The West LA STaC sectional is complete. Aram Bedros won the most masterpoints: 17.03.
Roger Lee and Reese Milner have reached the semifinals of the US Team Trials. Congratulations and good luck to both.
Roger is partnering Nik Demirev and is captain of a 4-man team
Milner is partnering Hemant Lall on a team that Milner captains.
The District 23 competition in the A and C flights was held April 28-29.
- The flight A winners were: Robert Kent, Viktor Anikovich, Roberto Scaramuzzi, Fred Zhang, Howard Einberg and Paul Markarian
- The flight C winners were: Frederick Upton, Samuel Thieme, Stephen Woelfer and Nathaniel Marks
Full results of the swiss and knockouts for this competition are available here
Thank you to Howard Einberg, our District 23 GNT coordinator, for running a successful competition
The May edition of the online Bridge News is now available here or by clicking on the Bridge News icon at the right.
Rand Pinsky was elected ACBL Treasurer. Congratulations, Rand.
Cecil Cook, past president of the ACBL and member of the ALACBU board was appointed to the Hall of Fame Committee for a three year term.
Jill Meyers, District 23's distinguished world and national champion was appointed to the Ethical Oversight Committee for a three year term.
Rand's District Director report for April is now available here.
Results for the March STaC are reported as they are received.
The District 23 competition in the Open and B flights was held March 3-4.
- The Open flight winners were: Jill Meyers, Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz and Roger Lee
- The B flight winners were: Ryan Wessels, Bob Shore, Bruce Altshuler and Kevin Lane
Full results of the swiss and knockouts for this competition are available here
Ryan Wessels became a Life Master by virtue of his victory in flight B. Congratulations, Ryan
Thank you to Howard Einberg, our District 23 GNT coordinator, for running a successful competition
The Marina del Rey Regional is complete.
- Sunday
- Saturday
- Friday
- Thursday
- Wednesday results
- Tuesday results
The district 23 finals for the NAP are now complete.
Flight A results are available with the top 3 finishers:
- Brandon Sheumaker and Gary King
- Guy Green and Viktor Anikovich
- Roger Clough and Rebecca Clough
Flight B results are available with the top 3 finishers:
- Thomas Shudic and Elaine Moore
- Frank Shih and Carol Frank
- Zheng Zhang - Hsi-Chun Liu
Flight C results are available with the top 3 finishers:
- Frederick Upton - Stephen Woelfer
- Tai Wang - Sandra Rucker
- Bruce Weiner - Rafael Gishri
Congratulations to Roger Lee who won the Blue Ribbon Pairs at the Seattle NABC, with partner Joshua Donn
Congratulations also to Jill Meyers who was part of the winning women's Board-Match team.
Mike Marcucci has provided a list of the players eligible for the District 23 finals of the North American Pairs.
Preliminary results are available for the Fall STaC.
The second North American Pairs (NAP) semifinal for District 23 is complete. The tournament was run in two sections the A strat and a a BC strat.
The Marina del Rey Regional has begun.
