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Page 1 of 6 The Bridge Gazette
The Bridge Gazette
August, 2012 Kim Howard, Editor
1520 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL. 32960
772-562-3008
www.verobridge.com
From the Bridge Coordinator’s desk
August is going to be a busy month for bridge at
VBBC! Our charity game for VNA Hospice, chaired
by Jan Ward, was a very nice event with our bridge
players donating 307.00 in memory of long-time
member Pat Soukup.
Yolanda Williamson is the new partnership
chair for the limited games and is eager to begin
receiving calls for partnership help. Pat Finn is a
tough act to follow and did a marvelous job of
rallying the 0-300 players to play in the Swiss team
events and tournaments, both here and away for
many years. Thank you for your energy and
dedication to VBBC, Pat.
Do you need silver points? If so, plan to play every
day beginning the week of August 13! This will be
the start of District 9's Sectional Tournament at
Clubs week which will conclude August 19 with a
STaC Swiss Team game. We also have two North
American Pairs qualifying games which pay ½ red
points.
Other special games in August include:
August 4 - 8-Is-Enough Swiss Team game
August 5 - Club Championship
August 7 - NAP Qualifier - awards ½ red points
August 12 - Charity Swiss Team game
August 13 - 19 - STaC Week
August 22 - Club Championship
August 26 - 8-is-Enough Swiss Team game
August 30 - NAP Qualifier - awards ½ red points
Bridge Coordinator
Jamie Portell continued on page 4
From the president’s desk July has come and gone, and the most exiting
thing that happened to me during the month was
celebrating my wife’s birthday. For the last few
years, her birthday celebration has grown from
one day to about a week with good food and
different area restaurants being the focal point of
the celebration.
As for the business of VBBC for the month, not
much happened. I did read a good book about
duplicate bridge called “The Cardturner” by Louis
Sachar, and recommend you all read it if you
haven’t already.
For those of you wondering why we’re not flying
our flag, the reason is that the pulley mechanism
at the top broke off, and a new one needs to be
found, purchased, and installed, which will
be done. As of now, I’m still working on the
finding portion.
I’ve run out of inconsequential things to comment
on for this letter, so will sign off and leave the
space to more constructive information. Happy Bridge
Merle Hauser
The Bridge Gazette Editor: Kim Howard Contributors for this issue: Toril Liapis, Leslie Phelps, Merle Hauser, Larry Griffey, Kim Howard and Jamie Portell, Melody Gabriel-Photographer
Page 2 of 6 The Bridge Gazette
August 1 Ed Knoeppel, Priscilla Knox, Bob Scott August 2
Geri Altieri, Brenda Stanley, John Symonds August 3 Thomas Clark, Marty Wright
August 4 Lee Jennings August 5
Marge Desmery, Martha Glassmeyer, Betty Meese, Marilynn Sparacino August 6
Jack Hughes, Anita Lanzoni August 7 Bettylee Cornell, Loretta Curley, Frederick Ferber,
Dorothy Waite August 8 Claire Bailey, Virginia Myers August 9
Peggy Wallace August 10 Vesta Balestiere, Arlene Cook, Nancy Gallery
August 13 Trudy Carlson August 14
Pat Cole, Lynne Ellison August 15 Robert Paul, Marcia Poutiatime, Scott Schneider
August 16 Marcel Jacques, Bill Malloy August 17
Linda Holmes, Ev Jones, George Lamborn
August 18
Barbara Dunnivant, Anita O’Neill, Willard Pottle, Peggy Salmon, Bill Sayler August 19 Phil Bartlett, Phyllis Carlson, Patti Johnson
August 21 Judy Balph, Jane Davis, Nancy Sayford, Jim Schorner
August 23 Sally Law, Susan Pfau August 24
John Garrison, Letty Hurst, Phil Mercer, Lea Sakach, Janie Webster, Milli Wenzel August 25
Connie Hallina August 26 Marie Balint, James Edgar, Marilyn Griffith,
Lela Remmert August 27 Judith Kane, Bart Mefort
August 28 Cynthia Jennings August 29
Priscilla Gavoor, Jack Staley August 30 Ann Devine, Cathi Kester, Nancy Lineback,
Georgia Pierpont, Julius Sparacino August 31 Una Churchill, Jim Holzworth, Rosalyn Middleman,
Sam Miller
JULY BIRTHDAY PICTURE
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
Page 3 of 6 The Bridge Gazette
OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR JULY!!
Diane Mithchell
Rick McDermott
Laura McDermott
Brad Jones
Ann Jones
Dick Swartz
Rita Silvia
Nancy Long
Christie Loftus
Bob Cooney
Anne Cooney
Seldon Illick
Bridge Education by Larry Griffey
Celebrity Lecture Series
Our newest kitchen volunteers!!!
Who is next???
Page 4 of 6 The Bridge Gazette
From Bridge Coordinator’s Desk
The 2012 World Bridge Federation game held at VBBC
on June 2, was locally won by Mariangela Risso and Jack
Wilson. They competed with over 5,328 pairs playing at
bridge clubs in 36 countries around the world. The 2013
game will be held on June 7 at VBBC.
