3 Nov
2025
3 Nov
'25
8:01 p.m.
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News from North Fair Oaks
Mojo
ABTA Master Teacher
649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
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Our club was one of 117 in North America participating in last week's
ACBL-wide Instant Matchpoint Game on Wednesday.
Most notably, we were the only club in District 23 (Los Angeles County)
offering a game!
As a result, the top five finishers at our club were also the top five
in District 23. That means our folks had their masterpoint awards
increased by quite a lot.
The full list of winners in North America are listed at this link
<https://club-results.s3.amazonaws.com/production/SpecialGameResults/AIM/2025-10-29/2510953.HTM>.
Here's a screen shot of the winners from the district (all from our game!):
Big congratulations! And remember what (Woody Allen and) I said last
week, 80% of life is showing up! The other D23 clubs missed out on this one.
As a bonus, the social/supervised group on Friday was able to enjoy
playing the same hands, consulting the booklet, and seeing the table
results from the special travelers. Thank you all for playing! Let's do
it again next year.
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.
* Wednesday, 3:00 PM, /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ "Practice Hands"
* Wednesday, 7:00 PM /Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions/ "Slam
Bidding"
* Thursday, 7:00 PM /Intro to Defense/ "Signals against Notrump Contracts"
Saturday morning is our *workshop and game* for novice/intermediate
players. We start with a free workshop at 9:30 featuring an entertaining
hand from Eddie Kantar's "Thinking Bridge" series. You're welcome to
come for the workshop even if you're not planning to play in the game.
There are no regular courses scheduled for December; we'll resume the
rotation during the first week of January. You can see the next
scheduled courses on the web site here
<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/available_courses>.
That said, I'm looking for an opportunity to do a shorty course of two
meetings on "Opening the Bidding." We'll talk about how your seating
position changes your considerations for making an opening bid. I'll
pick two dates for the mini-class when I see how my surgery recovery is
progressing.
Coming up ...
Do you love the five-game punch cards? We're going to have an
end-of-year sale on them. From December 1st through 24th we'll sell you
a five-game punch card for $55 instead of $60.
I mention it now so you don't buy too many before they go on sale. Each
punch is good for a regular $12 game.
You can buy as many as you like, but be careful not to lose them! We
certainly don't want to benefit from unused punches.
Lisa Walker is traveling in Egypt for a couple of weeks. Zachary, Susan,
Liza and I will be doing our best to cover all the games for a couple of
weeks. I'm really grateful to have all the help while I deal with
pre-surgery appointments. The big day for me is November 20. Everything
is going well so far.
Best regards
Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan
