Prez
Sez 2
North
American Pairs 3
Special
Game Winners 4
Library News 5
Regional
Masterpoint Winners 6
Thanks!! 7
Beginner’s
Bridge Lessons 8
Membership
News 11
News from
Unit 124 12
Double
Your Fun! 13
The Beer
Card 14
Club
Notes 15
August 24-26
Instant Matchpoint Game
September 19,
Mentor-Mentee Finale Pot Luck
Sunday, October 7
CBA Fall Sectional & Elections
October 25-28
NAP District Finals
Saturday, November 3
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Well it seems as if it
does take a village to put on a Regional. I am sure you have heard by now that our May
Regional was a huge success! Thanks in
part to the efforts of many people who came forward to help in the various ways
as outlined in my last article. Set up
was a breeze….hospitality was superb…the LivInn Suites were sold out…..and we
met our food minimum every day but one!
The increase in the I/N
Section accounted for the greatest number of tables. Every session had a great turnout and the
Saturday two-session pairs game was full!
I have already been approached by the
“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”
Okakura Kakuzo
Moving forward…the
next big job the board is going to tackle is …….declining enrollment. Ok…so that’s a term from my school board
days…but you get the picture. Our
audience is getting older….night games are not well attended….and we cannot
rely on Senior Projects to replenish our game tables.
We had a booth full of
wonderful information at the Senior Expo at old Coney, only to discover that
most of the people were at the Gates of Heaven booth! We have a beginner’s bridge class in the works…but
…where are the students? We have a
number of teachers that are available to teach outside our club… if we could
set up lessons and places to have them.
We have a great
Education Committee headed by Mike Purcell, and while we realize that all this will
take time to develop…we need help. If
you have any suggestions of ways that we might go about obtaining our goal of
attracting new bridge players...please let us know.
“What we plan we build.”
Conte Vittorio Alfieri
Let’s begin working on
a plan to build the CBA into the vibrant bridge club that we know it has been
and can be.
Patti English
2007
North American Pairs
The North American Pairs is a
grassroots event starting at the club level and leading all the way to the
Spring 2008 Bridge Championship in
There will be no Unit Final to
qualify – only the District 11 NAP Finals on Saturday, November 3, at the
Three
Flights: Flight A (unlimited), Flight B
(0-2000), and Flight C (NLM with fewer than 500)
Great
Prizes!
Win
a Trip to the Spring NABC in
First-Place
District Winners in each Flight: $700.00 per person
Second-Place
District Winners in each Flight: $300.00 per person
Third-Place
District Winners in each Flight: $100 per
pair from District 11
Unit
Qualifying Games will begin in June
Schedule
at the
(All NAP games at the
June Friday June
Monday June
Tuesday June
Thursday June 14
July Thursday July
Saturday July 28
August Saturday August
Thursday August
16
Tuesday August 21
Thursday August 23
Tuesday August 28
Schedule
at the
June Friday June 28
July Friday July 27
August Tuesday August 14
(Call Sheila Dippel, 859-283-0471, for directions.)
Check with other Unit 124
bridge clubs for more qualifying games that might be scheduled.
For
additional information about the NAP, please contact Barbara Levinson,
513-530-0953.
Mentor-Mentee
Kickoff Game Winners 
SECTION
A
1st
N/S Frances Calkins – Al Paster
2nd
N/S Barbara Neal – Debbie Cummings
3rd
N/S Grace Pedoto – Ralph Terbrueggen
1st
E/W Bruce Smith – Jerry Fink
2nd
E/W Louis Ukelson – Pat Dutson
3rd
E/W David Parker – Sue Baum
SECTION
B
1st
N/S Gail Arnow – Norm Coombs
2nd
N/S Diane Hawkins – Herb Behr
3rd
N/S Thomas Buchanan – Harriet Spiegel
1st
2nd
E/W Adam Parrish – Barbara Levinson
3rd
E/W Martha Bunker – Walter Bunker
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Worldwide
Pairs Winners
SECTION
A
N/S
Flight A: Amit Raturi-Nancy Sachs
N/S
Flight B: Bernice Stevens-Peggy Gatch
N/S
Flight C: Marilyn Werner-Gene Vaughn
E/W
Flight A & B: Sue Mandell-Mary Segal
E/W
Flight C: Harry Gear-John Morgan
SECTION
B
N/S
Flight A: Norm Coombs-Marvin Comer
N/S
Flight B: Barbara Wagner-Walter Bunker
N/S
Flight C: Everitt Kitchen-Herb Schapera
E/W
Flight A: Yauheni Siutsau-Joe Fisher
E/W
Flight B & C: Jean Stoops-Margaret
Stoops
LIBRARY NEWS
by
Gayle Keaney
Remember the song “Where have all the flowers gone?” ??? Well, “Where have all the books gone?”
