Helen Shields Pro-Am winners A Nova Scotia pair won the Canada-wide Helen Shields Rookie-Master Game in April. Playing at the Truro DBC, Charlie McIntyre and Wayne Hines scored a 71.83%. At least one member of each pair is required to have under 50 masterpoints for this contest. Advanced Players Test Your Play BY EDDIE KANTAR kantarbridge.com 1. Charlie McIntyre and Wayne Hines 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Charlie McIntyre - Wayne Hines Ed Kaine - Pat Kaine David Mitchell - Brenda Butler Norma Barber - Maureen Perepelkin Tony Thickett - Lyn Cooper Mary Clarke - Dorothy Czarnota Patricia Teeter - Janice Pay Don Shatilla - Sharon Mcdonald William Clarke - Norman Boswall Dianne Banks - Barb Riley Club location Truro NS St. John NB Charlottetown PE Regina SK Powell River BC Saskatoon SK St. Catharines ON Saskatoon SK Ottawa ON St. John NB Percent 71.83 71.47 69.78 67.92 67.50 67.31 66.71 66.19 65.72 65.71 ACBL announces new in-house counsel Linda Dunn has been hired to fill the newly created role of ACBL in-house counsel. As a full-time employee, Dunn is part of the executive management team at Headquarters in Horn Lake. Among other responsibilities, she assumes the duties formerly performed by League Counsel Peter Rank, who retired following the Summer NABC. Dunn's experience encompasses large firm and inhouse legal practices, business planning and financial analysis as well as business management. She is a "triple Crimson": She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and social relations from Harvard University, a law degree from Harvard Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She recently received her master of laws degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Dunn learned to play bridge during high school in Memphis TN and continued to play during her college years. A member of the ACBL and the American Bridge Association (ABA) since the mid-1980s, she did not play bridge while she pursued her legal career and only recently returned to the game. A certified ABA bridge instructor, Dunn taught several beginning bridge classes at Chicago public libraries, community centers and her local club. One of her favorite bridge memories is winning the ABA Silver Life Master Player of the Year and she looks forward to advancing up the ACBL ranks. Dlr: South ♠ A J 3 Vul: None ♥ Q 10 8 6 3 IMPs ♦743 ♣J7 ♠K74 ♥AKJ92 ♦AQ5 ♣A4 West North East Pass 3♦(2) All Pass Pass South 2NT (1) 4♥(3) (1) 20-21 HCP. (2) Transfer. (3) Maximum with 4-plus hearts. West leads the ♣K. Plan the play. 2. Dlr: South Vul: Both IMPs ♠82 ♥KQJ7 ♦Q3 ♣AKQ97 ♠ A K J 10 ♥A54 ♦K876 ♣84 West North East Pass Pass Pass 2♣ 3♣ 6NT Pass Pass All Pass South 1NT 2♠ 3NT Opening lead: ♥10. Plan the play. Solutions are on page 61. August 2016 Bridge Bulletin 59http://www.kantarbridge.com