Minnesota Bridge

Future Bridge Stars of the World - Collegiate Initiative!

Many of you know that I am passionate about our game.  I want as many as possible

to fall in love with bridge  - whether they play for the fun of it or become super stars - 

Here are more chances for our collegiate players to improve and WIN!

Could be YOU and your partner who are the winners;

you don't know unless you SHOW UP!!

 

Don't forget about the CBO Club Special Tournament Wednesday, September 1, which will award masterpoints and special prizes. First through third place finishers will receive an Amazon gift card. Additionally, ACBL will draw the name of one random CBO tournament participant to receive a gift card.   You do need to be an ACBL member (only $5 for ages 25 and younger), have a BBO account (free) and be registered as a CBO member to participate in a CBO Tournament. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours to gain access to the CBO Club on BBO.   If you've never played in a CBO tournament before, simply log into BBO and click Competitive / Tournaments / All Tournaments or Free Tournaments / Collegiate. The CBO tournament should be first on the list.   If you have any bridge playing college friends, encourage them to join the CBO. Membership is open to any college undergrad or grad student age 35 and under. If you don’t have a student bridge org/club at your school, consider starting one. We can help! www.acbl.org/college

Collegiate Initiative - with More To Come!

 

Last weekend, four teams and 13 pairs participated in our online college tournaments.   Congrats to Georgia Tech Gold for completing a clean sweep of this year's Collegiate Teams Championship and winning all four of their matches by at least 25 IMPs. The six-person squad was led by Captain Cyrus Hettle and anchorman Sean McNally, the only player to play all four matches. Results   In the Saturday pairs, GA Tech dominated again, coming in 1st and 2nd with Wash U and Northwestern coming in 3rd and 4th. Results   1st: Zhuangdi Xu and Shengding Sun – Georgia Tech 2nd: Santhosh Karnik and Cyrus Hettle – Georgia Tech 3rd: Evan Alexis and Issac Stone – Washington University St Louis 4th: Jacob Reinke and Ben Fisk – Northwestern University Stay cool in the dog days of summer by playing in the CBO Club Special Tournament this Sunday, August 1, which will award masterpoints and special prizes. First through third place finishers will receive an Amazon gift card. Additionally, ACBL will draw the name of one random CBO tournament participant to receive a gift card.   You do need to be an ACBL member (only $5 for ages 25 and younger), have a BBO account (free) and be registered as a CBO member to participate in a CBO Tournament. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours to gain access to the CBO Club on BBO.   If you've never played in a CBO tournament before, simply log into BBO and click Competitive / Tournaments / All Tournaments or Free Tournaments / Collegiate. The CBO tournament should be first on the list.   If you have any bridge playing college friends, encourage them to join the CBO. Membership is open to any college undergrad or grad student age 35 and under. If you don’t have a student bridge org/club at your school, consider starting one. We can help! www.acbl.org/college

Junior Bridge Comes Out with a Bang!

 Many of our juniors who learned bridge have left MN for grad school
Yet they are still in love with The Greatest Game

And are continuing to do wonderfully!

Congrats to the top finishers - and may ALL have special 4th of July!

 

Thanks to those College Bridge Online Club members who participated in the July 1 special tournament; 23 of those players received masterpoints. Click here for hand analysis for board 1 from Thursday's event. Congratulations to our top finishers! 1st Place r168r $50 Amazon GC UCLA 2nd Place JimmyK4542 $30 Amazon GC Georgia Tech 3rd Place BruceZhu   $20 Amazon GC Georgia Tech Drawing Winner Jstoller  $25 Amazon GC Colgate University Since we cannot meet in person at the Bridge Bowl this summer, we are planning on holding online events at the end of this month. Round robin team events will be held on Thursday and Friday, July 29 and 30th with a pair event on Saturday, August 1. More details and registration information will go out next week. See below for the full breakdown of masterpoints awarded in this week’s tournament, including a breakdown of the top schools:

Flight B MN Qualifiers for 2021 Grand National Teams

Congratulations to 1st Place Players - Diane & Larry Henson - Mark Lasoff - David Trevor

Our Four Qualifying Teams are Below!

