Am I thankful that partner Selina Volpatti and I seem to be improving? Indeed I am. We were able to accumulate 10.93 points on Bridge Base Online in November, which is about as wonderful as we can get.
Meanwhile, in the master point races,
places are pretty well settled for 2020 with one month to go. Let’s check them
out:
Still first among Goldies, still third
among all Unit 116 players – Allen Beroza. He had a 19.62 point month, for a
total of 148.87.
Still second is Ken Meier. A 21.87 point
month brought him to 134.14 points and elevated him to fifth in the unit, up
from seventh a month ago.
Still third is … me! I now have 70.61
points for the year and sit at #27 overall in the unit, up from #28.
Fourth place Mike Silverman and fifth
place Fred Yellen brought home no points at all in November. They still have
50.61 and 44.58, respectively. Among all unit players, however, they’ve
plummeted. Mike is #38, down from #32. Fred is #45 overall and not down at all.
He was #45 last month.
Art
Morth still is standing pat with 28.48 in sixth place, now #71 overall, down
from #66. Bill Rushmore has 19.88 points, still seventh and now #90 overall,
down from #88. John Sinclair at 18.62 is eighth, slipping to #95 overall from
#94 a month ago. Rounding out the list is Pat Rasmus with 6.38, having added
2.14 in live face-to-face play at the
John and Martha Welte could have stopped
six months ago and still have won this one. But they haven’t stopped. November
brought them another 75.23 points and they’re tied for first overall with
491.30.
Far, far behind in third place is Gold
leader Allen Beroza with 148.87. NABC Master Jim Lanzo still holds fourth place
with 140.13 after a 17.65 point month. Ken Meier takes fifth with 134.14.
Then it’s Vic Bergsten, 126.54; Bud
Seidenberg, 121.54; Barbara Libby, 116.92; Saleh Fetouh, 115.81; and Sandi
Ken Meier keeps closing in. 141.02, up
29.93. Seventh overall, up from eighth.
Big step down to me in third with 75.16,
up 10.93. #30 overall, up from #31.
Fred Yellen stirred enough to take fourth
away from John Sinclair, who’s now fifth. Fred has 59.98, a 4.37 increase. He’s
#37 overall, up from #41. John stands at 58.89, a 0.62 increase, #38 overall,
down from #32.
Mike Silverman, motionless with 55.77, is
sixth among Goldies and #43 overall, down from #40.
Way down in seventh, it’s still Art Morth
with the same 35.55 he had a month ago. He’s #66 overall, down from #62. Bill
Rushmore has 25.72, #87 overall, down from #82. And Pat Rasmus rounds out the
list with her 6.38, which sits her at #223, up from #247.
Mini-McKenney. Unit 116. All players.
No surprise. It’s the Weltes. With
561.46, which is 75.23 better than October, almost as good as their previous
month’s haul of 86.26.
Saleh Fetouh is next with 205.92, an
11.55 point improvement. Jim Lanzo climbs into fourth with 162.01, an 18.76
point effort. Allen Beroza follows with his 160.90. Davis Heussler is close
behind in sixth with 157.23.
Then it’s Ken Meier, 151.02; Vic
Bergsten, 144.09; Bud Seidenberg, 143.68; and Linda Burroughsford, 127.65.
Lurking next in the teens are Sandi
Only three centarians here: two
Buffalonians – Allen Beroza, 148.87 (#20 in the whole district); and Ken Meier,
134.14 (#25 district-wide); and Barry Boyd of
The rest of the Top 10 are divided
between
Ace
of Clubs. District 5. All Players.
Martha and John Welte, 491.30. Then it’s
all
Mini-McKenney.
District 5. Gold Life Masters.
Here Philip Goulding of
After that, it’s Gary Sikon of
And guess who’s #12, after Ronald Sain
of Indiana,
It felt so good skipping the national
guys last month, I think I’ll do it again. Year-end, we’ll catch up with them.
