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My Bridge History

                                               Gold    Total
  Date      Location             Event        Points   Gold    Partner/Teammates
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1977 (?)    Home in San Jose   Learned to Play                 Dad, Steinkamps
12/01/1979  Joined ACBL        Club Games

01/25/1980  Chico              Unit Game                       First ACBL Points with Bill Willigis (3.67)
05/10/1981                                                     Less than 10 Points the first 1.5 Years
09/05/1981  Palo Alto          Open Pairs       3.61     3.61  First Gold Points with Roy Woolsey (66 Total)
12/29/1981  Reno               Men's Pairs      4.00     7.61  Section 1st with a Pick-Up Partner

01/30/1982  Monterey Regional  Open Pairs      28.05    35.66  Dave Smith (190x & 189x = 380 total)
02/15/1982  Santa Rosa         Swiss Teams      3.07    38.73  Dave Smith, Bill & Patty
05/10/1982                                                     161.00 Total (150 Points in Last Year)
12/31/1982  Reno               Swiss Teams     22.01    60.74  4-way tie for 1st. Trina, Tom Scharf & Ash

06/12/1983  Sacramento         Swiss Teams      4.58    65.32
10/01/1983  San Jose Sectional Open Pairs                      300 Total Points. Made Life Master with Patty

01/28/1984  Monterey           Open Pairs       9.12    74.44
02/19/1984  San Jose           Open Pairs       2.89    77.33

09/02/1985  Palo Alto          Swiss Teams      2.02    79.35

09/01/1986  Palo Alto          Swiss Teams      2.25    81.60

07/08/1987  Palo Alto          SAYC Pairs      24.49   106.09  Trina. (These were before ACBL itemized gold points)

01/31/1988                                                     400 Total Points

12/26/1991  Reno               K/O Teams        3.49   109.58  First ACBL-itemized gold points

02/08/1992  San Jose           Taught Bridge Class             Melanie born in June
10/11/1992  Virginia Beach     BAM              9.54   119.12  Barbara, Jim & his partner
10/12/1992  Virginia Beach     K/O Teams        2.86   121.98  500 Total Points. Made Bronze Life Master

12/31/1993  Reno               Swiss Teams     14.90   136.88

02/18/1994  Palo Alto          Swiss Teams      3.63   140.51  Adam born in January
09/01/1994  Santa Clara        Swiss Teams      6.61   147.12 
12/29/1994  Reno               K/O Teams        5.31   152.43
12/30/1994  Reno               K/O Teams       10.76   163.19

02/15/1995  Palo Alto          K/O Teams       21.14   184.33
09/01/1995  Santa Clara        K/O Teams       15.85   200.18  600 Total Points (78 gold out of last 100)

02/19/1996  Palo Alto          Swiss Teams      7.75   207.93

03/16/1997                     Swiss Teams      0.11   208.04

09/03/1998  Santa Clara        Swiss Teams      9.39   217.43
09/04/1998  Santa Clara        K/O Teams       24.73   242.16

02/28/1999  U-507              Swiss Teams      0.37   242.53
05/14/1999  San Mateo          K/O Teams       24.00   266.53  700 Total Points (66 gold out of last 100)
07/20/1999  GNT Flight B       K/O Teams       13.50   280.03  Frank Smoot, Mark & Franz

05/21/2000  Oakland            K/O Teams       24.00   304.03
08/09/2000  GNT Flight B       K/O Teams       30.00   334.03

09/03/2001  Santa Clara        Swiss Teams     12.73   346.76

08/31/2002  Santa Clara        Open Pairs      13.70   360.46  800 Total Points (94 gold out of last 100)
10/19/2002  Unit 503           Open Pairs       0.23   360.69

02/17/2003  Santa Clara        Swiss Teams      9.30   369.99  Frank Smoot, Mark & Franz
09/01/2003  Santa Clara        K/O Teams        7.48   377.47  With Steve Conaway, Frank Smoot & Elaine, making Steve a Life Master

09/06/2004  Santa Clara        Swiss Teams      2.50   379.97

09/03/2005  Santa Clara        Open Pairs       8.04   388.01  Frank Smoot
09/05/2005  Santa Clara        Swiss Teams      2.89   390.90
                                                               900 Total Points (30 gold out of last 100)
09/03/2006  Santa Clara        Open Pairs      40.45   431.35  Frank Smoot

