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• New photos page added!  It contains a link to online photos and list of all available photos.  Using London Drugs Photo Station, you can order prints of photos McBruce has taken at tournaments.
• IMP League 2007-08 is over! (Click one of the links below for masterpoint awards.)
• Flight A Gordie Davis Memorial Trophy Final: Peters defeated Litwin by two IMPs, after being down 25 at the half!
• The Flight A winners: Susan Peters, Bob Gerrie, Joel Martineau, David Breton, Mike Dimich, and Nick Stock.
• Flight X under-3000 Final: Varga defeated Chan by 13 IMPs, after being down 13 at the half!
• The Flight X winners: Marylou Varga, Kathy Bye, Garry Skoropada, Vicki Moffatt, Andrew Lee, and John Demeulemeester.
• Flight B under-1000 Final: Meyer defeated Peca!
• The Flight B winners: Larry Meyer, Rod Coote, Andy Hellqvist, Greg Morse, Bob Takashita, Jim McKenzie.
• Unit 430-sponsored District-wide STaC, June 2-8 at clubs throughout the district
• Complete results, standings, online hand records
• All clubs are now in!  STaC Masterpoint List
• NEW! (forgot to add this to the site in Penticton): Printable STaC leaders for each session and masterpoint top 100.
• Penticton Regional, June 9-15
• Daily Bulletins Page (and link to photos taken by McBruce at the tournament).  Wrapup Issue now posted online.
• 16 teams (and a cute caddy!) at the June Monthly Unit Game (Swiss Teams) on June 7!  Winners: Diane Ayukawa, Patti Adams, Zoran Peca, Jadwiga Polujan
• Game Results
• Updated Trophy Race Standings
• Next Monthly Unit Game: Saturday, July 5 - 7:30 pm (Matchpoint Pairs):
• 16 tables in last three MUGs -- TWO 16 table sections at the Unit Party!
• We will do our best to accomodate singles into pairs. (Arrive early and let the Director know you're looking!)
• Other coming Monthly Unit Games (gametime: 7:30): Sat., August 2 (pairs), Sat. September 13 (pairs).
• Complete 2008 MUG Schedule
• Recent Results and Hand Records
• MUG Masterpoint Race: Tao Feng takes the lead throughout the strat alphabet!
• CBF Bridge Week in Montreal-Dorval, May 24-31!  Canadian Championships  Updates and info
• Unit 430 players who earned medals at the 2008 CBF Bridge Week:
• GOLD: Dan Jacob in the Canadian National Teams Championship, playing with Nicolas L'Ecuyer, Marc-André Fourcaudot, Kamel Fergani, Robert Lebi, and Vincent Demuy.
• GOLD: Cam Doner and Brad Bart in the Canadian Open Pairs Championship.
• SILVER: Allan Graves in the Canadian Seniors Teams Championship.
• SILVER: Andrew Lee and Zoran Peca in the Canadian IMP Pairs Championship.
• BRONZE: Angela Fenton, Patti Adams, Samantha Nystrom, Dianne Isfeld, and Marguerite Chiarenza in the Canadian Women's Teams Championship.
• BRONZE: Tao Feng, Jack Lee, Kam Tang, Samuel Lai, John Chen, and David Hu in Flight B of the Canadian National Teams Championship.
• Congratulations to all the participants who competed in the various local qualifiers and made the trip to Montreal for Bridge Week!
• Victoria Day Sectional, May 16-19:
• Photos and Results
• List of all masterpoint winners
• Masterpoint Leaders
• Updated Trophy Race Standings
• Next local tournament: Evergreen Sectional, September 5-7 at Queensborough Community Centre
• Tournament Information
• Tournament Flyer: Colour (not yet available)
• Tournament Flyer: Monochrome (not yet available)
• Poll of The Week!
• Not many seem to have discovered our weekly poll, and as I wait for votes it might have to become a Poll of The Month...
• Poll #4: Enough with the opinions, let's try some bridge problems!  It's Your Call!
• Poll #3: What's your #1 suggestion for improving the Annual MUG Dinner and Party?  Results
• Poll #2: What's the one thing that bugs you the most about Matchpointer Online?  Results
• Poll #1: Which team will win the IMP League Flight A Playoffs?  Results
• A new print Matchpointer has been released!  Look for one with a pink cover.  If it doesn't appear at your local club this week, contact a local Unit Board Member.
• Jean Turnbull Trophy missing!  It's bowl-shaped and engraved yearly.  If you've got it, we'd like it back.
• Secondary links on Matchpointer Online explained (so you can type them in if you cannot find the links).
• The Unit Player Rating System explained (still working on the program...).

