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. |
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schedules and locations for our
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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
web site.
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St.
Louis: things to do besides bridge.
Come
play in our tournaments and enjoy our fine
city! |
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(Link
to Unit members passing away this calendar year.)
Don Define passed away Saturday night, February 27.
Funeral mass Wednesday 10 am at Sacred Heart Church.
Our sympathies to his wife and our friend Lois.
Sally Greenblatt passed away on January 22.
Sally was a Gold Life Master.
Thanks to Nancy Caraway, we now offer our belated sympathies to her family and friends. We are sorry for being so late.
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 notify us when you have news to share. |
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UPCOMING
UNIT-SPONSORED & DISTRICT-SPONSORED TOURNAMENTS:
- March
27, 2010, 199er Championships
- May
14-16, 2010, Sectional
- May 1-2, 2010
Grand National Teams
- 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
- 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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199er
Tournament
silver
points
March
27
Two
single session events at 11:00 am
and 5:00 pm
play
in one or both sessions
Maryland
Heights Community Centre
Flyer
with schedule and directions &
complete details
We
anticipate a sell out so players should
make reservations ASAP.
Players may
call Jane Ettelson @314-443-5844
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District
8 Grand National Teams
May
1 & 2, 2010
Eagles
Club, 7075 Old Decatur Road, Riverton IL MAP
 Saturday,
May 1: 1:00 & TBA
-- 2-session qualifying
Sunday, May 2: 10:30 am
(or TBA) -- Knockout finals
Note : Depending on how many
teams are entered in a flight,
the
event may be completed in one day
(Saturday only).
Trips
to New Orleans -- and regional-rated
gold points --
are
offered in the 2010 District 8 finals
of this national team event.
Reservations
requested:
Please
notify GNT Coordinator Georgia
Heth by phone ( 309-263-0242 )
or
e-mail ( gkheth@hotmail.com ) if you plan to play.
In
your message, indicate which flight
your team is entering. |
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Unit
membership is 1116
AND
we
had
10 new members in February!
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
of all who have advanced in 2009 & 2010.
Tom Oppenheimer wins 2009 Ed Schultz Unit Champion award. |
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Kudos
to 70% Gamers!
3 months running
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Karen & Tom Engle |
Bridgehaven |
02/27/10 |
72.00% |
Marv & Sandy Meinz |
Lake St
Louis |
02/24/10 |
70.83% |
Norman
Athy &
Carol
Hamilton
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Bridgehaven |
02/22/10 |
73.00% |
Louise
Ellebracht & Lee Hastings |
Maryland
Heights |
02/15/10 |
73.10% |
Sheryl
& Bill Finkenstadt |
Lake St
Louis |
02/10/10
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71.53% |
Susan
Kilo & En Xie |
Olivette
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02/12/10 |
73.36% |
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Susan
Kilo & En Xie |
Olivette
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02/09/10 |
73.36% |
Don Chase &
Del
Sylvester
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Lake
St Louis |
02/023/10 |
70.92 % |
Don & Regina Hauser
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Edwardsville |
01/29/10 |
72.22%
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Edwardsville |
01/29/10 |
70.83% |
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Occidental |
12/23/09
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72.69% |
Complete listing
If
you have a really good game, let
us know and
we
will happily post it here on the Home Page. |
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Unit
143 Kudos to
Unit
143 Kudos to
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now official |
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District
8 Top 100 Master Point
Winners
Kudos
to Unit winners in the Top 10:
1
Arbha Vongsvivut, 2 Debra Romero,
7
Donna Pedrotti, tied for 10 Richard
Riezman & Roger Lord!
see
Club Results for daily games |
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SALUKI
SWISS
Congratulations
to
Mark
Ehret, Mike Giacaman,
Lee
Hastings, & Arbha Vongsvivut
who
won the Saturday Swiss match.
Kudos
to
Gary
Kessler of Springfield,IL; Roger
Lord;
Sheldon
Margulis; & Jacqueline Sincoff
who
won the Sunday Swiss match.
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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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MONTHLY
UNIT GAMES
"8
Is Enough" Swiss Team -- 1st Sunday of
the Month
Next
game: March 7, 2010 at 5 pm
IMP
Pairs -- " Second Sundays at Six!"
- 2nd Sunday of the Month
Next
game: March 14, 2010 at 6 pm
Lee
is considering changing the format of this
game
(to
perhaps Board a Match or a Pro-Am Life Master/Non-Life
Master);
contact
him if you have an opinion.
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Please
send your comments
and suggestions to the editor
For more
news and bridge features of general interest, visit District
8 Online |
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Local
Club Game Events
- Donna
Coker's Thursday I/N game regularly
scheduled for March 18th will be moved
to Friday, March 19th.
The game will be held at the usual time, but
will be an upgraded game (extra points) and
the lesson will be by Mark Ehret who will also
run the game that day. The game will resume
the following week at the regularly scheduled
Thursday day/time.
- Bridgehaven:
February
27, 2010 and April 3, 2010
March 6 and March 20
- 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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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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IMPORTANT
NOTICE REGARDING ACBL'S MOVE TO NEW
LOCATION:
The
ACBL staff is excited about our upcoming
relocation. However, please be informed
that beginning
March 11th and ending on or about
March 19th, the ACBL headquarters
staff will not be able to receive
or send e-mail communications.
You
may not be able to renew memberships
online, log into MyACBL, or upload
and/or view club game results on the
web site during this time. There may
be brief interruptions of phone services
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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 e-mail 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! |
