2020 Unit 430 Masterpoint Races as of December 6

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How this works: at the start of the year, we make a file from the January ACBL database, with over 30,000 players from Districts 18, 19, and 20. Then, after results are confirmed, we add the text results to a growing file of results (9,600 lines last year!) for tournaments, IMP League results, Unit Games, and Mentor-Mentee games. The Python code reads the opening lines of each event and determines which type of event it is and then checks all entries for ACBL numbers (or names where none are listed) and masterpoints won, adding it to the pertinent lists. Once all the results are in, the results are sorted and each masterpoint race is updated on this HTML page.

The three lists below include the following Unit 430 trophy races:

LIST ONE: Sectional Trophy Races

The Phil Wood Trophy goes to the overall masterpoint leader in a calendar year, who wins free plays to all open sectionals in the next calendar year. 2019 Winner: Cam Doner
The Edie Bonnell Trophy goes to the masterpoint leader in a calendar year among female players, the winner receiving six free plays to open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Katrin Litwin
The Phil Wood Under 200 Trophy goes to the player with the most masterpoints who began the year under 200 masterpoints, the winner receiving six free plays to open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Qiang Hua
These three trophy races include only points won at the four open sectionals of each year. You'll be listed if you are in the top 100 of the Phil Wood race, or the top 50 of the Edie Bonnell race, or the top 30 of the Phil Wood under 200 race.
The Leo Steil Trophy goes to the overall masterpoint leader in a calendar year among players 70 (a recent change from 65) or older. In my younger and crazier days I would actually ask the Phil Wood leaders and try to determine who was old enough. When enough people looked at me like I was some sort of degenerate I decided to stop doing that, and now we simply ask eligible players (born in 1949 or earlier for the 2020 contest) who are in contention to quietly claim the prize, which is six free plays for open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Cam Doner

LIST TWO: Monthly Unit Game Trophy Races

The Monthly Unit Game Trophy goes to the player with the most masterpoints in Monthly Unit Games (usually the first Saturday of each month, 7pm at the VBC), the winner receiving free plays to all Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Ben Takemori
There is a B flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 2500 points with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: David Huang
There is a C flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 1000 points with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Sidney Yang
Note that individual Unit Games are not always stratfied to these limits: 2500 and 1000 is usually a starting point, but we often adjust the limits to ensure that all three groups are large enough to warrant separate awards.
If there is a tie, the tied players share the prize. No player can win more than one prize, but can win parts of prizes from different flights, as long as the parts add up to no more than one prize.

LIST THREE: The Rocket Rookie Race

The Rocket Rookie Race tracks all Unit-run events and counts only masterpoints won by non-Life Masters playing only with other non-Life Masters, with two exceptions: 1) Mentor-Mentee game masterpoints count for non-Life Masters even if their mentor is a Life Master, but only count at 50% rounded up: an award of 1.11 would add 0.56 RRR points to a non-Life Master's total, and 2) You become ineligible to win RRR points when you become a Life Master, except that the Flight B/C IMP League continues to count even if you became a Life Master during the event. The prize is (you guessed it) six free plays for the next calendar year at open sectionals.
The difference between the RRR and the Phil Wood Under 200 is that the under 200 race is usually won by a newer player playing with a Life Master in open games. The RRR smokes out the non-Life Masters most ready to move up into the open game! 2019 (and 2018!) Winner: Qiang Hua

ALERT: to be eligible to win a prize for any race (including the Unit ones mentioned here, and the ACBL-wide ones some of us track every night...) you need to be a paid up member of the ACBL by the time the race ends. (We're OK if you joined mid-year.) However, for year-long races with a masterpoint limit, what counts is how many you had at the start of the year. Unit 430 also reserves the right to restrict limited awards for players who have had significant experience in another National Bridge Organization before joining the ACBL. Members who have been suspended or placed on probation for any part of the year are not eligible by ACBL bylaws.

