Jay's View
REPORT ON PLAY FROM WEDNESDAY, February 11, 2026
Players coming to our club have been brave during the stretch of harsh, cold temperatures running from January through the first weeks of February . . . and we’re thankful for that. But it seems that as the weather is warming up, so too are the club’s regular and newer players. People are coming more regularly and in larger numbers setting us off on the best start of a year we’ve had for quite some time. Last night we had 23 strong coming to play and it was a lot of fun, not to mention competitive. Oh, and before I forget, we also welcomed another new player last night by the name of Tom North. Tom stopped by to check us out a couple of weeks ago and decided it was time to throw himself into the fray. I believe he liked it enough that we should be seeing more of him in the future.
We had to limit match length to only 5 points last night instead of our normal 7 pointers because of the larger field of players and our required 11:00pm exit time from the playing room. Play moved briskly thanks to everyone’s cooperation in reporting their match results immediately after their finish and being ready for their next one. This allowed us to complete play on time and I thank everyone for that.
At the end of the night, Michael Comins beat Amy Trudeau in the final match of the Consolation bracket and Robert Silvay defeated Tournament Director Extraordinaire, David Hanold for the win in that bracket. Notable as well is that Perry Sadler added master points to his club leading total and Larry Gould earned his first ever master points at our club. Nicely done, folks.
Okay, gotta scoot now so I can pack for a trip to Los Angeles to visit family. I won;t see you next Wednesday the 18th but I look forward to seeing you all when I return the following week. Until then, have a great and hopefully warmer weekend! Oh, and play well while I’m gone.
Jay