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Seattle Unit 446 Newsletter

October / November 2015

Election Results

Only three candidates submitted their names to run for the

Seattle Unit Board, so all three will be joining the board in

2016. These are returning board member Tim White and

new members Larry Holdren and Ann Romeo. You can read

more about them in their statements on page 10.

Because of the low turnout, there is an empty board posi-

tion. If you are interested in filling it, please submit a state-

ment to sbuboard@lists.celestial.com or give it to a unit

board member. If more than one person submits, there will

be an election at the October Sectional for the empty seat.

You must submit by October 7 to be considered.

There is also an opening on the District 19 Board. This body

is in charge of district-wide concerns, especially Regional

tournaments, North American Pairs, and Grand National

Teams. The board meets on the Monday of 2-3 regionals per

year. This position is by appointment of the Seattle board.

Again, if you are interested, send a candidate statement to

sbuboard@lists.celestial.com. We will be selecting our rep-

resentative at our November board meeting.

Yarington Round Robin

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a

memory no one can steal.”

Dick Yarington loved the Round Robin. It was the perfect

event for him. He got to play competitive bridge, eat good

food, drink great wine and socialize with friends while stay-

ing up late telling bridge stories. What’s more, for those

who aren’t aware, Dick’s team dominated the Round Robin

event for the past 10 years straight. And while he was always

the most humble and gracious of winners, make no mistake

about it, he captained a dynasty in this event that won’t like-

ly ever be matched.

In light of these achievements, and the degree to which we

all miss our dear friend and fierce table adversary, the Seat-

tle Unit has voted to henceforth name the Round Robin

event the “Yarington Round Robin” to pay tribute to his

contributions and the incredible winning streak he engi-

neered over the years. While it’s obviously no substitute for

having Dick at the table, conversing and laughing with us,

we hope it will help us remember him and his unmatched

love for the game for many years to come.

— Kim Eng

Scandal in the Bridge World

Soon after this issue goes to press the Bermuda Bowl will be

begin. This is a biennial event that features teams competing

from all over the world, each of which placed highly in a

regional competition to win their spot. Within the last few

weeks, three of the teams have withdrawn from the event

amid accusations of unethical play.

Two of the teams, Israel and Monaco, feature a pair that has

been accused of signaling their partner. These pairs were

caught because for the first time a large number of matches

from the European Championships were video recorded and

then posted to YouTube. Top Norwegian player Boye Bro-

geland led the charge to investigate, and soon the two codes

were cracked. The third team, Germany, has a pair that has

confessed to “ethical violations”, but it is unclear exactly

what they were doing.

You can read more of the details in a series of posts at

BridgeWinners.com.

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Club News

Mercercrest Bridge Club (MBC)

Mercer Island Congregational Church

4545 Island Crest Way, Mercer Island

http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/mercercrest/

mercerislandbridge@gmail.com

We meet once a week on Tuesday nights, and we pride ourselves on our hospitality (thanks, Ann Romeo!) and our friendliness. All games are stratified, so there is good competition for all levels. Every week the hands are pre-made, hand records are available, and full results including the contracts on all the hands are available online a few minutes after the end of the game. The latest results are available at:

http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/mercercrest/results/ Upcoming special games: Club Appreciation Game

on October 20 and Club Membership Game on Novem-ber 17. Both of these games award extra masterpoints for no extra charge. For the membership game both partners must be ACBL members to win the points.

If you’d like to come play and don’t have a partner, call us or e-mail us a day or two before the game. We are almost always able to make arrangements, and we’d love to have you join us.

Des Moines Bridge Club (DMBC)

Des Moines Senior Center

2045 S 216th St

(206) 824-1192

http://home.comcast.net/~yesk/

yesk@comcast.net

We have a great group that comes to play bridge at Des Moines Bridge Club. Our regular games cost $6 making it the best deal in town.

October 23 will be our Club Appreciation game. November 20 will be our Club Championship game. Both game will give extra points.

We will be closed November 27 and December 25.

My prayer is that everyone that comes to the club has fun and does their very best. Hope to see you,.

