Photos from the August 2009 Puget Sound Regional, in Lynnwood WA.
Date(s): August 24-30, 2009. Album by Bruce McIntyre. Photos by Bruce McIntyre. 1 - 25 of 25 Total. 6248 Visits.
1 Flight C winners in the Tuesday Open Pairs (they came very close to winning Flight B as well): Doug Sanders of Grandview WA and Vera Goss of Manson WA. Vera has enough golds now and needs only silver points for Life Master. Doug needs a few points of any colour to make Life Master. We might be seeing these two again….
2 Slow news day, I guess.
3 Since nobody appears to have won today, I may as well test the camera to see if it works...
4 Marlene Gottfried of University Place WA, became a new Life Master in the Wednesday-Thursday Knockouts.
Congratulations!
5 Co-winners of the Wednesday Evening Board-A-Match teams: Adam Ruprecht, Seattle WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Cristal Nell (and the team’s non-playing captain...), Redmond WA; David Wright, Seattle WA
6 Friday’s Tips for Tops speaker is Janet Daling of Seattle, who I did find minutes before the Wednesday afternoon session began. The topic here is My Favorite Conventions.
7 Opening Night Pairs winners Polly and Pat Dunn, who have probably taken the lead in the Kirkwood Trophy race by now…
8 Winners of Bracket One of the Wednesday-Thursday Knockouts: Ken Christiansen, Bothell WA; Ray Loftis - Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA.
9 Winners of the Thursday Evening Swiss Teams (strat A and B): Jeffrey Ren - Tao Feng, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, Richmond BC; Long Xie, Burnaby BC
10 Zora Bain of Sammamish WA has become a new Life Master!
Congratulations!
11 Winners of Bracket Three of the Wednesday-Thursday Knockouts: Tom Robinette, Kent WA; Jim Stickman, Tim Dallas, and (in front) Tami Gillman, Seattle WA, a new Life Master! Congratulations!
12 Winners of Bracket Two of the Wednesday-Thursday Knockouts (using the hustler strategy of standing on different stairs for the photo, thereby disguising their heights...): Eric Pan, Burnaby BC; John Chen, Vancouver BC; Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC; Joel Martineau - David Hu , Vancouver BC.
13 Dee Steil of New Westminster BC is a new Gold Life Master (2,500 MP).
Congratulations!
14 Marie Noon of Grandview WA has become both a new Life Master and a new Bronze Life Master!
Congratulations!
15 Ginny Davis of Spokane WA has become a new Life Master!
Congratulations!
16 Mark and Donna Bailey of Bothell WA, winners of the Tuesday Open Pairs.
17 Richard Wasser, Seattle WA and Raynor Christianson, Burton WA won the under-100 flight of the Friday Evening 199er Pairs.
18 Our latest Seattle NABC T-shirt model is Gene Fomin of Glacier WA, who is now a Diamond Life Master (5,000 masterpoints). Congratulations!
19 "OK, Side Gamers, git up here and grab a deputy’s badge and a six-shooter. Your targets are in the photo. These two varmints, Jack “Three Gun” Triplett and “Canada John” Coone, have a shot to make off with all three of them thar top prizes—unless we can deputize enough brave players to go put a little pressure on these rustlers and knock ’em off the perch. We only got us one day to do it, and it looks pretty grim, but we might just be able to catch them in the evening if we keep ’em on the run all day…" (This photo appeared with the words WANTED across the top, and "The Side Game Kings" across the bottom!) All kidding aside, the Side Game Kings, John Coone and Jack Triplett have five overall wins and three second overalls in the Side Games since Wednesday! In twelve Side Games they have broken 60% five times (two 59%s as well), and finished below average just once. That’s a very impressive record!
They won all three Side Game Series! We renamed them the "Side Game Aces" :)
20 Dee Berry, our Tuesday "Tips for Tops" Speaker.
21 Cam Doner, the Wednesday "Tips for Tops" speaker.
22 Janet Daling, the Friday "Tips for Tops" speaker.
23 Wednesday Open Pairs winners Yayoi French, Kirkland WA; and Mary McCune, Seattle WA.
24 Friday-Saturday Bracket Four Knockout Winners: Paul Houvener - Beverly Chavers, Seattle WA; Carol Lechky, Golden BC; Peter Rudie, Renton WA.
25 Always good to see winners from the tournament volunteers: Saturday StratiFlighted B/C/D winners Marion Nelson, Woodinville WA; and tournament chair Tom Hansen, Redmond WA.
