New Life Master Cynthia Tree, Comox BC, with partner Matthew Bagdan, Merville BC. (After this photo was taken they won Friday-Saturday Bracket Three, with teammates Warren Burd, Campbell River BC; Milos Hajsky, Holberg BC.)
Congratulations!
| Tournament chair Jan Galenza was overjoyed with the 76% increase in attendance, to 1969 tables!
| New Silver Life Master (1000 MP) Susanne Thomas, Coupeville WA.
Congratulations!
| Thursday-Friday Bracket TWO winners (not three as captioned in the Saturday Bulletin): Michael Petrescu - Allan Becker, Prince George BC; Susanne Thomas, Coupeville WA; Mardi Dennis, Oak Harbor WA
| Yes, the main playing area was virtually full for many sessions, even with a few playing in some of the side rooms.
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New Life Master and Bronze Life Master: Dallas Goodchild of Victoria BC.
Congratulations!
| This team won three knockouts in Victoria: Monday-Tuesday Bracket Three, Wednesday-Thursday Bracket Four, and Friday-Saturday Bracket Four. (On the seventh day they rested a bit but still made the overalls in the B/C/D Swiss.)
Shameine Ali - Glenda Affleck - Alan Borden - Ian Affleck, Vancouver BC
| Tuesday-Wednesday Bracket Three winners Donald Berry - Esther Wiebe - Neville Hircock - Russell Page, Victoria BC
| New Life Master Esther Wiebe of Victoria BC.
Congratulations!
| Wednesday-Thursday Bracket Two winners Monty Gray, Seattle WA; Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA; Tom Brown, Seattle WA; John Emmerson, Federal Way WA
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Tuesday-Wednesday Bracket Two winners: Tony Farr - Eleanor Gibson - Danielle Goulet - David Reid, Victoria BC
| New Life Master LaVerne Welch, Palo Alto CA.
Congratulations!
| Monday-Tuesday Bracket One winners: Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Ron Smith, Chicago IL, and NPC Peter Gelfand, relegated to NPC by airline difficulties. Mark and Peter were the masterpoint leaders in Whistler last fall.
| Tuesday-Wednesday Bracket Five winners Susan Bessant - Judy Madge - Devra Drysdale - Jan Brawn, Calgary AB
| Tuesday Open Pairs winners: Koba Ter Neuzen, Victoria BC; Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC
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First new Life Master of the week: Bette Flanagan, Lethbridge AB.
Congratulations!
| New Life Master Sue Bessant, Calgary AB AND Saskatoon SK.
Congratulations!
| Wednesday-Thursday Bracket One Winners: Ross Amann, Colts Neck NJ; Dick Vission, North Saanich BC; Keith Dowdall, Victoria BC; (missing: Cary Salmi, Sidney BC)
| Argument #1 for paperless Bulletins (online only starting with Lynnwood; Penticton 2017's will be the last printed ones)...
| Bernice Snyder of Comox BC had already become a Silver Life Master (1000 MP) by Sunday when this photo was taken. Then she tied for the win in the B/C/D Swiss (with teammates Lloyd Snyder - Jeanette Baron, Comox BC; Tom Dugdale, Courtenay BC)!
Congratulations
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Argument #2 for paperless Bulletins (online only starting with Lynnwood; Penticton 2017's will be the last printed ones).
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