Greater St Louis Bragging Rights KO 2008 Competition is now history.   Congratulations to the following local teams who "beat KC". Flight C: Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson - Donald Chase - Wojciech Golik Flight D: Daniel Spangler - Dorothy Santner - Mike Arnheim - Cheryl Prante Don't forget to plan for the 2009 Bragging Rights KO!
	Regional News, 2008:  click here.
	NABC GNT (Flight C) winners:  Thomas O'Reilly-Pol, Sandy Bigg, Debbie Romero and Jonathan Goldberg won the Grand National Teams Flight C championship at the Las Vegas NABC in July.	Kudos to Tom, Sandy, Debbie, & John
	They played and won matches for four days to advance to the finals, where they met the District 23 team from California. District 8 trailed 40-29 after the first quarter, but stormed back to win the second quarter 66-26. They extended the margin in the second half and won by a final score of 200-124. This is the first time any District 8 team has won the national GNT championship in any flight. The foursome earned 40 masterpoints for the win, and Tom became a Life Master.
	Bridgehaven schedules potluck and ABA game.  Click here for details.
	No kidding!  The Future of Bridge is upon us!  And maybe YOU can do something locally.  Read more.
	32 Teams compete to represent great St Louis in the Bragging Rights KO Teams.  Complete results, click here.
	Next Board Meeting: September 10, 2008, Olivette Community center, 7 pm.   All Unit members are always welcome. Minutes of June   Board meeting are now posted.
	Lee's Deal & Play has scheduled 2 new Summer Games on Monday and Thursday nights for the months of June - August at Bridgehaven. Monday nights at 7 p.m.  will be a game for LM & non-LM pairs.  A separate game will be held for Easybridge! players.  . Thursday nights will be a Newcomers 0-99 MP game.  All Unit 143, ABA, and Easybridge! players welcome.  A lesson at 6:30 p.m. precedes the 7:00 p.m. game. . Call for partnership assistance @ 314-469-8668.
	District 8 Advocate.  August issue is now available, featuring in this issue: Unit news from Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, Midwest tournament calendar, winners lists & sectional ads. For other District news and features of interest to all players, visit District 8's new web site: http://district8acbl.com !
	District 8 Grand National Teams Finalists.  Local Unit 143 players will represent District 8 at the Summer Nationals.  Congratulations to all. Open Flight: Kenneth Bland, Roger Lord, Jack Bryant & Jacqueline Sincoff Flt A (0-5000): Stephen Brauss, Ron Sholes (Springfield, IL), Meyer Abarbanel (Belvidere. IL), & James Hudson (DeKalb, IL) Flt C (0-500 NLM): Thomas O Reilly Pol, Debra Romero, Jonathan Goldberg & Sandy Bigg Cut-off date for the stratifications was Sept 1, 2007.  District 8 Finalists listed for all flights.
	Kay Cohen receives Life Master pin at Winter Sectional.    Congratulations to Kay!
	Alan Popkin wins Player of the Year award at the Winter Sectional.  Congratulations to Alan, for a fine performance in Unit-sponsored events!
	Unit Game: "8 Is Enough"   is going strong.  Meeting once a month on the first Sunday of each month, teams are having fun.  This is, of course, a POTY event.
	Do you have an interesting bridge anecdote?   Please send it to us .  Here's one that  we have already received -- read it, it's great!

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OLD NEWS but still 2008

	Pyrotechnics on July 4th!  Let your bidding and play scintillate, in honor of the Fourth of July. Bridge Haven is hosting a July 4th Party : hotdogs & potato salad at 6:30 pm. Game time at 7 pm as usual.  RSVP, please, so food may be correctly purchased.  Home: 314-822-9454.  Cell:  618-530-4300 (Chuck) or 374-6027 (Barbara)
	May Sectional results are posted, including photos of some winners. Kudos especially to the youths from Illinois, who played Saturday afternoon.
	Worldwide Bridge Event results.  Friday, June 6, 2008:  Bridgehaven results.  As of 15:30 on June 11, ecats reports that NO files for Friday's games have been received, and thus there are no worldwide results posted that include Bridgehaven.  Interested players need to check with Chuck, who directed the game.  Saturday, June 7:  Bridgehaven results.  Worldwide results.
	Bridge Haven players raised $304 for Backstoppers during their recent April charity week games.  Unit 143 and Backstoppers thank for your generosity!
	STac Week RESULTS.   Kenny Bland & Carol Schaffer posted a whopping 77.08 % on Saturday's game to place first overall in the District.  Twenty-five other local pairs ended the week-long tounament in the top 100 masterpoint winners in District 8. For general results, see  District 8 Results Page
	Winter Sectional Winners, with some photos.  Results & Leaderboard.
	Ask the Experts.  September '07 responses now available.
	North American Pairs District 8 Finals.  Joan Wieber & Mary Smith are first in Flight C.  3rd place winners were Jacqueline Sincoff & En Xie in Flt A and Jason Clevenger & Sasanka Ramanadham in Flt B.  Complete results.  These pairs are qualified to compete in the North American Pairs in the Spring NABC at Detroit.

OLD NEWS 2007

	Four players start new 3-year term on Board of Directors, effective November 1, 2007: Jane Ettelson, Donna Pedrotti, Sasanka Ramanadham, & Debbie Romero. We offer thanks to retiring Mary Hruby, Vice President.  Mary will still be at the tables, of course, and is continuing to serve as "partnership chair" for our tournaments.
	Backstoppers, the local organization Unit 143 selected for your Charity funds in 2006 & 2007.
	November STac Week District 8 Results Page List of Unit 143 Players who placed in the District's Top 100 Winners List of Unit 143 Pairs who won Overall in District 8 STaC
	Oct 2007 Sectional results, itemized, with some photos.
	Are you aware of all your ACBL Member Benefits? Check them out.  There's more than just the fun and camaraderie of the bridge table.  Go to ACBL.org national site. (This will take you away from our website.  To return to this page, simply click on your "Back" arrow.)
	2007 Regional News, including results , daily bulletins, and phots of some winners.
	ACBL-wide International Fund game #3, Friday, July 20, played at Bridgehaven.  Congrats to Gerry & Michael Noll, who won 1st Overall with a 62.73% game.   Click here for complete results.
	New Location for Bridgehaven.  6205 Lindbergh, Hazelwood.  This is in the same building as the Liquor Store, immediately at the corner of Lindbergh & Utz, where you turn in to get to the "old" Bridgehaven.  You will want to make a normal right turn, not a "U-ey" in order to use the driveway into that building complex.
	Donna's Thursday 0-99er game now has a NEW section, 0-199.  She will be running TWO sections: 0-99 and 0-199.
	May Sectional Results.  Also,    Some photos of awards given on Sunday afternoon.
	Levin and Weinstein Make History with Third Cavendish Invitational Pairs Win.  Please see the web site: www.cavendishinvitational.com for more information.
	April 28, 2007, 199er Championship Winners.  41 tables played on Saturday, 27 in the morning and 14 late afternoon.
	Genevieve Dierberg is doing well at Friendship Village at 101!
	Ed Schultz wins Unit 143  2006 Player of the Year.  Here is the cake that was served in his honor on Tuesday evening's game at Garden Villas West (Jan16) instead of Saturday at the (iced-out) Sectional.  Might as well do something useful with the cake, yes?  Congrats again, Ed!
	Results from February STaC week.
	New 299er weekly Saturday game at Bridgehaven, 10:30 a.m. game time.
	Jennifer Luner has been appointed a Lifetime Member on the ACBL National Charities Committee.  Congratulations, Jennifer!
	January Sectional cancelled due to ice storm.  Blanchette Park is a designated emergency shelter.  About 80 people sheltered there Saturday night.  The unit donated food which had been brought Friday to those who needed assistance at the shelter. Schnuck's graciously permitted the Unit to cancel its food order at the last minute.  And our caterers did, too.  Heartfelt thanks! This is the first time in about 10 years that a Sectional has been cancelled.