Photos taken for the Daily Bulletin at the 2009 Victoria Regional
Date(s): April 13-19, 2009. Album by Bruce McIntyre. Photos by Bruce McIntyre. 1 - 51 of 51 Total. 3346 Visits.
1 Pre-game on opening night...pairs on the lower level, teams up above.
2 The main knockout teams area, on the upper level at the North end.
3 The upper level, directly above the entrance, with Partnerships/Hospitality on the right hand side, overlooking Douglas St.
4 Section Q from above...
5 The Crystal Tea Garden at the south end.
6 Opening night 199ers and open pairs at the far end.
7 Taken from the second level, south side. (The diver is a statue.)
8 Taken from the lower level pairs playing area.
9 Robert Tucker of Bellevue WA and Dale Leischner of Issaquah WA won the Monday Evening Charity 199er Pairs with nearly 64%!
10 Winners of the Monday Evening Charity Pairs: Christina Siemer of Lewistown MT, and Ralph Cole of Anacortes WA. With a posted score of 51% going into the last round, Ralph went out to get the car. But some of the names had apparently been entered into the wrong section and they ended up with the win. We had to go out into the middle of Douglas Street like a desparate paparazzo to get the photograph of Ralph!
11 Winners of the Monday Evening Charity Pairs: Christina Siemer of Lewistown MT, and Ralph Cole of Anacortes WA. With a posted score of 51% going into the last round, Ralph went out to get the car. But some of the names had apparently been entered into the wrong section and they ended up with the win. We had to go out into the middle of Douglas Street like a desparate paparazzo to get the photograph of Ralph!
12 Greg Lam of Vancouver BC became a new Silver Life Master (1,000 MP) in the same Bracket Two of the Monday-Tuesday knockouts. Congratulations!
13 Ellie Clarkson, Pacific Grove CA and Barbara Deasy, Salinas CA, the winners of the Tuesday Morning 199ers game. Nice trophies!
14 Monday-Tuesday Knockouts, Bracket Three Winners: Bonnie Christopherson, Nanoose Bay BC; Bill Wilson ‐ Helen Dunham, Qualicum Beach BC; Berry Gubbins, Parksville BC
15 Bill Wilson of Qualicum Beach BC (originally misidentified as someone else by a tired editor) became a new Life Master when his team won Bracket Three of the Monday-Tuesday knockouts. (See team photo also.) Congratulations (again)!
16 Monday-Tuesday Knockouts, Bracket Two Winners: Eileen Maclean, Comox BC; Louise Bustard, Royston BC; Carole Bradshaw ‐ Jack Bradshaw, Courtenay BC
17 Monday-Tuesday Knockouts Bracket One Winners: Linda Wiener, Vancouver WA; Dave Brower, Portland OR; Connie Coquillette ‐ Sherwin Moscow, Vancouver WA
18 Norma Doucette, Vancouver BC; Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC; Chloe Clark, Burnaby BC; and Dianne Isfeld, Coquitlam BC. They finished a strong third in the Tuesday Evening Swiss Teams with three wins out of four, but saw a ‘1’ beside their names, so they had their picture taken. (It was their team number…)
19 Dorothy Madden of Cowichan Bay BC, playing with Piper Smith of Lincoln CA, had the best East-West score (63.69%) in Section J in the big 22-table Tuesday Afternoon 199ers game.
20 The left side of the model of Crystal Gardens in its heyday.
21 The middle section of the model of Crystal Gardens in its heyday.
22 The right side of the model of Crystal Gardens in its heyday.
23 Robert Mackinnon ‐ David De Kezel ‐ Robert Bradford ‐ Debbie Wastle, Victoria BC, winners of Bracket Two of the Tuesday-Wednesday Knockouts.
24 Rosemary Makelki ‐ Gail Charles, Regina SK; Roger Staneslow ‐ Carol Staneslow, Victoria BC; winners of Bracket Four of the Tuesday-Wednesday Knockouts. Rosemary and Gail also won the Wednesday Morning Side Game!
