Thursday Open Game 11 December 2025
The Overall top score was an impressive 70.59 Percent! Fabulous! by Sandy and Bob. The top two pairs were the Connors NS and the team of Larson and Fogarty EW, followed closely by Hamil and Bates, and Allison and Hornbeck!
Remember next Thursday the 18 we are having our annual Christmas Party.
Your director Skip and assistant Suzanne!
Xmas Party next week!
Wednesday Open Game 10 December 2025
What a nice Christmas party we had today! Thank you all for your help in making this happen and in the great stuff to make this party a success.
Congratulations to Dave/Bob and Larry/Vinnie for the first place finishes. Sandy/Joyce and Bob/Joe placed first in the B strat and Mary/Mike and Cate/Lynn placed first in the C strat.
There is no Christmas party tomorrow, but there will be one the following Thursday.
Thursday Open Game 4 December 2025
Congratulations to Donna/Peter and Sandy/Bob for the first place finishes. Connie and Roger were first place ionthe B srat. Linda/Nancy, Paul/Barbara, Jim/Ed and Brent/Darrell all earned points in the C strat. The results were just modified on board 3 since Miller vs Burt made 4H not 4NT.
We will be having a Christmas party in two weeks on 12/18 starting at 11:30!
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Wednesday Open Game 3 December 2025
Susan/Lisa eeked out Carl/Paul for first place overall. Congratulations also to Mary/Mike for first place in C. Lynn/Cate, John/Nancy, Suzanne/Peter and James/Joyce all placed in the C strat. It is very impressive that two EW pairs bid game after S opened 1NT on board 19!
Remember that next week's Christmas party will start at 11!
Wednesday Open Game 19 November 2025
We were happy to welcome Paul Amer to our club today.
Thank you for your patience while we got the game started today. We ended up playing 9 full tables and even made up the first round which started as a half table.
Carl/Paul and Bob/Dave took the honors, Chris/Ron were first in B and Nancy/John and Judy/Carolyn first place in C.
There is NO GAME next Wednesday and Thursday while we celebrate Thanksgiving.
Tuesday, Veterans Day game
After a rocky start, we managed to play 18 hands, but retrieving the results to post here proved difficult for me. I did manage to show some results, but I believe they were not correct. I will consult with some experts and some personal score sheets in the next week. In the meantime, thanks for your patience and help. Welcome to Todd Peters who observed at various tables.
Pam
November 4, 2025
Today the pupils said adios to Carl for a few months with a lovely cupcake cake and moving poem about Austin and other sentimental things. Congratulations to John Burnap and the traveling Wikstrom. John Stafford &Bill Swett were just a few points behind for second. See you all on Veterans Day.
Pam
Thursday Open Game 30 October 2025
We had a smoothly running full 11 tables today for our RED HOT CHALLENGE awarding 25% red points. Look at this - Andi and Liz took first place EW! They told me they are available to give lessons! Connie/Roger overtook the Connors for first place overall during the last round. Pat/Marie, Ed/Jim and Carole/Darrell also took points in the C strat.
Someone took the wrong black jacket home tonight. Sandy will be bringing it to the tournament this weekend in case you are there.
Wednesday Open Game 29 October 2025
We had a very nice 10 table Mitchell for our Club Appreciation game today. Larry/Vinnie took the honors and were running over 70% for a lot of the day. First place EW was Dave/Bob. Barbara/Lisa and Ron/Chris were first place in the C strat. Judy/Carolyn and Nancy/John were first place in the C strat.
Tuesday 28 October 2025
We had a lesson on 1430 Roman Key Card today. Next week we will have the final Carl lesson of 2025 and it will be on Gerber Ace Asking.
We had 4 full tables in our pupil game. The winners today were Martha and Sue with 59.56%! Second place went to Kate and Connie with 58.94%. Pam Robinson helped with running the game and answering student questions. She will be running the game starting November 11. Be kind and respectful please. Thanks Pam!
See you next week.
Thursday Open Game 23 October 2025
We had a very nice 11 table Mitchell movement today. Congratulations to Susan/Nancy and Cliff/Skip for the first place finishes today. Linda/Nancy, Pat/Marie Darrell/Brent and Paul/Barbara did great finishing in the C strat.
Congratulations today to Joe Watts and his birthday cake.