This is the Start Page of the Home Area, the front page of the site.  Above, under the headline you can see the nine Areas making up this Web Site.  Click on a coloured rectangle above, or on a single-lettered bid-box in the graphic, to go to the Start Page of that Area.  The pages we expect to be most frequently accessed are in the 32 clickable links in the back of the bid-box over to the left of your screen.  If you hover your mouse over any of the bid-box links (back or front areas) for about a half-second, you'll see a short description of that page.  You'll find many more tips on site navigation on the Help! page.

You may also wish to add this site to your browser's bookmarks or favorites.  If the site becomes unavailable for an extended period of time, Matchpointer Online editor Bruce McIntyre will add most of the content to his own personal web space at this link, which you may also want to add to your browser's bookmarks or favorites.

Sunday Flight A two-session Open Pairs winners Angela Fenton and Patti Adams.

Brad Bart and Michael Yuen, winners of the Friday Afternoon Open Pairs with over 73%!

Ben Lapidus Trophy Winners Mike Dimich, Joel Martineau, Laurence Betts, and John Bryden.  Joel was the tournament's leading masterpoint winner and now leads the Phil Wood Trophy Race!

Ben Lapidus Knockout Bracket Two winners Tao Feng and Jack Lee (who had Kam Tang and John Chen as teammates).

Ben Lapidus Knockout Bracket Three Winners Jeffrey Ren, Baixang Liu, Long Xie and John Chen.

Monday Flight A Swiss Teams winners John and Trudy Hurdle, Dianne Isfeld, Martin Henneberger.

Monday Flight X Swiss Teams winners David Hu, John Chen, and Eric Pan (Jack Lee was the fourth).

Monday Flight B Swiss Teams winners Edward Hui, Paul Yip, H.K. Ho, Kenny Chan.

These photos are stored on London Drugs Photo Station, so players can order copies if they wish.  This link should get you to the photos page, where you can view photos, download them to your computer, and even order copies of them for pickup at London Drugs, in a variety of sizes and styles, from lasting photo-quality paper to T-shirts and other gift items.  NOTE: we recently changed this access code and the one posted here before will no longer work.

The Grand National Teams District 19 Finals were held in Everett April 5-6.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT - 4 Teams
1. Pat Dunn - Jim Aitken - Ray Loftis, Bellevue WA; Ken Christiansen, Bothell WA
2. Michael Hargreaves - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC

FLIGHT A (0-5000 MP) 2 Teams
1. Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA; Steve Handley, Edmonds WA; Mike Wilson, New Westminster BC; Howard Epley, Kent WA; Alan Epley, Bellevue WA

FLIGHT B (0-2000 MP) 8 Teams
1. Pat White, Bothell WA; Cristal Nell, Woodinville WA; Adam Ruprecht, Seattle WA; Jeff Ford, Redmond WA
2. Bob Seki, Seattle WA; Drew Hoskins - Min Zheng - Fan Zhang, Redmond WA
3/4. Jingsong Liu, Kirkland WA; Yong Cao, Redmond WA; Wenjie Deng, Mercer Island WA; Dong Yan, Sammamish WA
3/4. Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC; Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC; Andrew Lee, Richmond BC; Jadwiga Polujan, Port Coquitlam BC

FLIGHT C (0-500 MP, non-LM) 4 Teams
1. Long Xie - Joan Tang - Roy Li, Burnaby BC; Baixiang Liu - David Hu, Vancouver BC; Jeffrey Ren, Richmond BC

Winning teams in all four flights receive a US$1400 grant from District Nineteen to attend the National Final, held at the Summer NABC, this year in Las Vegas NV, July 17-27.  Good luck!

