In-Person Game - Wednesday, March 29, 2023

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Our next game on campus will be April 23, Sunday @4pm! This game will be held at Amherst College Powerhouse on 10 East Drive.

Our first campus game was held on March 25. Click here to read more.

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
1	John DeBaggis - Motoko Oinaga	1	1		32.00	66.67	0.90 Black (SB)
4	Philippe Galaski - Judy Hyde	2			29.50	61.46	0.63 Black (SA)
3	Barry LaFlam - Yan Drabek	3			28.50	59.38	0.45 Black (SA)
9	Barbara Symborski - Kathy Meyer	4	2	1	28.00	58.33	0.32 Black (SC)
5	Karen A. French - Arlene Nolan				23.50	48.96	
2	Sheila Ryan - Anita Thompson				22.50	46.88	
8	James Nowill - Lesley Dearden				22.50	46.88	
10	Judy Rosenblum - Dudley Williams			15.50	32.29	
7	Bernadette Brockwell - Alice Shearer			14.00	29.17	

Virtual Club Game - Tuesday, March 28, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

Please Note a change in the results below. The previous result used incorrect strat for our new player YuFeng. The score has been corrected here but cannot be changed on ACBL Live Results. -- Updated by Yan 4/1/23

       Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints 
North/South
1	Roger Webb - Tim Joder		1			121.00	63.43	0.90 Black (SA)
2	Kurt Schneider - Markus Wagner		1		108.50	57.03	0.63 Black (SB)
8	Jan Nettler - Sheila Ryan		2		100.50	52.75	0.45 Black (SB)
3	Harold Weiner - Philippe Galaski4			100.00	52.23	0.32 Black (SA)
4	YuFeng Xiao - John Debaggis		3	1	96.50	50.26	0.32 Black (SC)
6	Judith Hyde - Robert Sagor				95.50	49.89	
5	George Abbott - Liz Hildebrandt			2	91.00	47.54	0.24 Black (SC)
7	Israel Koren - Robert Steinberg				89.50	46.76	
9	Ann Wroblewski - Judith Larsen				57.50	30.10
East/West
4	~~m38854 - ~~m38861					108.00	56.62	
5	Anne McCune - James Nowill		1		107.00	55.84	0.90 Black (SB)
2	Barry Laflam - Yan Drabek		2		102.50	53.76	0.63 Black (SB)
3	Susan McCoy - David Rosnick			1	102.50	53.50	0.45 Black (SC)
9	Michael Starr - Steve Peck			2	101.00	52.98	0.32 Black (SC)
8	Alan Frank - James Osofsky				100.80	52.50	
7	~~m38840 - Margaret Winslow				100.00	52.46	
6	Fern Fleckman - Peggy Thieriot				71.50	37.24	
1	~~m38841 - Zachary Fluhr				67.50	35.53	

Our First Game On Amherst College Campus

 

College Games

Yan Drabek

On March 25, 2023 the Northampton Bridge Club offered its first club game on campus. We had total of 8.5 tables at play with 13 players from the Amherst College Bridge Club, 18 from the Northampton Bridge club and three special guests from Shrewsbury, Victor Xiao and his sons Eric and Jeff, the two youngest North American bridge champions. I have no doubt in my mind that some of the players present here today will become world champions one day, and their pictures will be on the ACBL magazine cover!

Thank you all for coming!

Thank you Philippe for directing, and thank you Judy Larsen and Sheila Ryan for bringing delicious home baked goodies! Thank you Tom Ye for coordinating this event with us, and thank you Michael Xu for starting the student club on campus!

Future Games

Our second college game will be played on April 23, Sunday at 4 pm at the same venue, the Amherst College Powerhouse on 10 East Drive.

Future games are planned for every second Sunday at 4 pm, starting September 10 2023. We plan to offer this game on campus year round except June, July and August. So for the rest of 2023, the dates are:

September 10 at 4pm

October 8 at 4pm

November 12 at 4pm

December 10 at 4pm

Please mark your calendars!

I hope you had fun today and will join us again!

Seven pairs from our game made it to top 20 on CommonGame among 16 clubs. Check this out:

https://tcgcloud.bridgefinesse.com/MornResults/20230325Rank.html

Well done!

