2022 Penticton Regional: Thursday, June 16

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June 16 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

993½ tables at the end of Thursday, 51.5% of the 2019 total, this not including the Zip Swiss which may get us over a thousand!. 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 1738).


Masterpoint Leaders thru Thursday Evening

Should be fairly close to reality....

Directors have been instructed to recalculate the first overall awards to add a 20% bonus but ACBLscore has issues and sometimes changes it back as files get passed about. This may not be free of small errors but should be pretty close.

Overall Leaders

1Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA93.67
2Tom Carmichael, Marysville WA87.21
3Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA67.32
4Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC62.60
5Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC58.17
6Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC57.08
7Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB56.61
7Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC56.61
9K Fung, Edmonton AB56.36
9Susan Culham, Edmonton AB56.36
11Gordon McOrmond, Sidney BC55.59
11Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB55.59
13Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA55.16
14Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA47.99
15Shan Huang, Palm Beach G FL44.57
16Reanette Frobouck, Pittsburgh PA44.23
17Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL43.95
17Kevin Dwyer, Jacksonville FL43.95
19David Bakhshi, London 43.68
20Joan Millens, Kingston NY42.32
21Jianfeng Luo, North York ON41.70
22Don Bell, Vernon BC41.19
22Kelly Meenagh, Kelowna BC41.19
24Edward Xu, North York ON40.17
24Kole Meng, Niagara Falls ON40.17
24Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON40.17
24Zheng Zhang, Toronto ON40.17

Non-Life Master Leaders

1David Bakhshi, London 43.68
2Artur Malinowski, Harrow 37.36
3Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC36.72
4Piotr Rajski, Edmonton AB35.63
5Abdeali Naffar, Edmonton AB30.20
6Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC18.81
6Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC18.81
8Daniel Balof, Walla Walla WA18.57
9Mary Eliza Balof, Walla Walla WA18.01
10Lana Chow, Vancouver BC17.87
11Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC17.58
11Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC17.58
11Xiaojing Deng, Richmond BC17.58
11Xiaoming Shen, Richmond BC17.58
15Irene Morrow, Penticton BC16.85
16Judith Harris, West Kelowna BC15.94
17Bud Bishop, Delta BC15.46
17Mary Frances Bishop, Delta BC15.46
19Irene Dundon, Vancouver BC15.02
20Arthur Gong, Sammamish WA14.95

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



Thursday Top Flight Pairs

Winners: Nicholas Stock, Leo Glaser

An extremely tight finish for halftime leaders Nicholas Stock and Leo Glaser, whose lead of nearly two boards at the half increased to more than four boards by round 5, but then decreased steadily for the rest of the second session; the final margin being just one-ninth of a board, over....strat B and C winners Long Xie and Jennifer Hong, who stayed far ahead of the B and C field throughout the evening session and nearly grabbed the top prize!

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: 4376

MPts Score A B C Thursday Top Flight Pairs (33, 33 tables)
ACBL Live Link
39.73 60.97% 1 Nicholas Stock; North Vancouver BC; Leo Glaser; Lake Country BC
29.80 60.76% 2 1 1 Long Xie - Jennifer Hong; Burnaby BC
22.35 58.86% 3 Bob Zeller; Kanata ON; J Mark Siegrist; Gloucester ON
16.76 58.23% 4 Mark Itabashi; Murrieta CA; Iftikhar Baqai; Irvine CA
13.24 57.69% 5 Kelly Meenagh; Kelowna BC; Don Bell; Vernon BC
11.35 56.49% 6 Ray Miller; Seattle WA; Tom Carmichael; Marysville WA
9.93 56.40% 7 Allen Kane - En Hay; Highlands Ranch CO
8.83 56.28% 8 Aline Vance; Kelowna BC; Judy Clerke; Vernon BC
7.95 56.13% 9 Shirley Pearlman - Marlene Pontifex; Winnipeg MB
7.22 55.23% 10 Jane Youngberg; Surrey BC; John Demeulemeester; Burnaby BC
12.19 54.84% 11 2 2 Maarten Tjebbes - Brad Digby; Vancouver BC
9.14 54.36% 12 3 Isabel Chernoff; Surrey BC; Insa Fricker; White Rock BC
5.68 54.12% 13 Karen Turner - Karen Billett; Victoria BC
6.86 53.79% 14 4 3 Arthur Gong - Rui Gong; Sammamish WA
4.97 53.70% 15 Richard Zucker; Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch; Armonk NY
5.42 53.55% 16 5 4 Gary Gilraine - Faye Gilraine; Vancouver BC
4.64 52.82% 17 6 5 Claire Valente - Barry Balof; Walla Walla WA
4.06 52.73% 7 Ian Gibson; Naramata BC; Philip Shadick; Summerland BC
3.43 52.19% 8/9 6/7 Michael Desaulniers; Maple Ridge BC; Dariusz Matus; Surrey BC
3.43 52.19% 8/9 6/7 Stephanie Williams; Delta BC; Blake Fleming; Calgary AB

