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It was wonderful to have Tim as longas we did. He came into the club

smiling and didn’t stop even during his

last days. He was a regular fixture

coming in each day to play and to tell

us that he had just seen “my very

favorite movie on TCM last night.” He

loved old movies and any western he

could find. He had an enthusiasm for

bridge that was infectious. But, he had that same enthusiasm

for many of his other accomplishments. He won awards for

his sales of cars and recreational vehicles, and after retirement

he worked at Central High School as a teacher’s aide, working

with students with autism. He was married to his wife Lenora

for fifty-seven special years. He was an avid golfer, a Silver

Life Master bridge player, and served honorably in the U.S.

Air Force. And to us, Tim was our Club President for three

years and a good friend. We will miss him.

January 2019Volume 9, No. 7 Membership forms have been filled out and dues have been paid so you will be seeing a phoneand e-mail list issued sometime in January of 2019. Club events you can participate in are twoSunday Swiss Team games (1/13 & 1/27), two Tuesday Swiss Team games (1/1 & 1/15), our

annual Jim Farner Day on 1/7, ACBL-wide Jr. Fund (1/22), International Fund Game and manyother Junior Fund games.

Website: www.sbbc.info Phone: 574-255-6613

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Jo Ann Steigmeyer, Editor

What a wonderful turnout! There were 10 tables in theopen section and 5 in the 399er section. Richard Mao wonthe 50/50 raffle, but returned it all to the club for a total of$201 for the club. Thank you, Rich! A Skillet-prepared lunchof chicken, sausage, gravy, noodles and stuffing was enjoyedby our members. Many of our members donated deliciousdesserts to top off the satisfying and filling lunch. Specialthanks to our contributors.

Of course, kudos go to the Hostess Chairperson JoanTobler and her committee, Marty Martin and Tricia

Killeen, for making this party asuccess.The winners were: In the Opensection Bud Hinckley & Rich Maoand in the 399er section Maureen& Roger Skurski.

CHRISTMAS PARTY RESULTSCHRISTMAS PARTY RESULTSCHRISTMAS PARTY RESULTSCHRISTMAS PARTY RESULTSCHRISTMAS PARTY RESULTS

E. TIM CARLDecember 1, 1940 - December 16, 2018

Congratulations!

Sapphire Life Masters

Gold LifeMaster

The club will be honoring the

members who have achieved

another level in their bridge ca-

reers. The honorees are:

2018 Recogn ition Ban quet

In theSpring of

2019

OVERHEARD AT THE BRIDGE CENTER

Diamond Life Masters

TomHallum Rosemary Zonker Lena Howard

Silver LifeMaster

Ruby LifeMaster

Ruby LifeMaster

Bob Adams John Hamilton.

LifeMaster

Pat Borchert Hugh Metzger Mike Young

Also, the winners of the Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs

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“How can I revoke when I haven’t ‘voked yet’ ?”

Bud Hinckley Virginia Stipp

Note: There was a bit of a computer glitch so the players had to usetraveling score sheets - a new experience for many of them. These scoreshad to be transferred to the computer and we thank Marian David forspending a couple of hours with the director reading off the scores.

Top Games in December399ers: 12/19 Candace Hurwich & Peggy Lyzun 67.00%

12/03 John Gadd & Julie Nelson 62.00%

Fri. PM 12/07 Candace Hurwich & Anita Nunemaker63.33%

12/14 Mary Newbold & Joey Stiver 57.50%

Open: 12/17 Jimmy Cordas & Elaine DeLaney 72.66%

12/19 Lee Boser & Ren Singleton 71.19%

Swiss Team Games

Tuesday12/4: Cappy Gagnon, Ted Mullett, Vance Senecal

& Mike Young

Sunday 12/9: Lynne Bruehlman, Cappy Gagnon, Tom Rossow,

& Vance Senecal

Tuesday 12/18: Chris Barker, Marian David, Joan Tobler

Open & Jo Ann Steigmeyer

Tuesday 12/18: Ivye Benson, Irene Cooperrider, Peggy Lyzun,

399ers & Marty Martin

Sunday 12/23: Tricia & John Killeen, Tom Rossow

& Gini Stipp

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

J & J MONDAY CLASSES Jo Ann Steigmeyer & Joan Tobler will presenttheir classes from 9:30 to 11:30 on 1/7, 1/14, & 1/21.

No set-up hands! We will shuffle, deal and playto see how to handle a mix of possible bids,plays and defense. We will see how thesehands and results stand up to duplicate

scoring The hands will be new to Jo Ann andJoan, also. Of course, there will beBASICS. BASICS, BASICS! Cost $5

Elaine DeLaney’s Friday afternoon 149er game andlessons are on hold.

When you filled out the Membership

Application Form in December,you were asked to give permission

to print your phone and/or e-mail address on alist for distribution to our members only.This information will not appear on thewebsite. The list will be available at the Director’s Stationin January 2019.

MORE INFO FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIPAPPLICATION FORM: We would like to haveyour birthday (year not necessary) so that we canwish you a Happy Birthday. Besides, at least once ayear your name will appear in our newsletter.

PHONE & E-MAIL LISTS

to find the latest Minutes of the Board of Directorsmeetings, the latest calendars (club, hostess anddirector schedules), newsletters (past and present),Hands of the Month, game results, a list of ourlibrary books and more.

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5 Barbara Fedder, Lena Howard, Doris Shafer

9 Reggie Lowenhar

13 Gail Wells

14 Merrill Crull

15 Clarke Dippell

17 Connie Hebron

28 George Cramer

30 John Bodish

31 Bill Blum, Barbara Myers

Our thanks to Bob Knoblockfor having made all the boardsfor our games each month.

The Board passed a new policy that gives the

directors the discretion to levy a procedural pen-

alty for slow play without a warning.

Since a response of 2D over a 2C opener isnever to be alerted, (adopted by ACBL January 1,2012), it would be wise to either ask the opponentor look at his card to see what his 2D bid means.It could be waiting, game force, steps, showing anace or king, or a variety of other bids. This couldhave an impact on your subsequent bids and defense.

SBBC BOARD NEWS:

current as of 12/26/18----->

Tricia Killeen’s Newcomers at 9:15-11:30 Thursday a.m.

Schedule:

1/3: Game 1/10: Reverse bids

1/17: Reverse bids 1/24: Q & A Session

and 1/31: Q & A Session

Contact Tricia Killeen at 574-271-1345

or [email protected] Cost $6.00

When opponents look at your con-vention card during the bidding, do notoffer an explanation of a bid or actionunless they ask!

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Education Updates

February 2019Volume 9, No. 8 Director Dawg wishes you a Happy Valentine’s Day! During February there will be an ACBL -Wide Charity game on the 20th, an ACBL Membership game on the 25th (both players must bemembers of ACBL to earn points), a Grass Roots Fund game, & several Junior Fund games. Ofcourse, don’t forget the Swiss Team games on the 5th, 10th, 19th & 24th and be sure to check out

the educational classes offered (see page 2). Jo Ann Steigmeyer, Editor


Robert (Bob) Lewis Robert (Bob) Lewis Robert (Bob) Lewis Robert (Bob) Lewis Robert (Bob) Lewis IIFFFFFebruary 20, 1941 - January 10, 2019ebruary 20, 1941 - January 10, 2019ebruary 20, 1941 - January 10, 2019ebruary 20, 1941 - January 10, 2019ebruary 20, 1941 - January 10, 2019

From the Club Man ager We ended 2018 with a loss of over $5,200,largely due to declining attendance. Therewere one-time expenditures of $2,000 in 2018that included our share of the new carpeting,overhauling the dealing machine, and thevoucher cabinet. The Board met in Januaryto discuss ways to make up the deficit. Our

Directors have offered to help in several very generous ways:(1) each director will make the game boards for the game heis directing (a savings of more than $1,500/year); (2) the di-rectors of the two section games have agreed to take $60 ascompensation, rather than the $80/96 previously paid (a sav-ings of approximately $2,500/year); and (3) the Sunday gamedirector Lee Boser has been taking a lower director fee andserving as host for a savings of approximately $400/year.Thus, the Directors will be contributing about $4,400 in an-nual savings to the Club. The Board agreed to eliminate cook-ies from the refreshment budget for a savings of $500/year,and Rosemary Zonker has pledged to supply the coffee (TheBoard was considering charging 50 cents/day for coffee andtea). We hope these measures allow us to operate in the blackin 2019. The Board is very grateful to the Directors for theirhelp in dealing with our financial troubles and will continueits search for other creative long-term solutions. The mem-bership can help by increasing their attendance, encouragingothers to do the same and inviting their friends to play if theyare not members already. We all need to pitch in to the extentwe can to ensure the continued good health of the Club.

Tricia Killeen, Club Manager

Bob was such a wonderful ambassa-dor and a great addition to our club.But, he was that and more to all thepeople he came in contact with.Playing bridge he started out on the“B” side (newer players) of our clubbut was making headway on the “A”side (the veterans). Bob’s love for education was evident throughout hisprofessional career. He held executive administrative postsat many universities and retired in 1997 from Notre Dameafter being in charge of the Graduate Education For Minori-ties for seven years. He also served his church and hiscommunity by volunteering his time and talents. For fun andrelaxation Bob enjoyed playing in the MOB Group (MenOnly Bridge) and the Par Putter Golf Club. He leaves his wife of 47 years, Margaret (often his bridgepartner), 3 children & 4 grandchildren. We send our condo-lences to his family. We will miss his infectious smile.

