Sunday, November 25, 2018 Daily BulletinVolume 91, Number ...
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Sunday, November 25, 2018
91st Fall North American Bridge Championships
Volume 91, Number 3
NABCDailyBulletin@ | Editors: Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski
New ACBL president is all business
Winners of the Nail Life Master Pairs: Greg
Hinze and David Grainger
Grainger, Hinze take
Nail LM Pairs
David Grainger and Greg Hinze won the
Nail Life Master Pairs on Saturday, finishing
8 matchpoints ahead of David Gold and Boye
Brogeland on a 51 top.
※I just felt like we played normal,§ Hinze said.
※We always knew what each other had in the bidding,
and we took our tricks.§
Grainger added, ※The opponents were friendly.§
It*s the third win in an NABC+ event for both
Grainger of Etobicoke ON and Hinze of San Antonio
TX. Grainger has four others in limited NABC events.
continued on page 4
Senior KO in semifinal stage
The Baze Senior Knockout Teams is down to
four.
The top-seeded Nickell team knocked off the
squad led by Steve Robinson 161-67, while Lou Ann
O*Rourke and company mustered a late rally to slip
by Bob Drake*s team 111-108.
On the other side of the bracket, there was an
upset as Paul Lewis*s two seed fell to Gaylor Kasle*s
seven seed, 156-116. The four-handed Curtis Cheek
team was up 110-35 over Allan Falk before Falk
withdrew in the third quarter.
Today, Nickell, playing with Ralph Katz,
Bob Hamman, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth and
Eric Rodwell, faces O*Rourke (John Mohan, Ron
Smith, Roger Bates, Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin).
The Kasle crew (P. Drew Cannell, Jim Krekorian,
Drew Casen, Michal Kwiecien and Wlodzimierz
Starkowski) takes on Cheek (Arthur Crystal, Allan
Graves, Neil Chambers).
This will be the last running of this event.
Canadians lead 10K Swiss
A team from Nova Scotia holds a slim lead
entering the second day of the 0-10,000 Swiss
Teams. Kathie Macnab, Bill Halliday, Boyd Wells
and Jo Ann Lynds have a 23.78 Victory Point
carryover 每 1.33 VPs ahead of the team captained by
Yuanluo Wang.
Martin Harris, Miriam Harris-Botzum, John
Botzum and Greg Michaels are in third with 17.75
VPs.
Eighteen teens qualified for the final day of the
two-day event.
Super Senior start times
Please note: The start times for the Super Senior
Pairs on Sunday, Nov. 25 and Monday Nov. 26 are
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Russ Jones is a
bridge booster as his
volunteer resume
attests. He is a club
owner and director. He
organizes tournaments
每 he held the firstever non-Life Master
Regional many years
ago and continues to
host that tournament
annually in conjunction
with a sectional. He teaches bridge. He has
coordinated GNT/NAP and special event contests.
He has served on his unit board. He has served on
the ACBL Board of Directors representing District
10 for five years.
Now he accepts the gavel to serve in the
League*s top volunteer capacity: as 2019 president
of the ACBL.
※My priorities as president are twofold,§ says
Jones, ※financial responsibility and increased
support of clubs/teachers. I am actively looking
for ways to lower expenses at the League. Several
members have made suggestions that give us a good
starting point. I will be instructing the Governance
Committee to investigate these alternatives and
present their thoughts to the Board in the near
future.§
continued on page 5
World champs crowned in Orlando
By Paul Linxwiler
Photos courtesy of the WBF by Fabio Poleggi
Orlando hosted the 15th World Bridge Series,
from Sept. 22 to Oct. 6, and a host of new champions
were crowned in pair and team contests in Open,
Women*s, Senior and Mixed categories. These
championships were open to all; there were no
team trials preceding these contests, and players
from different countries could play as partners or
teammates.
In the Open Teams 每 the Rosenblum Cup 每
Pierre Zimmermann*s Monaco-based squad took
home the gold medal when they defeated the
(mostly) Italian Lavazza team in the final, 241每162.