I am not aware that Unit 430 has made any decisions on trophy races for the 2020 year. Only one sectional was played, and Monthly Unit Games moved online after the March game. Most likely there will not be a decision on the sectional races until tournament bridge returns. For the Monthly Unit Game, we will have a full year's worth of games at the end of 2020, with the online games transcribed to ACBLScore so that all games have the same basis for masterpoint awards (the actual masterpoints you win for these games will be lower club awards, since ACBL has not set up Unit Games for Virtual Clubs yet and we need to use the VBC's online sanction). Since free plays are impossible to administer online, and it looks like that will be the only available method of play for at least the first portion of 2021. Probably the free plays will need to be deferred to whenever offline club play returns in most locations.

THE LISTS:

Phil Wood	Edie Bonnell	P.Wood Under 200	Player	MPts
1			Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC	36.69
2			Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC	27.25
3			Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	22.78
4			Jack Lee, Richmond BC	21.27
5			William Ge, Burnaby BC	18.75
6			Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC	16.77
7	1		Diana Jing, Surrey BC	16.75
7	1		Lisa Li, Surrey BC	16.75
9			Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	15.98
10			Sidney Yang, Richmond BC	15.14
11			Michael Takemori, Coquitlam BC	15.13
12			Michael Dimich, Burnaby BC	13.49
13	3		Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC	12.88
14			David Waterman, Surrey BC	12.13
15			Laurence Betts, Burnaby BC	11.35
15			Steve Vincent, Burnaby BC	11.35
15			John Bryden, Surrey BC	11.35
18	4		Kathy Adachi, Surrey BC	10.09
19			Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC	9.88
20			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	9.19
21		1	John Lai, Vancouver BC	8.95
22			Howard Rubin, North Vancouver BC	8.81
23			Lu Gan, Burnaby BC	8.51
23			Wei Liu, Zhichun Road CP	8.51
23			Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC	8.51
26	5		Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC	8.16
26			Robert Gerrie, Richmond BC	8.16
28			James Lenobel, West Vancouver BC	7.88
29			Garry Skoropada, Maple Ridge BC	7.75
29			James Marshall, Maple Ridge BC	7.75
31	6		Susan Peters, Vancouver BC	7.74
31			Doug Hansford, Surrey BC	7.74
33			Ron Ohmart, Burnaby BC	7.70
34			Morris Chen, Surrey BC	7.67
35			Neil McAllister, Vancouver BC	7.51
36			George Tu, Vancouver BC	7.43
36			Rex Tu, Bellevue WA	7.43
38	7		June Keith, New Westminster BC	7.09
39			David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC	6.99
40			Art Loy, Surrey BC	6.89
41			Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC	6.49
41	8		Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC	6.49
43			Dan Webster, Aldergrove BC	6.38
43	9		Yen Karro, Surrey BC	6.38
43			Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	6.38
46	10		Mojgan Shad, West Vancouver BC	6.30
46			Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC	6.30
46	10		Rhoda Tafler, Richmond BC	6.30
49		2	Peter Altridge, W Vancouver BC	6.20
49	12		Marcia Taylor, Nanaimo BC	6.20
51			Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC	5.51
