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WELCOME
to
UNIT
143
This is
a free service for our bridge-playing members.
Our web site is an initiative of the board
of directors of Unit 143, the American
Contract Bridge League of Greater St. Louis,
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FREE
bridge lessons for those who have never played.
More
than 40,000 people have downloaded this user-friendly
& comprehensible program from the ACBL
website. Click
here for free download. |
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St.
Louis: things to do besides bridge.
Come
play in our tournaments and enjoy our fine
city! |
UPCOMING
UNIT-SPONSORED TOURNAMENTS:
- March 27, 2010, 199er Championships
- May 15-17, 2010, Sectional
- July 10-11, 2010, St Louis KO Team Championship
- August 9-15, 2010, August Regional
- September 25, 2010, 199er Championships
- October 15-17, 2010, Sectional
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Upcoming
ACBL Events
- February 6, 2010 International Fund Game
#1
- February 22, 2010 Senior Pairs
- June 4-5 World Wide Pairs/ World Bridge
Federation
- July 23, 2010 International Fund Game
#2
- September 16, 2010 Instant Matchpoint
Game
- November 29, ACBL Charity Game #2
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Unit
membership as of February 1 is 1106...
AND
we
had 2
new members in January!
Welcome them when you see
them at the table!
Honor
Roll:
Players who advanced in rank.
List
of those who have advanced in the past month.
List
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NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
ACBL
Masterpoint Ranks
Effective
January 1, 2010
These
rules apply to you if you joined the
ACBL after January 1, 2010 or
let your membership lapse after that
date. If you joined prior to
January 1, 2010 and have maintained
continuous membership, click
here to see the rules that apply
to you.
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Masterpoints
Earned*** |
| Rookie |
Fewer than 5 |
| Junior Master |
5 |
| Club Master |
20 |
| Sectional Master |
50 (5 must be silver) |
| Regional Master |
100 (15 silver, 5 red or gold)
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| NABC Master |
200 (with at least 5 gold, 15
red or gold and 25 silver) |
| Advanced
NABC Master |
300
(25 gold or platinum, 25 red, gold
or platinum, 50 silver, 50 black)
THIS
IS A NEW RANKING CATEHGOTY CTREATED
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| Life Master |
500 (50 gold or platinum, 50 red,
gold or platinum, 75 silver, 75
black)* |
| Silver Life Master |
1000 |
| Gold Life Master |
2500 |
| Diamond Life Master |
5000 |
| Emerald Life Master |
7500 |
| Platinum Life Master |
10,000 |
| Grand Life Master |
10,000 and see below** |
*These
requirements do not apply to people
who are ACBL members as of December
31, 2009 and maintain continuous membership
in the ACBL until they achieve Life
Master status. These players will attain
Life Master status upon earning 300
points, of which 150 must be pigmented
as follows: 25 gold, 25 red or gold,
50 silver and 50 black. A member
who had red masterpoints or a fraction
thereof prior to Jan. 1, 1969, is required
to possess at least 50 red or gold masterpoints
in any combination. Any new member or
player in an unpaid status for six months
or more after Jan. 1, 1999, will be
required to earn 50 black points to
become a Life Master. |
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| Kudos
to 70% Games!
Becky
Hubert & En Xie Occidental
12/23/09 72.69%
If
you have a really good game, let
us know and
we
will post it here on the Home Page. |
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Thanks got coming out and hope you had a great
time!
St.
Louis Winter Sectional
Overall
Results and recap sheets.
Top
10 Master Point Winners
1 31.24 Jack Bryant, Saint
Louis MO
2 29.21 Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis
MO
3 27.46 Alan Popkin, St Louis
MO
4 26.26 Sasanka Ramanadham, Saint
Louis MO
5 25.90 Mark Ehret, Saint Louis
MO
6 25.90 Lee Hastings, St Louis
MO
7 22.80 Roger Lord, Saint Louis
MO
8 22.46 Jason Clevenger, Saint
Louis MO
9 22.46 Andrew Carver, Edwardsville
IL
10 22.46 Linda Lubeck, Troy IL
All
429 master point winners
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Annual
St. Louis ABA Tournament
February
12-15
The
American Bridge Association will hold
their annual 'Grade A' (equivalent
of an ACBL Sectional)
at
the Best Western Airport Plaza Inn
Flyer
with schedule and logistics |
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SALUKI
SWISS
Saturday and Sunday, February 20
& 21, 2010
NEW
LOCATION
LAKE WILLIAMSON CHRISTIAN CENTER
Womac,
IL
All
Details, including link to Google
maps.