Tuesday, October 21 2025
We had our first lesson on ace asking today about Blackwood. Next week we will discuss 1430 Roman Key Card (RKC) and my last lesson of the year on November 4 will be about Gerber. Pam Robinson will be giving the beginner lessons starting November 11.
We had 5 full tables in our pupil game. Sue and Martha were the winners with 61.11%. Second place went to Jane G. and Susan S. with 57.64%.
See you next week! ---Carl
Wednesday Open 15 October 2025
We had a very nice 10-1/2 table Club Appreciation game today. Carl/Cliff had a very nice game for first place E/W. Leslie/Carole were first N/S. Ron/Chris had the best C strat finish. Other C strat finishers included Jackie/Michael, Ron/Chris and Peter/David.
There was an error on board 7 which I just corrected. This swapped the 2nd and 3rd place EW finishers.
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Tuesday October 14, 2025
Today we did a lesson on strong 2 club openings and responses. Next week we will have a lesson on ace asking with Blackwood and 1430.
We had four full tables in our pupil game today. The winners were Dianne and Melissa with 57.39 % and tied for second place were the Kingsburys and Wynne and Betty with 56.80% ! We enjoyed the filming even though the heat was off. See you next week...Carl
Thursday Open STAC 9 October 2025
We had 12-1/2 tables for our Royal STAC game today which pays an equal amount of points - black, silver, red and gold. Nancy Baron and Pierce came in first place along with the Desfosses'. Top C strat winners were Donna/Peter, Linda/Bill, Ellen/Nancy and Deanna/Gordon.
Wednesday Open sTac Game 8 October 2025
Today we had 10 full tables for our Royal STAC game which awards 25% black, silver, red and gold points. The /Claire and Nancy/Dave for the first place finishes. you receive from ACBL can still be upgraded once your results are compared with other players throughout New England who played this morning.
Congratulations to Pam/Claire and Nancy/Dave for the first place finishes. Nancy/John and the Shearmires were first place in the C strats.
We have another Royal STAC tomorrow!
Tuesday October 7 2025
We had a lesson on competitive bidding today, including what to do when opponents overcall.
Next week we will go over the 2 club open and responses.
We had 4 full tables today including the playing director. The winners were Melissa Vokey and Jean Lanham with 58%. Second place went to Jane Greenslit and Susan Scott with 55.83%.
See you next week! --Carl
Thursday Open Game 2 October 2025
Today we had a very nice 10 table Mitchell. Congratulations to the Connors for the first place overall finish and to Sharon/Judi for first place N/S. Joe/James were first place in the B strat and the Shearmires and Louise/George were first place in the C strat.
Next week in a silver point sTac game!
Wednesday Open Game 1 October 2025
Thanks so much to Nancy Pierce for the fabulous apple cake today.
A very nice 11-1/2 tables today. Congratulations to Ellen/Lew for the first place finish for their last game here for the season. Lisa/Barbara were the winning B strat team and Judy/Carolyn and John/Nancy were the leading C strat finishers.
Tuesday 30 September 2025 Pupil Game
We had a lesson on Takeout, Negative, Stolen-bid, and Lead-directing Doubles. That's a lot of doubles!
Reminder: No advanced beginner lesson until next spring! Next week we will have a beginner lesson on competitive bidding.
We had five full tables with a playing director in the pupil game. Harriet managed to win with 70.14% in spite of being saddled with the director as a partner. Second place went to the Gibbons with 65.97% (very nice score!) and John S and Bill S came in third with 58.33%
See you next week!---Carl
Thursday Open Game 25 September 2025
We had a very large 13-1/2 tables for our E/W Club Championship game today. There were also some very bad fits. Congratulations to Andi/Judy for the first-place finish right before Andi heads South. Lisa/Nancy were first E/W. Louise/George and Linda/Bill were first place in the B strat followed by Darrell/Brent who were first place in the C strat. Other C strat finishers included the Shearmire's and Jim/Ed. Well done all.
Wednesday Open Game 24 September 2025
We were happy to welcome Bobbi Bedell who was here for the first time today. Today we had a full 10 tables for our Club Championship game. Congratulations to Carl/Larry and David/Bob for the first place finishes. Ron/Chris and Lynn/Cate were first place in the B strat. Jackie/Mike came in first place in the C strat.
