The sleet and freezing rain didn't ice the
tournament. Director Brian Meyer, who announced Saturday that Swiss teams would
play on Sunday regardless of the weather, was pleased to note that there
actually were more tables at Swiss than last year. There were 160 tables for
the three days, 25 tables on Sunday. Last year? 133 and 18. A lot more
Rochester people. Torontonians too.
Food
trucks once again dished out lunch between sessions Friday and Saturday and
they were OK, I guess. I left at the break Friday and didn't get to try the
soup truck's wares. Saturday brought the truck from that Buffalo icon, Chef's.
They were efficient. I had the chicken parm with extra mushrooms. As for snack
table items, I've come to expect bagels, but they only showed up on Sunday.
Didn't seem to be Panera's bagels this time, either.
Temperature
was an issue once again in the Main-Transit Fire Hall social hall. Mostly it
was too cold. Women wore their jackets. There were many requests to keep the doors closed.
In
all, 159 players earned 620.22 points. Last April it was 151 players earning
509.30 points. The difference could be seen in the totals for the leaders. Top
player in 2017, Chris Urbanek, earned 18.71. This year's champ, Davis Heussler,
won 27.97.
How'd
he do it? He started on Friday, winning the 22-table two-session pairs with
Fred Yellen for 12.72 of those points. He followed that up by winning the
two-session pairs on Saturday with David Colligan, 23 tables this time, 13.06
points. Sunday, playing with Linda Burroughsford in a team with John and Martha
Welte, he was fourth in the B strat, gathering another 2.19 points.
Other
big winners: Bud Seidenberg, 23.40; Fred Yellen, 21.83; Saleh Fetouh, 17.04;
David Colligan, 15.97; Judy Padgug, 14.21; Kathy Pollock, 11.92; Jay Costello,
11.21; and Chris Urbanek, 10.10.
Me?
Way down in 38th place with 4.92 points. Last year? 42nd with 3.51.
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