Players of the Month - November: Rex James & Judy Ziadie

Session 8: Mon. 29/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
Rex James and Judy Ziadie finished second on the night, each ending on 53.5 points to share the JBB 'Player of the Month'. Third was Herbert Gauntlett who had a really bad night at the table. Congratulations to all three.
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# ... PLAYERS ................ POINTS ... BONUS ... TOTAL
1. Rex James .................... 48 ......... 5.5 ........ 53.5
1. Judith Ziadie ................. 48 ......... 5.5 ........ 53.5
3. Herbert Gauntlett ............ 34 ......... 7 .......... 41
4. Joyce Currie .................. 34 ......... 4 .......... 38
5. Audley Astwood .............. 28.5 ....... 4 .......... 32.5
6. Wayne Chai Chong ........... 26 ......... 6 .......... 32
6. Karl Lee ....................... 26 ......... 6 .......... 32
8. Valerie Marshall .............. 26.5 ....... 4 .......... 30.5
9. Marlene Fulford .............. 29 ......... 1 .......... 30
10. Richard Phillips .............. 25 ......... 2.5 ........ 27.5
11. Shirley Tavares .............. 23 ......... 4 .......... 27
12. Monica Cools-Lartigue ...... 25 ......... 1 .......... 26
13. Peter Mais .................... 22 ......... 3.5 ........ 25.5
14. Ripton Savin ................. 22 ......... 1 .......... 23
15. Balmain Brown ............... 18 ......... 3 .......... 21
15. Norma Tavares .............. 19 ......... 2 .......... 21
15. Raymond Knight ............. 19 ......... 2 .......... 21
18. Carol Coore .................. 17.5 ....... 3 .......... 20.5
19. Ulla Dahl ..................... 16 ......... 3 .......... 19
19. Rosie Mahfood .............. 16 ......... 3 .......... 19
21. Brodsy White ................ 18 ......... 0 .......... 18
22. Betty Williams ............... 13 ......... 3 .......... 16
22. Lynford Tai Hugh ........... 15 ......... 1 .......... 16
24. Carmen Levy ................. 15.5 ....... 0 .......... 15.5
25. Maurice Clarke ............... 11 .......... 3 ......... 14
26. Michael Chuck ............... 12 ......... 1 .......... 13
27. Calvin Wong ................. 12.5 ....... 0 .......... 12.5
28. Winston Boyne ................ 9 ......... 2 .......... 11
28. Jethro Fraser ................. 9 ......... 2 .......... 11
30. Michicko Asonuma ........... 9 ......... 0 ........... 9
30. Lynette James ................ 9 ......... 0 ........... 9
32. Michael Coore ................ 7 ......... 1 ........... 8
33. Michael Marshall ............. 7.5 ....... 0 ........... 7.5
34. Charles Williams ............. 7 ......... 0 ........... 7
34. Walter Brown ................. 6.5 ....... 0 ........... 6.5
36. Douglas Robinson ............ 5 ......... 0 ........... 5
37. Paul Crookall ................. 3 ......... 0 ........... 3
38. Trevor Jones ................. 2.5 ....... 0 ........... 2.5

. Olga DuQuesnay .............. ......... 0 ...........
. Richard Whitelocke .......... ......... 0 ...........
. Nicholas Robinson ........... ......... 0 ..........
. Beverley Russell ............... ......... 0 ............
. Gordon Robinson ............ ......... 0 ...........
. Victor Ziadie ................. ......... 0 ..........
. Winston Smith ................ ......... 0 ..........
. Henry Williams ................ ......... 0 ..........
. Zia Mian .................... ......... 0 ..........
. Granville Gayle ............. ......... 0 ..........
. Elizabeth Hall .............. ......... 0 ..........
. Rennie Phillips ............. ......... 0 ..........

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Session 7: Sat. 27/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
Not played - insufficient entrants. A team game was played instead.
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Session 6: Wed. 24/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
Rex James and Judy Ziadie each on 43.5 points hang on to the JBB 'Player of the Month' lead as a tenacious Herbert Gauntlett in third place on 40, marginally closes the gap between himself and the two leaders with two sessions to go.
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Session 5: Mon. 22/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
Rex James & Judy Ziadie (38.5 pts) continue to lead but a win by Herbert Gordon (34 pts) jumps him into third spot to challenge for the JBB October 'Player of the Month' with three sessions left to be played.
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Session 4: Wed. 10/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
Rex James & Judy Ziadie (30.5 pts each) knock Shirley Tavares & Audley Astwood (26 each) off the top of the leader-board as the session win by Valerie Marshall & Joyce Currie moves each of them into a challenging position for the JBB October 'Player of the Month'.
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Session 3: Mon. 8/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
Shirley Tavares and Audley Astwood (25 points) maintain their slender 1 point lead over Rex James and Judy Ziadie atop the Player of the Month standings, as both pairs tie for second in the session. Herbert Gauntlett's session win jumps him into fifth spot.
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Session 2: Wed. 3/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
Shirley Tavares and Audley Astwood hold on the top spot as a second place finish jumps Rex James and Judy Ziadie into third position. The session win by Betty Williams and Carol Coore moves those two into contention.
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Session 1: Mon. 1/11/2010 - November 'Player of the Month'.
A tie for first in the month's initial session gives four players, Audley Astwood, Peter Mais, Richard Phillips and Shirley Tavares, the early lead in the race for November honours.
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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.