Tuesday September 23 2025
The advanced beginner game did not take place as we had no students. This lesson will no longer be offered due to a decline in interest.
We had a lesson on Jacoby 2NT responses and subsequent bidding. Next week we will have a lesson on negative doubles, take-out doubles and stolen-bid doubles.
THE ADVANCED BEGINNERS LESSON AT 10:00 WILL NO LONGER BE OFFERED!!
We will continue to offer the beginners lesson at 11:00 followed by the Pupil game at 12:00.
The big winners today were John Burnap and Dianne Luby with 71,53%!! Second place went to Jand G, and Susan S. with a very respectable 64,58%!
Thursday September 18 2025
We had 11 full tables for our UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. The Overall winners were Susan Tester and Claire Morton with 58.56% N/S. The winners N/S were Nancy Barron and Chris Whynot with 58.18%. Second N/S went to Paul and Maureen and second E/W went to Lisa Allison and Nancy Hornbeck. ---Carl (your occasional director)
Wednesday Open Game 17 September 2025
Congratulations to Ellen & Lewis for taking first overall in our NH Unit Championship. Congratulations to Ronald & Chris for placing first overall in flight C (and fifth overall); and to Larry & Nancy for placing first in the EW flight C. The masterpoint awards may be slightly higher than listed here - check the ACBL emails and website for the final postings.
Tuesday September 16 2025
We had another lesson on finding game or slam in Advanced beginners and a lesson on Stayman and transfers in beginners. Next week we will have our final 2/1 lesson in Advanced beginners and a lesson on Jacoby 2NT in Beginners.
Dianne and Melissa came in first with 63.33%! Melissa is back after a long Hiatus. She wasn't rusty at all! Harriet pulled the director up to second place with a nice even 60% and the Gibbons were third with a very respectable 56.11%.
See you next week. My last day before my winter down south will be November 4th. Pam Robinson will start teaching the beginners class on November 11. --Carl
Well, I got an email from Melissa Vokey that board 17 was entered incorrectly, so I changed the results to what she reported and it affected the results. Instead, Harriet pulled up the director to the top with 58.99% and Melissa and Dianne were second with 58.33% Thank you for your honesty, Melissa! What a tight finish when revised! The revised results below:
Thursday Open Game 11 September 2025
Today we had a full 10 tables for our Stardust game which awarded 34% gold points. We were happy to welcome Nancy Pierce's sister Joan Lewis and her partner Bob Hopkins to our game today.
Congratulations to Nancy/Chris for the first place overall award even though they are C players! Lisa/Nancy took the E/W top spot followed by Nancy/linda who were first in B. Other C strat playiers who earned gold today were Linda/Patti, Louise/George and Brent/Darrell.
Wednesday Open Game 10 September 2025
Congratulations to Sandra and Barbara for placing first in EW and second overall. And congratulations to Judy and Carolyn for placing first in C and third overall. This is a special game so be sure to check the ACBL link for your final Masterpoint Awards, they are a bit more than in this post.
Tuesday 9 September 2025
We had a another lesson on finding slam or game in 2/1 in adv beginners and a lesson on NT bidding with flat hands in beginners. Next week, we will continue slam vs game in adv beginners and have a lesson on Stayman and Transfers in beginners.
We had 5.5 tables in the Pupil game. John S and Bill S were the winners with 60.15% and Betty and Wynne were a close second with 59.38%. Well done! I look forward to seeing all of you next week.
---Carl
Thursday Open Game 4 September 2025
Today we had a 10 table full Mitchell movement for our Red Hot Challenge which awards 25% red points. Congratulations to the new partnership of Linda/Bill for the first place finish. Mary/Roslyn were in first E/W, Barbara/Paul were first place in the B and C strats. Alan/Ken also placed in first place NS in the C strat.
Tuesday 2 Sept 2025
We had a lesson on finding game or slam in Advanced beginners and a lesson on reverses in beginners. We will continue our series on 2/1 in advanced beginners next week. We will have a lesson on opening and responding in NT next week in beginners.
We had 5 full tables in the pupil game. Martha and Jan were the winners with 63.19%! The Kingsburys had a very nice second with 57.64%. I hope to see everyone next week with some more pupils!
