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Barrie Regional Report - 2004 
9/25/04 
Kempenfelt Bay (Barrie) REGIONAL REPORT - 2004
REGIONAL SUCCESS-
over 900 tables in play!
September 14 - 19, 2004 Kempenfelt Bay (Barrie) Regional 
Players attended The Kempenfelt Bay (Barrie) Regional tournament from communities all over Southern & Northern Ontario such as Ottawa, Belleville, Sarnia, London,
Chatham, Peterborough, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Timmins, Kapuskasing, Elliot Lake,
Sudbury, North Bay & Sault Ste. Marie to name a few. Players also attended
from places as far away as Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia as well as British Columbia & Nova Scotia.
Truly the Regional brought players together in the "spirit of good bridge".
With a total of 903 and a half tables in play, there was lots of fun, excitement and gold to be had in Barrie last week. Click on the push pin
for a listing of winners in all the games played during the week.
Paul Janicki won the tournament masterpoint race with 75.57 masterpoints,followed closely by Bill Koski in 2nd with 72.55, and Colin Van Wallegham in 3rd with 71.11.
Click on the POW icon for a complete listing of masterpoints earned during the tournament.
Around 90 local players picked up points during the week. Way to go folks!
Five players became New Life Masters during the tournament. Congratulations to:
Gary Fife, Nancy Wilcox, Yvonne Sinclair, Brian Greenway & Helen Bishop
Audrey Grant's "Teacher Brushup Workshop" and "Bridge Tips Seminar" were both well attended
and inspired many in their search for better bridge. Thank you Audrey for sharing your time with us!
Barbara Seagram presented local bridge teacher Maggie Sparrow with an American Bridge
Teachers Association Certificate of Merit in recognition of Maggie's contribution to ABTA and
her commitment and dedication to the teaching of bridge. Congratulations Maggie!
The Kempenfelt Cruise was blessed with perfect weather for the dinner cruise on the Serendipity Princess.All who set sail reported enjoying the excellent food and
beautiful Barrie scenery. No spottings of "Kempenfelt Kelly" our local creature-of-the-bay
were reported however.
A final word about the Regional
The Tournament Co-ordinators Tom Kinnear & Bryce Johnston wish to extend heartfelt thanks to all who attended for their support & encouragement, and especially to the volunteers
who pitched in to make the tournament such a success. In alphabetical order they are:
Mary Anderson, Clem Bourgeois, Joe Brosseau, Doug Brown, Rose-Marie Bullis,
Bob Caswell, Bruce Dinniwell, Betty Dinniwell, Marc Fournier, Anne Hawkins,
JoAnn Jackson, Ruth Jones, Elizabeth LeClair, Dale Marcotte, Jeanie McFadyen,
Barb McKeown, Andy Monk, Sandy Monk, Karin Nielsen, Maude Snow, Nancy Thornham.
Clem Bourgeois fell in the Legion parking lot while helping return tables and broke his wrist.
Our thoughts and prayers are all with Clem while he is on the road to recovery.
Essa Rd & HWY 400- Exit 94Lost & Found - I have a collection of sweaters, jackets, eye glasses and convention cards
plus a really nice car emergency kit that were left behind at The Event Centre.
If you are missing something please contact Bryce: 705-726-1185 spiritcatcher@sympatico.ca
For those who were asking about "Spiritcatcher" - it is the kinetic sculpture overlooking
Kempenfelt Bay. It was originally commissioned for Expo 86 in Vancouver and was
brought to Barrie by rail after that World's Fair was over. Seemed like a very Barrie type
of name for an email handle, and I was lucky it hadn't been taken. So there's a bit of the
story. Let the spirit guide you.
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