01/06/2007  Monterey           Open Pairs       2.45   433.80
02/19/2007  Santa Clara        Swiss            4.28   438.08
11/25/2007  San Francisco NABC K/O Teams       20.42   458.50  Kathy, Bill & Jill Wood
11/27/2007  San Francisco NABC Blue Ribbon      1.18     1.18  Platinum with Frank Smoot

03/29/2008  GNT Flight B       K/O Teams       19.50   478.00  Frank Smoot, Mark & Franz
07/01/2008                                                     1000 Total Points (87 gold out of last 100) Silver Life Master
08/31/2008  Santa Clara Rgnl   K/O Teams       20.92   498.92  Frank Smoot, Tania & Jack Clinch

04/04/2009  GNT Flight B       K/O Teams       13.00   511.92  Frank Smoot, Mark & Franz
09/06/2009  Santa Clara        K/O Teams       27.75   539.67  Frank Smoot, Tania & Helen
                                                               1100 Total Points (61 gold out of last 100)
02/21/2011  Santa Clara        BCD Swiss       11.46   551.13  Kathy, Bill Jolly, Terry Kellerman
09/04/2011  Santa Clara        Open Pairs       3.15   554.28  With Patty after all this time
09/05/2011  Santa Clara        A/X Swiss       18.91   573.19  With Frank Smoot, Gary Porter & Lynn Yokel

02/19/2012  Santa Clara        K/O Teams       12.84   586.03  With Michael Koltnow, Steve Conaway & Barbara Dahl
02/19/2012    Finally got to 50% gold by 2.05 points!  586.03 gold out of 1170.01 total points = 50.09%
05/14/2012                    It lasted only 3 months. 586.03 gold out of 1172.82 total points = 49.97%
10/31/2012  San Francisco      Open Pairs       0.11   586.14
11/25/2012  San Francisco      Swiss Teams      4.15   590.29  1200 Total Points (51.71 gold out of last 100)

10/22/2013  San Jose           Open Pairs       0.02   590.31

04/01/2014  San Jose                                           1300 Total Points (00.02 gold out of last 100)
07/27/2014  Las Vegas NABC     Swiss Teams      5.71   596.02  With Kathy, Leigh Anne Shafer & Gord Pippy (Mr. & Mrs. Vodka)
08/31/2014  Santa Clara        K/O Teams        7.03   603.05  With Kathy, Michael Koltnow, and Bob Garret
10/05/2014  San Jose           GNT              0.16   603.21

01/31/2015                     GNT              2.91   606.12
10/18/2015                     GNT              0.12   606.24
10/31/2015  San Jose                            0.08   606.32

01/08/2016  Monterey           K/O Teams       15.14   621.46  With Bill & Jill Wood
01/10/2016                     Swiss Teams      5.12   626.58
07/04/2016  SJBC                                               1400 Total Points (36.27 gold out of last 100)
12/11/2016  San Jose           GNT              0.21   626.79
01/05/2017  Monterey           K/O Teams        6.90   633.70  With Kathy, Stephen & Colette Castellino
01/08/2017  Monterey           A/X Swiss        3.94   637.63  With Michael Marcucci & Brenda Glaze (Anchorage, Alaska)
02/04/2017  San Jose           GNT Open Pairs   2.46   640.09  With John
06/09/2017  Santa Clara        Open Pairs       1.53   641.62  With John
09/02/2017  Santa Clara        Open Pairs       5.54   647.16  With Kathy
09/03/2017  Santa Clara        Swiss Teams     15.49   662.65  With Kathy, Al Crane & Gary Ansok
09/04/2017  Santa Clara        A/X Swiss        3.97   666.62  With John, Ken Rosenfeld & Joel Koransky
10/24/2017  San Jose           Swiss Teams      0.09   666.71  Kathy, Jory, Dan Turkus.
11/24/2017  San Diego NABC     Open Pairs              666.71  1500 Total Points (39.92 gold out of last 100)
11/25/2017  San Diego NABC     KO Teams         9.38   676.09  KO Teams. Made Ruby Life Master
12/09/2017  Burlingham         NAP Flight A     0.38   676.47  NAP Flight A Qualifying

01/04/2018  Monterey           KO Teams        13.97   690.44  With Kathy, Stephen & Colette Castellino
01/07/2018  Monterey           Swiss            5.33   695.77  With John, Ken Rosenfeld, and Joel Koransky
02/03/2018  San Jose           NAP Flight B    16.00   711.77  John Wachsman and I won trip to Philadelphia NABC
03/12/2018  Philadelphia       NAP Flight B    20.00   731.77  After each session, we were 79/89, 49/52 qualifying, 19th, then 7th overall.
09/02/2018  Santa Clara        KO Teams         4.10   735.87  1600 Total Points (69.16 gold out of last 100) With John, Joel Koransky & Ken Rosenfeld
11/03/2018  GNT Flight B       San Jose         0.14   736.01  Joel Koransky & Ken Rosenfeld and John Wachsman
12/08/2018  Palo Alto          NAP Flight A     2.92   738.93  Retired in November. With John Wachsman.
12/15/2018  San Jose           NAP Flight B     5.63   744.56  John & I led after the first session, but dropped to 7th overall.

