Welcome to the first KUDOS CORNER column in the Kibitzer. Our new fearless leader, Brian Samuels, has asked me to acknowledge Unit 503 members who have shining moments at the bridge table. What a great idea!
Our Unit members did very well in Sacramento at the President’s Day Regional in February. Barbara Sonsini and her team placed first in the Lincoln -1 Knockouts. Geeske Joel’s team placed 2nd in two Bracket 1 KOs—the Jefferson and the Washington. Gary Macgregor was first in the Sunday IMP Pairs and also placed first in the Saturday AB Pairs. He had quite a tournament. Congratulations! Miriam Jacob was first in the Friday Gold Rush Pairs. In Saturday’s Adams Gold Pairs, Todd Makler and Bev Benson came in first. Trina Bowman and Margery Yates did well to place first in Saturday’s Senior Pairs. Larry Mohr played on a team that was first in Bracket 1 Roosevelt KOs. On Sunday, Bob Sanner and his partner placed first in the Fast Pairs. And finally, Vinita Gupta with her star-studded team finished first in the AX Swiss!
Unit 503 Members who placed in the Top 100 Sacramento players out of 1117, highest to lowest are: Larry Mohr, Geeske Joel, Barbara Sonsini, Gary Macgregor, Vinita Gupta and Hansa Narasimhan. Kudos! Listed in the second group of players (101-200) are Paul Cornelius, John Hoffman, Miriam Jacob, Jim O’Neil, Eusebio Menezes and Steve Hubbell. I apologize if I inadvertently left anyone out. Email me and I will correct the fauxpas’s.
Lastly, I wish to make a plea for your help in the future. Please email me whenever you or one of your buddies do something noteworthy, either at a club game or at a tournament. Examples would include: a super big game score, winning an event, earning heaps of master points or some other ex- traordinary happening. My eyes can’t be every- where, so I’m deputizing you to be on Kudo- Patrol. My email is mmusy@apr.com , phone is (650)323-3033. I look forward to hearing from you often.
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Polly Siegel & Ron Karr (70.71)
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