August 2007 - 9

The American Contract
Bridge League

From
the CEO

President
Sharon Fairchild
Chair, Board
of Directors
Harriette Buckman
Chief Executive Officer
Jay A. Baum
ACBL Counsel
Peter Rank
Chair, Board
of Governors
Linda Mamula
Board of Directors
District 1 * George Retek
District 2 * Jonathan Steinberg
District 3 * Joan Levy Gerard
District 4 * Craig Robinson
District 5 * Sharon Fairchild
District 6 * Nadine K. Wood
District 7 * Bruce Reeve
District 8 * Georgia Heth
District 9 * Shirley Seals
District 10 * Bill Cook Jr.
District 11 * Jim Reiman
District 12 * William Arlinghaus
District 13 * Harriette Buckman
District 14 * Sue Himel
District 15 * Phyllis Harlan
District 16 * Dan E. Morse
District 17 * Jerry Fleming
District 18 * Richard G. Anderson
District 19 * Donald Mamula
District 20 * Jeffrey Taylor
District 21 * Roger L. Smith
District 22 * Jim Kirkham
District 23 * Rand Pinsky
District 24 * Alvin Levy
District 25 * Richard De Martino
To contact your district director,
address your e-mail to
district"*"director@acbl.org
(Enter the district number
where you see "*".)

August 2007

Golden opportunity
In 1987, as part of the celebration of the ACBL's golden anniversary, we
started a special game that remains one of the highlights of the year. I'm talk‑
ing about the ACBL Instant Matchpoint Game, set for Sept. 19.
Back then, it was known as the Royal Viking Golden Anniversary Pairs.
What made it special then - and today - is that section‑top winners went
home from their clubs with a gold point.
The booklet that accompanied that first game was written by Richard
Pavlicek, who did a great job of analyzing and scoring the deals each year
before turning the assignment over to Larry Cohen. Thanks, Richard.
Jo Anne Collins, who is in charge of special events for the ACBL, reports that
Larry's work on the Instant Matchpoint Game analyses for 2007 is top notch.

Shanghai bound
The 2007 World Bridge Championships are scheduled for Shanghai, China,
this fall, and the ACBL will be well represented.
Here are the players who earned the chance to play for a world title. In
the United States Bridge Championship (Bermuda Bowl), Team 1 is George
Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Steve Garner and
Howard Weinstein. Team 2 is the Nick Nickell squad, three‑time Bermuda
Bowl champs. Nick is playing with Richard Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric
Rodwell, Bob Hamman and Paul Soloway.
In the United States Women's Bridge Championship (Venice Cup), the No.
1 team is led by Hansa Narasimhan. The rest of her team is Irina Levitina,
Debbie Rosenberg, JoAnna Stansby, Jill Levin and Jill Meyers. No. 2 is Shawn
Quinn, Disa Eythorsdottir, Sue Picus, Rozanne Pollack, Cheri Bjerkan and
Kerri Sanborn, the latter two added on.
The U.S. Senior Bowl representative had not been determined as this issue
went to press.
In Winnipeg, the John Carruthers team earned a spot in the Senior Bowl in
Shanghai. The rest of that team is Eric Murray, Don Piafsky, Joe Silver, Boris
Baran and Fred Hoffer.
The winners of the open and women's teams from Canada played off against
teams from Mexico last month. The Canadia open squad is Waldemar Frukacz,
Piotr Klimowicz, Hervéé Chatagnier, Rene Pelletier, Jeffrey Smith and David
Sabourin. The women's winners were Sylvia Caley, Isabelle Smith, Julie
Fajgelzon and Pamela Nisbet. Mexico's open team is Moises Ades, Gonzalo
Herrera, Enrico Pagani, Mauricio Smid. The women's squad had not been
selected at press time.

Fall NABC
Check out the preview of the 2007 Fall NABC in San Francisco on page 10.
This is a tournament you don't want to miss. San
Francisco is one of the world's most interesting
cities, and the NABC organizers are working hard
to make sure your experience at the tournament is
memorable. See you there.
Jay Baum, CEO
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