Thursday Open Game 28 August 2025
Wow, we had 11-1/2 tables for our NAP game today. This created big points for our game, half of which will be red. Joyce/Carl came through for the big win today followed by Rita/Claire with first place for EW and James/George and Barbara/Brent for 2nd place. Linda/Nancy, Lori/Barbara and Ellen/Nancy all also earned points in the C strat.
Wednesday Open Game 27 August 2025
Today we had a 9 table Mitchell movement for our NAP game. Congratulations to Nancy/Dave for 1st place followed by Nancy/John in 2nd place. Claire/Pam were first place NS. Judy/Carolyn placed in the C strat. The teams that did the best today are the ones who handled the bad breaks the best.
Tuesday August 26, 2025
We continued discussion of responses to forcing 1NT and the subsequent bids in Advanced Beginners.
In Beginners, we had a lesson on responding to an open of one of a major.
Next week we will discuss going for slam or game after a 2/1 game force bid in adv beginners and reverses in beginners.
We only had three tables in the pupil game today. John S and Bill S won with 55.28% and Betty and Wynne came in second with 53.75%.
Hope to see more of you next week! ---Carl
Thursday Open Game 21 August 2025
The Fogarty's and Poirier's cleaned up today taking the first place spots in our 25% silver point game. Brent and Roslyn were first place in the B strat. Linda/Nancy and Patti/Barbara were first place in the C strat.
Thank you so much to Andi who brought in yummi brownies so we could celebrate Judy's birthday today.
Wednesday Open Game 20 August 2025
Today the strats were Open/1500/500 based on the avg of both players on each team. This is a club record for the highest caliber of players which have ever played here.
Congratulations to Lesley/Carole for first place overerall in the A and B strats and to Bob/Dave for first E/W. Pam/Claire were first place in the B strat E/W. Anne/Paul were first place in the C strat. Ron/Chris, Colette/James and Toni/Elaine all earned points in the C strat.
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Tuesday 19 August 2025
We had a lesson on forcing 1NT response in Advanced beginners and Responses to 1 of a minor opening in Beginners class. Next week we will have another lesson on forcing 1NT responses in adv beginners and a lesson on responding to an open of 1 of a major in beginners class.
We had 4.5 tables in our pupil game. Either people are traveling or the weather was so nise that people wanted to be outside. I already have been given notice from at least 3 people that they will miss next week's lesson. So, if you are one of them, we will miss you next week and hope you have a good trip or fun time, but I hope to see you back here in two weeks! I will be here next week and every week until the second week of November.
The BIG game today was turned in by Al and Mary Lynn with a whopping 78.13%!!! If this were not a "Pupil Game" that scoret would be turned to the ACBL for a special listing! Elizabeth and Jean and John and Bill tied for second with a very nice 52.08%.
See most of you next week! ---Carl
Thursday Open Game 14 August 2025
Today we had the perfect 9 Table Mitchell movement with 9 rounds of 3 boards for our Red Hot Challenge with partial red points awarded. Thank you so much to Yuni for her fabulous shrimp salad. That was so beautiful and healthy and delicious.
Congratulations to our winners today - Mary/Bill and George/James. Wow - B and C strat teams. Linda/Nancy came in second place even though they are also C strat players.
Tuesday 12 August 2025
We started a new cycle in both Advanced Beginners' and Beginners' Lessons. In advanced we started a new cycle on 2/1 explaining when it is used and when it is not used. In beginners, we discussed the point system and evaluation of a hand, including both high card points (hcps) and distribution points based on length or shortage.
We had 5.5 tables in our pupil game today thanks to Pam Robinson helping out and learning how to run our pupil game. Pam will take over running the game in November! Thank You Pam!
The winners today were Mary Lynn and Al Bowen, in their first time to play together, with a whopping 66.67%! Second place went to Harriet P and Bill S with a very nice 56,25%.
See you next week! ---Carl
Thursday Open Game 7 August 2025
We were happy to welcome Walter Driscoll from the Boston area to our club today. We had a nice cake celebration for Peter's 75th birthday. There was a great 12 table full Mitchell movement. Congratulations to Erzsebet/Steve for the first place A strat finish, Linda/James and Ron/Herb tied for the B strat finish, and Linda/Nancy for the C strat finish. Congratulations also to Simone/Helen, Andi/Judi and Mary/Joyce for C strat finishes.
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