The 2010 Puget Sound Regional Bridge Tournament, held at the Lynnwood Convention Center just north of Seattle, was the biggest one for at least ten years, with 1,634 tables, ahead of the 2009 version by 14%. Photos are being uploaded on Sunday night and I will add captions when I have time in the next few days
Date(s): August 23-29, 2010. Album by Bruce McIntyre. Photos by Bruce McIntyre. 1 - 36 of 36 Total. 4630 Visits.
1 Monday-Tuesday Bracket Four winners: Peggy Winter, Ladner BC; Fred Baldwin, Delta BC; Diane Griffiths - Edee Rumley, Langley BC
2 Monday-Tuesday Bracket Two winners: Dong Wei, Newcastle WA; Herman Xiao - Rui Gong, Sammamish WA; Yong Cao, Redmond WA
3 Our first new Life Master of the Week:
Betty Romano, Marysville WA, went over in the Monday-Tuesday knockouts.
Congratulations!
4 Tuesday Swiss Teams winners: Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Stanford Christie, Federal Way WA; Ray Miller, Seattle WA
5 Monday-Tuesday Bracket One winners: Regenia Butler - Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA; Barbara Nist, Seatac WA; Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA
6 Tuesday Open Pairs winners Ron Woodard, Olympia WA and Phyllis Rakevich, Elma WA
7 Wednesday was a double milestone day for Lois Bates of Wenatchee WA (and sometimes Palm Springs CA). Lois is a new Life Master, and a new Bronze Life Master after wins in the knockouts. Congratulations!
8 Dick Mallon of Ocean Shores WA won the Tuesday Afternoon Side Game with partner Sandy McDaniel.
9 John Anderson of Sequim WA is also a new Life Master after two wins in the knockouts on Wednesday. Congratulations!
10 Three wins already this week for Larry and Myrtis Holdren, Bellevue WA. They won the Wednesday Afternoon 199er Pairs, the Thursday Morning Side Game, and tied for first in the Thursday afternoon 199er Pairs!
11 Winners of strat B in the Wednesday Open Pairs: Dell Berg and Fan Zhang of Redmond WA.
12 Below, Friday Evening Board-a-Match winners, with nearly 80%! Wayne Gordon, Sonoma CA; John Landeryou, Lethbridge AB; Ralph Cole, Anacortes WA; Dan Webster, Mission BC
13 Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX, Friday Open Pairs winners.
14 First in strat B in the Board-a-Match with a score that would be an easy winner most nights: Howard Liu, Naperville IL; Fan Zhang - Dell Berg, Redmond WA; and (not in photo) David Binney, Seattle WA.
15 0-50 winners in the Friday Evening 199er pairs: Richard Glad - Jodene Glad, Issaquah WA.
16 They won the top two strats in the Friday Evening 199er Pairs: Art Hutton - Jackie Hutton, Stanwood WA
17 Newest Life Masters at the tournament: Barbara Hopewell, Blaine WA and Jackie Erickson, Edmonds WA. Congratulations!
18 Saturday Morning Side Game strat C winners: LaNita Wacker, Shoreline WA; Pete Galbraith, Honolulu HI
19 Friday-Saturday Knockout Bracket Four winners: Charles Burns - Lynda Hirst, Vancouver WA; Carol Lechky, Golden BC; Peter Rudie, Renton WA
20 Friday-Saturday Knockout Bracket Two winners: Elaine De Shaw, Federal Way WA; Amy Deshaw - David Baer, Seattle WA; Paul Conroy, Aberdeen WA
21 Friday-Saturday Knockout Bracket One winners: Jim Aitken - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA, Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA; Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA; (not in photo) Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA
22 Saturday StratiFlighted Pairs Flight X winners: Tom Devine, Ferndale WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA
23 Friday-Saturday Knockout Bracket Three winners: Hong Jun Liu, Bellevue WA; Herman Xiao, Sammamish WA; Yong Cao, Redmond WA; Rui Gong, Sammamish WA; (not in photo) Dong Wei, Newcastle WA. Hong and Herman were also members of the winning Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockouts (with Jack Lee, Richmond BC; and Eric Pan, Burnaby BC)
24 Saturday StratiFlighted Pairs Flight A winners: Patti Hartley, Kirkland WA; Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA
25 Fred Baldwin, Delta BC; Peggy Winter, Ladner BC; Diane Griffiths - Edee Rumley, Langley BC (photo)
26 Saturday StratiFlighted Pairs Flight B winners: Cathy Miller - Marlene Powell, Burnaby BC
27 Wednesday-Thursday Knockout Bracket Five winners: new Life Master Audrey Pekrul - Arlene Hawrelak - Elaine Hansen - Valerie Embury, Kelowna BC
28 What is that object behind Brian Russell in the photo? Crutches! He nearly got out of the way of a palette jack during the setup for the recent New Orleans NABC, and the result was some time off in a wheelchair. He hopes to be back for the Fall NABC in Orlando, and we wish him a speedy recovery.
29 The tournament's newest Life Master is Audrey Pekrul of Kelowna BC, whose went over in the Wednesday Thursday knockouts, winning bracket Five. Congratulations!
30 One half of the Morning Swiss Teams winners: Sandy Robson, New Westminster BC; Gene Fomin, Glacier WA, whose teammates were Suzanne Boruta - Mike Boruta, Anacortes WA
31 Thursday Compact Knockout Bracket One winners: James Dickie, Bellingham WA; Alex Kuo - Lynda Cole, Anacortes WA; Gary Matsumoto, Spokane WA
32 Morning Swiss Teams strat B winners: Marv Norden, Peachland BC; Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Peter Crawley, Penticton BC; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC
33 Thursday Evening 199er winners: John Ellis - Kurt Lichtenberg, Bellevue WA
34 Thursday Open Pairs winners Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA and Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA
35 Until this photo appeared in the Daily Bulletin, we still had lots of Event Winner pins. (They were smaller than the printed photo...)
36 Thursday Open Pairs winners strat B winners Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA
