FORMER FRONT PAGE ITEMS

December 31, 2005
Ray Depew has won the NEPAG 2005 Play of the Year race by winning 158.79 masterpoints in all event at participating clubs
TOP THREE:
  1. 158.79 Raymond Depew, Kingston
  2. 153.35 David Hall, Dallas
  3. 139.89 Judy Null, Kingston
See the TOP TEN or COMPLETE LIST

December 31, 2005
The winners of the 2005 masterpoint races and the December 2005 masterpoint races have been posted.  I have also posted the NEPABA monthly Player of the Month winners.

December 28, 2005  There are three (3) places on this website where you can see your game results
  1. The "RESULT'S CALENDAR" - linked on the top left of this page.
  2. The area "GAME RESULTS" dropdown menu below the "Thought of the Day Archives" link on the upper left side of this page.
  3. the area home page "CLUB HOMEPAGE" link just below the "GAME RESULTS" dropdown menu on the left.
If the link you usually use to see the results does not work, please use one of the other links.  (It would be helpful if you notifed me of the bad link)

December 28, 2005  The Stroudsburg Duplicate Bridge Club (Tuesday Evening Game) has moved. For details go to the Stroudsburg home page

December 23, 2005  Harriet Goldman, Scranton now has 1997 masterpoints.  She should probably be over 2000 by the time she returns to Scranton next spring.  See the TOP TEN unit players or the FULL LIST of all unit members.

December 20, 2005  Ray Depew leads in the NEPABA "Player of the Year" masterpoint race with less than two weeks to go.
THE LEADERS:
   1   155.76  Raymond Depew
   2   151.46  David Hall
   3   138.94  Judy Null

December 18, 2005  Susan Burrows and Mohammed Mohiuddin (a new player to this area) won the Dallas/Wilkes-Barre 2005 Holiday Party Unit Game.
Also:
Art Doyle won enough points to become a life master and Tore Tverraaen played after having a stroke less than three weeks ago.

Holiday Party - 2005 December 18, 2005
20 Pairs
RECAP, SUMMARY AND TRAVELERS

MPsABCNamesScore
2.83
1
1
1
 Susan Burrows, Kingston; Mohammed Mohiuddin, Wilkes-Barre60.88%
2.12
2
2

 Arthur Doyle - Edwina Doyle, Bartonsville60.42%
1.39
3/4
3/4

 Margaret Watters - Betty Swainbank, Kingston59.26%
1.39
3/4
3/4
2
 Iris Levy - Vivian Hoffman, Dallas59.26%
0.79
5/6


 David Hall, Shavertown; Judy Null, Kingston54.17%
0.79
5/6
5
3
 Robert Silverblatt - Susan Silverblatt, Kingston54.17%
0.58

4
 Shino Franquet, Dallas; Betty Lyons, Tunkhannock49.77%

Holiday Party - 2005 December 18, 2005
8 Pairs

MPsABCNamesScore
1.20
1
1

 Margot Schwager, Kingston ; Leslie Dymond, Edwardsville 56.25%
0.70
2/4
2/4

 Isabel Mitchell, Wyoming ; Dorothy Filchak, Wilkes-Barre 54.86%
0.70
2/4
2/4

 Teresa Beirne, Kingston ; Margaret Curfman, Wilkes Barre 54.86%
0.70
2/4
2/4

 Cleda Shelby, Dallas ; Marilyn Husband, Kingston 54.86%


December 18, 2005  There is a link to the Lee Edwards convention card program on the bottom left of this page. If you want the program please download it now as I will be removing it soon - enjoy.

December 15, 2005
Two of our longtime players have recently passed away.

Rose Gerstein played bridge in the Wilkes-Barre area for over fifty years before she moved to Richmond, Va three years ago to be with her daughter. Many of our better bridge players attribute their success to Rose's advice. Times Leader Obituary

Louise Pasternak Began playing here in 1994 or 1995 and was an avoid duplicate player until recently when her health began to fail. Times Leader Obituary

We miss them both.

December 15, 2005
Esther Robzen and Margaret Curfman have won the WVJCC bridge club Thursday Club Championship.

Winter Club Championship
December 15, 2005
11 Pairs

MPsABCNamesScore
1.73
1
1
1
 Esther Robzen - Margaret Curfman57.30%
1.30
2


 Raymond Depew - Beth Rosenthal55.73%
0.97
3


 Connie Rothschild - Judy Null51.39%
0.80
4/5
2/3
2/3
 Bernard Rockman - Irvin Lebowitz51.05%
0.80
4/5
2/3
2/3
 Robert Silverblatt - Susan Silverblatt51.05%


December 13, 2005 I could not resist showing you this picture of my daughter and her Dad from almost 30 years ago
Emiko is now the wonderful mother of two wonderful children.

December 12, 2005
Bernie Rockman and Fran Alperin have won the WVJCC bridge club Monday Club Championship with a 66% game.

Monday Club Championship
December 12, 2005
10 Pairs

MPsABCNamesScore
1.63
1
1
1
 Bernard Rockman - Francine Alperin66.20%
1.22
2


 Sara Eisner - Raymond Depew63.43%
0.92
3


 Norman Dressler - David Hall57.87%
0.91
4
2

 Judith Argento - Carol Hinchey53.24%
0.68
3

 Mary Brezinski - Walter Brenholts51.85%
0.85

2
 Evelyn Reles - Ruth Stein51.39%


December 12, 2005
Tore Tverraaen is recovering from the stroke he suffered two weeks ago. He will be home tomorrow and expects to participate in the Dallas/Wilkes-Barre Christmas Party at the Woodlands on Sunday.

December 12, 2005
STaC OVERALL RESULTS
 MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
ALL RESULTS

December 7, 2005
RESULTS FROM DALLAS STaC:
http://www.bridgelady.net/games/D1207.TXT

December 6, 2005
Carole McCallum and Mary Kernaghan have won the West End Duplicate Bridge Club Chrismas Party Bridge Tournament

Christmas Party - December 5, 2005
13 Pairs

MPsABCNamesScore
2.41
1
1

 Carole McCallum - Mary Kernaghan62.78%
1.81
2
2
1
 Peg Johnson - Dan Mauger58.89%
1.36
3


 Carl Meinelt - Mary Meinelt55.71%
1.02
4
3

 Harvey Schuldenfrei - JoAnn Mauger53.81%
0.76
5
4

 Karen Yellin - Jacqualyn Newman52.78%
0.79

2
 Greg Gumm - Ged Manzi46.67%


December 4, 2005
Dan Davies and Jim Miller have won the Scranton Chrismas Party Bridge Tournament (levels "A", "B" and "C") and Frank Jordan and Barbara Fink came in 2nd in "B".Click on thumbnail below to see full sized images

Scranton Christmas Party December 4, 2005
10 Pairs

MPsABCNamesScore
2.13
1
1
1
 Dann Davies, Clarks Summit; Jim Miller, Carbondale61.11%
1.60
2


 George Marcy, Kingston PA; David Hall, Shavertown PA57.41%
1.20
3


 Judith Argento - Raymond Depew, Kingston PA54.63%
1.19
4
2

 Francis Jordan, Clarks Summit PA; Barbara Fink, Scranton PA53.70%
0.89
3
2
 Walter Mitchell Jr - Constance Mitchell, Bear Creek PA50.93%

Christmas Party N/I December 4, 2005
8 Pairs

MPsABNamesScore
1.13
1
1
 Martha O'Connor - Margaret Kelly, Scranton PA61.90%
0.85
2
2
 Ellen Meade, Dunmore PA; Violet R. Kelly, Scranton PA61.41%
0.64
3
3
 Rita Zymblosky, ; Barbara Hughes, Clarks Summit PA54.22%


