2022 Penticton Regional: Saturday, June 18

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June 18 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...)


Attendance So Far

1505½ tables at the end of Saturday, 51.6% of the 2019 total. For full details, check out the new Table Counts page!

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. We'll be happy if the tournament hits 50% of the 2019 table count of 3217½ tables (so 1609 is the target number, current pace 1656).


Masterpoint Leaders thru Saturday Evening

Should be up by about 9:45pm

Overall Leaders

1Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA119.28
2Shan Huang, Palm Beach G FL118.58
3Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL115.51
3Kevin Dwyer, Jacksonville FL115.51
5Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC111.35
6Joan Millens, Kingston NY108.63
7Tom Carmichael, Marysville WA106.45
8Jianfeng Luo, North York ON105.56
9Gordon McOrmond, Sidney BC104.34
10Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA99.02
11Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA95.15
12Edward Xu, North York ON94.88
12Kole Meng, Niagara Falls ON94.88
12Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON94.88
12Zheng Zhang, Toronto ON94.88
16Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA89.63
17Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB87.96
18Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ80.06
18Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ80.06
20Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV77.81
21Mike Passell, Plano TX77.60
22Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC77.32
22Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC77.32
22Xiaojing Deng, Richmond BC77.32
22Xiaoming Shen, Richmond BC77.32
26Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV75.35
27Kevin Strangway, Grande Prairie AB73.98
27Robert Pratt, Edmonton AB73.98
29K Fung, Edmonton AB73.63
30Amy Gao, New Westminster BC71.69
31Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC70.87
32Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB70.72
32Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC70.72
34Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC68.92
35Larry Pocock, Vancouver BC67.42
35Yue Su, Vancouver BC67.42
37Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC66.09
37Long Xie, Burnaby BC66.09
39Reanette Frobouck, Pittsburgh PA65.45
40David Bakhshi, London 64.90

Non-Life Master Leaders

1Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC77.32
1Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC77.32
1Xiaojing Deng, Richmond BC77.32
1Xiaoming Shen, Richmond BC77.32
5Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC66.09
6David Bakhshi, London 64.90
7Piotr Rajski, Edmonton AB62.70
8Artur Malinowski, Harrow 58.58
9Abdeali Naffar, Edmonton AB50.39
10Arthur Gong, Sammamish WA41.04
11Nathan Gong, Sammamish WA37.25
12Brian Liu, Ottawa ON33.66
13Daniel Balof, Walla Walla WA32.22
14Irene Morrow, Penticton BC30.85
15Mary Eliza Balof, Walla Walla WA29.45
16Michael Szestopalow, Winnipeg MB27.87
16Roman Puzant, Winnipeg Beach MB27.87
18Keith Carter, Sandpoint ID25.40
19Lana Chow, Vancouver BC20.00
20Bud Bishop, Delta BC19.93
20Mary Frances Bishop, Delta BC19.93
22Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC18.99
22Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC18.99
24Janet Gangl, Red Deer AB18.50
24Travis Gangl, Red Deer AB18.50

Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted.



Saturday Top Flight Pairs

Winners: Iftikhar Baqai, Michael Mikyska

Event winners Iftikhar Baqai and Michael Mikyska won by 0.07 of a top and The James Bond Theme was written all over the computer's analysis of their second session: they were the halftime leaders but dropped to fourth in two rounds, then rallied hard to take back the lead with three to go, then were hit hard, requiring their best efforts in the final two rounds for the win by 0.07 boards! Locals Alberta and Ken Hutchings were the B and C winners!

Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Strat limits (by pair average): A: 3000+ / B: 1500 - 3000 / C: 0 - 1500.  
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 5525

MPts Score A B C Saturday Top Flight Pairs (23, 24 tables)
ACBL Live Link
37.27 60.51% 1 Iftikhar Baqai; Irvine CA; Michael Mikyska; Los Angeles CA
27.95 60.38% 2 Sandra Scholes - Ken Scholes; Bellevue WA
20.96 58.26% 3 1 1 Alberta Hutchings - Ken Hutchings; Penticton BC
15.72 57.56% 4 Mark Itabashi; Murrieta CA; Mitch Dunitz; Sherman Oaks CA
12.42 56.93% 5 Dennis Gamble; Ottawa ON; Richard A Gamble; Mill Bay BC
10.65 56.36% 6 Peter Jones; Edmonton AB; Karen Kilworth; Strathmore AB
10.03 55.98% 7 2 Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie; Richmond BC
8.28 55.64% 8 Allen Kane - En Hay; Highlands Ranch CO
7.45 55.26% 9 Piotr Klimowicz - Louise Klimowicz; Edmonton AB
6.78 54.82% 10 Bryan Maksymetz - Frances Corney; Vancouver BC
6.21 54.65% 11 Lily Andre - James Andre; Allyn WA
5.73 54.27% 12 Bob Zeller; Kanata ON; J Mark Siegrist; Gloucester ON
7.52 52.12% 3 2 Mary Carson - Donald Carson; Edmonton AB
5.64 50.78% 4 Donna Wiwchar - Ian Glover; Kamloops BC
4.46 50.56% 5 Steve Bates - Ross Armour; Edmonton AB
3.82 49.74% 6 3 Brenda Mathews - Paul Manhas; Kamloops BC
2.46 48.27% 4 Shirley McGuire - Claire Cook; Saskatoon SK

Saturday Gold Rush Pairs

Winners: Douglas Cramen, Clive Elkin

Douglas Cramen and Clive Elkin from Kelowna won the game with two sessions over 60%, leading at the half and never looking back! Terry Huxter and Wendy McCulloch were the B and C winners, improving from 14th overall at the break to 4th!

Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Strat limits (by pair average): 7: 400 - 750 / 4: 300 - 400 / 3: 0 - 300.  No player over 750 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 326

MPts Score 7 4 3 Saturday Gold Rush Pairs (18, 20 tables)
ACBL Live Link
7.44 61.93% 1 Douglas Cramen - Clive Elkin; Kelowna BC
5.58 56.76% 2 Mark Raymond; Victoria BC; Madeleine Tremblay; North Saanich BC
4.19 56.39% 3 Bill Webb - David Johnson; Penticton BC
5.24 55.69% 4 1 1 Terry Huxter - Wendy McCulloch; Grand Forks BC
2.48 55.37% 5 Donna Cusson; Abbotsford BC; Marta Cecchi; Chilliwack BC
3.93 54.58% 6 2 Wendy Webb - Pirjo Holt; Kelowna BC
2.95 54.38% 7 3 2 Jerri Calverley; Oliver BC; Beryl Senger; Penticton BC
2.21 54.09% 8 4 Scott Miller - Anne-Marie Miller; Sooke BC
1.94 54.06% 9 5 Mary Frances Bishop - Bud Bishop; Delta BC
1.99 52.33% 6 3 Susan Jobbins - Joan Geber; Victoria BC
1.49 52.26% 4 John Collins - Marie Collins; Calgary AB

Thursday Late Night ZIP Knockout Teams

Winners: Gong

Bracketed Knockout Teams event, with 3 knockout rounds of short matches into the wee hours.

MPts Bracket Rank Thursday Late Night ZIP Knockout Teams ACBL Live Links:
Bracket:  
I  
(8 teams in 1 brackets)
6.85 I 1 Arthur Gong, Sammamish, WA; Jenni Carmichael, Marysville, WA; Rui Gong, Sammamish, WA; Nathan Gong, Sammamish, WA
4.80   2 Amanda Atwell, Edmonton, AB; David Willmott, Carmichael, CA; Nancy Cook, Sacramento, CA; Adam Thiel, Red Deer, AB

Friday-Saturday Riesling Knockout Teams

Winners: Cremin, Hong, Arevalo

Bracketed Knockout Teams event, with 4 rounds of 24-board matches.  Teams are grouped by team masterpoints into team brackets, with three-way matches where neccessary in the first and second rounds to reduce to four teams.  