— Yvonne Kirkland

UW Bridge Club (UWBC)

Christ Episcopal Church

1305 NE 47th St, Seattle

annromeo@gmail.com

Greetings. Please join us Sunday evenings for a friendly game of duplicate with a mix of college students, people returning to the game, and seasoned vets. We have supervised play at 5:15, the game starts at 6:00 and we’re done usually by 9:30, after which some of us head for a local bar (or for a frozen yogurt) with our hand rec-ords for a rousing postmortem.

If you need a partner, let me know. We usually match up about a third of the group. We will be closed on October 18 for the Seattle Sectional. Hope to see you soon.

— Ann Romeo

Seattle Bridge Center (SBC)

1539 NE 145th, Seattle

(206) 282-6414

seattlebridgecenter@yahoo.com

http://seattlebridgecenter.tripod.com

TUESDAY EVENING from 7:00 to 10:00 SBC is open for no charge drop-in bridge. Anyone who would like to come play hands and talk about the bidding or play is welcome. This is a great opportunity for players to practice using bidding boxes and update their bidding systems and play of the hand. Thank you David Dailey for

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making this possible and also to Nick Tipton, David’s wife Kristin, and his son Charles for filling in when David cannot be there.

A NEW SERIES OF BEGINNING BRIDGE LES-SONS is being taught by Mark on Tuesday mornings from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. For more information please call or email the club.

OCTOBER IS CLUB APPRECIATION MONTH and SBC will have special games with extra points on Thursday 10/1, Friday 10/2, Saturday 10/10, Sunday 10/11 and Monday 10/12.

SBC will be closed Friday October 16 through Sun-day October 18 for the Sectional in Bothell.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES are at SBC in No-vember on Thursday 11/12, Friday 11/20, Saturday 11/21 and Monday 11/23.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING. SBC will be closed Thursday 11/26.

SEATTLE UNIT 446 IS HOLDING A UNIT MIXED PAIRS at SBC on Sunday November 22 at 6:30 pm.

Nick Tipton continues to teach a class on Monday evening 7:00 to 9:30 for beginners and Saturday from 9 to 11:30 for more advanced players.

We offer half-priced games for those attending on Sunday afternoons. We have plenty of parking available with handicap access.

JULY MASTERPOINT LEADERS were Corrine Joinette, Joe Ulrich, Cindy Glad and Krishna Rustagi.

AUGUST MASTERPOINT LEADERS were Kathy

Curtis, Ron Bacher, Bonnie Bacher and Cindy Glad.

— Patti McCallum

Eastside Bridge Center (ESBC)

8151 164th Ave. NE, Redmond

(425) 881-6110

eastsidebridge@frontier.com

http://www.bridgewebs.com/eastside

Eastside is pretty excited about all our daily games,

and we hope to see you at one or more of them. Our limited games (held Monday morning, Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening, and Friday morning) are a huge suc-cess. The games are large games, and have a great group of players – join us.

We invite you to join our new Wednesday noon game. We serve lunch at 11:45 until game time at 12:15 – all for the same game price of $9.00. Move your sched-ule around and make some time to join us on Wednes-days. This game is a great success and getting larger every week!

Sadly we all have heard of Dick Yarington’s passing. Eastside is having a memorial game in Dick’s honor on October 24 at 1:00 pm. Please send us an email at eastsidebridge@frontier.com to make your reservations for this game and potluck.

Both October & November bring our GNT (Grand National Team) games. Plan to get your team together for games on October 25 and November 8, so you can qualify for the District GNT Finals and perhaps win a chance to play in the GNTs at a National Level.

October Ladies Night will be held on October 30 – we’re planning on a Halloween theme. Start thinking of something “ghoulish” to bring to the potluck! We always have such fun at this game, mark your calendar.

And finally, we have our annual Mary Ruth Blustein Memorial Game scheduled for November 14th . Mark you calendars, and be ready to sign up in the next few weeks. This game is always so popular, and it fills up fast.

Eastside Bridge Center is one of two full time bridge clubs in the greater Seattle area. We have games Monday through Saturday, most days two games, and at least one limited game per day (except Thursday). Please check our website for new games & events – as we keep our website updated on a daily basis.

Eastside wants to be your Bridge Club – we welcome any ideas, suggestions for a better game or bridge club. Please let us know your thoughts.