December 1, 2005
November MASTERPOINT LISTS are now available

big>November 30, 2005
David Hall has won the November Player of the Month Masterpoint Race.  David has also taken the lead in the 2005 Masterpoint Race and the 365 Day Masterpoint Race

November 23, 2005
Jeanie Fainberg becomes fourth unit 120 player to score 100 on 365 day Masterpoint Race.top ten

November 16, 2005
Carl H Meinelt and Mary Law Meinelt have won the Stroudsburg Club Club Championship

November 15, 2005
Complete (board by board) results from this year's Lancaster Red Rose Regional



November 7, 2005
Dinny Doyle tops list of unit 120 masterpoint winners in Lancaster.  Helen McCool of Pittston, Pa makes Life Master.
Top 3 120 players:
   1    12.01  Edwina Doyle,  Bartonsville PA
   2/3  11.58  Raymond Depew,  Kingston PA
   2/3  11.58  Judith Argento,  Kingston PA
See:
top ten unit 120 masterpoint winners
list of all masterpoint winners

November 3, 2005
October Player of the Month winners and Player of the Year Leaders have been posted.  JoAnn Mauger edged out Bill Hayes by 0.02 masterpoints for the Stroudsburg award.  Other winners were Peggy George, Dave Hall and Frank MacEntee.   See the bottom left of this page for the winners and runner-ups and the "Masterpoint Races" pages for the full results

November 1, 2005
Dave Hall has won the October Player of the Month Masterpoint Race and has taken the lead in the 365 day Masterpoint Race.  Ray Depew continues to lead in the 2005 Player of the Year Masterpoint Race by a substancial margin.
The Top 10 Gold Point at the Club winners this year are:
 
   1     1.49  Raymond Depew
   2     1.25  Charlie Rector
   3     1.13  Fay Pacchioli
   4     1.13  Margaret George
   5     1.10  Kenneth McCrea
   6     1.00  Annette Johns
   7     1.00  Joyce Shertzer
   8     1.00  Mary Lou Gilroy
   9     0.48  David Hall
  10     0.48  Judy Null
October 31, 2005
The Wyoming Valley JCC DBC and the West End DBC of Stroudsburg have held the final Club Appreciation Swiss Team Games today.
A total of 15.04 gold points were won by clubs participating in this web site. Ray Depew won the most with 0.49 and Dave Hall and Judy Null won 0.48 each.

Club Appreciation Team Game October 31, 2005
7 Teams

MPsABCNamesScore
2.83
1


 Augie Lesaca, East Stroudsburg PA; Bill Haynes, Cresco PA; David Bowen, E Stroudsburg PA; Carole McCallum, Newfoundland PA73.00
2.12
2


 Sue Saganich, Mt Pocono PA; Judy Brown - Mary Motson - Glenna Johnson, Stroudsburg PA72.00
2.00
3
1

 Nancy Green(Sherich), Walnutport PA; Harvey Schuldenfrei, Bushkill PA; Art Doyle, Bartonsville PA; Mary Meinelt, East Stroudsburg PA70.00
1.50
2

 Jacqualyn Newman, E Stroudsburg PA; Carolyn Landi, Bushkill PA; Jo McNally, Stroudsburg PA; Kathy Gilbert, Cresco PA67.00
1.73

1
 David Forth - Jim Brunkard - Mary Kernaghan, Stroudsburg PA; Edwina Doyle, Bartonsville PA57.00


Club Appreciation Team Game October 31, 2005
6 Teams

MPsABCNamesScore
2.67
1


 David Hall, Shavertown PA; Judy Null - Judith Argento - Raymond Depew, Kingston PA72.00
2.00
2
1

 Connie Rothschild - Stanley Smulyan - Shirley Abelson - Pauline Sirota, Kingston PA43.00
1.73
2
1
 Ruth Stein - Irene Burger, Kingston PA; Evelyn Reles, KINGSTON PA; Bill Buchin, Weatherly PA33.00
October 27, 2005
8 teams participated in the WVJCC DBC Thursday Afternoon Swiss Team Club Appreciation Game.

Club Appreciation Team Game October 27, 2005
8 Teams

MPsABCNamesScore
3.00
1


 George Marcy - Judy Null, Kingston PA; David Hall, Shavertown PA; Sara Eisner, Scranton PA64.00
2.27
2
1
1
 Shirley Abelson - Stanley Smulyan - Norman Dressler, Kingston PA; Alan Fierverker, Shavertown PA54.00
1.70
3
2
2
 Katherine McCrea - Kenneth McCrea, WILKES BARRE PA; Esther Robzen - Phyllis Landau, Kingston PA49.00
1.28
3

 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Kingston PA; Beth Rosenthal, Shavertown PA; Carol Hinchey, Forty Fort PA44.00


October 27, 2005
11 teams participated in the Dallas DBC Swiss Team Club Appreciation Game. The Teams of David Hall, Raymond Depew, Jeanne Fainberg,and Judy Null won the event.

Bridgelady DBC Club Appreciation Team Game October 26, 2005
11 Teams

MPsABCNamesScore
3.50
1


 David Hall, Shavertown PA; Raymond Depew, Forty-Fort PA; Jeanne Fainberg, Dallas PA; Judy Null, Kingston PA54.00
2.63
2
1

 Norman Dressler - John Filip, Kingston PA; Jane Ressa Chilson - Thomas Myers, Dallas PA53.00
1.97
3
2

 Iris Levy - Sandra Johnson - Annabel Morris, Kingston PA; Maryann Davies, Shavertown PA51.00
2.00
4
3
1
 Dorothy Peiffer - Patricia Peiffer - Shino Franquet, Dallas PA; Betty S. Lyons, Tunkhannock PA45.00
1.50
4
2
 Irvin Lebowitz, Wilkes Barre PA; Alan Fierverker, Shavertown PA; Stanley Smulyan, Kingston PA; Jesse Savitz, 44.00

October 26, 2005
The Pacchioli, George, Shurtleff, Clarke team has won the a Honesdale DBC Club Appreciation Game.

Honesdale DBC Club Appreciation Game - October 24, 2005
6 Teams

MPsABCNamesScore
2.67
1
1

 Fay Pacchioli, Lakeville PA; Margaret George, Hawley PA; Horty Shurtleff, Moscow PA; Catherine Clarke, Scranton PA52.00
2.00
2


 Joan Denison - Les Denison, Lake Ariel PA; James Royer - Judith Royer, Hawley PA50.00
October 7, 2005
The Doyle - Mauger - Landi team has won the Stroudsburg DBC Club Appreciation Game.

Stroudsburg DBC Club Appreciation Game - October 11, 2005
6 Teams

MPsABCNamesScore
2.67
1


 Arthur B Doyle - Edwina Doyle, Bartonsville PA; Carolyn H Landi, Bushkill PA; Joann M Mauger, Effort PA67.00
1.87
2/3
1

 Jo McNally - Mary V Motson - Kevin R Husband - David Forth, Stroudsburg PA63.00
1.75
2/3


 Brian R Holderness, Bangor PA; Carl H Meinelt - Mary Law Meinelt, E Stroudsburg PA; Jessie A Barrett, Effort PA63.00
1.52

1/2
 Gregory A Gumm, Stroudsburg PA; Lorraine M Steigerwalt, Kunkletown PA; Susan S Saganich, Mt. Pocono PA; Harvey Schuldenfrei, Bushkill PA38.00
1.52

1/2
 William Haynes, Cresco PA; Dan Mauger, Effort PA; Tore Tverraaen - Steve Dunko, 38.00


October 7, 2005
Two teams tied for first place Jefferson (Scranton) Club Club Appreciation team game.

