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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
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.
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. Thursday evening
at 7:00 starts Bridge
Basics 3 - 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. 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
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