MPts Bracket Rank Friday-Saturday Riesling Knockout Teams ACBL Live Links:
Bracket:  
I   II   III  
(42 teams in 3 brackets)
48.09 I 1 Joan Cremin - Haig Tchamitch; Paradise Valley AZ; Daniel Korbel - Geoff Hampson; Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell; Plano TX
33.66   2 Larry Pocock - Yue Su; Vancouver BC; Amy Gao; New Westminster BC; Brian Liu; Ottawa ON
19.24   3/4 Ingrid Anderson - Dora Lee; Nanaimo BC; Don Copeland - Ernie Tradewell; Victoria BC
19.24   3/4 Rui Gong - Nathan Gong - Arthur Gong; Sammamish WA; Tom Carmichael; Marysville WA
29.37 II 1 Jennifer Hong - Long Xie; Burnaby BC; David Taylor; Seattle WA; Herman Xiao; Sammamish WA
20.56   2 Andrea James; Auburn WA; Ann Romeo; Seattle WA; Richard D'Litzenberger - Brian Koblenz; Leavenworth WA
11.75   3/4 Devra Drysdale - Bob Gagnon - Cynthia Clark - Patrick Murphy; Calgary AB
11.75   3/4 Irene Morrow - Birgitta Faraday - Marian Kosior; Penticton BC; Kevin Fleming; Osoyoos BC
17.90 III 1 Lou Arevalo - Martha Hancock; Coeur D Alene ID; Bill Drayton; Sagle ID; Keith Carter; Sandpoint ID
12.53   2 Travis Gangl - Janet Gangl - Gerene Albrecht - Adam Thiel; Red Deer AB
7.16   3/4 Janet Bridger; Laurel MT; Barbara Berens - Judith Hartz; Missoula MT; Christine Lynn; Sun City West AZ
7.16   3/4 Darlene Carolsfeld - June Rasmussen - Mary Dewar - Wanda Deisman; Nanaimo BC

Saturday Zinfandel Round-Robin Teams

Winners: Levine, Qi, Bates, Johnson, Digby, Senaratne

Swiss Teams event with enough short matches to play every other team once, scored in Victory Points (maximum 20 per match).  Strat limits : This event was NOT stratified.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 9962

MPts Bracket VPs Rank Saturday Zinfandel Round-Robin Teams ACBL Live Links:
Bracket:  
I   II   III   IV   V   VI  
(49 teams in 6 brackets)
35.05 I 108 1 Mike Levine; Pinckney MI; Greg Hinze; San Antonio TX; Kay Enfield; Santa Fe NM; Mike Cappelletti - Allison L Cappelletti; Delray Beach FL
26.29 98 2 Dan Jacob; Vancouver BC; Gordon McOrmond; Sidney BC; Donald Sache; West Vancouver BC; Derek Ward; Hornby Island BC
15.40 89 3/5 Kole Meng; Niagara Falls ON; Zheng Zhang; Toronto ON; Yan Wang; Richmond Hill ON; Edward Xu; North York ON
15.40 89 3/5 Allan Graves; Saint Johnsbury VT; David Bakhshi; London, England; Artur Malinowski; Harrow ; Reanette Frobouck; Pittsburgh PA
15.40 89 3/5 Joan Millens; Kingston NY; Shan Huang; Palm Beach G FL; Kevin Dwyer; Jacksonville FL; Kevin Bathurst; Palm Bch Gdns FL; Jianfeng Luo; North York ON
20.06 II 100 1 Jack Qi - Lucy Zhong; North Vancouver BC; Xiaojing Deng - Xiaoming Shen; Richmond BC
15.05 93 2 Bernie Lambert; Acme AB; Keith Falkenberg; Calgary AB; Kevin Strangway; Grande Prairie AB; Robert Pratt; Edmonton AB
11.28 89 3 Kevin Cline - Ray Miller - Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens; Seattle WA
8.46 84 4 Ann-Marie Crabbe - Barbara Jubenville - Chris Penner; Nanaimo BC; Michael Dickie; Victoria BC
16.22 III 68 1 Ross Bates - Dorothy Dore; Castlegar BC; Marty O'Malley - Kathy O'Malley; Spokane Valley WA
12.17 66 2 Bruce Busby - Maureen Olafson - Phil Sanford; Campbell River BC; Lorraine Spik; Parksville BC
9.12 65 3 Barbara Morgan; New Braunfels TX; Kathryn Bailey; Dripping Spring TX; Lilly Justman - Melody Euler; Austin TX
13.60 IV 81 1 Jack Johnson - Maryellen Gallo; Surrey BC; Edgar L'Heureux; White Rock BC; Sally Craig; Port Moody BC
10.20 77 2 William Voth; Kelowna BC; Wayne Borman; Nanaimo BC; Richard Smillie; Parksville BC; Brian Smillie; Ladysmith BC
11.36 V 112 1 Brad Digby - Maarten Tjebbes - Faye Gilraine - Gary Gilraine; Vancouver BC
8.52 105 2 Paul Reitsma - Roger Taylor - Paul Tinney - Lorna Tinney; Parksville BC
6.39 88 3 Denise McKay - Don McKay - Linda Ball; Vernon BC; Dana Sammartino; Coldstream BC
4.79 87 4 Jim Brackenbury - Catherine Mustafa - Terry Foster; Victoria BC; Shirley Charters; Duncan BC
8.51 VI 125 1 Manohara Senaratne - Don Greenwood - Sharana Basappa - Abdeali Naffar; Edmonton AB
6.38 97 2 Al Romanchuk - Jill Plasteras - Mel Zimmerman - Gina Curran; Victoria BC
4.79 89 3 Jozef Stencel; Ashcroft BC; Suzanne Joly; Gatineau QC; Patricia Kopec; Kamloops BC; Dave Brett; Calgary AB
3.59 88 4 Kathy Turnbull; Edmonton AB; Leeann Lagace; St Albert AB; Keith Wallace - Pam Wallace; Calgary AB

