2026 Unit 430 Masterpoint Races as of March 7

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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 results text to a growing text file of results 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.

To claim a free play, let the director know as you buy your entry. Free plays on Entry Express, the pre-arrival entry buying site, is not yet an easy possibility. Unit free plays are not transferable. Bruce McIntyre keeps track of masterpoint winner free plays used at sectionals and Unit Games, so no certificates or letters are given out. A list of players eligible for free plays and the ones that have been used is here.

All the masterpoint races are based on events within a calendar year. In the first two or three months of the year, I usually do not update this page at all since there are only a few events in and people prefer to see the winners of the previous year until there is a new race with multiple results to see. You will find results from Monthly Unit Games at this link and ACBL Live will have all of the Unit's sectionals.

Last year's results are here.

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. 2025 Winner: Nick Stock.
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. (A growing number of people are joining the ACBL without indicating a gender: when the program encounters one of these it assumes "M" but this can be changed manually. If you are included in this race but should not be, or vice versa, let me know!) 2025 Winner: Cindy Oishi.
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. 2025 Winner: Hua Ying Wan (who is NOT eligible for 2026).
The Leo Steil Trophy goes to the overall masterpoint leader in a calendar year among players 70 (a recent change from 65) or older as the year begins. 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 1955 or earlier for the 2026 contest) who are in contention to quietly claim the prize (or have a friend in the know claim it for them), which is six free plays for open sectionals in the following calendar year. 2025 Winner: Nick Stock.
The four trophy races above 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.

LIST TWO: Monthly Unit Game Trophy Races

Monthly Unit Games are run by a number of different clubs in Unit 430 but results on ACBL Live for Clubs are posted under the Unit 430 club here. You will NOT find the game results posted at your club's space on ACBL Live. It sometimes takes a day or two for results to be posted, but the masterpoints usually increase from the printed version, since ACBL has stopped updating ACBLscore's masterpoint calculator. At the beginning of a calendar year, I sometimes take a bit of a break and do not post leaders until at least two MUG games have been played, so we can all read the final stats from the previous year.
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. 2025 Co-Winners: Julien Lévesque, Nigel Fullbrook.
There is a B flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 2500 points (at the beginning of the year) with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2025 Winner: Julien Lévesque.
There is a C flight of the Monthly Unit Game Race which goes to the player under 1000 points (at the beginning of the year) with the most points in Monthly Unit Games. The prize is six free plays to Monthly Unit Games in the following calendar year. 2025 Winner: Shael Smith.
Note that individual Unit Games are not always stratfied to these limits: for 2024, 3000 and 1500 was usually a starting point, but Directors 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.
SPECIAL ALERT: Something appears to have happened in mid-2024 and the masterpoint awards that ACBLscore produces for these games is recalculated by ACBL Live for Clubs, almost always resulting in about 10% more points for most awards, but sometimes for some unknown reason going down. Those of you tracking the races carefully at home will need to know that the on-site masterpoint awards printed out are approximate. (I think this applies to club games as well: what I hear in the Directors grapevine is that the ACBL IT department has decided it is too difficult to update ACBLscore, which is written in TurboPascal, a computer language nearly as dead as COBOL, FORTRAN, or ancient Aramaic, and easier to update Live for Clubs, which I presume is mostly JavaScript, the language IT people love.) Luckily, it doesn't take too long to replace the masterpoints in the file with the revised ones.
MONTHLY UNIT GAME DIRECTORS: If your club is going to hold a game, there are some guidelines and advice for running these games here

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! 2024 Winner: Hua Ying Wan, who is eligible for the 2026 race.