— Paulette Hauck

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Club News

Rainbow Bridge Club (RBC)

http://www.rainbowbridgeclub.org

RBC continues to hold Saturday games at Seattle Bridge Center. Those games start at 6:00 pm and every game is a Special Game of some kind. We would love to see some new faces, or old ones as the case may be! We continue to look for a workable facility in the Capitol Hill/First Hill area. Ideas are always welcome. Any in-formation we get will be announced on the website. In the meantime, check our website for exact games as well as updates on our new facility.

Questions? Caught in traffic? Call Nick to reserve your spot in the game at (206) 484-3303.

Upcoming events: Saturday, October 24 will be a Club Appreciation Swiss (not the usual 3rd Saturday!). Saturday, November 21 will be a GNT Qualifier Open Swiss.

We will be closed October 17 for the Sectional. — Nick Tipton

Alki Bridge Club (ABC)

West Seattle Senior Center

4217 SW Oregon, Seattle

(206) 484-3303

nick_tipton@yahoo.com

http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/westseattle/

Believe it or not, but Alki's games have averaged over a table more than last year through the first half of 2015! Thank you all for coming to our little corner of Seat-tle! Our weekly games are on Mondays and Wednesday at 10:30 am with a short lunch break halfway through the game.

Alki features all of the modern conveniences: pre-dealt hands with hand records, Bridgemates for immedi-ate and accurate scoring, and a non-playing director to keep the game moving. We are located in West Seattle

for all you south-enders and Vashonites. We have an ex-cellent facility where the room is spacious and bright and a full service deli provides excellent soup, salads, and sandwiches for lunch. Every game is Open and the first Monday and Wednesday of every month is a special game! We look forward to seeing all of you! Cost is $8 for regular games.

Our monthly Swiss Games started in June! Regular schedule is the first Friday of each month at 7:00 pm, but exceptions (like October) can happen. All tables will have duplicated boards every game. I expect this game to grow to 20+ teams rather quickly!

Check out our website for a schedule of games and results as well as a virtual Partnership Desk.

Current Masterpoint Leaders for 2015: Ron Tracy (65.70), Paul Schwaighart (54.74), Diane Felure (42.49), Ken Fox (42.42), Edith DeShaw (40.83).

Upcoming special games: Club Championships on October 5 and 7, Club Appreciation Swiss on October 9, Club Appreciation Pairs on October 19 and 21, Charity Games on November 2 and 4, Charity Swiss on Novem-ber 6. Charity games are $1 extra.

— Nick Tipton

Mercer Island Bridge Club (MIBC)

VFW Hall (Post #5760)

1836 72nd Ave SE, Mercer Island

(425) 351-2464

http://www.mercerislandbridgeclub.com/

bnist2@gmail.com

New Life Master Parties were held for Larry Baum and Curt Peterson on Monday, September 14. Festive cakes, colored balloons and good food contributed to the celebration with bonus masterpoints awarded in an Inter-national Fund Game.

INTRO TO DUPLICATE BRIDGE – The first and third Mondays of each month, Emerald Life Master, Julie

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Godefroy offers free half-hour classes prior to the regu-larly scheduled game. Classes start at 6:30 pm. If there are enough students, Julie will also hold a special “Side Kick” game which plays the same hands as the regular game at a much slower pace to allow students to partici-pate without the time constraints of a regular game.

VETERANS MONTH – In the month of November all veterans will receive a free play. We want to honor our veterans and support the facility where we host our games. All you need to do is sign up with your service years and branch of service.

SPECIAL GAMES – In October the Club Apprecia-tion Games will be on Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, October 13. The Educational Foundation Benefit Games will be Monday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 20. In November the Educational Foundation Benefit Games will be Monday, November 9 and Tuesday November 10. All bonus masterpoint games are offered at our regu-lar price.

CLASSES – There will be classes continually offered to respond to the needs of the players. If you are interest-ed in special advancing players classes, please contact us with specific requests.

If you are interested in a friendly game please put Mercer Island Bridge Club on your list of games. We offer hospitality at each game, singles are always wel-come, bonus masterpoints as allowed at no additional fees, and a really pleasant environment. Give us a try.