Jefferson DBC Club Appreciation Team Game - October 11, 2005
6 Teams

MPsABCNamesScore
2.34
1/2
1
1
 Lois Dubin - Emily Trunzo, Clarks Summit PA; Phil Harris - Sondra Kaufman, Scranton PA47.00
2.34
1/2


 Frank MacEntee - Ann Harriet Goldman - Ruth Fallick, Scranton PA; Jeanne Fainberg, Dallas PA47.00
1.50
2

 George Marcy, Kingston PA; Lou Plotkin - Jean Thomas - Lois Miller, Scranton PA41.00

October 7, 2005
Kingston - Scranton team has won the Scranton Center DBC club appriciation game.

Friday Morning Club Appreciation Teams - October 7, 2005
4 Teams

MPsNamesScore
2.33
0.11G		Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Kingston PA; Edwin Utan - S Eisner, Scranton PA38.00


October 7, 2005
Carol Drewniak Conyngham PA is our area's newest Life Master.

October 6, 2005
Dave Hall wins the NEPABA Fall Sectional Masterpoint race with 15.60 points. The complete list is now available. Click on the "MASTERPOINT WINNERS" link below.
SEPTEMBER MASTERPOINT RACES
 October 4, 2005
Ray Depew sets new single month total masterpoints record with 32.78 masterpoints won in September.  Ray also leads in the 2005 Masterpoint Race with 113.15 points and leads in the 365 Masterpoint race with 139.12 (also a new Record). &ngsp;In a month loaded with premium games Ray came in first in most of the games he played in.

Other Masterpoint Race winners were:

September 99'er race - Patricia Podesta, Kingston 9.85
Current 99'er 365 day Race - Susan Silverblatt 46.02
99'er 2005 Masterpoint Race - Susan Silverblatt 38.99

September Players of the Month:
Wilkes-Barre Area - Pauline Sirota 19.49
Wyoming Valley JCC DBC - Annette Johns 12.59
Scranton Area - S Eisner/Edwin Utan - 6.92
Stroudsburg Area - Joann Mauger 6.48
Honesdale Club - Les and Joan Denison 6.48
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October 2, 2005
The complete Kingston Sectional Tournament results are now available.  Event winners are:

Friday Afternoon Pairs:
Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale

Friday Afternoon 199'r Pairs:
Teresa Beirne, Kingston : Margaret Curfman, Wilkes-Barre

Friday Evening Pairs:
Sara Eisner - Edwin Utan, Scranton

Saturday Knock Out Teams:
Dave Hall, Shavertown, - Pauline Sirota, Judy Null, Charlie Rector, Kingston, - Jeanne Fainberg, Dallas,

Saturday Afternoon Pairs:
Sara Eisner - David Meyer, Scranton

Saturday Evening Pairs:
Thomas Weik, Reading; Sandra Gebhardt, Fleetwood

Sunday Swiss Teams:
Thomas Weik, Reading; Sandra Gebhardt, Fleetwood ; Ed Bissell, State College; Mary Ann Churba, Montoursville

CLICK ON 'TOURNAMENT RESULTS' BUTTON BELOW FOR FULL RESULTS:



August 31, 2005
Dave Hall has won the August Masterpoint Race by over four masterpoints with 17.48 masterpoint won in club level games in August.
See the top ten or the full list.  Other masterpoint race result will be available soon.

August 20, 2005
Dave Hall has taken a substantial lead in the 365 Day Masterpoint Race with 122 Masterpoints over the past 365 days. Judy Null has 116 masterpoints and Ray Depew has 111. Nobody else has more than 78 masterpoints.
See the TOP TEN LIST or the TOP 100 LIST

August 15, 2005
Ray Depew is quickly approaching the 2000 masterpoint mark. He currently has approximately 1975 and will almost certainly pass the 2000 masterpoint mark before winter.

August 15, 2005
Dave Hall and Mike Whitaker won the Summer Unit Championship on Sunday Afternoon with a 70% game. Nancy Trovato and Pat Hametz were second with 63% game and Ed and Lorraine Sharp finished third with 60%.
In the evening bonus game Walter Mitchell and Stephen Mansour were the winners.

Summer Unit 120 Championship
August 14, 2005
29 Pairs
FULL RESULTS

MPsABCNamesScore
3.54
1


 David Hall, Shavertown ; Mike Whitaker, Sugarloaf 70.15%
2.66
2


 Nancy Trovato, Clarks Green ; Patricia Hametz, Weatherly 63.15%
1.99
3


 Edward Sharp - Lorraine Sharp, Freeland 60.41%
1.49
4


 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Kingston 59.09%
2.33
5
1
1
 Peggy Yeager, Shuykl Haven ; Santosh Khanna, Shamokin 58.58%
1.75
6
2

 William Whitley - Jane Whitley, Shamokin 58.37%
1.31
3

 Carol Alspach, Orwigsburg ; Arlene Andrews, Coal Township 57.56%
0.98
4

 Rosemary Fariel, Scranton ; Nancy McAllister, Dunmore 55.17%
1.03
5
2
 Walter Mitchell Jr, Bear Creek ; Stephen Mansour, Scranton 54.04%
0.55
6

 Margaret Watters - Betty Swainbank, Kingston 53.88%
0.77

3
 Anna Goetz, Schuylkill Hven ; R Joan Benedict, Pottsville 53.26%
0.58

4
 Allen Plotkin - Jule Plotkin, Kingston 44.68%

Summer Party - Evening Session
August 14, 2005
19 Pairs
FULL RESULTS

MPsABCNamesScore
2.83
1
1
1
 Walter Mitchell Jr, Bear Creek ; Stephen Mansour, Scranton 62.19%
2.12
2


 David Hall, Shavertown ; Mike Whitaker, Sugarloaf 60.94%
1.59
3
2

 Arthur Doyle - Edwina Doyle, Bartonsville 59.38%
1.19
4
3

 Carol Alspach, Orwigsburg ; Arlene Andrews, Coal Township 58.52%
0.90
5


 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Kingston 57.95%
0.67
6


 Edward Sharp - Lorraine Sharp, Freeland 57.39%
0.80
4

 Shino Franquet, Dallas ; Margaret Curfman, Wilkes Barre 55.40%
0.60
5

 Margaret Watters - Betty Swainbank, Kingston 49.69%
0.84

2
 Peggy Yeager, Shuykl Haven ; Santosh Khanna, Shamokin 46.02%


August 5, 2005
The 365 Day Masterpoint Race tightens up. Judy Null still leads with 120.47 masterpoints;  Dave Hall is now only 0.07 masterpoints behind with 120.40;  and Ray Depew is within five masterpoints of the leaders with 115.69.  See the top ten list

August 5, 2005
BLAST FROM THE PAST
In 1947, when most people smoked, a man named Merle Travis wrote a song called "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" for Tex Williams whose career was fading.  Both Tex Williams and Phil Harris had big hits with the song.   For more information go here

July 31, 2005
JULY MASTERPOINT RACES
AreaWinners July 2005:
Wilkes-Barre - David Hall - 11.58
Scranton - - - - Norman Dressler - 8.04
Stroudsburg - - Robert and Renee Jabara - 4.19
Honesdale - - - F Pacchioli and M George - 9.66

July 30, 2005
JULY MASTERPOINT RACE
Ray Depew edges out Dave Hall by 0.06 masterpoints.  Judy Null and Jeannie Fainberg who finished third and fourth were less than one masterpoints behind Ray and Dave. Robby Silverblatt increased his total masterpoint by over 20% during the month and finished fifth.  See the top ten or the full list.  Other masterpoint race result will be available soon.