Over 10% of the books listed in our library are missing and unaccounted
for. Please look around your house (or
car) & return whatever you have.
Just put them in the library box in the Director’s Room. No floggings, no fines, no questions asked…
just a thanks for returns. Have you read
the Book Survey and the New Player’s Reading List in the June
Bridge Bulletin? If not, check them
out. Those books listed but not
currently in our library will be high on the list for future library purchases. Let me know if you have any particular
favorite.
New lending policies…
…. Books (except for special items) may be taken out for 1 month
…. Renewals will be automatic unless the book has been requested
…. Automatic renewals must be made by e-mail to gkeaney@aol.com or by bringing the book in and resigning both cards
….Both lending cards should be printed with your name & full
date…one card remains in the book and the
other stays at the center
….Regular late fees will be $2/week or part thereof
….Additional late fees may apply to special items…. this will be
clearly marked on the lending card
Please let me know….
…. If a book is falling apart
…. If you would like the library to add a particular book to the
catalogue
…. If you are having trouble getting a book out
NEW BOOKS:
Understanding the Contested Auction by Klinger/Kambites
2001
Topics include offense to defense ratio, 2 suited overcalls, protective
bidding, high-level auction, defense to artificial bids, and duplicate tactics.
A Bridge to Simple Squeezes by Julian Laderman
2005
ABTA book of the year. Teaches how to recognize a squeeze potential
and then offers a structured approach
on how to execute it.
Demon Defense & Demon Doubling by Augie
Boehm 2004
This book begins with defense so to build a confident foundation for
doubling…explains when to double
and when not to.
Defend These Hands With Me by Julian
Pottage 2006
Follow the thinking of an expert player through the process of the
hardest part of the game - defending a bridge hand.
25 Ways to Take More Tricks As Declarer by
Seagram/Bird 2003
Advanced beginner - Intermediate.
Another of the series with short chapters and quizzes. Topics include Comparing 2 Lines of Play,
Elimination Play, How to Plan a Notrump Contract, Creating Extra Entries, and
Keeping the Danger Hand Off Lead.
And a new and updated copy of Dorothy Hayden Truscott’s classic, Bid
Better Play Better replaces disintegrating old originals.
Thanks to Baron Barclay Bridge Supply the club received a substantial
discount on these books which were purchased at the Regional.
Flying Pig Regional 
CBA members who won the most Masterpoints
39.31 Arun Goyal,
39.17 Norman Coombs, Brookville
IN
38.89 A Netherwood,
38.14 Gene Owens, Grand Blanc MI
38.14 Christine Owens, Grand
Blanc MI
37.73
36.66 Nancy Sachs,
35.43 Rachna Goyal,
33.62 William Higgins,
33.25 Lorna Davis, West
31.82 Vijay Vasudevan,
31.04 Patti English,
30.79 Jack Mehalko,
30.79 Brenda Mehalko,
30.47 Adam Parrish,
29.78 John Stoppiello,
28.89 Diane Thaller, West
28.50 Myrna Rosen,
28.04 Vince Netherwood,
27.82 Rick O'Connor,
27.82 Cindy Tretter,
25.98 Narendra Mehta,
25.71 Gerry Mirus,
25.46 Larry Klein,
24.73 Al Paster, Mason OH
23.37 Michael Dickman,
23.32 Yauheni Siutsau,
22.81 Judy Cohn,
22.61 Timothy Martin, Ft Thomas
KY
22.61 Jackie Swango,
22.10 W Mike Glatt,
22.10 Sheila Dippel,
21.85 Peggy Simpson,
21.85 Gayle McCann,