Players of the Month - June: Rex James & Audley Astwood

Session 9 - Wednesday, 30/06/2010 - Rex James' third place finish was enough to ensure for him a share of the Jamaica Bridge Blog's June 'Player of the Month'. Audley Astwood who trailed James by two points going into the final monthly session, shares the top position for the third consecutive month. Astwood's late partner, Winston Chin You was co-winner in the previous two months. Third place goes to James' regular partner, Judy Ziadie. James was unfortunate to miss Sunday's Lionel Hall Memorial, where just participation would have given him enough points for an outright victory.
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# ... PLAYERS ................ POINTS ... BONUS ... TOTAL
1. Rex James ................... 47 ........ 11 ......... 58
1. Audley Astwood .............. 51 ......... 7 ......... 58
3. Judith Ziadie ................. 42 ......... 8 ......... 50
4. Nicholas Robinson ........... 36 ......... 7 ......... 43
5. Richard Phillips .............. 36.5 ....... 4.5 ...... 41
6. Walter Brown ................ 36.5 ....... 3 ......... 39.5
7. Gordon Robinson ............ 32 ......... 5 ......... 37
8. Marlene Fulford ............. 35.5 ....... 1 ......... 36.5
9. Michael Marshall ............. 30.5 ....... 3 ......... 33.5
9. Monica Cools-Lartigue ....... 32.5 ....... 1 ......... 33.5
11. Shirley Tavares ............. 27 ......... 5 ......... 32
11. Douglas Robinson ........... 28 ......... 4 ......... 32
13. Carol Coore .................. 26.5 ....... 5 ......... 31.5
14. Valerie Marshall ............. 26 ......... 5 ......... 31
15. Lynette James .............. 27 ......... 3 .......... 30
16. Herbert Gauntlett ........... 25 ......... 4 ......... 29
17. Carmen Levy ................ 24 ......... 3 .......... 27
18. Balmain Brown .............. 24.5 ....... 1.5 ........ 26
19. Ripton Savin ................. 20.5 ....... 3.5 ........ 24
20. Betty Williams ............... 19.5 ....... 3 ......... 22.5
21. Victor Ziadie ................. 17 ......... 3 ......... 20
22. Peter Mais ................... 13.5 ....... 2.5 ....... 16
23. Maurice Clarke .............. 13 ......... 2 ......... 15
24. Michael Chuck ............... 11 ......... 3 ......... 14
25. Ulla Dahl ...................... 10 ......... 3 ......... 13
25. Rosie Mahfood ............... 10 ......... 3 ......... 13
27. Calvin Wong ................... 9 ......... 2 ......... 11
27. Charles Williams .............. 9 ......... 2 ......... 11
29. Michael Coore ................ 10.5 ....... 0 ......... 10.5
30. Norma Tavares ............... 10 ......... 0 ......... 10
31. Raymond Knight ............... 9 ......... 1 .......... 9
32. Brodsy White .................. 7.5 ....... 0 .......... 7.5
33. Winston Chin You ............. 7 ......... 0 .......... 7
33. Winston Smith ................ 7 ......... 0 .......... 7
35. Lynford Tai Hugh ............. 6 ......... 0 .......... 6
35. Richard Whitelocke ........... 6 ......... 0 .......... 6
37. Henry Williams ................ 5 ......... 0 .......... 5
38. Winston Boyne ................ 4 ......... 0 .......... 4
38. Wayne Chai Chong ........... 4 ......... 0 .......... 4
40. Olga DuQuesnay .............. 3 ......... 0 .......... 3
41. Michicko Asonuma ........... 1 ......... 0 .......... 1

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Sessions 8 - Monday, 28/06/2010 - Rex James is rejoined by regular partner, Judy Ziadie and the two take the Monday night session to propel James to the lead in the JBB 'Player of the Month' listing and place her in third position. Audley Astwood who led after Sunday's two sessions is second. Wednesday's session (30/06) is the last for the month.
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Sessions 6 & 7 - Sunday, 27/06/2010 - With Rex James and Judy Ziadie, two of the JBB 'Player of the Month' front runners, absent from the Lionel Hall Memorial, a few players seized the opportunity to improve their position. Audley Astwood now leads with Nicholas Robinson 2nd and Rex James 3rd. There are two sessions left for this month, Monday (tonight) and Wednesday.
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Session 5 - Sat., 26/06/2010 - Rex James has stepped clear of the field in the JBB player of the month rankings. His regular partner, Judy Ziadie is second while Audley Astwood has retaken third from Richard Phillips.
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Session 4 - Wed., 23/06/2010 - Rex James and Judy Ziadie continue to top the June JBB 'Player of the Month' rankings. A shared win by Richard Phillips in this session pushes him up to third place.
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Monday, 21/06/2010 - Bridge session cancelled as a mark of respect to deceased player Winston Chin You whose funeral took place that morning.
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Session 3 - Wed., 16/06/2010 - Rex James and Judy Ziadie are joined at the top of the table by Audley Astwood in the race for the June JBB 'Player of the Month'.
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Session 2 - Mon., 14/06/2010 - A win by Rex James and Judy Ziadie rockets the two to the top of the JBB 'Player of the Month' rankings for June. Richard Phillips is close on their heels, just a half point behind, in third position.
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Monday & Wednesday - 7 & 9/06/2010 - Manchester Cup. (Team events do not count towards Player of the Month.)
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Session 1 - Wed., 2/06/2010 - Rosie Mahfood and Ulla Dahl got the best possible start in the JBB 'Player of the Month' for June as they clipped the Charles Williams - Calvin Wong pair to take the top spot in this first session. Herbert Gauntlett and Richard Phillips took third in a close game where a 3-point spread covered the top four pairs.
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N.B. - In the Jamaica Bridge Blog's 'Player of the Month' ranking, players are awarded points for each game (session) played inclusive of the audited results of 'Last Saturday' games. Each player of the winning pair gets points equal to the number of pairs entered and each following pair gets 1 point less. E.g., if 7 pairs play, pair 1 gets 7 points (each player), pair 2 gets 6, pair 3 gets 5, ..... pair 7 gets 1. Additionally, 3 bonus points are awarded to the winner of each session, 2 to second place and 1 to third. (In the case of a tie the points for the spots are totalled and then divided between the tied players.)

In two session championships, full points will be awarded for each session. There will be no additional points awarded to the overall winners of these 2-session championships.

There will be no points awarded for team matches. There will probably be no award for December (to be decided). The above table of the points earned to date will be updated after each eligible bridge session.