Georgia State Unit 114
Bridge News
News about our players,
clubs, special events
and miscellaneous information
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Georgia State Unit 114 News about our players, |
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Claudia Feagin Claudia Feagin of Atlanta was elected the Unit 114 Sportsperson of the Year for 2007 at the Atlanta "July 4th" SuperSectional. Runner up is Riley Brown of Macon. Click here for information about previous winners |
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Unit 114 Winners at the 2008 Gatlinburg TN, Smoky Mountain Regional
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Carolyn Eckert receives AJB achievement award at the December 2007 Roswell/Atlanta Sectional. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barb Borah, former Unit President and long time tournament chair, celebrates his 90th birthday. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unit Players at the 2007 San Francisco Fall NABC We had 39 players win 695.06 masterpoints.
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Unit 114 Winners at Charlotte Autumn Mid-Atlantic Regional Many of our members attended the Charlotte Autumn Mid-Atlantic Regional,
Oct 22-28, 2007. There were 2,285 tables at the Regional and a total of 1,201 players. Out of the 1,144 players who won Masterpoints, 67 were from Unit 114. Our players took home a total of 837.25 masterpoints, out of the 15,743.85 that were awarded. The winners names are listed below. Click here to see the complete tournament results.
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Atlanta Junior Bridge Youth Regional event Young players were out in force at the Atlanta Labor Day Regional with
a record 14 tables at the Atlanta Junior Bridge Youth game. ACBL
president Sharon Fairchild was on hand to announce winners, hand out trophies,
and even play a hand or two! Three early arrivals needed a fourth
to fill in and asked Sharon if she would play. She sat in to defend
a 3NT contract and as her partner led, he announced "I play upside-down".
The event was stratified 0-5 and over 5 masterpoints.
Flight A winners: 1st Jacob Wexel and Peter Wexel
2nd Tage Kelkar and Maya Kelkar
3/4th Richard Jeng and Andrew Jeng
3/4th Bennett Kane and Mitchell Kirkpatrick
5th Arhun Dhir and Hunter Smith
6th Ricoh Das and Ashish Shah
Flight B winners
1st Kevin Cooney and Austin Agerton
2nd Chelsea Woody and Mr. Nice Guy (fill-in)
3/4th Titus Clark and Boaz Clark
3/4th Gilbert Vayner and William Jan
5th Jarrod Ahn and Joshua Seides
6th Tabitha Clark and Priscilla Clark
As the players scrambled for the hand records of the game, one of the AJB
volunteers heard one of the kids remark "Hand Records! GREAT!
Now I can download them to Bridge Base and we can......." the
rest was too technical for the adult to follow.
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Unit 114 Winners at Atlanta "Labor Day" Mid-Atlantic Regional Many of our members attended the Atlanta "Labor Day" Mid-Atlantic
Regional, Aug 28-Sep 3, 2007. There were 3,240 tables at the Regional and a total of 1,839 players. Out of the 1,691 players who won Masterpoints, 793 were from Unit 114. Our players took home a total of 7,570.73 masterpoints, out of the 21,446.78 that were awarded. The winners names are listed below. Click here to see the complete tournament results.
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Unit Players at the 2007 Nashville Summer NABC We had 196 players win 2,582.48 masterpoints.
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Unit 114 Winners at Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Mid-Atlantic Regional Several of our members attended the Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Mid-Atlantic
Regional, April 9-15, 2007. There were 10,544 tables at the Regional and a total of 4,239 players. Out of the 4,135 players who won Masterpoints, 272 were from Unit 114. Our players took home a total of 3,508.88 masterpoints, out of the 78,612.38 that were awarded. The winners names are listed below. Click here to see the complete tournament results.
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Unit Players at the 2007 St Louis Spring NABC We had 28 players win 626.76 masterpoints.