 

2	Diane Henson	Larry Henson	Mark Lasoff	David Trevor		A	Q	1	-	-	125.00	125.00	2.16
9	Stephanie Baumann	Dan Walker	James Graves	David Johnson		A	Q	-	-	-	106.00	106.00	1.62
3	Amy Howells	Edie Siemens	Matthew Duffy	Jim LaFave	Cezanne Martin	A	Q	-	-	-	96.00	96.00	1.35
8	Gene Brandl	Del Swanson	Anne Beaurivage	Mary Doyle		A	Q	-	-	-	89.00	89.00	1.35

Final matches will take place on the weekend of June 26 & 27.

Grand National Teams Super Flight - 2021!

With the advent of Covid, many of us are aware that much of our beloved game ain't the way it usually is designed!  Such is the case for District 14 GNT, 2020.

Six teams signed up to compete Saturday for GNT Open Flight.  Four would survive - with those teams who qualified starting up again to select a winner in about a month.  (Told you some changes this year!)

Congratulations (in order of placings) to Flader, Balderson, Ames and Cassel for qualifying - and - best of luck to all in your final matchups!

 

Match	Home Team	Visiting Team	IMPs		VPs
			Home Team	Visit. Team	Home Team	Visit. Team
1	Balderson	Liddy	22	16	13	7
2	Ames	Cassel	38	14	17	3
3	Flader	Hendrickson	20	11	13	7

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* For the team record, click on the team name
* For the match scorecard, click on the match number
• For the full Hand Record PDF(available shortly after game finishes) click here.
• For the Downloadable PBN(available shortly after game finishes) click here.
• For individual hand records, click on Match# and the on number tricks for the entire "Movie".

         Round 5 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5       

         Player Name Tony Ames Bob Balderson Cynthia Balderson Tracey Ball Terry Beckman Andrew Caranicas Michael Cassel Keith Connolly Brian Crossley Michael Flader Steven Gaynor Eric Hendrickson Kerry Holloway John Koch Mark Krusemeyer Richard Lawson Deana Liddy Kenneth McNary Judy Nassar Richard Newell Barry Purrington Robert Schachter Vern Swing Nancy Wittwer       

 

Rankings
A
RankB
RankC
RankTeamVPs1

Flader               722

Balderson        613

Ames                534

Cassel              435

Liddy                376

Hendrickson      34

 

***A note.  My apologies for bits and pieces that are not always aligned properly.  The Great Monster of Changing How a System Works makes it more difficult (sometimes impossible) for your Editor to have all ideal.  My thanks in advance for putting up with imperfect me in an imperfect world!

Applause for Genny Rice - Minnesota's Newest Diamond Life Master!

Congratulations to Genny Rice - one of Unit 103's star players who just achieved Diamond Life Master status!  Genny is one of our "energizer bunny" players who keeps going and going - and now has reached a very high level of masterpoint achievement in the bridge world!

Our thanks Greg Caucutt, her fine partner and a talented player in his own right.

We are so happy for Genny - and delighted to give her a round of applause!

 

Genny Rice became our newest Diamond Life Master!  Genny crossed the line this last weekend with her longtime partner (and partner in crime) Greg Caucutt.  Celebration was with cake and a bit of bubbly.  And this nonagenarian (she says she doesn't mind if you know) is grateful to Greg (who made this milestone for her a mission of his the past few years).  She also appreciates the efforts of her other partners (and opponents) who all helped make this possible. 

 

Next up: 10,000 MPs!

 

 

Top 100 Masterpoint Winners - 2020

Despite the most tumultuous year in bridge since I have been your editor, we are proud to list the players who have won the most masterpoints as of year end 2020.  And, as I have done many times in the past, I shall share my comments and thoughts with everyone.  They both about the achievements of our players - and the reality that thrilling and fun as it is it to be on "the list" - we nevertheless must recognize that we each have our own unique lives.  

Thus, although some players who have a nice chunk of monsterpoints may well have fewer than some above their count -  we can't know for certain what exactly that means as players.  Some of us have jobs - or families - that take up a good portion of our lives. Others have more free time to play bridge and are able to scoop up lots of masterpoints - along with our talents.

What we should know, however, is that those on the list love our incredible game, work hard at improving their bridge every year - and that, in the end, what matters is the joy of bridge, the friends we make, and the fascination that this amazing game can deliver to us, year after year, decade after decade.

