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2008 Unit Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs

The ACBL keeps track of the top 10 masterpoint winners in each category (e.g., 50-100 masterpoints within our unit for each year. This is the Unit Mini-McKenney. They do the same for points won at the clubs (black points, probably). This is called the Ace of Clubs. You should check this out. You might be listed. Or your friend might be listed and not know it. For the current rankings:
Mini-McKenney, Ace of clubs).


2007 Unit Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs

The ACBL keeps track of masterpoint races within our unit for every category. Winners receive a medal at our annual awards banquet. The apparent winners:

Mini-McKenney
0-5Susan Toporovsky
5-20Vincent Fitzgerald
20-50David Schwartz
50-100Jack Sage
100-200Linda Taub
200-300Wendy Sue Gelman
300-500Eylene Blume
500-1000Ljudmila Kamenova
1000-2500Geoffrey O'Connor
2500-5000Karen Ewald
5000-7500Valentin Kovachev
7500-10,000Bob Gwirtzman
10,000+Mel Colchamiro

Ace of Clubs
0-5Susan Toporovsky
5-20Vincent Fitzgerald
20-50David Schwartz
50-100Jack Sage
100-200Linda Taub
200-300Wendy Sue Gelman
300-500Eylene Blume
500-1000Marlene Beckenstein
1000-2500Geoffrey O'Connor
2500-5000Karen Ewald
5000-7500Irma Korenstein
7500-10,000Ruth Stober
10,000+ Harry Stappenbeck



Player of the Year 2007

There are four categories.

NSBA FLIGHT A PLAYER OF THE YEAR - 2007

 1.  ROBERT GORDON        175 PTS.
 2.  Peter Bisgeier       135 pts.
 3.  Peter Drezner        100
 4.  Bob Gwirtzman         94
 5.  Ljudmila Kamenova     84
 6.  Karen Ewald           79
 7.  Geoff O’Connor        70
 8.  Barbara Mendelsohn    64
 9.  Diana Schuld          63
10.  Rich Baumer           62
11.  Christine Woodring    58
12.  Selma Silverman       55
13.  Frank Allison         47
14.  Lauren Block          44
     Howard Friedman       44
     Louis Lessinger       44
17.  Marlene Beckenstein   43
     Lillian Weissman      43
19.  Lesley Decker Lucas   40
20.  Stephen Lucas         39
21.  Toni Somerstein       38
22.  Virginia Hoffman      36
23.  Irv Davis             35
     Carl Guili            35
25.  Joan Asheroff         33
     Charles Bilich        33
     Valentin Kovachev     33
     Norman Trabulus       33

NSBA FLIGHT B PLAYER OF THE YEAR – 2007

 1.  MARLENE BECKENSTEIN 127 PTS.
 2. Josh Fendel          107 pts.
 3. James Doig           106
 4. Liz Randall           90
 5. Doris Banks           86
 6. Richard Cobin         81
    Jim Schneider         81
 8. Charles Bilich        69
    Norman Trabulus       69
10. Paula Baumer          65
11. Barbara Fendel        63
    Jackie Gernaey        63
13. Reisha Berkowsky      60
    Gail Levy             60
15. Marion Rendon         58
16. James Jahosky         56
    Jack Pollack          56
18. Marvin Levine         54
19. Babs Dippell          49
    Alan Levine           49
    Marjorie Levine       49
22. Leon Gardner          48
23. Robert Frick          44
    Virginia Hoffman      44
    Pat Rinaudo           44                                  

NSBA SENIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR - 2007

 1. STEVEN CONRAD        70 PTS.
    RUTH STOBER          70 PTS.
 3. Doris Rodgers        69 pts.
 4. Frank Anshen         54
 5. Marvin Talish        48
 6. Sandy Rosen          45
 7. Robert Karlan        42
    Diana Schuld         42
 9. Martin Tolep         36
    Kent Vandewater      36
11. Maralin Cohen        33
    Honey Ellis          33
    Mark Leibowitz       33
14. Geoff O’Connor       21
    Gary Paston          21
    Christine Woodring   21
17. Sandi Talish         18
18. Lesley Decker Lucas  15
    Stephen Lucas        15
20. Marilyn Brescia      12
    Berna Case           12
    Richard Cobin        12
    Mildred DiFalco      12
    Martin Finkelman     12
    Elaine Kahn          12
    Harvey Schneier      12

