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ACBL UNIT 505 SACRAMENTO
Highlights In This Issue
SBC New Class April 8 10:30 AM
Bridge Conventions
April Unit Game April 9
Sacramento B. C.
Classes continue Beginner/Advanced
Folsom Bridge Center Tues / Weds 2:30 PM
2 Day Spring Sectional
May 6-7 La Sierra Comm. Center
April 2017
Newsletter Created by MoraBeyondMarketing.com 11230 Gold Express Dr. #310-187 Gold River, CA 95670
E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 916 635-5234
Katherine Ewing President 916-395-1987 [email protected]
Ed Estberg Vice President 916-488-7865 [email protected]
Jim Coke Secretary 530-409-3361 [email protected]
Joyce Sweeney Treasurer 916-207-3186 [email protected]
Jim Chenu Co-Treasurer 916-761-0417 [email protected]
Dave Willmott Tournament Chair 916-709-8958 [email protected]
Sam Sandusky Education, co-Tournament Ch. 916-647-3211 [email protected]
Pat Ingoglia Membership/Parliamentarian 916-456-3343 [email protected]
Miriam Steinberg Publicity/Partnerships 916 971-4947 [email protected]
Marie Leonardini Hospitality 916-485-0601 [email protected]
Table of Contents
Page 2 President’s Message
Page 3-4 March Unit Game photos
Page 5 Unit Game
Page 6-7 Spring Sectional
Page 8 Know Your Math—Sam Sandusky
Page 9 199’r Table
Page 10-12 News You Can Use
Page 13-14 Foothill BC
Page 15-16 Folsom BC
Page 17 Sun City Lincoln Hills
Page 18 Bridge Works Club
Page 19-22 Sacramento Bridge Club
District 21 Reps Katherine Ewing, Pres. 916 395-1987 [email protected]
Sally Wheeler-Valine Board Member 916 600-6050 [email protected]
Katherine Ewing, President Unit 505 Board of Directors
The Unit Board met before the Unit game on March 12, 2017. Many items were discussed at this meeting.
SPRING SECTIONAL: The biggest item is our May Sectional. Unfortunately, the May
Sectional on May 6/7, 2017, will be only two days. Our new site had a booking on Friday, which had been booked over a year before we requested dates in May, September and December for our Sectionals for the next three years. After this May Sectional all the rest will be our usual three days. Replacing the usual Friday schedule, will be our speaker at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday for the I/N players. Also, the 2 session, single session and Non Life Master sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. If you normally play on Friday please mark your calendars now for Saturday. See the Sectional Flyer in this newsletter for more details.
MARCH UNIT GAME: After the Unit Board meeting the Unit Game was held with 10
tables. Congratulations to all of you who won points at this game. The winners were: 1st Overall Ben and Betty Miller 2nd Overall Albert Evans and Judee Browning 3rd Overall Denise Morgan and David Russell
APRIL UNIT GAME: will be April 9, 2017 at the Sacramento Bridge Center.
NLM SECTIONAL: People are still talking about the Non-Life Master Sectional which
we held in February of this year and what a good time they had. The Unit Board wants you to know there will be another one soon, in August or September. Watch for more details soon. In the future we hope to schedule three per year.
NEW BOARD MEMBER: Sally Wheeler-Valine has been named to serve out the term
of Maurie Studin who resigned for personal reasons. Sally will also continue as our D21 Representative.
The Unit Board members are always open to your thoughts so please feel free to approach any of us if we may be of help to you.
April showers bring May flowers, so come play bridge and stay dry at your local bridge club. See you at the bridge table, Katherine
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Jim Chenu and Ed Estberg make a plan . . .
Director, Charles Smith
and Unit President
Katherine Ewing check their
plans!
Elizabeth Sachs and Miriam Steinberg are also planning ahead! 3
A Great Day for Bridge! Thank You Folsom
As always, the pot luck was wonderful! Thank you to everyone for your
delicious contributions!