Bronze medals went to the losing semifinalists led by
England*s Alexander Allfrey and Warren Spector of
the U.S.
continued on page 12
Team Zimmermann
displays the Rosenblum
Cup and their gold
medals from the Open
Teams championship:
captain Pierre
Zimmermann, Franck
Multon, Tor Helness, Geir
Helgemo, Piotr Gawrys
and Michal Klukowski.
Betty Bratcher 1949每2018
By Ken Monzingo
Photo by Jonathan Sternberg
Betty
Bratcher,
the beloved
matriarch
of bridge
in Southern
California,
passed from
this world of
respiratory
problems on
Oct. 27.
There was not, and may never be, a more
universally loved person in our bridge midst. Most
all of us involved in unit, district and national
management, or thousands of regular tournament-
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goers, were always greeted with her loving smile
and positive attitude. Betty truly loved the players,
she loved her job and she loved bridge.
To me and to all who knew her well, Betty was
the little sister we never had, the aunt we always
wanted to visit and the mom we wanted to hear us
cry. Her personality and empathy were infectious
每 you always wanted to talk to her, just watching
the way she listened to you. I was blessed to be
one of her closest friends for the past 40 years
as we worked together in regional and national
tournaments. Betty was the head director of virtually
all regionals in SoCal, and she also reached the
continued on page 5
Goodwill Message
It is nice to be important, but it is more
important to be nice.
Sandy DeMartino, Chair
Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee
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Daily Bulletin
Sunday, November 25, 2018
SPECIAL EVENTS
MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS
Meetings are at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
8 am-noon
10-11:30 am
10 am-noon
1-6 pm
2-6 pm
5-7 pm
Sunday, November 25
Best Practices Teacher Workshop. Session three of three.
ACBL*s interactive seminar for people interested in learning
how to teach bridge. (Kahili Suite, second floor, Kalia Tower)
Board of Governors meeting. All members of the ACBL
Board of Governors are invited to attend the Fall NABC
meeting. This meeting is also open to the general membership
of the ACBL. (Tapa Ballroom, second floor, Tapa Tower)
Free Bridge Lesson with Patty Tucker followed by a
special game for newer players. (South Pacific Ballroom 4,
Mid-Pacific Center)
Notrump in a Day. Fee: $15 if you preregister (
reglbiad), $20 at the door. (South Pacific Ballroom 4, MidPacific Center)
Best Practices Teacher Assessments. People who complete
the Best Practices Teacher Workshop can sign up for an
assessment during this time. (Kahili Suite, second floor, Kalia
Tower)
8 am-2 pm
10 am-noon
5-7 pm
9 am-noon
Martin & MacArthur Private Shopping Event. Gallery
offers 10% discount on all items to bridge players.
Invitations available at Welcome Desk in the Coral Lounge.
Refreshments served. (Martin & MacArthur, first floor, Tapa
Tower)
Monday, November 26
Best Practices Teacher Assessments. People who complete
the Best Practices Teacher Workshop can sign up for an
assessment during this time. (Kahili Suite, second floor, Kalia
Tower)
Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. (Lehua
Suite, second floor, Kalia Tower)
Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill
Committee members only. (South Pacific Ballroom 4, MidPacific Center)
Tuesday, November 27
Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education
course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants
must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up
at the door. (Sea Pearl Room 2, Mid-Pacific Center)
CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM
Don*t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the
game! Talks will be held in Coral Ballroom 1, Mid-Pacific Center. Speakers and
topics are subject to change.
9:15 am
6:45 pm
Sunday, Nov. 25
GS Jade Barrett
Jeff Hand
The Power of Fits
Notrump Contracts
Monday, Nov. 26
Playing to Trick One
Counting Made Easier
9:15 am
6:45 pm
Lisa Berkowitz
GS Jade Barrett
9:15 am
6:45 pm
Betty Starzec
Understanding Lead-Directing Doubles
Barbara Heller
Active Leads Against Trump
Contracts
Tuesday, Nov. 27
HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT
Evening hospitality is served at the Coral Lounge (Mid-Pacific Center) and the Palace Lounge (Tapa Tower) except where noted.