52			Gary Harper, Burnaby BC	5.46
53	13	3	Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC	5.41
53		3	Qiang Hua, Surrey BC	5.41
55			David Gabel, Vancouver BC	5.36
55		5	Tanweer Saqalan, Richmond BC	5.36
57	14	6	Lana Chow, Vancouver BC	5.16
58			Les Fouks, Vancouver BC	5.04
58			Sid Segal, Vancouver BC	5.04
60			Brad Digby, Vancouver BC	4.99
60			Maarten Tjebbes, Vancouver BC	4.99
62			William Osten, Richmond BC	4.97
63	15		Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC	4.93
64	16		Yue Su, Vancouver BC	4.90
64			Larry Pocock, Vancouver BC	4.90
66	17		Cindy Oishi, West Vancouver BC	4.73
67			Ken Lochang, Vancouver BC	4.68
67		7	Harold McAllister, Qualicum Beach BC	4.68
69			Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA	4.58
69			Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA	4.58
71	18		Judy Chang, Vancouver BC	4.53
71			Keith Lee, Vancouver BC	4.53
73	19	8	Ellen Parsons, Vancouver BC	4.47
74			Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC	4.45
75	20		Glenda Affleck, Vancouver BC	4.43
75			Ian Affleck, Vancouver BC	4.43
77			Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC	4.42
77	21		Eda Kadar, Vancouver BC	4.42
79		9	R Backman, Burnaby BC	4.41
80		10	Orest Kubrak, Surrey BC	4.33
80		10	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	4.33
82	22		Suzette Bahar, West Vancouver BC	4.02
82			R Chan, Vancouver BC	4.02
84			Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC	3.81
85			Kenny T K Chan, Vancouver BC	3.78
85			Hing Kong Ho, Vancouver BC	3.78
87			Bjarne Christoffersen, New Westminster BC	3.75
88	23		Cristal Nell, Seattle WA	3.71
89	24		Rebecca Brown, Bellingham WA	3.67
89	24	12	Claire Robillard, Burnaby BC	3.67
89			Ron Delbecq, Bellingham WA	3.67
92	26		Veronica Deskey, Ferndale WA	3.61
92			John Nader, Ferndale WA	3.61
94			Dean Altschuler, Bellingham WA	3.36
94	27		Ouida McCullough, Bellingham WA	3.36
94			Ronald Pratt, Langley BC	3.36
94			Paul O'Brien, Bellingham WA	3.36
98		13	Bill Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
98	28	13	Karen Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
100	29		Dianne Isfeld, Coquitlam BC	3.23
		15	Douglas Ellenor, Surrey BC	3.03
	30	15	Jo-Anne Ellenor, Surrey BC	3.03
	31		Caroline Solonenko, Brackendale BC	2.94
	31	17	Anne Katrichak, Richmond BC	2.94
	33	18	Debra Sutherland, Burnaby BC	2.93
	34	19	Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	2.82
	35	20	Carole Clugston, Abbotsford BC	2.67
	35	20	Dianna Gilbreath, Maple Ridge BC	2.67
	37		Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC	2.65
	38	22	Debbie Harris, North Vancouver BC	2.55
	38	22	Kathy Molnar, North Vancouver BC	2.55
	40		Bobbi Smith, Surrey BC	2.35
	40		Diane Ayukawa, Delta BC	2.35
		24	Ofer Livni, Vancouver BC	2.32
		25	Michael Squance, Burnaby BC	2.29
	42		Stephanie Williams, Delta BC	2.28
	43		Karin Phillips, Vancouver BC	2.05
	44	26	Karen Tomkins, Burnaby BC	2.04
	45		Joanne Parker, Abbotsford BC	1.93
	46		Marlene Sumi, Burnaby BC	1.84
		27	Amrit Manak, North Vancouver BC	1.65
	47	27	Brenda Tuele, Port Coquitlam BC	1.65
		29	Kjell Rubenson, Vancouver BC	1.56
	48		Diana Tchakalian, Vancouver BC	1.56
		29	David Schwartz, Vancouver BC	1.56
		29	John Silver, Vancouver BC	1.56
	48		Nomi Kaplan, Vancouver BC	1.56
	50		Daphne Fortin, Surrey BC	1.55

