Jon Montgomery won the skeleton race at the 2010 Winter Games in Whistler. After apologizing for his exuberant celebration after the leader had a bad final run, he accepted his gold medal and then ... what? (Answer at the bottom of the page.)

Attendance So Far

1279 tables at the end of Saturday play; up from 2017 by 113½ tables (+9.7%). Even with nothing happening on Saturday Evening (only two tables for the pairs and one for the Board-A-Match teams), we passed 2017's final total on Saturday Afternoon.

Masterpoint Leaders

Even though there were no events on Saturday Evening that reached a quorum, the Evening Side Game Series came to an end and a few people got some overall awards.

Overall Leaders thru Saturday

1	Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC	102.72
2	Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC	79.79
3	Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC	68.20
4	Don Bell, Vernon BC	62.70
5	Charles Bennett, Spokane WA	61.74
5	Dave Westfall, Spokane WA	61.74
7	Howard Epley, Kent WA	61.61
7	Karen Epley, Kent WA	61.61
9	Julie Smith, Vancouver BC	57.72
10	Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	54.36
11	Patrick Dunn, Edmonds WA	54.07
11	Polly Dunn, Edmonds WA	54.07
13	David Johnson, Calgary AB	50.16
13	Roger McNay, Beaverton OR	50.16
15	Cliffton Gillis, Vancouver BC	50.14
16	Chris Compton, Dallas TX	49.98
16	Ishmael Del'Monte, Las Vegas NV	49.98
16	Linda Elmore, Victoria TX	49.98
16	Owen Lien, Oak Park MI	49.98
20	Doug Hansford, Surrey BC	45.44
20	Susan Peters, Vancouver BC	45.44
22	Gordon McOrmond, Vancouver BC	44.71
23	Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC	43.47
24	Gerry McCully, Sun City West AZ	42.63
25	Danielle Goulet, Victoria BC	41.99
25	Tony Farr, Victoria BC	41.99
27	David Hu, Richmond BC	41.81
27	David Huang, Burnaby BC	41.81
29	Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC	41.49
30	David Reid, Victoria BC	41.31
30	Denis Johnston, Victoria BC	41.31
32	June Keith, New Westminster BC	40.69
33	Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC	39.08
33	Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC	39.08
35	Rhonda Foster, Sun City West AZ	38.27
36	Kelly Meenagh, Kelowna BC	37.94
37	Eric Pan, Burnaby BC	37.90
38	Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC	37.64
39	Alden Edwards, Kelowna BC	35.23
39	Bud Craig, Kelowna BC	35.23
41	Jack Lee, Richmond BC	33.73
42	Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo	33.72
42	Ken Gee, Regina SK	33.72
42	Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo	33.72
45	Thomas Reis, Port Angeles WA	31.75
45	Tim Berta, Sequim WA	31.75
47	Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC	31.50
48	James Andre, Mercer Island WA	31.43
48	Lily Andre, Mercer Island WA	31.43
50	Bjarne Christoffersen, New Westminster BC	31.26

Non-Life Master Leaders thru Saturday

1	Cliffton Gillis, Vancouver BC	50.14
2	Ishmael Del'Monte, Las Vegas NV	49.98
3	Denis Johnston, Victoria BC	41.31
4	Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo	33.72
5	Candace Allen, Clinton WA	24.69
6	Diane Zebroff, Kamloops BC	24.18
6	Michael Moore, Kamloops BC	24.18
8	Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC	18.96
9	Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC	18.79
9	Mojgan Shad, West Vancouver BC	18.79
11	Linda Ball, Vernon BC	18.44
12	Anne Katrichak, Richmond BC	16.56
13	Andrew Mitchell, Oak Harbor WA	16.23
14	Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC	15.55
14	Mark Raymond, Victoria BC	15.55
16	Ian Gilhooley, Vancouver BC	15.39
17	Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC	14.90
17	Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC	14.90
19	Al Sheasby, Vernon BC	14.39
19	Maureen Sheasby, Vernon BC	14.39
21	Lorna Veitch, Qualicum Beach BC	13.70
21	Michael Moscovich, Campbell River BC	13.70
23	Brenda Wilson, North Saanich BC	13.56
23	Mel Zimmerman, Victoria BC	13.56
25	Grace Lindsay, Nanoose Bay BC	12.75
25	John Schuller, Parksville BC	12.75
27	Elena Ransom, Furry Creek BC	12.60
28	Carroll Guichon, White Rock BC	12.25
28	Don Guichon, White Rock BC	12.25
30	Diane Wheatcroft, Nanaimo BC	12.16

Have a look at the masterpoints page to see totals for everyone, including red-gold breakdowns, updated each night by about midnight.

