Saleh Fetouh ruled once again during the three-day
session in the Main-Transit Fire Hall. 27.01 points, which he collected mostly
with the help of the No. 2 scorer, David Hemmer, who had 24.44.
How did
they do it? By winning both pairs games on Friday, for starters. The morning
edition was worth 8.48 points. The afternoon added another 6.88. Most of the
rest – 9.08 – came from the first-place finish in the Sunday Swiss team game.
Other
top finishers: Bud Seidenberg (a Saleh Swiss teammate), 15.97; Jay Costello
(second in Swiss), 15.32; Chris Urbanek (the other Saleh Swiss teammate),
14.84; Torontonians Vera Carpenter and Rashid Khan (first in both Saturday
pairs games), 14.67; Fred Yellen, 14.37; Donna Steffan (second in Swiss),
13.74; John and Martha Welte, 11.63.
Me? Tied
for 65 th with Teresa Fraas almost halfway down the list of 137 players with
3.22 points.
Total
table count was 136, with 23 Swiss teams. Last year’s Buffalo Winter Sectional
had 156 tables, with 23 Swiss teams, and much worse weather. In 2014, when the
tournament was the first weekend after New Year’s, table count was 132, and
again with 23 Swiss teams.
Random
thoughts: Director Alex Bealles’ style was reminiscent of a security guard in a
department store. Called to our table when I bid out of turn, he pulled me
aside, looked at my hand, then forbid my partner from bidding after the
opponents accepted my inadequate bid. It was a bad hand for us. Could he have
ruled differently? I dunno. I was expecting something less draconian. Later in
the weekend, I saw him pull other violators away from tables for similar chats.
His gruff instructions and announcements were security-guard like, too.
My
contributions to the cookie overload will live on. I believe it was Tova
Reinhorn who told me that they would freeze the boxes full they didn’t open and
bring them out for the Spring Sectional in April.
The
Main-Transit Fire Hall once again was frigid. The front vestibule isn’t heated
and gets a new blast of cold air every time one of the smokers ducks outside.
As a result, the social hall gets chilled every time somebody opens a door to
go to the washrooms and the folks in charge don’t want to turn up the heat. Next
time, I’m bringing an extra sweater.
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