2024 Final Unit 430 Masterpoint Race Standings!

Brought to you by Python (the programming language)!

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 results text to a growing text file of results 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.

To claim a free play, let the director know as you buy your entry. Free plays on Entry Express, the pre-arrival entry buying site, is not yet an easy possibility. Unit free plays are not transferable. Bruce McIntyre keeps track of masterpoint winner free plays used at sectionals and Unit Games, so no certificates or letters are given out. A list of players eligible for free plays and the ones that have been used is here.

All the masterpoint races are based on events within a calendar year. In the first two or three months of the year, I usually do not update this page at all since there are only a few events in and people prefer to see the winners of the previous year until there is a new race with multiple results to see. You will find results from Monthly Unit Games at this link and ACBL Live will have all of the Unit's sectionals.

A list of all Unit Trophy/Award winners for 2024 is here. If you see your name misspelled, let me know as engraving will be done in late December/early January for presentation at the January sectional to the winners.

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. 2023 Winner: Nick Stock - 2024 Winner: Brad Bart.
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. (A growing number of people are joining the ACBL without indicating a gender: when the program encounters one of these it assumes "M" but this can be changed manually. If you are included in this race but should not be, or vice versa, let me know!) 2023 Winner: Jennifer Hong - 2024 Winner: Janet Galbraith.
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. 2023 Winner: Jin Mei Luo - 2024 Winner: Caleb Meyer (who is not eligible for 2025).
The Leo Steil Trophy goes to the overall masterpoint leader in a calendar year among players 70 (a recent change from 65) or older as the year begins. 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 1953 or earlier for the 2024 contest) who are in contention to quietly claim the prize (or have a friend in the know claim it for them), which is six free plays for open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2023 Winner: Nick Stock - 2024 Co-Winners: Nick Stock and Julie Smith.
The four trophy races above 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.

LIST TWO: Monthly Unit Game Trophy Races

Monthly Unit Games are run by a number of different clubs in Unit 430 but results on ACBL Live for Clubs are posted under the Unit 430 club here. You will NOT find the game results posted at your club's space on ACBL Live. It sometimes takes a day or two for results to be posted, but the masterpoints usually increase from the printed version, since ACBL has stopped updating ACBLscore's masterpoint calculator. At the beginning of a calendar year, I sometimes take a bit of a break and do not post leaders until at least two MUG games have been played, so we can all read the final stats from the previous year.
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. 2023 Winner: Julien Lévesque & Nigel Fullbrook (tie). - 2024 Winner: Julie Smith
There is a B flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 2500 points (at the beginning of the year) with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2023 Winner: Julien Lévesque. - 2024 Winner: Julien Lévesque
There is a C flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 1000 points (at the beginning of the year) with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2023 Winner: Nolan Derby - 2024 Winner: Jim Glanville.
Note that individual Unit Games are not always stratfied to these limits: for 2023, 3000 and 1500 was usually a starting point, but Directors 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. For 2024, I am awaiting word from the Unit Board on how the free plays resulting from tie in MUG strat A, which includes the B winner, will be divvied up.
SPECIAL ALERT: Something appears to have happened in mid-2024 and the masterpoint awards that ACBLscore produces for these games is recalculated by ACBL Live for Clubs, almost always resulting in about 10% more points for most awards, but sometimes for some unknown reason going down. Those of you tracking the races carefully at home will need to know that the on-site masterpoint awards printed out are approximate. (I think this applies to club games as well: what I hear in the Directors grapevine is that the ACBL IT department has decided it is too difficult to update ACBLscore, which is written in TurboPascal, a computer language nearly as dead as COBOL, FORTRAN, or ancient Aramaic, and easier to update Live for Clubs, which I presume is mostly JavaScript, the language IT people love.) Luckily, it doesn't take too long to replace the masterpoints in the file with the revised ones.
MONTHLY UNIT GAME DIRECTORS: If your club is going to hold a game, there are some guidelines and advice for running these games here

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! 2023 Winner: Cedric & Adelaide Miller (tie), who both were eligible in 2024 - 2024 Winner: Arun Chopra, who is eligible in 2025.