Saturday Open Pairs

Winners: Judy Harris, Leo Glaser

Nearly 66% in the afternoon and a very strong final round put event winners Judy Harris and Leo Glaser atop the list. They led for the first half of the evening session, then dropped to second and regained the lead in the final round, winning by less than half a board. B winners David Huang and David Hu had the B-strat lead at several points during the final session only to lose it, but their final stint in the lead was a good one, stretching the margin to almost two full boards in the final three rounds. C winners Andrew Mitchell and Larry Whitlow led at the start of the final session and held on to the under-750 lead simply by staying above average in the tough open field.

Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): A: 3000+ / B: 1500 - 3000 / C: 0 - 1500.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 3087

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Saturday Open Pairs	(14, 14 tables) ACBL Live Link
22.75	61.91%	1			Judy Harris; Salmon Arm BC; Leo Glaser; Lake Country BC
17.06	61.09%	2			Eric Pan; Burnaby BC; Jack Lee; Richmond BC
12.80	59.39%	3	1		David Huang; Burnaby BC; David Hu; Richmond BC
9.60	57.91%	4			Julie Smith - Peter Cooper; Vancouver BC
9.14	55.84%	5	2		Alden Edwards - Bud Craig; Kelowna BC
6.86	55.77%	6	3		Elena Ransom; Furry Creek BC; Bjarne Christoffersen; New Westminster BC
5.69	55.47%	7	4		James Lenobel - Barry Kirkham; West Vancouver BC
4.06	54.29%		5		Ataollah Amiri - Zahra Jafroudi; West Vancouver BC
3.90	52.22%		6	1	Andrew Mitchell; Oak Harbor WA; Larry Whitlow; Saskatoon SK
2.93	50.00%			2	Emelie Quennell; Calgary AB; Melissa Martin; Whitefish MT
2.19	49.11%			3	Marc Maes - Chris Wuerscher; Calgary AB

Saturday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs

Winners: Valerie Breen, Anna Crouch

Event winners Valerie Breen and Anna Crouch were sixth at the break, over a board and a quarter behind, but an excellent first round in the afternoon session put them in first place and they held on for a win by nearly a full board. Ian Gilhooley and Karen Tomkins entered the final session seventh in the under-300 strat and second in the under-200 strat and won them both, carving out a huge lead in the latter.

Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): 7: 300 - 750 / 3: 200 - 300 / 2: 0 - 200. No player over 750 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 274

MPts	Score	7	3	2	Saturday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs	(12, 12 tables) ACBL Live Link
5.05	57.86%	1			Valerie Breen - Anna Crouch; Whistler BC
3.79	55.87%	2			Caroline Solonenko; Brackendale BC; Anne Katrichak; Richmond BC
3.54	55.40%	3	1	1	Ian Gilhooley; Vancouver BC; Karen Tomkins; Burnaby BC
2.66	53.98%	4	2		John Renner - Carol Renner; Kamloops BC
1.99	53.88%	5	3		Mark Raymond; Victoria BC; Madeleine Tremblay; North Saanich BC
1.44	53.69%	6			Margaret Ellis - Mary Williams; Rockwall TX
1.97	52.65%		4	2	Nimi Bhachu; Maple Ridge BC; Lou Rene Legge; Pitt Meadiows BC
1.56	52.37%		5		Mary Meenagh - Sandra Dequier; Kelowna BC
1.46	48.11%			3	Jerri Calverley; Oliver BC; Jane Scheffler; Osoyoos BC

Saturday Afternoon Swiss Teams

Winners: Chapman (A), Link (B), Hong (C)

All three strat-winning teams were undefeated!