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For Partnerships call:
Miriam Steinberg 916 607-4947
Debbie Leggett 916 456-1024
Games include:
Stratified Pairs A/1500+, B/1500-750,
C/750-0 / or by attendance
Unit Game SUNDAY, April 9, 2017
SACRAMENTO Bridge Club
Cost $10
Pot luck 11:30 am—Game at Noon
Director: Ted Muller
See website for details at: www.
playbridgesacramento.org
2035 Hurley Way, Suite 270
916-925-6322
La Sierra Community Center5325 Engle Road Carmichael, CA 95608
All Events Use Pair/Team AveragesStrats may be adjusted by director
* Games begin at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm *
Master point awards are silver
SATURDAY, May 6 SUNDAY, May 7
2 Session A/X Swiss Teams: Strats: 3000+/0-3000
2 Session B/C/D Swiss Teams Strats:1000-2000/300-1000/0-300. No one over 2000 may play
2 Session Open Pairs:Strats, 2000+,750-2000,0-750
10:30 am until approx. 7:00 pm(mid-game break for lunch)
2 Single Session Open Pairs:Strats, 2000+,750-2000,0-750
Entries $11Unpaid & Non-members $14
2 Single Session 499er/NLM Pairs:Strats, 200-500, 100-200, 0-100
No one over 500 may play
2 Single Session 99er Pairs:Strats, 50-100/20-50/0-20No one over 100 may play
Hospitality by Sally Wheeler-ValineUnit 505 welcomes you with coffee, tea, snacks
Saturday and Sunday lunches available for purchase each morning.DAILY RESULTS now available on-line at:
www.playbridgesacramento.org or ACBL Live
Tournament Chair
Dave Willmott
916-709-8958
PartnershipMiriam Steinberg
Co ChairSam Sandusky916-647-3211
Director in ChargeDianne Barton-Paine
Hotel Information & Driving Directions
on page 2
9:30 am299er Seminar
with Jim Houghton
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
La Sierra Community Center is in Carmichael—a north area suburb of Sacramento generally along Fair Oaks Blvd.
From the West take Highway 50 exiting at Watt Ave North and turn right onto Fair Oaks Blvd and turning left onto Engle Road. From the East take Highway 50 to Sunrise Blvd exit North to Fair Oaks Blvd turning left and follow to Engle Rd. and turn right.
From I 80 either direction exit at Madison Ave. From the east turn left onto Madison and from the west turn right. At Garfield turn right and at Engle Rd. turn right.
Plan to arrive early for best parking.
HOTEL
Sam Sandusky
Unit 505 Board member, Sam is
also teaching classes at
Sacramento Bridge Center.
He is the
Unit Board’s Education Chair.
Thank you, Sam!
KNOW YOUR MATH by Sam Sandusky
*4-4-3-2, 5-3-3-2 and 5-4-3-1
are the most common distributional patterns, 50% of all
*add 4-3-3-3 and 5-4-2-2
and you are up to 71%
*If you are missing 6 cards in a suit
they will break 3-3 36% of the time and 4-2 48% of the time
*If you are missing 5 cards in a suit
they will break 3-2 68% of the time and 4-1 28% of the time
*If you are missing 4 cards in a suit t
hey will break 2-2 40% of the time and 3-1 50% of the time
*If you are missing 3 cards in a suit
they will break 2-1 78% of the time and 3-0 22% of the time
*It all means an odd number will break evenly and an even number will
split unevenly.
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FOOTHILL BRIDGE CENTER 1. Thursday, 9:30 am lesson before the NLM game. Contact Barry Wold at: [email protected]
SACRAMENTO BRIDGE CENTER 1. Bridge Conventions in the
21st Century, 9 Saturdays beginning April 8 10:30am-12:30pm
Joy O’Dell, Instructor Cost $115 (includes the book)
Come & See! You are welcome at any of the classes
at any club!
Your place for events, lessons and recognition of achievements!
Welcome!
199’rs are IMPORTANT to our Unit!
Each club has daily open and stratified
games.
199’r games are:
Folsom Bridge Center Tuesday, 10:10 am Wednesday, 9:00 am Thursday, 11:00 am Fridays, 9:00 am
Foothill Bridge Center Wednesday Non-Life Masters (0-500) 10:00 am Thursday Non-Life Masters (0 - 500) 10 am
Sacramento Bridge Center Tuesday, 11:00 am
Go to: www. playbridgesacramento for more information.
Club Championship and Unit Games award
more points!
Invite a friend!
RACE FOR THE POINTS!
Mini-McKinney 3-28-17 top 3 in each category:
0-5 Benjamin Tong 4.28 Page O’Connor 3.25 Betty O’Hara 2.99 5-20 Kevin Smith 8.39 Mike Edelstein 6.08 Lou Wiles 5.55 20-50 Julie Chenu 7.62 Jack Reichel 7.46 Kenneth Reiss 5.24 50-100 Gary McCormick 12.08 Josh Haskett 10.32 Chris Meier 6.13 100-200 Claes Harde 30.00 Joel Lesser 21.52 James Chenu 12.78
LOOKING FOR BRIDGE CLASSES? Are you looking to improve your game, gain tips for new ways to handle those tricky situations that come up or just refresh your memory on the finer points?
Unit 505’s Bridge Clubs are here for you! Check out the options available:
FOLSOM BRIDGE CENTER 1. Beginner Lessons Tuesdays 2:30 pm $10 Bidding in the 21st Century Drop-ins welcome 2. Advanced Beginner Lessons Wednesdays 2:30 pm $10 Defense in the 21st Century Books $15 3. Free Open Forum with Al Beckner Tuesday 10:15 am 4. Intermediate Lessons with Al Beckner Friday 9:00 am
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NEW LIFE MASTER Ken Hajek
with Kathy Beasley & Director Ali Topcu
CONGRATULATIONS!
We need 6 volunteers at the Spring Sectional around 7:30 am for set up on May 6th and
again for tear down at the end of the day on May 7th.
Please help! Contact:
Dave Willmott Tournament Chair 916-709-8958 [email protected]
Sam Sandusky Education, co-Tournament Ch. 916-647-3211 [email protected]
NEW CLUB MASTERS Mike Edelstein Nancy Libonati Win Westfall NEW CLUB MASTER Lou Ann Wiles NEW JUNIOR MASTERS Catherine Curran
NEW GOLD LIFE MASTER Karen Nelson NEW REGIONAL MASTER Joel Lesser NEW SECTIONAL MASTER Julie Chenu
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This is last year’s report to give you more information: District 21 Charity Report 2016
by Jeff Hack
District 21 Charity Chair Every year District 21 allocates $5000 to charities.
Nominations are accepted between January 1 and July 4. This gives the charity chair enough time to research the charities and make the announcement of the accepted charities during the board meeting at the All-Western Championships Regional.
Although we have no formal requirements, we try to limit all selections to charities based in District 21. All charities must be a 501(c)(3) charity. The charities selected this year are:
Wind Youth Services Sacramento CA 95826 www. windyouth.org/ Share Food Pantry Concord CA 94519 www. sharepantry.org
Each charity was given $2500.
In late October District 21 found out that the ACBL had allocated us $30,000 to donate to charities that we select. Since the deadline was fast approaching the charity chair selected six charities to receive $5000 each. The charities selected are:
Valley Teen Ranch Fresno CA 93711 www.valleyteenranch.org Maryhouse Sacramento CA 95814 (a program of Loaves & Fishes)
www.sacloaves.org/programs/maryhouse/ Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
www.shfb.org San Francisco-Marin Food Bank www.sfmfoodbank.org Food Bank of Northern Nevada (Reno) fbnn.org Ride To Walk Lincoln CA 95648 www.ridetowalk.org
This is your chance!
Nominate a charity for consideration by our Unit 505 Board. Each year donations are made to District-selected charities based on information submitted by
July 4th from Units. Contact Katherine Ewing at: [email protected]
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Pre-dealt hands NLM Sections!
The Foothill Bridge Center
Barry Wold, Manager Foothill Bridge Center,
236950 4050 Durock Rd, Shingle
Springs CA 95682 www.bridgewebs.com/
foothillbridge 530 391-3743
Partnership
Barry Wold 530 391-3743 Sandy Wold 530 906-8506
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CONGRATULATIONS!
Lesson Before the NLM Game Every Thursday
9:30 am
Contact Barry Wold at: [email protected]
April Events:
4-3, Monday, noon, Open Pairs Cub Championship
4-5, Thursday, 10 am, NLM (500 max) Unit Game
4-23, Sunday, 1 pm, Swiss Teams
March Swiss Team winners Bill Taggart Dave Willmott Teri Smoot Jim Houghton
March bingo winners: Darrell Davidson Joan Bailey Donna Cleary Richard Hobbie III
February Foothiller-
of-the-Month
Al Farrar
The Foothill Bridge Center
Barry Wold, Manager Foothill Bridge Center,
236950 4050 Durock Rd, Shingle
Springs CA 95682 www.bridgewebs.com/
foothillbridge 530 391-3743
Partnership
Barry Wold 530 391-3743 Sandy Wold 530 906-8506
Welcome
New Player:
Tom Stuebe
Club Championship March 9th
N/S Toby Higgins, Bonnie Noya Ray James, Maury Varney Daryl Prouty, Duncan MacVean Bob Otto, Dennis Lelt Terry Cree, Janet Douglas
E/S
Al Farrar, Jim Coke Bill Lockett, Gary McCormick John Herrman, Lori Wahl Jack Reichel, Bob Berg Lou Wiles, Jan Garfinkle
Every Thursday, 9:30, lesson before the NLM game.