Amherst College Game - March 25, Saturday, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints 
North/South
4	Sheila Ryan - Jan Nettler	1			92.00	73.02	0.90 Black (SA)
5	Roger Webb - Philippe Galaski	2			79.50	63.10	0.63 Black (SA)
7	James Osofsky - Yan Drabek	3			74.50	59.13	0.45 Black (SA)
2	Robert Sagor - Judy Hyde	4			68.50	54.37	0.32 Black (SA)
8	Karen A. French - Arlene Nolan		1	1	58.00	46.03	0.32 Black (SC)
6	Tom Ye - David Brown			2	2	56.50	44.84	0.22 Black (SC)
9	Lesley Dearden - Judith Larsen				42.00	33.33	
1	Sam Turtle - Emily Kim					33.00	26.19	

East/West
9	John DeBaggis - Motoko Oinaga	1	1		80.44	63.84	0.90 Black (SB)
5	Jeff Xiao - Eric Xiao		2	2	1	78.19	62.06	0.63 Black (SC)
4	William Han - Guanghao Xiao	3	3	2	72.56	57.59	0.45 Black (SC)
6	Ethan Spingarn - Kevin Ma	4		3	64.13	50.90	0.32 Black (SC)
2	Beckett Quirk - Simon Burnham				58.50	46.43	
3	Griffin Postley - Daniel Martin				57.94	45.98	
7	Sue Wavada - Fred Gagnon				57.38	45.54	
8	Yufeng Xiao - Steve Peck				53.44	42.41	
1	Scott Wang - Jason DeGraaff				44.44	35.27	

Virtual Club Game - Thursday, March 23, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
1	Robert Sagor - Alan Peterfreund		1		47.00	65.28	1.00 Black (SB)
6	Roger Webb - Tim Joder		2			45.00	62.50	0.70 Black (SA)
5	~~m16147 - David Rosnick				44.00	61.11	0.50 Black (SA)
9	~~m16262 - ~~m16271					42.50	59.03	
4	Liz Hildebrandt - Philippe Galaski	2		40.50	56.25	0.39 Black (SB)
2	James Osofsky - Yan Drabek			1	37.50	52.08	0.32 Black (SC)
8	Susan McCoy - Sonja Smith				31.00	43.06	
10	Myrna Butler - Muriel Dane			2	28.00	38.89	0.22 Black (SC)
7	Lesley Dearden - Barry Laflam				24.00	33.33	
3	Fern Fleckman - Peggy Thieriot				20.50	28.47	

In-Person Game - Wednesday, March 22, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

NOTE: A correction has been made for board 11 NS=10, EW=2. The correct contract was 4SX by S down 3. It's too late to change the CommonGame result.

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
4	Philippe Galaski - Judy Hyde	1			47.50	65.97	1.35 Black (OA)
2	Anita Malachowski - Kathy Meyer	2	1	1	41.92	58.22	0.95 Black (OC)
10	Yan Drabek - Liz Singer		3			39.83	55.32	0.68 Black (OA)
1	James Nowill - Barry LaFlam	4			39.33	54.63	0.47 Black (OA)
5	Karen A. French - Arlene Nolan		2		37.34	51.86	0.34 Black (OC)
7	Judy Rosenblum - Lesley Dearden				33.16	46.06	
9	John DeBaggis - Motoko Oinaga				32.33	44.90	
3	Jan Nettler - Claire Christopherson			28.00	38.89	
8	Jeannie Jones - Alice Shearer				24.18	33.58	

Virtual Club Game - Tuesday, March 21, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints 
North/South
5	~~m55119 - Tim Joder					81.00	64.29	0.70 Black (SA)
7	Roger Webb - Philippe Galaski	2			71.00	56.35	0.49 Black (SA)
1	Steve Peck - Yan Drabek				1	66.00	52.38	0.40 Black (SC)
4	Israel Koren - Robert Steinberg			2	62.50	49.60	0.28 Black (SC)
3	Alan Frank - James Osofsky				61.50	48.81	
2	Anne McCune - James Nowill				57.00	45.24	
6	George Abbott - Liz Hildebrandt				42.00	33.33
East/West
1	Sheila Ryan - Barry Laflam		1		79.00	62.70	0.70 Black (SB)
3	Paul Burnham - Sonja Smith	2			74.00	58.73	0.49 Black (SA)
4	Stanley Tuhrim - Betty Mintz		2		68.50	54.37	0.30 Black (SB)
6	Judith Hyde - Robert Sagor	3			68.50	54.37	0.30 Black (SA)
7	Jan Nettler - Susan McCoy				59.50	47.22	
2	Ann Wroblewski - Judith Larsen			1	51.00	40.48	0.16 Black (SC)
5	Fern Fleckman - Peggy Thieriot				40.50	32.14	

A Game With College Students!