— Barbara Nist

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2015 Trophy Race Standings

Microsoft Trophy

[for total points won at Seattle sectionals]

1. Dave Setterholm 79.24 2. Ken Scholes 60.74 3. Emery Selymes 60.51 4. Ray Miller 60.26 5. Kim Eng 57.96 6. Jeff Ford 57.96 7. Pat Dunn 54.23 8. Dave Grubbs 48.60 9. Brian Zaugg 48.13 10. Jennifer Chalfan 48.03

Jabon Trophy [for players starting the year with

fewer than 20 masterpoints] 1. Richard Kennedy 10.30 2. Tony Marshall 4.95 3. Allen Sussman 4.77 4. Colin Hooks 4.66 5. Peter Starcevich 4.44 6. Kent Koprowicz 4.16 7. Margaret McMullen 3.15 8. Patti Hulvershorn 2.84

Suntan Sectional Masterpoint Winners

1. 33.87 Stephen Hosch 2. 33.87 Dave Grubbs 3. 28.28 Dave Setterholm 4. 35.46 Kim Eng 5. 35.46 Jeff Ford

6. 24.39 Richard Carter 7. 23.76 Maurice Blustein 8. 23.63 Jesse Brunswig 9. 23.63 Gregory Trautman 10. 21.54 Ken Scholes

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Membership News

The Seattle Bridge Unit (SBU) would like to ex-

tend a warm welcome to all new members and to all

members who recently transferred into our unit! All new

members will receive one free play at each of the local

clubs. Be sure to check your e-mail!

New Members: Jason Bond, Spencer Caldwell, Kristen Elliott, Charmaine Gorrie, Tracey Guice, Darrell Hamill, John McCoy, Melissa Ries, Laura Selby, Edward Shen, Cam Trenor, Eva Wahl

Transfers In: Rajendra Bhuabal, Lucille Chang, Jagdish Datt, Dean Dubofsky, Martha Kamnetz, Stephen Kam-netz, Kenneth Madsen, Gayle Seyl, Thomas Shannon, Peggy Shannon-Brown, Trish Webb, Michael White

In Memoriam: Sylvia Charleston, Doreen Hebert, Al-len Kleinsasser, Rutcher Sedell, Dick Yarington

Congratulations to the following members on their rank

advancements:

Junior Masters (5 MPs): David Allen, Sally Campbell, Vernon Coates, Janice Garvey, Marianne Hoffman, Joyce Rice, Susan Waggoner

Club Masters (20 MPs): Richard Kennedy, Jerry Le-bow, Robert Mierow, Janet Quimby, Bradley Rind, Son-ja Rossman, Peter Starcevich

Sectional Masters (50 MPs): Guilherme De Souza, Patricia Johnson, Morton Latta, Katy Titcomb

Regional Masters (100 MPs): Linda Chapman

NABC Masters (200 MPs): Geroge Bickel, Peter Chow, William Hirt, Susan Servais, Lyn Tierney

Advanced NABC Masters (300 MPs): Craig Von Land

Life Masters (300/500 MPs): J C Chupack, Terry Graham, Lynn Shapley, Ann Swanson

Bronze Life Masters (500 MPs): Steve Kasner

Silver Life Masters (1000 MPs): Robert Gerend, Zag Kadah, George Rimmer, James Thompson

Gold Life Masters (2500 MPs): Kim Eng

Total Members: 1,429 as of September 1, 2015

If you'd like to get involved with helping the

growth of bridge in our area and showing people how fun

and amazing this game is, please don't hesitate to contact

a board member. SBU is run 100% by volunteers who

want to keep bridge in Seattle awesome. We would love

your help!

— Mike Ring

The Trifecta Race is On!

The Seattle Unit Board would like to thank everyone who came out and supported the Unit Fast Pairs game on September 13th. Congratulations to Mike Christiansen and Mike Ring who won the event with a 64.35% game! Also a big thank you to Alki for hosting, Roger Putnam for directing and Jeff Ford for making the boards!

Mike Christensen and Mike Ring

The final Trifecta event will be Mixed Pairs on Sun-day, November 22nd at SBC at 6:30pm.

