The 2019 Penticton Regional Photos Page

Send Me Some

This Photos Page, except for the stock photos we've started with, will depend on people sending me photos taken at the tournament.  Now that everyone's cellphone has a camera, anyone can do this!  Here is a good guideline on how to get best results:

• Above the Strike Zone: Try not to include in the frame any part of the body below where the letters would be on a baseball uniform.  People want to see faces, not waistlines.  If you have people of different heights, you might have to include the tall one's strike zone(s), but make faces your focus.
• Fill the Frame: Don't stand so far back that only 10%-20% of the frame is faces.  Move up close and look at your screen as a guide.  I will always crop out legs and shoes, and if this leaves an image that is small, the quality will suffer.
• Send the biggest version you can: It's important.  ooga@shaw.ca is the address to send photo files to.  Don't send the one that takes up the least bandwidth, it will look blurred on a screen if the resolution is lowered beyond a reasonable level.
• Identify!: I need to know who the people are and what they did.  If they won an event, tell me which one and first names from left to right in the photo will suffice (I can get the rest from the data I am sent).  I'd also like to credit the photo taker, so tell me who you are as well.
• Watch the lighting and background: At night, photos taken in the dark may not look too well and require touchup.  The playing area is usually best for light.  I have taken a lot of photos that seem to have trees coming out of the tops of people's heads, so avoid that if you can, although now that all photos will appear online in colour (as opposed to monochrome on paper), this is not as big an issue as it used to be.  Leavenworth has some great outdoor scenes that would make great photos: if your team goes out for dinner, take a photo of the team somewhere and send it along if you win!  Simple is usually best, against a wall inside the playing area, or even in a space in the middle with people milling around a distance away can sometimes work.
• Patience: There's a lot to do at scary hours during a Daily Bulletin week, and it may take a day or two before I can get around to posting photos.  Or responding to those who have sent them.

All of the photos below were sent to me by Dave Johnson, who did a fantastic job labeling all of the photos!  If you had your photo taken but it is not here, it is probably because I was not able to find the event you won: either a late scoring correction, or mistaking overalls for session awards is the most likely reason.  If you send me an e-mail with details, I can add you in if I've made an error.