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	1		Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC	22.94
2	2		Amy Gao, New Westminster BC	18.00
2			Baixiang Liu, New Westminster BC	18.00
4			Yi Xiong, Lawrenceville GA	16.50
4		1	Sam Wang, Coquitlam BC	16.50
6			Kenny T K Chan, Burnaby BC	14.94
7			Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC	14.30
8			Steve Vincent, Burnaby BC	14.22
9			Barry Yamanouchi, Burnaby BC	13.99
10			David Huang, Burnaby BC	13.55
11	3		Julie Smith, Vancouver BC	13.48
12			Stuart Carr, Burnaby BC	12.95
13			Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC	12.73
14	4		Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC	12.24
15	5		Anne Smith, NW Minister BC	11.67
15	5		Myra Johnston, North Vancouver BC	11.67
17			Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC	11.26
18	7		Sandra Robson, New Westminster BC	10.44
18	7		Angela Taylor, Nanaimo BC	10.44
20			Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	10.31
20			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	10.31
22			Cecil T C Chan, Portland OR	9.90
22			John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC	9.90
24			Andy Hellquist, Strathmore AB	8.81
24	9		Debbie Martignago, Port Coquitlam BC	8.81
26			Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC	8.46
26	10		Frances Corney, Vancouver BC	8.46
28			Michael Roberts, Victoria BC	7.69
28	11		Monica Woods, Surrey BC	7.69
30			William Ge, Burnaby BC	7.65
31	12		Cindy Oishi, West Vancouver BC	6.86
32	13		Adrianne Wurz, North Vancouver BC	6.56
33			Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	6.48
34			Felipe Hernandez, Coquitlam BC	6.37
35		2	Effie Cheung, Surrey BC	5.95
36			Michael Moffatt, Surrey BC	5.76
37			Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC	5.53
37			Donald Sache, West Vancouver BC	5.53
37			Cameron Doner, Surrey BC	5.53
40	14		Linda Palm, Surrey BC	5.46
41	15		Cristina Jacob, Vancouver BC	5.42
42	16		Hua Ying Wan, Surrey BC	5.10
43	17		Jin Mei Luo, Burnaby BC	5.09
44		3	Imran Raza, Surrey BC	5.05
44			Al Warner, Vancouver BC	5.05
46			Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC	4.93
47		4	Patti Gies, Vancouver BC	4.90
47		4	Karen Cochlan, Vancouver BC	4.90
49			Eric Pan, Burnaby BC	4.88
50	18		Kathy Adachi, Surrey BC	4.75
51	19		Margaret Pattison, North Vancouver BC	4.59
52			Tom Cotton, Surrey BC	4.32
53	20		Pat Hodgson, North Vancouver BC	4.10
54	21		Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC	3.99
55			Gordon McOrmond, Sidney BC	3.98
56	22		Sheila Sache, West Vancouver BC	3.81
56	22		Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC	3.81
58			Nolan Derby, Vancouver BC	3.78
59		6	Marco Wong, Richmond BC	3.74
60	24		Yue Su, Vancouver BC	3.68
60			Yong Wang, Richmond Hill ON	3.68
62	25		Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC	3.60
63		7	Keith Stevenson, Vancouver BC	3.50
63	26	7	Jane Lutman, North Vancouver BC	3.50
65	27		Isabelle Anderson, Burnaby BC	3.49
66			Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC	3.39
67			Anssi Rantamaa, Vancouver BC	3.38
68	28		Diana Jing, Surrey BC	3.33
69	29		Karen Tomkins, New Westminster BC	3.30
69			Ian Gilhooley, Vancouver BC	3.30
71			Gabor Sandi, Vancouver BC	3.21
72	30		Karen Inglis, Surrey BC	3.17
73	31		Diane Ayukawa, Richmond BC	3.16
74			Don Guichon, White Rock BC	3.01
75			Qi Wu, Vancouver BC	2.99
75		9	Xiang Guang Ding, Surrey BC	2.99
77	32		Stephanie Williams, Delta BC	2.89
78			Michael Dimich, Burnaby BC	2.87
78			Jack Lee, Richmond BC	2.87
80			Don Gurski, Surrey BC	2.79
80			William Ophoff, Surrey BC	2.79
82	33		Juan Xu, Coquitlam BC	2.76
82	33		Lisa Li, Surrey BC	2.76
82			Vern Porter, North Vancouver BC	2.76
82	33	10	Janice Porter, North Vancouver BC	2.76
86			Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC	2.72
87	36		Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	2.53
87			Eric Promislow, Vancouver BC	2.53
89			Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC	2.46
89			Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC	2.46
91	37		Linda Simmons, Vancouver BC	2.42
91	37	11	Shirin Samii, Vancouver BC	2.42
93	39		Sherrie Shorman, Maple Ridge BC	2.40
93			Ted Dagan, Richmond BC	2.40
95		12	Qiao Li, Burnaby BC	2.33
96	40		Veronica Peacock, Vancouver BC	2.32
96			Grant Gayman, Vancouver BC	2.32
98			William Osten, Richmond BC	2.24
98			Ken Lochang, Vancouver BC	2.24
100	41		Christine Walter, Vancouver BC	2.20
100			Bill Walter, Vancouver BC	2.20
	42		Lorraine Cameron, Kelowna BC	2.08
	43		Kathryn Shannon, North Vancouver BC	2.01
	43	13	Adrienne Drobnies, Vancouver BC	2.01
	45		Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC	1.98
	46		Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC	1.95
	47	14	Maria Irvine, Burnaby BC	1.86
		14	Maria Ria Lawson, New Westminster BC	1.86
	48		Dianna Gilbreath, Maple Ridge BC	1.77
	48		Joanne Parker, Abbotsford BC	1.77
		16	Wade Carpenter, Burnaby BC	1.74
		17	Roger Annis, Vancouver BC	1.66
		18	Zhengyuan Gu, Burnaby BC	1.44
	50		Trudy Hurdle, Richmond BC	1.44
		19	Carolyn Crowther, Abbotsford BC	1.32
		19	Jane Forster, Maple Ridge BC	1.32
		21	Yan Luo, Surrey BC	1.10
		21	Paul Daltrop, Vancouver BC	1.10
		21	Kathleen Jones, Vancouver BC	1.10
		24	Karen Wells, Maple Ridge BC	0.97
		25	Jan Bos, Vancouver BC	0.82
		25	Marguerite Ethier, Vancouver BC	0.82
		27	Jenifer Kadler, West Vancouver BC	0.72
		27	Cheryl Swan, West Vancouver BC	0.72
		29	Orest Kubrak, Surrey BC	0.62
		29	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	0.62
		29	Cindy Chan, Vancouver BC	0.62
		29	Brenda Maclean, Vancouver BC	0.62