Swiss Teams event with 4 matches of 6 boards, scored in Victory Points (maximum 20 per match. Strat limits (by team average): A: 2000+ / B: 750 - 2000 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1514

MPts	VPs	A	B	C	Saturday Afternoon Swiss Teams	(26 teams) ACBL Live Link
6.72	60	1			Judy Chapman; Edmonton AB; Steve Lawrence; Calgary AB; Sandy McIlwain - Roberta McIlwain; Invermere BC
5.04	57	2	1		Sandi Link - Bonnie Christopherson; Nanoose Bay BC; Marylynn Ghitter - Al Stacey; Qualicum Beach BC
3.78	55	3			Nicholas Stock; North Vancouver BC; Diana Jing; Surrey BC; Amy Gao; Richmond BC; Baixiang Liu; New Westminster BC
3.08	54	4	2	1	Jennifer Hong; Burnaby BC; Henry Yao; Vancouver BC; Lucy Zhong - Jack Qi; North Vancouver BC
2.13	53	5			Shelley Burnham; Brentwood Bay BC; Evelyn Goedhart; Saanichton BC; Ruth Davies - Ted Heck; Victoria BC
2.31	52	6	3		Donald Berry - Terry Foster; Victoria BC; Joan Spence; Eugene OR; Lorenzo Migliorini; Seattle WA
1.73	48	7	4		Tricia Flanagan - Naushad Dada - Cynthia Clark - Patrick Murphy; Calgary AB
1.93	46		5	2	Donna Cusson - Eve Jensen; Abbotsford BC; Barbara Hillman; Richmond BC; Wayne Stann; Kelowna BC
1.45	41			3	Aileen Specht - Russel Specht - Michael Moore - Diane Zebroff; Kamloops BC
1.08	39			4	Grace Kennedy - Bill Kennedy - Roger Lucas - Rose Lucas; Campbell River BC

Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams

Winners: Westfall, Goulet, Johnson

Bracketed Knockout Teams event, with 4 rounds of 24-board matches. Teams are grouped by team masterpoints into team brackets, with three-way matches where neccessary in the first and second rounds to reduce to four teams.

MPts	Bracket	Rank	Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams	ACBL Live Links: Bracket: I II *III* (36 teams in 3 brackets)
35.08	I	1	Dave Westfall - Charles Bennett; Spokane WA; Dan Jacob - Bryan Maksymetz; Vancouver BC
24.56		2	Katrin Litwin - Aidan Ballantyne; Burnaby BC; Stanford Christie; Kirkland WA; Michael Christensen; Seattle WA
14.03		3/4	Garry Skoropada - James Marshall; Maple Ridge BC; David Schmidt; Chilliwack BC; James Sache; Rosedale BC
14.03		3/4	Amy Gao; Richmond BC; Diana Jing; Surrey BC; Baixiang Liu; New Westminster BC; Nicholas Stock; North Vancouver BC
18.18	II	1	Danielle Goulet - David Reid - Tony Farr - Denis Johnston; Victoria BC
12.73		2	Jean-Philipp Weber - Esther Wiebe - Holly Boudreau - Margaret Skinner; Victoria BC
7.27		3/4	Jon Preston - Ron Grove - Michael Ainsley - Debbie Wastle; Victoria BC
7.27		3/4	Jack Qi - Lucy Zhong; North Vancouver BC; Henry Yao; Vancouver BC; Jennifer Hong; Burnaby BC
10.83	*III*	1	Jack Johnson - Bruna Giacomazzi; Surrey BC; Don Guichon - Carroll Guichon; White Rock BC
7.58		2	Pam Sawyer - Libby Silver - Frank Silver; Oakland CA; Mary Levine; Piedmont CA
4.33		3/4	Cindy Watt - Jamie Watt - Andrew Melton - Deirdre Melton; Calgary AB
4.33		3/4	Darlene Allen - Peter Leveque; Squamish BC; Giff Kassebaum - James Kassebaum; Sonoita AZ

Saturday Compact Knockout Teams

Winners: Angus, Emmerson, Sholes

Compact Bracket Knockout Teams event, with four rounds of 12-board matches over two sessions. Teams are grouped by team masterpoints into 9-16 team brackets, with three-way matches where neccessary in the first and second rounds to reduce to four teams.

