Saturday 19 October 2024
The total mps earned by players in our STaC game are listed below. These should be converted to 25% of each:gold, silver, red and black in a few days.
Thursday October 17 2024
We played in a Royal Sectional Tournament At Clubs (STaC) today. The points earned will be initially posted as silver and should be converted to gold, red. silver and black (25% each) within 48 hours and will be final at the end of the week. So the ranking below will hold for OUR club, but the ranking in the sectional will be different. I will update with the actual points awarded when they are final (probably Saturday, maybe Sunday).
We played an eight table Mitchell. Darrell and Brent won N/S (63.69%!) and Joyce and Andi won E/W (59.08%). Lesley and Bob Fogerty came in second N/S with 59% and Mary and Roslyn were second E/W with 58%. Since this will be compared to other games played in the Thursday Morning session, final results will vary. I will try to post the final results here when they become available. I'll be glad when Skip is back! Won't you? See you next week. ---Carl
Wednesday 16 October 2024
We had a lovely day playing a 6 and a half table Mitchell movement where we all played 4 boards a round. First place NS were Jill and Janet, followed by Dave and Ann then Zelda and another Dave. EW first place was Cynthia and Suzanne, followed by Jane and Jan then Susanne and Paul! so the Sus(z)annes and Daves made the day!
We had a great day! Five people came without a partner allowing us to set up 6th table and allowing the director to play! Thank all of you for showing up without a partner. You all seem to have a great time!
No Need to bring a partner we will set you up. Pass the word to all your friends! So many people are afraid to go to a game without a partner, but it still is fun!
You all did well and we will see you again next week!
Suzanne
PS I added matchpoint data. I did not know anyone was interested in that. When I add that it cuts off the names of the EW pair, but the number is still visible.
See you Wednesday Please tell all your friends without partners that they are most welcome!
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Tuesday October 15 2024
We had a review lesson of Jacoby 2NT in Advanced Beginners and a review lesson of responding to NT in the Beginners lesson. Next week we will introduce splinter bids in the Advanced Beginner lesson and defensive interference, over-calling and negative doubles in the Beginner lesson.
We had 5 full tables in the pupil game. Wynne and Betty came in first (AGAIN!) with a score of a whopping 75.69%!! Melissa V and Christopher K came in second with a very nice 66.67%. Jane and Susan had a very nice 63.89%, but today it was only good enough for third place. It was a fun game, and I hope you all enjoyed playing in it as much as I did running it. I look forward to next week! See you then! --Carl
Thursday October 10 2024
Skip was not available today, so Carl was the director for the 6.5 table game. We had a visitor, David Anthony, from Florida who was stuck playing with the director, but he was extremely kind and is welcome back any time. We also had new members Joe Watts and Linda Garey join us today. Welcome!
The winners today in our Club Appreciation Game were Nancy Barron and Mary Ellen Barker with 63.75%! Congratulations! Second place went to Darrell Ford and Brent Sadler with 61.67%. The master points shown below are a little lower than that actually awarded. Go to "Live for Clubs" at the ACBL site to see your actual points awarded. Next week we will playing in a STaC tournament that will award silver points initially, but should be converted to gold/red, once the STaC week is completed.
See you next week!! --Carl
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Wednesday 9 October 2024
We had 6 full tables and played a Mitchell with a skip after round 3. We welcomed Dave and Zelda back after a prolonged vacation. With the Mitchell movement we played 5 hands in each of 5 rounds. This speeds up the game since we do not spend so much time moving. A drawback is that we do not get to play all the other people! When there are an even number of tables we skip a table half way through so EW does not play the same hands twice! With an odd number of tables No Skip. Any sit out in this movement is Long, l o n g, l o n g! With this type of movement there are winners in both N-S and E-W. for this reason, if this were an sanctioned ACBL game we would not get as many master points.
You all played valiantly and are all winners! I hope you had a good time! The people who came in at the top in NS were 3 way tied at 58.5%, Dave, Penny, Sid, Bobbie, Jill and Janet! But Jack pointed out that it was also a 3 way tie for 3rd place! The top scorers in EW are Jan and Jane with 57.5% followed closely by the Moores with a 55%! with only 3 hands remaining Colleen and Mary Lynn were first in EW. Surprising how 3 hands can move things around
Congratulations to you all!
