Bridge Haven

Friday, May 4, was a special night at Bridge Haven for Mike Carmen.
Mike has been Unit 143 Tournament Director for more than 30 years. If you enjoy the Sectionals and Regional's that we have in St. Louis, it is because the man behind the scene has done all the work and he has done this for many years on a volunteer basis and with a smile on his face. When you see Mike let him know you appreciate what he has done for so many years. We went to ACBL to get Mike's Bridge Bio. They told us they do not have a "join date" for Mike because he joined before we had computers. Mike told me he thinks it was some 40 years ago. WOW, what a guy.

Chuck presented Mike with a trophy that said, "Thanks for all you do for Bridge". It had a red, (for hearts and diamonds), St. Louis Arch. We also posted Mike's Bridge Bio. This was fun to do and I think Mike was really surprised.

A big thank you to all the bridge players for their warm tolerance as we go through this process. We now have a new 5 1/2 ton AC running at the club. I have been told there is still work to be done with vents, etc., but the AC can and will run while this work is being done. If you are sensitive to AC, bring a sweater so you are comfortable. And it is obvious that their is some esthetic work that need to be done, but AC is running. Once again, thank you for your warm tolerance as we get this work done. Also a big Thank You to Helene Siegfried for putting this info up on the Unit 143 banner. We really do have a lot of wonderful bridge players who work together to promote bridge. Thanks Helene.

The roof man was here the week of May 7, so we now need a heavy rain to make sure the leak no longer exist. After that, we can replace the ceiling tiles and have a more esthetic looking ceiling. Once again, thank you for all your tolerance with these much needed repairs.

A big "thank you" to Phyllis Siegel for two very successful events on Sunday April 29, 2012. At the 1 pm game she had two students from her "Bridge for Kids" program. I think they are 12-13 years old. They get to play for free until they have 10 master points, then it is $1, until they have 20 master points=$2, etc. When they have 40 Master points, they pay half price until they are out of high school. Everyone loved seeing the young bridge players and they were encouraged to come back and play again.

Same day at 5 pm Phyllis had a lesson for novice players who have never played a Team game. She went over scoring and team strategies. And then she had 10 tables for a Swiss team game. Everyone had a wonderful time and was encourage to get ready for the sectional team games in May. A big "thank you" to Hatchie Greene who helped work out the computer program for this event. It is really great to have directors with a wide variety of experience as resources.

Thanks again to Phyllis for all she does for the Bridge Community. It is obvious that she love the game of bridge and want to help everyone else enjoy the game too.

Our 3rd Annual Charity Pro-Am Game
for Backstoppers.
Once again we will be limited to 50 pro's, so if you have 2000 ACBL master points or the equivalent of, please call me,
home=314-822-9454.
cell=314-374-6027

Pot Luck, will be scheduled as soon as the AC is running.
Set Up= 5:30 pm
Dinner=6:00 pm
Bridge=7:00 pm
Please call to make your reservations, (so I knows how much food to prepare)
or sign the clip board on the wall labeled, "Pot Luck Sign Up Sheet".

For other info, feel free to call Barbara at home
314-822-9454, cell 314-374-6027, or Chuck 618-530-4300

Party Time
The Life Master Party was a lot of fun for me to put together. I hope everyone had a good time and enjoyed the Champagne as we started the celebration.

New Life Masters Bronze Life Master Silver Life Master
500 MP 1000 MP

Dan Spangler, Richard Maxedon, Dan Spangler, Janet Vontz Don Chase, Maggie Bauman, Jay Shah
Rosemary Bamberg, Nancy Keefer
Mike Vontz, Cathy Pretsch

                Gold Life Master                            Diamond Life Master                    Grand Life Master
                2500 MP                                       5000 MP                                      10,000 MP plus a National Championship

Marvin King, Jack and Gail Hawkins, Mark Boswell Sue Perez Tom Kneist

Thank you to all who came to participate in this celebration. We had a good time and look forward to more major mile stones in the bridge community.
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If you enjoy Bridge, go to HECTV.org you will see a small program
about Bridge addicts. Scroll down to "It's a St. Louis Thing". Click on the bridge hand, "Table for four", click watch.
Enjoy

Bridge Haven will be glad to run a Saturday night game if there is a group that would like to play. We will have to get two tables/8 players to make it fly. If this is something that would interest you and your bridge friends, please let us know. We really enjoy doing this for the bridge community, thank you.

