District Masterpoint Races

Each year District 4 honors players who earn the most masterpoints in their category playing in District 4 events during the year. The winners receive a cash prize of $100 at the Philadelphia Regional Tournament at Valley Forge.

The award given to the top player in District 4 is named the Dave Treadwell award. Dave Treadwell was a very special player from Wilmington, DE, known not only for his terrific play (Hall of Fame member), but for his bad jokes that he would tell over and over at every table around the bridge club.

My all-time favorite Dave joke:

Dave got on the elevator at an NABC and there was a young man on the elevator with long hair painted in neon-colored stripes. Dave couldn't take his eyes off him.

The young man turned to dave and said: "What are you looking at, old man?"

Dave responded deadpan: "I had an affair with a peacock once and I was just wondering if you were my son?

The 2018 winner of the Dave Treadwell award is Meyer Kotkin, our District 4 President.

The Jeanne Fisher Award is for players who started the year with less than 2,000 masterpoints. The 2018 winner is Larry Plotkin.

The Jane Segal Award is for players who started the year with fewer than 500 masterpoints. The 2018 winner is Mark Bolotin.

Click here to see the top twenty-five players in each category.

District 4 owes special thanks to Susan Shively, who has compiled the statistics for these races for several years. Susan is retiring from this volunteer effort and Larry Plotkin has graciously volunteered to oversee the races going forward.