We are very excited to offer an OPEN Pairs club game at the campus. Pre-dealt common-game hands, ACBL masterpoint award. There will be 10+ students from the Amherst College joining us, and maybe more from other nearby campuses. If it goes well, we will offer more games in the future. So please consider coming to play with us.

Date:	March 25, Saturday
Time:	10am
Where:	The Powerhouse at Amherst College (10 East Drive off of Route 9)
Cost:	$5 (first timers at our club play for free!)
Director:	Philippe Galaski
Parking:	Parking lot next to the Powerhouse

Interested persons please email ydrabek@live.com before March 22, Wednesday so she can get a count and bring enough tables.

MASKING: Masks are optional. Players, staff and volunteers are advised to check the COVID-19 Community Level rate as determined by the CDC or a similar metric from a health agency in making their decision on masking. Masking is recommended if an attendee is at high risk for severe illness or otherwise is a member of a vulnerable population. If a masked partnership requests that each of their opponents wear masks, those opponents are expected to comply. This ACBL policy does not countermand any ordinance or law in effect at the site of the tournament.

(this is the ACBL policy from https://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/covid/Covid_Protocols.pdf)

Everybody, please pass the word around and come join us for our inaugural play with the students!

Here is a link to the student club home page: acbridgeclub

Virtual Club Game -Thursday March 16, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
4	Barry Laflam - Alan Peterfreund			1	46.00	63.89	1.00 Black (SC)
7	Liz Hildebrandt - Philippe Galaski2			45.00	62.50	0.70 Black (SA)
1	Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder	3			44.50	61.81	0.50 Black (SA)
2	Kurt Schneider - Markus Wagner		2		44.00	61.11	0.39 Black (SB)
9	Stanley Tuhrim - Betty Mintz		3		33.00	45.83	0.28 Black (SB)
8	~~m39559 - ~~m39567					31.00	43.06	
3	Myrna Butler - Muriel Dane				30.00	41.67	
5	Daviud Brown - Thomas Ye			2	29.00	40.28	0.19 Black (SC)
10	Ann Wroblewski - Judith Larsen			2	29.00	40.28	0.19 Black (SC)
6	Ann Keegan - David Rosnick				28.50	39.58	

In-Person Game - Wednesday, March 15, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
6	Philippe Galaski - Judy Hyde	1			32.00	64.00	0.83 Black (SA)
2	Lesley Dearden - James Nowill	2			29.00	58.00	0.58 Black (SA)
1	John DeBaggis - Motoko Oinaga		1		28.50	57.00	0.33 Black (SB)
5	Steve Peck - Barry LaFlam				24.50	49.00	
3	Karen A. French - Arlene Nolan				24.00	48.00	
4	Kathy Meyer - Anita Malachowski				12.00	24.00	

Virtual Club Game - Tuesday, March 14, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints 
North/South
1	Roger Webb - Tim Joder		1			87.00	59.18	0.80 Black (SA)
4	Israel Koren - Robert Steinberg			1	85.00	57.82	0.56 Black (SC)
7	Alan Frank - James Osofsky	3			83.50	56.80	0.40 Black (SA)
3	George Abbott - Liz Hildebrandt			2	75.00	51.02	0.34 Black (SC)
6	Margaret Winslow - Yan Drabek				73.50	50.00	
8	Steve Peck - Susan McCoy				64.00	43.54	
2	Gail Perry - Judith Hyde				60.00	40.82	
5	Myrna Butler - Joan Levinson				60.00	40.82	

East/West
4	~~m21023 - Zachary Fluhr				91.50	62.24	0.80 Black (SA)
1	~~m21029 - ~~m21175					83.50	56.80	
7	Stanley Tuhrim - Betty Mintz		1		78.50	53.40	0.56 Black (SB)
2	Harold Weiner - Philippe Galaski4			73.50	50.00	0.40 Black (SA)
5	James Nowill - Barry Laflam		2		72.50	49.32	0.28 Black (SB)
6	Lesley Dearden - Judith Larsen			1	70.50	47.96	0.24 Black (SC)
8	Peggy Thieriot - Fern Fleckman				65.00	44.22	
3	David Rosnick - Jan Nettler				53.00	36.05	

Virtual Club Game -Thursday March 9, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
3	Yan Drabek - Barry Laflam			1	36.00	57.14	0.80 Black (SC)
6	Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder	2			35.00	55.56	0.56 Black (SA)
1	Judith Hyde - James Osofsky	3			34.00	53.97	0.40 Black (SA)
4	Liz Hildebrandt - David Rosnick			2	33.50	53.17	0.34 Black (SC)
2	Stanley Tuhrim - Betty Mintz				31.50	50.00	
7	Muriel Dane - Allison Ryan				31.00	49.21	
8	Robert Sagor - Alan Peterfreund				26.50	42.06	
5	Fern Fleckman - Peggy Thieriot				24.50	38.89	

In-Person Game - Wednesday, March 8, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
6	Judy Rosenblum - Lesley Dearden	1	1		23.50	65.28	0.82 Black (SC)
5	Yan Drabek - Judy Hyde		2			18.50	51.39	0.57 Black (SA)
4	John DeBaggis - Motoko Oinaga	3			18.00	50.00	0.41 Black (SB)
7	James Nowill - Barbara Symborski			17.50	48.61	
3	Arlene Nolan - Karen A. French				16.50	45.83	
8	Lanette Sweeney - Gail Perry				16.00	44.44	
2	Alice Shearer - Allison Ryan				16.00	44.44	

Virtual Club Game - Tuesday, March 7, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints 
North/South
8	Paul Burnham - Sonja Smith	1			100.50	68.37	0.80 Black (SA)
4	Sheila Ryan - Jan Nettler		1		94.50	64.29	0.56 Black (SB)
7	~~m38192 - Zachary Fluhr				77.00	52.38	0.40 Black (SA)
5	Barry Laflam - James Nowill		2		76.50	52.04	0.34 Black (SB)
2	Richard McClure - Allison Ryan			1	71.50	48.64	0.24 Black (SC)
3	George Abbott - Liz Hildebrandt				62.00	42.18	
1	Peggy Thieriot - Fern Fleckman				55.50	37.76	
6	Myrna Butler - Esther Bean				50.50	34.35	


East/West
8	Kurt Schneider - Markus Wagner		1		89.00	60.54	0.80 Black (SB)
5	Tim Joder - Roger Webb		2			87.00	59.18	0.56 Black (SA)
4	Stanley Tuhrim - Betty Mintz		2		84.50	57.48	0.40 Black (SB)
6	Judith Hyde - Robert Sagor				78.00	53.06	
2	Steve Peck - Yan Drabek				1	76.50	52.04	0.24 Black (SC)
3	~~m38201 - ~~m38207					64.00	43.54	
1	Susan McCoy - David Rosnick				56.00	38.10	
7	Ann Wroblewski - Judith Larsen				53.00	36.05	

Meet the Future Stars of Our Beloved Game!

On March 4, despite the snow storm, the Amherst College First Collegiate Tournament took place. Seeing the new energy for the game is truly encouraging and exhilarating. The organizer, Michael Xu, has written a report which can be read here: https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/amherst-college-first-collegiate-tournament/. 

The Northampton Bridge Club, whose players are from all over the valley, welcomed the future stars of our game, and extended our invitation to everyone to play our Tuesday and Thursday 7pm games on BBO. Several students expressed interests to play with us online, and several requested to have in-person games offered at times more suitable for them to attend (our current Wednesday 1pm game will not work for them). We will discuss this in our next board meeting. Comment and suggestions? Send them to treeomatic at gmail dot com.

Players from Amherst College and Brown University. There were five tables at play. Some had already left when this picture was taken.

Virtual Club Game -Thursday March 2, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     

6	Liz Hildebrandt - David Rosnick		1		69.00	62.73	1.20 Black (SB)
5	Israel Koren - Robert Steinberg			1	68.00	61.82	0.84 Black (SC)
10	Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder	3			66.50	60.45	0.60 Black (SA)
7	Alan Peterfreund - Robert Sagor		3		60.00	54.55	0.42 Black (SB)
8	~~m27305 - Betty Mintz					59.50	54.09	0.22 Black (SA)
9	Barry Laflam - Yan Drabek		4		59.50	54.09	0.22 Black (SB)
2	~~m27312 - ~~m27315					58.50	53.18	
11	Alice Shearer - Allison Ryan			2	55.00	50.00	0.22 Black (SC)
1	Myrna Butler - Muriel Dane				42.50	38.64	
4	Peggy Thieriot - Fern Fleckman				42.50	38.64	
3	~~m27306 - Zachary Fluhr				41.50	37.73	
12	Ann Wroblewski - Judith Larsen				37.50	34.09

Virtual Club Game - Wednesday, March 1, 2023

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

                            		Section
Pair# 	Names                  	 	A     	B     	C     	Score 	%     	MasterPoints     
7	~~m55702 - ~~m55704					38.00	60.32	
5	Robert Sagor - Judith Hyde		1		35.00	56.75	0.80 Black (SB)
4	Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder	3			34.50	55.16	0.56 Black (SA)
3	James Nowill - Lesley Dearden			1	33.50	53.17	0.40 Black (SC)
2	Liz Hildebrandt - Sheila Ryan				32.00	52.38	
8	Yan Drabek - Barry Laflam				28.00	45.63	
1	Stanley Tuhrim - Betty Mintz				24.50	39.29	
6	Gail Perry - Lanette Sweeney				23.50	37.30	

Masterpoint Race - January 1 2023 to February 28 2023

[Editor's Note] This report was compiled based on the ACBL Live Results for Northampton club games only for 2023. And only players who played at our club prior to the Covid-19 lock down, or new players who joined the club since then, were included. Please report any discrepancies to Yan. To see past Masterpoint Race reports, click here.

RANK	NAME	POINTS
1	Barry LaFlam	12.24
2	Philippe Galaski	11.61
3	Tim Joder	10.53
4	Yan Drabek	9.31
5	Judith Hyde	8.43
6	Margaret Winslow	8.14
7	Robert Sagor	8.13
8	Markus Wagner	7.54
9	James Nowill	7.02
10	Liz Hildebrandt	6.90
11	Roger Webb	6.67
12	Susan McCoy	5.09
13	David Rosnick	4.84
14	Sheila Ryan	4.82
15	Lesley Dearden	4.70
16	John DeBaggis	4.64
17	Motoko Oinaga	4.64
18	James Osofsky	4.51
19	Sonja Smith	3.97
20	Jan Nettler	3.72
21	Steve Peck	3.03
22	Israel Koren	2.98
23	Robert Steinberg	2.98
24	Allison Ryan	2.68
25	Muriel Dane	2.37
26	Kathy Meyer	2.29
27	George Abbott	2.05
28	Alan Frank	1.97
29	Judith Larsen	1.90
30	Anne McCune	1.81
31	Myrna Butler	1.40
32	Michael Ramella	1.38
33	Robert Leitch	1.32
34	Harold Weiner	1.30
35	Zachary Fluhr	1.21
36	Laura Fluhr	1.21
37	Alan Peterfreund	1.14
38	Howard Lerner	1.01
39	Anita Malachowski	0.86
40	Esther Bean	0.77
41	Richard McClure	0.70
42	Kenneth Ross	0.70
43	Ann Wroblewski	0.56
44	Peggy Thieriot	0.55
45	Fern Fleckman	0.55
46	Sharon Strassfeld	0.48
47	Kathryn Conway	0.45
48	Lanette Sweeney	0.40
49	Claire Christopherson	0.40
50	James Kronholm	0.28
51	Karen A. French	0.22
52	Arlene Nolan	0.22
53	Jeannie Jones	0.20
54	Alice Shearer	0.20
55	Judith Rosenblum	0.18