MUG Race	Flt. B ( < 2500 )	Flt. C ( < 1000 )	Player	MPts
1	1	1	Cecil T C Chan, Portland OR	5.56
1			Kenny T K Chan, Burnaby BC	5.56
3			Susan Peters, Vancouver BC	4.84
3			Doug Hansford, Surrey BC	4.84
5			Nigel Fullbrook, Delta BC	4.42
5			Julien Levesque, Burnaby BC	4.42
7	2		Theodora Friedman, Richmond BC	4.24
7			Sandi White, Vancouver BC	4.24
9	3	2	Sheila Van De Velde, Vancouver BC	3.18
9	3	2	Shirin Samii, Vancouver BC	3.18
11			Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC	2.72
11			Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC	2.72
13	5		Ted Dagan, Richmond BC	2.49
14	6	4	Robert Sewell, Vancouver BC	2.39
14	6	4	Gordon Keller, Vancouver BC	2.39
16	8	6	Victoria Silk, Vancouver BC	2.37
16	8	6	Alison Donoghue, North Vancouver BC	2.37
18	10	8	Sylvia Males, Vancouver BC	1.95
19	11	9	Bruna Giacomazzi, Surrey BC	1.80
19			Ken Trevisanutto, Thunder Bay ON	1.80
21	12		Barry Yamanouchi, Burnaby BC	1.79
21	12		Stuart Carr, Burnaby BC	1.79
23	14	10	Sharene Jansen, Vancouver BC	1.77
23	14	10	Jerry Shapiro, Vancouver BC	1.77
25	16		Maryellen Gallo, Surrey BC	1.35
25			Jack Johnson, Surrey BC	1.35
27	17		Thomas Davis, North Vancouver BC	1.34
28	18	12	Hirschel Wasserman, Vancouver BC	1.33
29	19	13	Hua Ying Wan, Surrey BC	1.18
29	19	13	Yan Luo, Surrey BC	1.18
31	21		Robert Sauve, Delta BC	1.16
31			Jean Groome, Surrey BC	1.16
33			Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA	1.15
34	22		Ernst Walti, Vancouver BC	1.05
34	22		Marguerite Chiarenza, Vancouver BC	1.05
36			Gray McMullin, Vancouver BC	1.01
36			Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC	1.01
38	24	15	Larry Kahn, Richmond BC	1.00
38	24	15	Ron Remick, Vancouver BC	1.00
40			Shael Smith, Richmond BC	0.90
40			William Osten, Richmond BC	0.90
42			Deborah Cool, Blaine WA	0.89
42			Tom Satanove, White Rock BC	0.89
44			Diane Ayukawa, Richmond BC	0.87
44			Linda Palm, Surrey BC	0.87
46			David Herbert, Vancouver BC	0.84
46			Larry Meyer, Richmond BC	0.84
48			Christopher Maylin, Abbotsford BC	0.74
48			Chris Robbins, Surrey BC	0.74
50			Kathy Adachi, Surrey BC	0.70
50			Stephanie Williams, Delta BC	0.70

