April 2010 - 18

The 2009

The Mini-McKenney
categories:

MINI-MCKENNEY WINNERS
The Mini-McKenney masterpoint contests recognize the
ACBL members who win the most points during a calendar year
in their category. The races are named for the former ACBL
executive William McKenney.
ACBL-wide leaders are recognized by the Bridge Bulletin.
Units may choose to recognize winners in each category at
the local level.
A player is placed in a category based solely on the number
of masterpoints he or she had at the beginning of the year. The
color of a player's points is immaterial. (As an example, some
players in the 300-500 masterpoint category are Life Masters,
some are not. Likewise, there is no distinction between Platinum and Grand Life Masters for the purposes of these races.)

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0-5 masterpoints (Rookie)
5-20
20-50
50-100
100-200
200-300
300-500
500-1000
1000-2500
2500-5000
5000-7500
7500-10,000
10,000-plus

The top 25 scorers in each category are listed.

Category: Rookie (0 to 5 points)
Winner: Kimberly Whipple
Hometown: Boca Grande FL
Points earned: 335.27
Frequent partners: 5-20 winner
Cookie Potter, Junior winner
Kevin Dwyer and Kenny Horneman of Charlottesville VA.
Quote: "The game is a wonderful
mental challenge. I love it, but it
took encouragement from Kevin
Dwyer to get me to play at the table even after I had taken
lessons online and studied on my own. Also, my husband
plays a lot, and I like being with him, so this is fun."
	 1.	 Kimberly	Whipple,	Boca	Grande	FL	 335
	 2.	 Yannis	Karabelas,	Pompano	Beach	FL	 246
	 3.	 John	Cisman,	Carrollton	TX	
237
	 4.	 Anyemarie	Weaver,	San	Antonio	TX	 192
	 5.	 Dee	Baker,	San	Antonio	TX	
164
	 6.	 Jo	Hammett,	Corinth	TX	
156
	 7.	 Diana	Jing,	Burnaby	BC	
151
	 8.	 Marie	Mandel,	Gainesville	FL	
150
	 9.	 Thomas	McKay,	Fort	Lauderdale	FL	 136
	10.	 Ying-Chen	Li,	Fort	Lee	NJ	
133
	11.	 Jenna	Tichon,	Winnipeg	MB	
132
	12.	 Clarence	Kallhood,	Ottawa	ON	
130
	13.	 Virginia	Boudreau,	Flower	Mound	TX	 125

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	14.	 Judith	Auer,	Dublin	OH	
118
	15.	 Yingjiu	Jin,	Thornhill	ON	
117
	16.	 Douglas	Minder,	Caledonia	MI	
116
	17.	 Jeffrey	Rocklin,
	 	 			San	Juan	Capistrano	CA	
113
	18.	 Anthony	Savant,	Clinton	Twp	MI	
112
	19.	 Brenda	Chiott,	Winston-Salem	NC	
109
	20.	 Richard	Schemmel,	Flower	Mound	TX	 108
	21.	 Larry	Abramovitz,	Warrington	PA	
106
	22.	 William	Pruiett,	Ashburn	VA	
104
	23.	 Kim	Brinkman,	Flower	Mound	TX	
104
	24.	 Evan	Price,	Walnut	Creek	CA	
103
	25.	 Gary	Delestine,	Palm	Springs	CA	
102

Category: 5 to 20
Winner: Cookie Potter
Hometown: Boca Grande FL
Points earned: 354.07
Frequent partners: Rookie
champ Kimberly Whipple and
Junior champ Kevin Dwyer
Quote: "I think I have the best
team - and the most fun team -
in the world. What's the point if
it's not fun?"
Advice: "Be nice to your partner, the only person in the
whole room on your side."
	 1.	 Cookie	Potter,	Boca	Grande	FL	
	 2.	 Anne	Ballard,	Atlanta	GA	
	 3.	 Robert	Dodd,	Atlanta	GA	
	 4.	 Russ	Rojakovick,	Burridge	IL	
	 5.	 Douglas	Scripture,	Kalamazoo	MI	
	 6.	 Mary	Boyd,	Lewes	DE	
	 7.	 Junping	Sun,	Davie	FL	
	 8.	 Rani	Sachdev,	The	Woodlands	TX	
	 9.	 Susan	Minder,	Caledonia	MI	
	10.	 James	Ochsner,	Houston	TX	
	11.	 Edward	Xu,	Toronto	ON	
	12.	 Mary	Udell,	Albuquerque	NM	
	13.	 Barry	Herring,	Wellesley	MA	

354
280
280
261
242
201
197
191
171
166
158
145
144

	14.	 David	Seares,	Melbourne	FL	
139
	15.	 Jack	De	Crescente,	Ft.	Lauderdale	FL	 137
	16.	 Jane	Kirby,	Dallas	TX	
135
	17.	 Robert	Plummer,	Anniston	AL	
134
	18.	 Jeanne	Plummer,	Anniston	AL	
133
	19.	 Donna	Cosgrove,	Idaho	Falls	ID	
133
	20.	 Richard	Langland,	Irving	TX	
132
	21.	 Gary	White,	Waxhaw	NC	
131
	22.	 Judith	Chaffee,	Tucson	AZ	
126
	23.	 Michael	Mahony,	New	York	NY	
124
	24.	 Stuart	Galishoff,	Atlanta	GA	
122
	25.	 Jeremy	Lewis,	Hampton	VA	
118
	26.	 Orval	Eberhart,	Mandeville	LA	
118
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