Director’s Corner
Larry Harris, author of Laws of Duplicate Bridge
Through the Eyes of the Player, has this to say
about Claiming: “The only good thing about a
claim is that the hand is over quicker. Everything
else is bad. Be aware of this and be careful. Many
points are lost over improper or poorly articu-
lated claims.”
In ruling on a contested claim, the director adjudi-
cates the result of the board as equitably as possi-
ble to both sides, but any doubtful points shall be
resolved against the claimer. It’s much safer for
declarer to claim when he/she has already drawn
trump. The bottom line is always to state a line of
play. If an opponent contests the claim, play
ceases and the director should be called.
Susan Smith Ritter
Susan Smith Ritter passed away on July 18, 2012
at VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach, Florida,
following a three year illness. Susan was preceded
in death by her parents, Delores (Cookie) Smith and
Elson R. (Chick) Smith. She was a dedicated mother
and grandmother to her son Todd Marchant and
her two special grandsons, Ritter Smith Marchant
and Tanner Brooks archant, and daughter-in-law,
Deana Steelman Marchant. She is survived by her
brother, Elson R. (Ray) Smith, Jr., his wife Beth, one
nephew, Elson R. (Trey) Smith, lll, his wife Whitney,
one niece, Maury Smith Spinelli, and her dear
friend, Deana's mother, Diane Steelman. Susan
grew up in her beloved Vero Beach and graduated
from Vero Beach High School Class of 1961 where
she was a member of the Dolphinettes and a
cheerleader. She attended Marjorie Webster
College in Washington, D.C. and the University of
Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, where she was a
member of Kappa Delta sorority. Susan spent the
first part of her married life in range Park, Florida
with her husband, Frank Marchant. Returning to
Vero Beach briefly, she then lived for 21 years in
Winter Park, Florida, after meeting and marrying Dr.
Edward Ritter. She was an excellent tennis player
and a member of the Winter Park Racquet Club. She
was also a member of the Interlachen Club. She
returned to her hometown, Vero Beach, in 1992
residing at John's Island and was a member of the
John's Island Club. In 1993, she and her daughter-in
-law, Deana Marchant, opened Sassy Boutique. She
enjoyed going on fun buying trips to New York. She
also had a great love of the theatre. She enjoyed
traveling the world with her mother and close
friends. She loved bridge and became a Life Master
in June 2011. Susan had an amazing energy for
people and life. She had a great sense of humor.
She loved to laugh, dance, and spend time with
family and friends. She was generous and loving
and blessed to have a wonderful life. It was a life
lived with style and grace until the end. The family
wishes to express their sincere appreciation to all of
those who have supported them and Susan during
this time.
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CLUB STATS FOR JULY TOTAL TABLES - 591.50
Total black points– 1023.26
Total red points - 79.42
TOTAL MASTERPOINTS 1103.68
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 July:
7/5 Gloria Pappalardo & Ellen Gelberg
7/6 Cathy Hoke & Marty Hunter
7/9 Gloria Pappalardo & Margaret Mary Zoltak
7/17 Lorraine Izzo & Jayne Bassett
Lelia Barnes & Nancy McMahon
7/20 Helga Woodard & John McClenathan
7/24 Beverly Mogensen & Peggy Dennis
7/25 Don Houpt & Joann Houpt 70 percenters for June
Compiled by Toril Liapis
Congratulations to the following who achieved
70 percent or more games in July:
7/3 Bill Poole & Debbie Drury 70.83%
7/6 Millie & Carl Wenzel 70.42%
7/11 Ron Andrews & Jamie Portell 70.6%
7/14 Debbie Drury & Linda Perlman 70.37%
7/18 Shelby Lowe & Ed Shields 72.5%
7/26 William Poole & Jamie Portell 71.15%
7/30 Ann Harris & Richard Hunter 70.72%
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 July 2012 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
July2012
100-
200
4th
22nd
Jeffrey Jones
Joanne Matchette
71
51
500-
1000
29th
19th
David Milward
Rob Colton
87
144
ACBL-wide Master Point
MP Level ACBL-Wide Rank
Mini-McKenney
VBBC Member
MP thru July 2012
100-
200
4th
Jeffrey Jones
153
Card sharks For July Jamie Portell
0–5 Donald Sklansky
6–20 Ginger Winkler
21–50 David Bardes
51–100 Millie & Carl Wenzel
101–200 Margaret Mary Zoltak
201–300 Shirley Davies
301–400 Ellen Gelberg
401–500 Helga Woodard
501-750 John Docktor
751–1000 Merle Hauser
1001-2500 Gail Reams
2501+ Ron Andrews
Card sharks For June Jamie Portell
0–5 Bob Horak
6–20 Rob Middleman
21–50 Laurence Farley
51–100 Tom Johnston
101–200 Joe Davis
201–300 Gloria Pappalardo
301–400 Ellen Gelberg
401–500 Kathleen Catanzaro
501-750 Marty Hunter
751–1000 Griff McClellen
1001-2500 Jamie Portell
2500+ Al Killian
ATTENTION!!!!!!!
The Tuesday Open game at the Indian River Shores
Community Center is a lovely setting in which to play
duplicate bridge. Due to the local primary election on
August 14, the community center is unavailable so the
game will not be held on that date. For all other
Tuesdays game time is 12:45.
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