<100

This category is for players starting the year with fewer than 100 masterpoints. It is based on points won at NSBA events -- the regionals, the STaC's, the I/N tournament, and the NAP.
  1. 35.68 Jack Sage
  2. 29.00 Judy Schwartz
  3. 28.23 David Schwartz
  4. 23.66 Bruce Hand
  5. 21.77 Sandi Sullivan
  6. 19.55 Carole Siegel
  7. 19.29 Peggy Maslow
  8. 18.89 Carole Kugler
  9. 18.39 Vincent Fitzgerald
 10. 17.09 Mark Inhaber
 11. 16.15 Gary Croland
 12. 14.92 Rick Blume
 13. 14.91 Francis Meyer
 14. 13.05 Renee Schwartz
 15. 13.05 Barry Fleischman
 16. 12.61 Claire Barron
 17. 12.42 Phyllis Vaccaro
 18. 12.30 Julia Tucker
 19. 11.92 Brenda Cooperman
 20. 11.70 Toby Silverman
 21. 11.26 Adrienne Locke
 22. 11.09 Larry Sachs
 23.  9.90 Trina Waldron
 24.  9.60 Howard Siegel
 25.  9.13 Michael Slavin



2007 Unit Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs

Mini-McKenney
0-5Susan Toporovsky
5-20Vincent Fitzgerald
20-50David Schwartz
50-100Jack Sage
100-200Linda Taub
200-300Wendy Sue Gelman
300-500Eylene Blume
500-1000Ljudmila Kamenova
1000-2500Geoffrey O'Connor
2500-5000Karen Ewald
5000-7500Valentin Kovachev
7500-10,000Bob Gwirtzman
10,000+Mel Colchamiro

Ace of Clubs
0-5Susan Toporovsky
5-20Vincent Fitzgerald
20-50David Schwartz
50-100Jack Sage
100-200Linda Taub
200-300Wendy Sue Gelman
300-500Eylene Blume
500-1000Marlene Beckenstein
1000-2500Geoffrey O'Connor
2500-5000Karen Ewald
5000-7500Irma Korenstein
7500-10,000Ruth Stober
10,000+ Harry Stappenbeck


2006 Unit Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs Winners

Mini-McKenney
ROOKIERonny Chauviere
JUNIOR MASTERBarry Fleischman
CLUB MASTERRick Blume
SECTIONAL MASTERWendy Sue Gelman
REGIONAL MASTERPaul Lauer
NABC MASTEREylene Blume
LIFE MASTERLeslie Sarf
BRONZE LIFE MASTERMarlene Beckenstein
SILVER LIFE MASTERSteven Conrad
GOLD LIFE MASTERRichard Baumer
DIAMOND LIFE MASTERRuth Stober
EMERALD LIFE MASTERBob Gwirtzman
GRAND LIFE MASTERMel Colchamiro

Ace of Clubs
ROOKIEJack Sage
JUNIOR MASTERMark Inhaber
CLUB MASTERBob Mones
SECTIONAL MASTERWendy Sue Gelman
REGIONAL MASTERSteven Gelman
NABC MASTERSusan Scheinerman
LIFE MASTERLeslie Sarf
BRONZE LIFE MASTERMarlene Beckenstein
SILVER LIFE MASTERBarbara Mendelsohn
GOLD LIFE MASTERKaren Ewald
DIAMOND LIFE MASTERIrma Korenstein
EMERALD LIFE MASTERBob Gwirtzman
GRAND LIFE MASTER Harry Stappenbeck


NSBA Player of the Year for 2006

The NSBA Player of the Year for 2006 was the NSBA member who won the most points at these NSBA events: the two regionals, the STaCs and 299er sectionals, the unit party, and the NAOP unit final and district final. There were two categories: open, and players beginning the year with fewer than 100 masterpoints.

Complete listing for the open division, Complete listing for the <100 division.

