9 "The wind blows, coconut fronds sway, Koali blossoms dance on the plain"
10 I chatted with the friendly striker. The strike by Sheraton workers in Hawaii ended on a positive note as did a 9 week strike at the San Francisco Marriott (2019 Fall NABC)
11 Joe Grue & his sidekick Brad Moss won the Mitchell Open BAM; 4th Reisinger BAM; Joe also won the Kaplan Blue Ribbon (Brad was 9th), 422 masterpoints to top the Winners List!
12 David Grainger & Greg Hinze won the Bobby Nail Open Pairs; 21st Kaplan Blue Ribbon
13 Magnus Eriksson, Mikael & Ola Rimstedt (2nd Mitchell Open BAM; 6th Kaplan Blue Ribbon; 7th North American Swiss), Ann Rimstedt
14 Joyce Hill & Kevin Dwyer; 2nd North American Swiss; 7th Mitchel Open BAM
15 Simon Hult & Simon Ekenberg, 2nd Educational Foundation KO (1); 15th Mitchell Open BAM
16 The legendary Benito Garozzo won the Educational Foundation KO; First Sunday A/X/Y Swiss & Mon/Tues KO (1)
17 Rozanne Pollack & Cheri Bjerkan won the Marsha May Sternberg BAM
18 Alex Hudson, Mark Lair & Jonathan Steinberg won the Sunday A/X/Y Swiss (Jon & Alex: 36th Nail Life Master Pairs; 3rd, Thursday Open Pairs)
19 Baptiste Combescure (15th, Nail Life Master Pairs) & Haig Tchamitch (5th NABC Mixed Swiss; 22nd Blue Ribbon)
20 Ola Rimstedt & his brother Mikael won the 2018 Orlando World Open Pairs!