Three
miles south of Carlinville, IL on
IL-4;
Driving time from St. Louis is about
80 minutes.
All proceeds from the Saluki Swiss
will support the five-day residential
Youth Bridge Camp, July 3-8, 2010
at Lake Williamson
Advance Registration with payment
IS REQUIRED for this tournament,
IF
you are staying at the Center.
See
details on "The Package".
Early
bird rate payment due to Chris
Shaw by 02/15/10.
Entry
fees for walk-ups include meals,
as the nearest restaurant is several
miles away;
and
the
food at the Center is great.
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Kentucky
Dam Village Sectional
March
5-7
KY
Dam Village State Park
Convention
Center on Highway 641
I-24,
exit 27
Flyer
with schedule and complete details
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MONTHLY
UNIT GAMES
"8
Is Enough" Swiss Team -- 1st Sunday of
the Month
Next
game: February 14, 2010 at 5 pm
[Feb.
7 is Super Bowl.]
[replaces
the IMP Pairs Unit game in February only]
Regular
schedule resumes in March
(March
7, 5 pm)
IMP
Pairs -- " Second Sundays at Six!"
- 2nd Sunday of the Month
Next
game: March 14, 2010 at 6 pm.
February
14, 2010 game CANCELLED.
[A
game will be held on that date, but it will
be "8 Is Enough" Swiss Team Unit
game]
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December
2009 issue of the District 8 Advocate newsletter
is available.:
In this
issue:
Solvers Forum -- Kent Filer, moderator,
with guest panelist Richard Pavlicek
District 8 North American Pair winners
District 8's Top 100 masterpoint holders
Fall Sectional-at-Clubs winners
Newest bridge books and gifts
Bridge with Larry Cohen -- Notrump
interference
Schedule for the Champaign IL Regional
(May 25-31, 2010)
News, sectional ads and winners from
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kentucky
Please
send your comments and suggestions to the editor
at dist8adv@comcast.net
For more
news and bridge features of general interest, visit
District 8 Online: http://district8acbl.com
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Congratulations
to our new Unit Officers!
| President |
Suzi Shymanski-Moore |
| Vice President |
Steve Zenk |
| Secretary |
Jane Ettelson |
| Treasurer |
Bob Janis |
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| St.
Louis does well...
Full
results with photos, hand records and recap sheets.
Congratulations
to
- Jack
Bryant and Rod Van Wyk,
who
won first place
- En Xie and Jacqueline Sincoff, who placed
second, and
- Richard
Riezman and Roger Lord, who
placed third in Flight A!
AND
to
- Martha
Hanley and Elizabeth Meteer who
won first place
- Ralph
Britton and William Maack, who placed third in
Flight C.
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In
Memoriam (Link
to Unit members passing away this calendar year.)
Loretta
"Rette" Ponzar d. November, 22,
2009; our sympathy
to her husband Tony.
Beginning this month, we will publish names of Unit
members who pass away from us and link to an obituary
published for two weeks in the St. Louis Post
Dispatch. Please
send us any names or omissions.
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The
2010 Unit 143 Membership Directory
will
be distributed at the upcoming January Sectional!
Pick
up your personal copy there.
See
Bill Bunn for additional copes @ $1 each.
Thanks
to all our sponsors who bought ads!
If you phone number
or address is incorrect, we are sorry.
You must keep your personal data up to date
with ACBL Memphis.
Use this ACBL
link to contact them.
Our data is updated each month on the Unit
143 Directory on this website. |
Also,
at any time you can print out your own copy (and
one for a friend!),
by
going to the online version and using your browser's
print function.
Online
version of current Membership Directory
is updated
each month for the most up-to-date
listings.
print
your version
Online
version of 2010 Date Book.
