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's been a long ordeal, and I'm truly seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Probably the most frustrating thing is that the clues were there quite a bit earlier than when we finally discovered the pneumonia. All that time I was told and thought I was "getting better" in a normal process, I was actually getting quite worse. But we did catch it, finally. I'm on the last day of my antibiotics. Today I had the energy to start doing more. I've been walking the treadmill for three minutes every hour, and have stamina to get lots of administrative things done for the Sectional, the District NAP, and of course the club. My wonderful friends and partners are barring me from leaving home this week until Saturday. We're going to hold every game and class though. It will be great. Support Alzheimer's Research on the Longest Day We've designated *Wednesday, June 19, 11:00 AM* Open Pairs to be our benefit game for the Alzheimer's Association. Card fees will be $11, with the extra going to Alzheimer's. North American Pairs Qualifiers June, July, and August are when players get to earn a qualification to play in the District Final for the North American Pairs. We're planning to hold qualifiers for one full week in each of the three months. Our first qualifier week will be all of the Open Pairs games from *June 24 - 29*. I'm adding five additional in July in the week running up to the John Waken Pasadena Sectional. We'll also have a week of qualifiers in August. These are special games, that pay half-red, half-black masterpoints, and lots of them. The stratification is preset at Open/2500/500. I'm close to finalizing the date of the District Final. I'll let you know! Classes this coming week Let's meet class this week. I'm giving it a try. These are the classes that were originally scheduled last week. We have a week to get in the sixth class of each of these courses during the week after 4th of July (tournament) week. Lisa Walker is going to cover the Thursday 2/1GF class, and I have someone special coming to cover the class on Wednesday. Here are the topics this week: * Wednesday, 7:00 PM,//class 4 of 6/Introduction to Declarer Play /"The trump suit, counting losers" * Thursday, 7:00 PM,//class 4 of 6 /Two Over One Game Force/ "The choice between game and slam" * Saturday, 9:30 AM, class 4 of 6 /Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding/ "The Competitive Auction" Coming up ... Zachary and I are closing the bridge club for three days, on July 2, 3, and 4, Tuesday Wednesday Thursday, both so we can get a chance to play in the regional ourselves, and to encourage everyone with the time off to go enjoy the big games. (And also enjoy the 4th of July with family.) The next /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ is now open for enrollment on the PCC Extension web site <https://pasadena.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=67198&int_category_id=0&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0>. The class will meet on six Thursday evenings starting August 1. Best regards, Mojo, Jane, Zachary