10:30 pm
Sunday, Nov. 25
World-renowned Tahiti Mana Dance Troupe,
Salted Soft Pretzel and Maui-style potato chips; cash bar
(Coral Lounge)
Discounts offered
Five restaurants at the Hilton Hawaiian
Village are offering discounts to bridge players
with convention cards that were not listed in the
restaurant guide. Dairy Queen is offering a 20%
discount; Blue Water Shrimp & Seafood is offering
10%. At the other three 每 CJ*s New York Style
Delicatessen, Hatsuhana and Round Table Pizza 每
the discount is 10% excluding alcohol.
Monday, Nov. 26
10:30 pm
Guava chiffon cake
10:30 pm
Portuguese sausage hot dog
No cash concessions
There will be no cash concessions at this NABC.
Food and beverage costs would have been quite
high for the players. Many outlets, including the
ABC stores, Wiki Wiki Market and Starbucks, offer
a variety of beverages, sandwiches, salads, etc. at
reasonable prices.
Credit cards accepted
for entry fees
Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC
via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted
wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear as
ACBL Tournament Entry. To use this option, the
entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single
card. Please be patient with directors using this
system. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an
alternative to cash.
Bridge Bucks
and check cashing
Bridge Bucks and
check-cashing services will
be available outside the
Coral Ballroom in the
Mid-Pacific Center. Hours
of operation are 9:30 to 10
a.m. and noon to 1 p.m.
Players may purchase
Bridge Bucks using all major credit cards. There is a
$500 limit daily on check cashing.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS
Thinking bridge
By Eddie Kantar
Opener*s rebid. Third-hand play. Retaining
control.
Mike and Peggy Torpey of San Francisco
have been playing social bridge for 55 and
45 years. Mike learned from his mother and
taught Peggy when they got married. ※I
played in law school, but it was just a game,§
Mike said. ※We didn*t play duplicate.§ They
started playing duplicate about seven years
ago when the NABC was in their hometown
and also played in Washington DC in 2016.
They also play online using FunBridge.
They*ve never played in a club, so all of their
points are red or gold, but they don*t get to
tournaments very often either. ※We*re on
vacation,§ Peggy said.
15.5 Tables
7
5.97
1
4.48
2
3.36
3
2.52
4
1.99
5
1.94
6
1.49
7
1.38
8
1.58
1.25
1.95
1.46
8.0 Tables
A
2.70
1
2.13
2
1.52
3
1.60
4
1.20
5
1.22
0.92
Dlr: North
?64
Vul: Both
?K863
?A765
?K52
? K Q 10 7
?J93
? J 10 2
?Q9
? 9 4 3
? Q J 10 2
? Q 10 7
?9863
?A852
?A754
?K8
?AJ4
West
North
East
South
1NT
Pass
2?
Pass
2?
Pass
4?
All Pass
Opening lead: ?K
Bidding commentary: With two four-card
majors, bid hearts first when partner bids 2?
(Stayman). However, some bid the stronger major
first in case responder also has both majors. If so,
the partnership plays in the stronger 4每4 fit.
Defensive commentary: As East, when partner
leads a king from the K每Q, denying the ace, signal
encouragement with the ace or jack, not with a
Parking validation
JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS
3
2
1
2
3
1
4
5
2
3
Edwina Moscatelli - James Keefe, Honolulu HI
Sheri French, Pine Island MN; Sid Parham, Rochester MN
Ralph Haberfeld, Jackson WY; Shameine Ali, Vancouver BC
Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY
Lisa Karam, Bloomfield MI; Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI
Carolyn Keane, West Vancouver BC; Barbara Wilson, Sudbury MA
Dee Fulton, Holualoa HI; Craig C. Thorsen, Kailua Kona HI
Ed Gould - Cornelia Gould, Incline Village NV
Robin Ward - Robert Ward, Honolulu HI
Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Willa King, San Clemente CA
Richard Schulman - Marcia Schulman, Los Angeles CA
Charlotte Riviera, Bellevue WA; Joanne Kerr, Kirkland WA
63.90%
61.31%
59.77%
58.93%
57.70%
55.36%
55.21%
54.15%
52.98%
52.15%
50.45%
48.97%
JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS
B
C
1
1
2
3
4
2
3
Greg Manchuk - Kathleen Manchuk, Kihei HI
Duane Brasch, Fargo ND; Tom Pokonosky, Deephaven MN
Betsy Hartley, San Clemente CA; Judy Blankenfeld, Hilo HI
Brian Knowles - Lisa Geiger, Boulder CO
George Blalack, Ewa Beach HI; Randy Wentross, Tucson AZ
Kondo Fuyuko - Horie Machiko
Meda Brown - Yvonne Wheeler, Honolulu HI
doubleton. As
West, if your king
wins the trick,
watch partner*s
signal carefully.