See you next week!
Suzanne
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Tuesday 8 October 2024
We had a lesson on 2 way reverse Drury in Adv Beginners and a lesson on Preempts and responses in Beginners class. Next week we will review Jacoby 2NT in adv beginners and do some review of NT responses in beginners class.
We had 4 full tables in our pupil game with Kate Couillard returning for the second time and Coinnie Kaplan back after some time away. Welcome back! Christopher K and Melissa V came in first today with a whopping 68.5%! Kate C and some guy named Carl came in second followed by Connie and Jane G.
I had a great time and hope to see you all again next week!
Thursday Open Game 3 October 2004
We had a smooth running 7-1/2 table Howell movement today. Tops were Joyce/Carl in A, Donna/Peter for B and Darrell/Brent for C. I just corrected Board 14 which changed the results slightly (10/4)
Carl will be running this game the next two weeks while I am on vacation and there will be no lesson. When I get back the lessons will be on doubles and defensive signaling.
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Wednesday 2nd October 2024 Once again lovely weather! - We had a six and a half table Howell Movement with 2 hands a round, 13 rounds and we all played with everyone else. We seem to have a hard time with Howell Movements. Howell Movements only have a 2 board sit out. If we play a Mitchel movement this speeds up the game since people don't have to move as often and don't wander aimlessly and taken long breaks between rounds. However, the sitouts will be MUCH longer. Next week we will try a Mitchell movement, where all N-S sit at the same table, and only the EW moves. So we will not play with everybody. If you were playing in a sanctioned ACBL game you would get less points. Howell Movements award more points.
The first place winners are Mary Lynn and Claire, whom we have not seen in a while, followed by Dave and Penny. Next were Jack and Suzanne and Cynthia and Marion, then Pat and Sherry. We welcome Colleen and Jim who play a different type of duplicate, and came in right in the middle of the pack! We hope they will continue to come and bring their friends.
Please be careful when putting your hands back into the boards. Try not to rotate them!
Just a tip! On board 1 with 21 points in the West. You probably should not open 2 NT with 2 doubletons. This was a tough one to bid!
See you next week! Suzanne
Tuesday 1 October 2024
We reviewed REVERSES in our beginners lesson today. Remember only the opener can reverse by opening a lower suit and then a NEW higher suit later. In Advanced beginners we discussed opening in the 3rd or 4th seat and learned the RULE of 15. Next week we will review preempts and responding to them in beginners lessons. In advanced beginners lessons, we will introduce the Drury coinvention used when partner opens a major in the 3rd or 4th seat. What Fun!
We had 6 full tables for our pupil game, although to make 6 full tables we had to suffer a playing director. Bill Swett managed to win with 62.8%, even though we had to be declarer when his lousy partner (yours truly) left him to answer questions by other players. Wynne and Betty came in a close second with 61.1% and Jane and Susan were a respectable 58.9% for third place.
I had a great time and hope you did too! See you next week! --Carl
Thursday Open Game 26 September 2024
Wow we had 10 full tables today! It was very nice to see Bev Conway and Kathy Larnard here today for the first time. They even ended up winning our Unit Championship game NS. Another women's team Susan and Nancy won EW. Other C strat players Jim & Ed and Mary & Andi also did very well coming in first in the B strat.
25 September 2024, Fun game! Exactly 3 months until the Christmas Holiday. It was cool and overcast! We played 5.5 tables 8 rounds and 21 boards with 1 sit out and missing 3 hands. The top 5-6 pairs kept bumping each other off the top (Hey this is not bumper cars! It's bridge) You all did well. Sid brought the paper cups and Susanne brought the grapes!
The top pair for today was Susanne and Paul, followed closely by Jan and Jane then Jill and Janet, Bill and Jack. Sid and Bobbie almost caught up! Hopefully you all had a good time!