November 2010 - Bridge Results

NCB/Horace Payne - Monday Eve Session - November 29, 2010

Karl Lee & Wayne Chai Chong were on song for the last session of the month, coming up just short of a 70% game. Rex James & Judy Ziadie took second with Michael Coore & Peter Mais in third spot.

Leaders after 27 boards Average: 36.0
Place Pct Score Pair
1 69.44 50.00 A-4 Karl Lee - Wayne Chai Chong
2 59.72 43.00 A-5 Rex James - Judy Ziadie
3 55.56 40.00 A-1 Michael Coore - Peter Mais
4 53.47 38.50 A-9 Richard Phillips - Joyce Currie
5 44.44 32.00 A-2 Raymond Knight - Norma Tavares
6 43.06 31.00 A-7 Ripton Savin - Balmain Brown
7 42.36 30.50 A-3 Calvin Wong - Audley Astwood
8 41.67 30.00 A-8 Marlene Fulford - Carol Coore
9 40.28 29.00 A-10 Herbert Gauntlett - Lynford Tai Hue

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'Last Saturday' Game - Saturday Afternoon - November 27, 2010
Only four pairs turned out for this game so it was decided to play a team match. The team of Herbert Gauntlett, Balmain Brown, Judy Ziadie and Walter Brown defeated Rex James, Audley Astwood, Henry Williams and .... (a friend of Henry's) by 18 imps.
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Dr. David Levy - Wednesday Eve Session - November 24, 2010

Rosie Mahfood & Ulla Dahl sneaked home ahead of Karl Lee & Wayne Chai Chong as Monica Cools-Lartigue & Marlene Fulford filled out the top three.

Leaders after 27 boards Average: 36.0
Place Pct Score Pair
1 58.33 42.00 A-5 Rosie Mahfood - Ulla Dahl
2 57.64 41.50 A-6 Karl Lee - Wayne Chai Chong
3 54.86 39.50 A-4 Monica Cools-Lartigue - Marlene Fulford
4 52.78 38.00 A-8 Lynford Tai Hue - Herbert Gauntlett
5 51.39 37.00 A-7 Rex James - Judy Ziadie
6 47.92 34.50 A-10 Walter Brown - Richard Phillips
7 45.83 33.00 A-1 Calvin Wong - Audley Astwood
7 45.83 33.00 A-2 Trevor Jones - Carol Coore
9 35.42 25.50 A-3 Paul Crookall - Valerie Marshall

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NCB/Horace Payne - Monday Eve Session - November 22, 2010

Herbert Gauntlett & Maurice Clarke finished on top with Raymond Knight & Norma Tavares fairly close behind in second and the Karl Lee - Wayne Chai Chong pair a similar margin (1.5 pts) behind in third.

Leaders after 22 boards Average: 40.0
Place Pct Score Pair
1 58.13 46.50 A-1 Herbert Gauntlett - Maurice Clarke
2 56.25 45.00 A-4 Raymond Knight - Norma Tavares
3 54.38 43.50 A-7 Karl Lee - Wayne Chai Chong
4 52.50 42.00 A-11 Judy Ziadie - Rex James
5 51.88 41.50 A-9 Carmen Levy - Hubert White
5 51.88 41.50 A-10 Joyce Currie - Valerie Marshall
7 51.25 41.00 A-6 Michael Marshall - Douglas Robinson
8 49.38 39.50 A-12 Balmain Brown - Ripton Savin
9 48.75 39.00 A-8 Ulla Dahl - Rosie Mahfood
10 43.75 35.00 A-2 Marlene Fulford - Paul Crookall
11 31.88 25.50 A-3 Audley Astwood - Shirley Tavares

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Dixie Adams - Sat. 20/11, Wed. 17/11, Mon. 15/11/2010
Ladies Team Victorious!
Three teams were tied on 94 points after the two night - five round preliminaries of the tournament. On the tie breaker it was decided that the team of Richard Phillips, Peter Mais, Michael Coore and Wayne Chai Chung were the winners as they had defeated the other two in the head to head matches while the ladies team of Betty Williams, Carol Coore, Ulla Dahl and Rosie Mahfood were awarded second due to their victory over Rex James, Judy Ziadie, Charles Williams and Calvin Wong.