01/03/2019  Monterey           Open Pairs       2.30   746.86  Section first with Kathy
02/17/2019  Burlingame         GNT Flight B     7.54   754.40  With John, Joel Koransky & Ken Rosenfeld
07/19/2019  Las Vegas NABC     Flight B Pairs  26.47   780.66  With John. We were 5th overall, but got more than 4th place due to 3 out of 6 session firsts.
                                                               1700 Total Points (18.53 gold out of last 100)
07/22/2019  Las Vegas NABC     Swiss            2.52     3.70  Platinum With Bill Wood & Ian Martindale
07/26/2019  Las Vegas NABC     Swiss            1.06     4.76  Platinum With Kathy, Jory Segal & her sister, Benay Cooper
07/27/2019  Las Vegas NABC     Swiss            0.53   781.40
07/28/2019  Las Vegas NABC     Swiss            7.48   788.88  With Kathy
08/29/2019  All Western        Open Pairs       2.54   791.42
09/01/2019  All Western        KO Teams         3.86   795.28
10/24/2019  San Jose Club      Teams            0.16   795.44  With Kathy
11/30/2019  San Francisco NABC Teams            5.30   800.74  With Kathy, Ray Yuenger & Melanie Kakalec
12/07/2019  San Francisco NABC Mixed Swiss      1.68     6.44  Platinum With Kathy, Martha Keller & Andy Sass

01/10/2020  Monterey           Swiss            6.93   807.67  With Kathy, Sally Craig & Ed L'Heureux (Ed the Happy)
01/12/2020  Monterey           Swiss            6.00   813.67  1800 Total Points (59.27 gold out of last 100) With John, Ken Rosenfeld & Joel Koransky
02/23/2020  San Mateo          GNT Flight B    16.75   830.42  With John, Alan Wood & Bob Enenstein

01/27/2021  BBO                Pairs                           1900 Total Points (16.75 gold out of last 100) With John
11/21/2021  BBO                GNT Flight B     3.27   833.69  With John.

01/03/2022  Monterey           Teams            7.27   840.96  With John, Ken Rosenfeld, and Ron Baron.
01/04/2022  Monterey           Pairs           18.70   859.66  2000 Total Points (29.24 gold out of last 100) With John
01/05/2022  Monterey           Teams            8.09   867.75  With John, Lynn Bartz and Brenna Wundram. We got 113/120 Victory Points.
01/09/2022  Monterey           Swiss            2.11   869.86  With Kathy, Marie-France Benoit, and John Emmerson.
03/11/2022  Reno NABC          Teams            7.79   877.65  With Kathy, Lynn Bartz and Brenna Wundram.
03/12/2022  Reno NABC          Teams            9.30   886.95  With Kathy, Lynn Bartz and Brenna Wundram.
03/13/2022  Reno NABC          Teams           10.30   897.25  With Kathy, Lynn Bartz and Brenna Wundram.
03/15/2022  Reno NABC          Teams            6.71   903.96  With John, Bill & Jill Wood.
03/15/2022  Reno NABC          Teams            7.22   911.18  With John, Bill & Jill Wood.
06/30/2022  BBO                Pairs                           2100 Total Points (51.52 gold out of last 100)
09/03/2022  Santa Clara        KO Teams        14.85   926.03  With John, Lynn Bartz & Ken Imboden
09/05/2022  Santa Clara        Teams            7.98   934.01  With Kathy, John & Jan Batcheller
11/26/2022  Phoenix NABC       0-10K Swiss     19.39   953.40  With John, Tobey Roland & Ti Davis
                                                2.15     8.59  Platinum
11/28/2022  Phoenix NABC       Open Pairs       5.70   959.10  With John
11/30/2022  Phoenix NABC       0-3K Teams       7.79   966.89  With Kathy, Todd & Bobette Thorsen
12/01/2022  Phoenix NABC       0-3K Teams      11.70   978.59  With Kathy, Todd & Bobette Thorsen
12/02/2022  Phoenix NABC       Mixed Swiss      1.68    10.27  Platinum With Kathy, Todd & Bobette Thorsen
12/03/2022  Phoenix NABC       0-3K Teams       8.87   987.46  With Kathy, Todd & Bobette Thorsen (153.77 golds in 2022)
12/09/2022  BBO                Pairs                           2200 Total Points (76.28 gold out of last 100)

