Carol Street and Mary Weston, with teammates Mike and Mary Wells, won their bracket in the Round Robin Knockout Teams at the NABC held in New Orleans this month. Congratulations!

Debbie Greenberg just needed some silver points to make Life Master. She went to the Sacramento and Fresno Sectionals recently and had no luck, but playing with Sue Vogtlin last weekend at the Petaluma Sectional, she went over. Congratulations!!

MaryAnne Sievers gorgeous new spring quilt makes a charming backdrop

for partners Cissy Hilken and Lynne Foppiano.

Last month, Cissy was feted at a surprise 90th birthday party.

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Congratulations to the beautiful and elegant Ann Chargin on her 100th birthday, joyfully celebrated by all at Oak Park Bridge Club on 18th January.

Lovely ocean views at the Monterey Regional in January.

Bill Mitchell and Sue Vogtlin enjoy a hospitality break.

The bridge players are back! This was the line for entries 10 minutes before game time.

Winners smiles - Marianne Sievers and Joy Gotelli celebrate scoring 29.29 gold points for placing 1st  in the Thursday Mid-flight Pairs. 

 ♠ STOCKTON DBC SPECIAL GAMES JANUARY - MARCH, 2023 ♦ 

January 9, 12, 13, 15 Club Championship Games

January 26^th Unit Championship Game Sanction # L2301510A

January 27^th Unit Championship Game Sanction # L2301510B

February 6, 9, 10 Club Championship Games

February 19^th Unit Championship Game Sanction # L2302510A

February 20^th Unit Championship Game Sanction # L2302510B

March 6, 9, 10 Club Championship Games

March 19, 20, 23, 24 Upgraded Club Championship Games

Click here to see your name!

Debbie Dezarn's Stockton Unit report

in the D21 Diamond in the Ruff February newsletter

The Stockton Unit had some celebrations this year. Director Ken Hillman and his wife Toni celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary at a Red Velvet Cake reception then departed for their annual vacation in Las Vegas. This left the club in the hands of substitute Directors which can be a challenge sometimes. But Korey and Debbie (the latter with help from Sue V. and Michael W.) got it done. 

On February 3rd friends held a surprise birthday party at the club for Cissy Hilken’s 90th Birthday! Cissy and the party planners all won masterpoints at the day’s game after sharing pizza and a bridge themed cake with all attending. The Stockton Club is fortunate to still have 5 (and a 6th in March) nonagenarians playing at the Oak Park and the Stockton Clubs on a regular basis. On the flip side, those same clubs only have about 4 players under 65 years of age who come a few times a year.

The Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney awards for 2022 have been tallied and the results for the top 3 in each bracket are posted on the Stockton Club Bulletin Board. In most brackets the winners for both the Ace of Clubs (face to face and virtual club games) and Mini-McKenney (also includes points won at Tournaments and ACBL online) are the same person. Those brackets with different 1st place finishers will specify. Beginning with the 0-5 bracket winners are Sylvester Price, 5-20 Joan Canepa, 20-50 Frank Klo (AC) and Doug Mason (MM), 50-100 Kathleen McCloskey, 100-200 Paula Monroe (AC) and Mikki Kindelberger (MM), 200-300 Shirley Dozier, 300-500 Margaret Stovall (AC) and Debbie Greenberg (MM), 500-1000 Debbie DeZarn (AC) and Michael Wells (MM), 1000-1500 Glo Williams (AC) and Joy Gotelli (MM), 1500-2500 Mort Horn (AC) and Rose Knutson (MM), 2500-3500 Robert Kroning*, 3500-5000 Susan Kroning, 5000-7500 Joan Garcia, 7500-10,000 Bill Nutting (MM) and over 10,000 Howard Parker.

*Your columnist was sad to learn of the death of Robert Kroning in December, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Susan, who is the Unit 510 Webmaster.

Several Unit players had an especially good January. Winning more than 40 masterpoints were Bill Mitchell, Joy Gotelli, and Maryanne Sievers. Earning more than 20 points each were Michael Wells, who just became a Bronze Life Master, and Rose February 2023 Page 23 of 23 Knutson. The bulk of that was probably from doing well at the Monterey Regional in January. But they are regular club players as well who seem to “scratch” every time they play!

All the clubs are scheduling higher masterpoint games this month and next so it is a great time to play face to face at the clubs. If we can get a minimum of 9 tables the Directors will strive to have A, B, and C strata. That only happened two times at the Stockton Club (a few more at Oak Park) in all of 2022. Please come in person to support all 4 (plus Sonora) clubs in our bridge Unit 510. Also, if you play in our clubs more than those in your actual Unit of residence, consider transferring your ACBL Unit affiliation to Unit 510.

STOCKTON BRIDGE CLUB

Mondays and Fridays at 11:30 am

499ers 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 11:30 am

3rd Sunday Potluck and Unit game at 12 noon

OAK PARK BRIDGE CLUB, STOCKTON

Wednesdays at 11:00 am.

MOTHER LODE CLUB, MURPHYS at 12:30 pm

New venue and time: Murphys Diggins Club House alternate Mondays

GOLD COUNTRY CLUB, SAN ANDREAS at 12 noon

Alternate Wednesdays: 12 noon at San Andreas Senior Center.

SONORA CLUB at 12 noon

Now open every Friday at the Sonora Senior Center.

HWY 49ers BBO CLUB at 1:00 pm

These alternating online games fill in the gaps.

For the Schedule of these four Games CLICK HERE

♥  There's lots to see! For your game results click on the date in the green boxed heading under RESULTS on the TOP RIGHT of the screen. Now you should see a list of players and their percentages. Click on your name for a list of your personal scores. Scroll down to the end to see if you were a better declarer than your partner!

   On the right you can see some [PLAY] tabs. Click on one, select the BBO tab, and now you can 1) Replay the hand as you did at the table [NEXT], 2) Replay the hand as you wish you had at the table [PLAY], 3) Let GIB – the super-robot – replay the hand as you should have done at the table [GIB]. Cool stuff!