Judy Hansen, to whom I am most appreciative for putting together this fine list of top masterpoint players, also wanted to be sure that we remember two of our best who, sadly, are no longer with us.  Thus, our two In Memoriam Honorees for 2020 are:

 

Pedee Langsetmo  10364.05

 

Grant Boadwine       2891.35

Here is to 2021 being a not so crazy year - but a year filled with fun, fascination, learning and wins at the bridge table!  Don't forget - it's the greatest game!

 

1	Peggy	Kaplan	16390.29
2	Sharon	Anderson	14256.44
3	Terry	Beckman	14169.08
4	John	Koch	12517.67
5	Paul	Meerschaert	11894.93
6	Roger	Anderson	10994.94
7	Steven	Gaynor	10123.11
8	Michael	Cassel II	10015.19
9	Tony	Ames	9925.67
10	Bob	Balderson Jr	9870.39
11	Cynthia	Balderson	9792.60
12	Phil	Schwarz	9523.86
13	Judy	Schwarz	9326.71
14	Carole	Miner	9269.94
15	Barry	Purrington	8803.41
16	Peg	Waller	8787.76
17	Gregg	Van Dyke	8780.22
18	Michael	Hoffmann	7962.10
19	Jackie	Evans	7739.43
20	Ronald	DeHarpporte	7429.70
21	Brian	Crossley	7341.52
22	Carol	Mahoney	6872.56
23	Sharon	Christenson	6825.10
24	Kerry	Holloway	6682.56
25	Kory	Solarz	6447.92
26	Richard	Ekstrum	6385.15
27	Michael	Howland	6296.42
28	Kathy	Beckman	6112.84
29	Greg	Caucutt	5983.92
30	Keith	Connolly	5944.74
31	Lance	Chamberlain	5921.78
32	John	Minton	5665.73
33	Dan	Sershon	5457.64
34	Thomas	Smith	5346.15
35	Michael	Flader	5249.60
36	Pat	Burrows	5220.97
37	Rita	Xistris	5126.07
38	Roark	Johnson	4919.01
39	Genny	Rice	4882.38
40	Audrey	Weikle	4863.85
41	John	Allen	4653.78
42	Joseph	Browan	4644.87
43	Kurt	Schaeffer	4352.49
44	Ann	Lockhart	4388.33
45	Paul	Gutterman	4369.50
46	Robert	Schachter	4287.87
47	Jean	Boettcher	4221.55
48	Warren	Nelson	4126.29
49	Steve	Reed	4119.20
50	William	Voedisch	4039.31
51	Irwin	Boris	4007.65
52	Randy	Okubo	3944.89
53	Phyllis	Rosscup	3941.63
54	Wayne	Gergen	3939.78
55	Teresa	Sackett	3868.27
56	Harry	Sapienza	3867.04
57	Thomas	Baskin	3828.26
58	Colin	Campbell	3822.55
59	Mark	Krusemeyer	3794.32
60	Dennis	Dufner	3691.90
61	Richard	Lawson	3635.85
62	Teri	Blu	3624.64
63	Jeff	Dzuik	3618.99
64	Jane Dickey	Matson	3557.12
65	Paula	Cohen	3553.26
66	Stephen	Jackson	3530.08
67	Gregory	Lutgens	3528.75
68	John	Crouch	3358.06
69	Judy	Hansen	3314.94
70	Joseph	Koester	3280.78
71	Eric	Hendrickson	3276.97
72	James	Mustain	3248.95
73	Larry	Johnson	3213.97
74	Larry	Uttley	3211.51
75	John	Bloomquist	3194.72
76	Janet	Williams	3183.52
77	Carol	Rynders	3162.88
78	Deborah	Watson	3152.93
79	Marsha	Brouillet	3131.41
80	James	Tenbroeke	3100.16
81	Donald	Stanger	3091.02
82	Dennis	Cerkvenik	3075.28
83	Charlene	Thul	3062.58
84	Elaine	Prebonich	3034.43
85	Jeanine	Hall	3025.45
86	Bill	Heyer	2965.36
87	Maureen	Weiman	2959.08
88	Vern	Swing	2910.53
89	Dianne	Carr	2903.62
90	Gerald	Welander	2901.44
91	Paul	Sitz	2889.09
92	Joe	Proulx	2838.40
93	Patti	Stuhlman	2836.81
94	Gene	Willson	2836.41
95	Peg	Mitchell	2800.07
96	Neil	Swanson	2774.95
97	Betty	Triliegi	2772.54
98	Jim	Stepnes	2763.00
99	John	Stern	2752.86
100	Marv	Riedesel	2735.74

 

Unit 178 - Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney Awards for 2020

Congrats to all of our players who earned the most masterpoints 

for Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney Contests!