MPts	Bracket	Rank	Saturday Compact Knockout Teams	ACBL Live Links: Bracket: I II *III* (39 teams in 3 brackets)
16.36	I	1	Monica Angus - Alex Hong; West Vancouver BC; Kai Zhou; Burnaby BC; David Yu; Ottawa ON
11.45		2	Howard Epley - Karen Epley; Kent WA; Donald Sache - Sheila Sache; West Vancouver BC
7.36		3	Hannah Moon; Sasakatoon SK; Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni; Tokyo, Japan; Ken Gee; Regina SK
5.73		4	Ted Rich; Penticton BC; Elaine Sorensen; Winfield BC; Carol Gutsell - Gordon Hepperle; Summerland BC
8.77	II	1	John Emmerson; Federal Way WA; Melinda Westgate; Mercer Island WA; Sally Craig; Port Moody BC; Edgar L'Heureux; White Rock BC
6.14		2	Bruce Busby - Brian Busby; Campbell River BC; Doreen Ransom; Squamish BC; Joan Sobieniak; Whistler BC
3.95		3	Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe; Bellevue WA; D Glassford; Chilliwack BC; Brian Sims; Cultus Lake BC
3.07		4	Don Stirling; Sherwood Park AB; Rangie Sylvestre; Vancouver BC; Carol Adamek; Dallas TX; Gina Kirk; San Luis Obispo CA
5.28	*III*	1	Maureen Sholes - Trudy Nagurski - Linda Angstadt; Kamloops BC; Jozef Stencel; 100 Mile House BC
3.70		2	Linda Ball - Laurie Bell - Maureen Sheasby - Al Sheasby; Vernon BC
2.38		3	Janet Mori - Patricia Desbrisay - Marcia Schoffer - Audrey Hancock; Penticton BC
1.85		4	Jennifer Edwards - Donalda Bannatyne - Reatha Thiessen; Kelowna BC; Marty Kelly; West Kelowna BC

Saturday Morning Side Game

Winners: Dave Vidaver, Paul O'Brien

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Morning Side Game Series Side Game Series, session 4 of 4 in the series. (In a side game series you are free to play as many sessions as you wish, even with different partners.) Strat limits (by pair average): A: 2000+ / B: 750 - 2000 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2691

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Saturday Morning Side Game	(10 tables) ACBL Live Link
3.79	65.92%	1			Dave Vidaver; Sacramento CA; Paul O'Brien; Bellingham WA
2.84	59.52%	2	1		Tim Berta; Sequim WA; Thomas Reis; Port Angeles WA
2.13	59.38%	3			Jack Bradshaw - Carole Bradshaw; Courtenay BC
2.13	58.80%	4	2		James Darcy; Everett WA; Nelson Davis; Seattle WA
1.20	58.65%	5			David Taylor; Seattle WA; Marv Norden; Peachland BC
1.60	54.66%	6	3		Shameine Ali; New Westminster BC; Beverley Hall; North Vancouver BC
1.20	52.06%		4		Bill McGeary - Sheryl Clough; Clinton WA

Saturday Afternoon Side Game

Winners: Kasmer Andreychuk, Marcia Andreychuk

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Afternoon Side Game Series Side Game Series, session 5 of 5 in the series. (In a side game series you are free to play as many sessions as you wish, even with different partners.) Strat limits (by pair average): A: 2000+ / B: 750 - 2000 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1239

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Saturday Afternoon Side Game	(11½ tables) ACBL Live Link
4.17	65.83%	1			Kasmer Andreychuk; Yorkton SK; Marcia Andreychuk; Calgary AB
3.60	64.37%	2	1		Doug Boothe - Barbara A Robert; Summerland BC
2.57	63.70%	3			James Marshall - Garry Skoropada; Maple Ridge BC
2.70	62.04%	4	2	1	Carl Abbott; Kamloops BC; Russell Page; Victoria BC
1.32	59.81%	5			James Sache; Rosedale BC; David Schmidt; Chilliwack BC
1.29	57.09%	6			Renae White; Mercer Island WA; David Taylor; Seattle WA
2.03	53.89%		3		Paul Harding - Laila I Axen; New Westminster BC
1.84	53.15%		4	2	Ernst Walti - Diana Tchakalian; Vancouver BC
1.38	47.92%		5	3	Marcel Janssen - Donna Janssen; Bethune SK
1.03	47.78%			4	Mary Dewar - Wanda Deisman; Nanaimo BC

Morning Side Series Overalls

Winners: Paul O'Brien

Overall awards in the Morning Side Game Series, after 4 completed sessions. Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners. Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series. But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.

