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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, Inc. |
Suzi
Shymanski-Moore,
President |
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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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Don't
miss seeing our own
Roger Lord and his kibitzer entourage
on
p. 18 of the current July issue of the Bridge
Bulletin.
They
couldn't possibly be there to watch his opponents,
could they?
Read
the David (#64 seed) and Goliath (#1 seed)
story
of
Roger's adventures in the Vanderbilt KO Teams at
the Houston Nationals.
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and don't miss our own Hat
Lady... Marie's article
on
Joe Friday, confession is good for the soul, separating
eggs, and scorched earth...
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or -
4 tips on how to criticize and take
criticism on p. 45.
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Need
some lessons just prior to the Regional?
Bridge
Haven Presents:
Michael
Lawrence
Member
of the Dallas Aces, World Champion,
Bridge
Author, Teacher, Columnist
Saturday,
August 8, 2009
snacks
between sessions
I.
10:30
am - Take Out Doubles
All
about Take Out Doubles and Responses.
II.
2:00
pm - The Play of the Hand
Audience
will play 8-10 hands. Hand records. Discussion.
III.
6:00
pm - Bidding against preempts
Issues
most players are unaware of. How should your
partner respond, when you bid over their preempt?
Sunday,
August 9,
light
meal between sessions
IV.
10:30 am - Defense
Opening
leads. Some surprises here. Leads to consider.
Leads to avoid. When should you lead a trump. When
you should lead a doubleton. Is leading a singleton
a good choice.
V.
1:30 pm – Competitive Bidding
Audience
bids hands with live commentary from Mike Lawrence.
Competitive auctions, including bidding against
preempts.
Fee
per session: $25 before, $30 at the door
Send
check or money order & a Self-AddressedStampedEnvelope
to:
Bridge
Haven, 2527 Johnson Place Dr. Ballwin, MO. 63021
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Unit
143 ACBL & ABA Unity Game
thanks
for the great turnout!
Results |
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Announcing
the St. Louis Knockouts
Saturday
July 11, 2009, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday July 12, 2009, 12:30 p.m.
Maryland Heights Centre
2344 McKelvey Road
Maryland Heights MO 63043
Great
News!!!
We
have succeeded in adding
a
0-199 flight to this event. |
flyer
and bracket details
new
flyer soon to reflect change to add 0-199
flight |
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The
Summer 2009 NABC
is scheduled for July 23 - August 2, 2009 and the
second annual Youth NABC will be held July 30 -
August 1, 2009.
Click
here for more information.
Good
Luck to our Flight A & teams who will represent
District 8 in the Grand National Teams!
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| Unit
143 Directory:
Locate
Unit players by last name.
The
Online Directory is updated monthly.
Printable
version updated May 1, 2009: Now you can
print your own copy or save the directory
to your desktop!
Includes
a link to ACBL Memphis if you want to report
a change in
your personal data.
Sorry,
we cannot do it for you.
Print
one for yourself and offer to print one
for a friend who would like one,
but
doesn't have access to a computer &
printer.
A
huge THANK
YOU to Milt
Zlatic
of our Designteam
who
made this manages data with monthly downloads!
You
may contact him with questions or concerns;
your data must be current with ACBL.
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New
Requirements for Life Master
Help
pass along the news about the upcoming changes
to the Life Master requirements.
What
are the new requirements?
- As of January 1, 2010, the requirements
for attaining Life Master status will change
to 500 total masterpoints, of which, 50
must be gold or platinum, 50 red, gold or
platinum, 75 silver and 75 black.
What
does this mean?
- If you are not
a Life Master and your ACBL membership
is not active as of December 31, 2009,
you will be required to fulfill the new
Life Master requirements.
- It also means that if you let your ACBL
membership lapse after January 1, 2010,
before you become a Life Master, the new
requirements will apply to you.
So,
help spread the word and let anyone not currently
an ACBL member know that now would be an excellent
time to join! |
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Club
Owners Announce NAP Qualifying Schedule
Go
to the 2020 Spring Nationals in Reno, NV -- on the
District's money!
Qualifying
Games held in June, July, August 2009
This
schedule will be updated, as needed.
ONLY GAMES LISTED HERE
count as qualifying games. |
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2009
Paducah Champagne Regional held at Harrah's Casino
Kudos
to all Unit 143 players who scored!
Results
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ARE
YOU INTERESTED?
- Solvers Forum bidding problems --
Scott Merritt, moderator
- Regional ads for Rockford IL &
Metropolis IL
News, sectional ads and winners from IL,
IN, MO, & KY
For other
District 8 news and features of interest
to all players,
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Other
general news about the unit & its members,
click here.
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Bridge
Bulletin online. Click
here and then click on "My ACBL"
in the left-hand nav bar. Once you are
"logged in" you will see options for
downloading the issues of the ACBL Bridge Bulletin.
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Youth
Bridge Site Interested
in what's happening with teaching bridge to
youth? ACBL's Patty Taylor is developing
a website loaded with information.
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Honor
Roll. If
you want to see the Advances in rank for Unit
143 Members updated 07-01-09,
click here.
It's official: 2008 Mini-McKenney
& Ace of Clubs winners links are now available.
Awards will be presented at the May Sectional.
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2009
Date Book is now on-line for your use.
Calendar of all unit and club game championships,
as well as Unit, District 8, and National
tournaments.
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Festus
YMCA will host two sessions of Youth Bridge
Camp.
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Members
are Winning , General reference lists
for Unit 143 event results, including St Louis
area players who won in nearby non-unit tournaments.
(A work in Progress. Please be patient.
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IMPROVE
YOUR SKILLS...
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Questions remain anonymous
when published (this could allow you to
discuss an issue sensitive to your favorite
partnership!). The next deadline
for questions is June
29. E-mail
ATE moderator with your questions.
A
wonderful site:
Article
#30 now published - Count Signals - geared toward
the beginner/newcomer bridge player. A weekly
feature from the ACBL Marketing
department, so save this link and check back regularly.
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 sampling from For
Advancing Players. 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.
- NEW link to free
software Suit
Play.... 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.
- Here
are 19 Lessons in bridge. Each lesson teaches
an important bridge aspect. This is a link
to a Turkish website found by one of our members,
particularly useful to those teaching bridge.
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UNIT
143 SPONSORED TOURNAMENTS...
MONTHLY
UNIT GAMES:
"8
Is Enough" Swiss Team game -- 1st Sunday of
the Month
Next
game: July 5, 5 pm.
IMP
Pairs -- 2nd Sunday of the Month
Next
game: July 12, 6 pm.
Plan
Ahead!
SILVER
POINTS
October
16-18, 2009 Sectional
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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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LOCAL
CLUB GAME EVENTS: Plan Ahead
- NO Game on Saturday,
July 4, Independence Day.
Olivette is closed for the Holiday. Beth's
next Saturday afternoon game is Saturday, July
11.
- Effective JULY
7, 2009, Beth's Tuesday morning game will return
to Olivette Community Center.
From the first Tuesday in July, her TUESDAY,
Thursday, and Saturday daytime games will be held
at Olivette for the rest of the year. Her
Tuesday evening game will continue to be at Garden
Villas West.
- Next potluck at Bridgehaven
is Saturday July
18, 2009, setup at 5:30 Dinner at 6:00 pm and
play at 7:00 pm;
call for Chuck or Barbara for reservations.
- Next Sunday Swiss at Bridgehaven
is Sunday, July 19 at 6:00 pm.
- NO
Game on Sunday, Aug. 9
at Bridgehaven because of the Mike Lawrence program
(see notice above). Next regularly scheduled
game is Sunday, Aug.16.
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Honor
Roll -- Advances in rank for Unit 143 Members
updated
07-01-09.
Kudos
to
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NEW JUNIOR MASTERS ***
Margaret
Rieman
Eleanor
Sullivan
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NEW CLUB MASTER ***
Becky
Fouke
David
Fricke
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NEW SECTIONAL MASTERS ***
Marie
Bretzke
Rob
Kelly
Mark
Ziegelman
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NEW REGIONAL MASTER ***
none
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NEW NABC MASTERS ***
Nancy
Keefer
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NEW LIFE MASTERS *****
Mary
Butler
Linda
K Evans
Alan
Lemley
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NEW BRONZE LIFE MASTER ***
Chuck
Ettelson
Mary
Rassieur
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NEW SILVER LIFE MASTER ***
Carol
Hamilton
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NEW GOLD LIFE MASTER ***
Doug
Moore
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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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