryJane Schmidt June 28

David Garfield, Cynthia Wigton June 29

Karen Yellin June 30

Evelyn Gubitosi, Shirley Wilson

June Birthdays

May Birthday Photo

Charlie Kline and Jay Prillaman

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Perfume & cologne wearers!!!!

Once Again We ask that you be considerate of players who have allergies to perfumes, colognes and hair sprays. Fragrances are found in a variety of commonly used perfumes, skin products, household products, foods, cosmetics and other substances.

Firecracker LunchFirecracker LunchFirecracker LunchFirecracker Lunch

12:15 p.m.

Hot dogs & Chips

will be provided by

VBBC. Please sign up

to bring a side dish or a dessert.

Education Report

Bidding Review classes are held on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30. It is not necessary to make a reservation or to come with a partner. Each class costs $15. Upcoming topics: June 3 Preemptive Opening Bids Gail June 10 Jacoby Transfers Lyn June 17 Opening/Responding to 2 Clubs Jay June 24 Blackwood & Gerber Jay Celebrity Series arrangements are well under way and you can look forward to an announcement for specific celebrities and dates. We anticipate a fun, educational celebrity season.

North American Pairs (NAP)

The NAP event has been a major ACBL pair championship since 1979 and was originally known as the Grand National Pairs. This grassroots event is staged in qualifying rounds at the club, unit and district levels. The contest is run as a flighted event: Flight A (Open), Flight B (fewer than 2500 masterpoints as of the June 2014 masterpoint cycle) and Flight C (Non-Life Master with fewer than 500 masterpoints as of June 2014). 1. Club level qualification may be earned at any club in any unit in any district. 2. Club level qualification is earned as an individual and not as a partnership. A player may play at any participating club as often as desired and with as many partners as desired. 3. At the club stage, a player may qualify and earn masterpoints with any member of the ACBL or with a non-member of the ACBL. NAP Games at VBBC in June: June 11: 0 – 500 & Open Pairs June 27: Open Pairs

Susan Mayo has already returned to her summer home in Connecticut but the memory of the spectacular celebration of her GOLD LIFE MASTER ranking lingers on. Susan became a Gold Life Master while playing with Judy Kane at the VBBC on May 21st, 2015. Helen White provided a beautiful party to honor Susan’s 2500 point achievement. Thank you Helen and congratulations Susan on this great accomplishment.

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CLUB STATS FOR MAY Total MP’s awarded 1528.85 Total players 514

Card Sharks for May Martha Glassmeyer

0–5 Betsy McConnell 6–20 Susan Appel 21–50 David LeBar 51–100 Sheldon Wander 101–200 Terry Wolf 201–300 Mimi Klug 301–400 Richard Crannell 401–500 Boots VanNostrand 501-750 Sandy Gross 751–1000 Joanne Matchette 1001-2500 Susan Mayo 2501+ Bill Poole

Phone extensions for fast access 201 Kim’s office 202 Director’s desk 203 Courtesy Phone 204 Cashier’s desk 205 Martha’s desk 206 Education’s desk

ABC CLUB Kim Howard

Congratulations to the following C players who came in

first in all strata (C, B, A) in an open game during May:

5/01 Michael Williams & Doug Ell 5/04 Sandra Gross & Eva Gurley 5/05 Mary Sullivan & Shay Connors 5/08 Doug Ell & Michael Williams 5/11 Paul Quinn & Bill Friesell 5/14 Boots VanNostrand & Carolyn Norris 5/15 John Dillon & Allen Jones 5/16 Marilyn Cance & Beth Sexton-Stryker 5/18 Betty Wiese & Barbara Bromberger 5/19 Ann & John Dillon Paul Quinn & Herb Crowder 5/22 Hazel & Sam Lacks 5/23 Gloria Sinni & Sandra Gross 5/25 Don Brinkerhoff & David Garfield Joanne Matchette & Steve Hayskar 5/27 Michael Williams & Doug Ell 5/28 Paul Hatten & Mike Williams 5/29 Richard Crannell & Bud Reinhardt

70 percenters for May

Congratulations to the following who achieved 70 percent or more games in May: 5/08 Anne & Robert Cooney 73.33% Shirley Powers & Preston Strazza 70% 5/15 Barbara & Bob Mercer 75% Susan Appel & Philip Moyer 72.22% 5/18 Bill Poole & Susan Mayo 70.24% 5/19 Evelyn Gubitosi & Barbara Mercer 78.08% 5/20 Bill Poole & Debbie Drury 73.02% 5/26 Debbie Drury & Freeman Bunn 70.37% 5/27 John Hagood & Bunny Frey 70.83% 5/29 Anne & Robert Cooney 72.22%

Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney Leslie Phelps

Here are the Ace of Clubs ACBL nationwide (not Unit) standings of our members for points earned at the club level through April 2015 for the top 30 in each division. Our club should be proud of the fine accomplishments of these members:

MP Level

ACBL-Wide Rank

Ace of Clubs VBBC Member

MP thru April 2015

200-300

2nd Boots VanNostrand 58

500-1000

19th Joanne Matchette 63

2500-5000

11th

Bob Schives 120

7500-10000

16th 29th

Robert Colton Debbie Drury

112 92

ACBL-wide Master Point

MP Level

ACBL-Wide Rank

Mini-McKenney VBBC Member

MP thru April 2015

N/A

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