SEATTLE UNIT 446

1,244 Members

Seattle Unit 446 covers the greater Seattle neighborhood, essentially King County.  We run 4 Sectional tournaments per year: Sweetheart Sectional in February, Knockout Sectional in May, Suntan Sectional in August, and Autumn Sectional in either October or November.  We sponsor an annual district-wide Sectional Tournament at Clubs event (STAC) near the end of March, and we also host a yearly team event called the Round Robin.  Our monthly unit games are normally held on the first Sunday evening of the month.Our publication, the Seattle Unit Newsletter (SUN), contains board news, club news, tournament information and results, club calendars, rank advancements, and other useful content aimed at keeping our membership informed.  We print 6 copies per year and mail to all ACBL members within our unit. 

There are two trophies to be claimed annually by the person winning the most masterpoints in our 4 Sectional tournaments (STAC points and Round Robin points are excluded from the calculation).  The Microsoft Award (formerly the Weisfield Trophy through 1999) is awarded to the player winning the most points from all events in the Sweetheart, Knockout, Suntan, and Autumn sectionals.  The recipient gets to display the permanent award for a year, and is awarded a gift to be kept.  The Jabon Trophy is awarded to the person starting the year with fewer than 20 masterpoints, who accumulates the most points in our 4 sectional tournaments.

NEWS ITEMS

STAN CHRISTIE PREVAILS IN 2006 MICROSOFT RACE

The 2006 edition of the Microsoft Trophy competition reached its conclusion with play in the Seattle Autumn Sectional over the weekend of October 20-22. These dates were particularly memorable for Stan Christie, who not only both maintained and widened his Microsoft lead, but concurrently paired with Rod Caldwell to take the first spot in the Flight A (Open) competition for the District North American Pairs conducted concurrently at the Seattle Sectional on Saturday.His victory margin in the Microsoft was 7.34 masterpoints over frequent partner Craig Zastera [they partnered in both events Friday at this sectional]. Stan was the second-place finisher last year - a competition he lost by only .09 fractionals. His margin this year left no doubt. The top 5 finishers for 2006 are as follows:

1. Stan Christie 70.07
2. Craig Zastera 62.73
3. Dick Yarington 54.33
4. Jackie Buroker 51.75
5. Maurice Blustein 50.43

CHRISTINE DING WINS
2006 JABON TROPHY COMPETITION

A strong closing finish at the Autumn Sectional brought victory to Christine Ding in the 2006 Jabon Trophy competition [points won at Seattle sectionals by Seattle unit members who begin the calendar year with fewer than twenty masterpoints]. Her margin of victory over regular partner, Rigel Berg, was 0.57 masterpoints. The consistent Jinlong Jack Li had another solid tournament, finishing third in the competition, after leading entering the final weekend. This year´s leading Jabon point winners are as follows:

1. Christine Ding 16.93
2. Rigel Berg 16.36
3. Jinlong Jack Li 13.80
4. Jianmin Jim Ren 10.68
5. Gao Li 8.03