And extra applause for those who succeeded high throughout ACBL Land!

 

Unit 178 -  2020 Ace of Clubs 

  

     0 to 5   

Mark Chodosh          19.81

Steve Bruell              18.20

Betsy Rausch            15.33

     5 to 20   

Thorwald Hansen      32.03

Peggy Lockwood       30.63

Holly Eastman           24.81

     20 to 50   

Rolf Hubmayr             81.08   #1 in district

Jane Schmidt             52.01

Dan McElroy              33.54

     50 to 100  

Marc Ashton               84.75

Mary Lou Long           52.07

Margaret Kinney        46.81

     100 to 200   

Nadejda Drenska     168.98   #1 in district

Julia White                 90.15

Alexandra Muller       60.88

     200 to 300  

Michael Curran         98.78

Thomas Botten         75.53

Beverly Meyer          64.64

     300 to 500  

Jeffrey Walker         143.41  #1 in district

Rick Gavin              143.37    #2 in district

Wayne Leebaw        90.50

     500 to 1000   

John Schlundt        156.92

Morris Eaton          144.69

Marcia Eaton         133.13

     1000 to 1500  

Sandy Fisher         430.89  #1 in district, 2^nd in ACBL

David Collins         136.53

Carl Hartness        115.60

     1500 to 2500   

Chuck Cummins    185.33

Raymond H Smith  107.08

David M Glenn         94.42

      2500 to 3500  

Judy Hansen           359.11  #1 in district, 17^th in ACBL

Joseph Koester       211.98

Marv Riedesel         139.24

      3500 to 5000   

Thomas S Smith    248.34   #1 in district

Harry J Sapienza   147.93

Robert Schachter   144.89

      5000 to 7500  

Brian Crossley        310.65  #1 in district

Ron DeHarpporte   102.00

Michael Flader         92.34

      7500 to 10,000  

Michael Cassel      182.23

Phil Schwarz         166.87

Steven Gaynor      163.48

      Over 10,000  

Paul Meerschaert  553.14   #1 in district, 8^th in ACBL

Sharon Anderson  174.31

Roger Anderson    139.1

2020 Unit 178 -  Mini-McKenney Final Standings

     0 to 5   

Mark Chodosh         19.81 

Steve Bruell             18.20

Kristi L Bipes            16.54

     5 to 20   

Thorwald J Hansen   32.75

Peggy Lockwood       30.63

Holly  Eastman          30.34

     20 to 50   

Rolf  Hubmayr            88.05  #1 in district

Jane  Schmidt            59.76

Dan McElroy              35.25

     50 to 100   

Marc J Ashton           89.04

Mary Lou Long          56.53

Diane A Connor         50.00

     100 to 200   

Nadejda Drenska    227.38  #1 in district

Julia J White           119.56

Arne Langsetmo       77.04

     200 to 300   

Michael Curran      106.82

Thomas F Botten     86.70

Beverly A Meyer      84.86

     300 to 500  

Jeffrey J Walker      189.79  #1 in district

Rick J Gavin            146.69  #2 in district

William S Boline      121.04

     500 to 1000  

John T Schlundt      173.79

Morris L Eaton         147.47

Marcia M Eaton        133.43

     1000 to 1500  

Sandy G Fisher        455.18  #1 in district, 4^th in ACBL

David M Collins        164.57

Carl B Hartness       124.27

     1500 to 2500  

Joel R Kramer          188.76

Chuck  Cummins      185.33

Jill L Flader               120.34

     2500 to 3500

Judy AHansen          387.67  #1 in district, 22^nd in ACBL

Joseph  Koester       233.26

John S Crouch         160.04

     3500 to 5000  

Thomas S Smith       265.54  #1 in district

Jean M Boettcher     168.42

Harry J Sapienza      165.87

     5000 to 7500  

Brian Crossley          338.81  #1 in district

Michael F Flader       178.00

Ron DeHarpporte     143.40

     7500 to 10,000   

Steven P Gaynor       214.63

Michael F Cassel      206.94

Phil D Schwarz         187.65

     Over 10,000  

Paul J Meerschaert   577.43  #2 in district

Sharon  Anderson     344.25

Roger HAnderson     314.57

Curt and Ben Kristensen & Teammates Win 0-5000 Knock-Out!