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March 6-11 was our 34th Annual
Masterpoint Week
$512 was raised for our charity,
Twin Lakes Food Bank.
Raffle Winners:
$100 Bill - Ginny Curtis
6 bottles of Wine - Nancy Cook
Art & 6 Cohen Books - Pat Pinkos
$75 Scotts Seafood - Barbara Morman
10 Free Plays - Mary Glaser
Dinner for 4 - Huttons
Congratulations to all winners and
thanks to all of the contributors!
Top Winner of the Week
Barbara Wylie 6.13 points
Special Games for March
April 1st, 12th & 27th Club Championships
April 5th & 20th $5 Thursdays
April 2nd & 30th $5 Sundays
April 4th Taco Tuesday
April 9th Sun. Sacto. Unit Game FBC Closed
April 13th Thursday Swiss Teams
April 16th Sunday FBC Closed for Easter
April 23rd Sunday Mentor/Mentee Game
April 27th Thursday Pot Luck Swiss Teams
April 29th Saturday Hot Dogs & Chili
NLM game any day with 3 or more tables
$6 per person
Newly Added Session:
Wednesdays at 5:30
A Weekly Non Life Master Game
We are scheduled to move June 5th
To 8680 Greenback Lane
Players have already donated $3400
To aid in the expense of the move.
We have purchased some items
And will start using them if possible
Major items remaining to be purchased
8 Tables and 32 Chairs
Food Service Cabinets/Countertop
Larger TV Monitor/Computer
Office Furniture
6 more Bridgemates
Lessons
Beginner Lessons Continue
Tuesdays at 2:30
Bidding in the 21st Century
Drop Ins Welcome $10
Advanced Beginner Lessons Continue
Wednesdays at 2:30
Defense in the 21st Century
Drop Ins Welcome $10
Susan Haynie, Instructor
Books available $15.00
Note: The New NLM Game follows the
Wednesday lesson at 5:30 (includes a light dinner)
Ongoing Lessons
Tuesdays at 10:15
Free Open Forum by Al Beckner
Fridays from 9 to 10:30
Intermediate Lesson
By Al Beckner $5
Directors
Al Beckner: Monday, Friday, Saturday
Susan Haynie: Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday
Roz Flynn: $5 Sundays & Mentor/Mentee
Charles Smith: Swiss Teams/Special Events
Players of Month (March)
Open: Art Hutton 11.79
199er/99er Mike Edelstein 4.65 15
Nellie Curdie at her 97th Birthday
celebration Folsom Bridge Center March 28th
Spring has arrived and the warm sunny days tend to call us away from the bridge table. But resist the temptation and keep those competitive skills at their peak for the upcoming tournaments in our general area. First of all, the Reno April Showers Sectional runs from Wed., Apr. 19 through Sun., Apr. 23, 2017. It will be held at the Nugget Hotel in Sparks, NV, and will include daily stratified sessions for Non-Life Masters. Then in May, there will be several excellent opportunities for beginning and intermediate players to gain experience and possibly accumulate some silver MPs. Our local spring sectional tournament will be held at the La Sierra Commu-nity Center in Carmichael on Sat., May 6nd and Sunday, May 7th. The tournament offers 199er games during the sessions on Saturday and the Swiss Teams game on Sunday. In addition, our District 21 will conduct its ACBL STaC games (Sectional Tournaments at Clubs) during the week of May 8-14, 2017. Lastly, it’s time to get Sacramento Regional Tournament on your calendar. That tournament will again be held at the Sacramento DoubleTree Hotel from Mon., May 29 through Sun., June 4, 2017. Complete information for each of these tournaments is available on the ACBL website (www.acbl.org/tournaments/). The SCLH duplicate bridge club is an invitational club and games are open to residents of Sun City Lincoln Hills and their invited guests. Our games are played in the Kilaga Springs Lodge on Wednesdays at 12:30 pm (also includes a 199er section), Fridays at 5:00 pm, and Saturdays at 12:30 pm (also includes a 299er section). Table fees are $2.00 per per-son for members and nonmember residents for their first three games. The fee for a non-resident invited guest is $5.00. If you need a bridge partner for any of the open games, call Barbara Dorf (434-8234), Squeak Conner (645-9085) or Lynne White (253-9882). For a partner in the Wednesday or Saturday limited games, call Sheila Ross (434-6165) or Lynne White (253-9882). For more information, visit the club web-site: www.bridgewebs.com/lincolnhills, or call club president Jim Collart (995-7233).
By
Dick Proffitt
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QUESTIONS?