MUG Race	Flt. B ( < 2500 )	Flt. C ( < 1000 )	Player	MPts
1			Les Fouks, Vancouver BC	15.02
2			Doug Hansford, Surrey BC	13.11
2			Susan Peters, Vancouver BC	13.11
4			Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC	11.82
4			Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC	11.82
6			Michael Dimich, Burnaby BC	11.55
7			Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	10.27
8			Ken Lochang, Vancouver BC	9.72
9	1	1	Cindy Oishi, West Vancouver BC	9.70
10	2	2	Harry Satanove, Vancouver BC	9.45
11			June Keith, New Westminster BC	8.35
12			David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC	7.62
13			Rhoda Tafler, Richmond BC	7.12
14			Larry Pocock, Vancouver BC	7.10
15	3		Sid Segal, Vancouver BC	6.98
16			Anne Scott, North Vancouver BC	6.80
17	4	3	Norma Doucette, Vancouver BC	6.74
18	5		Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	6.60
19	6		Yue Su, Vancouver BC	6.26
20			William Ge, Burnaby BC	5.78
21	7		James Sache, Rosedale BC	5.66
22	8		Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC	5.32
23	9		Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	5.29
24			Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC	5.27
25			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	5.18
26			Dee Steil, New Westminster BC	5.17
27	10	4	Marlene Sumi, Burnaby BC	5.11
27			John Cox, [parts unknown]	5.11
29	11		Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC	5.10
30	12		Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC	4.47
31	13	5	Yen Karro, Surrey BC	4.23
32			Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC	3.89
33			Sandi White, Vancouver BC	3.88
33	14		Diane Griffiths, Langley BC	3.88
35	15		Jim McKenzie, Vancouver BC	3.79
35			Paul Harding, New Westminster BC	3.79
37			Eric Pan, Burnaby BC	3.76
37	16		David Yu, Burnaby BC	3.76
39	17		Edgar L'Heureux, White Rock BC	3.50
40			Sheila Sache, West Vancouver BC	3.27
41			Jack Lee, Richmond BC	3.21
42	18	6	Jane Gray, Vancouver BC	3.16
42	18	6	Paul Gray, Vancouver BC	3.16
44			Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC	3.06
45	20		Frances Corney, Vancouver BC	3.03
45	20		Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC	3.03
47	22		Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC	2.80
48	23	8	Pamela Moore, Vancouver BC	2.77
48	23	8	Margaret Duncan, Vancouver BC	2.77
50	25		David Waterman, Surrey BC	2.75
		10	Julie Mussenden, Vancouver BC	2.53
		11	Shameine Ali, New Westminster BC	2.43
		12	Bob Newton, Vancouver BC	2.37
		13	Pauline Carter, Vancouver BC	2.27
		14	Brian Stone, West Vancouver BC	2.17
		14	Howard Haugom, West Vancouver BC	2.17

