Amy Light: Sectional Master
Edward J. Smieszek: Sectional Master

Congratulations on achieving your new ACBL Ranking! 

Patricia A McCreary: Silver Life Master

Congratulations on achieving your new ACBL Ranking! 

Mark Cowell: Junior Master

Congratulations on achieving your new ACBL Ranking! 

The Sedona Bridge Center in accordance with our By Laws held its annual membership meeting on 2024-12-18. Lunch was served and we had 42 members in attendance. Here are a few highlights:

• Carolyn Blecha opened the meeting.
• Annual meeting minutes from 2023 were approved without changes.
• David Johnson reported that the clubs finances are sound and that we are modestly in the black for the calendar year.
• Mark Ducharme recounted his experience teaching our beginner classes and let us know that we should have 8+ new players ready to start playing in club games by the end of January.
• Cy Elliot was commended for his help in serving as a liaison with the JCSVV and for helping to set up every Monday morning.
• Roni Jelm read a touching thank you letter from a former scholarship recipient.
• David Johnson, Marlene Hanson and Ron Mohney were elected to 2 year board terms.
• Carolyn Blecha was presented with the 2024 Mimi Esser Award.
• Pat McCreary reported that we are averaging just shy of 7 tables per game and that the club had acquired a new computer (just in the nick of time).
• A straw poll was taken to see if club members were in favor of paying for games with credit cards. Results showed strong support for this suggestion.
• Meeting was adjourned.

Congratulations to Judson Jones, Mark Ducharme, Richard Dunie and Michael Schultz for their first place finish winning 11.82 gold MPs in the 0-10,000 Bracketed Teams 4 Event on 12/10.

Congratulations to Judson Jones, Mark Ducharme, Richard Dunie and Ken Bowlby for their first place finish winning 12.09 gold MPs in the Open Bracketed Teams 5 event on 12/13.

Mark returns to Sedona with over 28 MPs, most of which are gold!

Congratulations to Bill Kinney, Ron Martinez, Ron Mohney and Pat McCreary who took first place in the Jay Silberberg Bracketed Round Robin Teams 7 event winning 9.21 gold MPs and the Joanne Lowe Bracketed Round Robin Teams 8 winning event 10.49 gold MPs. The team also placed second and third in other events. All tolled they earned a total of 27.49 gold MPs and 1 red MPs. Proving conclusively that it is possible to return home from Las Vegas with more gold than when you arrived!