Sanctioned Bridge
Kathy Bergman
Congratulations to Bill Korytowski for reaching his Ruby Life Master of 1500 master points.
National Tournaments
One of the three National Tournaments held every year was in San Diego November 23 through December 3. Several players from PebbleCreek travelled to the National’s this year along with players from all over the world to compete. The final table count of players was 11,747. Congratulations to:
Linda Smith, Shay and Ray Kinney and Reid Sherwin for coming in first in the Monday-Tuesday Bracket 4 knockouts.
Geoff Goss and Mary Dolson for coming in third in the 299’er pair overalls on Wednesday, November 29.
Kathy Bergman, Sudhakar Divakaruni, Kathy Rolfe and Bernie Fromm for coming in first in the B/C Swiss Teams.
Joe and Priscilla Naworski for wining master points.
On November 7 a Welcome Back bridge club party was held for all our bridge players and their spouses. It was held at Sunrise Park hosting over 90 people. We all had a great time so we may turn this outing into an annual event.
November 2017 Sanctioned Duplicate results:
Winners at the Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday Sanctioned duplicate games are as follows in rank order (games are overall winners unless North/South and East/West are shown separately).
11/02: N/S Dave and Debbie Deal, Barbara and Emil Economou, Carole Mathias/Nan Perkins; E/W Jackie Wielgosz/Kate Tracy, Joanne and Bill Korytowski, Susan McAniff/Rosalie Gunnlaugsson
11/03: N/S Kate Tracy/Jackie Wielgosz, Enid Bross/Linda Smith, Sue Woodard/Judy DeKalb; E/W Joanne and Bill Korytowski, Jerry and Stephanie Tinsley, Nan Perkins/Carole Mathias
11/06: N/S Irene Bates/Gen Hunter, Joanne and Bill Korytowski, Judy Brown/Diana Wolf; E/W Talis Abolins/Rosalie Gunnlaugsson, Kathy Bergman/Sue Woodard, Barbara Economou/Kathleen Yaremchuk
11/09: N/S Kate Tracy/Jackie Wielgosz, Pat Smith/Sue Gainer, Mel and Natalie Simon; E/W Jo Carley/Judy Bosch, Nan Perkins/Carole Mathias, Susan McAniff/Rosalie Gunnlaugsson
11/13: N/S Joanne and Bill Korytowski, Ellen Stergulz/Pat Owens, Marjorie Scherer/Penny Gehrmann; E/W Dave and Debbie Deal, Talis Abolins/Rosalie Gunnlauggson, Kate Tracy/Enid Bross
11/14: N/S Linda Smith/Larry Monroe, Dave and Debbie Deal, Kathy Bergman/Mault Mathias; E/W Bill Korytowski/Shay Kinney, Karen Klug/Norm Jacox, Dave and Delores Sussman
11/16: N/S Marg and Rick Barr, Pat Smith/Enid Bross, Joanne and Bill Korytowski; E/W Kate Tracy/Jackie Wielgosz, Linda Smith/Larry Monroe, Dave and Debbie Deal
11/20: Kathy Bergman/Sue Woodard, Linda Smith/Larry Monroe, Kate Tracy/Enid Bross; E/W Dave and Debbie Deal, Vi Metter/Shay Kinney, Mault Mathias/Bill Heng
11/21: N/S Marg and Rick Barr, Pat Smith/Sue Gainer, Sue Woodard/Georgia Jacka; E/W Dave and Debbie Deal, Mault Mathias/Kathy Bergman, Sandy Kolls/Enid Bross
11/27: N/S Joanne and Bill Korytowski, Enid Bross/Kate Tracy, Judy Brown/Pat Smith; E/W Marg and Rick Barr, Dave and Debbie Deal, John Erkkila/Rosalie Gunnlaugsson
11/28: N/S Dave and Debbie Deal, Sue Woodard/Georgia Jacka, Kate Tracy/Jackie Wielgosz; E/W Vi Metter/Mault Mathias, James and Sharon Pucelik, Joanne and Bill Korytowski
11/30: N/S Dave and Debbie Deal, Enid Bross/Pat Smith, Barbara and Emil Economou; E/W Jackie Wielgosz/Kate Tracy, Joanne and Bill Korytowski, Carole Mathias/Gen Hunter
Saturday Novice Results:
11/11: N/S Nancy and Steve Duncanson, Kathy Bates/Kathy Stumbo, Rod and Lynne Reese; E/W Chuck and Dee Ransom, Natalie Niemi/Teddi Painter, Jo Carley/Diana Wolf
11/18: N/S Stephanie and Jerry Tinsley, Diana Wolff/Sharon Graville, Lynne and Rod Reese; E/W Talis Abolins/Rosalie Gunnlaugsson, Teddi Painter/Natalie Niemi, Linda Haider/Caroline Davis
11/18 Swiss Team Game: 1st Norm Jacox, Karen Klug, Sharon Graville/Diana Wolf, 2nd Judy Bosch, Jo Carley, Caroline Davis, Linda Haider, 3rd Susan Mcaniff/Syd Mersereau, Carole Mathias/Cathy Arst
If interested in joining our club, please contact Sue Woodard at [email protected] or 623-935-7327 or Judy Brown at [email protected] or 623-536-1386.
Pairs Duplicate Bridge
Sandy Blackburn
Pairs Duplicate Bridge (non-sanctioned) meets every Monday at 12:30 p.m. in the Eagle’s Nest Palm Room. For more information, call Sandy Blackburn at 536-8062. The following winners are for the indicated dates.