Our bridge Club was so happy tobe able to celebrate many ofMartha’s birthdays especially herlast one - the 99th. Throughout theyears she would come bouncing inready to play with her myriad ofpartners who thoroughly enjoyed

her company. If you gave her even a hint that game waspossible, she would bid it with enthusiasm!

Martha was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts,graduated from Regis College and later joined the U.S.Navy, serving during WW II. She often claimed that, ifshe had stayed in the Navy, she would have been anadmiral (and we believe it wholeheartedly). However,along came William Hosinski, who brought her to hishometown of South Bend where they raised their fivechildren. She was a wonderful helpmate for her Bill as hepracticed law and became a judge. For her children she wasthe upbeat, postive force in their lives. We shall all miss her.

Rosemary Zon ker

Diamon d Life Master Rosemary Zonker achieved the lofty titleof Diamond Life Master by earning over5000 masterpoints during her bridge career.Her achievement became a reality in Decem-ber 2018 so she will be honored along withnibne others at the Spring Awards Luncheon.Rosemary has been a very dedicated member

playing 4 to 5 times a week, driving from Elkhart, no matterthe weather (This IS Indiana, you know!).

Con gratulation s Rosemary!

Martha Hosinski Martha Hosinski Martha Hosinski Martha Hosinski Martha HosinskiDecember 28, 1919 - January 7, 2019December 28, 1919 - January 7, 2019December 28, 1919 - January 7, 2019December 28, 1919 - January 7, 2019December 28, 1919 - January 7, 2019

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

1 Leslie Garvey, Jill Mroczkiewicz

7 Bill Flanagan

12 Bob Knoblock

13 Donna Tieman

14 Maureen Skurski

15 Carol Kraabel

16 Victor Papai

18 Marian David

22 Sara Marcus

28 Vicki McIntire, Bonnita Laub

Top Games in JanuaryOpen Games

399ers: 1/09 Chris Clarke & John Gadd 70.00%

1/14 Chris Clarke & John Gadd 70.00%

Open: 1/21 Elaine DeLaney & Tom Hallum 68.25%

1/20 Don Groch & Bill Searcy 67.59%

Swiss Team Games

Tues. 1/1 Open: John & Tricia Killeen, Gini Stipp& Rosemary Zonker

Sun. 1/13 Open: Lee Boser, Lena Howard, Bill Searcy& Ren Singleton

Tues.1/15 Open: John Bodish, Elaine DeLaney, Lena Howard

& Virginia StippTues.1/15 399ers: Irene Cooperrider, Peggy Lyzun, Marty

Martin & M. Julie Nelson

Sun. 1/27 Open: Marty Alig, Elaine DeLaney, RichardHastings & Lena Howard

J & J MONDAY CLASSESJo Ann Steigmeyer & Joan Tobler will offer the Mon-

day classes on February 4, 11, 18 & 25. Shorttalks will be presented on DOUBLES - take-out, negative, support, and redoubles. .Random hands will be discussed at the tablesshowing what various bids, leads, plays and

defensive cards are saying.Mondays 9:30 to 11:30 Cost $5.00

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NEWS FLASH!!!

E-mail and phone lists will be published and dis-

tributed in the month of February. This

directory is being made available with the

permission of our members and is for their

use only. It will not be published on the web. Ifyou did not give your pernission to publishyour phone number or e-mail address, it willnot appear in the directory. Check with Jo Annif you want to make sure that your info is published.

Education UpdatesTricia Killeen’s topics for the 9:15 Thursday

morning sessions are:February 7: GameFebruary 14: Lesson on How to Evaluate Your

Hand when you and your partnerhave found a fit.

February 21: Lesson on What Does It Mean to be

Vulnerable

February 28: Question & Answer Session Cost: $6

Mr. Sohail Bahu, a former member, has

donated his bridge library to the Club.

We send him our grateful thanks.

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The In auguration of a New Game

The Club will begin holding a

149er game at 10 am on Friday

mornings effective 2/1/2019. A re-

cent survey of the membership produced

26 positive responses to this idea.

We hope to see that this new game

brings lots of players to the club.

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CHECK OUT THE NEW FRIDAY

MORNING (10:00) GAME NOTICE AT

TOP OF THIS PAGE.

The sixth annual Jim Farner

Day, held on January 7, 2019,

gave us this year’s winners -

Marian David and Bill Searcy

with a whopping 62.64%. Jim

Farner was a member of SBBC

for many years, and, when he died, his family gener-

ously donated to our club. We have a plaque to honor

his birthday with the winners' names inscribed each year.

CELEBRATING DR. JIM

A GROUP HUG FOR OUR

NEW 2019 MEMBERS!

WELCOME!

Rebecca Delahanty,Miki Grant, Art Houle, Mary Lou

Houle, Pam Johnson, Judith

Kearn, Judith McCullough, & Fred

Stump. Glad to have you with us!

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BRING PRBRING PRBRING PRBRING PRBRING PROBLEM HANDS TOBLEM HANDS TOBLEM HANDS TOBLEM HANDS TOBLEM HANDS TO CLASS!O CLASS!O CLASS!O CLASS!O CLASS!

March/April 2019Volume 9, No. 9 & 10 Website: www.sbbc.info Phone: 574-255-6613

On April 6th, the SBBC will be honoring members

who have made stellar achievements during the past

year. Our Celebrity Wall features pictures of 2018

honorees including Bob Adams, Pat Borchert, Tom

Hallum, John Hamilton, Bud Hinckley, Lena Howard,

Hugh Metzger, Virginia Stipp, Mike Young & Rosemary

Zonker. Along with this group, the plaques on the wall

feature the top players in the club, top players in each

category (A, B, C, & 99ers), Mini McKenney winners,

Ace of Clubs winners, Friends Who Have Passed Away,

and a salute to all the volunteers who have made this

club a success. Be sure to stroll down the Lane - you

might discover your name on one of the rosters!

The Wall is quite a work of art. We thank Tom

Hebron for its construction, Jo Ann Steigmeyer for the

artwork and John Killeen for providing all the final

results. Great Job!

Wan der Our Wall

Jo Ann Steigmeyer, Editor

1. Get in the habit of counting your cards BEFORE you

look at your hand. Reason:

a. No result on a board is ever valid unless all players

start with 13 cards

b. The Director may not be able to allow a result on a

board if you look at your hand holding a wrong number of cards.

2. When leading, please choose a card, place it face down on

the table and ask if it is your lead and if your partner has any

questions. This will alleviate having to call the director

because of a lead being made from the wrong hand.

3. Do not fold bidding cards until all the bidding is done

and all are in agreement. E.g.: 1 NT - P - 3NT

Do not assume this series of bidding ends the auction. There

are three players who have bids available.

4. Do not fold playing cards after a hand has been played

until all have agreed on the result.

5. When it is your turn to bid, do not tap the table to

designate a “pass”. Many players have a habit of

tapping the table when they are “thinking”. Is it a pass

or just idle tapping? To make sure there is no misun-

derstanding, please use your green (pass) card.

6. After all players have played to a trick:

a. You can ask to see any card played to that trick only if

your card is still face up. You are not obligated to show your

last played card if all the players have turned their cards

facedown.

b. The only one of your own facedown cards you can

look at is the one you just played - and only until someone

leads to the next trick.

7. Not only should players have legible convention cards, they

also should match their partner's and be on the table so the

opponents can read them.

Our thanks to Bill Searcy, Bud Hinckley and Bob

Knoblock, directors par excellence, for their input.

This issue is a combination of the March and April newsletters, so we will try to cover anynews and announcements for the two months. The April schedule will bring eleven (11)Charity Fund games for all those extra points. There will also be an ACBL Membership gameon the 17th (members must be ACBL members to garner any points). The Swiss Team gamesare on the 2, 8, 14 and 28. And, of course, don’t forget the Recogniton Luncheon on the 6th.

Copies of the phone and e-mail list areavailable at the Directors’ Station.

PHONE & E-MAIL LISTS ARE OUT & ABOUT

ACE OF CLUBS & MINI MCKENNEY AWARDSOn April 10th Gary Cheney, President of Unit

154, will be here to give special awards to several of our

SBBC members. The Ace of Clubs race is based upon

points won at a local sanctioned club. Mini McKenney

includes all masterpoints won at ACBL sanctioned

tournaments and clubs but not online points. Join us to

see who these recipients are.

Several alert situations arose

recently at SBBC gamesIf you are playing weak jump shifts, you do

not alert if the bid is made in competition. You must alertif the bid is made not in competition.

Playing weak 2 opening bids, a non-forcing new suit by

responder is alertable. After a weak 2 opener and a double, anon-forcing new suit by responder is also alertable

If you are playing a convention, please learn all the alerts

associated with the series of bidding.E.g.: Jacoby 2NT - the 2 NT response to a major must be

alerted and the responses to the 2NT (such as singletons,

voids or another 5-card suit) must be alerted. Anotherexample is (Reverse?) Drury: P - P - Major suit - P - 2C.Two (2) clubs must be alerted as Drury - not necessarily a club

suit but asking about partner’s opening bid in 3rd or 4th seat.

Top Games in FebruaryThurs: 2/14 Rosemary Polizzotto & Annette Tyler 60.42%

a.m. 2/14 Mel Meyer & Fred Stump 54.17%

149ers: 2/15 Miki Grant & Linda Urschel 66.77%

2/22 Rosemary Polizzotto & Annette Tyler 57.50%

2/22 Miki Grant & Linda Urschel 57.50%

399ers: 2/18 Christopher Clarke & John Gadd 69.50%

1/27 Candy Hurwich & Peggy Lyzun 69.00%

Open: 2/12 Bill Searcy & Raji Sundararajan 71.00%

2/15 John Scheibelhut & Elaine Thompson 70.83%

Team GamesTues. 2/5 Open: John Bodish, John & Tricia Killeen,

& Virginia StippSun. 2/10Open: Lee Boser, Lena Howard, Bill Searcy

& Ren SingletonTues. 2/19 Open: Joan Fahey, Dee Stevenson, Gail Wells

& Elaine ThompsonTues. 2/19 399ers: Chris Clarke, Merrill Crull, Ron McKay

& Judity McCullough

Sun: 2/24 Open: Tom Hallum Dan McCarthy, Connie& Tom Hebron

John & Patricia Killeen, Tom Rossow

& Virginia Stipp

MARCH BIRTHDAYS02 Gloria Falcone10 Cappy Gagnon11 Annette Tyler12 Kathy Stegmaier16 Gloria Bates20 Joan Fahey21 Ted Mullett22 Nancy Alig26 Bill Odell27 LaDora Sloan31 Candace Hurwich

Education Updates

The schedule for the month of April:April 11, 18 & 25 - Declarer PlayIf you need a partner, contact Tricia

Killeen by e-mail at [email protected] phone 574-271-1345

THURSDAY, NEWCOMER APRIL GAMES - 9:30

J & J MONDAY MORNING CLASSES - APRIL - 9:30

Jo Ann Steigmeyer & Joan Tobler will

offer classes on April 1, 8, 15 & the 22nd.

Subjects to be covered include Play

of the Hand, Timing, Bidding

Basics, Rebids, and your requests!

Mondays 9:30 to 11:30 Cost $5.00

WHAT ARE THE CARDS TELLING YOU?

thedirector’s

corner

Tie!

APRIL BIRTHDAYS01 Joey Stiver04 JoEllen DePaepe, Iris Goerner11 Kurt Stiver12 Bud Hinckley, Gini Stipp13 Mary Hintz18 Janet Turnock20 Linda Podlin22 Gayle Gonser, Lynn Miller22 Bill Searcy24 Judith McCullough26 Tami McNally

Top Games in MarchThurs: 3/07 Miki Grant & Linda Urschel 66.67%

a.m. 3/07 Rosemary Polizzotto Annette Tyler 64.58%

399ers: 3/25 Ron & Connie McKay 72.50%

3/13 Ron Bodach & Ron McKay 65.97%

Open: 3/25 Jimmy Cordas & Elaine DeLaney 75.15%

3/14 Leroy Boser & Ren Singleton 70.51%

Team GamesTues. 3/5 Open: John Bodish, John & Tricia Killeen,

& Virginia StippSun. 3/10Open: Marty Alig, Elaine DeLaney, Dick

Hastings & Rosemary Zonker

Tues. 3/19 Open: John & Tricia Killeen, Sara Marcus& Ren Singleton

Tues. 3/19 399ers: Judith Kearns, Judith McCullough,Anita Nunemaker & Kathy Stegmaier

Sun: 3/24 Open: Marty Alig, Elaine DeLaney,Lena Howard & Richard Mao

149er Game - Effective April 5th the 149er game willbe changed to Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. withElaine DeLaney directing. This is a special weeklygame for those who have fewer than 149 master-points. With the return of this game we are lookingforward to welcoming back our “Snowbirds”.

Cinco de Mayo Dawg advises that there is no Sunday Swiss Team game on May 12.Other activities for the month include: a Pro-Am Swiss Team game on the afternoon ofSaturday, May 25th; three Club Championships; six Grass Roots Fund games; an ACBLMembership Game on the 23rd, Swiss Team Games on Tuesdays, 5/7 & 5/21 and on Sun-day, the 26th. Take advantage of the extra points that can be earned at these special games.The Bridge Club will be open on 5/27 (Memorial Day).

Volume 9, No. 11 May 2019Website: www.sbbc.info Phone: 574-255-6613


REMINDER: The Fort Wayn e Section al is May 3, 4, & 5.

On a SOn a SOn a SOn a SOn a Saturday!aturday!aturday!aturday!aturday!Mark your calendar for the Pro-AmSwiss Team Game - Saturday after-noon, May 25th. Then get your teamtogether. Each pro (life master or

player with more than 500 points) will be playingwith a non-life master with fewer than 500 points.The Pros will be sitting either North or East so theseeding will be fair. This has been a very successfulevent, and we look forward to continuing thistradition. Oh! by the way, there will bea barbecue offered by our resident chef,Bill Searcy @ 12 Noon. Certainlyworth the trip! $7 play - $5 meal.

ACE OF CLUBS & MINI-McKENNEY

AWARD WINNERS GOOD AND BAD

BRIDGE HABITS AT SBBC

Law 46AWhen calling a card from dummy, declarer

should clearly state the suit and the rank of

the card to be played.

Many of our declarers have morphed into the habit of

saying "play" when calling a card from dummy. While the

ACBL does allow this, the word "play" is deemed to mean

the lowest card in the suit in dummy. I believe this con-

dones a bad habit, and disagree with the ACBL stance.

They go on to state that if there is any possible confusion

to this, the director now rules in favor of the opponents.

Now, a new issue involves declarer's "intent". This

means declarer is allowed to change a card designation if

the intent was clear at the start of a trick, and before he

plays to the next trick

Dummy has K543 of a suit and declarer leads the 2

toward dummy. He then says "play" or "play low". His

intent was certainly to play the K, so he is now allowed to

change the card. The directors are now charged with

determining carelessness or intent. For years, we have

ruled for the defense. This change will not make for happy

campers defending, but it is now the ruling.

Conversely, dummy has A Q xx of a suit and declarer

leads small towards dummy. LHO plays the K and de-

clarer starts to say Queen. Here, the intent was to clearly

finesse, so declarer is stuck playing the queen. No longer

is the term "same breath" allowed, as declarer is stuck with

carelessness

I will continue to comment on bad bridge habits, both

here and at the table.

The directors meet monthly on the third Monday after the

game. Any player is welcome to attend. We discuss many of

our rulings in order to give our players the best game pos-

sible. Questions from our members are always welcome.

Bill Searcy

On April 10th Gary Cheney, President of our Unit 154,

paid us a visit to present certificates to the 2018 winners of

the Mini-McKenney (points earned in all events) and Ace of

Clubs (points earned only in the club events) Awards.

Pictured above, l to r, are Gini Stipp, Gerry Wardzinski,

Elaine DeLaney, President Cheney, Tricia Killeen, Raji

Sundararjan, and Bill Flanagan, all of whom won Ace of

Clubs awards except for Gerry who won both the Ace of

Clubs and Mini-McKenney awards.CONGRATULATIONS!

02 Mary Adams02 Joan Tobler03 Tom Saal

05 Art Houle11 Raji Sundararajan13 Randy Peterson

14 Karen Nagy15 Joyce Sopko17 Fred Binder

21 Nancy Saunders22 Roger Chrastil22 Kent Dennis

Top Games in AprilPair Games:

149ers: 4/26 Bonnita Laub & Linda Urschel 65.00%

4/26 Mary Newbold & Garry Wardzinski 61.25%

Newcomers: 4/04 Miki Grant & Linda Urschel 66.67%

4/04 Rosemary Polizzotto & Annette Tyler 58.33%

399ers: 4/01 Margaret Lewis & Marty Martin 65.0%

4/17 Candy Hurwich & Gerry Wardzinski 63.89%

Open: 4/25 Dick Hastings & Lena Howard 69.79%

4/23 Jimmy Cordas & Elaine DeLaney 68.33%

Swiss Team Games:

Tuesday 4/2 Open: John Bodish, John & Tricia Killeen

& Gini Stipp

Open: Cappy Gagnon, Vance Senecal,

Bruce Sokol & Mike Young

Sunday 4/16 Open: John & Tricia Killeen, Sara Marcus

& Ren Singleton

Tuesday 4/16 399ers: Irene Cooperrider, Margaret Lewis,

Peggy Lyzun & Marty Martin

Sunday, 4/28 Open: Marty Alig, Elaine DeLaney,

Dick Hastings & Lena Howard

MAY BIRTHDAYS

ELAINE’S CLASS & GAMEThe Friday afternoon 149’er game starts at 2PM each Friday with a 15-minute lessonbefore the game. If you would like to play butneed a partner, contact Elaine Delaney [email protected]. Cost: $7 or $8.

THURSDAY MORNING CLASSES

Tricia Killeen, along with her dedicated

mentors, will continue her Beginning Lessons .

Tricia will host a REAL GAME on May 2. John

Killeen’s topics for May 9, 16, 23 & 31 will be:

Declaring & Defending against No Trump

Contact [email protected] or call 574-271-1345.