Thursday Evening Swiss Teams

Winners: Treble (A), Young (B, C)

A lot of strong players in this Swiss teams, almost a thousand masterpoints per player more than the Top Flight Pairs! The top two finishers played in the final round, with Galbraith needing 17VP to tie Treble and getting only 16VP! Despite the abundance of masterpoints in the field, B and C winners Young scored an impressive 40 VP out of 80.

Swiss Teams event with 4 matches of 6 boards, scored in Victory Points (maximum 20 per match.  Strat limits (by team average): A: 2500+ / B: 1000 - 2500 / C: 0 - 1000.  
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 5298

MPts VPs A B C Thursday Evening Swiss Teams (11 teams)
ACBL Live Link
4.70 57 1 William Treble; Winnipeg MB; David McLellan - Cliff Campbell; Thunder Bay ON; William Koski; King City ON
3.53 55 2 Janet Galbraith - Christopher Galbraith; Calgary AB; Julie Smith; Vancouver BC; Judy Harris; Salmon Arm BC
2.64 52 3 Ted Heck; Victoria BC; Lorraine Spik; Parksville BC; Angela Taylor; Nanaimo BC; Corrine Tapley; Vancouver BC
1.98 47 4 David Bakhshi; London, England; Artur Malinowski; Harrow ; Allan Graves; Saint Johnsbury VT; Reanette Frobouck; Pittsburgh PA
2.94 40 1 1 Sandy Young; Palm Desert CA; Carrie Cade; North Vancouver BC; Irene Dundon - Lana Chow; Vancouver BC
2.21 37 2 Dennis Duryea - Dianne Cox - Elaine Vona; Redmond WA; Maureen Schroder; Kirkland WA

Thursday Gold Rush Pairs

Winners: Rob Fought, Howard Haugom

A strong penultimate round by event winners Rob Fought and Howard Haugom put an end to a battle at the top: for most of the second session the winners were leading or trailing by less than a quarter of a board. Second overall were B and C winners Daniel and Mary Eliza Balof, who my computer says were just an eleventh of a board out of the lead with three rounds left to play.

Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Strat limits (by pair average): 7: 400 - 750 / 4: 200 - 400 / 2: 0 - 200.  No player over 750 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 338

MPts Score 7 4 2 Thursday Gold Rush Pairs (24, 24 tables)
ACBL Live Link
9.37 61.50% 1 Rob Fought - Howard Haugom; West Vancouver BC
7.03 59.28% 2 1 1 Daniel Balof - Mary Eliza Balof; Walla Walla WA
5.27 58.88% 3 2 Mary Frances Bishop - Bud Bishop; Delta BC
3.95 57.56% 4 Lynn Daffe; Whitehorse YT; Andrea Petzold; Invermere BC
3.65 56.66% 5 3 Wendy Webb - Pirjo Holt; Kelowna BC
2.73 55.80% 6 4 Lorraine Cameron - James Hooey; Kelowna BC
2.34 55.25% 7 Linda Underwood - Terry Underwood; Kamloops BC
2.08 54.98% 8 Donna Cusson; Abbotsford BC; Marta Cecchi; Chilliwack BC
2.02 54.80% 9 Marlene Mahoney; Merritt BC; Barbara Hillman; Richmond BC
2.16 54.30% 10 5 Sharon Dodd - Alan Dodd; Kamloops BC
2.34 54.26% 11 6 2 Sarah Thesenvitz - Greg Thesenvitz; Black Diamond WA
1.44 53.89% 12 John Collier - Donna Collier; Red Deer AB
1.62 52.13% 7 John Wilson; New Westminster BC; Pat Hodgson; North Vancouver BC
1.44 51.99% 8 Susan Johnson; Sturgeon County AB; Mary Souliere; Edmonton AB
1.76 49.59% 3 Neil Lasley - Jean Lasley; Lewiston ID

Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams

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.  

Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams, Bracket One

Bracket One has nine teams and a masterpoint average of 11250 per player.  ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round
Thursday Afternoon
4.50 red
Quarterfinals
Thursday Evening
22.46 gold
Semifinals
Friday Afternoon
39.31 gold
Final
Friday Evening
56.16 gold

3-way : Jacob vs Levine vs Todd

3-way : Millens vs Meng vs Campbell

3-way : Sharples vs Cremin vs Graves

3-way : Jacob vs Meng vs Cremin

3-way : Levine vs Millens vs Sharples

Jacob vs Millens

Sharples vs Meng

??? vs ???

Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction:


Jacob over Sharples in the final.

Bracket One Semifinalist Team Rosters:

Dan Jacob; Vancouver BC; Ken Scholes; Bellevue WA; Gordon McOrmond; Sidney BC; Piotr Klimowicz; Edmonton AB
vs
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

Hendrik Sharples; Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall; Calgary AB; Alex Hudson; Morrisville NC; Jonathan Steinberg; Toronto ON
vs
Kole Meng; Niagara Falls ON; Zheng Zhang; Toronto ON; Yan Wang; Richmond Hill ON; Edward Xu; North York ON


Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams, Bracket Two

Bracket Two has fourteen teams and a masterpoint average of 4154 per player.  ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round
Thursday Afternoon
3.97 red
Quarterfinals
Thursday Evening
15.87 gold
Semifinals
Friday Afternoon
27.78 gold
Final
Friday Evening
39.68 gold

3-way : Lambert vs James vs Binney

3-way : Harris vs Qi vs Grove

Anderson vs McIlwain

Tapley vs Copeland

Pocock vs Klimowicz

Goulet vs Davidson

Lambert vs McIlwain

Qi vs Binney

Klimowicz vs Grove

Davidson vs Copeland

Lambert vs Qi

Klimowicz vs Davidson

??? vs ???

Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction:


Lambert over Klimowicz in the final.

Bracket Two Semifinalist Team Rosters:

Bernie Lambert; Acme AB; Keith Falkenberg; Calgary AB; Kevin Strangway; Grande Prairie AB; Robert Pratt; Edmonton AB
vs
Jack Qi - Lucy Zhong; North Vancouver BC; Xiaojing Deng - Xiaoming Shen; Richmond BC

Louise Klimowicz - Karen Long - Perry Khakhar; Edmonton AB; William McDonald; St Albert AB
vs
Ranald Davidson; Delray Beach FL; K Fung; Edmonton AB; Dennis Gamble; Ottawa ON; Richard A Gamble; Mill Bay BC


Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams, Bracket Three

Bracket Three has twelve teams and a masterpoint average of 1954 per player.  ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round
Thursday Afternoon
2.51 red
Quarterfinals
Thursday Evening
10.06 gold
Semifinals
Friday Afternoon
17.60 gold
Final
Friday Evening
25.14 gold

3-way : Murphy vs Haylock vs Quennell

3-way : Petrescu vs Atwell vs Hircock

3-way : Craig vs Stirling vs Edwards

3-way : Justman vs Richardson vs Busby

Quennell vs Atwell

Justman vs Hircock

Haylock vs Edwards

Stirling vs Richardson

Edwards vs Atwell

Richardson vs Hircock

??? vs ???

Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction:


Atwell over Richardson in the final.

Bracket Three Semifinalist Team Rosters:

Alden Edwards - Bud Craig - Jennifer Edwards - Elaine Hansen-Hill; Kelowna BC
vs
Amanda Atwell - Kathleen McGreer; Edmonton AB; Mark Churchman - Derrick Furber; Saskatoon SK

Robert Richardson - Candace Allen; Clinton WA; Joel Castoriano - Diane Felure; Vashon Island WA
vs
Neville Hircock - Rita Beny; Parksville BC; Shelley Burnham; Brentwood Bay BC; Evelyn Goedhart; Sidney BC


Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams, Bracket Four

Bracket Four has fourteen teams and a masterpoint average of 1194 per player.  ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round
Thursday Afternoon
2.26 red
Quarterfinals
Thursday Evening
9.03 gold
Semifinals
Friday Afternoon
15.80 gold
Final
Friday Evening
22.57 gold

3-way : Voth vs Lipe vs Murphy

3-way : Fleming vs Boan vs Sprague

Hamilton vs Arevalo

Weber vs McGuire

Morrow vs Regier

Brackenbury vs Gangl

Voth vs Regier

Fleming vs Hamilton

Lipe vs Weber

Brackenbury vs Sprague

Voth vs Hamilton

Lipe vs Brackenbury

??? vs ???

Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction:


Brackenbury over Hamilton in the final.

Bracket Four Semifinalist Team Rosters:

William Voth; Kelowna BC; Wayne Borman; Nanaimo BC; Richard Smillie; Parksville BC; Brian Smillie; Ladysmith BC
vs
Craig Hamilton; Penticton BC; Dixie Duncan - Brenda Mathews - Paul Manhas; Kamloops BC

Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe; Chelan WA; D Glassford - David Peppar; Chilliwack BC
vs
Jim Brackenbury - Catherine Mustafa - Terry Foster; Victoria BC; Shirley Charters; Duncan BC


Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams, Bracket Five

Bracket Five has fourteen teams and a masterpoint average of 661 per player.  ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round
Thursday Afternoon
1.67 red
Quarterfinals
Thursday Evening
4.45 red, 2.22 gold
Semifinals
Friday Afternoon
7.79 red, 3.89 gold
Final
Friday Evening
11.13 red, 5.55 gold

3-way : Dewar vs Allen vs Kimelman

Mori vs Senaratne

Wallace vs Hartz

Turnbull vs Miller

3-way : Young vs Webb vs Zimmerman

Specht vs Elkin

Kimelman vs Webb

Wallace vs Allen

Senaratne vs Specht

Turnbull vs Zimmerman

Kimelman vs Zimmerman

Senaratne vs Allen

??? vs ???

Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction:


Senaratne over Kimelman in the final.

Bracket Five Semifinalist Team Rosters:

Marsha Kimelman - Michael Szestopalow; Winnipeg MB; Paulette Desaulniers; Sainte-Anne MB; Roman Puzant; Winnipeg Beach MB
vs
Mel Zimmerman - Jill Plasteras - Al Romanchuk - Gina Curran; Victoria BC

Manohara Senaratne - Don Greenwood - Sharana Basappa - Abdeali Naffar; Edmonton AB
vs
Darlene Allen - Denise Holst; Courtenay BC; Jayne James; Midvale UT; Darrel Mooney; Boise ID



Thursday Morning Side Game

Winners: Kevin Strangway, Robert Pratt

The Side Games are well-attended this week, but last night's mixup with the files has left me not enough time to compute the leaders in the series—sorry, Side Game players. I'll shoot for adding it in tomorrow night.

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Part of the Morning Side Game Series, session 3 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: 2220

MPts Score A B C Thursday Morning Side Game (27 tables)
ACBL Live Link
8.42 63.95% 1 1 Kevin Strangway; Grande Prairie AB; Robert Pratt; Edmonton AB
6.32 63.32% 2 Reanette Frobouck; Pittsburgh PA; David Bakhshi; London, England
4.74 62.86% 3 Ken Gee; Regina SK; Eva Cheung; Menlo Park CA
5.63 62.68% 4 2 Terry Foster; Victoria BC; Benjamin Levy; Vancouver WA
4.22 61.78% 5 3 Raymond Buchanan; Morinville AB; Ian Baker; Edmonton AB
3.17 61.23% 6 4 Piotr Rajski - Andrew Proczkowski; Edmonton AB
2.38 59.87% 7 5 D Glassford; Chilliwack BC; Lynda Lipe; Chelan WA
2.14 59.60% 8 6 Daniel Balof - Barry Balof; Walla Walla WA
1.34 58.42% 7 Bruce Macdonald; Vancouver BC; Chic Callas; Whitehorse YT
3.86 57.97% 8 1 Abdeali Naffar - Sharana Basappa; Edmonton AB
2.90 57.43% 2 Sandy Young; Palm Desert CA; Carrie Cade; North Vancouver BC
2.17 57.07% 3 Dariusz Matus; Surrey BC; Michael Desaulniers; Maple Ridge BC
1.63 55.62% 4 Ben Levine - Nicholas Buck; Prince George BC
1.22 54.89% 5 Travis Gangl - Janet Gangl; Red Deer AB
0.92 53.53% 6 Margrit Danncey - Lynn Patterson; Williams Lake BC

Thursday Afternoon Side Game

Winners: Ross Bates, Dorothy Dore

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Part of the Afternoon Side Game Series, session 3 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: 1865

