2021 Unit 430 Masterpoint Races as of December 5

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How this works: at the start of the year, we make a file from the January ACBL database, with over 30,000 players from Districts 18, 19, and 20. Then, after results are confirmed, we add the text results to a growing file of results (9,600 lines last year!) for tournaments, IMP League results, Unit Games, and Mentor-Mentee games. The Python code reads the opening lines of each event and determines which type of event it is and then checks all entries for ACBL numbers (or names where none are listed) and masterpoints won, adding it to the pertinent lists. Once all the results are in, the results are sorted and each masterpoint race is updated on this HTML page.

The three lists below include the following Unit 430 trophy races:

LIST ONE: Sectional Trophy Races

The Phil Wood Trophy goes to the overall masterpoint leader in a calendar year, who wins free plays to all open sectionals in the next calendar year. 2019 Winner: Cam Doner
The Edie Bonnell Trophy goes to the masterpoint leader in a calendar year among female players, the winner receiving six free plays to open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Katrin Litwin
The Phil Wood Under 200 Trophy goes to the player with the most masterpoints who began the year under 200 masterpoints, the winner receiving six free plays to open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Qiang Hua
These three trophy races include only points won at the four open sectionals of each year. You'll be listed if you are in the top 100 of the Phil Wood race, or the top 50 of the Edie Bonnell race, or the top 30 of the Phil Wood under 200 race.
The Leo Steil Trophy goes to the overall masterpoint leader in a calendar year among players 70 (a recent change from 65) or older. In my younger and crazier days I would actually ask the Phil Wood leaders and try to determine who was old enough. When enough people looked at me like I was some sort of degenerate I decided to stop doing that, and now we simply ask eligible players (born in 1949 or earlier for the 2020 contest) who are in contention to quietly claim the prize, which is six free plays for open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2019 Winner: Cam Doner

LIST TWO: Monthly Unit Game Trophy Races

The Monthly Unit Game Trophy goes to the player with the most masterpoints in Monthly Unit Games (usually the first Saturday of each month, 7pm at the VBC), the winner receiving free plays to all Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2020 Winner: Les Fouks, 2021 Winner: Gray McMullin
There is a B flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 3000 points with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2020 Winner: Cindi Oishi, 2021 Winner: Kelvin Raywood
There is a C flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 1500 points with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2020 Winner: Harry Satanove, 2021 Winners: Ernst Walti, Diana Tchakalian (tie)
Note that individual Unit Games are not always stratfied to these limits: for 2021, 3000 and 1500 is usually a starting point, but we often adjust the limits to ensure that all three groups are large enough to warrant separate awards.
If there is a tie, the tied players share the prize. No player can win more than one prize, but can win parts of prizes from different flights, as long as the parts add up to no more than one prize.

LIST THREE: The Rocket Rookie Race

The Rocket Rookie Race tracks all Unit-run events and counts only masterpoints won by non-Life Masters playing only with other non-Life Masters, with two exceptions: 1) Mentor-Mentee game masterpoints count for non-Life Masters even if their mentor is a Life Master, but only count at 50% rounded up: an award of 1.11 would add 0.56 RRR points to a non-Life Master's total, and 2) You become ineligible to win RRR points when you become a Life Master, except that the Flight B/C IMP League continues to count even if you became a Life Master during the event. The prize is (you guessed it) six free plays for the next calendar year at open sectionals.
The difference between the RRR and the Phil Wood Under 200 is that the under 200 race is usually won by a newer player playing with a Life Master in open games. The RRR smokes out the non-Life Masters most ready to move up into the open game! 2019 (and 2018!) Winner: Qiang Hua

HOW 2020-22 IS HANDLED: The cancellation of offline tournaments in March 2020 caused some special decisions to be made for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 races. Monthly Unit Games were quickly reinstated online, and the online MUG games were rescored in ACBLScore with MUG masterpoints and continued to be tabluated. This means that masterpoints listed on the ACBL site or on the BBO lists are NOT the masterpoints applying to the MUG race. In most cases you will be credited with considerably more points for the race than the BBO or ACBL lists indicate, since most games are scored as regular club games run by the online version of the VBC. The objective is to have each game count equally as it would if the games were all offline, all rated as MUG games and dependant on attendance, not dependant on which games happened to fall on special game weekends; and to fix the BBO stratification algorithm that divides the field into three equally sized groups, even if no TD would ever choose those strat boundaries in real life.