Times: 9:15 to 11:30 Cost: $6

Education Updates

J & J MONDAY MORNING CLASSES

Jo Ann Steigmeyer & Joan Tobler’s Classes will cover

play of the hand, defense and “good ole fashioned basic”

bidding. And, of course, listening and answering your

questions about any part of bridge.

Schedule for classes is: May 6, 13, 20

May 27 - Memorial Day - NNNNNo Classo Classo Classo Classo Class 9:30 to 11:30 Cost: $5

A RA RA RA RA ROUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAUSEUSEUSEUSEUSE

to Leslie Garvey for sponsoring the ACBL-

wide charity game in February. We appre-

ciate her generosity.

HAPPY TO SEARCH

Looking for a partner? When youwant to increase the number oftimes you play each month, youmay be looking for a partner. Wehave just the people for you tocontact. Just call Joan Tobler at

269-687-0766, Elaine DeLaney at 574-291-3521or e-mail her at [email protected] would be fun to see you more often AND itwould help the club.

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Kudos to Bud Hin ckley:Those who participated in the 4/28/19 Swiss

Team game were very pleased that it was a Dupli-Swiss

event since there were only 5 teams

participating. We thought Dupli-Swiss

could only be held with an even

number of teams. We asked the Direc-

tor Bob Knoblock how this was

possible, and he said that Bud created

this movement and it needed only

ONE set of boards. The teams were

spread out across the room and were playing different

boards throughout the session, although, of the 30

boards made, each team played 24 of them. It was a very

enjoyable experience. Thanks, Bud!

The month of June offers seven (7) NAP (North American Pairs) Games, a

week of STaC Games (June 24-30), the Sunday Team games on the 9th & 23rd, and

the Tuesday Swiss Team games on the 4th & 18th, Be sure to sign up for all these

activities.

June 2019Volume 9, No. 12 Website: www.sbbc.info Phone: 574-255-6613


PRO-AM WINNERS

Our semi-annual Pro-AmSwiss Team Event, held onSaturday afternoon May25th, was a great success!There were 12 teams of lifemasters or players with morethan 500 points partneringwith non-life master players

with fewer than 500 points. The winners were (l tor): Kathy Stegmaier, Elaine DeLaney, & GiniStipp. The fourth member, Marga-ret Lewis, was not available whenthe picture was taken. We send ourcongratulations! In addition, a hearty thankyou to Director Bill Searcy (our hot dog chef) for run-ning the event so smoothly and to Joan Tobler’s commit-tee, Leslie Garvey, Candace Hurwich, and Tricia Killeen,for the festivities & the tasty spread. Look for the nextPro-Am on August 17th!

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Last November we had the sad dutyof advising our members that we had losta dear bridge friend, Bud Parshall. Itturns out that he found us to be hisfriends also because he left a wonderfulgift of over $48,000 to our club. Wewill be hearing more about how the clubwill remember Bud and how the moneywill be used to benefit our members and promote thisgame that all of us find so interesting and challenging.

Bud was raised in South Bend and graduated from theUniversity of Michigan with an Engineering Degree. Hewas employed by N.A. Rockwell to serve as qualitycontrol manager involved in the NASA Space Program.However, he was not all work and no play. He was anavid fly fisherman, was an Arthur Murray ballroom danceinstructor and achieved the lofty rank of life master. Hewas an extremely tough bridge competitor, particularlywhen he partnered with his favorite partner, Fred Binder.They really kept the other players on their toes. We willcontinue to have him in our thoughts.

We thank him for his generous gift!

REGIONAL MASTERS: George Cramer, Mary

Muller and Norm Muller

SECTIONAL MASTER: Candace Hurwich

JUNIOR MASTERS: Miki Grant, Mary Newbold,

Anne Saal, and Tom Saal

CLUB MASTERS: Peggy Cunningham, Fred Maione

and Kathy Stegmaier

A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!

On July 10th we will

recognize the accomplish-

ments of our 399er players

who have recently risen in the

ranks. Our heartiest congratulations to all of them

for having achieved the following rankings as they

make the journey from Rookie to Life Master. This

month we are honoring the following:

ACBL has designated July 29th to August 3rd as

the dates when our club can participate in REACH

(Regional Event At Club House). This program allows

our members to earn gold and red points at the club.

We will have more details as they become available for

our members about this program.

ACBL is providing a new feature called Live for

Clubs. To find out more about this, log onto the ACBL

website with your player number and password. Scroll

down to where it says Live for Clubs. Take the tour of

how Live for Clubs works and provide your email

address. You will receive an e-mail on the days you

play with your results. This is very similar to the Live

feature that gives you your results when you’ve played

in a tournament. We hope you like this new option..

WHAT’S ACBL UP TO NOW?

J & J Monday Classes in June: 3rd - Unusual NT over Majors and Minors10th - Negative Doubles17th - Advanced Negative Doubles24th - Re-opening DoublesContact Jo Ann at 574-243-1355, email

[email protected], or Joan at 269-687-9766.Time: 9:30 -11:30 Cost: $5

Top Games in MayPair Games:

149ers: 5/17 Candace Hurwich & Bonnita Laub 78.57%

5/10 Julie Nelson & Anita Nunemaker 65.87%

399ers: 5/20 Roger Chrastil & Candace Hurwich 71.50%

5/22 Roger Chrastil & Marty Martin 64.00%

5/08 Candace Hurwich & Marty Martin 64.00%

Open: 5/10 Christine Barker & Jo Ann Steigmeyer 70.14%

5/02 John Killeen & Tricia Killeen 68.29%

Swiss Team Games:Sunday Open: John Killeen, Tricia Killeen, Gina Stipp

5/26 & Tom Rossow

Tuesday Open: Marian David, Lena Howard, Sara Marcus

5/07 & William Searcy

Tuesday Open: John Bodish, Jimmy Cordas, Elaine DeLaney

5/21 & Gini Stipp

Tuesday 399er: Bill Blum, Connie McKay, Ron McKay

5/21 & Gerry Wardzinski

JUNE BIRTHDAYS08 Dick Hastings

09 Kathleen Peterson

11 Don Groch, Julie Nelson

14 Ivye Benson

18 Connie McKay

21 Ann Ullman

27 Nancy Shaffer

28 Patricia Borchert, Marty Martin

29 June Glazer

30 Bruce BonDurant

Tricia’s Newcomer Group will have a realgame on June 6th, practice sessions on the 13th,20th, & the 27th. John Killeen’s lessons will beon Defending Against a No trump Contract.

Contact Tricia at [email protected] or phone 574-271-1345. Time:9:15 to 11:30 Cost $6.00

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Member Updates

PLEASE ADD THIS INFO TO YOUR PHONE LISTS!

Jane Bailey 574-536-8331 [email protected] Kopf 574-361-3892 [email protected]

The SBBC Summer Sectional

On Wednesday, June 19th, our club will be accept-ing donations for the ACBL-Alzheimer Associa-tion’s fundraiser, The Longest Day. Every one ofus has experienced seeing either a friend, relativeor loved one touched by this disease. Your helpis needed to stamp out this hurtful & hurtingdisease. Your donations will be much appreciated.

August 2,3, & 4

will be held at the Kroc Community Center.

The schedule will be published on the ACBL

website as well as in our July newsletter

and August Calendar.

The LLLLL o n g e s to n g e s to n g e s to n g e s to n g e s t Day

Education Updates

VOUCHER SUPPLY Be sure to use our system for buying and receiv-ing blue vouchers. Present your money to thedirector and you will be given the vouchers.

THE TEACHERS ARE PROUD!

Looking at the Pro-Am results, the SBBCteachers were very proud of the number of players,who regularly attend classes on Monday, Thursdayand Friday, played well and earned masterpoints.Their hard work paid off! Congrats!

Elaine DeLaney’s Friday Mini-Lesson starts at 2PM with a 149'er game from 2:15 -5:15 PMCost: $7.00 - $8.00 Please contact Elaineat [email protected] if youwould like to play but need a partner.

A RA RA RA RA ROUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAOUND OF APPLAUSEUSEUSEUSEUSEto Christine Barker for picking up the extra table fees forthe STaC games from June 24 through June 30. Her gift

will allow our members to play for the regular special fee of$8 instead of $9.

The August schedule features the SOUTH BEND SUMMER SECTIONAL, on the 2nd

through the 4th, seven NAP (North American Pairs) games and our Swiss Team games on

Sundays, the 11th & 25th and on Tuesdays, the 6th & 20th.. Also, be sure to get your

teams signed up for the Pro-Am cookout game on Saturday afternoon, August 17th. These

activities are waiting just for YOU!

August 2019Volume 10, No. 2



Proposed Slate of Board Members for

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Join us at the Kroc CommunityCenter, 900 W. Western, SouthBend for the South Bend Sum-mer Sectional from August 2 through the 4th.

SOUTH BEND SUMMER SECTIONAL

Partnerships..... Karen Nagy, [email protected]

The South Bend Bridge Club is very proudto announce the SBBC top ten winners duringSilverpoint Week in June. John Bodish was3rd in our district out of 1,275 players with atotal of 23.92 points. Below is a list of our

other members who earned well deserved silver points.

SILVERPOINT WINNERS

1. John Bodish 23.922. Cappy Gagnon 19.393. Jo Ann Steigmeyer 9.584. Rosemary Zonker 7.375. Gail Wells 7.25

Well done, SBBC Players!

