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Happy Spring! Our volunteers have organized some great bridge events for you and your friends. If you want to join us but need a partner, please let us know. You’ll be surprised how many players want to play more bridge but need a little matchmaking magic! We are delighted to see many new faces and former online-only bridge players, resulting in larger games at the Bridge Center! Come and meet old friends, and make new ones!
Upcoming events for you at Palo Alto Bridge Center:
Attached is a 1-pager current list of planned events – more will be added through the year. |
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Newer Players: Come and join many other newcomer players at our new relaxed and friendly Newcomer EZ 0-49 games on Mondays. This game is a great way to improve your bridge and gain duplicate bridge experience in a welcoming environment! We can help you find a partner. Please encourage your friends or family who could be interested in duplicate and need a little cajoling into the Bridge Center! |
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There will be a short pre-game lecture at 11:00AM and the duplicate game with 12-14 boards starts at 11:15AM to about 1:15PM. Helpers will be available to answer limited questions during the bidding. See attached flyer. SignUp For Limited section games, our games are on Tuesdays at 10:45AM and Wednesday evenings at 6:45PM. SignUp |
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Palo Alto Bridge offers monthly Swiss team games for you to gain team game experience in a relaxed atmosphere. Next team club game is on Monday, April 13 at 11:30AM, where the boards are already shuffled and dealt with hand records. This is a great opportunity to practice for the April sectional later in the month. If you need a partner, or help to be matched with another pair, let us know. Swiss Team games SignUp |
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At last month’s game on March 9 – congrats to the winning team: Bruce Luttrell – Janet Adamiak – Ping Chen – Stuart Whannel. Honorable mention of the top strat C team coming 3rd overall: Anna Ravenscroft – Judy Huckabay – Clive Surfleet – Suzanne Vuko. |
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Palo Alto Bridge’s 2026 tournament schedule kicks off with a 4-day Sectional from Thursday April 23 to Sunday April 26, where you can earn silver points. |
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Do you avoid bidding no-trump (NT) because you are uncomfortable playing there? |
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Need those glitter masterpoints for your next rank? District 21’s Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) week offers you the opportunity to win Royal (Gold/Silver/Red/Black) colored points in the comfort of Palo Alto Bridge Center at our club games in the week of May 4 – 8. SignUp |
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Forcing vs Non-Forcing Free Lecture How often has your partner (not you, of course….) passed your Forcing bid and you missed a game? Ugh! How often have you agonized and discussed over whether your partner’s bid is Forcing or Non-Forcing? World Champion Debbie Rosenberg will provide you with guidance to limit those misunderstandings, excitable discussions and zero boards. |
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She will give a free lecture on this interesting and important topic “Forcing versus Non-Forcing Bids” on Thursday, May 14 at 10:30AM at Palo Alto Bridge Center. This is part of our Free Lecture Series, which is funded by Peninsula Bridge Education Foundation PBEF. Why not stay and play in the 11:30AM club game? SignUp |
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Our new EZ Bridge games on Mondays, which started on March 9, have been very well attended! A huge thank-you to our wonderful team of volunteers: Dana Shelley, Alex Narasin, Chris Chung, Phil Abrahamson, Gretchen Wyatt, Karen Gibson, Hilary Charlton, Alan Templeton, Ed Lechner, Dana Bisconti. They help to welcome the next generation of duplicate bridge players in our community! |
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We had our largest turnout – 80 players – for our ever popular Pro-Am Pairsevent on March 12! ‘Amateurs’, players with less than 500 masterpoints, were paired with more experienced ‘Pros’. Thank-you especially to our 40 Pro players for coming to play and help our less experienced players improve their game. Thank-you to our volunteers for organizing this: H Paul Davis, Denise Pitsch, Phil Abrahamson, Liz Koh. |
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152 (mostly green!) players had fun at our annual St. Patrick’s Day club game on March 17. This marks one of our largest club game special events with 18 tables in the 499er limited section and 20 tables in the Open. There was a drawing and 10 lucky players won prizes. |
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Thank YOU all for participating in District 21’s Grand National Teams (GNTs) Flight A and Flight B on the weekend of March 21-22 at Palo Alto Bridge Center. It was a great turnout (28 teams!) in support of our District, and a lot of good bridge! Congrats (and good luck) to the winning teams who will represent our District in the Summer NABC:
I wish to also thank our volunteers for helping us host these games at our Bridge Center: Marc Cervellino, Debbie Carey, Lucy Ballard, Sólveig Kjartansdóttir, Will Watson, Liz Koh. |
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A big thank-you to Sandy Chen and Sid Chen for donating a commercial freezer to Palo Alto Bridge Center. We appreciate their generosity. |
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Get involved in your community! Our events and activities are put together by our volunteers, and we want your help. Any little of your time would be appreciated! We need volunteers for marketing and publicity (photo-takers, storytellers, email blaster) and help organize a bridge tournament. Please let me know. |
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Accessorize your outfit at your next club game, tournament or bridge event. You can purchase your own customized name badgewith our colorful Palo Alto Bridge logo – order yours online for $14: PA Name Badge Order |
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Congrats to the following Palo Alto Unit 503 members who achieved a new ACBL Rank in March: Junior Master: Deshan de Mel Sectional Master: Mike Havern Advanced NABC Master: Youfeng Wu Life Master: Dimitry Goder Ruby Life Master: Dick Herzog A very warm welcome to our new Palo Alto Unit 503 members: P.S. Feel free to forward this to others who play at Palo Alto Bridge but who are not members of Unit 503. |
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Play, Laugh & Learn!
Liz Koh |