Curt - Ben - Kerry - Richard are #1 

Congratulations to Curt and Ben Kristensen, with teammates Kerry Cotterell and Richard Underwood  for winning the NAOBC 0-5000 KO yesterday.  In Saturday’s semi-final they trailed by 10 at halftime.  But they stormed back to win by 58. 

In Sunday's final they trailed by 5 points at the halfway point.  Yet they came back to win a hard-fought battle 79 - 65.  In the process they won 64 gold points.  Well done, guys! 

From Proud Unit 103 President, Warren Nelson

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Many years ago, on the final day of a Gopher Regional, my partner Bill Kent and I faced Curt Kristensen and his young son, Ben.  I think that Ben was about 10 years old then.  Vern and Monte Evans were our teammates, and we won the Swiss.  Yet we did lose one match at our table, when the youngster at our table - BEN - beat us!  I was quite impressed at the abilities Ben had at such a young age.  And I was fortunate to be able to play with Ben a few times, too, over the years; quite the player!

Since then, Ben has competed in a number of major events, once knocking out the #1 team in the WORLD in the SPINGOLD when his team of juniors roughed them up!  And Ben has earned other impressive titles.

Curt plays quite well himself, and surely has given Ben a wonderful foundation both as a player when he first started - and as a young man who has an array of fine qualities in addition to his bridge prowess.  A round of applause for Curt and Ben - and here's to more successes!

From Proud MN Bridge Editor Peg!

 

Congratulatios to Our Unit 103 Competitors!

Warren Nelson Reports on Successes by Unit 103 Competitors!

So Proud of these Great Showings!

 

KUDOS TO TERRY AND JOHN!

The NAP’s were held last Thursday and Friday online.  In the prestigious Flight A event Unit 103 members Terry Beckman and John Koch finished 11^th overall.  73 pairs were entered.  Well done guys! 

Keith Connolly (playing with Vern Swing) also entered.  Unit 103 members Del Swanson and Gene Brandl played in the Flight B event.  In the flight C event, Unit 103 member Peter Bock (playing with Sarah Emmons) was entered.  Congratulations to all these players!

In other news, Duluth players Curt and Ben Kristensen will be playing in the semifinals (and finals, hopefully) of the 0 - 5000 KO this coming weekend.  A total of 38 teams were entered in that event. 

Nice going guys!  Next week I will have a report on how they finished.

March 15th Collegiate Competitors Results

With many of our collegiate players now in different cities and schools

and only nicknames present, challenging to know who did what!

Yet we congratulate all our original Minnesota players who competed

and are so glad to see that many are continuing to heighten their games!

Here's to more events - with winter (we hope) slip sliding away!

 

Thanks to those College Bridge Online Club members who participated in the March 15 special tournament; 22 of those players received masterpoints. Click here for hand analysis for board 3 from Monday’s event. Congratulations to our top finishers!

1st Place r168r $50 Amazon GC UCLA   2nd Place BruceZhu $30 Amazon GC Georgia Tech   3rd Place JimmyK4542 $20 Amazon GC Georgia Tech   Drawing Winner wcs1 $25 Amazon GC Tufts

Also, Congrats to GA Tech for their first, second and third place finishes in the March 7 Team Tournament! Washington University in St. Louis came in fourth.   We will start offering a college-only Saturday evening pair games as a test later this month. There will be a small cost involved with the most likely scenario being a $3 entry fee with a $2 rebate to your BBO account. See below for the full breakdown of masterpoints awarded in last week’s tournament, including a breakdown of the top schools:

CBO Club Special Tournament on Monday March 1st!

First day of March tomorrow - and an opportunity for those who are college bridge players to compete against students throughout ACBL land!