— Kim Eng

Name Name Result Points

1 Mike Christensen Mike Ring 64.35% 2.92

2 Ann Romeo Ray Miller 61.46% 2.19

3 Daniel Poore John Krah 59.95% 1.64

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Remembering Dick Yarington

July 20 was a sad day for Seattle bridge when Dick Yarington died suddenly and unexpectedly. Dick was an icon of Seattle bridge, probably the most well known and well liked player from our area, amassing more than 17,000 masterpoints. I was always amazed at how many friends he had at the nationals. He was loved by all his friends for his charm, wit, and love of life and the game of bridge. He showed respect for novices and wouldn’t hesitate to explain something to them.

He was a very nice and very funny man who was knowledgeable about many subjects. As my grandson would say “He knew a lot of things about a lot of things”. This made him an incredible conversationalist who also told the funniest bridge stories of anyone. One of his best qualities was that he was also a great listener. If he had talked to you 6 months ago, he would remember your dog’s name, your kids’ names and where they went to school. A friend of ours from Vancouver once said after an hour talking to Dick, “He made me feel like the most fascinating person in the world”.

Dick and I were great friends and regular bridge part-ners for almost 40 years. His favorite event was the Grand National Teams, in which we represented D19 many times over the years. This year we had high hopes as we were playing with 3 of Vancouver’s finest players, Dan Jacob, Bryan Maksymetz, and Rock Shi-Yan.

Unfortunately Dick died just 2 weeks before the event in Chicago. To honor Dick we made him our non-playing captain. The Yarington team played truly inspired bridge for 5 days before losing in the final by 9 imps to a powerful team from Florida led by Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. Every time we got behind, Rock would say “Come on guys, we have to win it for Dick”. Dick’s other favorite event was the Round Robin teams. He captained a team for the last 30 years, and the Yarington team is currently the 9 time defending champion, a feat that Dick took particular pride in. He leaves a big hole in our lives and my wife Sandy and I will miss him dearly, as will so many of his friends.

— Ken Scholes

Bridge For Youth Day Camp Is 5 Years

Old/Young

Yes, we’re old because we’ve invested significant time and learned a lot by nurturing this project since 2011, when it was conceived by Larry Li. We’re young because we’re still growing — willing to learn, change, and improve what we know and how we do things. The Bridge for Youth team considers its 5th year of Bridge Day Camp a milestone. I’m sure most of us celebrated our milestone after camp by getting some sleep.

This baby has seen quite a growth spurt! In 2011, 4 of us doted over 3 campers – all Beginners. By 2014 we rejoiced at a total enrollment of 20 in 2 “Levels”! In July 2015, we were ecstatic when we reached 40 campers total! Of course, it was tough scrambling to accommo-date the last 10 who begged to register within 6 days of Camp- way after the deadline! (But I digress...) Of the 40 total, 24 enrolled in Beginners from July 6-10, while 16 registered for Beyond Beginners frpm July 13-17. That 16 included 6 who decided to continue because they en-joyed week one so much! After 2-3 days of camp, there was little shyness to be found among the campers. They certainly had fun. I’m also optimistic that a few of these bright little characters who are seriously hooked will be-come real threats to our Bridge scores one day, and noth-ing could make us more proud!

I want to say a very special thank you once again to our team of hard-working, talented volunteers: Alan Tes-ler (Teacher) with table coaches Mary Greeniaus, Sharon Erwin, Kay Adams, Cristal Nell, Melinda Westgate (and me) and Nick Tipton (Teacher) with table coaches Alan Hendrickson, Cristal Nell, David Taylor, and David Ro-selle. Not only did these folks share their knowledge and love of Bridge with our campers, but almost all were able to bend their schedules to commit to five full days of class! That commitment added significant continuity to the teaching process. And a big thank you Ann Romeo, who popped up often during the two weeks of camp with healthy and abundant snacks and drinks for all! Amazing people! Their time and dedication was a priceless gift to our camp and to nurturing the future of bridge!