Another ACBL rule that you are not familiar with is that all of you should play in tempo. That means no hesitation when someone puts a card down. Just play. It also means don't play too quickly (which I have a tendency to do). Play in tempo! Another ACBL regulation for our mini lesson! The intent is not to let the declarer have any idea (or to perhaps fool them) where the high card in a finesse!
Hope you all had a good day and see you next week!
Suzanne
Tuesday 24 September 2024
We had 4.5 tables at the pupil game after our lessons on Balancing Seat Bidding (Advanced Beginner) and Stayman and Transfers (Beginners). John S and Claire D tied for first with Jane G and Sue S. with 60.42 %! Martha R and Bill Z tied for third with Christopher and Melissa at 56.25%! Great game, people!
We also had a newcomer to bridge who played as my partner. Welcome Kate Couillard! Hope to see you back next week.
Next week we will talk about reverses in the Beginners lesson and 3rd or 4th seat opening in the Adv Beginners lesson. See you nest week! ---Carl
Thursday Open Game 9 September 2024
It was nice to see Carole Poirier and Darrell Ford here today after being away for a while. Bob & Carole were the magical partnership today for first place. I am impressed that a married pair came in second - Jim is really starting to learn this game! Two C strat teams also placed - Darrell/Brent and Linda/Nancy.
Wednesday 18 September 2024 The most lovely of late summer days, one of our old friends, Cindy Trayers, who used to partner with Jane showed up to take up duplicate again. Jill and Janet also showed up after taking the summer off! We had 6 and a half tables and played 2 boards a round for 9 or 10 rounds of a Howell movement until it got to 3:15 and I sent everyone home to enjoy the last summery day! Our winners were Jill and Janet followed closely by Susanne and Paul and Bill and Jack and Sherry and Margie and Jane and Jan for the top 5 slots. You all did very well! Each team missed 6 hands, but most of you played 20 boards.
For some reason the blogger won't let me upload the file on my Windows computer. It says the file is "phishing". but my Chrome book, also identified "phishing" but I could override the block.
See you next week, and hope you enjoyed the sunshine!
Suzanne
Will go home and try and figure out why.
Suzanne
Tuesday September, 17 2024
We had a lesson on Unusual 2NT in adv beginners lesson and on Jacoby 2NT in beginners. Next week we will have a lesson on responses to 1NT openers without s flat hand in beginners. We will have a lesson on bidding in the 3rd, 4th and balancing seat in Adv. Beginners.
There were 4.5 tables in the pupil game. The winners today were Bill Z. and Martha R. with 65.6%! Congrats! Second place went to the Cullys and third went to Mary Lynn and Claire. See you all next week! --Carl
Thursday Open Game 12 September 2024
It was great for us to meet Nancy Pierce's sister Joan Lewis and her husband Robert Hopkins today. We had a very nice 7-1/2 table Howell Movement for our International Fundraiser game. I understand that this is David's 4th first place finish including our games and those at the Monday Great Bay club. He is definitely starting to learn this game!
Next week's lesson will be on leads and frozen suits.
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Wednesday 11 September 2023 - What a gorgeous fall day! We were fortunate to get 5 full tables, and played a 9 round Howell movement with 3 hands a round where everybody played everybody else! The competition was very tight and all of you seemed to be in each rank at one time or the other. The final ranking is in First place is Marion and Cynthia, followed nip and tuck by Sid and Bobby, then the Mahoneys tide with Bill and Jack.The Top 6 teams were less than 6% points different! Once again we had a tie today! Sorry I messed up the scores. On round 8 I fixed a score (EW sat NS for one hand) and it screwed up the bridgemates through the end of the day.
Today we had four single show up! Please do come by when you want to play even without a partner. I think they did very well for picking up with someone other than their usual partner. We welcome all comers. Don't be afraid to come without a partner.
Thank you all for coming.
Suzanne
PS Please do not throw the mechanical pencils out when they run out of lead. We can easily add lead to the pencils. We had over 50 pencils at beginning of summer. We are running low and I found one in the trash this afternoon, Sept 11.
