22 Oct
2024
22 Oct
'24
9:20 a.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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The Southern California Bridge News is published monthly and only
distributed as a PDF on the district web site. It's usually out around
the 17th of each month or so. It includes columns from the district
president, our regional director on the ACBL board, and columns
submitted from each of the units.
You can find all of the issues from the past year and a half or so here:
https://d23acbl.org/2023/12/02/southern-california-bridge-news/
I call attention to this month's issue because I tried to offer advice
to clubs and groups who also might like to offer "over/under" or
"pro/am" games. If it's something you're interested in, have a look at
my column from the Pasadena unit.
Club Appreciation Week
All of our open games pay lots of extra masterpoints this week. It's our
second week of Club Appreciation games, gifted to clubs as part of Jane
Johnson Club Appreciation Month. This comes around every October.
Instant Matchpoint Game Wed. Oct. 30
This is another special event we'll be offering next week. The Instant
Matchpoint Game is a one-of-a-kind event! Instead of waiting until the
end of the game to find out your matchpoint score, the matchpoints for
every score have been determined ahead of time. After playing each
board, NS and EW split 100 matchpoints, and you can see how you're doing
in real time.
In a way, you're not competing against the other N/S or E/W pairs, but
against the score chart that was painstakingly developed for the game.
(I don't know how it comes to be!)
At the end of the game, everyone receives a booklet with expert analysis
of every hand. The awards for doing well are very good, including one
full *gold point *for the winning pair in each direction!
As a special game with lots of printed material, the card fee for this
game is $15. Last year the game took a bit of extra time to play as
well, so plan for a slightly late departure on Wednesday, October 30.
Make reservations early! It was very popular last year.
NAP District Final
The club is hosting the district's North American Pairs final game this
Sunday, October 27. If you qualified in an NAP game in June, July, or
August, you're invited to compete in this game for a chance to represent
District 23 at the Nationals in Memphis next March.
Here's an information page with everything you need to know, including
how to make a reservation for the game: https://nap.bridgemojo.com/
Classes this week
Individual classes are available to join for $25. No need to sign up for
a full course! This week starts two new courses. We have great groups
signed up for both!
For Bridge Basics 1, I'm always looking for "teaching assistants" who
are willing to come help fill a table, so everyone gets to play. If your
Wednesday evenings are free and this interests you, let me know! I'll
only ever need three at most for a given class.
* Wednesday, 7:00 PM, /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/, class 1 of 6
"Introduction"
* Thursday, 7:00 PM, /Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions/ class 1
of 6 "The Stayman Convention"
Coming up ...
The week before Thanksgiving we're going to have a Royal STaC week. The
games will pay like a sectional, but the awards will be 25% each black,
silver, red, and gold masterpoints.
Unit games next month are on Sundays, November 3 and 17.
Best regards,
Mojo, Jane, Zachary
