Draft column for the bridge news. Please review for corrections and omissions. I can't find any rank changes for this month! I suspect we didn't have any.

Mojo

Let me start with all 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 two April Unit Games:

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)

In May we're on a different schedule, May 1 has already happened, but we're dark on May 8 for Mother's Day. The second May Unit Game will be on May 22. Space is limited! Please contact Miriam Harrington (626) 232-0558 if you are planning to play. (If you're on the list and NOT planning to play, we need to know! We'll be saving seats for you.)

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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
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