Please review for corrections and omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559 Sorry for missing last month's Bridge News! April was a weird month for me. Let me start with the Mini McKinney and Ace of Clubs winners for 2021. There was lots of bridge to be played last year, and here's who did the best in our unit. The Mini McKinney is for most points overall, including club games and tournament play: Starting Rank Name Points
10000 John Jones 167.2 7500-10000 Lulu Minter 663.0 5000-7500 Rae Murbach 284.4 3500-5000 Ernie Wong 568.9 1500-2500 Cathy Martin 97.9 1000-1500 Fredy Minter 155.7 500-1000 Sadika Elewy 69.7 300-500 Paulette Burkitt 144.5 200-300 Hilary Clark 69.5 100-200 Kim Ebner 153.4 50-100 Mariann Nolan 86.3 20-50 Ming Hu 28.3 5-20 Julie Miller 25.9 0-5 Susan Kane / Jonathan Fuhrman 22.8
The Ace of Clubs is for most points earned in regular club or VACB games:
10000 Rebecca Clough 80.1 7500-10000 Lulu Minter 601.3 5000-7500 Rae Murbach 268.5 3500-5000 Dominique Moore 135.3 2500-3500 Ernie Wong 497.1 1500-2500 Cathy Martin 97.9 1000-1500 Fredy Minter 146.8 500-1000 Sadika Elewy 69.7 300-500 Paulette Burkitt 139.1 200-300 Hilary Clark 67.9 100-200 Kim Ebner 134.2 50-100 Mariann Nolan 81.0 20-50 Ming Hu 27.4 5-20 Julie Miller 23.7 0-5 Susan Kane / Jonathan Fuhrman 21.2
Our Unit 559 players who did best in 2021: 1 Lulu Minter 662.6 2 Ernie Wong 568.9 3 Rae Murbach 284.4 4 John Jones 167.2 5 Fredy Minter 155.3 6 Kim Ebner 153.4 7 Paulette Burkitt 144.5 8 Dominique Moore 143.9 9 Mike Connell 130.4 10 Angela Peters 123.9 We had great attendance at our four Unit Games in April and May: April 10: N/S Madhu Sudan and Stan Majcher. E/W Greg Tapia and Hanna Zhuang (First overall). April 24: N/S Peter Szecsi and Amr Elghamry. E/W Karen Arase and Gitta Earll (First overall). May 1: N/S Lulu and Fredy Minter (First overall). E/W Bob Shore and Kevin Lane. May 22: N/S Elliott Mazur and Rose Boot (First overall). E/W Arthur Moore and Dominique Moore. *June Unit Games* are scheduled for June 12 and 26. Reservations required! Contact Miriam Harrington (626) 232-0558 to reserve a seat. Games are held at the Arcadia Bridge Center, with boards ready to play at 12:30 p.m. *Rank changes*: Congratulations to new Club Masters *Nina Huang* and *Premi Thomas*, new Advanced NABC Master *Karmen Armoudjian*, and new Bronze Life Master *Michael Lo*. -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>