11/06: N/S 1st Helen/Larry Vierow; 2nd Sharon/Dwight Emery; 3rd Evelyn Mercer/Sylvia Robinson; E/W 1st Ruth/Gary Lord; 2nd Pat Anselmo/Dennis Yacobson; 3rd Jerry Schechtman/Mark Hyman
11/13: N/S 1st Fran/Kevin McManus; 2nd Mark Hyman/Jerry Schechtman; 3rd Ann Rohlman/Nancy Duncanson; E/W 1st Alice Jackse/Marlene Wickizer; 2nd Gretchen McDermott/Gretchen Paulsen; 3rd Pat/Dennis Jacobsen
11/20: N/S 1st Ann Rohlman/Nancy Duncanson; 2nd Gretchen Martin/Peggy Richardson; 3rd Helen/Larry Vierow; E/W 1st Patti Murphy/Darlene Finnegan; 2nd Arline/Arnie Cronquist; 3rd Evelyn Mercer/Sylvia Robinson
11/27: N/S 1st Mary Katherine Anderson/ Susan Barber; 2nd Sylvia/Art Lewis; 3rd Peggy Richardson/Gretchen Martin; E/W Pat Anselmo/Dennis Yacobson; 2nd Phyllis Keiser/Wyatt Mona; 3rd Darlene Finnegan/Sandy Blackburn
Wednesday Afternoon Pairs Bridge
Darlene Finnegan
Pairs Bridge meets every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Eagle’s Nest Palm Room. For more information, call Darlene Finnegan at 444-6343. The following winners are for the indicated dates:
11/01: 1st Pat Anselmo and Dennis Yacobson; 2nd Sylvia and Art Lewis; 3rd Arlene Engelbert and Darlene Finnegan
11/08: 1st Karen and Larry Harris; 2nd Daele Proctor and Marnie Horn; 3rd Sharon and Dwight Emery
11/15: 1st Fran and Kevin McManus; 2nd Alice Reynolds and Lyman Gallup; 3rd Cindy Tollefson and Karen Stadjuhar
11/22: 1st Fran and Kevin McManus; 2nd Patti Murphy and Darlene Finnegan; 3rd Bev Eckes and Edie Hoechst
11/29: 1st Sharon and Dwight Emery; 2rd Darlene Finnegan and Patti Murphy; 3rd Nancy and Steve Duncanson; Grand Slam: Darlene Finnegan and Patti Murphy
Cribbage
Sandy Clinton
The Cribbage Club hopes you all had a wonderful holiday season. Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year? Was it to join the gym, exercise more, eat healthy, all good things but you also need to exercise your brain? That is why the Cribbage Club is offering the Learn to Play Cribbage clinic. The first clinic will be Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Sienna Room at Tuscany Falls. If you are interested in learning how to play cribbage please come. It’s free and you might just find yet another activity to enjoy here at PebbleCreek.
The Cribbage Club meets every Thursday. We meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Sienna Room, Tuscany Falls. The Cribbage Club is open to all PebbleCreek residents interested in playing a friendly game of Cribbage. If you have Cribbage board and deck of cards please bring them with you.
We have our winners report: 12/07: Jim Siverhus, Denny Stoll and Sheryl McLaughlin
For more information, please call: Gary Lind at 6230215-4601, Rich Rugg 623-856-5111 or Donna von Oy, 623-935-1967.
Euchre
Mary Ann O’Brien
Members of the PebbleCreek Euchre Club wish all of our friends and neighbors a very Happy New Year.
We look forward to continuing our get-together’s in the Palm Room at Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse as we enjoy our card games and camaraderie.
If you are a fan of Euchre, join us at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday evenings. Bring a dollar, sign in and meet some nice folks. You might even win some money!
Recently, George Clark astounded us with a record score of 80! Well done.
Here’s how the scores tallied up this past month.
11/9: 1st Georgia Messina 69, 2nd Ray Baumbach 57, 3rd Bill Todd, Bill Halte and Gil Butson 56, Loners Hank Yates 4 and Low Julie and Barb Clark 38
11/16: 1st George Clark 80, 2nd Bill Halte 72, 3rd Bill Todd 57, Loners Carole Haneley 4. Low Paul Messina 35
11/30: 1st Alex Elijew 58, 2nd Carole Haneley 57, 3rd Mary Yates and Monika Charlesworth 56, Loners Tom Reynolds 4, Low Bill Halte and Keith Charlesworth 37
12/07: 1st Bill Halte 54, 2nd Dennis Haneley 53, 3rd Gil utson, Jerry Fox and Len Liebowitz 51, Loners Keith Charlesworth 4, Low Barb Clark 32
Pinochle
Skip Holmes
Hard to believe we are in the final month of 2017 and heading full bore into 2018. We just celebrated Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, the New Year and other individual days of celebration. May all of us reflect on the old year and look forward with great anticipation to the New Year.
Pinochle results for November:
11/02: 1st place Marion Helton 7,840, 2nd place Sheryl McLaughlin 6,370, 3rd place Becky 6,310, Booby Prize Carol Sanders 4,230
11/09: 1st place Mary Ann Szakacs 6,950, 2nd place Denny Wallon 6,850, 3rd place Laura Szakacs 6,710, Booby Prize Bill Hodgdon
11/16: 1st place Mary Ann Szakacs 6,900, 2nd place Illene Hodgdon 6,630, 3rd place Mary Ann Chamberlin 6,500, Booby Prize Mike Cummings 3,660
11/30: 1st place Kim Holmes 6,720, 2nd place Rich Rugg 6,440, 3rd place Sheryl McLaughlin 6,130, Booby Prize Bill Hodgdon 2,860
The Pinochle Club meets every Thursday in the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse at 6:30 p.m. sharp. Come join us.