July 28, 2005
Judy Null has crossed the 120 masterpoint mark in the 365 day masterpoint race.  Judy has won 120.18 points in the past 365 days; Dave Hall is right behind her with 118.37 points and Ray Depew is next with 114.15.  See top ten list.

July 20, 2005
Results from the June 10. 2005 "Wimbledon Concurrent" have been posted.
Honesdale pairs that took part are in red.

July 10, 2005
FULL CHERRY HILL REGIONAL RESULTS (June 20-26)
Board by board results for match point and B. A. M. games and complete results from the other games from the recent Cherry Hill Regional are now available.

July 3, 2005
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Back in 1947 a man by the name of Joe Greene wrote a cute little ditty called "Across the Alley From the Alimo" It is about the misadventures of a Pinto Pony and a Navaho Indian. I'm sure that it would not be 'politicly correct' today; but, it is still a very pleasant uptempo swing band song. I hope you listen to the music and read (or maybe even sing) the words.


July 1, 2005

Adele Dervinus Marcy
The winner of the "Best Mom contest"
Click on image to see full sized image
July 1, 2005
Les and Joan Denison have won the June 2005 NEPABA Player of the Month Award by winning 13.54 masterpoint in the month. The Denisons are the first players to win the award from outside the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area since Susan Saganich of Mount Pocono won it in October 2002 by wining 14.91 masterpoints that month.
The Denison's are originaly from Newburg, NY and now live at Lake Wallenpaupack, PA. They play a version of the Precision Bidding System and do very well with it.
See the top ten or full list

Go to the "MASTERPOINT RACE PAGES" For the results of other June masterpoint races and for 2005 races.

June 30, 2005
CHERRY HILL REGIONAL
Mary Law (19.92 mp) and Carl Meinelt (15.53 mp), Mary Paolucci (17.49 mp) and Tom Myers (16.00 mp) lead all Unit 120 players at Cherry Hill last week  Seventeen NEPABA players won 128.83 masterpoints.   Click here to see the top 10 Unit 120 masterpoint winners.  Click here to see the full overall results.

June 29, 2005
SEE ABOVE FOR THE RESULTS OF THE WEDNESDAY MORNING - JUNE 29, 2005 GAME.
Go to http://nepab.com/games/050629DM.TXT for detailed results.

June 29, 2005
After overcoming the disappointment of not being able to play in a seperate 0-200 masterpoint game (Only two pairs signed up for it.) Michael Post, 94 masterpoints and Beth Stephens, 132 masterpoints, played in the strong open unit championship and won it with a 63% game.
Harriet Goldman was honored in the tenth annual "Hall of Fame" (hot dog party) which featured no hot dogs. Edwin Utan prepair the food for this year's event.

Tenth Annual "Hall of Fame" Party
HARRIET GOLDMAN
June 28, 2005
20 Pairs
COMPLETE RESULTS

MPsABCNamesScore
2.83
1
1
1
 Beth Stephens, Honesdale; Michael Post, Equinunk63.66%
1.86
2/3


 Annette Johns, Naples FL; Pauline Sirota, Kingston PA59.03%
1.86
2/3


 Frank MacEntee - Ruth Fallick, Scranton PA59.03%
1.54
4
2
2
 Robert Silverblatt - Susan Silverblatt, Kingston PA56.71%
1.15
5
3

 Judy Null, Kingston PA; Felice Salsburg, Wilkes Barre PA56.48%
0.86
6
4

 Francis Jordan, Clarks Summit George Mansour, Scranton56.02%
0.65
5

 Phyllis Landau - Esther Robzen, Kingston PA55.56%
0.73

3
 Norman Dressler, Kingston; Alan Fierverker,Shavertown53.24%


June 29, 2005
District 4 Grand National Teams qualifying round will be hosted by NEPABA again in 2006. The Dates are set for Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7, 2006. Unit 120 will run a Sectional Tournament that weekend also. It is not too early to investigate possible teams.


June 20, 2005
Three UNIT 120 players (Judy Null, Dave Hall and Ray Depew) have won over one hundred masterpoints in the past 365 days. This is the first time this has happened since I have been keeping track (2002).  See top ten list.

June 15, 2005
UNIT 120 members masterpoint totals as of June 6, 2005 are posted.  Dave Hall now has over 2000 masterpoints.  Ray Depew have moved up to sixth on the grand total list.
See TOP 10.
SeeLIST OF ALL UNIT MEMBERS

June 13, 2005
YORK WHITE ROSE SECTIONAL RESULTS (June 10-12)

June 10, 2005
Wyoming Valley JCC DBC - Friday
Summer Club Championship June 10, 2005
10 Pairs
MPsANamesScore
1.30
1
Shino Franquet - Betty Lyons59.03%
1.06
2
Evelyn Reles - Sally Harris58.33%
0.64
3/4
Helen McCool - Irvin Lebowitz52.08%
0.80
3/4
Jesse Savitz - Lou Rader52.08%
June 10, 2005
The page honoring Harry is 'on line'.  To visit the page just click on one of the links to it.  There is one on this page - lower left;  on the WVJCC DBC home page;  on the WVJCC DBC results page;  and, here.

Thanks to the bridgelady for images of Harry, Gloria, and Alan Fierverker.  Thanks to the Wyoming Valley JCC for the image of Gloria and Alan Fierverker in front of the plaque.

"The JCC Bridge Club would like to acknowledge the Fierverker family for the beautiful Life Master plaque recently donated to the JCC Bridge Room.
The original idea for this plaque belonged to the late Harry Fierverker who wanted to honor those local bridge players who attained this lofty national award.  Harry was very proud to have earned this high bridge ranking and greatly admired all his fellow players whose names appear on the plaque.
Shown in the picture are Gloria Fierverker, Harry's wife, and Alan Fierverker, Harry's son.  Gloria, Harry's life long partner in marriage, actually taught Harry to play bridge and was his first bridge partner.  Alan, also a Life Master, teamed with his father, Harry, to become a rare, but very accomplished Life Master's father-son duo.
This plaque will serve as a memorial for Harry and reminder of the love he had for the game and the people in the community with whom he played."

June 9, 2005
The above article appeared in the most recent JCC bulletin.
Harry was one of the nicest person to play bridge with us.  I feel that we need a page on this web site in his memory.  I expect to have it posted soon.

June 9, 2005
Dave Hall and Norman Dressler take WVJCC Summer Club Championship
Summer Club Championship June 9, 2005
16 Pairs
MPsANamesScore
1.95
1
David Hall - Norman Dressler64.58%
1.46
2
Pauline Sirota - Annette Johns61.90%
1.10
3
Jeanne Fainberg - Judy Null60.12%
1.39
4
Geraldine Weiss - Shirley Abelson58.04%
1.13
5
Alan Fierverker - Stanley Smulyan55.06%


June 7, 2005
Sara Eisner is May's Player Of The Month with a total of 12.62 masterpoints. Judy Null continues to lead in the Player of the Year race and continues to "win" 365 Day Masterpoint Races. However, Dave Hall and Ray Depew are gaining on her. Dave is within two masterpoints of Judy's 365 day totals and Ray is about to once more cross the century line in 365 masterpoints.
Ray is the WVJCC DBC Player of the Month and the Wilkes-Barre Area Player of the Month.