Contact Manager/Director Joe Blackford at:
PARTNERSHIP DESK:
Contact Joe Blackford at:
916 409-2332
CLICK HERE for Game Results
GAME LOCATION
Granite Springs Church Main Conference Room
1170 E. Joiner Pkwy Lincoln, CA 95648
TUESDAY GAME Sign in 11:00 Game 11:30
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PLAYER REWARDS 2017—FREE GAME PLAY!
We want to recognize achievements at Bridge Works and show appreciation for loyal players. This year we will provide free plays for the following:
1. Any player introducing a new player to Bridge Works, shall receive one (1) free play, on the day of introduction.
2. Players with the most attended Bridge Works games, during a four (4) month period, shall receive a free play, for any Tuesday Bridge Works game of their choice.
3. Players with a perfect attendance for 2017, shall receive a one (1) month free play, for the month of their choice.
4. Any players with a score exceeding 70%, shall receive a free play, for any Tuesday Bridge Works game of their choice.
The attendance records shall include all Tuesday games at Bridge Works, for the month of January and the remainder of 2017.
GAME STRATIFICATIONS The stratifications will be based on the average combined masterpoint total of both players.
Please note that if the game should have a separate “C” section, the stratification is adjusted.
Our $1 hot dog special will be available all other Tuesdays.
John Hughes
Charles Smith
Ali Topcu
Maggie Edwy
SUNDAY - 12 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs Ted Muller, Director 916 359-6688 [email protected]
MONDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs John Hughes, Director 916 965-7695 [email protected]
TUESDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & 199'er Pairs Maggie Edwy, Director 916 333-2478 [email protected]
WEDNESDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs Albert Chow, Director 916 878-7566 [email protected]
WEDNESDAY - 6:30 pm Stratified Open Pairs Maggie Edwy, Director 916 333-2478 [email protected]
Albert Chow David Vidaver
THURSDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs
Ali Topcu, Director 916 925-6322
THURSDAY - 6:30 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs
Charles Smith, Director 916 967-1105
FRIDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs &
Invitational Pairs Albert Chow, Director
FRIDAY - 7 p.m. {monthly only}
Barometer Pairs David Vidaver, Director [email protected]
SATURDAY - 12 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs
Ali Topcu, Director
2035 Hurley Way, Suite 270
916-925-6322
Happy Birthday, Dori with friend Helen. St. Patrick’s Day bridge and
luncheon hosted by Albert Chow.
Joy O’Dell
Monday, March 13th Judy Travis surprised Joel Lesser
witha birthday cake decorated in shamrocks. His actual birthday was Sunday, March 12th. Joel plays almost every Monday with Jim Chenu. They have a very good partnership and moved from the Invitational game and are now playing in the Open game. It is always nice to see players adventure into the Open game and then do well.
Monday, April 20th Club Championship RESULTS:
OPEN A B C 1. Chenu/Lesser 1. Chenu/Lesser 1. Chenu/Lesser 2. Vath/Murphy 2. Vath/Murphy 2. Fabbre/Whitman
INVITATIONAL 1. Malouf/Travis 1. Van Sickle/Muther 1. Haggnemaker/Durzan 2. Masunaga/Stuebe 1. Linda/Harry Sturthers 1. Urhamer/Sohl
APRIL EVENTS:
Friday, April 7 – 11:00am – CC Open and Invitational Wednesday, April 12 – 6:30pm – CC Tuesday, April 18 – 11:00am – CC Monday, April 24 – 11:00am – CC Open and Invitational Sunday, April 9 – Unit Game – SBC – Folsom Closed Sunday, April 16 - SBC Closed for Easter
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF YOU!
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Sacramento Bridge Center RSVP—Contact Joy O'Dell
for more information 916 965-7695
Commonly Used Bridge Conventions in the 21st Century
Nine week class begins April 8
10:30am to 12:30pm cost $115 (includes the book)
Includes Jacoby 2NT—Negative doubles Cue bids—Leads and Signaling
NEW Bridge Class Sacramento Bridge Center
Joy O’Dell, instructor
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Arden Manor Thursday Night
6:30 pm Sacramento Bridge Center
Charles Smith, Director
SACRAMENTO BRIDGE CENTER
The Saturday and Sunday afternoon games currently pay 3-4 times as many Masterpoints per table as the other weekly sessions.
That is possible because the directors contribute $4 per table to an ACBL-designated charity.
Let's reward this enterprise by supporting those games!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
March birthdays included Virginia Aghevli, Pat McEchern and Josh Kanter (not pictured)
Saint Patrick's celebration dinner hosted by
Sally Wheeler-Valine.
Thank you Pat Ingoglia for the picture.
