Gone following a 10-day vacation in Arizona, but not
entirely forgotten. Let’s belatedly crack into the ACBL race results and see
where we stand.
Unit
116 (Buffalo only),
Ace of Clubs (club play only), Ruby Life Masters (players with 1,500 to 2,500
points).
In January, I was
first. In February, I slipped to fifth. In March, I narrowly climbed back to
the top. April sent me back to fourth place. Now I’ve returned to fifth. Here's the top 10:
Continuing on top is David Millward, 93.53,
who’s returned from Florida,
where he got most of those points. He remains in third place among all players
in the unit. Allen Beroza had a good month and reclaimed second place with
71.87. Martin Pieterse, 61.77, retreated from second to third.
Ken Meier moves up to fourth with 55.06.
I’m next with 53.56, getting just 8.92 club points for the month. I remain 12th
overall in the unit.
Mike Silverman, at 53.46, is poised to
overtake me. He may already have done it, since I’m writing this on June 22.
Dorothy May bounces up from ninth to seventh with 40.57.
Rounding out the Top 10 are Gene
Finton, also back from Florida,
with 35.90; Fred Yellen, 35.76; and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 26.58.
Unit
116, Ace of Clubs overall.
Alan Greer should be the leader here. He
had 120.77 points a month ago, but he’s missing from the list. On top instead
is last month’s runner-up, Nancy Wolstoncroft, with 114.77.
John Ziemer is next with 97.32, followed
by Ruby Life Master leader David Millward with his 93.53. Allen Beroza,
eighth overall last month, now is fourth/fifth with 71.87.
After that it’s Liz Clark, 62.16; Martin
Pieterse, 61.77; Barbara Libby, 61.20; Jay Levy, 58.85; Bob Linn, 57.88; Ron
Henrikson, 55.68; Ken Meier, 55.06; and Gay Simpson tied with me at 53.56.
Rounding
out the plus-50s are Mike Silverman, 53.46; Denise Slattery, 52.12; John and
Martha Welte, 51.63; and Bud Seidenberg, 18th with 50.56.
Last month’s leader John Ziemer, now
fourth with 74.28, still has a commanding lead over the next bunch of players.
Bud Seidenberg, third last month, is fifth with 50.56. Barbara Libby,
previously second, is sixth with 50.43.
Moving
on to the Mini-McKenney races, which
count all points earned everywhere, I have 72.49, up 9.39 from April and now
below my goal of 15 points per month. Nevertheless, I’m firmly fifth again among
Ruby Life Masters in Unit 116.
Continuing way out in front is Davis
Heussler, almost to the double century mark with 199.39. He's also tops among
all Unit 116 players.
Second once more is David Millward with 119.87
(eighth overall). Then it's Ken Meier, third again with 112.92 (up from 14th to
11th overall); rampaging Allen Beroza, 75.07, up from sixth place last month
(up from 38th overall to 24th); and me with 72.49. I'm 26th overall, down from 24th.
The next fivesome includes Fred Yellen, 63.92
(34th); Martin Pieterse, 63.14 (35th); Mike Silverman, 53.46 (43rd); Elaine
Kurasiewicz, 43.86 (47th); and Dorothy May, 42.92 (49th).
Among all players in Unit 116, after Davis
Heussler with his 199.38 comes Linda Burroughsford, up from fourth place with
152.58. After her come the Weltes, tied for third with 141.59, up from a
ninth-place tie a month ago.
Last month’s runner-up, Saleh Fetouh, is
fifth with 134.98. Then it’s John Ziemer, 132.78; Jay Levy, 129.66; David
Millward, 119.87; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 119.66; and Sandi England, 118.35.
Alan
Greer also is missing here. There’s a good chance he’d be second.
Now let’s widen our horizons.
District 5 (Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh) Ace of Clubs,
Ruby Life Masters.
David Millward, with 93.53 points, maintains
a slightly smaller advantage over the man he displaced in April, Philip
Goulding of Wexford, Pa., who has 78.71. Millward has slipped
from fourth to fifth among all District 5 players. Goulding has rebounded from 12th
to ninth.
Allen Beroza moves up from sixth to third
with 71.81 (15th overall in the district, up from 28th). Then it’s Martin
Pieterse with 61.77 (21st); Chantal Whitney of Bratenhahl, Ohio, with 61.73 (22nd);
Marvin Shapiro of Akron, Ohio, 59.69 (27th); Susan Konig of Bridgeville, Pa., dropping
from fourth to seventh with 27.24. She’s slipped from 21st to 34th overall in
the district.
Then it’s Ken Meier, 55.06 (41st); James
Wheeler of Edinburg, Pa., 54.74 (42nd); and then, tied for tenth place with me
is Joane D'Antonio of Sewickley, Pa., both 53.56 and both 44th overall. Mike Silverman,
53.46 is No. 12 and 47th overall.
Overall
Ace of Clubbers in District 5 look
like this:
Buffalo's Alan Greer would
rule with last month’s total of 120.77, but he’s missing in action.
So
it’s Reanette Frobouck of Pittsburgh, 115.18; Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 114.77; John Ziemer, 97.32; , Richard Katz of North Versailles, Pa.,
97.31; and David Millward, 93.53.
Sixth and eighth are Pittsburghers Arlene
Port with 88.54 and
Barbara Belardi with 81.61. Seventh is Patricia Katz of Pittsburgh, bouncing back from 10th place
with 87.58. Rounding out the Top 10 are Philip Goulding of Wexford,
Pa., 78.71; and Robert Alexander of Mentor, Ohio,
76.55.
Other Unit 116 players in the Top 20 are Allen Beroza, 15th with
71.87; and Liz Clark, in 20th place with 62.16. Three more – Barbara Libby,
Martin Pieterse and Jay Levy – come in between 21st and 30th.
Now
for the District 5 Mini-McKenney, Ruby Life Masters.
Omigod! Philip Goulding of Wexford, Pa.,
has edged ahead of our own David Heussler, 199.84 to 199.38. They’re eighth and
ninth overall in the district.
The other leaders include: Craig Biddle of Pittsburgh, lifted by a
66.10 month to 156.82 (up from 37th overall to 19th); David Millward, 119.87
(down from 23rd to 39th); Barbara Greenpsan of Beachwood, Ohio,
115.76 (45th); Leroy Hackenberg of Pittsburgh,
113.73 (47th); Ken Meier, 112.92 (49th); Wayne Heritage of North
Olmsted, Ohio, 104.67 (58th); Marvin
Shapiro of Akron, Ohio,
90.90 (76th); and Frank Scali of North
Ridgeville, Ohio,
86.53 (81st). I’m 14th with my 72.49 and 107th overall.
Mini-McKenney
leader among all District 5 players continues
to be Sue Lan Ma of Kirtland Hills, Ohio, adding 111.49 points in May to reach 431.17.
Then it’s Kathleen Sulgrove and Don
Sulgrove of Twinsburg, Ohio, with 325.97 (130.95 points in May) and
293.54 (130.25 in May), reflecting their success at the Cleveland Regional. In
fact, the top seven spots are all held by Ohioans.
There’s Bernie Greenspan of Beachwood with
256.38; Robert Alexander of Mentor, 223.19;
Kenneth Kranyak of Parma, 219.97; and Stephanie
Alexander of Mentor,
209.45.
Ruby Life Master leaders Philip Goulding
and Davis Heussler are next with 199.84 and 199.39. In 10th place, down from
second last month, is Reanette Frobouck of Pittsburgh, 194.74. Last month, 27 players were
in triple digits. Now 62 players are.
Ace
of Clubs, Ruby Life Masters, nationwide.
A 46-point month moved Paul Hassett of The
Villages, Fla., ahead of Anna Maxcine Thacker
of Palm Coast, Fla., 161.51 to 148.34. April's leader, Russ
Pearly, also of The Villages, continues third with 143.67.