Player of the Month - May
Namewlinkclub/areaMPs
Sara Eisner
link
NEPABA12.62
Edwin Utan & Sara Eisner
link
Scranton Area5.65
Ray Depew
link
WVJCC DBC5.14
Ray Depew
link
Wilkes-Barre Area6.91
Edna Lane
link
Honesdale5.78
David Bowen
link
Stroudsburg5.72


Player of the Year leaders
Namewlinkclub/areaMPs
Judy Null
link
NEPABA50.08
Edwin Utan
link
Scranton Area15.12
Judy Null
link
WVJCC DBC23.86
Judy Null
link
Wilkes-Barre Area36.68
Ray Depew
link
Bridgelady - Dallas16.47
Edna Lane
link
Honesdale16.41
Carl Meinelt
link
Stroudsburg13.06




June 6, 2005
Annette Johns and Judy Null win the WVJCC Monday Club Championship. Annette is back. So far she came in sixth in the Summer Sectional Tournament with 9.35 Masterpoints and won a club championship.
Summer Club Championship June 6, 2005
12 Pairs
MPsANamesScore
1.73
1
 Annette Johns - Judy Null63.70%
1.14
2/3
 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento55.19%
1.14
2/3
 David Hall - Jeanne Fainberg55.19%
1.30
4
 Alan Fierverker - Stanley Smulyan51.11%


June 6, 2005
Honesdale Club kicks of North American Pairs competition. The link on the left (or click here) will be used for all NAP results that are made available to NEPAB.COM this year

June 5, 2005
SUMMER SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Lady Sara Eisner and Lord Edwin Utan, of Scranton, have won both the afternoon and evening pair games on Saturday.
Dave Hall's team - Tony Bersani of Montoursville, David Hall of Shavertown, and, Pauline Sirota and Norman Dressle of Kingston won the Saturday Knockout Teams event.
The team of Marty Baltimore of Dallas and Tore Tverraaen of Scranton using Marty's own "Balto" bidding system; and, Mary Law Meinelt of East Stroudsburg and Brian Holderness of Bangor won the Sunday Swiss Team event.
Dave Hall lead all other players in the masterpoint race with 14.35. (note of interest - Dave is within 9 masterpoints of 2000.)



June 4, 2005
Craig Robinson and Elaine Landow;   Ray Depew and Annette Johns;  and, Margaret Curfman and Teresa Beirne win Friday events at the Sectional Tournament in Kingston.  Go to SECTIONAL RESULTS for Friday Results.  The Saturday and Sunday results are expected later today or tomorrow.

May 25, 2005
David Wessell of Clarks Summit Leads all District 4 "Rookie" players with 14 masterpoints won in club games so far this year. Several Unit 120 players are in contention for the District 4 Ace of Clubs awards and Mini McKenney.

May 25, 2005
READING SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS


May 23, 2005
Ed and Lorraine Sharp win the 2005 Patriotic Party Unit Championship. The Sharps who are one of the most consistent pairs in our unit have now won yet another Unit Championship. Using their own version of the precision bidding system this couple who each have over 1400 masterpoints (most of their points were won back when masterpoint had to be earned) are one of the best partnerships in Unit 120.   Click to see the complete results.   Section winners were Barbara Miller and Sara Eisner;  Judith Brown and Susan Saganich;  and, The Sharps twice.

May 16, 2005
Pottsville team will represent District 4 in strata C in Atlanta.  Jean Olcese and Tom Olcese of Shamokin teamed with R. Joan Benedict of Pottsville and Anna Goetz of Schuylkill Haven to win 11.25 Red and 3.75 gold points and a trip to HotLanta to represent District 4 in the GNT 'c' level finals. Steven and George Mansour teamed with Walter and Constance Mitchell to come in 2nd and win 2.81 gold and 8.44 red points.
Other winners were:
"Open" - Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ; Howard Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ
"A" - Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY; Robert Cofer III - Stanley Perlo, Ithaca NY
"B" - Robert Grover, Fogelsville PA; Walter Bell, Orefield PA; Barry Cohen, Voorhees NJ; Nick Straguzzi, Mullica Hill NJ


Click on the Grand National Teams Results button to see the full results

May 16, 2005
Results from the Sectional Tournament have been posted. GNT results will follow today.
Deepak Khanna from Shillington PA won the Sectional Tournament Masterpoint Race with 12.90 masterpoints.  The famous Irvin Lebowitz of Wilkes-Barre was the highest Unit 120 player with 6.80 masterpoints.COMPLETE LIST  Click on the Tournament Results button below to see the full Sectional Tournament results

May 15, 2005
NEPABA SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT AND DISTRICT 4 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS RESULTS
Forty Five teams are competing in the team event.
The Pair results from Friday and Saturday are now available.  leaders in the Sectional Tournament Masterpoint Race are:
Deepak and Susan Khanna, Shillington, 5.77;
Irv Lebowitz, Wilkes-Barre 5.23;
Barbara Miller, Banger, 4.83
and John Schwartz, Macongie, 4.83;

May 8, 2005
Four Unit 120 players finish in Unit 112 STaC top 25 masterpoint winners.  Sara Eisner, Edna Lane, Joyce Shertzer and Judy Null are in the top 25 masterpoint winners.  Sara was tenth with 10.95 masterpoints.

I counted 115 names of Unit 120 players who won masterpoints.  I'm sure that that is the best we have ever done in this STaC.  Congratulations to all those who won masterpoints.
UNIT 112 STaC RESULTS

May 6, 2005
Frank MacEntee and Harriet Goldman(Scranton Center DBC) earn 4.22 masterpoints with a fourth place finish Thursday Afternoon.  Four other pairs in unit place overall.  Click on link above.

May 6, 2005
Edna Lane and Joyce Shertzer (Honesdale DBC) earn first place overall finish with a 77% game in the 104 pair Wednesday daytime STaC session to win 10.33 masterpoints.  Al Shrive and Sara Eisner were third for 5.81 masterpoints (click on link above).

May 5, 2005
Several Unit Pairs win points in Wednesday Evening STaC session (click on link above).

May 4, 2005
Monday and Tuesday STaC results are in:
Top masterpoint winners for Monday and Tuesday were:   Sylvia Lappen and Gladys Santee, Pottsville Bridge Club won 5.60 Monday Evening;  Judy Null and Falice Salsburg won 7.60 and Ed Utan and Sara Eisner won 4.03 at the Jefferson DBC (Scranton) Tuesday Afternoon;  and, Kevin Husband and David Forth won 4.88 at the Stroudsburg DBC on Tuesday evening.
See the full results for other winners (click on link above)

May 3, 2005
STATE COLLAGE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

May 2, 2005
Zelda Weiss dies at 77.
My friend Zelda was not only a very intelligent and interesting person and a good bridge player; she was also a very nice person. We will miss her. gm
Times Leader Obituary
May 2, 2005
The Center Duplicate Bridge Club of Scranton is changing the date and time of its weekly game from Thursday at 12:25 PM to Friday at 10:55 AM. The club will meet on Thursday, May 5. 2005; There will be no game on Friday, because of the Sectional Tournament at the Clariton Hotel in Scranton; and, the Club will meet for the first Friday game at 10:55 AM on Friday, May 20. Weekly games are held at the JCC at 601 Jefferson Ave. in Scranton.

May 1, 2005
Ray Depew has won the April Masterpoint Race with a record 19.87 masterpoints; Judy Null continues to lead in the 2005 Masterpoint Race with 39.43 masterpoints in the first three months of this year; and, David Hall and Judy Null are within 0.06 masterpoints of each other in the 365 day Masterpoint Race.