Thanks to Farley Mawyer for making these calculations. (Note: The unofficial ranking on this website erroneously included the unit party twice.)
      open          < 100
David Paull110.78
Richard Baumer106.19
Lesley Decker Lucas94.31
Stephen Lucas81.13
Maralin Cohen80.08
Mel Colchamiro78.90
Barbara Mendelsohn78.86
Jerry Podolsky76.09
Christine Woodring72.46
Elizabeth Randall70.96
Karen Ewald70.08
Emmett Pollenz69.84
Diana Schuld69.83
Doris Rodgers68.95
Martin Feldman68.81
Steven Conrad64.34
Art Brodsky64.10
Howard Friedman63.50
Honey Ellis57.51
Robert Gordon56.02
Wendy Gelman39.34
Rick Blume30.03
Alexandra Howard25.63
Richard Waters22.34
Lynne Zeiter20.04
Arlene Brown18.23
Jack Sage17.11
Linda Taub16.14
Jack Price16.01
Peggy Blumenfeld13.37
Ronny Chauviere13.13
Phyllis Gladstone13.02
Helen Shutkind12.79
Frank Gladstone12.75
Paul Michael12.57
Ed Trepper12.37
Herbert Blumenfeld11.73
Helen Bicking10.88
Jeannette Bregman10.74
Tamara Tullman10.69



NSBA Player of the Year for 2005

The NSBA Player of the Year for 2005 was the NSBA member who won the most points at these NSBA events: the two regionals, the STaCs and 299er sectionals, the unit party, and the NAOP unit qualifier.

There were two categories: open, and players beginning the year with fewer than 100 masterpoints.
      open          < 100
Howard Friedman 120.18
Richard Baumer 111.61
David Paull 103.22
Arthur Brodsky 99.07
Lauren Block 95.03
Lesley Decker Lucas 94.96
Steven Conrad 93.87
Karen Ewald 92.31
Marsha Block 88.62
Ruth Stober 82.71
Diana Schuld 82.07
Robert Karlan 80.83
Christine Woodring 77.72
Stephen Lucas 76.17
Elizabeth Randall 69.61
Bernard Gench 66.42
Marlene Beckenstein  66.12
Barbara Mendelsohn 62.56
Karl De Shrage 60.73
Martin Feldman 59.64
Maralin Cohen 58.52
Geoffrey O'Connor 56.76
Alvin Zuckerman 56.69
Jerry Podolsky 56.66
Selma Silverman 54.86
Leslie Sarf 52.93
Mel Colchamiro 50.68
Emmett Pollenz 49.84
Doris Banks 49.05
James Doig 47.63
Robert Frick 47.21
Frances Fein 45.47
Susan Scholer 43.96
Honey Ellis 42.77
Mark Leibowitz 41.90
Hadassah Klein 41.77
Sandy Rosen 41.67
Janet Colchamiro 41.66
Annette Frumberg 41.53
Marvin Levine 41.48
Toni Somerstein 40.15
Paul Siegelman 39.40
Mildred Simon 39.28
Cleopatra Guastella 38.69
Glenn Milgrim 38.63
Thomas Mayer 38.01
Alan Levine 37.73
Marjorie Levine 36.67
Eylene Blume 36.65
Jocelyn Simon 33.10
Kian Ling Tio 21.84
Ed Trepper 21.09
Benett Zimmer 19.72
Tad Bieberstein 18.97
Mary Gural 17.63
Paul Michael 17.33
Larry Eulner 16.12
Steven Perrin 16.12
Arlene Brown 15.90
Jack Abrahams 15.83
Steven Gelman 14.69
Janet Kroll 14.55
Sandra Wohlberg 14.30
Norma Michael 13.76
Susan Bloom 13.63
Benita Durben 13.25
Jack Price12.47
Thomas Gural 12.21
Irwin Ross 11.94
Saul Gurowitz 11.93
Phyllis Gladstone 11.85
Linda Lewin 11.75
Allen Greenbaum 11.54
Gail Johnson 11.11
Judy Pressner 10.82
Gloria Marmor 10.40
Eleanor Binder 10.02
Herbert Landau 9.89
Lillian McCormick 9.80
James Koopmann 9.37
Beulah Wolff 9.34
Helen I Shutkind 8.89
Carole Krosser 8.79
Eugene Shube 8.64
Lillian Shube 8.64
Scott Ackerman 8.61
Steven Raymond 8.45
Bunny Goodman 8.42
Barbara Gershenwald  8.13
Linda Taub8.09
Jerome Weiss7.98
Rick Blume 7.86
Giro Cestaro Jr7.82
Beth Raymond7.78
Stephanie Gluck7.77
Richard Waters7.76
Russell Brooks7.70