Winners of 2-session events from Saturday:
- Howard Einberg and Fred Zhang won the Open Pairs
- Diane Elliott and Alain Fleurot won the Gold Rush Pairs
- Joseph Viola III, Gary King, Brandon Sheumaker, and Bob Johnson won the Anchor Compact KO Bracket 1
- David Lodge - Nance Lodge, Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson won the Anchor Compact KO Bracket 1
- Pamela Cole - Kiyo Nagaishi, James Kirby - Sheri Kirby won the Anchor Compact KO Bracket 3
Winners of 2+-session events from Friday:
- Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross won the 2nd Evening Bracket 1
- Subba Ravipudi, Yas Takeda, Bruce Horiguchi, Sankar Reddy, Mark Tang, and William Ng won the Fiji KO Bracket 1
- Colin Gordon - Nelly Gordon, Mimi David - Gerald David won the Fiji KO Bracket 2
- Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton won the Privateer CKO Bracket 1
- Steven Little - Joan Little - Carol Sherman - Robert Sherman won the Privateer CKO Bracket 2
- Weishu Wu and Fred Zhang won the Open Pairs
- George Farley and John Kiang won the Gold Rush Pairs
Winners of 2-session events from Thursday:
- Torre Houlgate-West and Linda Leinicke won the Open Pairs
- David Jones and William Smith won the Gold Rush Pairs
Winners of 2-session events from Wednesday:
- Fred Zhang - Roberto Scaramuzzi - Howard Einberg, and Jon Wright won the Admiralty Way Compact KO
- Hamish Bennett, Steven Love, Mark Itabashi, and Greg House won the Compact KO - Bracket 1
- Diane Audeon - Ruth Shayne - Eleanor Levine - Clay Levine won the Compact KO - Bracket 2
- Arlene Spatz, Peggi Spring, Sally Fenton, and Judy Percer won the Compact KO - Bracket 3
- Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll won the Open Pairs
Winners of 2-session events from Tuesday:
- Mitch Dunitz and Chris Larsen won the Open Pairs
The first North American Pairs (NAP) semifinal for District 23 is complete.
Craig Robinson, the ACBL President, visited several clubs in our district and his blog is now reporting about those visits.
The Antelope Valley/Santa Clarita sectional is complete. Wafik Abdou and Mitch Dunitz won the most masterpoints: 8.75.
The first NAP Semifinal takes place October 9th..
Steve Sulzby passed away. Steve was a fixture at tournaments for many years and served as President of Unit 557 (Long Beach)
The West LA sectional is complete. Peter Benjamin won the most masterpoints: 16.27. Click here for a complete list of masterpoint winners.
The San Fernando Valley sectional is complete. Jon Sutcliffe and Stephen Goldstein won the most masterpoints: 17.11. Click here for a complete list of masterpoint winners.
Rand Pinsky, our District Director, has submitted his October report which is now available here.
Rand has also requested volunteers for the upcoming AARP convention at the LA convention Center.
August is the last month of club qualifying for the North American Pairs. An updated list of August club qualifying games has been posted.
Note also: the NAP semifinals for District 23 have now been set: October 9th at Canoga Park and October 23rd at San Marino
Mike Marcucci is the NAP coordinator for District 23. His phone number is 818 903-2471
The Pasadena sectional is complete. David Wei Chuan won the most masterpoints: 17.25. Click here for a complete list of masterpoint winners.
The Sunday BCD Swiss results were missing, but have now been added
Howard Einberg has won the Mini-Spingold I (0-5000 masterpoints) at the Toronto NABC. This is Howard's second win in this event; he also won in 2002 in Washington D.C.
The finals of the Grand National Teams competition starts today in Toronto. The GNT is a grass-roots event where each district sends 4 local teams of varying skill level to compete against the other districts. The format is a swiss qualifier (held today) from which 16 teams qualify for the knockout phase.
The four teams from District 23 are:
- Open flight: Mitch Dunitz, Roger Lee, Ed Davis, Jill Meyers and John Swanson
- Flight A (<5000 MPs): Howard Einberg, Edward Piken , Robert Kent, Viktor Anikovich, Roberto Scaramuzzi and Alan Myerson
- Flight B (<2000 MPs): Bruce Altshuler, Bud Bates, Zalman Perelman and Ryan Wessels
- Flight C (non life master): Nolan Chang, Jack Chang, Xingping Kang, Richard Gliksman, Stephen Massman
Jill Meyers, Ed Davis, and Mitch Dunitz won the GNT Open flight in 2001 along with Iftikhar Baqai and John Mohan.
Tentative final results are available for the Summer STaC.
The Torrance-South Bay sectional is complete. Mike Savage won the most masterpoints: 17.96. Click here for a complete list of masterpoint winners. Update: The Saturday afternoon results were left off the origional report.