April 29, 2005
Rev. Kenneth McCrea is in General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. We would like to extend our prayers and best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.


April 27, 2005
Bill Haynes made Life Master at the Gatlinburg Regional this months. Congratulations to Bill!

April 24, 2005
No games at the Wyoming Valley JCC this week (April 25-29). No game on Monday, April 25 at the Scranton JCC.
April 21, 2005
Dave Hall takes the lead in the 365 day masterpoint race by 0.01 masterpoints over Judy Null 109.47 to 109.46.
Top Ten
Top one hundred


April 21, 2005
Bill Haynes and Tom Myers win 36.90 masterpoint at the Gatlinburg Regional.
list of unit 120 winners


April 21, 2005
Brian Holderness of Bangor is our area's newest life master. Congratulations.

April 17, 2005
Dave Meyer and Sara Eisner have won the Jeanne Liese Trophy in a very close contest. The difference between first place and sixth place was only 1.66 percent.

This was the fourth time Dave has won the Jeanne Liese Championship. He had won it three times previously with his wife, Marlene. Sara had won last year with Edwin Utan.

MPsANamesScore
4.89
1
David Meyer - Sara Eisner, Scranton PA57.95%
3.67
2
Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Kingston PA57.27%
3.17
3
Mark Warshall, Dallas PA; Irvin Lebowitz, Wilkes Barre PA57.14%
2.38
4
Beth Rosenthal, Shavertown PA; Carol Hinchey, Dallas PA56.62%
1.55
5
David Hall, Shavertown PA; Judy Null, Kingston PA56.32%
1.78
6
Joann Mauger - Jessie Barrett, Effort PA56.29%
See the Recaps and Summaries

Most Frequent Winners
David Meyer - 4 times (1987, 1990, 1993, 2005)
Marlene Meyer - 3 times (1987, 1990, 1993)
Edwin Utan - 3 times (1988, 1989, 2004)
Nine players have won it twice.
Fourteen players have won it one time.
Twelve of the twenty six previous winners of the event were present at this one.
Link to the pictures from the game/party on "The Bridge Lady's" website: just click right here
Thank You bridgelady (and Bruce)

April 16, 2005
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Do you remember the song 'Stager Lee' sung by Lloyd Price back in 1959. Click on the 'blast from the past' link above to read about the history of the song. There was a real 'Stag' Lee and a real 'Billy' Lyons back in the 19th century. click here for more information and the lyrics.

April 15, 2005
365 Day Masterpoint Race Getting Hot.
1.28 masterpoints seperate first place (Judy Null 106.52)and second place (Dave Hall 105.24)
See the top ten or the top 100 players.

April 12, 2005
This year's Patriotic Party is scheduled for May 22 at the Clearion in Stroudsburg.

Who Said it

Since the begining of January of this year I have added a number of features to this web site.  I have done this for two reasons. I thought you might enjoy them and I want to keep busy. For those who are not familiar with the new features, they are I try to do the daily postings between 10 PM and 10 AM - (Some days I will post earlier than 10 PM and some days later than 10 AM and I might miss days altogether.)

Today I am adding another new feature. I call it simply 'Who Said It'. I will post a quote one day.  Then give the person who said it the next.  I have two personal favorites and will probably use material from them more that from any other: Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde.

April 1, 2005
Judy Null has won the March Masterpoint Race with 8.65 points; still leads in the 2005 Masterpoint Race with 29.57 points in three months; and, has taken the lead in the 365 day Masterpoint Race with a total of 104.10 points in the last year.

March 29, 2005
Dave Meyer leads all Unit 120 player in total masterpoints.For the top 10 masterpoint winners see the list on the left side of this page or click here
For full list go to http://nepab.com/mp/masterpoints.htm

March 23, 2005
Barbara Miller from Bangor, Pa (/Stroudsburg area) won 25.42 points in Pittsburgh. The rest of the top 5 were Al Shrive, Clarks Green, with 10.24, Walter Mitchell, Bear Creek with 8.57, Norman Dressler, Kingston 7.98 and, Bill Haynes, Cresco, PA. with over six points.

March 15, 2005
Dave and Deke Hall won the WVJCC Duplicate Bridge Club Club Championship with a 69.79% game.To Club Championships.

March 15, 2005
Edwin Utan and Sara Eisner won the Jefferson Duplicate Bridge Club Club Championship in a close contest.To Club Championships

March 7, 2005
Judy Null has won the NEPABA Player of the Month award for the second consecutive month.
See top ten on the left side of this page or go to the whole list at nepab.com/mp/502

 March 6, 2005
NEPAB 'SPRING FLING' RESULTS.
Sara Eisner Edges out Mike Whitaker and Norwegian player Lillian Johannessen for the most masterpoints won it the Spring Fling. Lillian Johannessen from Norway was flown in for the weekend to help Ray Depew, Judy Argenton, and Mike Whitaker win the Saturday knockout teams.Mary Anna Whetstone, Mountain Top PA; Welton Farrar, Dallas PA; Margaret Curfman, Wilkes Barre PA;and, Tee Zerfoss, Nanticoke PA were second in the knockout teams.
The top ten masterpoint winners

NEPAB SPRING FLING SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS (including board by board):  Click on the Link for Recaps, Summaries and Boards


Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.

February 26, 2005
SHAMOKIN DAM SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS (including board by board):  Click on the Link for Recaps, Summaries and Boards


February 23, 2005
NOSTALGIC PICTURE OF THE WEEK

submitted by the grandson of William Dervinus

February 21, 2005
READING SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT DETAILED RESULTS:  Click on the Link for Recaps and Travelers

The Results are Now Complete - Including a Masterpoint List

February 21, 2005, Winner of the favorite pet contest - Judge: Judge Judy Null

ACBL Teacher Accreditation Program - TAP
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE BRIDGELADY.COM WEBSITE AT http://bridgelady.net/Bridgelady/tap.htm
Anyone interested in becoming an official ACBL bridge teacher should contact Beth.

February 21, 2005
Today is Presidents Day:

Visit the Bridgelady (our president) at bridgelady.com

February 15, 2005

Fran Architzel dies at 85.
Many of the our current players no not know who Al and Fran Architzel were (Al died in 1994). They were very special people. They worked hard to teach, run games, and get folks to tournaments. They were a selfless couple who deserved to be remebered by us. The obituary I am giving you a link to below undestates how much the two of them contributed to bridge in our area.

Today somebody told me that twenty years ago the Architzels went out of there way to visit her in a hospital in New York. The Scranton bridge clubs dedicated there summer Party to Al from 1995 to the last summer party in 2003.
Follow this link to the obituary in the Abany Times-Union: http://www.legacy.com/timesunion-albany/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=3164865

February 10, 2005
DETAILED HARRISBURG REGIONAL RESULTS:
(masterpoint lists have been added)

February 10, 2005
Emily Trunzo, Scranton and Lou Plotkin, Scranton came in third overall in 'c' and seventh overall in 'b' in an ACBL sponsered Interclub Club Championship game on Tuesday, February 8. 179 pairs played in the event that featured 'across the field'matchpointing. Emily and Lou won 2.24 masterpoints in the overall contest and 0.77 masterpoints from the local club.
The results are posted on the Scranton clubs result page and on the ACBL web site at http://web2.acbl.org/iccgames/0502100.htm.   Go to http://www.acbl.org/play/iccgames.html for 'frequencies', 'recap', 'hand records' and other information on the game. You will be able to see how the local players did by clicking on 'recap' and then doing a search for 'section j' - (we were the only 'section j' in the contest).

