Debbie Dezarn's Stockton Unit report
in the D21 Diamond in the Ruff February 2026 newsletter
This is the month that the Mini-McKinney, Ace of Clubs, and Virtual Ace of Clubs awards are announced. The winners are many repeaters but some new ones as well. But first, let’s celebrate the recent rank advancements!
One of the newer members, Jon Uota, has been playing regularly (until a trip to Australia) with a variety of partners and has already progressed to Club Master. Earl Jones reached NABC master at the end of 2025 after getting the necessary pesky Silver Points. He is well on his way to the next rank with quite a few gold already under his belt. Mary Sievers just reached Ruby Life Master at the beginning of February! She had been close for several months but then illness sidelined her for several weeks after Christmas. But once back it seemed she won points with every outing and every partner and reached her goal!
The Stockton Club has become smaller in size with fewer playing tables each week and finds itself with an abundance of blue stackable banquet-style chairs. If you know of anyone looking for a good deal on extra seating, there are 16 available (and more can be arranged) for $10 each.
Debbie DeZarn is still recruiting people to play an online team game (BBO at this time) for fun against a club in England on Thursday, March 4, from 11 am to 1 pm. Voice chat will be enabled so we can make new friends across the pond. Contact Debbie to be put on a team of 4 or create your own! You can play from home!
OK-award time. The Mini-McKenney (MM) is for total points won at clubs, tournaments, and online. The Shandbrom Ace of Clubs (SAOC) award is for points won at clubs only, including virtual clubs like Hwy 49ers BBO Club. Most people who won the MM also won the SOAC so if there is a second name listed it will be the SAOC winner for that points division (based on starting points in January 2025).
0-5 Nedra Voorhees Jon Uota
5-20 Eric Daegling
50-100 Zhimin Lin
200-300 Frank Klo
300-500 Earl Jones
500-1000 Debbie Greenberg
1000-1500 Michael Wells
1500-2500 Joy Gotelli
2500-3500 Sue Vogtlin
3500-5000 Stephen Tu
To see where you ranked in Unit 510 or the top 25 in District 21, Log into your MyACBL account and choose District/Unit races from the column along the left side. Congratulations to all the winners and runner ups for a nice showing in 2025.
This will close with more somber news that Bill Hutchinson died in January after open heart surgery. Although Bill and his wife Jeannette have not played for some years, they were longtime members of the foothill’s clubs. Zulka Dozier is home now after hospitalization, and we hope to see her back at the Stockton Club soon.
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