Minnesota Bridge

Aquatennial Sectional Results

Five days of pair games at the Aquatennial Sectional resulted in loads of fun - and masterpoints for some!  

Brian Crossley's photo should appear here!

Sorry I missed you, Brian!

At the top of the masterpoint winners list, a name that more than occasionally is there appears yet again.  Congratulations to Terry Beckman for earning 32.57 points - less than half a point ahead of Barry Purrington, who also went over 32 points for the week, with 32.07. Robert Schacter and Brian Crossley were close behind these two, with 31.51 and 30.19 respectively. The full list of event finishes is here.

 

 

Our thanks to Tony Ames for fine directing, and Teri and Chip Blu for their TCBC hospitality (that black streak behind Tony is Teri, btw!)

And - of course - we thank all the players who competed throughout the week!

 

 

One of our competitors wanted her photo to appear on the front page of the Pioneer Press. That task was not within my power - but - here is her smiling face at MN Bridge!

Lots more shots below!

Pat Burrows - Diamond Life Master!

 

Sue Greenberg contacted MN Bridge with the exciting news that Pat Burrows went over 5,000 masterpoints, thus achieving the rank of Diamond Life Master!

 

 

Friends celebrated this fine achievement with a party and - the "traveling diamond".  Carol Cummings was the previous most recent player to have it - and - it gets passed on to the next competitor who achieves the status.

Pat is a great friend, mentor, teacher - and - (of course!) player extraordinaire.

Well done, Pat!

 

Paul Bunyan Tournament - Sept 8-10

Though we're still in the midst of summer - fall is not far away!  And - with September comes the Paul Bunyan Sectional.

Here's the schedule and details. If you don't live in the area, enjoy a beautiful ride to a great tournament!

Aquatennial Sectional!

 

Tomorrow is the day that summer's highlight, the Aquatennial Sectional - begins!

The schedule is here.  The fun is at the Twin City Bridge Center at 60th and Nicollet!

See you there!

Tom Holzer - 1946 - 2017

My duty to report sad news in our bridge community again. We have lost a long time player, great guy and excellent bridge player:  Tom Holzer.

Tom's visitation and funeral service information can be found in this beautiful obituary. Our deepest condolences to Tom's family and to all his friends.