Sunday, November 25, 2018 Daily BulletinVolume 91, Number ...

Daily Bulletin

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 ¨C 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

¨C 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 ¨C the Rosenblum Cup ¨C

Pierre Zimmermann¡¯s Monaco-based squad took

home the gold medal when they defeated the

(mostly) Italian Lavazza team in the final, 241¨C162.

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¨C2018

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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9 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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

¨C 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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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 ¨C CJ¡¯s New York Style

Delicatessen, Hatsuhana and Round Table Pizza ¨C

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¨C4 fit.

Defensive commentary: As East, when partner

leads a king from the K¨CQ, 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¨CJ¨Cx¨C(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¨C3 (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 ¨C

located by the Christmas tree in the Coral Lounge

near the Coral Ballroom 1 and 2 in the Mid-Pacific

Conference Center ¨C prior to game time. There is no

one staffing the booth after game time.

New Life Masters

New Life Masters ¨C 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 ¨C 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¨C10,000 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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0.5% of the purchase price (less shipping, gift wrap

charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. Why not make

the ACBL Educational Foundation or the ACBL

Charity Foundation your chosen charity?

When you shop at smile., you¡¯ll

find the exact same low prices and convenient

shopping experience as with the added

bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a portion

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?

Yes, you use the same account on

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

mobile device. On your first visit to AmazonSmile,

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¨CArlington 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 ¨C

¡°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 ¨C Nancy Boyd, Warren Cederborg,

Scott Campbell, Arleen Harvey, Patty Holmes, Ken

Horwedel, Gary Zeiger and other directors ¨C 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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