By amassing over 5000 MasterPoints, Charlotte Kartsonis has been named a Diamond Life Master!

She wouldn't say how long it took.

Congrats, Charlotte.  What a Chark!

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Update:  Charlotte sent me an e-mail, as follows.  "Pat, I am so darn stupid... I have had such nice comments congratulating me. and  I've tried and tried and can't get a message to them... could you just say I'm stupid and don't know how to answer individually, but to tell them thank you so much for all their nice wishes.... thanks again, Pat... miss you guys. chark" 

President Beverly Tillberry announced recently that the Stratification for all games will be based on splitting the field in thirds.  The highest one third of the pairs actually present will be placed in the A Strat, the middle third in the B Strat, and the lowest third in the C Strat.  As always, a pair's ranking is based on the masterpoints of the highest partner.

In very small games, there may not be enough pairs to allow for all three Strats to score: in a Howell movement, for example, I think at least three pairs are required in each Strat.  The Board will presumably decide exactly what to in that case, which will allow for the fairest distribution of masterpoint awards.

The following rank changes for the month of April were listed on the Florida Unit 128 website.

Silver Life Master:

• Pat Foster

Bronze Life Master:

• Daryl Drew

Junior Master:

• Robert Hoft
• Mary Lou Peacock
• Frans Talboom

Congratulations to all! It's wonderful to see so many of our new players earning masterpoints.