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Tuesday 10 September 2024
We had a lesson on Michaels cue bid in the advanced beginners lesson and a lesson on bidding and responding to an open of one of a major in the beginners lesson. We had 4.5 tables in the Pupil Game and a new member, Cristina Gaynor (Welcome Cristina!!) who played with her friend Harriet Petrulio and finished second! She has played some bridge in Europe, but is learning the Standard American system that we teach. First place went to John Safford and Betty Lewis with a whopping 73.96%!! Congrats John and Betty!
Next week we will address Unusual NT in adv beginners lesson and Jacoby 2NT in the beginners lesson. See you next week! --Carl
Thursday Open Game 5 September 2024
Today we had a special game with upgraded points for our 6 Table Howell. Please note that 4 C strat players all ended in the top 3 positions - David/Peter, Brent and Andi. You guys are really learning this game.
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4 September 2024 - We had a lovely 5 table 9 round 27 hand Howell movement where everyone played everyone else! VP Harris was down the road at the Brewery so people were inconvienced getting here and we played until 4pm so we missed the traffic at the end, but saw about 20 Yellow Yankee buses and NH State troopers outside.
We had a new player, Wolfgang Harder from Exeter, who played with Jim Nay another New comer from last week. They did very well coming in second after first place finishers Audrey and Carolyn. Followed by Muriel and Paul, then Dave and Jane. Congratulations to you all! You did very well!
See most of you next Wednesday! Have a good week!
Suzanne
3 September 2024 - a Lovely pleasant late summer day we had 4 full tables for our game after the lesson on No Trump openings and replies with "flat" hands (no long or short suit).
On this first Tuesday in September we had 3 hands that made small slams. Two of them were bid once or twice. There was a 6 Heart Hand, a 6 NT Hand and 6 Diamond Hand(#9) The Hands were #8 making 6 spades E-W. Hand #17 making all sorts of 6 EW, and Hand #20. Perhaps Carl can discuss how to bid them in this blog.
Our winners today were Sue and Martha with an astounding 70%(revised to 69%), who bid one of the slams. Followed closely by Guil and Bob and Jean and Elizabeth. There was a lot of friendly rivalry and you all did very well.
Thank you for allowing me to run the game while your esteemed teacher was away. Next week Advanced lessons will resume at 10 AM.
REMEMBER NO ONE IS allowed to play without attending one of the lessons. This is a requirement of ACBL, Not Carl or Suzanne. In order to give ACBL Master points in this session you need to be in a lesson for that day.
Your assistant teacher,
Suzanne.
Updated 4th of September
I had to revise the final scores on 3 hands so the new scores are Here:
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Wednesday 28 August 2024! last game before Labor Day! Happy Labor Day everyone!
Hello All! Today we had a 88 deg Plus day on the last Wednesday in August. We had 5 full tables and played a Howell movement where every pair played every other pair. We voted to play 18 hands rather than the 27 which was getting us out after 4 pm. Today we got out a few minutes before 3. Every body did very well, but our First place team was Pat and Sherry, followed by Bill and Jack, and a tie for 3rd place with Sid, Bobbie, Audrey and Carolyn!
Marion brought a person new to North Hampton - Jim Nay from Exeter. He played with John Burnap and did pretty well. We hope he comes again and brings a couple of his friends!
See you in September (there's a song with that name?)
Suzanne
Tuesday August 27, 2024
We had a small turnout today for both the Advanced beginner and Beginner sessions. Only 5 people for the adv beginner lesson and only 3 tables for the beginner pupil game. In the Advanced beginner lesson we introduced bidding in the balancing seat. In the beginner lesson. we discussed rebidding when looking for a major fit after an open of one of a minor. I will be out next week, but Suzanne will be here to give a beginner lesson. There will be NO ADVANCED BEGINNER LESSON NEXT WEEK. I will be back the following week.
We had only three tables in a Howell Movement which left us with a final round where all three tables had to share the same set of three boards. Thank all of you for bearing with us.