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Atlanta Junior Bridge Georgia State Championship Youth Teams Two of the best and most experienced youth pairs in Georgia teamed together to win the Georgia State Championship Youth Open Teams bridge championship at the Atlanta sectional in Roswell on March 3, 2007. Ten year old Mili Raina and twelve year old Zandy Rizzo won the Georgia State Championship Youth Open Pairs in December and teamed with thirteen year old Sean Gannon and eleven year old Hunter Smith, who finished second in the same event, to go unbeaten in the Open Teams event and win by 7 victory points. Mili, Zandy and Hunter are all taught by Carolyn Eckert. Mili is a 5th grade student at Ocee Elementary School in Fulton County. She started playing bridge over a year ago as part of the curriculum in the advanced math program taught by Mrs. Eckert and now, with her teammates, goes to bridge lessons at Mrs. Eckert’s house. Mili says that, “Bridge is really fun – it makes me think” and claims “Bridge helps to relieve stress!” Her mother said that, “She has been playing chess, but now all she wants to do is play bridge. Every day they go for bridge, they finish their homework early”. Zandy is a 6th grade student at Notre Dame Academy in Duluth. He has been playing for a year and a half. In one of the matches Zandy proudly scored 1480 (4 spades redoubled with an overtrick) to help win the match and the championship. Hunter is in sixth grade at Taylor Road Middle School in Alpharetta. He has been playing for 18 months. Hunter said that he loves to win but you have got to have fun playing with your partner. Sean is a ninth grader at Woodward Academy in Atlanta. His father Rick taught him to play two years ago. Sean now has over 50 masterpoints and has the most masterpoints of Atlanta’s growing youth bridge population. The Holton team – Grant Holton (11), Alexander Hammond (7), Michelle Smith (12), Lauren Pinion (12) and the Kane team – Bennett Kane (13), Mitchell Kirkpatrick (13), Nick Taylor (13) and Daniel Khalek (12) tied for second place. This was Grant’s first tournament and he wants to become a mathematician. Alexander is a second grader at Lovett. Lauren has been playing for over a year with the group from Mrs. Eckert’s class. Michelle started her bridge training over a year ago as part of the curriculum in the advanced math program at Ocee Elementary School taught by Mrs. Eckert. She continued her bridge with Nancy Watkins last summer at one of Atlanta Junior Bridge’s numerous summer camps. Three of the Kane team are from Dickerson Middle School in Marietta and are taught by Mrs. Martha Ouderkirk. All four have been friends for many years. Kevin Cooney(10), Austin Agerton (11), Angie Green (11), Surabhi Ghai (11) finished fourth. All four also attended Atlanta Junior Bridge’s summer camp taught by Ms. Watkins. Sharon Cooper, State Representative for Marietta, presented the trophies to the winners and congratulated everyone stating, “I am very proud of you spending your Saturday mornings playing bridge. In the United States, we are far behind other countries in Math and Science. You are going to lead the way to helping us change that into being the top country in the world.” Nancy Watkins directed the event and commented, “The kids are a lot friendlier and more forgiving of their partner’s mistakes.” The State Championship was the first of its kind in the country. The Georgia championship was open to all players under 19 who lived in the state. The tournament was organized by Atlanta Junior Bridge (AJB) with support from the Duplicate Bridge Association of Atlanta (DBAA) and Unit 114 of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The event was sponsored by Ed and Judy Hales. Final standings: 1. Sean Gannon – Zandy Rizzo – Hunter Smith – Mili Raina 2/3 Grant Holton – Alexander Hammond – Michelle Smith – Lauren Pinon 2/3 Bennett Kane – Mitchell Kirkpatrick – Nick Taylor – Daniel Khalek 4. Kevin Cooney – Austin Agerton – Angie Green – Surabhi Ghai |
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Unit Players at the 2007 Wilmington "Cape Fear" Regional There were 2,336.5 tables at the Regional and a total of 1,188 players. We had 20 players participate in the Wilmington Regional off site. Our players took home a total of 445.92 masterpoints, out of the 16,339.02 that were awarded.
