District 11 President's Message - Bill Sentman
District 11 ACBL Director Report - A. Beth Reid: Summer 2013 district11director@acbl.org
The Atlanta Committee put on a great NABC. The big controversy, as in Philadelphia last Spring, was the playing times. As some of you may know, although the ACBL runs the NABC, playing times have traditionally been “local option”. In cities like Philly and Atlanta, where most local players live outside the city, 10 and 3 times are obviously most appealing .... MORE D11 Director Reports
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District 11 North American Pairs and Grand National Teams by Larry Jones, District 11 Coord. - Oct 2013
CONTINUING MY THEME from the last Midwest Monitor, I wanted to remind everyone that you have two opportunities coming up to score some green. Yes, in addition to either/both Gold and Red points, you can earn cash by playing in certain District 11 events. And it only happens twice a year! .... MORE
Tournament Tales by Jerry & Denny Clerkin - October 2013
AT THE RECENT Indianapolis Sectional in June, two players from Indianapolis, Linda Leedy and Mike Hellmer, won three events. The following hand features Linda, playing at the time with Jerry Clerkin in a team game,defending beautifully .... MORE
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UNIT NEWS
Unit
117 Louisville - by Vangie Smith -
October
2013
OUR SUMMER SECTIONAL was held from June 28 - 30, 2013, at a new venue. Utilizing the spaciousness and convenience of the Holiday Inn-Louisville East Hurstbourne, we hosted 220 players at 230 tables. A total of 838.34 masterpoinrs were earned during the three day tournament. Overall winners were Lou isville natives Harold Stengel and Joan Lepping. .... MORE
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OUR SUMMER SECTIONAL was held from June 28 - 30, 2013, at a new venue. Utilizing the spaciousness and convenience of the Holiday Inn-Louisville East Hurstbourne, we hosted 220 players at 230 tables. A total of 838.34 masterpoinrs were earned during the three day tournament. Overall winners were Lou isville natives Harold Stengel and Joan Lepping. .... MORE
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Unit
122 Central
Ohio (Columbus) by Larry Jones - October 2013
IT HAS BEEN another busy quarter in the world of Central Ohio bridge. We have hosted another sectional and introduced our next board. Furthermore, by the time you read this, we will have co-hosted our Flying Buckeye Regional (with Dayton/Miami Valley, September 24-29) and most likely concluded our Fall Sectional (October 11-13) .... MORE
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Unit 124 Cincinnati by Mary Clifton - October 2013
HER NAME IS Sheila Dippel-and she truly is one of the bridge world's finest champions. She is the Northern KY Bridge Club Manager. Shelia attended Morehead State University where she learned ro play bridge and also met her husband Ken, a fellow student .... MORE
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Unit 130 Central Indiana (Indianapolis) by Frank Tharp - October 2013
EIGHTEEN SOCIAL BRIDGE players got a taste of duplicate bridge in Columbus on July 20 during "Bridge Transitions: From the family room to the duplicate club." The workshop, presented by CIBA with assistance from Clair Jones, directorof the Cheryl Koontz DBC, explained the physical differences between rubberbridge and duplicate, the role of a director, and basic bridge etiquette, followed by lunch and a short game .... MORE
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Unit 136 Miami Valley (Dayton) Ohio by Bonnie Papini - October 2013
AFTER a wonderfully busy summer, the first sign of autumn arrived at the Miami Valley Bridge Center. Joanne Coyle replaced the summer blooms in the giant pots gracing the entry doors with handsome fall chrysanthemums. Colorful autumn leaves cannot be far away .... MORE
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Unit 164 Blue Grass (Lexington) Kentucky by Claudia Haller - October 2013
THE BLUE GRASS is very proud of our own Ray and Kathy Linck for winning the World Wide Bridge Contest on Saturday, June 8th. Their win brought them interviews about their victory in the ACBL August Bulletin and the Lexington Herald Leader .... MORE
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Unit 193 SE Indiana & W Kentucky (Evansville) by Phyllis Kincaid - October 2013
While miserable heat waves, destructive tornadoes and floods plagued most of the country, the cities in which Unit 193 clubs reside enjoyed a calm and, for the most part, comfortable summer. The nice weather inspired many duplicate bridge players to participate in tournaments and special games .... MORE
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Unit 227 West Virginia & Appalachia - October 2013
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IT HAS BEEN another busy quarter in the world of Central Ohio bridge. We have hosted another sectional and introduced our next board. Furthermore, by the time you read this, we will have co-hosted our Flying Buckeye Regional (with Dayton/Miami Valley, September 24-29) and most likely concluded our Fall Sectional (October 11-13) .... MORE
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Unit 124 Cincinnati by Mary Clifton - October 2013
HER NAME IS Sheila Dippel-and she truly is one of the bridge world's finest champions. She is the Northern KY Bridge Club Manager. Shelia attended Morehead State University where she learned ro play bridge and also met her husband Ken, a fellow student .... MORE
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Unit 130 Central Indiana (Indianapolis) by Frank Tharp - October 2013
EIGHTEEN SOCIAL BRIDGE players got a taste of duplicate bridge in Columbus on July 20 during "Bridge Transitions: From the family room to the duplicate club." The workshop, presented by CIBA with assistance from Clair Jones, directorof the Cheryl Koontz DBC, explained the physical differences between rubberbridge and duplicate, the role of a director, and basic bridge etiquette, followed by lunch and a short game .... MORE
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Unit 136 Miami Valley (Dayton) Ohio by Bonnie Papini - October 2013
AFTER a wonderfully busy summer, the first sign of autumn arrived at the Miami Valley Bridge Center. Joanne Coyle replaced the summer blooms in the giant pots gracing the entry doors with handsome fall chrysanthemums. Colorful autumn leaves cannot be far away .... MORE
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Unit 164 Blue Grass (Lexington) Kentucky by Claudia Haller - October 2013
THE BLUE GRASS is very proud of our own Ray and Kathy Linck for winning the World Wide Bridge Contest on Saturday, June 8th. Their win brought them interviews about their victory in the ACBL August Bulletin and the Lexington Herald Leader .... MORE
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Unit 193 SE Indiana & W Kentucky (Evansville) by Phyllis Kincaid - October 2013
While miserable heat waves, destructive tornadoes and floods plagued most of the country, the cities in which Unit 193 clubs reside enjoyed a calm and, for the most part, comfortable summer. The nice weather inspired many duplicate bridge players to participate in tournaments and special games .... MORE
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Unit 227 West Virginia & Appalachia - October 2013
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