Instructions below; hope many of you are able to compete in this fun event and perhaps win prizes!

 

Don't forget about the CBO Club Special Tournament this Monday, March 1, awarding masterpoints and prizes. First through third place finishers will receive an Amazon gift card. Additionally, ACBL will draw the name of one random CBO tournament participant to receive a gift card.   You do need to be an ACBL member (only $5 for ages 25 and younger), have a BBO account (free) and be registered as a CBO member to participate in a CBO Tournament. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours to gain access to the CBO Club on BBO. Please encourage your friends to participate so that we can continue to offer these games.   If you've never played in a CBO tournament before, simply log into BBO and click Competitive / Tournaments / All Tournaments or Free Tournaments / Collegiate. The CBO tournament should be first on the list.   If you have any bridge playing college friends, encourage them to join the CBO. Membership is open to any college undergrad or grad student age 35 and under. If you don’t have a student bridge org/club at your school, consider starting one. We can help! www.acbl.org/college

2020 Results for Ace of Clubs Standings for Unit 178

Unit 178's President, Steve Gaynor, has been doing a marvelous job for bridge, particularly in light of all the challenges that have faced our game in the past year.  Steve just sent results for both 178's Ace of Clubs top three competitors in each race and for the Mini-McKinney. (Each race shall have its own page.)

Congratulations to those who did so well - and here's to a new year of competing, learning, enjoying and BRIDGE!!!

 

U N I T 178

2020 Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs Standings  

 

0 to 5 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Mr Mark Chodosh     19.81

Steve Bruell              18.20

Betsy E Rausch        15.33

 

5 to 20 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Thorwald J Hansen   32.03

Peggy Lockwood       30.63

Holly H Eastman        24.81

 

20 to 50 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Rolf D Hubmayr          81.08

Jane A Schmidt           52.01

Dan McElroy               33.54

 

50 to 100 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Marc J Ashton              84.75

Mary Lou Long             52.07

Ms Margaret Kinney     46.81

 

100 to 200 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Nadejda V Drenska       168.98

Miss Julia J White           90.15

Mrs Alexandra A Muller   60.88

 

200 to 300 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Michael V Curran              98.78

Thomas F Botten              75.53

Beverly A Meyer                64.64

 

300 to 500 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Jeffrey J Walker               143.41

Mr Rick J Gavin               143.37

Wayne F Leebaw              90.50

 

500 to 1000 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Mr John T Schlundt          156.92

Morris L Eaton                  144.69

Marcia M Eaton                144.55

 

1000 to 1500 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Sandy G Fisher                 430.89

Mr David M Collins            136.53

Mr Carl B Hartness           115.60 

 

1500 to 2500 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Chuck W Cummins         185.33

Mr Ray Smith                  107.08

Mr David M Glenn             94.42

 

2500 to 3500 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Judy A Hansen                359.11

Mr Joseph R Koester      211.98

Mr Marv Riedesel            139.24

 

3500 to 5000 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Mr Thomas S Smith         248.34

Mr Harry J Sapienza        147.93

Mr Robert Schachter       144.89

 

5000 to 7500 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Mr Brian Crosly                310.65

Mr Ronald DeHarpporte  102.00

Mr Michael F Flader           92.00

 

7500 to 10,000 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Mr Phil D Schwarz          166.87

Mr Steven Gaynor          163.48

Mr Michael F Cassel        82.23

 

Over 10,000 Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Race

Mr Paul J Meerschaert    553.14

Ms Sharon R Anderson   174.31

Dr Roger H Anderson      139.13

 

 

 

 

CBO Players - Don't FREEZE - Get HOT on February 15th!

Don't forget about the CBO Club Special Tournament

Monday, February 15!

 Masterpoints and special prizes will be awarded!

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First through third place finishers will receive an Amazon gift card. Additionally, ACBL will draw the name of one random CBO tournament participant to receive a gift card.
 
You do need to be an ACBL member (only $5 for ages 25 and younger), have a BBO account (free) and be registered as a CBO member to participate in a CBO Tournament. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours to gain access to the CBO Club on BBO.

Our attendance in both the daily and special tournaments is down. Please encourage your friends to participate so that we can continue to offer these games if there is enough interest.
 
