Bridge Blog 616: STaCked up, moved out

          Just did a double take when I clicked on the link for the master point winners in  the Winter STaC (Sectional Tournament at the Clubs) for District 5 ACBL. The list that comes up is topped by a banner that says “2011 Winter STaC.”

          It’s this year’s list, though. I look for my name and it has  this year’s total in 36 th place with 10.37, thanks mostly to that 7-point first-place game on Wednesday afternoon. The rest of the week was dribs and drabs, including a 0.69 for our team winning three rounds in the Swiss teams match on Sunday. Had we won a fourth, we would have gotten into bonus territory.

          It’s not my finest STaC – better than last summer, when I registered 9.28 points, not as good as last December, which saw my all-time STaC high of 13.91.

Meanwhile, Buffalo area players hold down the top two places on this year’s STaC winners list. First place belongs to John Ziemer with 26.52. Second goes to Bud Seidenberg (or, if you will, Randolph Seidenberg Jr.) with 23.88.

          In all, Buffalo players held down 16 of the first 52 positions on the list. Here it is, minus the Cleveland and Pittsburgh people:

9	16.46	Elizabeth Clark,  East Aurora NY
18	13.44	Judith Marshall,  Buffalo NY
19	12.63	Harry Cheung,  Williamsville NY
24	11.69	Allen Beroza,  East Amherst NY
25	11.67	Bob Andersen,  Clarence NY
26	11.57	Mike Silverman,  Williamsville NY
27	11.53	Carlton Stone,  North Tonawanda NY
29	11.33	Jay Costello,  East Amherst NY
34	10.80	Eleanor Whelan,  Lewiston NY
35	10.53	Beverly Cohen,  Cleveland OH (former Buffalonian)
36	10.37	Dale Anderson,  Buffalo NY
39	9.89	John Kirsits,  East Amherst NY
43	9.59	Jerry Geiger,  Hamburg NY
51	9.10	Barbara Pieterse,  Lancaster NY
52	9.10	Martin Pieterse,  Lancaster NY