MPts	%Sum of Best Two Games	Rank	Morning Side Series Overalls	(112 players) ACBL Live Link
7.70	121.28%	1	Paul O'Brien; Bellingham WA
5.78	118.80%	2	Dave Vidaver; Sacramento CA
5.48	117.63%	3	Cliffton Gillis; Vancouver BC
5.92	117.03%	4	Merilyn Hicks; North Vancouver BC
3.53	114.74%	5	Carole Bradshaw; Courtenay BC
3.53	114.74%	5	Jack Bradshaw; Courtenay BC

Afternoon Side Series Overalls

Winners: Craig Hamilton, Dixie Duncan

Overall awards in the Afternoon Side Game Series, after 5 completed sessions. Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners. Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series. But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.

MPts	%Sum of Best Two Games	Rank	Afternoon Side Series Overalls	(161 players) ACBL Live Link
7.35	122.93%	1	Craig Hamilton; Kamloops BC
7.35	122.93%	1	Dixie Duncan; Kamloops BC
5.31	116.69%	3	Ron Beall; Bellingham WA
5.31	116.69%	3	Jennifer Beall; Bellingham WA
2.70	115.51%	5	Natalie Warnes; West Vancouver BC
2.70	115.51%	5	Beverley Hall; North Vancouver BC
4.54	115.50%	7	Bertram Schoner; Vancouver BC
4.54	115.50%	7	Homa Boustani; West Vancouver BC

Evening Side Series Overalls

Winners: Brian Sims, D Glassford

Overall awards in the Evening Side Game Series, after 5 completed sessions. Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners. Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series. But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.

MPts	%Sum of Best Two Games	Rank	Evening Side Series Overalls	(161 players) ACBL Live Link
11.33	125.64%	1	Brian Sims, Cultus Lake BC
11.33	125.64%	1	D Glassford, Chilliwack BC
7.29	117.73%	3	Sally Craig, Port Moody BC
5.23	116.67%	4	Larry Whitlow, Saskatoon SK
5.23	116.67%	4	Andrew Mitchell, Oak Harbor WA
4.10	116.40%	6	Cliffton Gillis, Vancouver BC
4.98	114.31%	7	Ernst Walti, Vancouver BC
4.98	114.31%	7	Diana Tchakalian, Vancouver BC
4.82	111.92%	9	Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA
4.82	111.92%	9	Carol Adamek, Dallas TX
2.36	111.47%	11	Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC
2.80	111.36%	12	Marv Norden, Peachland BC
3.87	111.47%	12	Jerry Shapiro, Vancouver BC
2.80	111.36%	12	Paul Reitsma, Parksville BC

Saturday Morning 199er Pairs

Winners: Sheila Frank, John Frank

Three pairs moved up into the Afternoon Side Game when the 199ers failed to attract a quorum.

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): D: 100 - 200 / E: 50 - 100 / F: 0 - 50. No player over 200 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 50

MPts	Score	D	E	F	Saturday Morning 199er Pairs	(7 tables) ACBL Live Link
2.11	60.83%	1	1		Sheila Frank - John Frank; Calgary AB
1.58	60.42%	2	2		Harvey Russell - Marlene Russell; Squamish BC
1.19	53.75%	3	3		Shirley Campbell; Prince George BC; Debra Sutherland; Burnaby BC
0.89	52.92%	4	4		Irene Dundon - Lana Chow; Vancouver BC
1.33	50.83%	5/6	5/6	1	Kerwin Johnson - Margaret Johnson; Friday Harbor WA
0.74	50.83%	5/6	5/6		Brenda Robinson - W Blair Robinson; Viking AB
1.00	48.75%			2	Eric Abrutyn - Jane Abrutyn; Bellingham WA

Click on 'Sunday' below to see information about Sunday's events! Once the play for the day is over, and the results are processed, the daily pages will switch from event information to results.

Trivia answer: Montgomery marched through the streets of Whistler alongside a huge crowd of Canadian fans all singing the national anthem and displaying his medal. Somewhere along the way someone gave him a pitcher of beer and he chugged it!

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