Richard Seidman of Orlando, Fla., is next
with 126.67, followed by Joanne Matchette of Vero Beach,
Fla., 124.57; Mason Barge of Atlanta, 123.92;
Michael Fishman of Great Neck, L.I., 119.17; Brian Breckenridge of Corvallis, Ore., 118.81; Bruce
Ladin of Harwood Heights, Ill., 116.80; and Chester Neel Jr. of Tyler,
Texas, 116.41.
Unit 116 leader David Millward is 40th. Allen
Beroza moved up from 335th to 158th.Other local notables include Martin
Pieterse, up from 320th to 291st. Last Buffalo
player is Ken Meier, 465th. I’ve dropped off the list. It cuts off at 52.85.
Ace
of Clubs, all players, nationwide.
Bill Kulbersh of Atlanta
had a 67-point month and now enjoys a 90-point lead over Robert Epstein of Atlanta, 327.39 to
237.49. Epstein, with a 60-point month, edged ahead of Bella Ionis-Sorren of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
who had a mere 52-point month to reach 235.84.
Then
a trio of new entries in the Top 10 – Tania Reyes Hiller of Bedford Corners,
N.Y., with 216.59; Harry Kaufmann of North Redington Beach, Fla., 215.18; and
Kay Schulle of Purchase, N.Y., 207.78.
After
them, it’s Roberta Trayman of Naples, Fla., 203.20; Jack Snyder of Naperville,
Ill., 201.85; En Xie of St. Louis, 194.66; and
Michael Dalton of Palm Coast,
Fla., 193.42.
Nancy Wolstoncroft has moved up from 314th
to 221st. John Ziemer, who just missed the list last month, is back, sitting in
437th place. David Millward, who made it a month ago, missed it by less than a
point this time. The list stops at 94.14.
Onward
to Mini-McKenney, Ruby Life Masters, nationwide.
Out of sight out front is Robert L.
McClendon of Ponte Vedra, Fla., who had a 206-point month to reach 872.22.
Mary Ose of Sacramento, Calif, remains a very distant second with
396.79. Alex
Khrakovsky of Columbus, Ohio, stays third with 374.43.
Still sitting fourth is someone we’ve
played against, Joel Wooldridge’s sometimes partner Junko Hemus, of Windermere, Fla.,
last month and now of San Clemente,
Calif., who has 302.32.
Sabrina Miles of Mansfield, Mass.,
moves up from eighth to fifth with an 81-point month to 288.71.
Then
it’s Mason Barge of Atlanta, 280.87; Darryl
Legassie of Milton, N.H.,
280.87; Kim Brinkman of Highland Village, Texas, 253.15; Russ Pearly of The Villages, Fla., 245.67; and Kevin Castner of Kentfield, Calif.,
232.28. Unit 116’s Davis Heussler, is 31st with his 199.38. David Millward drops
from 154th to 204th. Ken Meier rises from
318th to 265th. The list ends at 90.15.
And now for the really heavy hitters, the Mini-McKenney leaders
overall.
A month ago there were four players in four figures. Now there are
nine.
Joe Grue of New York City sits on top for the fourth straight month with 1,489.61. Mark Itabashi of
Murrieta, Calif.,
continues second with 1,399.65.
Kevin
Dwyer of Melbourne, Fla.,
moves from fourth to third with 1,242.58, pushing past Brad Mass of Denver, 1,231.57.
John Hurd of New York City jumps from seventh to fifth
with 1,119.70, thanks to a 323-point month.
Then
it's Shan Huang, also from Melbourne, with 1,068.59; the legendary Eric Rodwell
of Clearwater, Fla., 1,028.94; January leader Geoff Hampson of Las Vegas,
dropping from sixth to eighth with 1,022.55; another legend, Jeff Meckstroth of
Clearwater Beach, Fal, 1,001.82; and Justin Lall of Charlotte, N.C., 926.94.
Familiar names: Former Buffalonian
Joel Wooldridge bounces back from 41st to 25th with a 235-point month, reaching
694.83. District 5 leader Sue Lan Ma is up from 109th to 91st with her 431.17.
No Unit 116 people here. This list cuts off at 212.97
