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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.

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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
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