Victoria players meet with success in Penticton

The Penticton Regional wrapped up on Sunday with a table count of 3237½, the most since 1990.

A large Victoria contingent came to do battle with some being more successful than others at extracting those elusive gold nuggets.

Below are a few highlights. Complete results can be found in the Penticton Regional Bulletin’s Wrapup Edition. And for daily bulletins and tournament photos go to District 19’s Penticton 2017 Page.


Event Winners:

In the Tue.-Wed. Chardonnay Knockout Teams, Donald Berry (third from left) and his Seattle teammates Thomas Brown, Monty Gray, and Lorenzo Migliorini won bracket IV with 18.19 MPs.

Playing in the same event, Joanna Daam got 12.56 MPs as part of the team which won bracket VI. Her fellow players were Janina Lysek, Packwood WA; Kalvin Garton, Pendleton OR; and William Curtis, Whitehorse YT

In the Wednesday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs, Al Romanchuk playing with Marian Kosior, Penticton BC came in first with 11.25 MPs.

A bi-coastal team composed of Terry Foster and Russell Page playing with Allan Callard of Mermaid PE, and Bob Edmundson of  Beaver Bank NS won bracket III of the Wed.-Fri. Pinot Morning Knockout with 7.91 MPs.

Al Romanchuk (him again) playing with Okanagan teammates Dennis O Donnell and Marian Kosior of Penticton and Philip Shadick from Summerland received 12.71 for first place in bracket VI of the Shiraz Thurs.-Fri. KO.

The wholly Victorian team of Keith Hibbert, Esther Wiebe, Holly Boudreau, and Jean-Philippe Weber won bracket V in the Fri-Sat Riesling KO for a gain of 11.11 MPs.


Points Leaders

IYC scores
NameTotal Score
Bob MacDonald490
dick vission470
Name withheld460
Tony Farr450
Michael Cockerell440
Susan Breiddal430
Jack Campbell430
Dick Dixon420
Mike Ainsley410
Don Copeland410
John Miller410
Russell Page400
Duncan Smith400
Name withheld390
Name withheld390
Name withheld390
Name withheld380
Shelley Burnham380
Scott Miller380
Sheldon Spier380
Brenda Fox370
Sophie Watt370
Name withheld360
Gail Argatoff360
Cliff Kindree360
nancy baal340
glen thornborough340
Heather Davies330
Peter Lighthall330
James Macdonnell330
Norra Mirosevic330
Delma Murray320
mort nelson320
lionel traverse320
Bree Watts310
Bill Birney300
Bob Cheeseman300
russ etherington300
Edmund Patterson300
David Buckman290
Gina Curran290
Janette Magne290
Elaine Mauger270
Gary Rosa260
ed blumenthal250
Tony Dason240
Van Buchanan220
Rob Feldstein180
IYC May 2020 scores
NameTotal Score
Mike Hargreaves450
glen thornborough420
Name withheld400
John Miller400
susan breiddal380
David Todd380
Cliff Kindree370
Bob MacDonald360
Sophie Watt360
Russ Etherington350
Duncan Smith350
Name withheld340
Michael Cockerell340
Don Nemeth340
Gary Rosa340
Name withheld330
Ed Blumenthal330
Mike Dorn Wiss330
Sheldon Spier330
Name withheld320
denis johnston320
Sandra Taylor320
Name withheld310
Tony Dason310
Dick Dixon310
Peter Lighthall310
Leo Resk310
Mike Black300
Jon Gage290
Rita Beny280
Bree Watts280
Natalie Williams280
Mike Ainsley270
James Macdonnell270
Don Copeland260
Tony Farr260
Donna Miller260
John Billett250
Gina Curran250
Edmund Patterson250
Linda Ellis240
Joan McLeod240
C. Ann Brydon230
Deb Carnes230
mort nelson230
Rob Feldstein220
Janette Magne220
Name withheld200
Brenda Fox170
Name withheld160
Name withheld140
Marc Furnemont90
Bob Cheeseman70

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