Bridge Haven

Hope everyone had a good time at the sectional. Isn't it a wonderful game?? While you were enjoying yourself at this event, Chuck and I went to Horn Lake, MS to the ACBL headquarters. Chuck had some business to take care of and it is always nice to meet the voices we speak to on the phone. One very interesting thing we learned while we were there was, that the employees at ACBL who do not play bridge, have been offered lessons once a week, and they get about 4-5 tables every week. It is hard to believe someone doesn't play bridge, right??

Next Pot Luck, Saturday, Feb. TBA, 2012
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.

            What: Bridge and Lunch, $10
           When: Wednesday mornings
          Where: Bridge Haven
            Time: 10:30 am

       Director: Phyllis Siegel
     Questions: Phyllis =314-966-3933
                          e-mail= psiegeltennis@yahoo.com
                          or Barbara at 314-822-9454
We are requesting that you let us know if you are going to play at this game.
This information is needed since we will be bringing lunch and we need to know
how much to bring. What we bring for 6 tables is not enough if 12 tables show
up. Phyllis has a sign up sheet on the wall at Bridge Haven and you can call
Phyllis or Barbara to let them know. Thank you for your help with this head
count.

What: Bridge and Bridge Tips
When: 3rd Tuesday of the Month (starting 9-20-2011)
Where: Bridge Haven
Time: 10:30 am, 10 am=Bridge Tips

Director: Hatchie Greene
Questions: 314-355-8835

What: Stratified Pairs
When: Every Monday Evening (Starting Oct. 17, 2011)
Where: Bridge Haven
Time: 6:30 pm

Director: Jay Shah
Questions: 314-495-6093

What: Stratified Pairs
When: 4th Saturday of the Month (Starting Oct. 22, 2011)
Where: Bridge Haven
Time: 6:00 pm

Director: George and Becky Hawley
Questions: 314-822-9454

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

Did everyone see in the April issue of the Bulletin that
Sue Perez became a Diamond Life Master?
That is 5000 master points. What an accomplishment.
Congratulations, Sue, way to go.

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
Feb.=266                May=406
March =362            June=376

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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