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2011 Charity Pro/Am Auction
A big thank you to all the Pro's for participating in this event.
Do you want to play with a Pro?
Bridge Haven’s 2^nd Annual
Charity Pro-Am Auction
Charity=Backstoppers
Sunday August 28, 2011, 6 pm

Thanks again to all the Pro's and bidders. You raised a lot of money and should be very proud of yourselves. I have said it before, but I do believe bridge players are special and people who do special things, and you did. Thank you.

                                         Final tally: as of 9-2-2011
$ bid          =$3505
$ donated=+1030
Br. Haven =+ 165
more extra=    150
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Total         =$4850

A big thank you to all the bidders, all the pros, and all the others who donated to Backstoppers. The bridge community in the greater St. Louis area are really special people when they can produce this kind of support for Backstoppers. This kind of results really makes my job very special, so thanks to all of you. We will see everyone at the bridge table.

Chief Ron Battelle, from Backstoppers, receiving all the checks from Bridge Haven.

Section B                                                        Section C
North/South          East/West                        North/South                East/West
Paul Ellebracht/Dennis Abelin      Dennis Spencer/Toby Globe        1st Pl.   Glen Smith/Carol Hamilton 1st & 2nd         Judith Eaton/Bill Eaton
Jack Hawkins/Doris Schwartz       Regina Hauser/Barbara Simpson 2nd Pl. Stephen Brauss/Don McLean 1st & 2nd   En Xie/Randy Baker
John Dicks/George Marvin            Mark Ehret/Alan Lemley               3rd        Mike Giacaman/Beth Meteer                        Richard Haacke/Jim Nunn
Chuck Starovasnik/Alan Popkin   Sue Perez/Linda Mize                    4th        Mark Boswell/Carol Quist             Kathleen Safranski/Susan Rosenthal
Kenny Blank/Deb Romero             Rod Berry/Gayle McLean             5th        Bob Holmes/Di Barker                            Arbha Vongsvivut/Maggie Bauman

Paul and Dennis Dennis Spencer played with Toby Globe Judy and Bill Randy and En
1st N/S section B 1st E/W section B 1st E/W section C 2nd E/W section C

Alan and Mark Reggie and Barbara Doris and Jack
3rd E/W section C 2nd E/W section B 2nd N/S section B

Bridge 4 kids

Phyllis Siegel has been teaching Bridge to a group of students at MICDS, Mary Institute Country Day School this fall. Thanks to Phyllis and their teacher, Nancy Pierson from MICDS, they played in their first tournament on Sunday, Dec.19, at Bridge Haven. The students played with adult partners: a father, a neighbor, a teacher, and bridge coaches.

Many thanks to the bridge coaches: Jay Shah, Laura Tyrey, Jean Fox, and Terri Leamy. Nancy Pierson, Eric Moskalev, and Nicole Chaput were the other adult players.

First place went to Sam Frank and Jean Fox. Second place went to Nathan Huang and Terri Leamy. The students have an offer from Bridge Haven to play for free on Saturday and Sunday at Bridge Haven in 2011.

They all joined ACBL as jr members. Let's support our young bridge players.

First Place= Sam Frank, Second Place =Nathan Huang                                                             Bridge Instructor, Phyllis Siegel, giving instructions to her students.
                                                                                   Front row=Edgar Moskalev, Nathan Huang, Sam Frank, & Phyllis
                                                                                   Second row=Jackson White, Ben Matz, and Nancy Pierson

Just a quick little note to let you know Chuck and I visited the new ACBL

headquarters in Horn Lake, MS. The new building has a beautiful entry and was easy to find. Dave Smith, the Associate Editor, was kind enough to give

us a tour of their new building. Note Chuck and Dave standing at the entry. Dave gave us a tour of their wonderful museum. It is full of bridge history and is interactive with touch screen technology.

If you have looked at the August issue of your Bridge Bulletin you will see a picture of the

museums Trophy room. I took a picture of Chuck in the Trophy room as he was dreaming about past hands and big wins.

It was an easy fun trip and I wanted to share with all my bridge friends. If you have questions, I would love to share my experience with you.

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Amateur bridge players will bid to play with a bridge pro. The dollar amount bid by the amateur will be donated to Backstopper. Your bid and your check to Backstoppers, is tax deductible. The bidding will stop at midnight on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. The game will take place Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 and regular game fees will apply.

For this event, a Bridge Pro is someone with 2000+ACBL master points. If you have more than 2000 Master Points from ACBL and would like to play as a Bridge Pro, please call or E-mail Chuck . This event will be limited to 50 Pro/Am partnerships. To place your bid, call or E-mail Chuck, or fill out the bidding form on the wall at Bridge Haven and return it to the bidding envelope. Questions, feel free to call.

A wonderful opportunity to play with a bridge pro and help Backstoppers at the same time.
the same time.

As of 8/29/2010, Pro and final bid. The bidding is now closed and total $3080.
Thank you to all the Pros and bridge players who have bid. Make your check
out to Backstopper, and mail it to Chuck or Barbara at 2527 Johnson Pl. Dr., Ballwin, Mo. 63021
Final dollar bid = $3,080       Bridge Haven added another $33 to bring the total to $3,500.
                                          Thanks again to everyone. This was really
Other donation=      237        fun to do when all the Pros and bridge players jumped on
                                           the band wagon to participate. See you at the
Bridge Haven =     183        bridge table and hope you find all your games and slams.
Total             =   $3,500

Chuck Ettelson with Pro Carol Schaffer Kay Cohen with Pro Gail Hawkins-
first overall, congratulations. second overall, congratulations.

Toby Globe with Pro Jackie Sincoff,       Hatchie Greene played with Pro Mark Boswell,     Pro Phillip Alder, Bridge     ---                                                                                                                                  Columnist, playing
3rd in section C.                                    4th overall, but Mark was not available for a         with Alan Lemley. Pro --     --                                                                                                                              Tom Oppenheimer
                                                           picture, so Jackie stepped in.                                 playing with Doug              --                                                                                                                                    O'Leary.
                                                            Way to go Jackie, thank you...
Once again, thank you to all the Pros for participating and to all the bridge players who bid on the pros. We really had a lot of fun doing this event for you, and Backstoppers really appreciated your participation too. Thanks again. See you at the bridge table.

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Linda Evans
Vena Uberoi
Maureen Swihart
Ed Bodart
Phyllis Siegel
Honoria Allen
Linda Lesser

A Great Big Thank You to everyone who supported the Charity Games at Bridge Haven in 2009. This includes the Sunday Swiss Teams where Bridge Haven donates the extra dollar. In 2009 Bridge Haven donated over $500 to Back Stoppers. Thanks again for your support, you are indeed a great bunch of bridge player and we are glad to provide the games for you.

Any questions about games or events at Bridge Haven, feel free to call
Chuck at 618-530-4300 or Barbara at 822-9454- cell 314-374-6027,
E-mail= Starovasnik@sbcglobal.net

ACBL MASTER POINTS
During the following months, the players at Bridge Haven earned lots of master points. This included all of the ACBL games, even the Wednesday night Boeing game. That is a lot of points and we hope some of these points belong to you. Good luck at your next game.

        2009
March = 369.98    June = 332.66     Sept. = 368.14    Dec. = 291.17
April = 298.38       July = 452.58     Oct. = 399.86
May = 281.96        Aug. = 403.54    Nov. = 290.08
        2010
Jan.=316.96            April=366.08    July=448.58    Oct.= 371
Feb.=254.98            May=342.87    Aug.=               Nov. =246
March=355.75        June=471.87    Sept.=                Dec. =279

        2011
Jan. =299                April=376        July 390            Oct 258
Feb.=266                May=406          Aug. 430            Nov. 258
March =362            June=376         Sept. 327            Dec. 308

Help Help Help Help
Bridge Haven has a lot of new bridge players. We would like to ask for your help with two things:

Traffic Alert. Please be alert to the STOP sign on Utz road. The police sit in the Hazelwood post office and if you do not make a complete stop as you pull out, going S. on Lindbergh Blvd. they will pull you over. It has happen to me and to other bridge players when there thoughts are on the wonderful world of bridge and not the STOP sign.

First Place=Lois Grand and Ruth Byers

Second Place=Bob Adler and Margaret Taylor
Third Place=Mike Arnheim and Dorothy Santner

The charity for this tournament is Back Stoppers. Bridge Haven and Back Stoppers want to thank all the bridge players who came to participate in this event. It is always fun to organize these events when the players have such a wonderful time. A special thanks to Louise Koenigsfeld who made all the home made cookies. It is fun to have such nice snacks, too. Thanks Louise.

No results to post, just a big "thank you" to Michael Lawrence and his wife Karen for the wonderful seminar they did for the Bridge Haven bridge players. We also want to "thank" Louise Koenigsfeld and Nancy Cadwell for the delicious cookies. The bridge player do eat well. We had a wonderful turn out and everyone seemed really pleased with all the new knowledge obtained. Now, are we ready for the Regional?

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Please call Barbara to make reservations, for the tournaments, Swiss Teams, or the Pot Luck Dinner, home=314-822-9454 or cell=314-374-6027.

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