Wednesday 31 July 2024

There will indeed be a sanctioned club bridge game on Thursday, August 1.  There will also be a lesson on 1430 at 11 AM.  I will lead and direct both events.  As Suzanne states below, there will be no Fun Game Wednesday, July 31.  See you Thursday ---Carl

 NO  BRIDGE ON WEDNESDAY JULY 31, 2024.  Have a lovely time.   

Hopefully we will have bridge on Wednesday August 7!

See you then.

Suzanne

 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



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.



 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



 Tuesday 2 July 2024   THERE WILL BE BRIDGE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK