Club Champion: Gil Evans
Finalist: Jerry Padova
Points Race
1 Walter Trice 412 2 Herb Gurland 347 3 Greg Jukins 289 4 Jerry Padova 223 5 Roger Rondeau 156 6 John Leonard 144 7 Phyllis Seidel 138 8 Tom Meyer 115 9 George Saba 115 10 Dave Metz 96 11 Eric Wicklund 90 12 Marcus Hermansen 75 13 Albert Cantito 72 14 Gil Evans 71 15 Jim Gebhardt 54 16 Mark Houser 41 17 John Smidt 41 18 Tim Galleghar 36 19 Ed Murray 34 20 Dan Chicoine 30 21 Joe Moore 30 22 Anne Bidner 29 23 Phil Hodson 23 24 Tom O'Riordan 23 25 Tim Ostis 20 26 Alex Zamanian 16 27 Howard Rosenthal 14 28 Jim McKenna 11 29 Gerhard Roland 11 30 Albert Steg 11 31 Richard Gilman 9 32 Nora Luna Righter 6 33 Ed Ahola 2 34 Jamie Evans 2 35 Shane Mueller 2 36 Matt Reklaitis 2 37 Marty Storer 2
Tournament & Playoffs Results
Playoffs
Gil Evans is Club Champion for 2007-2008!
And what were the odds of that in April, I wonder, when Gil was in 14th place in the Points Race? But he won the heavily weighted May Bonus Tournament to move up to 5th, taking his place among the top seven and qualifying for the Championship Playoffs in June. In the first playoff round Gil defeated Jerry Padova, while Roger Rondeau beat Greg Jukins and Herb Gurland knocked out John Leonard. In Round 2 Evans defeated Walter Trice (who had a 1st-round bye as regular-season points leader) and Gurland beat Rondeau. In the finals Gil won three straight 9 point matches to take the best-3-of-5 set. Congratulations to the new Champion!
April
Rondeau Wins April
Roger Rondeau won our April Monthly Tournament, defeating Phyllis Seidel in the finals. Semi-finalists were John Leonard and Joe Moore. In the Consolation flight, Dave Metz took first place, Walter Trice second.
18 players
1 Roger Rondeau
2 Phyllis Seidel
SF John Leonard
SF Joe Moore
1C Dave Metz
2C Walter Trice
March
Jukins Wins!
Greg Jukins won our March Monthly, adding to an already very impressive debut season (Consolation wins in November and January, Main 2nd Place in February.) The March win moves him into 3rd in the points race behind Walter Trice and Herb Gurland, within 100 points of the lead.
George Saba took 2nd place, with Al Cantito and Walter Trice semi-finalists. In the Consolation Herb Gurland won over Roger Rondeau.
19 players
1 Greg Jukins
2 George Saba
SF Al Cantito
SF Walter Trice
1C Herb Gurland
2C Roger Rondeau
December
Herb Gurland was the Number One Superstar in the NEBC’s December Monthly Tournament, beating up Jerry Padova in the finals. As a result Herb moves into 2nd in the Points Race while Jerry just edges John Leonard for the 3rd slot by one point. Walter Trice (hey, that’s me!) failed to win his third tournament in a row but did manage a semi-finals finish, clinging to his points race lead. The other Semi-finalist was George Saba. In the Consolation flight John Leonard took 1st over Tim Gallagher.
16 players
1 Herb Gurland
2 Jerry Padova
SF Walter Trice
SF George Saba
1C John Leonard
2C Tim Gallagher
November
In the NEBC’s November Bonus Tournament Walter Trice (hey, that’s me!) won his second tournament in a row, edging out Tom Meyer in a hard-fought finals match. Newcomer Greg Jukins took 1st in the Consolation flight, garnering enough points to shoot up to 2nd place in the annual Points Race for the yearly championship. 16 players braved the wind and the rain to compete in our first Saturday tournament ever, including the long-lost Albert Steg. Welcome back, Albert!
1 Walter Trice
2 Tom Meyer
SF Jim Gebhardt
SF Jerry Padova
1C Greg Jukins
2C Marcus Hermansen
September
At our season inaugural tournament of September 30, it was good to see some fresh faces as well as a couple of long-lost returnees. The club welcomes Eric Wicklund, Richard Gilman, and Tim Ostis. Phyllis Seidel was playing in her first NEBC tournament in about 20 years, returning to the area after a lengthy expatriation in Paris. John Leonard, a regular at the Peterborough Granite State club in the early 90’s as well as a formerly active NEBCer, came back to almost win the tournament, though ultimately getting out-jokered in his finals match against Walter Trice.
1 – Walter Trice
2 – John Leonard
SF – Dan Chicoine
SF – Eric Wicklund
1C – Herb Gurland
2C – Gil Evans