2022 Leavenworth Regional: Sunday, April 10
Thanks for playing!
FROM THE TOURNAMENT CHAIR:
Willkommen in Leavenworth. It is wonderful to be back playing real bridge after a two-and-a-half year absence.
In October 2019 my partner, Karen Madison, and I played 18 sessions at the regional in Tri-Cities, we finished up on Sunday evening, drove 460 miles to Whistler and started playing bridge on Monday. We played 16 sessions in Whistler. At the end we agreed that it had been a lot, we were ready for a break, and that we would probably be rested by Vancouver in April. Well, as you know, April never came and the break became much too long.
Anyway, it's wonderful that everyone has turned off their computers, put on pants [thank you very much] and come out to play in the first Face 2 Face regional in the District for over two years.
The next District regional is in Penticton in June. Encourage your friends to come back to the real table, hold real cards and play real bridge; tournaments will not survive without players participating.
Y'all play nice now.
—Karen Rise
April 10 Historical Headlines (from Wikipedia)
Can you fill in the blanks and then put them into the correct chronological order? (Answers at the bottom of the page...)
- [blank] announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professsional reasons
- [blank] sets sail from Southampton, England, on her maiden and only voyage
- A 14.5 ton bell which cracked during testing was recast at Whitechapel Bell Foundry into the 13.76 ton bell known as [blank]
- An air crash in Smolensk, Russia kills 96 people, including Polish President [blank] and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries
- The Great Gatsby, a novel by [blank], is first published by Charles Scribner's Sons
Tournament Attendance
The Final Count: 404 (this is not an Internet '404' error!) tables of bridge pioneers. For full details, check out the new Table Counts page!
As we all transition from pandemic isolation to pre-pandemic normal at our own careful pace, bridge clubs and tournaments throughout the ACBL are struggling with returning to live play, so comparing this tournament's attendance to one before the pandemic is not really fair. In addition, the heavy rain that hit the coast on Sunday evening/Monday morning moved inland and created some snowy conditions for those arriving on opening day. Things will pick up as more people choose to carefully increase their social activities. Live tournament bridge had to begin somewhere and Leavenworth attendees are pioneers for the eventual return of tournament bridge's pre-pandemic popularity. Thanks for coming, and to those of you reading this from home and not quite ready to return to the tables yet, we understand and hope to see you soon!
Final Tournament Masterpoint Leaders
Steve Bruno takes the lead on the final day!
Overall Leaders |
| 1 | Steve Bruno, Kirkland WA | 64.29 |
| 2 | Ray Miller, Seattle WA | 60.29 |
| 3 | Herman Xiao, Sammamish WA | 46.59 |
| 4 | Scott Chupack, Seattle WA | 46.07 |
| 5 | Amy DeShaw, Seattle WA | 42.94 |
| 6 | Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC | 37.01 |
| 6 | Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC | 37.01 |
| 8 | Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way WA | 36.24 |
| 9 | Brian Koblenz, Leavenworth WA | 35.13 |
| 10 | James Madison, Cheney WA | 34.99 |
| 11 | David Taylor, Seattle WA | 34.69 |
| 12 | Dean Altschuler, Bellingham WA | 33.17 |
| 13 | Richard D'Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA | 30.76 |
| 14 | Lou Arevalo, Coeur D Alene ID | 30.64 |
| 15 | Ann Romeo, Seattle WA | 28.61 |
| 16 | Marty McCune, Seattle WA | 28.45 |
| 16 | Mary McCune, Seattle WA | 28.45 |
| 18 | Edith DeShaw, Seattle WA | 27.84 |
| 19 | Gene Fomin, Renton WA | 27.72 |
| 20 | Dudley Brown, Grandview WA | 27.59 |
| 21 | Martha Hancock, Coeur D Alene ID | 27.10 |