Bill S and Phil S won today with a nice 60% and John B and Colette S came in second with 55%. See you in two weeks! ---Carl
Thursday Open Game 22 August 2024
We had another fun 6-1/2 table Howell movement today. Congrats to Joyce/Carl for first in A, Andi/Judy for first in B and Nancy & Nancy for first in the C strat.
Nest week's lesson is on Lebensohl. This is a difficult convention to learn, but it pays big dividends and has multiple uses in your bidding. Please let me know if you have ant conventions or lessons which you would like me to review.
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 - A lovely August Day. We had only 4 and a half tables, which a few of us thought might be just 2 tables at 7 minutes of Noon.. Please try to get to the Hall about 8 minutes before the game not 4 minutes. Unfortunately the internet at Centennial hall was down for the day, so sorry about the late posting. Our winners were Susanne and Paul followed closely by Bobbie and Sid(who jostled Pat and Sherry out by playing hand 6 after everyone else left) , then Pat and Sherry. Shipwreck and Jack, were contending for the 9th place (do they think 9th is better than 1st?) So many times they came in first. The Blue Moon must have fouled up their communication! We had some interesting hands and even a Unbid Grand Slam,(Board 7) how we could have bid that is a mystery, but our lessons and teacher on Tuesday, Carl W, might be able to shed some light on. He has some advanced beginner lessons (really intermediate) and some fabulous Saturday bridge camps!
We had a grand time and thank you for not switching hands or putting the cards in a pile on any of the plays!
Hand 6 was played late and the scores were included in the final result, but this JPEG, apparently does not have the 4th result, since it was played after most of you went home and I did not realize the bid did not make one of the software corner. The top two couples were less than 1/4 point apart, so the game was really close!
thank you all for coming! You are all Winners!
see you next Wednesday!
Suzanne
Tuesday August 20, 2024
We had another lesson on leads against NT in the Advanced Beginners Lesson and a lesson on bidding and responding to one of a minor in the Beginners Lesson. Next week we will continue have a lesson on leads against a suit contract in the advanced beginners lesson and a lesson on bidding and responding to one of a major. There will be no advanced lesson on September 3 as I will be out of town at a regional tournament. Suzanne will conduct the beginners lesson and pupil game on September 3.
We had 5,5 tables and played 9 rounds of 2 in our pupil game. The Cullys were the winners with 64.07% and Colette S and David R came in second with 56.07% while Wynne G and Betty L tied Martha R and Sue Hills for third place at 51.57%.
NOTE: For some reason, known only to the computer gremlins, the last two boards form round nine didn't originally get loaded into my computer from the bridgemate program even after I told it to do so TWICE before I posted the results. Thanks to Melissa Vokey for pointing out the problem so that I could correct it.
I had a great time as usual and hope you did too! See you next week!
--Carl
Wednesday 14 August 2024
We had a fabulous 5 table 9 round, 3 boards a round Howell movement. The pair that came in first was a last minute Hookup- Colleen Bakker and Carolyn Salmon! with a 60.65% score, followed by a tie by Bill and Jack and Ann and Paul with a 59.72%% score. and close behind were Penny and Rick! The top 5 pairs were jockeying for supremacy the whole afternoon. Who knows what would happen with another 3 boards?
Congatulations to you all. It was a tough fight the whole day even for 5th, 6th 7th and 10th!
we had a lovely day. no Rain, No noise, no interferences! thank everyone for the lovely calm afternoon!
Suzanne
Tuesday August 13, 2024
We had two and a half tables at the Advanced Beginners' lesson where we discussed opening leads against suits and NT. We had 5.5 tables at the beginner's lesson where we discussed opening one of a suit and responding to opening one of a suit. One pair had to leave, so we had 5 full tables in our pupil game.
The Cullys were the winners with a huge 68.06%! Second place went to Wynne and Betty with a very nice 56.25%. Close behind in third was the John Safford and Martha R pair with 54.86%. I will be here next week, but Suzanne will be taking the beginners class on the day after Labor Day as I am off to play in a regional for that week.
This Saturday will be the "Boot Camp" of 27 boards to discuss or until 4 PM, whichever comes first. It starts at 10AM and has a fee of $15. No need to sign up in advance, just show up with $15 and you can participate.