MPts Score A B C Thursday Afternoon Side Game (16 tables)
ACBL Live Link
5.92 68.75% 1 Ross Bates - Dorothy Dore; Castlegar BC
4.44 65.22% 2 Ken Gee; Regina SK; Eva Cheung; Menlo Park CA
5.46 61.06% 3 1 Linda Shallit - Loretta English; Burien WA
4.10 60.74% 4 2 Philip Hardin; Edmonton AB; Dennis O Donnell; Sherwood Park AB
3.07 59.62% 5 3 Dennis Duryea - Dianne Cox; Redmond WA
2.30 58.81% 6 4 Carl Bartone; Vancouver BC; Karen Bartone; Penticton BC
3.12 57.69% 7 5 1 David Murison - Margaret Murison; Vernon BC
1.30 57.37% 6 David Mosher; Courtenay BC; Carol-Ann Halliday; Vernon BC
2.34 54.33% 2 Judy Cass - Trevor Haight; West Kelowna BC
1.76 50.64% 3 Linda Wilson; Vancouver BC; Patricia Kopec; Kamloops BC
1.32 50.48% 4 Lynne Westlund - Ruth Embree; Salmon Arm BC
0.99 48.88% 5 Benjamin Levy; Vancouver WA; Debra Sutherland; Burnaby BC

Thursday Evening Side Game

Winners: Scott Miller, Anne-Marie Miller

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Part of the Evening Side Game Series, session 4 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: 1272

MPts Score A B C Thursday Evening Side Game (20 tables)
ACBL Live Link
5.69 66.01% 1 1 1 Scott Miller - Anne-Marie Miller; Sooke BC
4.27 61.11% 2 Amy Gao - Baixiang Liu; New Westminster BC
3.98 60.89% 3 2 Homa Boustani; West Vancouver BC; Bruce Busby; Campbell River BC
2.98 58.93% 4/5 3/4 David Reid - Danielle Goulet; Victoria BC
2.98 58.93% 4/5 3/4 Charlene Pepin - Karen Morton; Walla Walla WA
1.75 58.39% 6 5 Harry Satanove; Vancouver BC; Raymond Clemmons; Langley BC
1.26 57.08% 7 6 Jim Murphy - Chris Murphy; Calgary AB
1.84 54.36% 2 Helen Haugen - Penny Marr; Kamloops BC
1.38 48.26% 3 David Murison - Margaret Murison; Vernon BC
0.91 47.71% 4/5 Deborah Davy; Gibsons BC; Patricia Hartley; West Vancouver BC
0.91 47.71% 4/5 Wendy Sexsmith - Diane O'Hara; Toronto ON

Thursday Morning 299er Pairs

Winners: Heather Morgan, Bradley Toms

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Strat limits (by pair average): D: 200 - 300 / E: 100 - 200 / F: 0 - 100.  No player over 300 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 73

MPts Score D E F Thursday Morning 299er Pairs (5 tables)
ACBL Live Link
2.36 60.42% 1 1 1 Heather Morgan - Bradley Toms; Vancouver BC
1.77 56.74% 2 2 2 Bruce Gartrell; Penticton BC; Sherri Macdonald; Summerland BC
1.33 54.45% 3 3 3 Kim Stevens; Victoria BC; Linda Foster; Penticton BC
1.00 52.18% 4 4 Lynne Ashton - Bill Ashton; Kelowna BC

Thursday Afternoon 299er Pairs

Winners: Kathy Dreisinger, David Dreisinger

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints.  Strat limits (by pair average): A: 100 - 300 / B: 50 - 100 / C: 0 - 50.  No player over 300 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 48

MPts Score A B C Thursday Afternoon 299er Pairs (10 tables)
ACBL Live Link
3.15 62.50% 1 Kathy Dreisinger - David Dreisinger; Delta BC
2.66 60.71% 2 1 1 Bradley Toms - Heather Morgan; Vancouver BC
2.00 59.23% 3 2 2 Marilyn Cahoon - Vera Macintosh; Peachland BC
1.50 58.04% 4 3 Linda Cox - M Haight; West Kelowna BC
1.12 54.17% 5 4 3 Janey Kippan - Elizabeth Binnie; Kelowna BC
0.84 53.87% 6 5 4 Shiraz Somani - Rozmin Somani; Burnaby BC


June 16 Historical Headlines

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