Board of Directors Meeting
2024-11-12 16:00 - 17:30, 2024-12-10 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-01-14 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-02-11 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-03-11 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-04-08 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-05-13 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Usually held on the second Tuesday of every month at 4pm. Meetings are via Zoom. Please see our Event Calendar for possible changes.
Members are welcome to attend. Please contact the board if you would like a subject added to the Agenda.
Please see our Governance page for information about the board, the agenda for this meeting and the agenda and minutes of past meetings.

Swiss Team Club Game
2024-12-09 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-01-20 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-02-03 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-03-10 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-04-14 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-05-12 11:30 - 14:30
Swiss Team games are great fun to play and grant generous master point awards at sectional, regional, and national tournaments! Now you have the chance to play at the club level in our monthly games hosted by John Schwartz and Will Watson.
These games are a wonderful opportunity to polish one’s Swiss Team skills throughout the year and especially prior to sectional, regional, and national tournaments. If you are less experienced or have never played in a Swiss Team game and would like to play Swiss Teams at future tournaments, these Swiss Team club games are a perfect opportunity to gain experience in a more relaxed club game environment. For those less experienced Swiss Team players, here are slides from a Swiss Team strategy lecture from a Swiss Team strategy lecture given in August 2023..
These games will have an Open and a Limited section. They will award 100% black points.
No lunch is provided. Snacks aree available before and during the game.
For planning purposes, we ask that players sign-up to play at: https://www.signup123.com/unit503bridge/Scripts/slogin.pl

The game reservation system is designed for pairs games and not Swiss Teams. So, to sign up your team, sign up you and your partner in both the N/S and E/W boxes.
Having trouble signing up? Email Will Watson watsonbridge@gmail.com

Don’t have a team of four? The Unit will help you find a team. Email Will Watson at watsonbridge@gmail.com.
Have questions? Please contact Will or Marc Cervellino at marc.cervellino@hotmail.com.

SiVY Winter Pizza Party Tournament
2024-12-14 11:00 - 15:00
View SiVY calendar for more information.

Holiday Party and Unit Game
2024-12-15 11:30 - 15:30
You are cordially invited to join us and your friends at our annual party to celebrate the holidays with food, fun and bridge on Sunday, December 15th at the Palo Alto Bridge Center.
The bridge game is FREE and starts at 12:00noon. Signing at 11:30. Special masterpoints will be awarded. Open, 499er and 199er stratified sections.
Information and Signup

Find a Partner Game
2025-01-15 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-22 10:00 - 14:00
One of the challenges of bridge is finding compatible bridge partners. To help we are holding several Find-A-Partner games.
Game time 10:30am
Lecture prior to games at 10am
Information and Signup

Pro-Am Game
2025-02-01 12:30 - 16:00
Want to improve your bridge game by playing in a relaxed atmosphere and partnering with an experienced player?
What is the Pro-Am game? It is a F2F bridge game where a newer player partners with an experienced player in a pairs game, competing against other pairs of one newer and one experienced player. After the game, the experienced player will review bidding, declarer play, defense, and opening leads of select hands.
Information and Registration

Grand National Teams Flights A & B
2025-02-08 - 2025-02-09
The GNT Flight A – Under 6,000 master points and Flight B – Under 3,000 contests will be played at our Bridge Center.

Valentine's Day Game
2025-02-14 10:45 - 14:00
The Bridge Center will have Valentine’s Day decorations and themed goodies galore!
Wear some red and get in the mood.
❤️❤️❤️ Love will be in the air! ❤️❤️❤️
Call your partner and join the fun!
Goodies available throughout the game and soup and salad will be served as a lite-lunch.
There will be an Open and a 0-750 masterpoint section.
For planning purposes, please signup at Valentine’s Day Signup

San Mateo - Redwood City Sectional
2025-03-08 - 2025-03-09
The San Mateo / Redwood City Unit Sectional held at our Bridge Center.

St. Patrick's Day Game
2025-03-17 10:30 - 14:30
Get your green on and try your luck at the Palo Alto Bridge’s St. Patrick’s Day bridge celebration. We’ll have loads of special St Patrick’s Day treats so join us for a fun-filled bridge game for all.

Wear Green to Be Entered into Prize Drawings.
Free Plays for Best Green Garb

“Slam Bidding Tools” Lecture by Phil Abrahamson at 10:30 AM
Open Game Section at 11:30 AM
499er for $4.99 Game Section at 11:30 AM
As always please help our directors to make the game run smoothly by signing up at https://paloaltobridge.org/club-games/.

SiVY Pizza Party Tournament
2025-03-29 15:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-10 18:00 - 21:00
Individual Game with Beginner and Open Sections, with pizza, prizes & ACBL masterpoints
Information at SiliconValleyYouthBridge.org

Silicon Valley Spring Sectional
2025-04-04 - 2025-04-06
The Silicon Valley Unit Spring Sectional will be held at our Bridge Center. Flyer

Palo Alto Bridge Sectional
2025-04-24 - 2025-04-27
Thursday – Sunday April 24-27, 2025
Palo Alto Bridge Center
432 Stierlin Road, Mountain View, CA
Stratified pairs games for players of all levels
Separate Open & Silver Rush Pairs (0-750) sections
Special 0-99er Game on Saturday Morning
Swiss & Bracketed Team games on Sunday

Only play teams at your own level
All games award 100% Silver points
77% of players won silver points at the last eight Palo Alto Bridge tournaments
No signup required
Schedule and more

Cinco de Mayo Game
2025-05-05 10:30 - 14:30
You and your partners and friends are cordially invited to Palo Alto Bridge’s first Cinco de Mayo celebration game on Monday, May 5, 2025.
Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration to celebrate Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. More popular in the United States than in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.
This is also a Stardust Week game so you can earn 25% Gold points.
The Bridge Center will be colorfully decorated and there will be aptly themed snacks! Celebration highlights:

10:30AM Free lecture “When to lead trump” by Ed Lechner
11:30AM 499er section for $4.99 game
11:30AM Open section game
Game masterpoints is dusted with 25% gold
Drawing to include prizes such as free-plays, customized name badges, bridge stuff!

Please help our directors to make the game run smoothly by Signing Up. If you need a partner, please indicate so when signing up.

Palo Alto Open + Silver Rush Sectional
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-18
Stratified pairs games for players of all levels
Separate Open & Silver Rush Pairs (0-750) sections
Special 0-99er Game on Saturday Morning
Swiss & Bracketed Team games on Sunday
Information

SiVY Weekend Summer Camp
2025-06-07 13:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-08 13:00 - 18:00
Learn the best card game ever! Meet new friends!
For Kids entering 5th through 10th grade in the Fall. Beginners and those with some bridge experience. Camp is not intended for those who compete on a regular basis in ACBL games open to all ages.
Location: IFES Hall next to the Bridge Center
Information and registration