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.

THE LISTS:

Phil Wood	Edie Bonnell	P.Wood Under 200	Player	MPts
1			Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC	57.43
2	1		Janet Galbraith, Calgary AB	51.48
3	2		Julie Smith, Vancouver BC	48.12
3			Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	48.12
5			Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC	43.88
6			Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC	38.79
7			Andrew Krywaniuk, Burnaby BC	35.86
8			Michael Dimich, Burnaby BC	33.97
9			Steve Vincent, Burnaby BC	31.98
10			Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC	29.67
10	3		Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC	29.67
12			Donald Sache, West Vancouver BC	29.49
13			David Huang, Burnaby BC	29.29
14			Stuart Carr, Burnaby BC	25.87
15			Morris Chen, Surrey BC	25.85
16			Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC	24.95
17			David Yu, Burnaby BC	24.81
18		1	Caleb Meyer, Victoria BC	23.88
18	4		Diana Jing, Surrey BC	23.88
20			Yuandong Ren, Burnaby BC	23.77
21			Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC	23.42
22			Cameron Doner, Surrey BC	23.29
23			Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	23.17
24			Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC	22.36
25	5		Trudy Hurdle, Richmond BC	21.71
25			John Hurdle, Richmond BC	21.71
27			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	20.71
28			David Waterman, Surrey BC	19.59
29	6		Cindy Oishi, West Vancouver BC	19.55
30			Michael Ainsley, Victoria BC	19.47
31			Jack Lee, Richmond BC	19.43
32			Sheldon Spier, Chemainus BC	18.69
33		2	Arun Chopra, Surrey BC	18.40
34			Ken Lochang, Vancouver BC	17.47
35			Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC	16.88
36	7	3	Juan Xu, Coquitlam BC	16.71
37	8		Mojgan Shad, West Vancouver BC	16.62
37			Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC	16.62
39			Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	16.38
40			Mike Takemori, Coquitlam BC	16.33
41	9		Debbie Harris, North Vancouver BC	16.11
42	10		Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC	15.87
43	11		Avril Karr, North Vancouver BC	15.81
44			Larry Meyer, Richmond BC	15.75
45	12		Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC	15.30
45			Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC	15.30
47			Jim McKenzie, Vancouver BC	15.18
48			Xiaoming Shen, Richmond BC	15.09
49			Robert Gerrie, Richmond BC	15.00
49	13		Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC	15.00
51	14		Stephanie Williams, Delta BC	14.78
52			Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC	14.75
53			Felipe Hernandez, Coquitlam BC	14.52
54	15		Linda Palm, Surrey BC	14.33
55	16	4	Jin Mei Luo, Burnaby BC	14.30
56		5	Wade Carpenter, Burnaby BC	14.01
57			Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA	13.98
58			Kenny T K Chan, Vancouver BC	13.69
59		6	Qiao Li, Burnaby BC	13.26
