Reno NABC

Sunday, March 28
Yesterday's Results
Vanderbilt Line Scores
16, 8, 4, 2

Jacobs claims Vanderbilt Trophy

The team captained by George Jacobs put on
a show of strength in the second half of the Vanderbilt Knockouts, winning the 64-board contest against Richard Schwartz’s team 128–101. The other members of the Jacobs squad are partner Ralph Katz and Italian teammates Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo Versace and Lorenzo Lauria.

This is the second Vanderbilt victory for Jacobs, Katz, Lauria and Versace. They won in 1999 playing with Peter Weichsel and Alan Sontag, instead of Bocchi and Duboin for whom this is the first win in the contest.

Jacobs overcame a small first-half deficit. They trailed by 16 after the first quarter, but cut the Schwartz’s lead to six by halftime. By the end of the third quarter they led Schwartz by 18 and held on in the last segment to win by 27. ---------> Page 2

 


Vanderbilt champions Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Giorgio Duboin, Ralph Katz, George Jacobs and Norberto Bocchi are presented the Vanderbilt trophy by ACBL President Bruce Reeve.

Gates in Reno, plays Open Swiss

Bridge enthusiast and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is attending the Reno NABC this weekend. Gates, who makes occasional appearances at NABCs, entered the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams with partner Sharon Osberg and teammates Barnet Shenkin and Mark Feldman.

At a pre-game press conference, Gates said that he was here to enjoy a weekend of bridge.

Speculating on the difficulty of the event, Gates said, “This will be quite a tough field. I’ll have quite a bit to learn this time. This is probably the toughest event I’ve ever entered.”

When asked about his level of participation in ACBL events, Gates indicated that his schedule is hectic, making it difficult to play more often.

“Over time, however, I’m getting to play more,” he said.

The Gates team made the cut in the qualifying round of the Open Swiss, and will play in today’s two-session final.

  

District 23 pairs lead NAP B & C

The leaders of the North American Pairs Flight B after the two-session qualifying round are the District 23 duo of Tom Wylie of Woodland Hills CA and Steven Yaffe of Sherman Oaks CA.

District 23 is also atop the leader sheet in the Flight C NAP contest. Robert Forster and Sumit Daftuar of Pasadena CA were first.

Chairmen thank all
for successful NABC


Reno tournament chairmen Sheila Wimer and Cynthia Sinn.

Reno NABC tournament chairmen Sheila Wimer and Cynthia Sinn, hosts of a record-breaking Spring NABC, thanked their tournament committee chairmen and volunteers for helping to make Reno so successful.

“Without the volunteers, there’s no way to do this job,” said Wimer.“Most of all, however, we want to thank all of
the players for coming to Reno and

 

 

Bertheau tops in Open; Fellars leads Women’s

An international squad of Swedes, Italians and Americans led by Peter Bertheau were first in yesterday’s Jacoby Open Swiss qualifiers. The leaders scored 120 on an 80 average.

In the Machlin Women’s Swiss, the team led by Sharon Fellars finished well in front, posting a 127 on an 80 average.

helping us break the tendance record,” said Sinn.

The duo joked that they were “still friends” despite the stress of planning and hosting a national championship. Wimer, of Reno, and Sinn, of Portland OR, were able to build broad support for the NABC from across District 20.

Sinn said, “Planning this event was fun, but the execution — seeing it all work out, seeing all the people and all of their smiling faces — was the best part.” “It’s amazing — once the tournament gets underway, everything seems to fall into place,” said Wimer.

In addition to wishing everyone a safe trip home, Wimer and Sinn invited everyone to return to Reno for its famous end-of-the-year regional, Dec. 26–31. “Come back to see us,” they said.