The other races will include the events from early 2020 as well as more offline events up until a certain point, which will be decided based on when offline bridge restarts. Free plays won in 2019 will be extended.

ALERT: to be eligible to win a prize for any race (including the Unit ones mentioned here, and the ACBL-wide ones some of us track every night...) you need to be a paid up member of the ACBL by the time the race ends. (We're OK if you joined mid-year.) However, for year-long races with a masterpoint limit, what counts is how many you had at the start of the year. Unit 430 also reserves the right to restrict limited awards for players who have had significant experience in another National Bridge Organization before joining the ACBL. Members who have been suspended or placed on probation for any part of the year are not eligible by ACBL bylaws.

THE LISTS:

Phil Wood	Edie Bonnell	P.Wood Under 200	Player	MPts
1			Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC	36.69
2			Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC	27.25
3			Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	22.78
4			Jack Lee, Richmond BC	21.27
5			William Ge, Burnaby BC	18.75
6			Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC	16.77
7	1		Lisa Li, Surrey BC	16.75
7	1		Diana Jing, Surrey BC	16.75
9			Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	15.98
10			Sidney Yang, Richmond BC	15.14
11			Michael Takemori, Coquitlam BC	15.13
12			Michael Dimich, Burnaby BC	13.49
13	3		Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC	12.88
14			David Waterman, Surrey BC	12.13
15			John Bryden, Surrey BC	11.35
15			Laurence Betts, Burnaby BC	11.35
15			Steve Vincent, Burnaby BC	11.35
18	4		Kathy Adachi, Surrey BC	10.09
19			Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC	9.88
20			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	9.19
21		1	John Lai, Vancouver BC	8.95
22			Howard Rubin, North Vancouver BC	8.81
23			Lu Gan, Burnaby BC	8.51
23			Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC	8.51
23			Wei Liu, Zhichun Road CP	8.51
26			Robert Gerrie, Richmond BC	8.16
26	5		Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC	8.16
28			James Lenobel, West Vancouver BC	7.88
29			James Marshall, Maple Ridge BC	7.75
29			Garry Skoropada, Maple Ridge BC	7.75
31	6		Susan Peters, Vancouver BC	7.74
31			Doug Hansford, Surrey BC	7.74
33			Ron Ohmart, Burnaby BC	7.70
34			Morris Chen, Surrey BC	7.67
35			Neil McAllister, Vancouver BC	7.51
36			Rex Tu, Bellevue WA	7.43
36			George Tu, Vancouver BC	7.43
38	7		June Keith, New Westminster BC	7.09
39			David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC	6.99
40			Art Loy, Surrey BC	6.89
41	8		Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC	6.49
41			Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC	6.49
43			Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	6.38
43	9		Yen Karro, Surrey BC	6.38
43			Dan Webster, Aldergrove BC	6.38
46	10		Mojgan Shad, West Vancouver BC	6.30
46	10		Rhoda Tafler, Richmond BC	6.30
46			Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC	6.30
49	12		Marcia Taylor, Nanaimo BC	6.20
49		2	Peter Altridge, W Vancouver BC	6.20
51			Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC	5.51
52			Gary Harper, Burnaby BC	5.46