February 5, 2005
Judy Null wins the "Player of the Month" masterpoint race for the month of January. See top ten leaders on the left or click here for the entire list

January 21, 2005
Winners of the cutest Grandchildren contest announced. Click on the thumbnail photo to see larger image of the winners.
January 5, 2005
Bill Haynes starts new club in Stroudsburg - Jacqualyn J Newman and Jo McNally are winners of the first game. Go to http://nepab.com/Stroudsburg.htm#F for information on the "Stroudsburg Duplicate Bridge Club"

January 2, 2005
Happy New Year to everybody.

The final results of our masterpoint races are in.  Please remember these totals have nothing to do with any ACBL race.  Our totals are all points won at our clubs and at Unit games that are reported to me and posted on this website. It does not include overall points for STaC's, ICCG's, or any points from Sectional or higher games.  The ACBL criterian are different.

The top three winners in the major catagoies are:
NEPABA:  Dave Hall 101.77, Judy Null 91.51, Ray Depew 91.12;
Wilkes-Barre Area: Dave Hall 78.86, Ray Depew 70.47, Judy Null 66.34
Honesdale:  Pat Feldhusen 61.86;  Gerhard Schneider 53.87  Les and Joan Denison 46.35
Scranton Clubs:  Frank MacEntee 49.27;  Sara Eisner 41.83  Edwin Utan 37.05
Stroudsburg:  Susan Saganich 29.71;  David Bowen 27.46;   Mary Law Meinelt
To see more of the masterpoint races results use the drop down menue for 'masterpoint races' on the left side of this page.

December 27
With 4 days to go in the 2004 masterpoint races Dave Hall leads in the NEPABA Ace of Clubs Race with over 100 master points so far this year.

December 23

Wyoming Valley JCC DBC

Club Championship
December 23, 2004
6 Pairs

MPsRankNamesScore
1.41
1
 Judy Null - Mike Whitaker64.00%
1.06
2
 Ray Depew - Katherine McCrea57.00%

For complete results go to COMPLETE RESULTS
December 19

Dallas/Wilkes Barre

Christmas Party


December 19, 2004
16 Pairs
MPsABCNamesScore
2.55
1
1

 Carol Hinchey - Beth Rosenthal65.77%
1.91
2
2

 Sally Kaplan - Bob Keeney56.55%
1.43
3
3
1
 Welton Farrar - Tee Zerfoss55.95%
1.08
4


 Judy Null - David Hall55.06%
0.97
5
4
2
 Shino Franquet - Betty Lyons51.19%
0.73

3
 Evelyn Reles - Ruth Stein50.60%


For complete results go to COMPLETE RESULTS

Christmas Party II


December 19, 2004
11 Pairs
MPsABCNamesScore
1.29
1


 Marilyn Husband - Cleda Shelby64.59%
0.97
2


 Constance Mitchell - Walter Mitchell Jr60.41%
0.73
3


 Edna-Marie Beirne - Louise Schlick59.72%
1.01
4
1

 Bill Buchin - Eleanor Bucknavage54.16%
0.67
2/3

 Allen Plotkin - Jule Plotkin50.70%
0.67
2/3

 Margaret Curfman - Mary Simchick50.70%

For complete results go to COMPLETE RESULTS
December 18

Wyoming Valley Club

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

December 17, 2004
10 Pairs
MPsABCNamesScore
1.30
1


 Mary Brezinski - Helen McCool61.11%
1.21
2
1
1
 Margot Schwager - Leslie Dymond58.33%
0.80
3/4
2/3

 Shino Franquet - Betty Lyons57.64%
0.80
3/4
2/3

 Walter Mitchell - Evelyn Reles57.64%
0.56

2/3
 Allen Plotkin - Jule Plotkin51.39%
0.56

2/3
 Mollie Moore - Sally Harris51.39%

For complete results go to COMPLETE RESULTS
December 17

Abington Communities DBC

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

December 15, 2004
5 Pairs
MPsABNamesScore
1.41
1

 James T Fenton - Lois Burns75.00%
1.06
2

 Betty Lyons - Shino Franquet52.50%

For complete results go to COMPLETE RESULTS

HOLIDAY PARTY

December 11, 2004
31 Pairs
MPsrankNamesScore
4.53
1
 Evelyn Hughes - Muriel Murphy73.82%
3.40
2
 Sandi Rossman - Bob Keeney62.13%
2.55
3
 Rose Neyhart - Blanche Tomaselli61.52%
1.91
4
 Val Raker - Frances Roberts59.05%
1.43
5
 Janet Tollner - Robert Tollner57.81%
1.08
6
 Marlene Chiavacci - Leona Falk57.78%
For complete results go to COMPLETE RESULTS

December 13, 2004
District 4 STaC results are now complete.
DISTRICT 4 STaC Results


December 2, 2004
Dave Hall has won the November Masterpoint Race and has a substantial lead in both the 365 day race and the 2004 race. "When You're Hot, You're Hot"

November 24, 2004
Update from Orlando.
look below for the unit 120 masterpoint winners



UNIT 120 WINNERS IN NOVEMBER 2004 ORLANDO ACBL NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

RankNamesMP'S
1153
Raymond Depew, Kingston PA 29.16
1193
Mary Ann Romano, Weatherly PA28.50
1210
Mike Whitaker, Sugarloaf PA 28.13
1213
Judith Argento, Kingston PA28.08
1409
Albert Shrive, Clarks Green PA24.31
4265
 Nancy Trovato, Clarks Green PA3.34
4718
Mary Chang, Peyton CO2.26
4867
Rosemary Fariel, Highland Bch FL1.27
COMPLETE RESULTS FROM ORLANDO
November 22, 2004
Dave Hall goes over the century mark in the 365 day Master Point Race. He leads his nearest competition by almost 12 masterpoints.

November 15, 2004
Unit 120 clubs are winding down for the winter. Four of the clubs/sessions are shutting down for the winter. Honesdale-Hawley DBC - Wednesday Morning Session; Scranton's Center Club (Thursday Afternoon); Effort's West End Duplicate (Thursday Afternoon); and, Scranton's Anthracite DBC (Monday Evening)are the games that are shutting down for the winter. Of the other clubs that are not shutting down the Dallas DBD (Wednesday Morning); The Pioneer DBC (0-200 masterpoints - Monday Afternoon)- Dallas; and The West End DBC (Monday Morning) - Stroud Township are the only clubs that are likely to run Mitchell Movements until spring. Most clubs are experiencing a twenty to fourty percent reduction in attendance.