2005 Unit Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs

ROOKIEHelen Shutkind 48
JUNIOR MASTERRichard Waters 65
CLUB MASTERJocelyn Simon 78
SECTIONAL MASTERNirmala Shevde 97
REGIONAL MASTERDonald Lockwood184
NABC MASTER Leslie Sarf241
LIFE MASTERMarlene Beckenstein261
BRONZE LIFE MASTERLauren Block360
SILVER LIFE MASTERHoward Friedman383
GOLD LIFE MASTERDavid Paull397
DIAMOND LIFE MASTERJanet Colchamiro475
EMERALD LIFE MASTERRichard Schwartz737
GRAND LIFE MASTERMel Colchamiro638

Ace of Clubs
ROOKIEHelen Shutkind 38
JUNIOR MASTERRichard Waters 53
CLUB MASTERLinda Lewin 48
SECTIONAL MASTERNatalie Kassman 61
REGIONAL MASTERDonald Lockwood139
NABC MASTERLeslie Sarf135
LIFE MASTERMarlene Beckenstein114
BRONZE LIFE MASTERLauren Block150
SILVER LIFE MASTERBarbara Mendelsohn188
GOLD LIFE MASTERKaren Ewald237
DIAMOND LIFE MASTERSandy Rosen199
GRAND LIFE MASTER Harry Stappenbeck170



NSBA Player of the Year for 2004

The NSBA Player of the Year is the NSBA member who wins the most points at NSBA events. These events are the STaCs, the unit's novice-intermediate Sectional, our regional, the Unit Party, the Unit 242 NAP final, and the District 24 NAP final. For 2004:
      The top 20:
         Players beginning the year with
fewer than 100 masterpoints:
Arthur Brodsky94.05
Lesley Decker Lucas91.36
Stephen Lucas84.75
Richard Baumer63.76
David Paull59.11
Selma Silverman57.48
Bernard Gench56.84
Louis Lessinger55.68
Keith Garber54.83
Lauren Block54.37
Grace Lloyd54.33
John Gibbs54.30
Geoffrey O'Connor54.01
Jerry Spitz51.91
Jack Lipson49.67
Mark Shaiman49.58
Irma Korenstein49.55
Doris Rodgers45.60
Howard Friedman45.43
Paul Siegelman45.42
Leslie Sarf31.80
Loretta Koenig24.99
Eylene Blume21.75
Sherry Lewinter21.10
Richard Gardos18.42
Ronald Pinkus18.42
Claire Kranzer 15.66
Herbert Kranzer15.66
Joan Whitting15.28
Muriel Cunningham14.96
Susan Bloom14.60
Constance Hoagland14.52
Gabriella Ratay14.20
Carole Krosser13.79
Steve Raymond13.50
Norma Michael13.31






2004 Unit Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs

The ACBL keeps track of the top 10 masterpoint winners in each category within our unit for each year. This is the Unit Mini-McKenney. They do the same for points won at the clubs (the Ace of Clubs).

To view this year: Mini-McKenney Ace of clubs).

Last years complete results: Mini-McKenney Ace of clubs).

For 2004, the winners in each category:

Mini-McKenney
ROOKIESteven Perrin 32.85
JUNIOR MASTERToshiko Moriya 58.87
CLUB MASTERLoretta Koenig 67.73
SECTIONAL MASTERLeslie Sarf148.82
REGIONAL MASTERMarlene Beckenstein206.14
NABC MASTERNorman Alper208.49
LIFE MASTERJoann Lederman111.95
BRONZE LIFE MASTERChristine Woodring296.05
SILVER LIFE MASTERGeoffrey O'Connor288.54
GOLD LIFE MASTERDiana Schuld399.38
DIAMOND LIFE MASTERRichard Schwartz675.50
GRAND LIFE MASTERMel Colchamiro658.11

Ace of Clubs
ROOKIESteven Perrin 30.30
JUNIOR MASTERToshiko Moriya 37.49
CLUB MASTERAdam Rafalowicz 43.82
SECTIONAL MASTERLeslie Sarf 83.17
REGIONAL MASTERC Stuart Nahles149.19
NABC MASTERNorman Alper152.22
LIFE MASTERRichard Fadem 60.22
BRONZE LIFE MASTERGrace Lloyd129.47
SILVER LIFE MASTERBarbara Mendelsohn205.79
GOLD LIFE MASTERDoris Rodgers230.22
DIAMOND LIFE MASTERJudy Schwartz154.25
GRAND LIFE MASTERMel Colchamiro 93.98


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