Date(s): April 8-14, 2013. Album by Bruce McIntyre. Photos by Bruce McIntyre. 1 - 31 of 31 Total. 4707 Visits.
1 Half of the District Final of the Grand National Teams was held in Vancouver on the weekend before the Victoria Regional. Six teams competed in the open championship flight with five more competing in the under-2000 Flight B event. In the championship event, the winners were the Jacob team: Ken Scholes, Bellvue WA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA.
2 Runners up were the Maksymetz team: Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC; Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC; Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC.
3 The Flight B final was won by the Eng team of David Taylor, Seattle WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Liliana Diaconescu, Burien WA.
4 Runners up were the Liu team: Amy Gao, Richmond BC; Diana Jing, New Westminster BC; Xiangdong Meng, Surrey BC; Baixiang Liu, Burnaby BC; Roy Li, Burnaby BC.
5 Bracket Three winners of the Monday-Tuesday KOs: Jim Murphy - Chris Murphy, Calgary AB; Denny Gibson, Bellingham WA; Alex Roman, Burnaby BC
6 Tuesday Gold Rush double section toppers Nita Dalal, Vancouver BC; Marg Gibson, Port Moody BC
7 Tuesday Gold Rush evening section toppers Polly Higgins - D Lainey Clark, Victoria BC
8 Here is a photo of some of our tournament sponsors: —Rapid Robbie is a sponsor of the Sunday Fast Pairs —Van Buchanan, a former tournament chair here in Victoria, sponsors the Newcomer Pairs games (and helpfully guides them through the session) —Jan Galenza is the tournament chair —Raye Bell is the sponsor of Saturday's Compact KO —Anne Porter is the sponsor of Saturday's Gold Rush Pairs —Marie Greeniaus is the sponsor of the Wednesday Evening 199er Pairs
9 Wednesday Evening Swiss Teams Winners with 73 VP out of 80! Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Maarten Tjebbes, Vancouver BC
10 Tuesday-Wednesday Bracket One KO winners: Tom McNie - Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC; Trudy Hurdle - John Hurdle, Richmond BC
11 Tuesday Wednesday KO Bracket Two winners: Raye Bell, Victoria BC; Anne Porter, Sooke BC; Mitra Shojania - Maxine Thomas, Victoria BC
12 Tuesday-Wednesday Bracket Three winners: Shawn Goenen, Bellingham WA; Dirinda Venneau, Mt Vernon WA; Patricia Schoening, Lynden WA; Gale Gropp, Bellingham WA
13 Marjorie Grace of Vashon WA became a new Life Master and Bronze Life Master with a win in the knockouts. Congratulations!
14 Winners of Bracket Three in the Wednesday-Thursday knockout: Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA; Melvin Mackey - Marjorie Grace (seated), Vashon WA.
15 Happy 50th! John & Norma Brodrick (When winners stop seeking me out, I have to go to my other sources. Thanks to Diane Uyttersprot for the tip and the photo.)
16 Friday-Saturday Bracket Three KO winners: A Martin Olaussen - Ian McAllister - Marla Nickerson, Victoria BC; Mark Beduz, Calgary AB
17 New Life Master / Bronze Life Master Milos Hajsky, Holberg BC. Congratulations. (See below for the whole story!)
18 New Life Master Louise Stevens, Saint George UT. Congratulations! (See below for the whole story.)
19 A day apart for a regular partnership resulted in two new Life Masters Saturday. Cynthia Tree, Comox BC and Warren Burd, Campbell River BC (the leftmost two in the foursome above) played with new partners on Saturday: Warren played with Milos Hajsky, Holberg BC in the Open Pairs and they won the under-2000 strat. Cynthia played with Louise Stevens, Saint George UT in the Gold Rush pairs, and they came within a half-matchpoint of winning the event. But wait, it gets better! As a result of this very successful Saturday, Milos (left photo) is now a new Life Master and Bronze Life Master, and Louise (right photo) is now a new Life Master! Congratulations!
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21 Heather McIntosh of Ladysmith BC is a new Life Master if the math is correct, and we are going to assume that it is. Congratulations!
22 Mike Ainsley of Victoria is a new Gold Life Master (2500 MP). Congratulations!
23 Winners of the Friday Evening 199er Pairs (by 9% over the second place pair!) Benelda Ainsley - Paul Flanagan, Victoria BC
24 Winners of Bracket Three of the Thursday-Friday Knockouts: Bob McLeod - Shirley McLeod - Helen Dillen - Connie Wignall, Calgary AB
25 A spot in the semifinals of the Thursday-Friday Knockouts and near win in Flight B and C in the Friday Evening Swiss was enough to make Lyn Jones of Sidney BC a new Silver Life Master (1000 MP): here he is with his team, Linda Ellis - Les Ellis, Vancouver BC; Mary Jones, Sidney BC. Congratulations!
(My apologies to Lyn Jones for printing that he was a new Life Master, not Silver Life Master...)
26 Sunday A/X Swiss winners: John Rayner, Mississauga ON; tournament masterpoint leader Michael Roche, Victoria BC; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Peter Herold, Ladysmith BC.
27 New Life Master Lorraine Moskovitz, Sidney BC, who went over earlier in the week but whose team on Sunday was tied with the Kerr team above and included David Reid of Victoria, another new Life Master.
Congratulations!
28 New Life Master Kay Kerr of Victoria, whose team (Kay Kerr, Victoria BC; ; Jane Poole, Brentwood Bay BC; King Lee - Ann (unavailable for photo) Isaac, Victoria BC, next photo) finished tied for second in the B/C/D Swiss on Sunday.
29 Kay Kerr, Victoria BC; ; Jane Poole, Brentwood Bay BC; King Lee - Ann (unavailable for photo) Isaac, Victoria BC finished tied for second in the B/C/D Swiss on Sunday.