Bridge Week has ended with an excellent turnout of about 1500 tables.
Winners of 2-session events from Sunday:
- Jeff Fang - Mike Savage - David Chechelashvili - William Wickham won the Marshall Miles Swiss
- Sean Lui - Roderic Kerr - Earl Van Der Vord - Mark Tang tied for a win in the Sunday Swiss with Michael Galante - Judy Elbogen - Lucy Tredennick - Steve Mager
- Christopher Young - Craig Huston won the Fast Pairs
Winners of 2-session events from Saturday:
- Jackie Hess - Wayne Otsuki won the Open Pairs Pairs
- Jeff Fang - Mike Savage - David Chechelashvili - William Wickham led the Marshall Miles Swiss field after the qualifying stage
Winners of 2-session events from Friday:
- Stephen Goldstein - Gary Brown won the Calcutta
- Rai Osborne - Philip Hiestand won the IMP Pairs
- Linda Tipton - V Jay Tipton, Samuel Wang, Suzette Wynn - Steve Scott won Bracket I of the Lazy Days KO
- Diana Black, Jerry Schreider - Al Martinez, Jay Boylan won Bracket II of the Lazy Days KO
- John Campbell, J Steffes, Alan Schneider - Sherie Schneider won Bracket III of the Lazy Days KO
- Michael Horn, Georgiana Bierman, Tai Wang, Robert Riechmann won Bracket IV of the Lazy Days KO
Winners of 2-session events from Thursday:
- Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, William Hall - Ron Westwood tied for a win in the Board-a-Match with Gene Simpson, Jackie Evans, Robert Kent - Ellen Kent
- Linda Lewis - Pam Wittes won the AX Pairs
- Larry Gordon - Edwin Gruber won the BCD Pairs
Winners of 2-session events from Wednesday:
- Roger Lee and Mitch Dunitz won the 4-session Mary Jane Farell Open Pairs
- Belinda Ledgerwood - Cheryl Haines - Lisa Evans - Teresa Boyd won the afternoon-evening swiss
- Ellen Anten, Steve Gross, John Mohan, Peter Benjamin won Bracket I of the Colorado KO
- Eric Tan, Kim Wang, Nick Gao, Chi-Chong Yu, William Chu won Bracket II of the Colorado KO
- Claude Le Feuvre, Herbert Van Brink, Candy Smith, Allen Smith won Bracket III of the Colorado KO
- Jeffrey Hecht, Tom Snooks - Alan Dirkin, Richard Mackaig won Bracket IV of the Colorado KO
- Aram Bedros - Paul Smith won the Open Pairs
- Bradley Ward - Roshen Hadulla - David Gasper - Marlene Warren-Gasper won Bracket I of the Compact KO
- Henry Crowder - Masae Kato - Hank Sheehan - Steven Dagel won Bracket II of the Compact KO
- Russell Buker - George MacDonald - Thomas Jones - Barbara Jones won Bracket III of the Compact KO
- Michael Brooks - Laura Brooks - Pat Lee - Herbert Lee won Bracket IV of the Compact KO
Winners of 2-session events from Tuesday:
- Mark Itabashi - Steven Love won the Tuesday Open Pairs
Winners of 2-session events from Monday:
- Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll won the Open Pairs
- Ellen Anten - Steve Gross - John Mohan - Jim Munday won Bracket I of the Compact KO
- Brandon Sheumaker - Stephen Skinner - Robert Lavery - Aaron Jones won Bracket II of the Compact KO
- Mark Hartzell - Amr Elghamry - Jonathan Harvey - Arleen Harvey won Bracket III of the Compact KO
- Tom Snooks - Nancy Chino - Violet Sugi - Marcia Holland won Bracket IV of the Compact KO
- Karen McKittrick - Mike McKittrick won the Mark Schreiber Memorial 299er Pairs