Among the players in the 399er games we find some of our

very own players:1. Candace Hurwich 2.59 6. Mary Hintz 1.342. Mary Newbold 1.80 7. Ann Ullman 1.343. Linda Urschel 1.70 8. Roger Chrastil 1.204. Rosemary Polizzotto 1.44 9. Mary Muller 1.135. Miki Grant 1.43 10. Norm Muller 1.13

INSTANT MATCHPOINT REPORT

On July 8, our club participated in the ACBL-wide

Instant Matchpoint Game. The game was sponsored in partby Rich Mao who has our thanks. The winners were:Open Pairs: N/S - Sara Marcus and Joan Tobler

E/W - John & Tricia Killeen399ers: N/S - Chris Clark & John Gadd

E/W - Merrill Crull & Miki GrantEach winner received a GOLD POINT!

The auction1. Bidding boxes are designed to reduce the possibility ofinformation being communicated between partners by voiceintonation or other mannerisms such as eye contact. Whenusing a bidding box, decide what your bid is going to bebefore reaching for or touching cards in the bidding box. Anextreme example of this impropriety is when you touch a 2Hcard and then pull out a pass card.2. Do not ask for information from your opponents unlessit is your turn to bid.3. Do not ask what a bid means unless you are intending tobid. Asking for explanation without bidding could in certaincircumstances be construed as passing unauthorized informa-tion to one's partner. If one doesn't intend to bid, questions ofthe opponents, should be made after the auction has concluded.

BRIDGE ETIQUETTE & PROTOCOL (con t’d)

6. Dee Stevenson 7.257. Ren Singleton 6.428. Sara Marcus 5.059. Bill Searcy 4.64

10. Gini Stipp 4.52

Pro-Am Swiss Team Game - Saturdayafternoon, August 17th. Lunch ($5) at 12 Noonand game ($7) 1 PM. We are delighted to offer thefollowing choices for your lunch: barbe-cued hot dogs or chili hot dogs (chili com-pliments of Miki Grant), potato salad,house salad, green beans and (complimentsof Donna Tieman and her southern back-ground) cheesy grits and hot brown dip with chips,punch, ice cream and desserts. Plus our residentchef Bill Searcy will working his magic at the barbe-cue kettle cooking the hot dogs. A great bargain!

SBBC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Wednesday, September 11th at 3:00 PM.

Three of the current Board members' terms are ending:Gini Stipp, Ted Mullett, and Blll Searcy. All three have agreedto run for a second term. Their names will be presented at theAnnual Meeting as the Nominating Committee's slate. Additionalnominations will be taken from the floor at the meeting.

The Nominating Committee is chaired by John Killeenand includes Bob Knoblock and Lee Boser as members.

Single sessions on August 2 and 3 are at 10:00A.M. & 3:00 P.M. and the Sunday Swiss on the 4thstarting at 10 AM will include a short lunch breakwith an added playing fee for a box lunch.

Top Games in JulyPair Game

399ers: 7/12 Roger Chrastil & Candace Hurwich 66.96%7/01 Candace Hurwich & Anita Nuneberg 65.97%

Open: 7/11 Lee Boser & Ren Singleton 70.54%

7/12 Gini Stipp & Rosemary Zonker 70.31%Fri. PM 7/19 Bob DuComb & Fred Maione 64.81%

7/19 Candace Hurwich & Kathy Stegmaier 62.96%

Swiss Team GamesTuesday Open: John Bodish, John Killeen, Tricia Killeen7/2 & Virginia Stipp

Sunday Open: Lee Boser, Lena Howard, Bill Searcy7/14 & Ren SingletonTuesday Open: Dave Barkmeier, Joan Fahey, Tom Hebron

7/16 & Elaine ThompsonTuesday Open: John Killeen, Tricia Killeen, Sara Marcus7/16 & Ren SingletonTuesday 399ers: Bill Blum, Connie McKay, Ron McKay

7/16 & Gerry WardzinskiSunday Open: Marty Alig, Jimmy Cordas, Elaine DeLaney,7/28 & Lena Howard

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS04 Dan McCarthy06 Leroy Boser, Joy Evard,

Elaine Thompson08 Rosemary Polizzotto15 Dee Stevenson16 Bill Blauvelt, Roger Skurski17 Martie Black18 Rosemary Zonker19 Tom Rossow

22 Judy Ayer

Education UpdatesMOVING ON UP

Gloria Bates Club MasterDonna Tieman Club Master

“J & J” August Classes - Monday 9;30 - Cost $5.00BASICS of BRIDGE with PLAY

OF THE HAND FEATURED

8/5 Basics & Play of the Hand (POH)8/12 Handling Interference & POH8/19 The Difference between leads & signals & POH8/26 NO ClassNO ClassNO ClassNO ClassNO Class Contact Jo Ann Steigmeyer at [email protected],574-243-1355 or Joan Tobler at 269-687-9766.

The Newcomer games on Thursdaymornings will continue in August with a 9:15starting time. “On August 1, there will be agame, and the rest of the month will cover“Declaring a Suit Contract” with John Killeen.

For more information contact Tricia Killeen at 574-271-1345, or e-mail [email protected].. Cost $6.00

New Member Updates

Didja Know.....In competition, your hesitation puts a burden on

your partner who must now base his next bid on hishand and not on what may have been implied by yourhesitation.

Also, the lead of the A from AK is only on openinglead. During play of the hand, lead the K to show youhave the Ace.

No No - Do not underlead an ACE against a suit con-tract.

Guest

Column

This month’s guest columnist is Cappy

Gagnon who will offer a few words aboutShutout Bids. (Ed. note: it was not easy to get only

a few words from Cappy).

SHUTOUT BIDS

Overheard at the Bridge Club after a bidding of N-1C, S-1S, N-4S, S-P making 6! South’s commentwas:“But you made a shutout bid!” North’s answer:“No, partner, I made an informational bid. With your ‘atleast 6 points and at least 4 spades’, my 4S hand shouldpromise ‘at least 20 points and support.’ If you have 12+points, slam should be explored.”

What are some Shutout bids?1. 1NT - 3NT Partner’s hand is known and limited

(15-17 ); therefore, you are the decider (Captain) of theend result.

2. Your partner opens a pre-empt and you bidgame. In this case, you are again the Captain, becausethe opener’s hand is known and limited. You areeither saying “We can make this game” or “We have nohope of making this game, but those guys don’t know itand I’m trying to shut THEM out”.

3. 1H - 2H - 4H Responder’s hand is known &limited (6-9 pts).

One thing all shutout bids have incommon is having one of the partnerswith a “known” amount of pointsenabling his partner to reach the rightcontract.

Thanks, Cappy!

Elaine DeLaney’s Friday Mini-Lessonstarts at 2 PM with a 149er game from 2:15 -5:15 PM. If you would like to play but need apartner contact [email protected]

Bob Binder 480-895-6332Robert O’Connor 574-234-3779Joyce Foley 574-291-0999

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This month’s “specials” include thirteen (13) International Fund games (with extramasterpoints awarded). Be sure to schedule a game on Wednesday, the 11th, for theSBBC Annual Meeting at 3 P.M.. And don’t forget the Swiss Team games - the SundaySwiss on the 8th & 22nd and the Tuesday Swiss on the 3rd & 17th. Be sure to get yourteams lined up. Lots of great opportunities for you to pick up those covetedmasterpoints!

September 2019Volume 10, No. 3



Play of the handDo say ‘Thank you’ to your partner when he/she puts the

Dummy on the table. (Even though you are thinking toyourself ‘where the heck is the hand my partner was bidding?’)

Do, when you are on opening lead, lead first and thenwrite the contract on your score sheet. When you are onopening lead, detach a card from your hand and lay it facedown on the table. This prevents irregularities...such asleading when it is not your turn to do so and allows questionsabout the auction and any alerts to be answered. All players,except dummy, may now request a review of the auction andan explanation of any alerted calls. You, as the openingleader, may ask for any review of the bidding before youmake your first lead. Other players may also ask for a reviewof the auction at their first opportunity to play.

Do not SNAP your cards down on the table.Do not detach a card from the hand before it is your turn

to play.Do not pull up a card, push it back into your hand, and

then pull up another card. Nor should you detach a card andthen replace it to play another card. Also do not detach yourcard before it is your turn to play and never rearrange yourhand when you are out of a suit. All of these maneuversprovide additional valuable information to the declarer.

You have the right to inspect the cards that have beenplayed on the current trick as long as your card remains faceup. Once all cards have been turned over (face down) no onecan ask to see the cards that were played.

At the end of a hand ensure that you do not mix up yourcards until the result is agreed with by the opponents.

North, when scoring the traveler, must present it to EastWest for their acceptance prior to folding and returning it tothe board. The same applies when entering the result intoBridgemates.

