Players of the Month - August: Valerie Marshall & Carmen Levy

Session 6 - Monday 30/8/2010 - Carmen Levy's second place was good enough to ensure that she caught the leader, Valerie Marshall, on the wire for a share of the August Player of the Month. Third was Valerie's new partner, Joyce Currie. (Welcome to our shores Joyce!)

Rex James who enjoyed his second consecutive session win here, had missed three of the months eligible tournaments and just failed to get into the top three.
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# ... PLAYERS ................ POINTS ... BONUS ... TOTAL
1. Valerie Marshall ............. 32 ......... 3 .......... 35
1. Carmen Levy ................ 30 ......... 5 .......... 35
3. Joyce Currie ................. 29 ........ 3 .......... 32
4. Rex James ................... 25 ......... 6 .......... 31
5. Walter Brown ................ 24 ......... 6 .......... 30
5. Herbert Gauntlett ........... 25 ......... 5 .......... 30
7. Ripton Savin ................. 24.5 ....... 2.5 ........ 27
8. Nicholas Robinson ............21 ......... 3 .......... 24
8. Marlene Fulford .............. 22 ......... 2 .......... 24
9. Monica Cools-Lartigue ....... 21 ......... 2 .......... 23
9. Calvin Wong ................... 19 ......... 4 .......... 23
11. Richard Phillips .............. 18.5 ....... 3 .......... 21.5
12. Betty Williams ............... 15.5 ....... 3 .......... 18.5
13. Michael Marshall ............. 16.5 ....... 1.5 ........ 18
13. Douglas Robinson ........... 16.5 ....... 1.5 ........ 18
13. Balmain Brown ............... 16.5 ....... 1.5 ........ 18
16. Lynette James ............... 14 ......... 3 .......... 17
16. Maurice Clarke ............... 15 ......... 2 .......... 17
18. Michael Coore ................ 10 ......... 2 .......... 12
18. Winston Smith ................ 10 ......... 2 .......... 12
18. Lynford Tai Hugh ............. 9 ......... 3 .......... 12
21. Brodsy White .................. 11 ......... 3 .......... 11
21. Trevor Jones ................... 8 ......... 3 .......... 11
23. Norma Tavares ............... 10 ......... 0 .......... 10
24. Michael Chuck ................ 8 ......... 1 ........... 9
24. Wayne Chai Chong ............ 7 ......... 2 .......... 9
26. Rosie Mahfood ................ 7 ......... 1 .......... 8
27. Carol Coore .................. 7.5 ....... 0 .......... 7.5
28. Judith Ziadie ................. 7 ......... 0 .......... 7
28. Ulla Dahl ...................... 6 ......... 1 .......... 7
28. Raymond Knight ............... 7 ......... 0 .......... 7
31. Peter Mais ................... 5.5 ....... 0 .......... 5.5
32. Gordon Robinson ............ 4 ......... 0 .......... 4
33. Winston Boyne ................ 3 ......... 0 .......... 3
33. Michicko Asonuma ........... 3 ......... 0 .......... 3

Total = 34 players

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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.