Saturday Morning Side Pairs

Winners: Daniel Balof, Barry Balof

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Part of the Morning Side Game Series, session 5 of 5 in the series.  (In a side game series you are free to play as many sessions as you wish, even with different partners.)  Strat limits (by pair average): A: 2500+ / B: 750 - 2500 / C: 0 - 750.  
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2556

MPts Score A B C Saturday Morning Side Pairs (10½ tables)
ACBL Live Link
4.78 68.66% 1 1 Daniel Balof - Barry Balof; Walla Walla WA
3.59 68.56% 2 Marie-France Benoit; Ottawa ON; Jacob Morgan; Madison WI
3.41 61.93% 3 2 Piotr Rajski - Andrew Proczkowski; Edmonton AB
2.56 57.63% 4 3 Karen Eveland; Lewiston ID; Renee Petersen; Moscow ID
1.92 55.07% 5 4 David Reid - Danielle Goulet; Victoria BC
2.57 53.08% 6 5 1 Mary Elizabeth Balof - Claire Valente; Walla Walla WA
1.23 52.94% 6 Dianne Cox - Dennis Duryea; Redmond WA
1.93 50.27% 2 Ben Levine - Nicholas Buck; Prince George BC
1.45 50.01% 3 Don Guichon - Carroll Guichon; White Rock BC

Saturday Afternoon Side Game

Winners: Trudy Hurdle, John Hurdle

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Part of the Afternoon Side Game Series, session 5 of 5 in the series.  (In a side game series you are free to play as many sessions as you wish, even with different partners.)  Strat limits (by pair average): A: 2500+ / B: 1000 - 2500 / C: 0 - 1000.  
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2344