53		3	Qiang Hua, Surrey BC	5.41
53	13	3	Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC	5.41
55			David Gabel, Vancouver BC	5.36
55		5	Tanweer Saqalan, Richmond BC	5.36
57	14	6	Lana Chow, Vancouver BC	5.16
58			Sid Segal, Vancouver BC	5.04
58			Les Fouks, Vancouver BC	5.04
60			Brad Digby, Vancouver BC	4.99
60			Maarten Tjebbes, Vancouver BC	4.99
62			William Osten, Richmond BC	4.97
63	15		Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC	4.93
64	16		Yue Su, Vancouver BC	4.90
64			Larry Pocock, Vancouver BC	4.90
66	17		Cindy Oishi, West Vancouver BC	4.73
67		7	Harold McAllister, Qualicum Beach BC	4.68
67			Ken Lochang, Vancouver BC	4.68
69			Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA	4.58
69			Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA	4.58
71	18		Judy Chang, Vancouver BC	4.53
71			Keith Lee, Vancouver BC	4.53
73	19	8	Ellen Parsons, Vancouver BC	4.47
74			Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC	4.45
75			Ian Affleck, Vancouver BC	4.43
75	20		Glenda Affleck, Vancouver BC	4.43
77	21		Eda Kadar, Vancouver BC	4.42
77			Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC	4.42
79		9	R Backman, Burnaby BC	4.41
80		10	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	4.33
80		10	Orest Kubrak, Surrey BC	4.33
82			R Chan, Vancouver BC	4.02
82	22		Suzette Bahar, West Vancouver BC	4.02
84			Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC	3.81
85			Hing Kong Ho, Vancouver BC	3.78
85			Kenny T K Chan, Vancouver BC	3.78
87			Bjarne Christoffersen, New Westminster BC	3.75
88	23		Cristal Nell, Seattle WA	3.71
89			Ron Delbecq, Bellingham WA	3.67
89	24	12	Claire Robillard, Burnaby BC	3.67
89	24		Rebecca Brown, Bellingham WA	3.67
92			John Nader, Ferndale WA	3.61
92	26		Veronica Deskey, Ferndale WA	3.61
94			Ronald Pratt, Langley BC	3.36
94			Dean Altschuler, Bellingham WA	3.36
94	27		Ouida McCullough, Bellingham WA	3.36
94			Paul O'Brien, Bellingham WA	3.36
98	28	13	Karen Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
98		13	Bill Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
100	29		Dianne Isfeld, Coquitlam BC	3.23
		15	Douglas Ellenor, Surrey BC	3.03
	30	15	Jo-Anne Ellenor, Surrey BC	3.03
	31	17	Anne Katrichak, Richmond BC	2.94
	31		Caroline Solonenko, Brackendale BC	2.94
	33	18	Debra Sutherland, Burnaby BC	2.93
	34	19	Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	2.82
	35	20	Dianna Gilbreath, Maple Ridge BC	2.67
	35	20	Carole Clugston, Abbotsford BC	2.67
	37		Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC	2.65
	38	22	Kathy Molnar, North Vancouver BC	2.55
	38	22	Debbie Harris, North Vancouver BC	2.55
	40		Bobbi Smith, Surrey BC	2.35
	40		Diane Ayukawa, Delta BC	2.35
		24	Ofer Livni, Vancouver BC	2.32
		25	Michael Squance, Burnaby BC	2.29
	42		Stephanie Williams, Delta BC	2.28
	43		Karin Phillips, Vancouver BC	2.05
	44	26	Karen Tomkins, Burnaby BC	2.04
	45		Joanne Parker, Abbotsford BC	1.93
	46		Marlene Sumi, Burnaby BC	1.84
		27	Amrit Manak, North Vancouver BC	1.65
	47	27	Brenda Tuele, Port Coquitlam BC	1.65
	48		Nomi Kaplan, Vancouver BC	1.56
		29	Kjell Rubenson, Vancouver BC	1.56
	48		Diana Tchakalian, Vancouver BC	1.56
		29	David Schwartz, Vancouver BC	1.56
		29	John Silver, Vancouver BC	1.56
	50		Daphne Fortin, Surrey BC	1.55