	Monday-Tuesday Merlot KO Bracket Two Winners: David Hu - Edward Hung, Richmond BC.  Camera shy: Sidney Yang, RIchmond BC, William Ge, Burnaby BC
Monday-Tuesday Merlot KO Bracket Three Winners: Carol-Ann Halliday, Vernon BC; Chic Callas, Whitehorse YT; Andrea Petzold, Invermere BC; Bruce Macdonald, Vancouver BC
	Monday-Tuesday Merlot KO Bracket Four Winners: Jozef Stencel, 100 Mile House BC; Maureen Sholes, Kamloops BC.  Camera shy: Cliff Bryanton - Darlene Meredith, Vernon BC
Monday-Tuesday Merlot KO Bracket Five Winners: Peter Serafini - Michael Serafini - Andrew Serafini - Richard Weinberger, Calgary AB
	Monday Charity Pairs Strat C Winners: Shael Smith, Richmond BC; Harry Satanove, Vancouver BC
Tuesday Open Pairs Winners: Daniel Bertrand, Calgary AB; Bernie Lambert, Acme AB
	Tuesday Open Pairs Flight C Winners: Barry Balof - Claire Valente, Walla Walla WA
Tuesday-Wednesday Chardonnay KO Bracket Three winners: Roger Taylor - Richard Smillie - Paul Reitsma, Parksville BC; Brian Smillie, Ladysmith BC
	Tuesday-Wednesday Chardonnay Bracket Six Winners: Helen Prowse - Nancy Spencer - Linda Smith - Kathryn MacIsaac, Halifax NS
Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams Bracket Two winners: Dianne Cox - Dennis Duryea, Redmond WA; Mark Zellmer, Creve Coeur MO; Bryan Gerard, Bellevue WA
	Tuesday Afternoon 199ers Winners: Irene Thiry - Ingrid Ameli, West Kelowna BC
Tuesday-Wednesday Chardonnay KO Bracket Seven winners: Julie Larsen - Devra Drysdale - Katie Trafford - Claire Strachan, Calgary AB
	Tuesday-Wednesday Chardonnay KO Bracket Eight winners: Phyllis Minielly - Olga Storoschuk, Saskatoon SK; Maureen Drost, Edmonton AB; Blanche Saelhof, Saskatoon SK
Tuesday Afternoon 49er Pairs Winners: Kathryn Porritt, Winfield BC; Verna Sivucha, Kelowna BC
	New Gold Life Master (2500 MP) Dot Dore, Castlegar BC: Congratulations!
Thursday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs winners: Laurie Bell - Linda Ball, Vernon BC
	Thursday Afternoon 199er Pairs Winners: Paul Teillet - Anne Marie Teillet, Abbottsford BC
New Bronze Life Master (500 MP) Trevor Haight, West Kelowna BC: Congratulations!
	Wednesday-Friday Morning Pinot Knockout Bracket One winners: Doris Fishman, Sandpoint ID; Warren Watson, Trail BC; Bernie Lambert, Acme AB; William Whitesel, Sandpoint ID
Saturday Afternoon 199er Pairs Winners: Janice Porter - Vern Porter, North Vancouver BC
	Wednesday-Friday Morning Pinot Bracket Three Winners: Brian Sims, Cultus Lake BC; D Glassford, Chilliwack BC; Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA
Wednesday-Thursday Gewurztraminer Bracket Six AND Thursday-Friday Reisling Bracket Seven winners: Richard Piette - Brent Muir - Ryan Clark - Jay Newington, Calgary AB
	Wednesday-Thursday Gewurztraminer Bracket Three AND Thursday-Friday Reisling Bracket Three winners: Andrew Nalos, Surrey BC; Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC; Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC; Ryley Breiddal, Vancouver BC
Friday-Saturday Reisling Bracket Six Winners: Cliff Bryanton - Darlene Meredith - Al Sheasby - Maureen Sheasby, Vernon BC
	Saturday Zinfandel Compact Knockout Bracket Three Winners: Ross Armour, Edmonton AB; Susan Walton, Billings MT; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Lloyd Sullivan, Edmonton AB
Saturday Zinfandel Compact Knockout Bracket Five Winners: Marlene Mahoney, Merritt BC - Darrel Jones, Kamloops BC; Jozef Stencel, 100 Mile House BC; Liis Jeffries, Merritt BC
	Friday Gold Rush 0-300 Winners Peter Hirschmiller - Maureen Soichuk, Vernon BC
Saturday Open Pairs Winners: Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC
	Saturday Gold Rush Winners Mojgan Shad - Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC
Tuesday-Wednesday Chardonnay KO Bracket Two winners: Cynthia Glad - Sue Anderson - John Swanson - Reidun Decker, Seattle WA
	Thursday Evening 199er Pairs winners: Bobbi Moon, Surrey BC; Lois Louden, Delta BC
Winners of the Open Pairs on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and the Sunday Fast Pairs: Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; July Ratley, Redding CA
	Wednesday-Thursday Gewurtztraminer Bracket Four winners: Candace Allen - Robert Richardson, Clinton WA; David Fallen - Marla Patterson, Arlington WA;
Weekday Side Series Winners: Suzanne St Thomas - Linda Brinton, Boise ID
	Thursday-Friday Morning Cabernet Compact Knockout Teams winners: Rod Hilderman, Calgary AB; Terry Nazar - Sylvia Nazar, Canmore AB; Keith Falkenberg, Calgary AB
Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams Bracket Five winners: Liis Jeffries, Merritt BC; John Maunsell, Vancouver BC; Ramon Russ Kidd, Kamloops BC; Marlene Mahoney, Merritt BC
	Wednesday-Thursday Gewurtztraminer Bracket Five winners: Wanda Deisman - Darlene Carolsfeld - Mary Dewar, Nanaimo BC; Shirley Charters, Duncan BC
New Life Master and Bronze Life Master - Congratulations! - Mary Dewar, Nanaimo BC
	Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams Bracket Six winners: Peter Serafini - Michael Serafini - Andrew Serafini - Richard Weinberger, Calgary AB
Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams Bracket Four winners: Diane Weissman, Fountain Hills AZ; Linda Rocha, Los Gatos CA; Terry Ahern, Santa Clara CA; Carol Johns, Scottsdale AZ
	Friday Gold Rush winners: Beverly Walker - Benjamin Levy, Vancouver WA
New Life Master Janet Meister, Bellevue WA - Congratulations!
	Friday Gold Rush under-500 winners: David Lethbridge, Stonewall MB; Sam McLean, Winnipeg MB
Sunday Bracketed 0-2000 Swiss Bracket One Winners: Debbie Martignago, Coquitlam BC; Andy Hellquist - Tom Cotton, Surrey BC; Marlene Sumi, Burnaby BC
	Sunday Bracketed 0-2000 Swiss Bracket Four Winners: Sally Craig - Wolf Fiedler, Port Moody BC; Morris Chen - Lisa Li, Surrey BC