BRIDGE

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Scores for the Bridge Olympics Tournament on June 6, 2019

Scores for the Benevolent Care Fund Bridge Tournament on December 5, 2018

The results are in for 2018's Duplicate Bridge Olympics

2017 BCF Duplicate Bridge Tournament

2017 Bridge Olympics

2016 BCF Duplicate Bridge Tournament

2016 Bridge Olympics

Section A Scores
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2015 Bridge Olympics

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2014 Bridge Olympics

2014 Ann's Choice Bridge Olympics Thursday, June 12, 2014 Section A
Rank	Partner 1	Partner 2	Match Points		Score	Slams
North/South			Made	Max	%
1	Betty Channell	Helen Schofield	132	224	58.93
2	Russ McAlpine	Andy Pollock	130	224	58.04
3	Betty Goldis	Florence Abrams	126	224	56.25
4	Seymour Margolis	Dee Rintz	123	224	54.91
5	Dennis Stevens	Jo Stevens	108	224	48.21
6	Gloria Ceaser	Edie Goldstein	98	224	43.75
7	Sara Mayers	Alma Cowen	92	224	41.07
8	Fred Keill	Sue Ross	87	224	38.84
East/West
1	Sally Kelley	Nancy Woods	126	224	56.25
2=	Ruth Reller	Martha Ross	122	224	54.46
2=	Helen Smith	Joan Gold	122	224	54.46
4=	Ginny Stea	Sal Stea	109	224	48.66
4=	Stan Ruben	Keith Lawrence	109	224	48.66
6	Billie Weed	Peggy Forde	107	224	47.77
7	Yvonne Tine	Sye Glazman	103	224	45.98
8	Elane Levy	Karen Schafer	98	224	43.75

2014 Ann's Choice Bridge Olympics Thursday, June 12, 2014
Section B
Rank	Partner 1	Partner 2	Match Points		Score	Slams
North/South			Made	Max	%
1	Ken Knickmeyer	Claire Knickmeyer	151	224	67.41
2	Jim Morgan	Elizabeth Welborn	120	224	53.57
3=	Marie Alley	Flora Summers	119	224	53.13
3=	Katherine Potts	Mickey Roe	119	224	53.13
5	Gerry Connell	Delia Melograna	115	224	51.34
6	Sylvia Glassman	Chickie Kitchman	105	224	46.88
7	Marge Riemer	Ann Sullivan	94	224	41.96
8	Eva Girone	Jim Currie	73	224	32.59
East/West
1	Nancy Fischer	Ann Pontarelli	146	224	65.18
2	Marge Devine	Eileen Chudnow	133	224	59.38
3	Kurt Schoen	Berta Schoen	128	224	57.14
4	Bill Sheehy	Al Katz	109	224	48.66
5	Jane Smith	Nelson Smith	107	224	47.77
6	Henry Ramsey	Janet Fischer	103	224	45.98
7	Don Kelley	Sophie Israel	95	224	42.41
8	Mitzi Kavitsky	Irvin Levick	75	224	33.48

2013 Bridge Olympics

Unfortunately There were so many problems with reporting of scores for Section A that ranking of the participants is impossible.

2013 Bridge Olympics- Section B- Game June 13, 2013
Ranking	Pair- Names	Pair #	Points		%Game
North/South			Made	Max
1	COLEMAN/COLEMAN	4	470	840	55.95
2	SCHOFIELD/FISCHER	8	455	840	54.17
3	MORGAN/WELBORN	7	440	840	52.38
4	DeKALB/RELLER	5	430	840	51.19
5	POLLOCK/McALPINE	3	420	840	50.00
6	MARGOLIS/FERREN	2	410	840	48.81
7	DAVIS/SULLIVAN	1	405	840	48.21
8	GOLDIS/ABRAMS	6	330	840	39.29
East/West
1	KATZ/SHEEHY	3	520	840	61.90
2	LIPMAN/CRESPY	2	505	840	60.12
3	KELLEY/WOODS	5	460	840	54.76
4	POTTS/ROE	8	445	840	52.98
5	BRATIS/PAUL	6	370	840	44.05
5	RIEMER/SULLIVAN	7	370	840	44.05
7	WEINSTEIN/WEINSTEIN	4	365	840	43.45
8	THOMAS/RINTZ	1	325	840	38.69

