Thursday Open Game 18 June 2026

Wow, we had 15-1/2 tables today for our sTac silver point game.  Congratulations to Lesley/Carole for the first place finish in both the A and B strats playing great defense.  Linda/Nancy were first place in the B and C strats EW.  Alan/Ken, Jim/Joe and Toni/Colette also earned silver points in the C strat.  I can't wait to see if Lesley/Carole earned 8 silver points for their performance today after all the regional results get accumulated.

 Wednesday Open Game 17 June 2026

Today is a silver point game. Extra sectional points will be available to the top teams.  Congratulations to Pat/Linda and Mary/Nancy for the first place finishes.  Paul/Jack and Judy/Carolyn were tops in the B strat.  Louise/Sally were top in the EW C strat.

 Tuesday 16 June 2026

We had a lesson on pre-empts and weak twos today.  Next week we will cover strong 2 Clubs opening and responses.

There were 3.5 tables in our pupil game today.  The winners today were Dianne and Melissa with a whopping 75%!  Second place went to Harriet and Carol with a huge 70%! Third place went to Wynne and Betty with a very nice 63%.

See you all next week!  ---Carl 

 

 Thursday Open Game 11 June 2026

Congratulations to Nick/Ed and Donna/Peter for the first place finishes. Leslie/Pam and Nancy/Susan wewere first in the B strat. Connie/Roger and Linda/Jim were first in the C strats.

 Wednesday Open Game 10 June 2026

We had a very nice full 13 tables today.  Congratulations to Cliff/Carl and Judi/Bob for the first place finishes today.  Pam/Claire, Carole/Steve and Mary/Roslyn all did well in the B strat.  Carole/Jim, Nancy/John and Liz/Ted all did well in the C strat/

 Tuesday 9 June 2026

We had 17 students in our lessons on reverses today.  Next week we will have a lesson on weak 2s and preempts.   

We had 4 full tables for the pupil game as two students had to leave. Welcome back from Florida, Connie!  And welcome back Kay and Kate as well.

The instructor was helped along by Paul for a first place 75%.  There was a tie for second place between Connie-Kate and Kay-Dianne.  See you next week!--Carl

 

 Thursday Open Game 4 June 2026

We had 13-1/2 table today for our NAP game.  Congratulations to Brent/Darrell for the first place honors in the A strat along with the Lapierre brothers.  Paul/Mike did well in the B strat.  Dave/Margaret, Paul/Joe, Donna/Peter and Linda/Bill all also qualified for the C strat NAPs.

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 Wednesday Open Game 3 June 2026

We had 10 full tables today. Congratulations to Ruth/Carl for first place overall and Carl/Skip for first place EW.  Paul/Jack was first place in the C strat and Pam/Clair were first place in the B strat.  Carole/Jim and Judy/Carolyn also placed in the C strat,

 Tuesday 2 June 2026

We had a lesson on Takeout and Negative doubles as well as a mention of Stolen Bid doubles and Lead directing doubles.  Next week we will have a lesson on reverses.  

 We had three full tables (including the instructor) and welcomed back John Safford after a long time away. The winners today were Wynne Griffin and Betty Lewis with a whopping 70%.  Second place went to Jean and Elizabeth with 57.5%.

Next week we will review reverses.  ---Carl