Rocket Rookie Race	Player	MPts
1	Shirin Samii, Vancouver BC	5.60
2	Karen Cochlan, Vancouver BC	5.52
3	Patti Gies, Vancouver BC	4.90
4	Marco Wong, Richmond BC	3.74
5	Qi Wu, Vancouver BC	3.65
5	Xiang Guang Ding, Surrey BC	3.65
7	Keith Stevenson, Vancouver BC	3.50
7	Jane Lutman, North Vancouver BC	3.50
9	Anssi Rantamaa, Vancouver BC	3.38
10	Gabor Sandi, Vancouver BC	3.21
11	Sheila Van De Velde, Vancouver BC	3.18
11	Effie Cheung, Surrey BC	3.18
13	William Ophoff, Surrey BC	2.79
13	Don Gurski, Surrey BC	2.79
15	Janice Porter, North Vancouver BC	2.76
15	Vern Porter, North Vancouver BC	2.76
17	Robert Sewell, Vancouver BC	2.56
18	Linda Simmons, Vancouver BC	2.42
19	Gordon Keller, Vancouver BC	2.39
20	Victoria Silk, Vancouver BC	2.37
20	Alison Donoghue, North Vancouver BC	2.37
22	Qiao Li, Burnaby BC	2.33
22	Jin Mei Luo, Burnaby BC	2.33
24	Yan Luo, Surrey BC	2.28
25	Bill Walter, Vancouver BC	2.20
25	Christine Walter, Vancouver BC	2.20
27	Sylvia Males, Vancouver BC	1.95
28	Maria Ria Lawson, New Westminster BC	1.86
28	Maria Irvine, Burnaby BC	1.86
30	Ken Trevisanutto, Thunder Bay ON	1.80
30	Bruna Giacomazzi, Surrey BC	1.80
32	Roger Annis, Vancouver BC	1.66
33	Eric Promislow, Vancouver BC	1.45
33	Gita Sheikholeslami, Vancouver BC	1.45
35	Hirschel Wasserman, Vancouver BC	1.33
36	Hua Ying Wan, Surrey BC	1.18
37	Paul Daltrop, Vancouver BC	1.10
37	Kathleen Jones, Vancouver BC	1.10
39	Daphne Fortin, Surrey BC	1.05
39	Louis Fortin, Surrey BC	1.05
41	Ron Remick, Vancouver BC	1.00
41	Larry Kahn, Richmond BC	1.00
43	Karen Wells, Maple Ridge BC	0.97
43	George Wood, Maple Ridge BC	0.97
45	Marguerite Ethier, Vancouver BC	0.82
45	Jan Bos, Vancouver BC	0.82
47	Orest Kubrak, Surrey BC	0.62
47	Brenda Maclean, Vancouver BC	0.62
47	Bob Zoltok, Surrey BC	0.62
47	Cindy Chan, Vancouver BC	0.62
51	Leo Kevin O Farrell, Vancouver BC	0.55
51	David Drake, Vancouver BC	0.55
53	Mitra Hadavi, West Vancouver BC	0.49
53	Reza Hadavi, West Vancouver BC	0.49
55	Elizabeth Thompson, Surrey BC	0.47
55	Robert Pollock, White Rock BC	0.47
57	Debbie Smith, North Vancouver BC	0.26
57	Carole Harris, Vancouver BC	0.26