01/05/2023  Monterey           KO Teams        19.58  1007.04  With Kathy, Lynn Bartz & Brenna Wundram. (Over 1,000 gold points!)
01/07/2023  Monterey           KO Teams         1.22  1008.26  With John, Brenna Wundram & Melanie Kakalec
01/08/2023  Monterey           Teams            6.87  1015.13  With Kathy, John & Jan Batcheller
04/17/2023  Gatlinburg         Teams           14.84  1029.97  With Todd Thorsen and Reta Murray
04/18/2023  Gatlinburg                         -3.71  1026.26  A late score adjustment knocked us out of first place. The first time I got negative gold points. 😢
04/21/2023  Gatlinburg         Pairs            7.55  1033.81  With Kathy
05/03/2023  San Jose Club      STAC Pairs       1.33  1035.14
06/13/2023  BBO                Day Long                        2300 Total Points (47.68 gold out of last 100)
08/30/2023  Santa Clara        Midflight Pairs 12.74  1047.88  Third overall with John Wachsman
08/31/2023  Santa Clara        Midflight Pairs 15.26  1063.14  Second overall by 0.06 matchpoints(!!) with John Wachsman
09/03/2023  Santa Clara        Bracketed Teams  6.87  1070.01  Third overall with Kathy, Brenna Wundram, and Joe Chui
10/31/2023  BBO                Pairs                           2400 Total Points (34.87 gold out of last 100)
11/28/2023  Atlanta NABC       MiniBlue Ribbon 22.50  1092.51  11th overall with Kathy, where we met with Ethan Wood and with Jane McLaughlin
12/01/2023  Atlanta NABC       Pairs            4.45  1096.96  12th overall with Perri Mann, who needed 0.6 golds to make Life Master.
12/02/2023  Atlanta NABC       Mixed Swiss      1.26    11.53  Platinum for 2 wins with Kathy, Rolf Swenson, and Barb Devaney
12/03/2023  Atlanta NABC       Bracketed Teams  6.02  1102.98  Third with Kathy, Rolf Swenson, and Barb Devaney

01/04/2024  Monterey           Bracketed Teams  8.94  1111.92  Second with Kathy, Jane McLaughlin, and Ethan Wood
01/06/2024  Monterey           Bracketed Teams  6.19  1118.11  Third with John Wachsman, Kathy, and Linda Nemmer
01/07/2024  Monterey           Swiss Teams      5.05  1123.16  With John Wachsman, Andrew Rowberg, and Danning Lu
04/10/2024  BBO                Pairs            1.86           2500 Total Points (56.17 gold out of last 100) 74% game with John Wachsman. Made Gold Life Master.
05/29/2024  Sacramento         Teams           14.62  1137.78  With Kathy, Jane McLaughlin & Rory Xiao
05/31/2024  Sacramento         Teams           10.03  1147.81  With Kathy, Brenna Wundram, and Lynn Bartz
06/02/2024  Sacramento         Teams           10.50  1158.31  With Kathy, Anne Wilson & Ant(Anthony) Toto
08/28/2024  All Western        Teams           10.50  1168.81  With John Wachsman, Bob and Marcia Dean
08/29/2024  All Western        Teams           12.41  1181.22  With John Wachsman, Bob and Marcia Dean
                                                               2600 Total Points (58.06 gold out of last 100)


                            Gold     Total
     October, 1992           106       490     21% Gold (add 106.09 golds to ACBL's total)
     Points With Kids        480       682     70.4% Gold
     (19.7 Years)           ----      ----     34.6 Points/Year, 24 Gold/Year
     June, 2012              586      1172     Both Kids out of High School. 50% Gold
     Points After Kids       150       449     33.4% Gold
     (6.4 Years)            ----      ----     70 Points/Year, 23 Gold/Year
     November, 2018          736      1621     Retired. 45.4% Gold & 1 Platinum
     Points After Retiring   445       961     46.3% Gold including 10 Platinum
     (5.8 Years)            ----      ----     165 points/Year, 78 Gold or Platinum/Year
     September, 2024        1181      2582     46.1% Gold/Platinum & 11.53 Platinum

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