60	17		June Keith, Surrey BC	13.04
61	18		Hong Helen Chang, White Rock BC	12.27
62			Baixiang Liu, New Westminster BC	12.22
63	19		Lisa Li, Surrey BC	12.13
64	20		Pat Hodgson, North Vancouver BC	12.12
65			Eric Pan, Burnaby BC	11.82
66	21		Amy Gao, New Westminster BC	11.66
67	22		Yue Su, Vancouver BC	11.40
67			Larry Pocock, Vancouver BC	11.40
69			Tadeusz Smaruj, Vancouver BC	11.10
70			Thomas Davis, North Vancouver BC	11.08
71		7	George Meng, White Rock BC	10.47
72			Rex Tu, Bellevue WA	10.30
72			George Tu, Vancouver BC	10.30
74			Kenny Ying, W Vancouver BC	10.06
75	23		Debbie Martignago, Port Coquitlam BC	10.02
76	24	8	Wenmin Chen, Richmond BC	9.70
77			Andy Hellquist, Strathmore AB	9.50
78	25		Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC	9.32
79	26		Shameine Ali, New Westminster BC	9.19
80			Tao Feng, Burnaby BC	9.02
81	27		Lana Chow, Vancouver BC	8.83
82			David Hu, Richmond BC	8.80
83	28		Kathy Adachi, Surrey BC	8.68
84			Hua Ying Wan, Surrey BC	8.55
85	29		Margaret Pattison, North Vancouver BC	8.39
86			Lu Gan, Vancouver BC	8.35
87	30		Maryellen Gallo, Surrey BC	8.34
88			James Sache, Rosedale BC	8.11
89	31		Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	8.03
90	32		Bruna Giacomazzi, Surrey BC	7.93
91		9	Ron Sekiya, Vancouver BC	7.90
91		9	Ron Senda, Vancouver BC	7.90
93			Ernst Walti, Vancouver BC	7.87
94	33		Kathryn Shannon, North Vancouver BC	7.81
95	34		Judy Chang, Vancouver BC	7.75
96			Satadru Roy, Port Moody BC	7.58
97			Long Xie, Burnaby BC	7.38
97	35		Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC	7.38
99			Les Fouks, Vancouver BC	7.34
100			Anssi Rantamaa, Vancouver BC	7.04
		11	Byron Stewart, Vancouver BC	6.83
	36		Xiaojing Deng, Richmond BC	6.60
	37		Jennifer Beall, Bellingham WA	6.23
	38		Sheila Sache, West Vancouver BC	6.14
	39		Mitra Hadavi, West Vancouver BC	5.86
	40		Debra Sutherland, Burnaby BC	5.77
	41		Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC	5.69
	42		Gay Parrish, Bellingham WA	5.68
		12	Christopher Edwards, Bellingham WA	5.68
		12	Kun Jung Lin, Vancouver BC	5.68
	43		Ingrid Anderson, Nanaimo BC	5.55
	44	14	Alison Donoghue, North Vancouver BC	5.53
	45	15	Adrienne Drobnies, Vancouver BC	5.46
	45	15	Eloise Carbone, Vancouver BC	5.46
	47	17	Janice Porter, North Vancouver BC	5.37
		17	Vern Porter, North Vancouver BC	5.37
	48		Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC	5.33
	49		Julia Yan Ye, Bothell WA	5.24
	50		Rhoda Tafler, Richmond BC	5.23
		19	Gulshan Dhanani, West Vancouver BC	4.16
		19	Salma Tejpar-Dang, West Vancouver BC	4.16
		21	Holly Bennett, North Vancouver BC	3.73
		22	Gretchen McConnell, Surrey BC	3.30
		23	Lisa Bealle, New Westminster BC	3.20
		24	Joseph Shirzad, Vancouver BC	2.91
		24	Katayoun Shirzad, Vancouver BC	2.91
		26	Min Li, Edmonton AB	2.68
		27	Fatemeh Rashidifar, West Vancouver BC	2.41
		28	Patti Gies, Vancouver BC	2.40
		28	Karen Cochlan, Vancouver BC	2.40
		30	Joy Oxton, Vancouver BC	2.36