| 22 | John Cox, Bayfield CO | 26.84 |
| 23 | Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA | 26.32 |
| 24 | Dong Yan, Sammamish WA | 26.05 |
| 25 | Clifford Feldman, Seattle WA | 25.41 |
| 25 | Donald Stark, Seattle WA | 25.41 |
| 25 | Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA | 25.41 |
| 25 | Thomas Brown, Seattle WA | 25.41 |
Non-Life Master Leaders |
| 1 | Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC | 37.01 |
| 1 | Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC | 37.01 |
| 3 | Irene Morrow, Penticton BC | 23.92 |
| 4 | Jill Plasteras, Victoria BC | 21.65 |
| 4 | Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC | 21.65 |
| 6 | Trish Simmons, Wenatchee WA | 12.30 |
| 7 | Jayne James, Midvale UT | 10.59 |
| 8 | Eddie Crews, Sidney BC | 10.40 |
| 9 | John McClure, Ocean Shores WA | 10.26 |
| 10 | John Mitchell, Seattle WA | 9.54 |
| 11 | Jeannie Falls, Seattle WA | 8.62 |
| 12 | Lynne Dearing, Lacey WA | 8.44 |
| 13 | Linda Underwood, Kamloops BC | 8.15 |
| 13 | Terry Underwood, Kamloops BC | 8.15 |
| 15 | Nancy Hertl, Edmonds WA | 7.94 |
| 16 | Amy Hillenbrand, Steamboat Spgs CO | 7.69 |
| 16 | Laura Brice, Phippsburg CO | 7.69 |
| 18 | Marcia Schoffer, Penticton BC | 7.63 |
| 19 | Gayle Hanset, Sandpoint ID | 7.50 |
| 20 | Leona Ashcroft, Nelson BC | 7.35 |
| 20 | Liesbeth Goris, Trail BC | 7.35 |
The masterpoints page, includes an alphabetical list of everyone's totals broken down into red and gold points. |
More Regional Bridge Coming Soon in District 19
Here is a list of 2022 Regionals in Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska:
- Penticton Regional (Trade & Convention Centre, Penticton BC) - June 13-19, 2022
- Midnight Sun Regional (Anchorage Bridge Centre, Anchorage AK) - June 20-26
- Puget Sound Regional (Lynnwood Convention Centre, Lynnwood WA) - August 22-28
- TBA (likely Whistler BC in late October: dates listed may change)
Also needing your support are local sectionals and live club games.
Winners: Bruno (A), Koblenz (X)
After getting 59/60VPs in the first session, Team Bruno lost all three in the second, but managed 22 more VPs to stay on top by 6! Strat X winners Koblenz did almost the reverse: 0VP in round one, then a win and a tie to get to the middle of the strat X standings, but three wins in the second round left them seven VP ahead for the X win!
Swiss Teams event with 6 matches of 8 boards, scored in Victory Points (maximum 20 per match. Strat limits (by team average): A: 4000+ / X: 0 - 4000. nbsp;
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 3276
| MPts |
VPs |
A |
X |
Sunday A/X/Y Swiss |
(10 teams)
ACBL Live Link |
| 11.55 |
81 |
1 |
|
Steve Bruno; Kirkland WA; Edith DeShaw - Amy DeShaw; Seattle WA; Dudley Brown; Grandview WA; Elaine DeShaw; Federal Way WA |
| 8.66 |
75 |
2 |
|
Thomas Land; Vashon WA; Gene Fomin; Renton WA; Sandra Robson; New Westminster BC; Robert Getz; Marysville WA |
| 6.50 |
72 |
3 |
|
David Taylor - Marty McCune - Mary McCune; Seattle WA; Paul Schwaighart; Normandy Park WA |
| 5.88 |
68 |
4 |
1 |
Brian Koblenz - Richard D'Litzenberger; Leavenworth WA; Dong Yan - Herman Xiao; Sammamish WA; Dean Altschuler; Bellingham WA |
| 4.41 |
61 |
|
2 |
Aban Gerrie - Robert Gerrie; Richmond BC; Lucy Zhong - Jack Qi; North Vancouver BC |
Team Hsieh won three out of four in each session to lead the field by a full match (20VP) by the end!
Swiss Teams event with 4 matches of 6 boards in both sessions, scored in Victory Points (maximum 20 per match. Strat limits : This event was NOT stratified.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 958
| MPts |
VPs |
A |
Sunday 0-2000 Teams |
(5 teams)
ACBL Live Link |
| 4.10 |
106 |
1 |
Gianni Hsieh - Frank Hsieh - Helena Hsieh; Sammamish WA; Yichen Cai; Bellevue WA |
| 3.08 |
86 |
2 |
Karen Jean Boss - Kay Read - Darrel Mooney; Boise ID; Jayne James; Midvale UT |