25 Daily Bulletin editor McBruce submits to a new photo (taken by Samantha Nystrom) to replace the one he's been using on the back page of Daily Bulletins since about 2000...
26 Nita Dalal of Vancouver BC and Joyce Dalal of Burlington WA won the Wednesday Afternoon 199ers Game, with 70.24%!
27 Wednesday Evening Swiss teams winners: Jack Bradshaw - Carole Bradshaw, Courtenay BC; Elana Anderson - William Anderson, Seattle WA.
28 Sharon Eddy of Victoria BC is a new Life Master, and her team didn’t stop to celebrate until they won the Morning Compact Knockouts! Congratulations!
29 Upper level, east side of the site.
30 Thursday was the first day that all of the playing areas were mostly full. (Still more room for weekend players though!)
31 Thursday afternoon and the lower level is mostly full (so are the upper levels).
32 Winners of strat C in the Wednesady Evening Swiss Teams (and third overall): Bruce Hill - Norma Hill, Victoria BC; Leslie Tenta - Erwin Tenta, Squamish BC
33 Winners of Bracket Four of the Wednesday-Thursday Knockouts: Marilyn Swadron - Camille Collver, Calgary AB; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC; who are surrounding Ed L'Heureux, White Rock BC. (L’Heureux is French for “the happy one” but I think that applies to all four.)
34 Wenda Hopp and Marilyn Knipp of Delta BC won the Thursday Afternoon 199er Swiss Teams (playing with Christine McKay, Calgary AB and Fraser McKinnon, Surrey BC.)
35 Winners of the under-100 strat of the Thursday Evening 199er Swiss Teams: John Ellis - Jan Ellis - Myrtis Holdren - Larry Holdren, Bellevue WA
36 John and Jan Ellis of Bellevue WA also won the Monday Evening Newcomers Pairs
38 “Rapid Robbie” Robertson, co-sponsor of the Sunday Fast Pairs, has become a Bronze Life Master (500 MP)!
Congratulations!
39 Larry Holdren and Myrtis Holdren of Bellevue WA won the Friday Evening 199er Pairs.
40 Their win in the Thursday-Friday Knockouts put them into the tournament masterpoint lead!
Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA
41 Winners of the Friday Helen Davis Senior Pairs: Lynda Cole, Anacortes WA and Dee Berry, Arlington WA
42 Victoria’s Sandra and Doug Fraser won the Wednesday Open Pairs with two sessions above 60%.
43 Debbie and Bill Wastle of Victoria won Strat B of the Saturday Open Pairs.
44 Fri. Sat. Knockouts, Bracket Three Winners: Robert Pengelly - Eleanor Harper, Trail BC; Robert Bosley, Bellingham WA; Van Buchanan, Victoria BC
45 Friday-Saturday Knockout Winners: Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC; Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC; Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC
46 The Friday-Saturday Knockout was the event in which Aidan Ballantyne passed the 10,000 masterpoint plateau, making him a Grand Life Master. Grand Life Master is the ACBL’s highest rank, restricted to players who have won an open championship at an NABC or a world championship. Aidan won the North American Open Pairs with Gord McOrmond in 1997 and may well have added more titles since. Congratulations!
47 Saturday Compact Knockouts, Bracket Three Winners: Edgar L'Heureux, White Rock BC; John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC; Ann Hung, Vancouver BC; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC (on the banister).
48 Ted Eisner, Matt Smith, Gayle Good, Brian Russell (Jane Youngberg photo)
49 Ted Eisner of Victoria became a new Life Master on Saturday in the Bracketed Knockouts. Congratulations!
(Jane Youngberg photo)
50 Guy Coutanche of Thunder Bay ON, and Keith Dowdall of Victoria, won the Saturday Stratified Pairs.
51 Frank Field of Gibsons BC won the Saturday Afternoon 199er Pairs, playing with Margaret Hurd of North Saanich BC.
