[News] Royal STaC this week

Pasadena Bridge Club Logo <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> News from North Fair Oaks Mojo ABTA Master Teacher 649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201 Pasadena CA 91103 (626) 247-4457 pasadenabridgeclub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> It was /grand/ seeing so many of our players doing well at the Bridge Week Regional! We had some big rank changes. You can have a great time perusing the results on ACBL Live here <https://live.acbl.org/events/2507114>. Our *Bridge Basics 1 class* filled very quickly with 25 students attending on Wednesday evenings. If you're interested in helping out new bridge students, I have a couple of things: I always need three people to be on standby to help fill an empty seat at a table. You basically become another student in the class. Recent class students are the best for this! I'm also interested to know if anyone would be interested in hosting practice sessions with Bridge Basics 1 students. (Jane Winer has been doing this to great effect over the past year!) The ideal time is probably a weekend morning, but almost any time can be made to work. Again, someone who recently attended the class is a perfect host. New courses start this week! Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 we'll start /Improving Your Judgment - Doubles <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/iyj_doubles>/. Thursday evening at 7:00 starts /Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/popular-conventions>/. Follow either of those links for a complete lesson plan and course description. To save your seat in either new course, visit the class enrollment form here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment>. Each course meets for six weeks, and comes with a great textbook included with the full course. Royal STaC This Week This week the clubs in District 23 (Los Angeles County) will all be playing the same hands, and pooling their results in a Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC). This one is the variety called a "Royal" STaC. At the end of the week, The ACBL will convert all of the masterpoints into 25% black, 25% red, 25% silver, and 25% gold masterpoints. Card fees for the open games will be $13 this week, or one punch from a card and $1 extra. Classes This Week For all of our courses, you're welcome to join a single class for $25. It's a great way to get a good bite of a subject without a six-week commitment. This week's classes: * Wednesday 3:00 PM, "The Takeout Double" /Improving Your Judgment - Doubles/ * Wedesday 7:00 PM, "One notrump opening bids and responses" /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ * Thursday 7:00 PM, "The Stayman Convention" /Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions/ Join us *every Saturday morning* for a free workshop at 9:30, whether you stay for the game or not! We'll study a hand from Eddie Kantar's /Thinking Bridge/ series. Each hand has interesting bidding, play, and defense to learn from. Coming up ... We have a very special game on *Wednesday July 16*, the Summer Instant Matchpoint Game. Get assigned your matchpoints at the table with each hand. I think there is a full gold point available for winners in that game! This month I'll be traveling to Philadelphia from July 19 through 29. I'll be presiding over the annual convention of the American Bridge Teacher's Association (ABTA) and playing for a few days at the North American Bridge Championships. I usually grab some of the teachers to play in sessions at the tournament. July 21-26 will be our second NAP Qualifier week. Come play for 50% black 50% red masterpoints, and get your "Q" qualifier to compete in the district final for the North American Pairs! Best regards, Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa