UNIT 143 NEWS
This is where you will find a potpourri of news about the Unit and the players. All of our players, regardless of MP ranking, will be featured in this area as seems newsworthy. If you think something should be included (or not), please let us know. Send email to designteam@unit143.org.
We are happy to publish brief articles reporting Member Successes (aka WINNERS), at out of town Sectionals and Regionals
Alan Popkin is the 2011 Ed Schultz Unit Champion winning the most player of the year points. |
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Tom Kniest - First Grand Life Master from Unit 143 |
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Unit Board Set for 2011-2012 President - Steve Zenk Vice President - Debbie Romero Secretary - Linda Siebert Treasurer - Jeff Kopolow Additional Unit Duties of Board Members: Steve - Tournament partnerships, Unit Representative to District 8 Debbie -Tournament Publicity, Nominations, Unit Representative to District 8 Linda - Regional Tournament Registration Scott Davis - Date Book, Club Liaison, STaC for District 8 Ed Hale - Education, Grand National Teams, North American Pairs Lee Hastings - 199er Tourneys, St. Louis KOs (or new named event), & Parliamentarian George Hawley - Tournament Caddies, Education, & Chair, Discipline Committee Jennifer Luner - Webmaster, Design Team Jo Ann Moore - Membership, 199er tournaments, Education Jay Shah - Tournament Bid Boxes & clocks, 199er Tournaments Helene Siegfried - Unit Policy & Procedures, Web Design Team Peggy Wald - Tournament Awards Unit Duties of Non-Board Members: Jack Bryant - Corresponding Secretary and Business Mike Carmen - Tournament Chair Carl Clyne - Tournament Photography & Regional Tournament Registration Sheryl Finkenstadt - District 8 Advocate & Sandy Becker, & Carol Hamilton -Discipline Committee Rich Haacke - Unit Auditor George Hawley, Suzi Shymanski-Moore -Tournament Hospitality Milt Zlatic - Web Design Team & Unit Recorder |
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2011-2012 Datebook now available on the website All of the information published in the current Datebook & Club Directory is now uploaded. You may access it from the left-hand menu bar under News/Member Services: Calendar Datebook. |
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ERRATA You may wish to correct the following errors in your personal copy of the Unit Date Book & Club Directory.
Apologies from the Editor for any inconvenience this may cause you. |
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Players from Unit 143 Do Well at Recent Louisville Regional by Ed Hale The highest point winner from the St. Louis area was Sheldon Margulis who won over 33 MPs. The team of Ann Gruver, Sara Fabrick, Jeanne Redington, and Mary Macchesney were 1st in C in the Monday afternoon Swiss team event and each player ended up winning a total of about 5 MPs. The team of James Reid Brazier - Linda Brazier, Moro IL; William Allendoerfer, Edwardsville IL; William Riley, Alton IL won Bracket 4 of the Monday-Tuesday KO. Reid became a Life Master, although we cannot officially report it until next month. Congratulations, Reid! The team of Ann Ruwitch, Jane Ettelson, Kay Cohen and Elizabeth Freeman won the Tuesday Bracket 2 Compact KO and each player ended up winning a total of about 10 MPs. The team of Carol Hamilton, Jim Nunn, Jennifer Luner, and Ed Hale won the two-session Thursday B/C/D Swiss. They won all six matches with 84+% VPs. Each player ended up earning a total of over 19 MPs. Nancy Cadwell and Bobby Riggs were first in the Friday morning side game and did well in several events and each won over 19 MPs. |
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2011 District 8 Grand National TeamsSt. Louis Teams win 3 of 4 flights!Congratulations to Nancy and Alan Popkin, Milt Zlatic, and Rod Beery who won the Open Flight. Congratulations to Susan Perez, John Samsel, Michael Pitonak and Judy Eaton (Edwardsville) who won the Flight A. Congratulations to Amy Stabenow and Steve Reiss of St. Louis and Sandra and Marvin Meinz of Chesterfield who won Flight C. A team of five from Peoria, IL won flight B: Charles Young, Patrick Moos, Richard Pestien, Fei Dong, and Mary Allen. Each team wins a stipend toward their trips to the Toronto Nationals in July and will represent District 8 in the GNT competition. We will link to full results when the are posted on the District 8 website. |
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SPRING 199er TOURNAMENTa great success despite the snow! 40.5 tables morning session; 9.5 tables evening session
Jane Ettelson and Lee Hastings
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Bob Janis Unit 143 Board Treasurer and long-time board member passed away Friday night, February 18. Bob’s calm approach with the board and trustworthy dedication to his role of treasurer will be sorely missed. Our deepest sympathies and prayers for Shirley and the family. The family requests no flowers, but memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society . |
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They earned 170.35 MPs in Unit 143 tournament and unit championship events to win the Ed Schultz Unit Champion Award for 2010.
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70%+ Scores at Club Games Click here to see who's having big games. Thanks to Milt Zlatic's brilliant programming, all 70%+ games are automatically posted! Now, there's no need to notify us. |
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There were 3 new Life Masters from one team at this tournament over 3 days of team events. Team consisted (from left to right in the attached picture) of Jay Shah (Bronze LM) and Jo-Ellyn Ryall of St. Louis, Orvin Lindell of Lafayette, IN and Dale Kenrich of West Lafayette, IN. |
| Pro-Am at Bridge Haven raised $3500 for Backstoppers. Kudos to Chuck Ettelson and pro Carol Schaffer, first overall! | |
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30 teams competed. See results and photos. |
209 students, 5 days a week for 1 month! |
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63 tables! See the results and winners. |
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Tom Oppenheimer presented with Ed Schulz Unit Championship Award. |
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Formerly the Player of the Year (POTY) award, this was renamed in memory of Ed Schultz. |
2009
(starting about June 1)
In case you're curious, for much older material, click here or click here (I/N)
In Memory of Unit Members who have died... read more.
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The 199'er was a huge success with a total of 55.5 tables ( 36.5 in the AM and 19 in the PM). This is a record for both the sessions. This was an increase of 6 tables from our previous record set at the last tournament in March 2009 (49.5). First Overall in the Morning Event, Flt A: Becky Hubert - John Hubert, Flt B: Arthur Preedy - Randall Johnson , Flt C: Robert Griffin - Wallace Burton. First Overall in the Afternoon Event, Flt A, B, & C: Kevin Clarkin - Dennis Abeln. | |
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Unit 143 website passes 1.5 million "hits" since its beginning in 2005. | |
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Kudos to Marilyn & George Bogacki who won the NATIONWIDE Instant Matchpoint Game with a 62% game at Lake St. Louis. |
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Total masterpoints: 10991.11 earned by 881 players Total attendance: 15632.2 tables. That is up 145.5 tables from last year. More importantly we were up 213 tables from 2007. Dear Unit 143 Members,
I would like to thank you all for helping us have such an outstanding regional! Even with the poor state of the economy, we ended up about 158 tables ahead this year over last year. We would never have been in this good position without your great attendance and support. Thanks go to everyone who worked the tournament, the board members, the players, the directors, and of course, to Mike Carmen, our Tournament Director. Special thanks go to Carl Clyne who did an outstanding job with pictures and to Jennifer Luner who made the Daily Bulletin more than just a place to print scoring results. Never before have we had so many happy players. Hope to see you all In October at our Fall Sectional. In the meantime, wishing you health, wealth, and happiness!
Suzi Shymanski Moore President Unit 143 : |
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Janet will stratify the game based on the players who attend. She will collect masterpoint totals from each player and stratify the game based on that information so it is roughly 1:1:1. It will probably change slightly each week. | |
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Carl Clyne, Jennifer Luner, Suzi Shymanski-Moore, & Steve Zenk all have elected to run for another term on the Board as in-Metro directors, and will be re-elected without a formal vote, because no further nomination were received by petition. The deadline for a petition was 60 days before the Annual Membership Meeting at the Fall sectional. See Bylaws. The Out-Metro directorship will be shy one member due to lack of candidates. If you qualify and are willing to serve, please make contact with a Board of Directors member. |
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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 August 25, after the Regional. Share your best hand questions from the Regional. Click here to E-mail ATE moderator with your questions. |
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In this issue: Unit News |
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The ABA/ACBL Unity Game on June 29, 2009 drew 28 tables. Held at Olivette Community Center, players kept coming and coming – and eventually overflowed to two rooms. Using computer-generated hands and thus having handout records available, director Mark Ehret handled the overflow with aplomb. ABA local unit President, Cheryl Ward, and Jennifer Luner coordinated the event. |
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Roger Lord, page 18 Marie Sander, the "Hat Lady", page 45. |
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Flt A: Rod Van Wyk, Arbha Vongsvivut, Mark Ehret, & Lee Hastings Flt B: Matt Diehl, Ron Diehl, Andrew Carver, & Sasanka Ramanadham Flt C: Dennis Balfe, Mark Jackson, Edward Schmidt, & Martha Smith Flt 199er: Mike Mitra, Bill Maack, Dave Fricke, Ralph Britton |
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On June 5, 2009, Sue Perez & Tom O'Reilly-Pol placed 17th in the world, 1st in District 8. |
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