New year, new lineup in the ACBL Master
Point Races. OMG, the Weltes are now Gold Life Masters, but at the rate they
accumulate points, they won’t be stopping at Gold for long. They brought home nearly
100 points in the first month of the year. Me? I got about 7% of what they got.
Ace
of Clubs (club play only). Unit 116 (
Welcome, John and Martha Welte, although
you’re really in a class by yourselves. You start the year with 95.15 points.
You’re also first overall among all players in the unit.
Third among the Goldies and fourth in the
unit is Allen Beroza, off to a fast start with 28.59. Last year’s Gold winner,
Ken Meier, is next with 21.66, which lands him at ninth in the unit.
After that, it’s Bill Rushmore in fifth
place with 7.27, #30 overall in the unit. I’m sixth with 6.61, good for #35
overall. Fred Yellen is next with 5.40, #40 overall. Davis Heussler is eighth
with 4.10, #51 overall. And at the bottom of the list again is Pat Rasmus.
Playing only face-to-face in
Ace
of Clubs. Unit 116. All players.
Twenty-one players are in double figures
for the first month. Here they are:
John and Martha Welte, tied at 95.15.
Barbara Libby, 33.61. Allen Beroza, 28.59. Sandi
The teens begin at #11 with Sharon Benz, 18.53. Amita Arora, 18.01. Brian Meyer, 16.71. Gay Simpson, 14.96. Bonnie Clement, 14.55. Judy Padgug, 13.59. Larry Himelein and Bob Sommerstein, tied at 12.67. Jim Easton and Marilyn Wortzman, tied at 12.34. And at #21, Bud Seidenberg, 10.77.
Mini-McKenney
(All points in clubs and tournaments). Unit 116. Gold Life Masters.
Same as Ace of Clubs.
Mini-McKenney.
Unit 116. All players.
Same as Ace of Clubs.
Ace
of Clubs. District 5 (
Yes, the Weltes. First here with 95.15.
First overall in the District, too. Allen Beroza is fourth with 28.59 and #14
among all District players. Ken Meier sits sixth with 21.66 and #32 overall.
In between, we have Monica Early of
Where are the rest of us Buffalonians?
Bill Rushmore, 7.27 is #13 (#180 overall). I’m #16 with 6.61 (#203 overall).
Fred Yellen is #18 with 5.40 (#260 overall). And Davis Heussler is #21 with
4.10 (#326 overall).
Ace
of Clubs. District 5. All players.
Way, way, way behind the Weltes is Davis
Bonner of Mentor, Ohio, with 36.75. Then another Buffalonian, Barbara Libby
with 33.61, followed by Monica and Richard Early, both of
Seventh is Celine O’Neill of
Buffalonians in the teens include Allen
Beroza at #14 with 28.59; Sandi
Same as Ace of Clubs.
Mini-McKenney.
District 5. All players.
Same as Ace of Clubs.
Ace
of Clubs. Nationwide. Gold Life Masters.
Believe it or not, there’s somebody out
there who got more points from club play in January than Buffalonians John and
Martha Welte. His name is Piotr Olszewski and he lives in Hackettstown, a town
of fewer than 10,000 souls not far off I-80 in the northwestern corner of
Anyway. Mr. Olszewski amassed an amazing
117.84 points in January, outdistancing the Weltes by 20+ points. They have
95.15.
Nipping at their heels is a player whose name
is new to me – Jane Patton of
Tied for sixth are Irene and Anthony
Toogood of
Just missing the top tier are Paul
Burleson of
Allen Beroza in #110 with 28.59. Ken Meier
is #218 with 21.66. And that’s it for us Buffalonians. The list of 500 cuts off
at 14.05.
Believe it or not, a couple people
collected even more points in January than Gold Life Master leader Piotr
Olszewski’s 117.84. Ruling the roost is Judy Rothstein of
In all, there are 11 players in triple
figures in the first month of the year. The rest of them are Milton Neher of
Tied for #12 are
Mini-McKenney.
Nationwide. Gold Life Masters.
Same as Ace of Clubs.
Mini-McKenney.
Nationwide. All players.
Same as Ace of Clubs.