November 1, 2004
Here is a list of the top twenty unit 120 masterpoint winners in last month's Lancaster Regional Tournament (see the table below). Dot and Pat Pieffer came closer to their goal of becoming life masters by winning 5.55 gold points with a 'pick-up' pair from New Jersy in a knock-out team event. Dorothy needs 8.24 more and Pat needs 10.58. - well done


UNIT 120 WINNERS IN 2004 LANCASTER REGIONAL TOURNAMENT - TOP TWENTY

RankNamesMP'S
1/2
William Haynes, Cresco PA-Thomas Myers, Bear Creek PA25.07
3
JoAnn Mauger, Effort PA21.03
4
Edwina Doyle, Bartonsville PA 13.26
5/6
 Patricia Peiffer - Dorothy Peiffer, Dallas PA 11.09
7/8
 Sheila McKeown, Dallas PA - Sandra Johnson, Kingston PA 10.98
9
Beth Rosenthal, Shavertown PA 8.80
10/11
 Walter Mitchell Jr - Constance Mitchell, Bear Creek PA 7.79
12/13
Mollie Whalen, - Joseph Ashcroft, E Stroudsburg PA 7.27
14
Jacqualyn Newman, E Stroudsburg PA 6.94
15/16
 Thomas Rile, Pottsville PA - Sara Rile, Pottsville PA6.47
17
Judith Argento, Kingston PA6.25
18
 Brian Holderness, Bangor PA6.20
19/20
 Thomas Olcese - Jean Olcese, Shamokin PA 5.92
COMPLETE LIST OF UNIT 120 MP WINNERS

October 25, 2004

Here are your results from the 'bridge weekend'. Congradulations to Ray and Judy for winning the most masterpoints in the two events. We want to thank these folks for playing in both events: Ray Depew, Judy Argento, Betty Swainbank and Peg Watters from Kingston;  Frank MacEntee and Harriet Goldman from Scranton; Tom Myers and Walter Mitchel from Bear Creek;  Welton Farrar and Shinl Franquet from Dallas;   Beth Rosenthal from Shavertown;  Betty Lyons from Tunkhannock, Mary Louise Paolucci from Wilkes-Barre;  and Tee Zerfoss from Nanticoke


Turkey Party - October 23, 2004 - 14 Pairs
Turkey Party II October 23, 2004 8 Pairs
Temle Israel Game October 24, 2004 20 Pairs
TO: MASTERPOINT WINNERS
TO: RECAP AND SUMMARY

October 13, 2004
Norm Dressler and Alan Fierverker win the "Life Masters' Party" unit game. Norm, Judy Argento, and Thomas Myers were honored.

October 12, 2004
Judy Null and Falice Salsburg win Jefferson DBC Fall Club Championship.

October 11, 2004There are a number of standard and common conventions that many of us either are not familiar with or misuse.  I am not talking about Drury, Burgen Raises or New Minor Forcing. Those are good conventions but conventions like Blackwood, the grand slam force, the lightner double, the SOS redouble and other standard conventions are what I will address.   Every so often I will write a short desciption of one of these common conventions and post it on this web site. I will archive the old articles and notify you of the new.

The first conventions I will address is the SOS Redouble and the Kock-Werner Redouble.C.

October 9, 2004
I have finally finished (for now) the two cascading menus on the left that I am offering for you to use to navagate this web site, the ACBL web site and as much of the bridge related internet that you might want to investigate.  If I have missed something please let me know.   I will gladly find it, if you can not tell me where it is, and post it to the Blue or Red Monster. Blue is primarily this web site and non-bridge links.   Red it primarily ACBL, District 4, other bridge web sites and Sectional or above tournament (even if the news about them is located on this web site).

What I was trying to do was to put a lot of directions into a small search area.   I hope you can go through the Red Monster and the Blue Monster in about three or four minutes and find what you are looking for. If you can I have accomplished what I wanted to do.  Please let me know if you have a problem finding anything. If you do I will either help you with the cascading menues or change them.

GWM

October 9, 2004
The Steamtown Bridge Club is steaming along. Five table of players partcipated this month - including one table of players who have never played in our unit. Ellen Meade and Clare Durkin - Ellen has played in NEPABA games but this is a first for Claire - were the winners (69%). Wilkes-Barre area players Ally Heffernan and Susan Silverblatt came in second (63.5%); Fran Samuels and Jane Bouselli were third (61%) and Mary B Kelly and Mary Anne Hazzouri were fourth (60%). We also welcome Gloria Melvin, Marie Gallagher and Vera Pugh to bridge in the NEPABA.

If you and your favorite partner are both not lifemasters yet the next game will be on Friday November 12 at the Scranton Club. For more information talk to Stephen Mansour or Walter Mitchell for information or go to http://nepab.com/Steamtown.htm. For the October game results go to http://nepab.com/games/041008s.html or to either the Results Calendar, The Scranton results page, or the Scranton home page on this web site.

October 6, 2004
 Dave Hall takes the lead in the 365 day masterpoint race.
Dave Hall becomes the fourth member of unit 120 to lead in the 'never ending' 365 day masterpoint race. Former leaders are Judy Null, Ray Depew and Norman Dressler. The 365 day masterpoint race is the winner of the most masterpoint in the clubs that are part of this web site in the imediate prior 365 days. It is 'never ending' because each day represent a new 365 day period (366 days until March 1st of next year).

October 3, 2004
Fall Sectional Tournament RESULTS

September 9, 2004
2004 Instant Matchpoint Game RESULTS

August 30, 2004
Unit 120 overall winners in Bridge At Schools STaC
All overall winners in Bridge At Schools STaC



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My partner plays worse every day, but today he played like it was tomorrow

Minus 110 is a bad result C D RECTOR III
The real test of a bridgeplayer isn't in keeping out of trouble, but in escaping once he's in... .Alfred Sheinwold

  • Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.

  • Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
    ~Samuel Langhorne Clemens


  • Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.     ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


  • "Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the day-to-day living that wears you out."    ~Anton Chekhov


  • That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.     ~ Dorothy Parker, 'But the One on the Right,' in New Yorker, 1929

    Ability is what you're capable of doing...
    Motivation determines what you do...
    Attitude determines how well you do it.






    Barry Cranes Commandments:
    1. Never pull partners penalty double.
    2. Always take a sure profit.
    3. Watch out for the three level.
    4. The more you bid, the more you got (no fast arrival here).
    5. 7's are singletons.
    6. Don't bid grand slams at Swiss Teams.
    7. Don't put cards in partner's hand.
    8. (Only) Jesus saves.
    9. Don't eat between sessions.
    10. Never ask "How's your game ?".
    11. Never gloat.
    12. The queen is over the jack in the minors and under the jack in the majors.

    Card sense is when it's technically right to do something, the little man that sits on my shoulder or anyone else's shoulder says, "Don't do that." And you say to yourself, "Well, wait a minute, that's the right way to play." And he says, "Yeah, but you don't wanna play that way." That instinct is card sense. It's almost an ability to feel where the cards are. It's something that you can't buy, you can't find; you're born with it. The ability to do the right thing at the wrong time or really to do the wrong thing at the right time...     ~ Barry Crane

    Grant Blaze's Guides:
    1. Your partner is your best friend.
    2. Trumps speak.
    3. With 6-5, come alive.
    4. Three notrump ends all auctions.
    5. The 5-level belongs to the opponents.
    6. Aces, spaces, and his majesty's faces.

    We had a partnership misunderstanding. My partner assumed I knew what I was doing.

    War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left. - unknown

    I may not always be right, but I am never wrong

    It's better to stay silent and look a fool, rather than speak and remove all doubt. B

    THE FROZEN BALL THEORY

    A little more than a quarter of a century ago, Tug McGraw, a very witty baseball player and a great relief pitcher who played with the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies came up with the 'Frozen Iceball Theory'.   Tug Said:

    "Ten million years from now, when the sun burns out and the Earth is just a frozen iceball hurtling through space, nobody's going to care whether or not I got this guy out."

    The frozen iceball theory applies to all situations.   Who will care if we beat that four heart contract last Sunday in Shamokin Dam?   Who will care if the director let us play the last board or not?   And;   Who will care if an idiot was President of the United States for eight years.


    "The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you." - Kin Hubbard

    "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." - Derek Bok (1930-), Harvard University President

    Razors pain you, rivers are damp;
    acids stain you/ and drugs cause cramp,
    Guns aren't lawful, nooses give;
    gas smells awful, you might as well live




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