Do not look at your opponent's or partner's cards afterthe hand has been played without their permission.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGof the South Bend Bridge Club will be held on

Wednesday the 11th at 3:00 PM. President Joan

Tobler will present her “State of the Club” report.Proposed Slate of Board Members

for membership approval:

Submitted by the Nominating CommitteeJohn Killeen Leroy Boser Bob Knoblock

(3) candidates for a 3-year termTed Mullett, Bill Searcy and Virginia Stipp

JOAN TOBLER

SAPPHIRE LIFE MASTERThere’s just no stopping her! Joan is

our newest Sapphire Life Master reach-ing the 3500 masterpoint plateau. Thereare very few games that her game resultsare not among the top scores. Her com-petitiveness is so strong that otherplayers have threatened to take away alldouble cards from her bridge box. Beyondher bridge intensity, Joan is very important to the clubby being its president, hostess chair, and partnershipchair. She is always ready to help new players byplaying with them, and mentoring/teaching them (Mon-day & Thursday classes). Thank you, Joan!


Another Successful South Bend Sectional Tournamentwas held the first weekend of August at the Kroc Commu-

nity Center. We had good participation, particu-larly from the 399ers. The total number of tableswas 124 with 129 players participating. Ourcongratulations and thanks to the Tourna-ment Chairmen, Dave Bontrager & Bill

Searcy and their many volunteers, particularly thehostesses, the greeters, partnership chairpersons,caddies & our fellows doing the heavy lifting.

Top Ten Winners in the open games: 1. Cappy Gagnon,2. Lena Howard, 3. John Bodish, 4.Tom Hallum, 5. MartyAlig, 6. Bill Searcy, 7. Hugh Metzger 8. Gerry Wardzinski,9. Dave Bontrager, and 10.Tom Rossow.

Top Ten Winners in the 399er games: 1. SharonKolski, 2. Merrill Crull, 3/4.Randy Peterson & Julie Jarvis,5. Judith McCullough, 6-10.Candy Hurwich, Marty Martin,Kathy Klaer & Barb Emmons.

UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR!- There willnot be an ACBL-wide International Fund game on 9/12 (itis scheduled by ACBL to be a night game).The Sunday and Friday games DESPERATELY needmore players. Come and bring a Bridge Buddy!

Tricia Killeen’s schedule for Thursday classes 9/5 will be a Newcomer Game ($6.00)

Note: From 9/12 through 9/26 we will beblending our regulars with studentsenrolled through Forever Learning for 10weeks and work our way through AudreyGrant’s Bridge Basics. 9:30 to 11:30 $45

Contact Tricia Killeen by phone at 574-271-1345 or bye-mail at [email protected]

Top Games in AugustPair Games:

399ers: 8/01 Christopher Clarke & Mary Hintz 64.00%8/14 Bill & Linda Odell 62.00%

8/21 Julie Jarvis & Randy Peterson 62.00%8/28 Bill & Edi Murray 62.00 %

Fri. pm 8/30 Anita Nunemaker & Rosemary Polizotto 63.49%

8/30 Miki Grant & Julie Jarvis 57.94%8/20 Bob DuComb & Fred Maione 57.94%

Open: 8/08 Marian David & Sara Marcus 74.58%

8/14 John & Tricia Killeen 70.41%Swiss Team Games:

Sunday 8/11 John & Tricia Killeen, Sara Marcus & Gini Stipp

Sunday 8/25 Marty Alig, Elaine DeLaney, Dick Hastings,& Lena Howard

Tuesday 8/06 John Bodish, John & Tricia Killeen & Gini Stipp

Tuesday 8/20 John & Tricia Killeen, Sara Marcus& Ren Singleton

Tuesday 399ers Irene Cooperrider, Margaret Lewis, Peggy Lyzun

8/20 & Marty Martin

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS01 Stanley Shook

03 Irene Cooperrider, John Gadd, Bob DuComb

09 Myra Anthony

14 Dorothy Cahill

21 Conrad Adams

23 Fred Stump

25 Dave Bontrager

29 Christine Barker

MOVIN’ ON UP Beginning September 9th (no class on Labor Day), Jo Ann Steigmeyer & Joan Tobler’s schedule will be:

9/9 - DEFENSIVE THINKING - How to set acontract and more about leads & signals9/16 - 3RD, 4TH & BEYOND BIDS9/23 - Students’ Choice9/30 - Stayman & Transfer Bids

Of course, ALWAYS the basics & play of thehand. Contact Jo Ann by phone 574-243-1355,by e-mail at [email protected], or contact Joan at269-687-9766. Cost $5

Robert DuComb Club MasterJoey Stiver Club MasterDave Barkmaier Sectional MasterMerrill Crull Regional MasterSherri Kolski Regional MasterAnita Nunemaker Regional MasterJoan Tobler Sapphire Life Master

Education Updates

“J & J” September Classes - Mondays, 9:30 to 11:30

MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA,MEA MAXIMA CULPA

In last month’s edition of the newsletter there was anerror. The correction is as follows: The Silver Points winners in the 399er category shouldhave shown Joey Stiver and Mary Newbold in 4th placewith 1.51. Well done, ladies! apologies from the Editor

WINNERS Our semi-annual Pro-Am Swiss Team Event, held onAugust 17th, was a great success! There were 12 teamsof life masters orplayers with morethan 500 pointspartnering with non-life master playerswith fewer than 500points. The winnerswere (l to r): TomRossow, CappyGagnon, Ted Mullett and Steve Bibler. We send ourcongratulations! A hearty thank you to Director BillSearcy (our hot dog chef) for running the event sosmoothly and to Joan Tobler’s committee, CandaceHurwich, Marty Martin and Tricia Killeen for the festivi-ties & the tasty spread. Special honors go to DonnaTieman for bringing her outstanding Southern taste treats,to Mikki Grant for her chili (creating chili dogs for us),and to all the people who brought in outstanding desserts.Another Pro-Am Success!

Unit 154 RepresentativeA very loud, standing ovation for Joan

Aldrich who has volunteeeed to be ourrepresentative to Unit 154. She joins BudHinckley and we send a LARGE THANKYOU to both of them.

Elaine DeLaney’s Friday Mini-Lesson startsat 2 PM with a 149er game from 2:15 -5:15PM. If you would like to play but need a partnercontact [email protected]

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Be sure to attend the Northwest Indiana FallSectional from October 11 through the 13 inHighland IN. Info available on line at ACBL or atour Director’s Station.

NORTHWEST INDIANA FALL SECTIONAL

“Count Dawgula” wishes you a Happy Halloween. The events planned for themonth of October include: 8 Club Appreciation games, 1 Junior Fund game, 2 GrassRoots games, and 2 Education Foundation games, all of which are a wonderful sourceof extra master points. Of special interest is the Northwest Indiana Sectional in High-land from October 11-13. The tournament is only about an hour away!

October 2019Volume 10, No. 4



2019 Service AwardThe South Bend Bridge Club

proudly presented the 2019 ServiceAward at the Annual Meeting onSeptember 11th to Bill Searcy (picturedwith our Club Director, Tricia Killeen).Our honoree is not only a director, butmore than that, he works very hard tobring some fun to the game, is our

resident chef and cheer leader for our Pro-am Games, runsSwiss Team games smoothly, and also serves on the Board ofDirectors. Bill’s name has been inscribed on the serviceaward plaque located on the wall by the entrance.

Bill’s reaction.... “I was very surprised and honored toreceive the honorary award. I believe all of the membersshould make it their function to make sure our membershave an enjoyable time at the Bridge Center.

“Bridge is, first of all, a game of ladies and gentle-men. We come to have an enjoyable afternoon when weplay.. ....... I urge every one of our members to rememberthe fun here. Encourage your friends to join us. We will bebetter because of your efforts. Thanks to you all.”

DUMMY'S RESPONSIBILITIES

You may not call declarer's attention to

anything except that he is about to lead from

the wrong hand or to ask if he is out of the

suit being played.

As dummy you may not play or touch any

card in dummy (even a singleton) until de-

clarer calls the card.

If declarer designates a suit, but not the

rank, he is deemed to have called for the lowest card of

the suit indicated. If declarer designates a rank but not a

suit, he is deemed to be continuing the suit in which

dummy won the last trick. Otherwise, be silent during

the play.

Dummy is not allowed to call the Director.

BRIDGE ETIQUETTE & PROTOCOL (con t’d)NEWS FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our SBBC Board of Directors voted to raise our yearly

membership fee to $25. This raise is being implemented tomake up for the shortfall we are experiencing due to decliningtable count. Membership dues for next year will be collectedin December unless you are a snowbird. See Tricia

JEAN SCHEIBELHUT

Oct. 27, 1935 - Sept. 1, 2019 Although Jean hadn’t played at the clubfor some time, her presence with us wasspecial. Every Friday she would play withher husband, Dick, who shared with her amarriage of 58 years and a love for our“special” game. We all remember her as alovely lady. Our condolences to her family.

New Addition to theSBBC & the 90+ Wall

BOB BINDERBob Binder recently moved from

Arizona to be near his brother, Fred,and to enjoy our wonderful midwestweather. He will certainly provide us

with another formidable bridge player. We are happy towelcome him as a new member of the SBBC and, sincehe turned 90 some years ago before joining our group,his picture is being added to the “90+ Wall” locatednear the Celebrity Wall. WELCOME BOB!

Just a Couple of IJust a Couple of IJust a Couple of IJust a Couple of IJust a Couple of Itemstemstemstemstems1. Please do not move to the next table until the round has

been called or the time on the screen has expired.

2. If you’re into the next round and your new boards

haven’t been passed, call the director. Do not ask for boards

early when the next table may still be playing.

3. We need your help! If every player would play

just one more time a month, our attendance would be

greatly improved. And bring a bridge buddy!

