Happy New Year. By the time you get this 2012 will be almost a month old. I hope that your holidays were merry and bright and that 2012 brings health and happiness.
The Unit’s top 10 masterpoint winners at the Midwinter Regional were: Charlotte Falk, Steve Print, Lin Goldstein, Conrad Evans, Dan Green, Nels Erickson, Rick Weiss, Mark Lundblad, David Weinberg, and Richard Michelsen.
Out and About: Linda Averett is back from Moorea. Kathy Lane is back from Southern California.
Disabled list: No new injuries or illnesses.
New member: This month the Unit has three new members: Marilyn Hedges-Hiller, Marilyn Hill and Joel Vinton. Welcome to the Unit.
BIG GAME: On Saturday, December 10, Mel Edelblute and Virginia Jensen had a 72.22% game. Congratulations.
Do you know where your black coat is? Louise Holden’s black coat was inadvertently taken from the rack at the Christmas party. Please check your closets and if you have it, return it to the club and exchange it for your black coat.
Congratulations to Mark Lundblad and his new bride, Anitra on their recent nuptials.
Reno Youth Bridge held their first tournament of the year at the Grand Sierra on Friday, December 30th during the Midwinter Regional. Eighty students from the Washoe County District middle schools participated. Jessica Fuchs and Sarah Macharg of the Davidson Academy emerged victorious in the Reno Youth Pairs. Andrea Russell and Kaleigha Valdez from Yvonne Shaw Middle School were the winners of the Reno Youth Mini Pairs.
I was invited to play at the Sierra Canyon Monday bridge game this last week. The playing area is great (lots of windows with a spectacular view) and the people are warm and welcoming. If any of you are fortunate enough to get an invitation to play in this game, I encourage you to accept.
Sectional Tournaments at Clubs (STaC) games were held December 5-11th. The December 5th game was won by Linda Turner and Satish Gupta. The December 6th game was won by Ed Plotsky and June Lucas. The December 7th game was won by Donna Mcleod and Virginia Kellermeyer. The December 8th game was won by Satish Gupta and Kaz Nojima. The December 9th game was won by Mel Edelblute and Satish Gupta. The December 10th game was won by Mel Edelblute and Virginia Jensen. The December 11th game was won by Charlotte Falk and Richard Schiveley. Satish Gupta really scooped up the points during the STaC week.
The Club membership game on December 4th was won by Conrad Evans and Nels Erickson. The Charity game on December 13th was won by Bill Schoenemann and John Swanson. The special unit game on December 14th was won by Charlotte Falk and Richard Schiveley.
The December Unit game was held on December 18th. First overall in A were Conrad Evans and Nels Erickson. In 2nd were David Weinberg and Richard Michelsen. In 3rd were Cathy Johnson and Evie Almeleh. In 4th were Charlotte Falk and Richard Schiveley. In 5th were Sheila Wimer and Paul Nagel. In Flight B, Sid Siddel and Karol McClellan were in 3rd place. Linda Averett and Kathy Evans were 4th.
This month the Unit has many rank changes. Suzanne Jones, Pat Logerwell, Gene Richards, Jan Schiff, Linda Swanson and Andy Wallace all became Junior Masters. Beverly Casler and Karol McCellan became Club Masters. Don Parson became a Sectional Master. Jan Parker became the Unit’s newest Life Master. Myrlen Ann Knafelc became the Unit’s newest Silver Master. Congratulations to all.
Mark your calendars: The regular Unit game in February is on February 26 at 1:15 p.m.