If partner has
discouraged,
denying the ace
or jack, declarer
probably has the
A每J每x每(x) and
could be sitting
in the bushes
hoping you
continue the suit.
In this case, East encourages with the ?9, so it is
safe to continue the suit.
Play commentary: A spade trick must be lost
in any event, so as South, duck the first round and
win the second, retaining control of the suit. Also,
when you have a side suit divided 3每3 (clubs) that
entails a finesse for a queen, save that suit until the
end. Sometimes a friendly West will lead the suit,
ending the need to take a finesse.
Play commentary #2: With side-suit
shortness in spades and diamonds, both suits under
control after the first-round duck in spades, win
West*s likely spade return, play the ?A and ?K
and crossruff spades and diamonds. If you are
overruffed, it will be with the high trump, so no
matter. The way the cards lie, if you start by ruffing
a spade before a diamond, you will score 11 tricks
without needing the club finesse!
61.76%
60.60%
57.35%
55.87%
52.68%
51.92%
47.49%
Players who are using daily parking: Please get
your parking validated before game time. Volunteers
handling validation are at the Information Booth 每
located by the Christmas tree in the Coral Lounge
near the Coral Ballroom 1 and 2 in the Mid-Pacific
Conference Center 每 prior to game time. There is no
one staffing the booth after game time.
New Life Masters
New Life Masters 每 share the good news!
Anyone who advances in rank, please stop by the
Daily Bulletin office between noon and 7:30 p.m. or
after the evening session so that we can report the
details. We*re located in Iolani 1 in the Tapa Tower.
No smoking
Hawaii state law forbids smoking or vaping in
public places, including restaurants, hotels, parks
and beaches. There is a designated smoking area
between the Diamond Head and Ali&i towers. The
legal age is 21 to smoke or vape in Hawaii.
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NAIL LIFE MASTER PAIRS
Nail LM
continued from page 1
Runners-up in the Nail Life Master Pairs: Boye
Brogeland and David Gold
Grainger and Hinze started the day in fourth
after scoring 57.87% and 60.79% in Friday*s
qualifying sessions. Their best session was a 62.87%
in the first final, and a 54.99% in the last session was
good enough to bring it home.
Gold and Brogeland made huge gains on
Saturday after barely qualifying Friday, five spots
from the bottom out of 104 qualifiers. It took scores
of 59.67% and 66.45% to climb 99 places.
Marty Fleisher and Thomas Bessis finished
third, just a point and a half behind second.
