News from
N Fair Oaks

Welcome to August! The bridge club remains a cool refuge on hot days. Hopefully the landlord will get the air conditioning in our lobby area fixed soon!

Respect for Social Bridge

One of the things we will always do at the Pasadena Bridge Club is offer social bridge games. We currently have two sessions: Thursdays at 7:00 PM and Saturday mornings at 9:30 AM. (I'm open to suggestion if you'd like others!)

In Chicago I spent a lot of time with other club managers and teachers. Many of us were making the point that that social bridge is a fun and valuable event in itself, not just a way point to tournament bridge.

In the next few weeks I hope to implement some features to make the social bridge games their own fun event. We don't call it "party bridge" for nothing!

Stay tuned for that.

Next Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction

The PCC Extention catalog has landed in mailboxes all around Pasadena. On Thursdays starting August 31 is "Bridge Introduction."

Let your friends and family know! Here's the link to register with PCC online.

Bridge Basics 1 is six Thursday evenings.

While it's listed in the PCC Extension catalog, the class meets happily at the Pasadena Bridge Club.

Classes this week

Anyone is welcome to join a single session of any course at the bridge club for $25. Here are the topics for classes this week:

• Defense Wednesday 7:00 PM "Third Hand Play"
• Two Over One Game Force Thursday 7:00 PM "Rebids by Opener and Responder"
• Competitive Bidding Saturday 9:30 AM "The Takeout Double"
  

Saturday Workshop and Game

Every Saturday at 1:00 PM we feature a mini-workshop on a bridge topic for about 30-40 minutes, always with some example hands. Following that will be a fun 12-15 board duplicate game, finishing up by 4:00 PM.

The subject this Saturday is "Michaels Cue Bids." It's a great way to compete with a very special hand. You won't see them often, but when you do (or your partner does), wouldn't it be fun?

Coming Up ...

I just learned that we have a new STaC (Sectional Tournament at Clubs) coming up the week of August 21 - 27.  We're probably going to add some special games so everyone can have more than once chance to win some silver points.