---Carl
Saturday 7 August 2024
If you want to spend a day talking about, and hopefully learning about, bidding and play of bridge hands, come to the third Bridge Boot Camp next Saturday, August 17 at Centennial Hall. It begins at 10 AM and goes until 4PM, or until 27 hands have been discussed. The fee is $15 and bring your lunch as we will have a short break for lunch around Noon. A printed summary of my analysis of the hands will be provided at the end of the session. Be sure to remind me, as I might forget to pass it out. (I did at the first one.) See you there! ---Carl
Open Game 8 August 2024
We had a very nice 6-1/2 Table Howell movement today for our NAP pairs game. I was happy to see Bill Boatwright and Jack Sulger and returning players John Silva and Brenda Tanfield. Congratulations to Susan/Lisa who are having a fabulous week and also to Bill and Mary who continue to win.
Next week's lesson is on 2-way Drury.
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Wednesday August 7, 2024 Fun Game, Today we had a gorgeous late summer day and had 6 full talbles. We played a Howell movement with 8 rounds of 3 boards each. Everybody did a great job and we had a lot of fun despite the heavy metal accompaniment from Centennial halls HVAC ensemble!
We welcomed a new member of our club - Colleen Bakker. She plays Goren bridge and is looking for someone who knows Goren, if possible. She attended the beginner lessons on August 6th and decided she would wait until they got to the correct level.
The front runners were Dave and Jane, followed by Claire and Mary Lynn, Bobbi and Sid. Then Pat and Sherry and Susanne (back from bridge camp)and Paul!
You all did very well! Hope you had as much fun as I did.
Suzanne
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Tuesday August 6, 2024
We had our first advanced beginner lesson with two tables as we talked about signaling your partner on defense. Next week we'll talk about opening leads.
For the beginners' lesson we started from the beginning talking about the structure of bridge and evaluating your hand, Next week we will focus on opening one of a suit. I plan to spend a few weeks on opening bids.
We had 5 tables for our pupil game and played 9 rounds of two. We had two players return after a long absence (since before Covid). Welcome back, Rita and Pam! Connie K and Bill S were the winners with 63.89%! John S and Suzanne came in a close second with a score of 63.19%. I had a great time as always and hope you did, too! See you nest week! ----Carl
Suzanne's Fun Game tomorrow is on!
Monday 5 August 2024
Advanced Beginner lessons start Tomorrow, August 6 at 10 AM.($5 + $7 to play in pupil game)
New cycle on regular beginner lessons begins Tomorrow August 6 at 11 AM
Pupil Game ($7 for beginner lesson and game, $12 for advanced beginner lesson and game) begins at Noon. You MUST participate in at least one of the lessons to play in the Pupil Game.
Thursday August 1 2024
We had a 7.5 Table Mitchell for our Thursday Club Championship Sanctioned Game following my lesson on 1430. There were 7 rounds of 4 boards per round.
I was lucky enough to play with Ed Winslow and he carried us to first place N/S! Eddie S. and newcomer Dean Stevens came in first E/W! Eddie knows how to find those ringers! Welcome Dean! Second place N/S was the Connors and a very close second E/W was John L and Nancy P. Congrats to all!
We will have a Thursday game next week. I may be the director, is Skip has not returned. The status of the 8/7 Wednesday game is unknown st this time.
Our first Adv Beginner lesson will start at 10 AM on Tuesday, followed by the beginner lesson at 11 AM and the Pupil game at 12 Noon.
Until Next Time!!---Carl
Thursday Open Game 25 July 2024
We had a very nice 7-1/2 Table Howell movement for our Club Championship game today. It was very nice to welcome Bill Davis to the club and see Bobbie and Sid back again.
Congratulations to Connie/Roger who had a super-human game today. George/Louis are really getting their game together to come in second. There were many other point winners whom I am very proud of.
Next week's lesson is on 1430 Ace ask.
Wednesday 24 July 2024
We had 5.5 tables for our Fun Game today. Suzanne was unavailable due to health issues, so everyone had to endure me as director. It went very smoothy once I got the Table Cards removed and we had guides that matched the Bridge-mates. Thank you all for being very understanding!