2012 Bridge Olympics

The results from 2012's Bridge Olympics

Ann's Choice Bridge Olympics Thursday, June 14, 2012
Rank	Partner 1	Partner 2	Match Points		Score	Slams
North/South			Made	Max	%
1	Ethel Davis	John Sullivan	129	196	65.82
2	Richard DeKalb	Ruth Reller	145	224	64.73	1S
3	Doris Coleman	Joe Coleman	111	196	56.63	1G
4=	Marie Alley	Flora Summers	107	196	54.59
4=	Andy Pollock	Russ McAlpine	107	196	54.59
6	Marge Riemer	Ann Sullivan	115	224	51.34	1S
7	Ginny Stea	Katherine Potts	114	224	50.89
8	Betty Goldis	Florence Abrams	96	196	48.98	1S
9	Jim Morgan	Sara Mayers	87	196	44.39
10	Jan Marchant	Dolores Sykes	97	224	43.30
11	Henry Ramsey	Janet Fischer	83	196	42.35
12	Bob Klimek	Sue Ross	94	224	41.96
13	Chickie Kitchman	Ron Velosky	93	224	41.52
14	Dwight Crawford	Mel Kohereiter	78	196	39.80
East/West
1	Dick Fereen	Seymour Margolis	148	224	66.07
2	Al Katz	Bill Sheehy	138	224	61.61	1S
3	Fred Keill	Marie Molinari	126	224	56.25	1S
4=	Jack McHugh	Ellie Klazmer	125	224	55.80
4=	Jo Stevens	Anita Katz	125	224	55.80
6	Nancy Woods	Claire Knickmeyer	123	224	54.91	1S
7	Carol Katherine	Marge Devine	109	224	48.66
8	Roz Cohen	Don Kelley	107	224	47.77
9	Elise Bratis	Jan Paul	105	224	46.88
10	Charlene Canny	Dan Canny	103	224	45.98
11	Delia Melograna	Bob Franz	101	224	45.09
12=	Eleanor Lipman	Elaine Levy	73	224	32.59
12=	Jim Currie	Irene Johnson	73	224	32.59

2011 Bridge Olympics

Chickie Kitchman Division:

Ann's Choice Olympics Game on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Rank	Partner 1	Partner 2	Match Points		Score	Slams
North/South			Made	Max	%
1	Ken Knickmeyer	Claire Knickmeier	85	120	70.83
2	Helen Schofield	Betty Channell	60	120	50.00
3=	Marge Riemer	Ann Sullivan	52	120	43.33
3=	Henry Ramsey	Janet Fischer	52	120	43.33
5	Chickie Kitchman	Elaine Levy	51	120	42.50
East/West
1	Marie Molinari	Fred Keill	74	120	61.67
2	Mickey Roe	Katherine Potts	70	120	58.33
3	Judy Lipman	Herm Lipman	60	120	50.00
4	Jack McHugh	Ellie Klazner	53	120	44.17
5	Anita Katz	Jeanne Broom	43	120	35.83

Seymour Margolis Division

Ann's Choice Olympics Game on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Rank	Partner 1	Partner 2	Points		Score	Slams
North/South			Made	Max	%
1	Margolis	Ferren	510	900	56.67
2	Bookspan	Nessim	500	900	55.56
3	Tine	DeKalb	485	900	53.89
4	Welborn	Morgan	460	900	51.11
5	Stea	Stea	420	900	46.67
6	Ross	Klimer	410	900	45.56
7	McAlpine	Pollack	365	900	40.56
East/West
1	Katz	Sheehy	640	900	71.11
2	Franz	Connell	470	900	52.22
3	Kelley	Woods	460	900	51.11
4	Levery	Coleman	455	900	50.56
5	Melograna	Ross	435	900	48.33
6	Cohen	Cohen	355	900	39.44
7	Coleman	Coleman	335	900	37.22

Henry Ramsey forwarded this hand from Chickie's game

Enjoy Duplicate Bridge I - Hand of the Night 5-30-11

			North
		♠	A K J 5				Board #6
		♥	VOID				Dealer- West
		♦	A Q 6 3				E/W Vulnerable
		♣	A Q 7 5 3

	West				East
♠	Q 8			♠	10 6 4 2
♥	10 8 5 4 2			♥	J 9 3
♦	J 9 2			♦	K 10
♣	J 9 4			♣	K 10 6 2
						Play:	W 4H, 3C, JH, AH
			South				S 8D, 9, Q, K
		♠	9 7 3				E 9H, K, 2, 5C
		♥	A K Q 7 6				S 7D, J, A, 10
		♦	8 7 5 4				N 6D, 10C, 5D, 2D
		♣	8				N AC, 2, 8, 4
							N 7C, K, 4D, JC
		Bidding					S QH, 5, 5S, 3H
		S	W	N	E		S 3S, 8, J, 2
			p	2C	p		N AS, 4, 7, Q
		2H	p	4N	p		N KS. 6, 9, 8H
		5D	p	5N	p		N QC, 6, 6H, 9C
		6D	p	p	p		N 3D, 10S, 7H, 10H

A hand to stress the need to plan ahead, especially at NT

Here’s a hand from the 12/1/1962 cover of the Saturday Evening Post

How would you play the hand?

Contract: 3NT by South, Opening Lead: ♦J

♠ J 7 2

♥ 7 4

♦ A Q 7 5

♣ Q 10 8 4

♠ 8 6 3 ♠ 10 9 5 4

♥ A 8 5 3 ♥ Q J 10 9

♦ J 10 9 8 6 ♦ 4 3 2

♣ 3 ♣ K 7

♠ A K Q

♥ K 6 2

♦ K

♣ A J 9 6 5 2

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