Congratulations to those winning gold in the ACBL InstantMatch game on July 9. The winners are:

Sheila Bell DBC (Howell Movement) -- Jeff Brown & Kat Young  65.76%

LDBC -- N/S Dorothy McCasland & Mike Graham. 69.11%; E/W Pat Cawley & Judy Kelley 52.43%

Nacogdoches DBC (Howell movement) -- Max Walton and Gavin McGown (novices)  61.48% game

Dottie Pirkle DBC -- N/S Victor Marks & Laura Murphey 56.12%; E/W Judy Adams & Nell Velvin 61.24%

Tyler DBC -- N/S Sue Ritschel & Elizabeth Smith  62.46%; E/W Annette Crawford & Marilyn Chionsini.  55.18%

Lake Cypress DBC -- N/S-Helen Sullivan and Jean Huskey 55.92%; E/W-Cliff Smith and Kathy Smith 66.56%

For NLM only -- Still need gold? There's an upcoming regional in San Antonio open to only NLMs. The dates are 8/22-25. For more information, click here.

Unit Annual Business Meeting and Monthly Unit Game --The unit's annual business meeting will be Saturday, August 11. The Emily Leake and Ben Friend and Tournament of Roses awards will be presented. The unit will also elect officers for 2018 and decide if pre-shuffled hands will continue to be used in the Unit's monthly game. Here are the nominees for 2018: 

•  Janie Wolaver (completing Shirley Shelton's term effective August 2018)

• Sandra O'Bannon
• Susan Ford
• Tom Spradlin
• Jo Ann Zastovnik
• Shreedhara Ramarathnam

Need a partner? Contact Sally McAnulty at 903-312-8237. See you there!

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 Happy Birthday to Bonnie Gorman who turns 95 on July 6. Click here to see photos from her party.

Upcoming Tournaments

Find a partner and mark your calendars for these upcoming  events.

• Tournament of Roses Sectional, July 27-29, Holiday Inn Select, Tyler, TX (Click here for more information.)
  
• Lake Country Sectional Tournament, Sept. 28-30, Holiday Inn, Longview, TX (Click here for more information.)
  
• 2019 Piney Woods NLM Tournament, Feb 15-16, LDBC Studio, 1409 W Loop 281, Longview, TX
  
• 2019 East Texas Tournament of Stars Regional, April 8-14, Holiday Inn, Longview, TX

(Note: It was incorrectly stated that there would be a 2019 Piney Woods Sectional next February. Instead, we hope you will support the Tournament of Stars Regional in April!)



Send photos of club events
to Carol Kinsey (acblunit225@yahoo.com).