MUG Race	Flt. B ( < 2500 )	Flt. C ( < 1000 )	Player	MPts
1			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	15.52
2			Les Fouks, Vancouver BC	15.02
3	1		Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	14.54
4			June Keith, New Westminster BC	13.78
5			Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC	12.03
5			Robert Gerrie, Richmond BC	12.03
7			Dee Steil, New Westminster BC	11.82
8	2		Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC	9.96
9			Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC	9.67
10	3	1	Ernst Walti, Vancouver BC	9.18
10	3	1	Diana Tchakalian, Vancouver BC	9.18
12	5		Jack Johnson, Surrey BC	8.17
13			Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA	8.02
13	6		Patti Adams, Burnaby BC	8.02
15			Ken Lochang, Vancouver BC	7.17
16	7		David Waterman, Surrey BC	6.75
17	8		Frances Corney, Vancouver BC	6.59
18			Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC	6.49
19			Donald Sache, West Vancouver BC	5.86
20	9		Ronald Pratt, Langley BC	5.66
21			Derek Ward, Hornby Island BC	5.48
22			Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	5.41
23	10	3	Norma Doucette, Vancouver BC	5.05
24			Sheila Sache, West Vancouver BC	4.63
25	11		Nigel Fullbrook, Delta BC	4.57
26			Rhoda Tafler, Richmond BC	4.35
26	12	4	Harry Satanove, Vancouver BC	4.35
28	13		Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	4.33
29	14	5	Cindy Oishi, West Vancouver BC	4.29
29			Michael Dimich, Burnaby BC	4.29
31	15		Jo-Anne Modesto, Coquitlam BC	4.28
32	16	6	Marlene Sumi, Burnaby BC	4.00
33	17	7	Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC	3.79
33			Paul Harding, New Westminster BC	3.79
33	17		Thomas McGuire, Salem OR	3.79
36			John Cox, [parts unknown]	3.08
37	19		R Chan, Vancouver BC	3.02
38	20		Jim McKenzie, Vancouver BC	2.89
38			Larry Pocock, Vancouver BC	2.89
38			Anne Scott, North Vancouver BC	2.89
41			Anne Andres, Palos Verdes Pn CA	2.84
41	21		Wink Andres, West Vancouver BC	2.84
43	22	8	Shameine Ali, New Westminster BC	2.79
44			Julie Smith, Vancouver BC	2.57
44			Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC	2.57
46			Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC	2.35
47			Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC	2.16
48			Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC	2.10
49			Hzengin, Burnaby BC	2.08
50	23		Edgar L'Heureux, White Rock BC	2.00
	24	9	Cecil T C Chan, Portland OR	1.93
	24		Roger Allen, Victoria BC	1.93
		10	Pamela Moore, Vancouver BC	1.78
		10	Margaret Duncan, Vancouver BC	1.78
		12	Stephanie Williams, Delta BC	1.48
		13	Vincent Chan, North Vancouver BC	1.42
		14	Yen Karro, Surrey BC	1.40
		15	Maryellen Gallo, Surrey BC	1.16
		15	Nimi Bhachu, Maple Ridge BC	1.16