Thursday Morning Classes will offer the following activities in October.

October 3: Game directed by Bill SearcyOctober 10, 17, 24 & 31 - Lessons by JohnKilleen on Defending a Suit ContractContact Tricia at [email protected].

or call 574-271-1345.Time: 9:15 to 11:30 Cost: $6.00

Top Games in September

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

02 Mary Muller12 David Barkmeier15 Pat Short16 Barbara Emmons18 Phill Kolski, Peggy Lyzun,

Rebecca Delahanty21 Margaret Cunningham22 Sherri Kolski24 John Scheibelhut26 Hugh Metzger28 Mike Young30 Linda Urschel31 Tom Hebron, Dick Scheibelhut

MOVING ON UP

Education Updates

Pair Games:399ers. 9/25 Bob DuComb & Fred Maione 67.92%

9/18 Miki Grant & Linda Urschel 67.88%Thurs.am 9/12 Spike Abernethy & Bob O’Connor 56.25%

9/12 Pam Johnson & Mary Newbold 55.24%149ers 9/13 Bob DuComb & Fred Maione 69.84%

9/13 Joey & Kurt Stiver 68.75%Open: 9/23 Jimmy Cordas & Elaine DeLaney 71.53%

9/10 Lena Howard & Bill Searcy 69.52%

Swiss Team Games:Tues. 9/03 Marian David, Lena Howard, Sara Marcus

& Bill SearcySun. 9/08 Marty Alig, Elaine DeLaney, Dick Hastings

& Don WertheimerTues. 9/17 John Bodish, Elaine DeLaney, Lena Howard

& Virginia StippTues. 9/17 Rebecca Delahanty, Candace Hurwich, 399ers Anita Nunemaker & Kathy StegmaierSun. 9/22 Lee Boser, Marian David, Ren Singleton

& Jo Ann Steigmeyer“J & J” October Classes

Monday, 9:30 to 11:30 $5.00No class on 10/28

10/07 Stayman & Transfer Bids10/14 Rosenkrantz Convention10/21 Jacoby 2NT ConventionContact Jo Ann Steigmeyer at [email protected],574-243-1355, or Joan Tobler at 269-687-9766.

Robert Binder 574-250-5524 New Member

Member Updates

Judith Kearns Junior Master

Rosemary Polizzotto Club Master

Julie Jarvis Sectional Master

Kathleen Peterson Sectional Master

Karen Drain NABC Master

thedirector’s

corner

Bill Searcy

ILLEGAL BIDSThe ACBL has designated the following

bids as illegal:a. Opening 1 or 2 notrump with a singleton jack

or smaller card. Opening 1 or 2 notrump with a single-ton Ace, King, or Queen is allowed.

b. Opening a 1 bid in any suit withfewer than 8 high card points. Distribu-tional points do NOT apply.

These bids are not considered psychiccalls, but illegal bids.The directing staff hasbeen instructed to issue adjustments to theboard, when informed.

Card Played Law 45AEach player, except dummy, plays a card by detach-

ing it from his hand and facing it on the table immedi-ately before him. All players at the table have the rightto clearly see the card.

We have been informed that some players do notface their card for all to see. This is a bad bridge habitand our players should play their cards correctly.

Forever Learning & the South Bend Bridge Club


The Forever Learning class of 22 students hasmet 3 times so far & will continue through 11/21.Tricia Killeen thanks all the mentorswho are donating their time with this

program: Tom and Connie Hebron, JoanTobler, Tom Hallum, Leslie Garvey, MartyMartin, John Killeen, Candy Hurwich, andDonna Tieman. And we thank Tricia for her tirelessdedication to introducing this game to more people. Weare blessed to have so many special people in our Club!

Joseph Maguire 4/13/26 - 9/24/19 Many of us have fond memories of this gentle andkind man who graced our bridge tables many yearsago with his favorite partner, Fred Bunkleman. Ourcondolences to his family.

Open

Director Dawg wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving. Be sure to pick up the November calendarto see the events scheduled. There will be 13 special games: 4 Club Championships, 2 Grass RootsFund games, 2 Education Foundation games, 1 ACBL Membership game, 2 International Fundgames and 2 Unit Championships. Don’t forget the Swiss Team Games on the first & third Tuesdaysand second & fourth Sundays. Great opportunity to earn extra points.

November 2019Volume 10, No. 5


ENCORES!!!! We are pleased to announce the re-election, by theBoard of Directors, of Joan Tobler as President of theSBBC for this next year.

Continuing from last year are:Vice-President Marty MartinSecretary Margaret LewisTreasurer Virginia Stipp

The Board of Directors, in addition tothe above listed officers, consists of:

Leslie Garvey, Ted Mullett, and Bill Searcy,We thank them for their contribution to the Club

and send our congratulations!

Don’t forget your checkbook! The SBBC

dues ($25) will be collected during Decem-ber for the year 2020.

SOME FORGET-ME-NOTS

Principle of Full DisclosureA major tenet of active bridge ethics is the principle of

full disclosure. This means that all information available toyour partnership must be made available to your opponents.

Let's take a look at “weak two” bids from the pointof view of full disclosure. When an established partner-ship opens a weak two bid, they have a great deal of

information of which their opponents are not aware. Theconvention card discloses the point range, but little else.However, the partners are aware of the range of hands

on which the bid can be made (discipline?, suit qualityrequirements?, five or-seven card suits allowed?, sidefour-card major ok?, void ok?, positional variations?,

etc.). Full disclosure requires that all these inferences,restrictions and tendencies be made known to anyopponent who inquires about their style. If you are

interested in knowing these things about your opponent'sbid, merely say to the bidder's partner, "Would you tellme more about your style?" You may use the style

inquiry to ask about any bid your opponent makes.The actively ethical player will often go beyond

what is technically required in volunteering information

to the opponents. Quite often, the declaring side in anactively ethical partnership will volunteer such informa-tion before the opening lead is made. (But remember,when there has been misinformation given, such as afailure to alert or a mistaken alert, there is a LEGALobligation on the player whose partner misinformedthe opponents. He, the bidder, must give the opponentsthe correct information at the end of the auction if hisside is the declaring side or at the end of the play if his

side is defending.)New players or infrequent partnerships usually will

not have understandings about the items discussed here

and, of course, it will be perfectly proper for them toreply "We have no agreement as to style."


NEWEST

MEMBERS

OF THE

90+ WALLHugh Metzger

October 26, 1929

John Scheibelhut

October 24, 1929

The South Bend Bridge Club is proud to add twonew inductees into the 90+ Hall of Fame. Each of ourrecipients reached 90 years within two days of eachother in October. Their pictures and the other honoreesare on the 90+ Wall located near the Directors’ Station.A contribution to Our Lady of the Road has been givenin John’s name and a contribution to the Jewish Federa-tion in Hugh’s name.Our heartiest congratulations to both of them.

Tuesday October 15 Dupli-Swiss. We had 6 teams in the 399er section, (thanks to MargaretLewis), so we were able to run a dupli-swiss in both sections.That is, both sections played the same boards, at the sametime. The advantage for the players in a dupli-swiss is thatthe results tend to be close throughout. Multiple teams have achance to win in the last round of play. We will try to con-tinue this game as long as attendance warrants.The players seem to like this game, and handrecords are available at the club and online for theplayers’ review.

Top Games in October

399ers 10/02 Sue Pattillo & Maureen Skurski 69.05%

10/07 Connie & Roon McKay 68.75%

Fri PM 10/04 Julie Jarvis & Carole Partlow 72.22%

10/25 Gloria Bates & Ann Ullman 61.25%

Open: 10/17 Bill Searcy & Gini Stipp 69.34%

10/07 Elaine DeLaney & Rich Mao 68.98%

Swiss Team Games:

Tues. 10/01 Christine Barker, June Glazer, Joan Tobler

& Jo Ann Steigmeyer

Sun. 10/06 Cappy Gagnon, Tom Rossow, Tom Tucker

& Mike Young

Tues. 10/15 John Bodish, Elaine DeLaney, Lena Howard

Open & Gini Stipp

Tues. 10/15 Rebecca Delahanty, Candace Hurwich,

399ers Bonnita Laub & Kathy Stegmaier

Sun. 10/27 Martie Alig Elaine DeLaney, Dick Hastings

& Lena Howard

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS07 Mary Newbold07 Jo Ann Steigmeyer08 Karen Drain14 Margaret Lewis15 Julie Jarvis16 Mary Wisniewski18 Sharon Novotny23 Elaine DeLaney25 Kathy Klaer26 John Hamilton

MOVIN’ ON UPGerry Wardzinski Regional MasterMiki Grant Club Master

MEMBER UPDATESAnton Vorvak 408-486-2688 (new member)

Fred Binder [email protected] (new e-mail)

Be sure to saveSaturday, December 14, 2019

for our annual SBBC Christmas Party,with an ACBL Membership Game

Lunch at 12 Noon ($7) Game at 1:00 PM ($7)

Please consider playing onemore time per month. Our ex-

penses and our revenues are not

happy with each other! Thanks!