MPts Score A B C Saturday Afternoon Side Game (13½ tables)
ACBL Live Link
5.46 63.11% 1 Trudy Hurdle - John Hurdle; Richmond BC
4.10 60.67% 2 Shirley Pearlman - Marlene Pontifex; Winnipeg MB
3.07 59.35% 3 Don Copeland - Ernie Tradewell; Victoria BC
2.30 56.38% 4 Jacob Morgan; Madison WI; Marie-France Benoit; Ottawa ON
4.78 56.13% 5 1 Paulette Tipper - Wesley Anderson; Kelowna BC
3.59 54.35% 6 2 Mary Dewar - Wanda Deisman; Nanaimo BC
2.69 53.97% 3 Cynthia Clark - Patrick Murphy; Calgary AB
2.25 53.91% 4 Marian Kosior - Irene Morrow; Penticton BC
1.58 53.23% 5 Dianne Cox - Dennis Duryea; Redmond WA
1.13 52.76% 6 David Reid - Danielle Goulet; Victoria BC
2.39 49.18% 1 Christl Bartholomew - James Roode; Kamloops BC
1.79 46.05% 2 Anna Crouch - Gillian Schramm; Whistler BC

Morning Side Game Overalls

Winners: Piotr Rajski, Andrew Proczkowski

Overall awards in the Morning, after 5 completed sessions.  Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners.  Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series.  But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.

MPts % Sum of Best
Two Games
Rank Morning Side Game Overalls (177 players)
ACBL Live Link
13.20 131.96% 1 Piotr Rajski; Edmonton AB
13.20 131.96% 1 Andrew Proczkowski; Edmonton AB
10.41 129.01% 3 Terry Foster; Victoria BC
6.92 128.26% 4 Barry Balof; Walla Walla WA
6.92 128.26% 4 Daniel Balof; Walla Walla WA
10.36 121.03% 6 Robert Pratt; Edmonton AB
10.36 121.03% 6 Kevin Strangway; Grande Prairie AB
6.76 119.53% 8 Ken Gee; Regina SK
6.76 119.53% 8 Eva Cheung; Menlo Park CA
5.48 119.04% 10 Toby White; Des Moines IA
5.48 119.04% 10 Richard Newell; West Des Moines IA
6.87 118.06% 12 Reanette Frobouck; Pittsburgh PA

Afternoon Side Game Overalls

Winners: Michael Moffatt

Overall awards in the Afternoon, after 5 completed sessions.  Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners.  Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series.  But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.

MPts %Sum of Best
Two Games
Rank Afternoon Side Game Overalls (163 players)
ACBL Live Link
9.10 122.56% 1 Michael Moffatt; Surrey BC
5.98 118.36% 2 Ken Gee; Regina SK
5.98 118.36% 2 Eva Cheung; Menlo Park CA
4.90 115.85% 4 Debbie Wastle; Victoria BC
6.28 114.91% 5 Loretta English; Burien WA
6.28 114.91% 5 Linda Shallit; Burien WA
5.40 114.78% 7 Carol-Ann Halliday; Vernon BC
9.05 113.02% 8 Wesley Anderson; Kelowna BC
9.05 113.02% 8 Paulette Tipper; Kelowna BC

Evening Side Game Overalls

Winners: Sally Craig, Edgar L'Heureux

Overall awards in the Evening, after 5 completed sessions.  Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners.  Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series.  But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.

MPts %Sum of Best
Two Games
Rank Evening Side Game Overalls (307 players)
ACBL Live Link
15.81 123.93% 1 Sally Craig; Port Moody BC
15.81 123.93% 1 Edgar L'Heureux; White Rock BC
9.99 121.28% 3 Robert Coole; Prince George BC
9.99 121.28% 3 Anne Kendall; Prince George BC
7.89 120.65% 5 Harry Satanove; Vancouver BC
5.16 118.93% 6 Vicki Moffatt; Surrey BC
7.76 118.57% 7 Anne-Marie Miller; Sooke BC
7.76 118.57% 7 Scott Miller; Sooke BC
3.61 117.55% 9 Michael Moffatt; Surrey BC
4.33 115.74% 10 David Reid; Victoria BC
4.33 115.74% 10 Danielle Goulet; Victoria BC
4.12 112.42% 12 Janet Galbraith; Calgary AB
4.12 112.42% 12 Christopher Galbraith; Calgary AB
3.12 112.28% 14 Loretta English; Burien WA
3.12 112.28% 14 Linda Shallit; Burien WA
3.23 112.03% 16 Andy Hellquist; Surrey BC
3.23 112.03% 16 Debbie Martignago; Port Coquitlam BC



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