Monday Non-Sanctioned 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, 536-8062. The following winners are for the indicated dates:
08/07: N/S 1st Jean Goodin/John Macdonald; 2nd Fran/Kevin McManus; 3rd Sylvia/Art Lewis; E/W 1st Ellie/Paul Daly; 2nd Darlene Finnegan/Sandy Blackburn; 3rd Carol Paulson/Geri Zuvich
08/14: N/S 1st Jean Goodin/John Macdonald; 2nd Kay Baumann/Jean Edwards; 3rd Gretchen McDermott/Mary Katherine Anderson; E/W 1st Evelyn Mercer/Sandy Blackburn; 2nd Art/Sylvia Lewis; 3rd Edie Hoechst Bev Eckes
08/21: N/S 1st Jean Goodin/Art Lewis; 2nd Dwight/Sharon Emery; 3rd Daele Proctor/Marnie Horn; E/W 1st Darlene Finnegan/Sandy Blackburn; 2nd Paul/Ellie Daly; 3rd Arline/Arnie Conquist
08/28: N/S 1st Art/Sylvia Lewis; 2nd Gretchen McDermott/Daele Proctor; 3rd Dwight/Sharon Emery; E/W 1st Darlene Finnegan/Sandy Blackburn; 2nd Judy Nelson/Alice Jackse; 3rd Judy Cowan/Bev Eckes
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, 444-6343. The following winners are for the indicated dates:
07/05: 1st Sylvia and Art Lewis; 2nd Jean Goodin and John Macdonald; 3rd Kay Baumann and Jean Edwards
07/12: 1st Arlene Engelbert and Darlene Finnegan; 2nd, tie, Fran and Kevin McManus and Jerry Young and Karl Wisser; 3rd, tie, Evelyn Mercer and Sandy Blackburn and Gretchen McDermott and Mary Katherine Anderson
07/19: 1st Arlene Engelbert and Darlene Finnegan; 2nd Mary Katherine Anderson and Gretchen Mcdermott; 3rd Daele Proctor and Marnie Horn
Grand Slam: John Macdonald and Jean Goodin
07/26: 1st Ann and Tom Pickett; 2nd Sharon and Dwight Emery; 3rd Fran and Kevin McManus
08/02: 1st Arline and Arnie Cronquist; 2nd Cindy Tollefson and Karen Stadjuhar; 3rd Arlene Engelbert and Darlene Finnegan
08/09: 1st Arlene Engelbert and Darlene Finnegan; 2nd Gretchen McDermott and Mary Katherine Anderson; 3rd Jerry Young and Karl Wisser
Grand Slam: Darlene Finnegan and Arlene Engelbert
08/16: 1st Sylvia and Art Lewis; 2nd Cindy Tollefson and Ruth Simmons; 3rd Darlene Finnegan and Arlene Engelbert
08/23: 1st Jean Edwards and Kay Baumann; 2nd Karl Wisser and Jerry Young; 3rd Edie Hoechst and Marianne Johnson
08/30: 1st Jerry Young and Karl Wisser; 2nd Fran and Kevin McManus; 3rd Ellie and Paul Daly
PebbleCreek Sanctioned Bridge
Kathy Bergman
August 2017 results: Winners at the Monday/Tuesday/Friday Sanctioned duplicate games are as follows in rank order (games are overall winners unless North/South and East/West are shown separately).
08/07: N/S Chris Mucha/Kate Tracy, Teddi Painter/Marjorie Scherer; E/W Jackie Wielgosz/Cheryl LaMotta, Judy DeKalb/Jo Carley
08/08: N/S Ron Payton/Michaele Olesen, Mary and Ray Price; E/W Georgia Jacka/Larry Monroe, Chris Mucha/Kate Tracy
08/14: N/S Kate Tracy/Chris Mucha, Kathy Bergman/Sue Woodard; E/W Vi Metter/Enid Bross, Georgia Jacka/Sue Gainer
08/15: N/S Mary and Ray Price, Kate Tracy/Jackie Wielgosz; E/W Michaele Olesen/Ron Payton, Vi Metter/Larry Monroe
08/21: N/S Enid Bross/Kate Tracy, Georgia Jacka/Sue Gainer; E/W Ron Payton/Michaele Olesen, Rosalie Gunnlaugsson/Susan McAniff
08/22: N/S Kate Tracy/Jackie Wielgosz, Ann Johnson/Natalie Niemi, Syd Mersereau/Teddi Painter; E/W Michaele Olesen/Ron Payton, Rosalie Gunnlaugsson/Susan McAniff, Lynn Carlyle/Sue Gainer
08/28: One Winner Movement: Pat Smith/Jackie Wielgosz, Ron Payton/Michaele Olesen, Enid Bross/Georgia Jacka, Mary and Ray Price, Susan McAniff/Rosalie Gunnlaugsson
08/29: N/S Mary and Ray Price, Natalie Niemi/Ann Johnson, Les Hunter/Dick DeKalb; E/W Larry Monroe/Gen Hunter, Janet and Roger Race, Vi Metter/Barbara Economou
Winners in the Saturday Novice-Intermediate games:
08/12: One Winner Movement: Jerry and Stephanie Tinsley, Judy DeKalb/Sharon Graville, Pete and Wendy Gilbert, Jo Carley/Judy Bosch, Janet and Roger Race
08/19: N/S Judy Bosch/Jo Carley, Karen and Larry Harris; E/W Jerry and Stephanie Tinsley, Natalie Niemi/Teddi Painter
08/26: N/S Jerry and Stephanie Tinsley, Judy Bosch/Jo Carley; E/W Penny Gehrmann/Syd Mersereau, Judy DeKalb/Rosalie Gunnlaugsson
Interested in joining our club?
Our games are played in the Tuscany Falls card rooms and scheduled:
Monday – 1:00 p.m. Open to all master point levels and games are stratified based on the players attending.
Tuesday – 1:00 p.m. Open to all master point levels and games are stratified based on the players attending.
Thursday – 6:00 p.m. September through May. Open to all master point levels and games are stratified based on the players attending.
Thursday – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. June-July Bridge Basics for newcomers or novice players
Friday – 1:00 p.m. First and third Friday for months January through May; First Friday only for months June through December. Open to all master point levels and games are stratified based on the players attending. After these games we meet in the Tuscany Bar to socialize.
Saturday – 9:00 a.m. to noon. Sessions for newcomers and beginner bridge players who have less than 300 master points. The first Saturday of the month is a workshop where we review conventions, play practice hands and get individual help from directors. Other Saturdays are ACBL sanctioned games.
All players get an Introduction to Duplicate Bridge book the first time they attend.
If interested in joining our club, please contact Sue Woodard at [email protected], 623-935-7327 or Judy Brown at [email protected], 623-536-1386.
Cribbage Club
Sandy Clinton
Want to beat the heat and stay cool for a couple of hours during the summer? Come and join the Cribbage Club. The Cribbage Club meets the first, second and fourth Thursdays of the month. 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 don’t know how to play but are interested in learning, come join us for an afternoon of fun. If you have a Cribbage Board and deck of cards please bring them with you.
We have our winners report:
08/24: Denny Stoll, Donna von Oy and Diana Horton-Smith; and from September 7: Gregg Herriford, Gary Lind and Rich Rugg.
For more information, please call: Gary Lind 623-215-4601, Rich Rugg 623-856-5111 or Donna von Oy 623-935-1967.
Euchre
Mary Ann O’Brien
Do you like to play Euchre? If so, we’d like to have you join us at the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse every Thursday evening. We gather about 6:30 p.m. in the Palm Room to pay $1 toward prize money and to sign up. Some enjoy playing a few practice rounds until play begins at exactly 7:00 p.m.
Awaiting the arrival of the snowbirds—we need some competition! Snowbird Jack Pope came all the way from Michigan to play with the group this past month; took our money and flew back home!
These are the month’s results:
Taking first place were Bill Halte 63, Alex Potapoff 73, Bill Halte (again!) 61 and Alex Elijew 62.
Second place winners: Lise 60, Bob Farro 53, Bill Todd 59 and Barb Clark 57
Third place winners: Diana B 55, Jerry Fox 51, Jim Hundt 51, Bill Halte (one more time!) 56
Lone Hands: Rosemary Rulka 2, Jim Hundt 2, Sally Melzow 2, Jack Pope 4, Monika Charlesworth 3, Jim Hundt 3 and Bill Todd 3
Low score: Tom Reynolds 33, Sandy Blackburn 34, Muriel Milewski 35, Ron Glynn 39
Come out and socialize with some fun folks. All Euchre players—welcome!
Pinochle
Skip Holmes
P is for Pinochle, T is for Thursday, S is for the Sienna Room and F is for fun. Come join us for a test of your Pinochle skills and an opportunity to meet some of your PebbleCreek neighbors; every Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
August Winners
08/03: 1st place Stan Zdunczyk 6,970; 2nd place Skip Holmes 6,950; 3rd place Marion Helton 6,640; Booby Prize Jerry DeKruif 3,590
08/10: 1st place Laura Szakacs 7,170; 2nd place Stan Zdunczyk 6,550; 3rd place Illene Hodgdon 6,440; Booby Prize Snidley Schneider
08/17: 1st place Kim Holmes 7,330; 2nd place Skip Holmes 6,830; 3rd place Carol Sanders 6,310; Booby Prize Linda Ruhmann 4,260
08/24: 1st place Bob Tarabetz 7,900; 2nd place Steve Schneider 6,790; 3rd place Loretta Morris 6,720; Booby Prize Bill McLinden 4,080
08/31: 1st place Joan Wallon 7,660; 2nd place Denny Wallon 6,110; 3rd place Bill McLinden 6,080; Booby Prize Rich Rugg 3,480
Put it on your calendar; it’s a lot better than any of your 200 plus cable channels.