Rocket Rookie Race	Player	MPts
1	Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC	13.80
1	Mojgan Shad, West Vancouver BC	13.80
3	Art Loy, Surrey BC	10.11
4	Peter Altridge, W Vancouver BC	9.47
5	Qiang Hua, Surrey BC	9.46
6	Diana Tchakalian, Vancouver BC	9.40
6	Ernst Walti, Vancouver BC	9.40
8	R Backman, Burnaby BC	7.63
9	Douglas Ellenor, Surrey BC	6.59
9	Jo-Anne Ellenor, Surrey BC	6.59
11	Marcia Taylor, Nanaimo BC	6.20
12	Karen Tomkins, Burnaby BC	5.45
13	Lana Chow, Vancouver BC	5.40
14	Chi Deng, Surrey BC	5.33
15	Ron Delbecq, Bellingham WA	4.90
16	Carol Parno, Surrey BC	4.72
16	Ray Nance, White Rock BC	4.72
18	Cedric Miller, Surrey BC	4.64
18	Adelaine Miller, Surrey BC	4.64
20	Debra Sutherland, Burnaby BC	4.61
21	Ian Gilhooley, Vancouver BC	4.51
22	Ellen Parsons, Vancouver BC	4.47
23	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	4.33
23	Orest Kubrak, Surrey BC	4.33
25	Claire Robillard, Burnaby BC	4.30
26	Kathy Molnar, North Vancouver BC	4.20
26	Debbie Harris, North Vancouver BC	4.20
28	Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC	4.13
29	Mitra Hadavi, North Vancouver BC	4.03
29	Reza Hadavi, North Vancouver BC	4.03
31	Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	3.90
32	Rebecca Brown, Bellingham WA	3.67
33	Roy Livingstone, Whiterock BC	3.29
34	Jeannie Coleman, West Vancouver BC	3.27
35	Bill Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
35	Karen Cooke, North Vancouver BC	3.25
37	Joanne Parker, Abbotsford BC	3.22
37	Ted Parker, Abbotsford BC	3.22
39	Janie Ochsendorf, Surrey BC	3.05
40	Tadeusz Smaruj, Vancouver BC	2.82
41	David Dempsey, North Vancouver BC	2.78
41	Steve Zeng, North Vancouver BC	2.78
43	Nimi Bhachu, Maple Ridge BC	2.69
44	Dianna Gilbreath, Maple Ridge BC	2.67
44	Carole Clugston, Abbotsford BC	2.67
46	Mike Foster, Surrey BC	2.57
47	Colleen Perry, North Vancouver BC	2.51
48	Eric Abrutyn, Bellingham WA	2.49
48	Jane Abrutyn, Bellingham WA	2.49
50	Al Warner, Vancouver BC	2.48
51	Hannes Claassen, Surrey BC	2.36
52	Brian Yager, North Vancouver BC	2.35
52	Bobbi Smith, Surrey BC	2.35
52	Anssi Rantamaa, Vancouver BC	2.35
55	Ofer Livni, Vancouver BC	2.32
55	Shaviv Ben Neriah, Vancouver BC	2.32
57	Michael Squance, Burnaby BC	2.29
57	David Squance, Victoria BC	2.29
59	John Wiebe, Surrey BC	2.05
59	George Jacobs, Delta BC	2.05
59	Don Guichon, White Rock BC	2.05
59	Carroll Guichon, White Rock BC	2.05
63	Linda Palm, Surrey BC	2.02
63	Lauren Cockroft, Surrey BC	2.02
65	Irene Dundon, Vancouver BC	1.82
66	Daphne Fortin, Surrey BC	1.79
66	Louis Fortin, Surrey BC	1.79
68	Pamela Moore, Vancouver BC	1.78
68	Margaret Duncan, Vancouver BC	1.78
70	Sheila Van De Velde, Vancouver BC	1.77
70	Frances Kammermayer, North Vancouver BC	1.77
72	Janet Rivers, Vancouver BC	1.71
73	Wendy Allex, Ferndale WA	1.69
74	Brenda Tuele, Port Coquitlam BC	1.65
74	Amrit Manak, North Vancouver BC	1.65
76	Lois Louden, Delta BC	1.61
77	Larraine Smith, North Vancouver BC	1.59
78	Edward He, Bellevue WA	1.56
78	Eric He, Bellevue WA	1.56
80	Vern Porter, North Vancouver BC	1.54
81	Lou Rene Legge, Pitt Meadiows BC	1.53
82	Violet Poruchko, Surrey BC	1.52
82	Susan Craven, North Vancouver BC	1.52
84	Bob Newton, Vancouver BC	1.48
84	Huguette Laflamme, Vancouver BC	1.48
86	Gale Muller, Vancouver BC	1.42
86	Ginger Chiew, Vancouver BC	1.42
88	William Ophoff, Surrey BC	1.35
88	Don Gurski, Surrey BC	1.35
90	Ted Melnyk, Vernon BC	1.34
90	Marnie Melnyk, Vernon BC	1.34
92	Bill Walter, Vancouver BC	1.30
92	Christine Walter, Vancouver BC	1.30
94	June Rasmussen, Nanaimo BC	1.29
94	Diane Wheatcroft, Nanaimo BC	1.29
96	Pauline Carter, Vancouver BC	1.26
97	Kristin Baillie, Surrey BC	1.24
97	Jennifer Lindsay, Surrey BC	1.24
99	Philip Kneisley, Bellingham WA	1.23
100	Joyce Tokarek, Vancouver BC	1.21