Rocket Rookie Race	Player	MPts
1	Mojgan Shad, West Vancouver BC	13.80
1	Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC	13.80
3	Art Loy, Surrey BC	10.11
4	Peter Altridge, W Vancouver BC	9.47
5	Qiang Hua, Burnaby BC	9.46
6	R Backman, Burnaby BC	7.63
7	Douglas Ellenor, Surrey BC	6.59
7	Jo-Anne Ellenor, Surrey BC	6.59
9	Lana Chow, Vancouver BC	6.44
10	Marcia Taylor, Nanaimo BC	6.20
11	Karen Tomkins, Burnaby BC	5.83
12	Chi Deng, Surrey BC	5.33
13	Ron Delbecq, Bellingham WA	4.90
14	Ian Gilhooley, Vancouver BC	4.89
15	Carol Parno, Surrey BC	4.72
15	Ray Nance, White Rock BC	4.72
17	Cedric Miller, Surrey BC	4.64
17	Adelaine Miller, Surrey BC	4.64
19	Debra Sutherland, Burnaby BC	4.61
20	Ellen Parsons, Vancouver BC	4.47
21	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	4.33
21	Orest Kubrak, Surrey BC	4.33
23	Claire Robillard, Burnaby BC	4.30
24	Debbie Harris, North Vancouver BC	4.20
24	Kathy Molnar, North Vancouver BC	4.20
26	Jennifer Hong, West Vancouver BC	4.13
27	Reza Hadavi, North Vancouver BC	4.03
27	Mitra Hadavi, North Vancouver BC	4.03
29	Julie Mussenden, Vancouver BC	3.73
30	Rebecca Brown, Bellingham WA	3.67
31	Pauline Carter, Vancouver BC	3.53
32	Roy Livingstone, Whiterock BC	3.29
32	Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	3.29
34	Jeannie Coleman, West Vancouver BC	3.27
35	Karen Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
35	Bill Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
37	Ted Parker, Abbotsford BC	3.22
37	Joanne Parker, Abbotsford BC	3.22
39	Jane Gray, Vancouver BC	3.16
39	Paul Gray, Vancouver BC	3.16
41	Shaviv Ben Neriah, Vancouver BC	3.10
42	Carole Clugston, Abbotsford BC	3.05
42	Janie Ochsendorf, Surrey BC	3.05
44	Irene Dundon, Vancouver BC	2.86
45	Tadeusz Smaruj, Vancouver BC	2.82
46	David Dempsey, North Vancouver BC	2.78
46	Steve Zeng, North Vancouver BC	2.78
48	Margaret Duncan, Vancouver BC	2.77
48	Pamela Moore, Vancouver BC	2.77
50	Dianna Gilbreath, Maple Ridge BC	2.67
51	Mike Foster, Surrey BC	2.57
52	Colleen Perry, North Vancouver BC	2.51
53	Jane Abrutyn, Bellingham WA	2.49
53	Eric Abrutyn, Bellingham WA	2.49
55	Al Warner, Vancouver BC	2.48
56	Hannes Claassen, Surrey BC	2.36
57	Anssi Rantamaa, Vancouver BC	2.35
57	Bobbi Smith, Surrey BC	2.35
57	Brian Yager, North Vancouver BC	2.35
60	Ofer Livni, Vancouver BC	2.32
61	Michael Squance, Burnaby BC	2.29
61	David Squance, Victoria BC	2.29
63	Carroll Guichon, White Rock BC	2.05
63	George Jacobs, Delta BC	2.05
63	Don Guichon, White Rock BC	2.05
63	John Wiebe, Surrey BC	2.05
67	Linda Palm, Surrey BC	2.02
67	Lauren Cockroft, Surrey BC	2.02
69	Janet Rivers, Vancouver BC	1.97
70	Nimi Bhachu, Maple Ridge BC	1.91
71	Huguette Laflamme, Vancouver BC	1.89
72	Daphne Fortin, Surrey BC	1.79
72	Louis Fortin, Surrey BC	1.79
74	Joanne Emerman, Vancouver BC	1.78
74	Bakul Dalal, Vancouver BC	1.78
76	Sheila Van De Velde, Vancouver BC	1.77
76	Frances Kammermayer, North Vancouver BC	1.77
78	Ernst Walti, Vancouver BC	1.69
78	Diana Tchakalian, Vancouver BC	1.69
78	Wendy Allex, Ferndale WA	1.69
81	Amrit Manak, North Vancouver BC	1.65
81	Brenda Tuele, Port Coquitlam BC	1.65
83	Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC	1.64
83	Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC	1.64
85	Lois Louden, Delta BC	1.61
86	Larraine Smith, North Vancouver BC	1.59
87	Edward He, Bellevue WA	1.56
87	Eric He, Bellevue WA	1.56
89	Vern Porter, North Vancouver BC	1.54
90	Lou Rene Legge, Pitt Meadiows BC	1.53
91	Violet Poruchko, Surrey BC	1.52
91	Susan Craven, North Vancouver BC	1.52
93	Bob Newton, Vancouver BC	1.48
94	Gale Muller, Vancouver BC	1.42
94	Ginger Chiew, Vancouver BC	1.42
96	Don Gurski, Surrey BC	1.35
96	William Ophoff, Surrey BC	1.35
98	Marnie Melnyk, Vernon BC	1.34
98	Ted Melnyk, Vernon BC	1.34
100	Christine Walter, Vancouver BC	1.30
100	Bill Walter, Vancouver BC	1.30