Matchpointer Online editor Bruce McIntyre edits District 19 Regional Daily Bulletins, except for the Alaska Regionals.  Currently working on: preparations for next McBruce bulletins (Penticton, June 2008).  He can be reached by e-mail.  Daily Bulletins are posted online at this page, along with McBruce Bulletins from previous tournaments.

The B.C. Zone Finals of the CNTC, and part of the split-site CWTC Zone Final, was played recently at the Vancouver Bridge Centre.

Canadian National Team Championships B.C. Zone Final (February 16-17)

Ten teams played, five in Flight A and five more in Flight B.  Two days of tough competition produced these winners:

CNTC Flight A (5 teams, 3 qualify to the National Final, one with a CBF subsidy)

1. Doug & Sandra Fraser, Mike Hargreaves, Gord McOrmond


2. Aidan Ballantyne, Jim McAvoy, Katrin Litwin, Mike Dorn Wiss
3. Larry Pocock, Martin Henneberger, Les Fouks, Nick Stock
4. Brad Bart, Michael Yuen, Susan Peters, Julie Smith

CNTC Flight B (5 teams, 2 qualify to the National Final, one with a CBF subsidy -- a third team may be invited)

1. Samuel Lai, Kam Tang, David Hu, Tao Feng, John Chen, Jack Lee



2. Andrew Nalos, Andrew Lee, Ken Ramsay, Zoran Peca
3. Curtis Wright, Micheal Dickie, William & Debbie Wastle, Mihail Vitchev, David de Kezel
4. Long Xie, Eric Pan, Baixiang Liu, Roy Li, Kai Zhou

Canadian Women's Team Championships B.C. Zone Final (Vancouver heat) (February 3)

Eight teams played in the Vancouver event on Super Bowl Sunday.  Over five hours of tough competition produced these winners:

CWTC (8 teams, 1 qualifies to the National Final, one or two more may also be invited)

1. Angela Fenton, Patti Adams, Marguerite Chiarenza, Samantha Nystrom
2. June Pocock, Kathy Adachi, Julie Smith, Susan Peters
3. Anne Smith, Sima Sadri, Marlene Powell, Myra Johnston
4. Cathy Miller, Tomie Yamanouchi, Gail Heuchert, Christa Mead

Five more teams played in the simultaneous Victoria version of the event.  The winners of each event earned an automatic qualification to the National Final.

In all these events, teams may add or change players before the National Final.  Check the event conditions at the CBF webpage for full details.  The National Finals of the CWTC and CNTC will be held in Montreal-Dorval, May 24-31.  The CBF Co-ordinator will get in touch with teams interested in continuing with complete CBF subsidy information (CNTC winners also received an info package at the end of the game).  Bonne chance à Montréal!

Both divisions of the IMP League are into the playoffs.  Below is a list of links to the final standings, team pages, and playoff notes...

TEAM CAPTAINS: ALERT!  The final date to play regular-season matches in Flight A is April 2.  The final date to play regular-season matches is April 16.  No regular-season matches played after that date will count in the final standings under any circumstances.

I rely on a local representative of an American Internet Service Provider, a friend of mine, for the matchpointer.com domain and the space used for the files posted.  Except for a few weeks where the site has been down because of difficulties on the provider's end, this has worked well and has kept the costs to Unit 430 down.  However, my friend was recently in a bad car accident, has not yet regained consciousness, and might not remember much when he does.  A minor inconvenience of this tragedy is that we don't have any other contact with the Internet company, and we don't know what will happen when it comes time to pay for another year of service.  They may contact me directly, or they may not.

So, if this site goes down suddenly, we may be forced to move the files temporarily to my own personal space (which I used in August during some down time), which you will find here.  It would be a good idea for you to add the alternate site to your bookmarks or favorites (call it Matchpointer Online Alternate or something) now, because if this site goes down, you won't be able to get this link anywhere else.  Currently posted there is the September 10 version of the site.  I won't post anything there that is more current unless it becomes necessary to do so.

UPDATE: My friend made a great recovery.