Eternal
thanks to Mary Hruby for her last work compiling
the Datebook for our Unit!
and
Ongoing
thanks to Milt Zlatic for posting the Membership
directory each month!
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Other
Tournaments
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PLAN
AHEAD: A once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to play in the World Bridge Series
Championships. October 1 - 10,
in Philadelphia, PA. There will also be
an ACBL Regional held concurrently. Click
for more information.
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Local
Club Game Events
February 27, 2010
- Next
Swiss Team at Bridgehaven is Sunday,
February 28, 2009; play begins at 6 pm.
THIS IS
A PERMANENT CHANGE TO THE 4TH SUNDAY (no longer
the 3rd Sunday). Please
call Barbara for partners and/or team mates
at 314-374-6027, cell or 314-822-9454, home.
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IMPROVE
YOUR SKILLS...
- ACBL
Bridge Bites: Lessons in Bridge. A
weekly
feature from the ACBL,
so save this link and check back regularly.
Article #30 now published - Count Signals -
geared toward the beginner/newcomer bridge player.
The first article, titled Elementary,
begins, "Crime
in London appeared to be taking a vacation,
and Sherlock found himself on opening
lead at the Baker Street Bridge Club"...
- Karen
Walker's Bridge Library.
Here's a link
to a superb reference how-to library for Beginners,
Intermediate, Advanced. The short
article on "Count, Count, Count"
shows our own Ask
the Expert Tom Kniest
in action. Click
here to see how paying
attention and drawing the correct inferences
bring home a 22-point game.
- Suit
Play.... Link to freeware
featuring suit play interactive combos. It optimizes
declarer play of suit combinations against optimal
defense with the probability of success of various
lines of play. It analyzes (almost) any
chosen suit combination. Moreover, with SuitPlay
you can do a special analysis for matchpoints
or imp-scoring.
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ARE
YOU INTERESTED?
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The
District 8 Board of Directors is looking
for two or more Unit members who have a sincere
interest
in
teaching
bridge to middle school students.
There will be a 3-hour seminar on the how's
and why's of starting such a program at the
2010 St. Louis Regional. Chris Shaw, District
8 education coordinator and his wife Mary Beth,
have done an outstanding job in their home area.
It is not easy to start such a program and would
take someone truly dedicated, but it's a workable
plan and very rewarding. If you have ideas
or are interested, please contact Suzi
Shymanski-Moore.
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General
news about players and bridge stuff, including
December Advocate and the September 199er Championship
winners.
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HELP
NEEDED... |
Help
Unit 143 $ave Expen$e$
In
an effort to reduce mailing expenses, the Unit
would like to begin e-mail notification for Sectionals,
Regionals, and other Special Events.
E-mail
notification will be optional,
but we do encourage you to use it. If you
do NOT elect to use e-mail
notification, you will continue to receive notification
via US mail for those events using US mail for
notification.
If
you would like to receive Unit 143 event announcements
via e-mail, please email Bill
Bunn, with the following information:
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your
name
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your street address
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your ACBL number
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your e-mail address
THANK
YOU.
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Honor
Roll --Advances in rank for Unit 143 Members
updated
2-01-10.
Kudos
to
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NEW JUNIOR MASTERS ***
Michael
Monaldi
Jane
Wolfe
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NEW CLUB MASTER ***
Jan
Greenberg
Dan
Hass
John
Millham
Karen
Pahuski
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NEW SECTIONAL MASTERS ***
Cheryl
Prante
Ulrike
Schlafly
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NEW REGIONAL MASTER ***
Charles
Bretzke
Marvin
Meinz
Judy
Pass
Robert
Rohne
Richard
Welc
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NEW NABC MASTERS ***
none
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NEW ADVANCED NABC MASTERS***
new
category in 2010... not as yet!
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NEW LIFE MASTERS *****
Helene
Siegfried
Barbara
Stewart
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NEW BRONZE LIFE MASTER ***
Lois
Kanefield
Ruth
Naber
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NEW SILVER LIFE MASTER
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George
Bogacki
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NEW GOLD LIFE MASTER ***
none
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The
above is merely a "quick reference" guide.
Please
click on the list at the left for a complete
inventory.
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