52.0 Tables / Based on 102 Tables
125.00 1
David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX
93.75
2
David Gold, London England; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway
70.31
3
Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Thomas Bessis, Paris France
55.56
4
Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Debbie Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA
50.00
5
Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX
45.45
6
Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan
41.67
7
Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Dan Morse, Houston TX
38.46
8
Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA
35.71
9
John Hurd, New York NY; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ
33.33 10
Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Eric Leong, Oakland CA
31.25 11
Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel
29.41 12
Nicolas L*Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC
27.78 13
Jerome Rombaut, Hem France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France
26.32 14
Chris Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands
25.00 15
Baptiste Combescure, Paris France; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France
23.81 16
Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; May Sakr, Ardmore PA
22.73 17
Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL
21.74 18
Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV
20.83 19
Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL
20.91 20
Chris Moll, Durham NC; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE
19.23 21
Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL
18.52 22
Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden; Tor Helness, Monaco
17.86 23
Sylvia Shi - Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV
17.24 24
Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN
16.67 25
Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA
16.13 26
JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA
15.63 27
Janet Becker 每 R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL
15.15 28
Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Junko Hemus, San Clemente CA
14.71 29
William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN
14.29 30
Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA
13.89 31
Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA
13.51 32
Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS
13.16 33
Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Tampa FL
12.82 34
Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria
12.50 35
Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France
12.20 36
Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC
11.90 37
Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Magnus Eriksson, Sweden
11.63 38
Jon Bartlett, Happy Valley OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR
11.36 39
Iulian Rotaru, New York NY; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY
11.11 40
Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR
10.87 41
Ishmael Del*Monte, Las Vegas NV; Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT
18.51 42
Brad Moss, Denver CO; Shane Blanchard, New York NY
10.42 43
Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA
10.20 44
Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY
10.00 45
Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Brian Glubok, New York NY
9.80
46
Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL
9.62
47
Liam Milne - Andy Hung, Sidney Australia
9.43
48
Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA
9.26
49
Sherman Gao - Weidong Pei, Brea CA
9.09
50
Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ
QUALIFIERS IN THE 0每10,000 SWISS TEAMS
18 Tables / Based on 36 Tables
1
Kathie Macnab - Bill Halliday, Halifax NS; Boyd Wells - Jo Ann Lynds, Truro NS
2
Yuanluo Wang - Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Yuan Wei Wang, Beijing China
3
Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Miriam Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA;
Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH
4
Edward Rais - Marion Kelly - Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK
5
David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Viktor Anikovich,
Los Angeles CA; Vilas Namjoshi, San Jose CA
6
Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA;
Eugene Chung, Daly City CA
7
Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Heights MN; Aaron Jones,
North Bethesda MD; Jennifer Lin, North Potomac MD
8
Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; Lisa Fishman - Robert Johnson,
Beaverton OR; Edward Lee, Portland OR
9
Malcolm Morris, London ; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Ben Yang, Warren NJ;
Marshall Kerlin, Sun City Center FL
10
Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Jody Williams - Richard Williams, San Carlos CA
11
Anisia Shami - Anne Gelb, Aukland New Zealand; Steve Baron, Whanganui New Zealand;
Moss Wylie, Invercargill New Zealand
12
Steven Zeliadt - David Binney - William Fleming, Seattle WA; Barton Buffington,
North Kingstown RI
13
Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfield CA; Paul Burnham,
Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT
14
Joe Monro - Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN;
Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN
15
Marie Duval, Montreal QC; Joyce Goldstein, Brooklyn NY; Jocelyne Tetrault, Bristol QC;
Andrea James, Auburn WA
16
Adrienne Kuehneman - Gene Kuehneman, Bethesda MD; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA;
Paul Janicki, Markham ON
17
John Hindle - Leonard Doerksen - Marlene Pontifex - Marielle Brentnall, Winnipeg MB
18
Alvaro Ronderos - Estelle Ronderos, Plymouth Meetng PA; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado
Springs CO; Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON
1684.58
1676.48
1674.92
1671.98
1663.92
1647.27
1619.35
1616.73
1613.62
1612.65
1612.38
1593.95
1588.16
1585.31
1580.22
1571.81
1556.50
1541.73
1539.61
1530.10
1528.85
1527.91
1507.06
1503.55
1502.44
1486.57
1480.73
1468.99
1468.06
1465.82
1462.57
1457.00
1451.02
1449.63
1443.93
1442.26
1437.58
1429.47
1427.31
1426.30
1419.91
1418.66
1418.33
1415.35
1412.03
1410.03
1406.64
1402.87
1399.12
1396.24
Carryover
23.78
22.45
17.75
17.31
16.01
15.22
14.48
12.44
10.99
8.83
8.36
5.95
5.91
5.00
4.40
3.26
2.07
0.00
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Jones
The local NABC committee
selected the Hawaii Food
Bank as the recipient of the
ACBL Charity Foundation
donation. Making the check
presentation to Food Bank
Donor Relations Manager
Lisa Nakano (third from
left) are Tournament Chair
Muriel Stitt, District 20
Director Merlin Vilhauer
and Charity Foundation
President Bonnie Bagley.
Slow Play
Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is a
violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair
has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make
up the time lost as quickly as possible whether at
fault or not. All players are expected to make a
concerted effort to catch up when they have fallen
behind, regardless of the reason for their lateness.
