For those who have been anticipating Minnesota's biggest tournament, your wait will soon end. Tomorrow evening, this year's Gopher Regional will begin. As always, it rates to be full of most competitive events, offerings for newcomers, plus a marvelous opportunity to see bridge buddies from our community.
One of the highlights of the Gopher is a barometer pairs. A barometer pairs event is one in which all partnerships play the same boards at the same time. As a result, throughout the event, each pair knows exactly where they stand in the field.
The 2010 event is the John Boeder Memorial Regional Barometer Pairs. Some who are not "old timers" may not know who John Boeder was. Murray Applebaum, a good friend of John's and occasional teammate, has written a very nice piece explaining why this prestigious event is named after John.
Do check out Murray's article - and for sure be part of this year's very special Gopher Regional!
Thanks for the write-up, Murray.
I remember kibitzing John and Tim when the Nationals were in Minnesota. At the National Swiss Teams, they bid back-to-back hands to grands. As always, impressive bidding.
And he truly was a nice guy. I still miss seeing him at tournaments.
Posted by: Richard Lawson | May 24, 2010 at 04:55 PM