MUG Race	Flt. B ( < 2500 )	Flt. C ( < 1000 )	Player	MPts
1			Julie Smith, Vancouver BC	17.27
2	1		Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	13.66
3			Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	13.52
4			Nigel Fullbrook, Delta BC	11.34
5			Robert Gerrie, Richmond BC	9.51
5			Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC	9.51
7	2		Nick Parker, North Delta BC	8.95
7	2		Janis Parker, North Delta BC	8.95
9			Rhoda Tafler, Richmond BC	6.13
10	4		Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	5.95
11	5		Al Freeze, Surrey BC	5.68
12	6	1	Jim Glanville, Surrey BC	5.17
13	7		Stephanie Williams, Delta BC	5.06
14	8		Fred Baldwin, South Surrey BC	4.99
15	9		William Osten, Richmond BC	4.77
16			Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC	4.45
16			Tai Eng, West Vancouver BC	4.45
18	10		Stuart Carr, Burnaby BC	4.25
18	10	2	Thomas Davis, North Vancouver BC	4.25
20			Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC	4.18
20	12		Suzette Bahar, West Vancouver BC	4.18
22			David Huang, Burnaby BC	4.14
22			Eric Pan, Burnaby BC	4.14
24			Kenny T K Chan, Vancouver BC	3.89
24	13	3	Zhengyuan Gu, Burnaby BC	3.89
26	14	4	Sue Glanville, Surrey BC	3.88
26	14	4	Peter Lockwood, Surrey BC	3.88
28	16		Homa Boustani, West Vancouver BC	3.65
29	17	6	Robin Adams, Surrey BC	3.57
29	17	6	Terry Brine, White Rock BC	3.57
31	19	8	Al Warner, Vancouver BC	3.45
32			Aidan Ballantyne, Vancouver BC	3.37
32			Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC	3.37
34	20		Debbie Martignago, Port Coquitlam BC	3.29
35			Andrew Nalos, Richmond BC	3.02
36	21	9	Ron Sekiya, Vancouver BC	2.97
36	21	9	Lana Chow, Vancouver BC	2.97
38			Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC	2.95
39	23		Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC	2.79
40			Doug Hansford, Surrey BC	2.77
40			Susan Peters, Vancouver BC	2.77
42	24		Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC	2.67
42			Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC	2.67
44	25		Jack Johnson, Surrey BC	2.64
45			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	2.58
46			Joel Fuhrman, Vancouver BC	2.55
47			Yue Su, Vancouver BC	2.53
47			Larry Pocock, New Westminster BC	2.53
47			Eda Kadar, Vancouver BC	2.53
50			Orest Horyn, Vancouver BC	2.50
		11	Gene Nagy, Vancouver BC	2.49
		12	Hai Zhu, Port Moody BC	2.40
		13	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	2.38
		13	Louis Fortin, Surrey BC	2.38
		15	Amanda Murdoch, South Surrey BC	2.33