In the absence of compelling evidence to the
contrary, the director should presume that a pair
finishing a round late by more than two or three
minutes on more than one occasion during a session
is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong
expectation that the director will penalize such a
pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for
subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or
egregious slow play.
While warnings typically will be given before a
penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits
the director*s authority to issue a penalty.
Players are expected to be aware, in a general
sense, of time used and remaining in a segment
in which they are playing regardless of whether a
clock is in use or a time announcement has been
made. An excuse of ※no announcement§ or ※no
clock immediately visible§ will not be considered
persuasive.
In consultation with the DIC of the tournament,
the TD may require that a particular pair not play
in a specified segment, not play against a specified
pair or not play together as a pair. The foregoing
is expected to be applied only due to egregious
circumstances or to unduly repetitious offenders.
An appeal of an action taken by a TD with
regard to time may be taken to the Director in
Charge of the tournament, and no further. For
NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the
responsibility to ensure that each KO match segment
finishes within the allotted time. While a time
monitor may be employed, the lack of a monitor
in no way limits the TD*s authority to apply one or
more of the remedies listed below.
The TD may choose to ignore an occasional
minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more
boards from a segment. The TD may award no score
(when neither team is more at fault), an assigned
score (when a result already exists at one table which
the TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in
IMPs. Every effort should be made to remove boards
before they can be played at either table, but not
having done so does not preclude removing one or
more later.
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Charity Foundation your chosen charity?
When you shop at smile., you*ll
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of the purchase price to your favorite charitable
organization. Picture this: If every ACBL member
were to designate one of the two ACBL charity
funds as their AmazonSmile recipient and spend
$200, $168,000 would flow to the Educational
Foundation and the Charity Foundation!
Can I use my existing account on
AmazonSmile?
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and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish list,
wedding or baby registry and other account settings
are also the same.
How do I select a charitable organization?
Go to smile. using your computer or
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you*ll select a charitable organization before you
begin shopping. Choose either
ACBL Charity Foundation or
ACBL Educational Foundation
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Jones says that on his travels as president, he
will be focusing on meeting with teachers and club
managers to get their input on how the League can
help. ※Most new members are recruited at local
clubs by club managers and teachers. We need to
reach out to these groups and incentivize them to
recruit ACBL members.§
Jones, who got his doctorate from the University
of Texas每Arlington in computer science and
accounting, has been a professor in the department
of accounting and information technology at
Arkansas State University for the past 28 years 每
※with the exception of two years I was &on loan* to a
university in New Zealand.§ The past three years he
has served as department chair.
Jones lives in Jonesboro AR with his wife,
Jessica, and their two daughters, Riley, 7 years old,
and Madison, 1. ※Obviously, without the support of
my family, I would be unable to fulfill the duties of
this office.§
He adds, ※Besides family, work, and bridge, the
only other thing I do with my &free time* is golf once
a week.§
Jones says he started playing bridge when he
was 7 or 8 with his family around the kitchen table.
※My first duplicate game was February 1987
with my mom. We won a masterpoint and had to join
some organization called ACBL to get our points
recorded. My proudest bridge achievement was
winning the Flight A Pairs at the Mexican Nationals
with my mom while we were still non-Life Masters.§
Bratcher
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highest level of national director as she was in
charge of the Fall NABCs. But knowing Betty the
person was far more important than working with
her as a colleague.
Betty fought physical disabilities for the last half
of her life. Her diabetes was so severe it eventually
cost her both of her legs and confined her to home,
never to travel again. But in her incapacitation, her
closest friends 每 Nancy Boyd, Warren Cederborg,
Scott Campbell, Arleen Harvey, Patty Holmes, Ken
Horwedel, Gary Zeiger and other directors 每 kept
her close at heart and always well informed.
I tried to do the same during my terms on the
ACBL board. We never let her out of the loop, and
she was so happy to remain a part and partner of
bridge. Her last public bridge appearance was at her
dear friend Jean Molnar*s celebration of life at a Los
Angeles club.
There will never be another Betty Bratcher. A
once-in-a-lifetime friend who passed through our
community and left so early. If there was a better
friend on earth, I would love to know that person.
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