In the final between the top two played on Saturday 20/11/2010, the ladies team were the clear winners. Starting 9.5 points behind due to their preliminary round loss they had a relatively close first session in the final but stormed to victory in the second session.
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Dr. David Levy - Wednesday Eve Session - November 10, 2010

Valerie Marshall & Joyce Currie were the clear winners as Jethro Fraser & Winston Boyne returned from a long lay-off to take second with Ripton Savin & Michael Chuck grabbing third in this session.

Leaders after 27 boards Average: 54.0
Place Pct Score Pair
1 57.87 62.50 A-4 Valerie Marshall - Joyce Currie
2 55.09 59.50 A-7 Jethro Fraser - Winston Boyne
3 52.78 57.00 A-1 Ripton Savin - Michael Chuck
4 51.85 56.00 A-5 Rex James - Judy Ziadie
4 51.85 56.00 A-8 Peter Mais - Richard Phillips
6 49.54 53.50 A-2 Monica Cools-Lartigue - Marlene Fulford
7 47.69 51.50 A-9 Ulla Dahl - Rosie Mahfood
8 46.76 50.50 A-10 Betty Williams - Carol Coore
9 44.91 48.50 A-3 Carmen Levy - Lynette James
10 41.67 45.00 A-6 Audley Astwood - Shirley Tavares

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NCB/Horace Payne - Monday Eve Session - November 8, 2010

Herbert Gauntlett & Balmain Brown were well ahead of the field with a 61+% game after Balmain's regular partner, Ripton Savin, elected to sit out and let the two play. Audley Astwood & Shirley Tavares tied with Rex James & Judy Ziadie for second.

Leaders after 21 boards Average: 31.5
Place Pct Score Pair
1 61.90 39.00 A-3 Herbert Gauntlett - Balmain Brown
2 54.76 34.50 A-7 Audley Astwood - Shirley Tavares
2 54.76 34.50 A-8 Rex James - Judy Ziadie
4 50.00 31.50 A-4 Carmen Levy - Lynette James
5 47.62 30.00 A-1 Marlene Fulford - Monica Cools-Lartigue
6 46.83 29.50 A-5 Hubert White - Michiko Asonuma
7 44.44 28.00 A-6 Valerie Marshall - Joyce Currie
8 39.68 25.00 A-2 Raymond Knight - Norma Tavares

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Dr. David Levy - Wednesday Eve Session - November 3, 2010

It was the Betty Williams - Carol Coore duo who romped home ahead of perennial favourites Rex James & Judy Ziadie with Herbert Gauntlett & Lynford Tai Hue in third spot in this session which was abbreviated to 18 boards due to a late start.

Leaders after 18 boards Average: 36.0
Place Pct Score Pair
1. 59.03 42.50 A-10 Betty Williams - Carol Coore
2. 56.94 41.00 A-6 Rex James - Judy Ziadie
3. 52.08 37.50 A-9 Herbert Gauntlett - Lynford Tai Hue
4. 51.39 37.00 A-7 Charles Williams - Calvin Wong
5. 50.00 36.00 A-1 Audley Astwood - Shirley Tavares
6. 49.31 35.50 A-2 Marlene Fulford - Monica Cools-Lartigue
7. 48.61 35.00 A-8 Ripton Savin - Michael Chuck
8. 46.53 33.50 A-3 Walter Brown - Michael Marshall
8. 46.53 33.50 A-5 Hubert White - Joyce Currie
10. 39.58 28.50 A-4 Carmen Levy - Lynette James

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NCB/Horace Payne - Monday Eve Session - November 1, 2010

Two pairs, Audley Astwood - Shirley Tavares and Richard Phillips - Peter Mais were locked at the top of the table in last night's Horace Payne event. Valerie Marshall & Joyce Currie were third in a session where a 2 point spread covered the top 5 finishers.

Leaders after 27 boards Average: 36.0
Place Pct Score Pair
1. 56.94 41.00 A-5 Audley Astwood - Shirley Tavares
1. 56.94 41.00 A-8 Richard Phillips - Peter Mais
3. 56.25 40.50 A-9 Valerie Marshall - Joyce Currie
4. 54.86 39.50 A-6 Hubert White - Michiko Asonuma
5. 54.17 39.00 A-10 Rex James - Judy Ziadie
6. 49.31 35.50 A-3 Marlene Fulford - Monica Cools-Lartigue
7. 46.53 33.50 A-2 Norma Tavares - Raymond Knight
8. 38.89 28.00 A-7 Balmain Brown - Ripton Savin
9. 36.11 26.00 A-1 Lynette James - Carmen Levy