The August edition of the online Bridge News is now available here or by clicking on the Bridge News icon at the right.

The District 23 Summer STaC is complete. Results posted are final, subject of course to late score corrections submitted by clubs. The results of the following games were updated on 7/27/2010: Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, Wednesday evening, Friday morning and afternoon, and Saturday morning.

Winners of Open Pairs games include:

• Mike Prcic and Joe Conti
• Hanan Deeby and Bernard Figueiredo
• Robert Shore - Jordan Chodorow with an 80.42% game
• Anita Flood, Donna Bennett
• Alan Curtis - Donna Belli
• Earl Van Der Vord, Mark Teaford
• Leonard Beck, Samuel Wang
• Fred Mautner, Viktor Anikovich
• Betsy Lutz, Rahim Israel
• Lulu Minter, Bill Papa
• Grant Morgan - Sue Morgan
• Bruce Berman, Mike Prcic
• Marilyn Kalabsa, Ruth Aronsohn
• Elianna Meyerson - R Turner
• Frances Israel, C Tsu
• Berna Lord, Marlene Koerner
• Alden Seifried, Ralph Hill
• Lewis Himmell - Rhoda Himmell

Mike Marcucci has revised his list of District 23 North American Pairs (NAP) club qualifiying locations for summer 2010. The finals of this event will be held in March, 2011 at the spring NABC in Louisville, Kentucky.

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:

• Art Gulbrandsen - Mike Spero are leading all qualifiers in the Mary Jane Farell 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

Rand Pinsky, our District Director, has submitted his July report which is now available here.

The Team Game Sectional in Canoga Park is complete.

The District 23 GNT A and C flight competitions have also completed. In Flight A, the team of Gary King, Jordan Chodorow, Michael Mikyska, and K Fung emerged victorious. The winning flight C team includes Kris Sommer, Richard Stevenson, Marcia Lauffer-Rosner, and Elaine Moore.

Congratulations to all the winners and good luck in New Orleans. Thank you to Peter Knee for directing and Howard Einberg for managing the tournament.

ALACBU Scholarship Applications for 2010 are available here. Applications are due by July 31st.

The District 23 GNT Open and B flight competitions have completed . In the Open flight, the team of Jill Meyer, Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, and Walter Schaefer have repeated last year's victory. The winning flight B team includes Carol Frank, Dan Emmons, John Langer, and Rebecca Wernis.

Congratulations to all the winners and good luck in New Orleans. Thank you to Peter Knee for directing and Howard Einberg for managing the tournament.