Unless otherwise announced at the website, there will be no game next Wednesday, July 31 as I am out of town, Skip will be out of town, and Suzanne's health may still be an issue. Check back here for any updates or announcements. Also, August 7 is also in question as I am unavailable and Skip will still be out of town, so check back here for announcements about that game as well.
Also, please be aware that I will be conducting Advanced Beginners Lessons on Tuesdays at 10:00 starting August 6, In addition there will be another "Bridge Boot Camp" offered at Centennial Hall on August 17 starting at 10:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. or until we have discussed 27 boards.
The winners today were Bill B and Jack S with 67.71% and a very respectable 61,98% second place by Cynthia and Marion. 3rd and 4th place were taken by the Bobbie-Sidney and Audrey Carolyn pairs, respectfully. I had a good time today and hope you did, too! Until next time I see you ---Carl
Tuesday 23 July 2024
We had only 3.5 tables today. There will be no bridge lesson or game next Tuesday as Suzanne is having health issues and I will be away. On August 6 we will have our first Advanced Beginner lesson at 10 AM and our regular beginner lesson at 11 AM followed by our Pupil game. You can attend the advanced beginner lesson for a fee of $5 and can stay and listen to the beginner lesson or take a lunch hour and come back and play in the pupil game, but you will need to pay an additional $7 to play in the pupil game. You must attend one of the lessons to play in the pupil game.
Our first advanced beginner lesson and probably the second lesson will be on signaling to your partner on defense. Our first reboot of the beginner lesson will be on evaluating your hand and the rules of bridge.
See you August 6!--Carl
The winners today were Sue H and Martha R with a very nice 68.75%! Second place went to Christopher and Connie with almost 60%! Congratulations!
19 July 2024
Yes there was no game the 19th. I am posting because I forgot to hit Publish button on July 18th, when I sent it to website about 11 in Morning on 18th after Marion Barron brought me my computer!
The results of the July 17th game are going to be here, and on July 18th. I am sorry. i was in the Hospital overnight. they did all tests imaginable to find out why I have had 3 dizzy spells. I am basically healthy. Enlarged heart, could be congenital (my niece has one), and could be stress induced, or medication induced or improper thyroid functioning(I have a bad thyroid), nothing serious. Can be controlled.
OOPS I see we played 9 rounds everyone played everyone else and we played all 27 boards, despite what the dizzy director says below!
Suzanne
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17 July 2024 - Posted 18 July
17 July 2024 - We had a fun game with some new couples, but not new people. Partners went on vacation or took a sick day! Lovely hot weather! You director had a dizzy spell (aren't all directors dizzy?) and was late in posting this due to a trip to the ER to find out why she is having dizzy spells so frequently! Actually we all played 24 boards, 27 boards were available. We missed playing one pair.
All of you are winnners! but our top 4 teams were Jack and Suzanne, Paul and Susanne, Dave and Mary Lynn, and Bonnie and Jane! Congratulations to all of you! Opps Sid Labonte played. I was so dizzy, I forgot to update her from Gordon to Sid. Please accept my apology.
suzanne
Thursday Open Game 18 July 2024
We had a nice 7-1/2 Table Howell movement for our NAP game today. We had many new winners. Congratulations to Ron/Herb for first place and Jim/Ed for 2nd place and first in the B & C strats. This was their first time playing as a partnership.
It was also nice to see Claire/Pat Yuni, Claire Morton, John/Barbara & Kathy/Dulce here again this week.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
We had 4 full tables on the scorching weather day. I guess some people were finding ways to stay cool, although the AC in Centennial Hall is adequate for survival. So glad that we have what we have!
We learned about asking for Aces in NT using the Gerber Convention. Next week we will have some random deals to analyze and discuss the play in more detail than usual.
We will reset and start from the beginning with a lesson for new beginners on August 6 at 11:00 AM. As I will be out on the last Tuesday of July, Suzanne will have a review lesson on that day.
Don't forget! We will start the Advanced Beginner classes on August 6 at 10:00 AM!