If you've never played in a CBO tournament before, simply log into BBO and click Competitive / Tournaments / All Tournaments or Free Tournaments / Collegiate. The CBO tournament should be first on the list.
 
If you have any bridge playing college friends, encourage them to join the CBO. Membership is open to any college undergrad or grad student age 35 and under. If you don’t have a student bridge org/club at your school, consider starting one.

We can help! www.acbl.org/college

2020 Unit 178 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Races

As promised, President Steve Gaynor has also delivered our top Mini-McKenney masterpoint winner stats for 2020.  Congrats to all who played, all who enjoyed and to all our players (and hoping MORE in 2021) who will delight in the fun and fascination of bridge - for many years to come!

 

2020 Unit 178 Mini-McKenney Standings

 

 

 

                             0 to 5 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Mr Mark Chodosh       19.81

Steve Bruell                18.20

Kristi L Bipes               16.54

 

                            5 to 20 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Thorwald J Hansen      32.75

Peggy Lockwood          30.63

Holly H Eastman          30.34

 

                            20 to 50 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Rolf D Hubmayr       88.05

Jane A Schmidt        59.76

Dan McElroy            35.25

 

                           50 to 100 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Marc J Ashton           89.04

Mary Lou Long          56.53

Ms Diane A Connor   50.00

 

                           100 to 200 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Nadejda V Drenska      227.38

Miss Julia J White        119.56

Mr Arne Langsetmo       77.04

 

                           200 to 300 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Michael V Curran         106.82

Thomas F Botten            86.70

Beverly A Meyer              84.86

 

                           300 to 500 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Jeffrey J Walker            189.79

Mr Rick J Gavin            146.69

William S Boline            121.04

 

                          500 to 1000 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Mr John T Schlundt        173.79

Morris L Eaton                147.47

Marcia M Eaton              133.43

 

                          1000 to 1500 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Sandy G Fisher               455.18

Mr David M Collins          164.57

Mr Carl B Hartness          124.27

 

                          1500 to 2500 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Joel R Kramer                 188.76

Chuck W Cummins         185.33

Mrs Jill L Flader               120.34

 

                          2500 to 3500 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Judy A Hanse                   387.67

Mr Joseph R Koester       233.26

Mr John S Crouch            160.04

 

                          3500 to 5000 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Mr Thomas S Smith          265.54

Mrs Jean M Boettcher       168.42

Mr Harry J Sapienza          165.87

 

                          5000 to 7500 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Mr Brian Crossley              338.81

Mr Michael F Flader           178.00

Mr Ronald DeHarpporte     143.40

 

                         7500 to 10,000 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Mr Steven P Gaynor          214.63

Mr Michael F Cassel          206.94

Mr Phil D Schwarz             187.65

 

                          Over 10,000 Mini-McKenney Masterpoint Race

Mr Paul J Meerschaert       577.43

Ms Sharon R Anderson      344.25

Dr Roger H Anderson         314.57

February 1st - Collegiates Can Compete, Win and Earn Gift Cards!

Don't forget about the CBO Club Special Tournament this Monday, February 1, which will award masterpoints and special prizes. First through third place finishers will receive an Amazon gift card. Additionally, ACBL will draw the name of one random CBO tournament participant to receive a gift card.   You do need to be an ACBL member (only $5 for ages 25 and younger), have a BBO account (free) and be registered as a CBO member to participate in a CBO Tournament. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours to gain access to the CBO Club on BBO. Our attendance in both the daily and special tournaments is down. Please encourage your friends to participate so that we can continue to offer these games if there is enough interest.   If you've never played in a CBO tournament before, simply log into BBO and click Competitive / Tournaments / All Tournaments or Free Tournaments / Collegiate. The CBO tournament should be first on the list.   If you have any bridge playing college friends, encourage them to join the CBO. Membership is open to any college undergrad or grad student age 35 and under. If you don’t have a student bridge org/club at your school, consider starting one. We can help! www.acbl.org/college

College Bridge Online -- December 15th Results

Thrilled to see a number of our Minnesota Collegiate Players

so successful!

Delighted to have more students falling in love

with the Greatest Game!

