SASKATOON BRIDGE CLUB
NEWSLETTER
JANUARY 2002 EDITOR: Liz Warren
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A new year has begun and I hope everyone had a great holiday season. A lot of people were away for the holidays and quite a few have left us to winter in the warm states. I hope everyone returns to enjoy the many club activities coming up in the following months.
MESSAGES FROM YOUR PRESIDENTS
NEW HORIZONS
On behalf of the New Horizons Executive, I want to extend to all our members our hope for health and happiness in the year 2002 including lots of good bridge. We're glad to see that the room is nearly full most Mondays. We're also pleased to see a number of new players including some who have "graduated" from the first stages of EasyBridge!. Good luck to everyone.
Garth Thomas
BRANCH
On behalf of your Branch Executive, I wish to welcome everyone to 2002. We hope to see you often playing bridge and enjoying the wonderful friendships, the sense of home and, of course, the excitement of competition. We encourage you to make suggestions or give us your comments or concerns so that together, we can continue to have such a great bridge club.
June Ogilivie
SASKATOON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
Due to the recent death of her mother, Linda Connell's message was not available but I know she wishes everyone a pleasant and successful year of bridge.
ACHIEVEMENTS
BRONZE LIFE MASTER: Mark Churchman
SILVER LIFE MASTER: Ursula Jugnauth, Ron Pegg, Ray Miron, John Pulles
NEW LIFE MASTERS: Don Shatilla, Louise Thiessen, John Russell
INSTANT MATCHPOINT GAME
DISTRICT 18 LEADERS NORTH-SOUTH: Cydney Hayes & Liz Warren with a 65.68% game
DATES TO REMEMBER
Friday, February 1 Junior Fund Game
Wednesday, February 6 & 13 Swiss Teams Club Championship
February 7 - 10 Saskatoon Sectional
Tuesday, February 19 Junior Fund Game - Evening
Monday, February 25 National Seniors Game
March 1-3 Regina Sectional
Wednesday, March 6 Pickup Swiss Teams
Thursday, March 7 & 14 IMP Pairs CC - Evening
Tuesday, March 12 & 19 Swiss Teams CC - Evening
Friday, March 22 Individual Spring Fling - Evening
Tuesday, March 26 Canada Wide Fund Game - Evening
Friday, April 5 & 19 Open Pairs CC
April 6 & 7 CNTC Zone Finals - Regina
Monday, April 8 & 15 Swiss Teams CC - New Horizons
March 8 - 14 Moose Jaw Regional
Thursday, April 25 Helen Shields Rookie/Master
Wednesday, May 1 & 8 Master/Non-Master Swiss Teams CC - Evening
Thursday, May 2 Master/Non-Master CC
May 3 - 5 Century Plus Sectional - Bridge Club
Tuesday, May 7 & 14 Open Pairs CC
Wednesday, May 8 International Fund Game
Thursday, May 9 International Fund Game - Evening
Saturday, May 26 Awards Night
Wednesday, June 5 Spring Luncheon
June 1 - 3 Prince Albert Sectional
Monday, June 10 Spring Luncheon - New Horizons
Thursday, June 13 North American Open Pairs A/B/C
Tuesday, June 18 North American Open Pairs C
Friday, June 21 North American Open Pairs A/B/C
Monday, June 24 North American Open Pairs A/B/C
ITEMS OF INTEREST
At the Christmas luncheons and Annual Meetings, the following people were voted in as members of your executives.
NEW HORIZON EXECUTIVE
| PRESIDENT: Garth Thomas | MEMBERS AT LARGE |
| PAST PRESIDENT: Marg Bouclin | Mike Gadd |
| VICE-PRESIDENT: Emma Hendrikson | Glen Hartnett |
| SECRETARY: Jean White | Doreen Reid |
| TREASURER: Mary Hardy | Jean Ripley |
| COURTESY CONVENORS: Mary Kirkham | Helen McDonald-Lewis |
BRANCH EXECUTIVE
| PRESIDENT: June Ogilivie | BOARDS: Wilma Katzman |
| PAST PRESIDENT: Louise Barnett | Sheila Rodger |
| VICE-PRESIDENT: Shirley Porter | Genevieve Salamon |
| SECRETARY: Jean Ripley | Vivian Phillips |
| TREASURER: Lil Hemeon | Emmy Neufeldt |
| ASSISTANT: Dorothy Sieffert | HEAD DIRECTOR: Eleanor Kennedy |
| COURTESY: Betty Mostaway | SOCIAL: Connie Knapp |
| COFFEE: Mike Gadd | Jean Warner |
| Marlene Nelson | NOVICE COORDINATOR: Elaine Humble |
SASKATOON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
| PRESIDENT: Linda Connell | MEMBERS AT LARGE |
| PAST PRESIDENT: Dennis Schneider | Larry Custead - Communications |
| VICE-PRESIDENT: Bill Zerebesky | Angela Shaw - Memberships |
| SECRETARY: Val Thompson | Kay Mogus - Maintenance |
| TREASURER: Liz Warren | Ken Connell |
| HEAD DIRECTOR: Lee Von Hagen |
Evelyn Sisonenko is the ACBL LIASON and is ably assisted by Dorothy Sieffert. Thanks, Evelyn, for the tremendous job you do coordinating all the people and events and activities that take place at our club.
Ruth Schumacher is that person in charge of the maintenance of the club. Thanks, Ruth, for the job you perform so efficiently and effectively.
WE STILL NEED A SOCIAL CONVENOR FOR THE EVENING ACTIVITES. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE.
If you have any suggestions or concerns, the people on the executives are the ones you should contact. They will be more than willing to help you out.
Thank you to these people who have filled these positions. They are all volunteers who enjoy playing bridge and want to see the club run smoothly so that everyone will have a pleasant and rewarding time at the bridge table.
Also, thanks to Ron Hemeon for repairing our bridge tables and Roger Kennedy for undertaking repairs and maintenance of the bridge club.
EASY BRIDGE!
EasyBridge! has begun another season. EasyBridge! is being held on Monday Nights at 7:15 PM, taught by Ken Connell and on Thursday mornings at 9:30 AM, taught by June Ogilivie. It is never too late to join so if you know of anyone who might still be interested, give their names to Ken or June.
EASYBRIDGE!3
Graduates of the EasyBridge! lessons are now playing on Monday evenings and Thursday mornings. We hope to see many of these people coming out to play in the regular club games.
NEW ALERT PROCEDURES
On April 1st of this year, new alerts and announcable bids will come into effect. Please read over the chart at the end of the newsletter to see what affects you. If you have any questions about the chart and the alerts, please ask a director or the club manager.
IN MEMORIUM: Frances Palin
NEWSLETTER: The next issue of the newsletter is planned for the end of June, 2002. If you have anything you wish to have included in the newsletter, please submit to Liz Warren at 652-9376.