Rocket Rookie Race	Player	MPts
1	Arun Chopra, Surrey BC	15.38
2	Hong Helen Chang, White Rock BC	12.27
3	Caleb Meyer, Vancouver BC	12.02
4	Linda Palm, Surrey BC	11.65
5	Gene Nagy, Vancouver BC	11.53
6	George Meng, White Rock BC	10.47
7	Hua Ying Wan, Surrey BC	9.19
8	Ron Sekiya, Vancouver BC	9.02
9	Ron Senda, Edmonton AB	8.47
10	Lu Gan, Vancouver BC	8.35
11	Byron Stewart, Vancouver BC	8.18
12	Kenny Ying, W Vancouver BC	7.61
13	Anssi Rantamaa, Vancouver BC	7.04
14	Bruna Giacomazzi, Surrey BC	6.93
15	Sam Wang, Coquitlam BC	6.71
16	Juan Xu, Coquitlam BC	6.64
17	Tracy Luo, Surrey BC	6.39
18	Jin Mei Luo, Burnaby BC	6.22
18	Qiao Li, Burnaby BC	6.22
20	Debra Sutherland, Burnaby BC	6.18
21	Alison Donoghue, North Vancouver BC	6.14
22	Reza Hadavi, West Vancouver BC	5.86
22	Mitra Hadavi, West Vancouver BC	5.86
24	Kun Jung Lin, Vancouver BC	5.68
25	Don Guichon, White Rock BC	5.65
26	Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	5.54
27	Eloise Carbone, Vancouver BC	5.46
27	Adrienne Drobnies, Vancouver BC	5.46
29	Robin Adams, Surrey BC	5.39
30	Janice Porter, North Vancouver BC	5.37
30	Vern Porter, North Vancouver BC	5.37
32	Gary Jun Ye, Bothell WA	5.24
32	Julia Yan Ye, Bothell WA	5.24
34	Susan Craven, North Vancouver BC	4.48
34	Colleen Perry, North Vancouver BC	4.48
36	Yong Sun, Surrey BC	4.31
36	David Wei, Vancouver BC	4.31
38	Ernst Walti, Vancouver BC	4.20
39	Salma Tejpar-Dang, West Vancouver BC	4.16
39	Gulshan Dhanani, West Vancouver BC	4.16
41	Frances Kammermayer, Vancouver BC	4.06
42	Sue Glanville, Surrey BC	3.88
42	Peter Lockwood, Surrey BC	3.88
44	Holly Bennett, North Vancouver BC	3.73
45	Diana Tchakalian, Vancouver BC	3.70
46	Corrina Wong, Vancouver BC	3.58
47	Terry Brine, White Rock BC	3.57
48	Billy Szeto, Hong Kong HK	3.47
49	Rasim Sari, Annapolis MD	3.36
50	Gretchen McConnell, Surrey BC	3.30
51	Sophie Hu, North Vancouver BC	3.21
51	Yong Jun Hu, North Vancouver BC	3.21
53	Lisa Bealle, New Westminster BC	3.20
54	Carrie Cade, North Vancouver BC	3.09
55	Sheila Van De Velde, Vancouver BC	3.05
56	Katayoun Shirzad, Vancouver BC	2.91
56	Joseph Shirzad, Vancouver BC	2.91
58	Linda Simmons, Vancouver BC	2.86
59	Joanna Chu, New Westminster BC	2.62
60	Al Warner, Vancouver BC	2.50
60	Orest Horyn, Vancouver BC	2.50
62	Pat Hodgson, North Vancouver BC	2.49
63	Mina Mofazali, West Vancouver BC	2.41
63	Fatemeh Rashidifar, West Vancouver BC	2.41
65	Patti Gies, Vancouver BC	2.40
65	Qingan Zhu, Burnaby BC	2.40
65	Karen Cochlan, Vancouver BC	2.40
65	Hai Zhu, Port Moody BC	2.40
69	Bill Walter, Vancouver BC	2.38
69	Christine Walter, Vancouver BC	2.38
69	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	2.38
69	Louis Fortin, Surrey BC	2.38
73	Joy Oxton, Vancouver BC	2.36
74	Amanda Murdoch, South Surrey BC	2.33
75	Moira Bradford, North Vancouver BC	2.22
76	Min Li, Edmonton AB	2.16
76	Xiaodong Zhao, Edmonton AB	2.16
78	Paul Pattison, North Vancouver BC	2.06
78	Margaret Pattison, North Vancouver BC	2.06
80	David Drake, Vancouver BC	2.03
81	Fred Van Leeuwen, Vancouver BC	2.02
81	Rachel Goddard, Vancouver BC	2.02
83	Adelaine Miller, Surrey BC	1.95
83	Cedric Miller, Surrey BC	1.95
85	Tanweer Saqalan, Delta BC	1.94
85	Woody Harris, Anacortes WA	1.94
87	Karen Inglis, Surrey BC	1.91
87	John Brunskill, Mesa AZ	1.91
87	Frances Brunskill, Mesa AZ	1.91
90	Arlene Peniuk, West Vancouver BC	1.90
90	Trish Smith, West Vancouver BC	1.90
92	Hirschel Wasserman, Vancouver BC	1.85
93	Larraine Smith, North Vancouver BC	1.80
94	Bob Dillon, Surrey BC	1.76
95	Ruth Freeman, Vancouver BC	1.73
95	Brian Simons, Richmond BC	1.73
97	Cindy Chan, Vancouver BC	1.72
98	William Ophoff, Surrey BC	1.70
99	Sherry Wang, Vancouver BC	1.66
100	Maxwell Miller, Burnaby BC	1.65
100	Caroline Patterson, Vancouver BC	1.65
100	Michael Miller, Surrey BC	1.65