System Information

Milner-Lall System Summary Form, ACBL Convention Card

Chambers-Schermer System Summary Form, ACBL Convention Card

Compton-Wold System Summary Form, ACBL Convention Card

About the Players

Reese Milner
Milner2Reese Milner, photo by Peg Kaplan

After receiving his BS from UC Berkeley and a JD/MBA from Stanford, Reese practiced law from 1976 -80, then went into real estate development &  investment. He lives in Beverly Hills /Brentwood and enjoys skiing ,tennis and bridge.

His son attended UVA on a tennis scholarship and is now attending Georgetown University, in the masters in real estate program.

Hemant Lall
hlallHemant Lall, photo by Peg Kaplan Hemant moved to Dallas from India in 1973 at the age of 21.  He went to graduate school at SMU.  He spent most of his working life at Perot Systems, and is currently the COO at SCA – a company owned by Bob Hamman.  He pursues bridge as a hobby.
 
A World Life Master, Hemant has won one World Championship (2012) and six North American Championships.  His most thrilling victory came playing with his then 19 year old son, Justin, in the Grand National Teams.  He also represented U.S.A. in the Bermuda Bowl playing on the Nickell team.
Neil Chambers
chambersNeil Chambers, photo by Peg Kaplan

Neil is a recently retired tax accountant from Price Chopper Supermarkets (Golub Corp) who plays bridge professionally.

He lives in upstate NY with his wife Donna, and has one son (Adam) from his previous marriage to Juanita.

Neil's partnership with John Schermer goes back to the late 60's. Golf, bridge and his wife are his passions. He's looking forward to more time with them all now that he's retired.  

 
John Schermer
SchermerJohn Schermer, photo by Peg Kaplan  
Chris Compton
Chris-ComptonChris Compton, photo by Peg Kaplan

Bridge Resume:
Chris began playing Bridge professionally in the ACBL at the age of 17. He is a World Grand Master and an ACBL Grand Life Master with over 20,000 ACBL masterpoints.
While representing the United States, Chris placed 4th in the 1986 World Open Pairs in Miami, Florida (at the age of 26) and again placed 4th in the 1998 World Open Pairs in Lille, France. Chris continues to represents the USA in international invitational events on a regular basis.

In the US, Chris  won the 1989 Reisinger Board A Match Teams at the Lancaster NABC and the 2007 Jacoby Open Swiss and USBC, finished 2nd in both the 1986 and 2005 Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. Chris has at least 3 additional NABC 2nd place finishes, and no less than 6 semi-final appearances in Vanderbilts and Spingolds. Playing in a series of Bridge Pro Tour individuals during the year 2003, Chris won $16,400 and remains the BPT all-time winning money leader.

Chris enjoys playing high stakes rubber-bridge at TGR’s Bridge Club in London and the Cavendish Bridge Club in New York.

He has authored the teacher manual for 2/1 Texas Style and offers this class periodically at the Bridge Academy of North Dallas. Chris often serves as a volunteer lecturer at ACBL Regionals and Nationals.
Chris served as President of the United States Bridge Federation in 2004 and is presently 1st alternate to District 16 of the American Contract Bridge League.

Personal Life:
Chris Compton has a B.A. in History from the University of Houston and a J. D. from the University of Texas School of Law. Chris presently plays professionally while performing a modicum of legal services. Donna and Chris live in Dallas with two daughters, ages 14 and 18. 

Eddie Wold
woldEddie Wold, photo by Peg Kaplan

 A bridge professional living in Houston, TX, and Las Vegas, NV, Eddie is #4 on the all-time ACBL Masterpoint Winners' list with more than 50,000 masterpoints. He has won the Barry Crane Top 500 three times. He won a Bronze medal in the 1978 Rosenblum Teams in New Orleans.

Eddie won the first two of his many North American titles at the same NABC in the summer of 1977, winning both the Grand National Teams and the Spingold. He has since added second victories in the Grand National Teams and the Spingold, as well as winning the Vanderbilt twice, the Reisinger twice, the Men's Board-a-Match Teams twice, the Master Mixed Teams, the Open Swiss Teams, and the National Open Pairs in 2005.

This last win put him on the cover of Rice University’s alumni magazine. He has also collected the Mott-Smith Trophy three times and the Lou Herman Trophy twice for the best performance at an NABC and has more than 600 victories in Regional events to his credit.