 

Thanks to those College Bridge Online Club members who participated in the December 15 special tournament; 28 of those players received masterpoints. Click here for hand analysis for board 2 from Tuesday’s event. Congratulations to our top finishers! 1st Place ardaak47 $50 Amazon GC Fanshawe College   2nd Place Sean9816 $30 Amazon GC Georgia Tech   3rd Place matthewshi $20 Amazon GC Carnegie Mellon University   Drawing Winner UMN_TrentN $25 Amazon GC University of Minnesota   See below for the full breakdown of masterpoints awarded in last week’s tournament, including a breakdown of the top schools:

CBO Special - Tuesday, December 15th

A super opportunity for those in our college bridge group and juniors!  Details below! Begins tomorrow! Act fast & have a GREAT GAME!

Don't forget about the CBO Club Special Tournament this Tuesday, December 15, which will award masterpoints and special prizes. First through third place finishers will receive an Amazon gift card. Additionally, ACBL will draw the name of one random CBO tournament participant to receive a gift card.   You do need to be an ACBL member (only $5 for ages 25 and younger), have a BBO account (free) and be registered as a CBO member to participate in a CBO Tournament. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours to gain access to the CBO Club on BBO.   If you've never played in a CBO tournament before, simply log into BBO and click Competitive / Tournaments / All Tournaments or Free Tournaments / Collegiate. The CBO tournament should be first on the list.   If you have any bridge playing college friends, encourage them to join the CBO. Membership is open to any college undergrad or grad student age 35 and under. If you don’t have a student bridge org/club at your school, consider starting one. We can help! www.acbl.org/college Discounts for Juniors playing in online tournaments! 2020 Online Schedule Juniors playing in ACBL Sanctioned regionally rated online tournaments are eligible to have a portion of their entry fees rebated so that your final cost is only $5 per session. Just email onlinetournament@acbl.org and let them know when you played. Discounts will be applied for tournaments after 7/1/2020.

Dr. John Continues to Amass the Masterpoints!

It's December 1.  Perhaps no one will ever read this (too late, Rich - I did!  PK), but I thought I would post an update to Dr. John's advances.

Dr. John regularly plays 300-350 hands each week. (Google "BBO My Hands" and type in Gus94 and see for yourself!)  He accumulates 50+points each month (google "BBO Points") playing 18-board tourneys on BBO.  I only play with him Tuesdays at 7:15PM, but other people with more time on their hands give him several games per eek.  I'm sure that Dr. John would like to be playing face to face again - and I find it amusing that he is now playing 4 times as much as he used to play with the migration to online bridge.

I sure hope I shall get the chance to play with him face to face sometime in 2021!

            Rich Newell

 

Note - Peg again here.  I'm not too swift on what can be done playing online with different friends, but I do believe that some areas area able to "cross over" and play with others from different clubs, cities and states.  

Rich, if Dr. John is willing to play with some "foreigners" (ha ha ha), check around and see if some of our people are available!

 

 

 

 

Collegiate Initiative - Sunday November 15

Great opportunities for our college players and our Juniors!  If you want to compete in events with your peers, and learn more and more about the Greatest Game - then sign up for Sunday's event!

Fun - prizes - great competitors.  What's not to like!  

Details below!

 

Don't forget about the CBO Club Special Tournament this Sunday, November 15, which will award masterpoints and special prizes. First through third place finishers will receive an Amazon gift card. Additionally, ACBL will draw the name of one random CBO tournament participant to receive a gift card.   You do need to be an ACBL member (only $5 for ages 25 and younger), have a BBO account (free) and be registered as a CBO member to participate in a CBO Tournament. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours to gain access to the CBO Club on BBO.   If you've never played in a CBO tournament before, simply log into BBO and click Competitive / Tournaments / All Tournaments or Free Tournaments / Collegiate. The CBO tournament should be first on the list.   If you have any bridge playing college friends, encourage them to join the CBO. Membership is open to any college undergrad or grad student age 35 and under. If you don’t have a student bridge org/club at your school, consider starting one. We can help! www.acbl.org/college Discounts for Juniors playing in online tournaments! 2020 Online Schedule Juniors playing in ACBL Sanctioned regionally rated online tournaments are eligible to have a portion of their entry fees rebated so that your final cost is only $5 per session. Just email online.tournament@acbl.org and let them know when you played. Discounts will be applied for tournaments after 7/1/2020.