Jane S and Susan S won today with 58.73%. The Cullys were right behind with 57.94% in second place. Congrats!! See you next week! ----Carl
Thursday Open Game 11 July 2024
Sorry to say, but the last 2 rounds did not fully upload due to a glitch in the ACBL software. I updated those rounds. Somehow ACBL score also had many wrong scores for boards 18-33. Also boards from Donna/Peter somehow also got fouled up. I had to go in manually and correct those. Anne also just pointed out that her score on board 30 was manually entered incorrectly by me which also just changed the results again. This completely changed the rankings.
Wow what a great day we had today - 11 full tables! I was really happy to see some new and seldomly seen faces:
Chris Baker/Sharon Kaiser, Joanne Orem, Lesley Ross, John Silva, Anne Aoki/Susanne Arvidson, Dulce Merril/Kathleen Larnard. Congrats to Roslyn/Mary and Sandy/Bob for the first places finishes. Everyone who got 50% or better below qualified to compete in our district NAP finals to get a free paid trip to the nationals. Well done everybody.
The lesson next week will be on 4way transfers which is just adding a little bit to what you already know about transfers after your partner opens 1NT.
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On a Very Hot Wednesday 10 July we had 5 full tables. We played 9 rounds of 3 boards and had a great time with all the usual suspects and everybody played everybody else, since we had only one stationary couple. Several people asked for me to lower the temperature. I got Jack and Bill to bring up the AC unit in the basement, and hopefully Skip can put it in the window on Thursday.
Our winners this week are Rick and Penny followed by Jane and Jan, and Bobbie and Sid tied with Pat and Sherry, all who were flipping up and down in rank! You all played well and we got a respite from the heat outside
See you next week. Hopefully we can get the 4th AC in the window to keep up with the heat!
Suzanne
Tuesday July 9, 2024
We had 5 full tables for our pupil game after our lesson about filling out our convention cards with our basic Standard American system. Next week we will have a lesson about Gerber, how to recognize it and when to use it.
Elizabeth and Jean were our big winners today with 70.14%!! Bill Swett and Susan Scott came in second with a very nice 65+%. See you next week! ---Carl
There will be a special day of "Bridge Boot Camp" offered on August 17. Please email Carl cvwikstrom@gmail.com if you are interested.
There will NOT be a game on JULY 4th Happy 4th of July - Celebrating OUR INDEPENDENCE from a King!
see you July 9th for a advanced beginner lesson!
Your Directors!
Wednesday 3 July 2024! A lovely, warm day for this game with 4 and a half tables! We had a 9 Round Howell Movement with 3 boards a round. Roger and Connie joined us today to see old friends. (Really we aren't all that OLD!**?? The Pair that came in first was Mary Lynn and Claire with a 64.58%, followed by Bill and Jack, and Audrey and Carolyn who were very close in scores: then Connie and Roger! Congratulations to all of you! You all are great players! Thank you for coming. Have a wonderful 4th! Wasn't hand 3 Great 7 Spades! I do not see that you would actually bid it. The partners both had a void so everything worked out fine! Board 8 you can think about bidding a small slam!
See you next week!
Suzanne
Tuesday July 2 2024
We had 5 full tables for our Pupil Game after our lesson on what to expect in a sanctioned ACBL game.
Our big winners today were Melissa and Christopher Again! They are starting to make a habit of this! Second and third included two of our recent members, Bill Zannini and Bill Swett. Bill Z. came in second with Jean Lanham and Bill S. came in third with John Safford.
Next week we will go over how to prepare your convention card for play in a sanctioned game. See you then!--Carl
Thursday 27 June 2024 Open Game
We were very pleased to see Colleen Bakker and Connie Kaplan here on Thursday for the first time. It was also nice to see Ron, Herb, Terry and Gery Connors who we have not seen in a while.
Today we had a full 9 tables for our sectional STaC game which awards silver points. The points below are provisional and may be adjusted after compiling them with other clubs in our section.
There is no game next week in observance of July 4. The following week the lesson will be on 2 over 1.
