Unit
Board
Do you have ideas for how to improve improve bridge in Central Illinois?
The
volunteers on our Unit 208 Board of Directors welcome your suggestions and are happy
to answer questions. Please feel free to contact the officers or the Board
representative from your area:
President: Terry Goodykoontz
tgoodykoontz@hotmail.com
Vice-President: Mary Stuart
m-stuart@illinois.edu
Secretary-Treasurer: Debbie Avery
averydebbie@hotmail.com
Peoria Area: Bill Bulfer
Western Illinois: Judy Greek
jgreek@centurylink.net
Springfield Area: Mike Bowers
miket.bowers@gmail.com
Decatur Area: Mike Heneghan
mrheneghan@gmail.com
Bloomington Area: Eunice Patton
eunis54@me.com
Champaign-Danville Area: Wes Seitz
w-seitz@sbcglobal.net
Charleston-Mattoon Area: Mark Daily mwd081200@aol.com
Happy
102, Christine!
Christine Carroll of Champaign celebrated her 102nd birthday on July 29.
She marked the occasion by playing with Wes Seitz in the Monday-evening game at
Bridge at Ginger Creek.
Keep it up, Christine!
Coming up on the Central Illinois Calendar

August 1-31 -- North American Pair qualifying games, Local clubs
Aug 27 -- Illinois Senior Olympics Bridge Tournament,
Erin's Pavilion, Springfield IL
September 13-15 -- End o' Summer Sectional, Fon du Lac
Park, Peoria IL
October 11-13 -- See the Leaves Sectional, Springfield IL
October 28-November 3 -- District 8 Sectional at Clubs,
Local clubs
Sunday, November 10 -- North American Pairs, District 8
finals, Hilton Garden Inn, Springfield
"Last-chance" North American Pair club-qualifying games
Bloomington -- Centennial Christian Church, 1219 E. Grove
Thursday, August 29 (11:45)
Saturday, August 31 (11:45)
Springfield -- Bridge Center of Springfield
www.spibridge.org
Tuesday, August 13 (12:30)
Monday, August 19 (6:30)
Tuesday, August 20 (12:30 & 6:30)
Wednesday, August 21 (12:30)
Friday, August 23 (12:30)
Saturday, August 24 (9:00 am)
Monday, August 26 (6:30)
Tuesday, August 27 (6:30)
Wednesday, August 28 (12:30)
Friday, August 30 (12:30)
Saturday, August 31 (9:00 am)
Champaign -- Bridge at Ginger Creek
www.illinibridge.com
Tuesday, August 13 (12:30) -- Flights B & C
Thursday, August 22 (6:30) -- Flights B & C
Monday, August 26 (6:30) -- Open Stratified
Illinois Senior Olympics Bridge Tournament
♠ Tuesday, August 27 -- 1:00 pm (one session)
♠
Erin's Pavilion,
Southwind Park, 4965 South 2nd, Springfield IL
Silver points, medals and refreshments for ages 50+.
Registration instructions are here:
http://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2018/08/1808104.pdf
Movin' Up
See the
ACBL website for a list of all masterpoint ranks and the requirements for
achieving each. Requirements for those who joined ACBL after January 2, 2010 are
here.
Congratulations to these Unit members who recently advanced in rank:
Welcome to new
members:
Bill Albers, Dunlap
Kyle Blocher, Champaign
Jeanne Curry, Decatur
Jane Johnson, Lacon
Della Jones, Clintons
Gary Kemp, Normal
Kristina Maloney, Champaign
Mukesh Shah, Bloomington
Junior Master (5)
Karon Fox, Jacksonville
Maggie Martino, Peoria
Yifan Zhang, Urbana
Club Master (20)
James Jordan-Wagner, Paris
James Kalmbach, Normal
Debra Kirsch, Paris
Cheryl Kuppler, Peoria
Bob Osiek, Champaign
David Quigg, Chillicothe
Linda Reynolds, Ashmore
Deb Silkwood, Springfield |
Sectional Master (50)
Richard Hornbaker, Princeton
Phil Reeser, Monticello
Regional Master (100)
Marilyn Byers, Bloomington
NABC Master (200)
John Ford, Normal
Life Master
Michael Bowers, Springfield
Alin Olaru, Peoria
Jim Slaughter, Champaign
Bronze Life Master (500)
Bo Goersch, Shelbyville
Jim Slaughter, Champaign
Bill Strauss, Urbana
Silver Life Master (1000)
Bob Derber, Springfield
Jim Heller, Petersburg
Ruby Life Master (1500)
Rich Pestien, Peoria |
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Illini Regional Winners

Saturday Gold Rush Pairs:
Ada & John Murray, Champaign

Charity AM Pairs
Bharat Rao, Berwyn PA & Tom Moses, St. Louis

Double winners:
Wed. Open Pairs & OskeeWowWow KO
Mike Halvorsen, Champaign & Richard Blumenthal, Crystal Lake

Gold Rush Swiss Teams
Linda Turek. Mike Dunn,
Monte Lamb & Cindy Polayes, Chicago
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