Pair Games:

Education Updates


The Forever Learning lessons will end 11/21 withan 11th lesson. We have covered Audrey Grant'sBridge Basics during these 11 weeks. It is our hope

that many of the 22 students who enrolled in September willcontinue with the Thursday sessions. Cosimo is opening upfor lunch that day, and we would be delighted to have any ofour members who would like to meet the "regular" Thursdaymorning participants and the Forever Learning students joinus. See Tricia Killeen for details about the lunch. AfterThanksgiving the Thursday morning group will begin work onAudrey Grant's Competitive Bidding. Thanks go to thementors who have helped make Thursday mornings a success:Joan Tobler, Tom Hallum, Tom and Connie Hebron, MartyMartin, Leslie Garvey, Donna Tieman, Bob Knoblock, BillSearcy, John Killeen, Candy Hurwich, and Gerry Wardzinski.

Tricia Killeen’s Newcomer Game Schedule forThursday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 Cost $6.0011/7 - Game; 11/14 - Bill Searcy continues with “How to fill out a convention card”11/21 - We will not have a lesson but will merge the Forever Learning students with the "regulars"11/28: No class on Thanksgiving

“J & J” Intermediate ClassesMondays, 9:30 to 11:30 $5.00

November 4, 11 & 18, - 25th no classRe-evaluating hands after finding a fit,

bidding over opponents NT opener, andJacoby 2NT and beyond

Contact Jo Ann Steigmeyer at [email protected],574-243-1355, or Joan Tobler at 269-687-9766.

We have updated our supply of con-

vention card holders so we have all

colors and four (4) different styles avail-

able. See Tricia for more information.

Recently, the Friday morning and Sunday afternoon pairgames have had three or fewer tables. Multiple times, therehave not been enough players to hold a game. Hence, discon-

tinuing these games is an option. Please let a boardmember (Joan Tobler, Margaret Lewis, MartieMartin, Bill Searcy, Gini Stipp, Ted Mullett, Leslie

Garvey) know your thoughts or ideas to save oreliminate these games. If you want to keep thesegames, come to play and encourage your friends to do so.

From our members: A very large Thank you to Tricia Killeen for all herwork to create an interest in this great game of bridge for newer players.

CONVENTION CARD HOLDERSCONVENTION CARD HOLDERSCONVENTION CARD HOLDERSCONVENTION CARD HOLDERSCONVENTION CARD HOLDERS

Santa Dawg wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah season. Be sure toget your membership forms filled out and dues ($25) paid so that you can be included in thephone number and e-mail lists which will be available in February at the Director’s Station.Also pick up the December calendar to see the events and the other special games scheduled.The highlight of the month is our Holiday Party on December 14th.

Volume 10, No. 6 December 2019


Holiday Party at the Bridge CenterMark your calendar for De-

cember 14th, get your best friend,spouse or companion, and bring

them to our Holiday Luncheon at 12noon with bridge (ACBL Membership

game) at 1 PM. Lunch is $7 and play is $7 formembers ($8 for non-members). See you there!

SLOW PLAYFailure to finish on time can do a great deal to

chase players away from the game and is extremelydistressing to waiting players. Bridge is a timedevent. If a pair takes more than their share of theallotted time for each round, they are inconvenienc-ing their fellow competitors as well as gaining anunfair advantage over them. When a pair has fallenbehind it is incumbent on them to make up the timelost as quickly as possible whether at fault or not.

The actively ethical player makes a concertedeffort to catch up when they have fallen behind,regardless of the reason for their lateness. Allplayers are expected to develop this good habit.

Avoid hesitations by being consistently deliberatein your bidding and play. An acquired habit of play-ing smoothly and evenly (even on very bad hands)will always give you more time to think. Rememberthat a hesitation followed by a pass places an extraburden on partner as any bids by him or her must bevery clear cut. Do not be upset if an opponent calls thedirector to monitor the auction in this situation as it isthe proper thing to do.Remember: Slow play is subject to penalty, and thepenalties are well earned when slow pairs disrupt thenormal progression of the game.

Additionally, players should be available to starteach subsequent round promptly, avoiding whereverpossible, being late to a table for non-bridge reasons.

If you are still playing when the next round iscalled, finish playing the trick then stop. You mustpass the played boards to the next table before yourestart play.

BRIDGE ETIQUETTE & PROTOCOL (cont’d)

Mike Young

Bronze Life Master Well, he just keeps climbing up the

Bridge Ladder. Mike is the second player

who will be honored at our Awards

Lucheon in the spring. Although Mike is

from the St. Joseph Michigan area, he is

a member of our club and we are de-

lighted that he is on our roster. Next step

is Silver!

SHE’S ALWAYS

BEEN THERE FOR

US!

Thanks to Bridgewebs.com for allowimg us to reprint this article

Congratulations, Mike

We regret to announce thatPatricia Killen has tendered herresignation as Club Manager effec-tive Jauary 2020. She has earned awell-deserved retirement as she has

held that position for 12 years and been involved withthe club since its inception in 2005. Tricia is not justanother “pretty” face” who makes announcements atthe beginning of each game. She has seen to the sched-uling of games (an ACBL complicated nightmare),obtaining the sanctions for our games, preparing themasterpoint reports each month, getting the latest infoabout our members (knee, hip, shoulder replacementsand other maladies), making sure get well & sympathycards are sent out, teaching beginning bridge classes,which has contributed greatly to the stabillty of ourmembership, and helping many players become lifemasters. She’s been known to take a dish to someonewho’s feeling under the weather and always has had timefor us! We appreciate her dedication and we will missher leadership greatly. Thanks Trish!

Patricia Killeen

Enjoy your retirement!Note: Trish plans to continue her Thursday Newcomer

Game and lessons.

Tricia Killeen’s topics for the 9:15 Thursday A.M. classes are:December 5 & 12: Pre-emptsDecember19 & 26 - Overcalls

Top Games in NovemberPair Games:

399ers: 11/25 Sally Ann Frame & Ann Ullman 70.84%11/13 Bill Blauvelt & George Cramer 69.00%

Fri. PM 11/15 Miki Grant & Bonnita Laub 66.67%11/08 Francine Rosen & Linda Urschel 66.25%

Open: 11/15 Lee Boser & Ren Singleton 69.83%11/20 Bud Hinckley & Rich Mao 69.64%

Swiss Team Games:1st Sunday Open: Leroy Boser, Marian David, Bill Searcy

& Ren Singleton1st Tuesday Open: John Bodish, John & Tricia Killeen

& Virginia Stipp2nd Sunday Open: Pat Borchert, Reggie Lowenhar,

Karen Nagy & Elaine Thompson2nd Tuesday Open: John Bodish, Elaine DeLaney,

Cappy Gagnon & Gini Stipp2nd Tuesday 399ers: Gloria Bates, Miki Grant, Julie Jarvis

& Marty Martin

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

MOVING ON UP

Pam Johnson Junior MasterGayle Gonser Club MasterLinda Urschel Club MasterMike Young Bronze Master

J & J MONDAY CLASSESJo Ann Steigmeyer & Joan Tobler will pre-sent their classes from 9:30 to 11:30 on 12/9,

12/16 & 12/23. Topics covered willbe: passed hand bidding (Drurybids), slam bidding (Ace asking or controlbidding), “Which card to play” and, ofcourse, basics, basics, basics! Cost $5.00

Elaine DeLaney’s Friday Games in Decemberwill be announced and an email will be sent toconfirm that there is a game.

01 Chris Clarke05 Joan Aldrich09 Anita Nunemaker09 Jill Culby10 Patricia Killeen13 Maureen Trubac15 Sue Pattillo20 Linda Odell24 Bob Adams31 Pat Laing31 Norm Muller

Contact Tricia Killeen at 574-271-1345 ore-mail [email protected] Cost: $6.00

Education Updates

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Missing in the November Birthday list was Bob Binder 11/30

SponsorsThe club would like to thank the sponsors of our

special games during 2019. The very generous memberswho picked up the extra table fees for these games are:Mary Adams - ACBL-Wide Charity Game, ChristineBarker - STaC week, Leslie Garvey - ACBL-wideCharity Game, Rich Mao - Instant Matchpoint game,and Martie Martin - ACBL-Wide Jr. Fund.

Until we started looking to see how many of our

members are related, either as siblings or marriage

partners, we were surprised to find so many. Not

only are they related, but they even play with each

other. Here’s the list:

Brothers & Sisters - Julie Jarvis & Randy Peterson,

John & Dick Scheibelhut, Fred & Bob Binder, Jo Ann

Steigmeyer and Christine Barker.

Married Couples - Mary & Conrad Adams, Nancy

& Marty Alig, Lynn Miller & John Hamilton, Connie

& Tom Hebron, Mary & Art Houle, Tricia & John

Killeen, Shari & Phill Kolski, Connie & Ron McKay,

Mary & Norm Muller, Edie & Bill Murray, Linda &

Bill Odell, Ann & Tom Saal, Maureen & Roger

Skurski, and Joey & Kurt Stiver.

As far as we know, these duos are still talking to

each other!

Don’t forget your checkbook! The SBBC dues ($25)will be collected during December for the year 2020..(Wow, where did 2019 go?)

SOME FORGET-ME-NOTS

1. It happens! You book two partners for the samedate by mistake and then they both show up. The thing todo is volunteer to return home and let the two playtogether if they would like.

2. It also happens that your partner does not show upto your designated game. So it is always wise to call,text or e-mail at least a day or so before to make surethat you have a game together on that date!

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