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Unit Players at the 2007 Sandestin Regional There were 1,453.5 tables at the Regional and a total of 747 players. We had 35 players participate in the Sandestin Regional off site. Our players took home a total of 363.34 masterpoints, out of the 9,286.92 that were awarded.
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Unit Players shine at the 2006 Charleston "New Years" Regional There were 2,319 tables at the Regional and a total of 1,131 players. Out of the 1,059 players who won Masterpoints, we had 77 players participate in the Charleston Regional off site. Our players took home a total of 1,201.42 masterpoints, out of the 15,808.42 that were awarded.
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Unit Players shine at the 2006 Columbia Regional There were 1,757.5 tables at the Regional and a total of 892 players. Out
of the 845 players who won Masterpoints, we had 88 players participate
in the Columbia Regional off site. They won 1,287.79 masterpoints.
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Unit 114 Winners at the 2006 Atlanta "Labor Day" Regional
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Unit 114 Winners at the 2006 Gatlinburg TN, Smoky Mountain Regional
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Unit Players shine at the 2005 Myrtle Beach Resort Regional We had 40 players participate in the Myrtle Beach Regional off site
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Unit Players at the 2005 Denver Fall NABC We had 35 players win 840.87 masterpoints.
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Unit Players Do Well at 2005 Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Regional We had 249 players win 3,529.54 masterpoints at the Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Regional.
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Unit Players shine at the 2005 Orlando "Southeastern" Regional We had 7 players participate in the Orlando Regional off site
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Unit Players "Steel" the 2005 Pittsburgh Spring NABC We had 28 players win 356.53 masterpoints.
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Unit Players cash in at the 2005 Biloxi Regional We had 57 players at the January District Ten Biloxi Regional off site
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Unit Players do well at 2004 Charleston Holiday Regional We had 92 players at the December District 7 Charleston Holiday Regional off site
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Unit Players "Storm" the 2004 Orlando Fall Nationals We had 103 players win 1,763.45 masterpoints.
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Unit Players do well at 2004 Daytona Regional We had 7 players at the January District 9 Daytona Regional off site
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We had 39 players win 1,185.34 masterpoints.
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Unit Players Do Well at 2004 Gatlinburg Regional We had 265 players win 3,528.53 masterpoints.
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Unit Players Do Well at 2004 Reno Spring Nationals We had 29 players win 620.40 masterpoints.
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Mini-McKenney / Ace of Clubs Masterpoint Races The ACBL website ( http://www.acbl.org ) now has "up-to-date" standings for both the yearly Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs masterpoint races for each unit posted (use the browser back arrow to return here.) These updates will probably take place sometimes around the 10th of the month. |
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We all sometimes wonder why we play bridge - well Nancy Perkins (Gainesville) has come up with some pretty good reasons to play duplicate bridge and to keep playing! Click here for Nancy's list - you can substitute your local town or club for Gainesville and see the effect.
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Unit Board Looking for Information The unit 114 board of directors is trying to compile a list of all Unit
114 presidents from the time the unit was formed until the present time.
If you have any information about some of the early presidents of the unit
please contact one of the members of the unit board (Click here for list of board members). The board would also like to have a complete list of players who have won the Unit "Sportsperson of the Year" award. Again, if you have any information, please contact a member of the board. If YOU have won the award they would like a little person information so that we have a better sense of the history of our unit and the players who have made it such a great unit over the years. |
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Zero Tolerance Unacceptable Behavior Unit 114 fully supports the Zero Tolerance Unacceptable Behavior concept and many of the unit clubs have asked to be added to the Zero Tolerance Home Page. Click the line above for more information. We would like to be able to add all the clubs in Unit 114 to this growing list. |
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The Atlanta Duplicate Bridge Center , the Ruff 'n Sluff Bridge Club and the Alpharetta Bridge Club are among clubs offering courses on "Easybridge" or other lessons for beginners and the lessons are free. Contact either club for full information on a quick and easy way to learn how to start playing bridge. In addition, these clubs and the Wednesday night Unit 114 game offer other types of lessons from time to time - either free or at a very nominal cost. |
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