Palo Alto Bridge

Swiss Team Club Game
2025-09-08 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-10-13 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-11-10 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-15 11:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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.

Board of Directors Meeting
2025-09-16 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-10-14 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-11-11 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-09 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-01-13 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-02-10 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-03-10 16:00 - 17:30 | 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.

Bridge Center 50th Anniversary Game
2025-09-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Goodies/decorations/honor the many people who have contributed to our Bridge Center. Game at 10:45. Alan Cummings Free Lecture by Debbie Rosenberg at 10:00am before the game. Requires signup.
SIGNUP

Silicon Valley Fall Sectional
2025-10-03 - 2025-10-06 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The Silicon Valley Unit Fall Sectional will be held at our Bridge Center.

Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Robert Todd LIVE
2025-10-18 09:30 - 15:00 | Online Webinar, Link to be provided to registrants
Compete when they Open
Defensive Strategies & Tools
Robert Todd will be presenting a LIVE seminar at our Bridge Center. Competitive bidding is key in bridge. When opponents open, you have tools to enter the auction. We’ll explore these and help you sharpen your judgement to compete effectively.
$100 registration fee
Information and registration

Palo Alto Bridge Super Silver Sectional
2025-10-23 - 2025-10-26 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Open, Midflight, Silver Rush (0-750) and 0-99 Pairs games
All Games are Stratified
Bracketed Team Games
Only play teams at your own level
All games award 100% Silver points
76% of players won silver points at the last ten Palo Alto Bridge tournaments
Schedule of events and more

Halloween Game
2025-10-31 10:45 - 14:45 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Wear a Halloween costume – prizes awarded for best costumes! Loads of Halloween themed snacks. The Bridge Center will be decorated in Frightening fashion!
Think your kids and grandkids are the only ones who can wear a costume on Halloween? Guess again! Each year’s Halloween game has a large turnout and is scary fun, with most players wearing costumes. So, dust off that costume, mark your calendar, call your partner, and plan to play in our Halloween game.
0 – 750 masterpoint players – here is an opportunity to attend Will Watson’s free bridge lecture and then play in a special stratified, 0-750 limited section.
Open and 0-750 sections start at 10:45am:

Club Appreciation Game will award greater masterpoints
Will Watson will present a free lecture ‘End Plays’ at 10am
Enjoy the fun.

For planning purposes, we strongly encourage reservations, with or without a partner.
Last year’s Halloween game had a large turnout and was scary fun, with most players wearing a costume (see photo). So, dust off that costume, mark your calendar, call your partner, and plan to play in the Halloween game.

San Mateo - Redwood City Sectional
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-02, 2026-02-21 - 2026-02-22 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The San Mateo / Redwood City Unit Sectional held at our Bridge Center.

SiVY Fall/Winter Pizza Party Tournament
2025-11-08 15:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-13 15:00 - 18:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
View SiVY Pizza Party calendar for more information.

Bridge Center Closed for Liberty Forum
2025-11-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The Liberty Forum will be using our Bridge Center. Requires all onsite parking.

Pro-Am Swiss Team Game
2025-11-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Enjoy our first Pro-Am Swiss Team game.
Our Pro-Am pair games have been very popular and now is your chance to play in a Swiss Team version. ‘Amateurs’, players with less than 500 masterpoints, will be paired with more experienced ‘Pros’. After the game your ‘Pro’ will be able to provide feedback and answer questions you might have about the game.
Information and Signup

Josephine Ventura Memorial Game
2025-11-15 11:00 - 14:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Josephine Ventura, who played at Palo Alto Bridge Center almost every day, and volunteered at our tournaments and special events, passed away after a long illness. From her nephew Derek Sato: “Bridge was one of her passions and she cherished her many friendships within the bridge community.” In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mission Hospice & Home Care (Mission House) or Peninsula Bridge Education Foundation (PBEF website). A memorial bridge game to remember and celebrate Josephine will be held at Palo Alto Bridge Center on Saturday, November 15 at 11:00AM. All are welcome – including young players. SignUp J Ventura obituary

Bridge Center Closed during the NABC in San Francisco
2025-11-27 - 2025-12-07 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Games at our Bridge Center will not be held during the North American Bridge Championships.

Holiday Party and Unit Game
2025-12-14 11:30 - 15:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
You are cordially invited to join us and your friends at Palo Alto Bridge’s annual party to celebrate the holidays with food, fun and bridge on Sunday, December 14 at the Palo Alto Bridge Center.

Appetizers start at 11:30AM. We will serve light snacks and desserts. There will be prizes for the ugliest sweaters as well as other prize drawings.
The bridge game starts at 12:00 noon. This is a Unit game with more generous masterpoint awards and separate Open, 0-750, and 99er stratified sections.

Information and Signup

Valentine's Day Game
2026-02-13 10:45 - 14:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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

Find a Partner Game
2026-02-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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

Bridge Center Closed for Cleaning
2026-03-07 - 2026-03-08 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States

Pro-Am Pair Game
2026-03-12 11:00 - 15:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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

St. Patrick's Day Game Copy
2026-03-17 11:30 - 14:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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

Open and separate 499’er Sections start 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/.