— Cheryl Zettler

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Suntan SECTIONAL RESULTS

FRIDAY AFTERNOON OPEN PAIRS MPs A B C Names Score 12.83 1 Kim Eng - Jeff Ford 64.27% 9.62 2 1 Mike Christensen - Becky Stevens 63.03% 7.22 2 Bill Campbell - Bill Stewart 62.28% 2.29 1 Peter Chow - Eri Griffin 55.40% 1.72 2 Tom Stever—Morton Latta 52.05%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0-200 PAIRS

MPs D E F Names Score 2.34 1 1 1 Richard Kennedy - Tony Alberts 62.50% 1.76 2 2 2 Mark Jenkins - Michael Servais 60.98%

FRIDAY EVENING OPEN IMP PAIRS MPs A B C Names Score 10.31 1 Mac Steen - Jamie Steen 61.57 7.73 2 1 Chris Pesce - John Weinberg 55.19 3.26 2 Patrick Johnson - Robert Richardson 28.52 1.49 1 Muhunthan Sivapragasam - Peiyush Jain 0.62 1.12 2 Sandy Freeling - Gerald Paulukonis -2.76

FRIDAY EVENING 0-750 PAIRS MPs D E F Names Score 2.77 1 1 Larry Baum - Jerry Kilner 66.19% 2.08 2 2 1 Richard Kennedy - Tony Alberts 59.13% 1.17 2 Susan Servais - Sharon Riddle 58.49%

SATURDAY MORNING 0-200 PAIRS MPs D E F Names Score 2.85 1 1 1 Kent Koprowicz - Colin Hooks 67.05% 2.14 2 2 2 Sarah Gore - Janice Garvey 61.55%

SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS MPs A B Names Score 31.06 1 Dave Grubbs - Stephen Hosch 59.46% 23.30 2 Maurice Blustein - Richard Carter 58.90% 10.35 1 Alan Hendrickson - Kent Harold 57.48% 5.33 2 Gari Andreini - Kirby Baker 55.27%

Kim Eng, Becky Stevens, Jeff Ford, Mike Christensen

Jamie and Mac Steen

Stephen Hosch and Dave Grubbs

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Suntan Sectional Results

SATURDAY 0-750 PAIRS MPs A B C Names Score 5.74 1 Monty Gray - Thomas Brown 59.09% 4.59 2 1 Ann Swanson - Richard Swanson 58.41% 3.44 2 Lynn Shapely - Yoko Reilly 57.88% 2.95 1 Gary Griesmeyer - David Hopkins 54.74% 2.21 2 Sandy Thor - Christine McKenna 51.41%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 0-200 PAIRS

MPs D Names Score 1.61 1 Len Amato - Dora Amato 64.00% 1.21 2 Lynne Rigby - Carolyn Wyman 58.00%

SUNDAY MORNING 0-200 SWISS

MPs D Names Score 1.01 1 Sarah Gore - Janice Garvey - Sharon Boileau - Janet Harvey 52.00

SUNDAY OPEN SWISS MPs A B C Names Score 14.03 1 Ken Scholes - Harry Steiner - Dave Setterholm - Stan Christie 110.00 10.52 2 Jeff Ford - Kim Eng - Joel Datloff - Roger McNay 96.00 6.44 1 Robert Richardson - Patrick Johnson - Dave Roselle - Joel Castoriano 81.00 4.83 2 1 Yuri Wiitala - James Thompson - Peiyush Jain - Arvind Ranasaria 78.00 2.17 2 Grant Deger - Richard Sentner - Marjorie Mandery - Roger Mandery 74.00

Monty Gray and Thomas Brown

Swiss Winners In All Flights

Harry Steiner, Ken Scholes, Dave Setterholm, Stan

Christie, Dave Roselle, Patrick Johnson, Yuri Wiitala,

Arvind Ranasaria, Peiyush Jain, James Thompson

Full results are available here:

http://bit.ly/1L7qmdE

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SBU Board election

Although there will be no initial election for the board because only three candidates expressed interest, we are still printing their candidate statements so you can get to know them a little better. Thank them for serving the next time you see them! Remember that we still need one more board member — consider whether you can volunteer.

Ann Romeo: Bridge has given a lot to me: new friends, new skill sets, and a sense of accomplish-ment. It’s time for me to give something back. As a result, I announce my interest in running for the Seattle Unit Board.

I am a former SBU member, and have been off the board for 3 years. Meanwhile, I continue to serve as unit Hospitality Chair, and have worked hard to make our events the best they can be. I believe there is much more than can be done, however, espe-cially to help grow our unit membership, and improve our Non-Life Master events. If elected, I pledge to work to further improve both of these areas.

I am an average player, with deep connections to players in our unit with fewer than 1000 points, and I hope to rep-resent this viewpoint on the board. I thank you for your support.

Tim White:

I’m running for re-election to the Seattle Bridge Unit 446 Board of Directors. The past three years on the Board have been enlightening and fulfilling. While serving as Treas-urer, in addition to day-to-day and regulatory financial duties, I conducted analyses to aid Board decision making involving the Unit’s revenues & expenditures. I surveyed financial institutions and placed the Unit’s accounts with a firm offering better terms. I’m presently Chairman of the Board’s Tournament Sites Committee that is identifying tournament venues that will be more suitable and affordable, and offer greater geo-

graphic diversity. Running successful tournaments means having folks serve as tournament chair, as well as setting up & tearing down at the venue, and running errands; I enjoy pitching in on these activities. I hope to serve our bridge community for a second term and ask for your support.

Larry Holdren:

I would like the opportunity to serve on the Seattle Unit Board. I love to play bridge and I sincerely appreciate the hard work the the Board members do for us players. I feel like it is time for me to contribute my mental and physical energy to continue the fine activities of the Seattle Unit.

Thank you for considering my candidacy.

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Club Schedules and Locations

Locations: Emerald Bridge Club

Brooklake Community Center, 726 S 356th St, Federal Way

Dennie Dye, (253) 939-0733

Ronald Methodist Church

17839 Aurora Ave N (entrance on Linden, not Aurora)

Margaret Marshall, (206) 363-5484/(206) 972-1941 (cell)

LeEtta King Bridge Club

Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th Ave S

(206) 226-9732

Vashon Bridge Club

Location varies, call for details

James Dam, (206) 567-5279/eadnjd@comcast.net

See “Club News” starting on p. 2 for other club information.

Mike Ring and Jen Chalfan discuss hands with the players after one

session of the NLM Sectional earlier this year.

Sunday 1:00 pm Seattle Bridge Center 6:00 pm UW Bridge Club Monday 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center Open/0-500 10:30 am Alki Bridge Club Seattle Bridge Center 7:00 pm Mercer Island Bridge Club Eastside Bridge Center 0-1500 Seattle Bridge Center Lessons + Play Tuesday 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center Emerald Bridge Club 11:00 am Mercer Island Bridge Club 7:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center 0-200 Mercercrest Bridge Club Seattle Bridge Center “Drop-in bridge” Wednesday 10:30 am Alki Bridge Club 12:15 pm Eastside Bridge Center Light Lunch 7:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center 0-750

Thursday 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center Emerald Bridge Club 10:30 am Seattle Bridge Center Free Lunch 7:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center Friday 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center Open/0-200 10:30 am Des Moines Bridge Club Seattle Bridge Center 6:30 pm Vashon Bridge Club (time varies, call first) Saturday 9:00 am Seattle Bridge Center Lessons + Play 9:30 am Eastside Bridge Center 0-20 “Fun Bridge” Noon Seattle Bridge Center 1:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center Open/0-750 6:00 pm Rainbow Bridge Club Eastside Bridge Center has Swiss teams one Sunday/month, and Alki Bridge Club has Swiss teams one Friday/month.

All games are open unless otherwise specified.

Seattle Unit Newsletter

Published every other month in February,

April, June, August, October, and December

Contributions from unit members are greatly

appreciated. Email news, letters, anecdotes, or

articles to seattlebridge@hotmail.com. The

deadline for articles is the 10th of each odd

numbered month. All submissions may be edit-

ed for length and content.

The newsletter is edited by David Wright. Special

guest editor this issue is Jeff Ford.

Seattle Unit ACBL Membership: Michael Ring 1630 228th St. SE, Apt. A304 Bothell, WA 98021

October 9-11 Grandview Sectional

16-18 Bothell Sectional [flyer p. 12]

26-Nov. 1 LEAVENWORTH REGIONAL

November 7-8 Seattle Non-Life Master [flyer p. 11]

14-15 North American Pairs District Final

(Mt. Vernon, WA)

26-Dec.6 Denver NABC

December 12-13 Fircrest Sectional

Tournament Trail

Check out www.acbl.org for most current information

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