Board of Directors Meeting
2021-12-09 15:30 - 17:30, 2022-01-13 15:30 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Normally held the second Thursday of every month. 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.

Holiday Party and Game
2021-12-18 12:15 - 13:00 | Online
The event you have all been waiting for! On December 18, we will be holding our annual Holiday Party virtually and an online Game. The Holiday Party will start at 12:15pm on Zoom (link sent by email); we can’t wait to see all of you! The game will be at 1:00pm on BBO and will have a 499er and open section, and the cost will be a bargain 3 BB$! Thank you Will Watson for Directing.
Frank Smoot will be the emcee as we play games and present awards:

Play “Two Truths, and a Lie” and learn about 3 of our members and Bridge Trivia
You have a chance to win prizes
Presentation of annual Awards

No need to preregister, just sign up on BBO as usual. If you haven’t played on BBO before and need some help signing up, contact Stephanie Youngquist at yoyo2000@pacbell.net or 650-862-3467.
This is the Unit’s annual holiday charity game. Usually, members and friends play for free but are asked to contribute gift cards or cash to local charity holiday sharing programs. This year we are providing an online alternative at the lowest price we can to still award masterpoints. Please consider a generous gift to Community Services Agency (CSA) using this link: https://forms.diamondmindinc.com/csacares/unit503?token=1738347040 or to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley at https://impact.shfb.org/fundraiser/3599223. For more information about these organizations, you can go to their websites at https://www.csacares.org/ and https://www.shfb.org/.
If you join in the holiday party and make a donation, you will get one free in-person play at the PABC during Q1 of 2022.
CSA is delivering critical services to homebound seniors and those who are housing or food insecure. CSA also partners with Second Harvest Food Bank.
If you would prefer to send a check or gift card to one of these organizations, please mail it to: Palo Alto Bridge Club, PO Box 391206, Mountain View, CA 94039
We would like to thank Stephanie Youngquist, Kathy Wheeler, Paul Davis and Frank Smoot in advance for making this Virtual Party a success.

Unit Game - Pairs
2022-01-02, 2022-02-06, 2022-03-13, 2022-04-10, 2022-05-01, 2022-07-17 | CA
Stratified Pair Game which may be held at our Bridge Center, online or both.

Bridge Center games start at 12 noon and we ask that players sign up so we can plan accordingly. COVID restrictions may apply (proof of vaccination and masks).
Online games usually start at 1pm and do not require advance signup, although we recommend you log into BBO 10 minutes before the game. Players who have not previously played in our online games should contact the director in advance.

Please check our Unit Game page for specific about this specific game.

Monterey Clambake Regional
2022-01-03 - 2022-01-09 | CA
Learn. more about this event at the District 21 website (link to follow).
Flyer

Unit Game - Swiss Teams
2022-01-23, 2022-02-27, 2022-03-27, 2022-04-24, 2022-05-22, 2022-07-31, 2022-08-21 | CA
Stratified Swiss Teams Game which may be held at our Bridge Center, online or both.

Bridge Center games start at 12 noon and we ask that players sign up so we can plan accordingly. COVID restrictions may apply (proof of vaccination and masks).
Online games usually start at 1pm and do not require advance signup, although we recommend you log into BBO 10 minutes before the game. Players who have not previously played in our online games should contact the director in advance.

Please check our Unit Game page for specific information about this game.

Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Gavin Wolpert
2022-01-29 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-02-12 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Webinar, Link to be provided to registrants
Dealing With Overcalls by Gavin Wolpert
Modern overcalls are getting lighter and lighter every day. It is critical that we have a firm understanding of what our bids mean in order not to let overcalls push us around. These seminars take a step-by-step approach to discussing the various positions we find ourselves in after the opponent’s overcall.
These seminars will benefit the low intermediate level and work their way up. They cover those pesky situations when opponent’s overcall leaves you scratching your head as to what to bid. They review some common negative double situations, as well as responders 2-level bids in competition. They then shift to discuss opener’s rebid in competition including what is forcing and what isn’t, how to express a fit, when to drive for game.
Details:

January 29 – Dealing With Overcalls 1
February 12 – Dealing With Overcalls 2

Information & Registration

District 21 GNT
2022-02-12 - 2022-02-13 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
See District 21 Calendar for more information.

Non-Life Master Sectional
2022-02-19 - 2022-02-20 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Unit 503 hosts a Non-Life Master Sectional for Unit members and friends who are not yet Life Masters and who have fewer than 750 masterpoints each. All events award silver points. Hand records will be available after the events each day.
COVID restrictions may apply
Information & Sign-up

Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Robert Todd
2022-04-02 09:30 - 11:30 | Online Webinar, Link to be provided to registrants
“Is it Forcing? How Forcing is it?”
We’ve asked Robert Todd to deliver another excellent virtual class for our Celebrity Lesson Series. He did a virtual class last year that was received with outstanding reviews.
This time, we’re having him discuss the subject of Forcing Bids, which follows on nicely from Gavin Wolpert’s discussion of Overcalls. All levels will benefit from the class but, particularly, those of you who are intermediates and advanced players.
$25 registration fee. SiVY youth are FREE!
Information and registration

District 21 GNT CANCELLED
2022-05-14 12:00 - 2022-05-15 20:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
CANCELLED
Non-Life Master below 500 masterpoints, the annual GNT for your flight takes place May 14th/15th at the Palo Alto Bridge Club, starting at noon. This is a KO event, playing 24 board matches as long as you keep winning! The first place team will receive a stipend of $2,000 to go to represent Northern California in the National Championships at the NABCs in Providence, RI.
Flight A players, time is running out…entries close on April 30th. The event begins May 7th in Oakland, moving to Palo Alto for semi-finals and finals on May 14th/15th.
To register go to GNT Registration

Bridge Center Closed for IFES Event
2022-05-28 12:00 - 23:59, 2022-05-29 12:00 - 23:59 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States

Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Donna Compton
2022-06-11 09:30 - 11:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
“Using Dummy on Defense” Saturday, June 11, 9:30-11
We’re really pleased to announce that we’ve booked Donna Compton for our third celebrity bridge lesson for 2022.
After three lessons on bidding, we’re going to focus on DEFENSE. “Using Dummy on Defense” explores the three different types of dummies and how to defend against them! Your defense will never be the same.
Information and Registration

Firecracker Sectional
2022-07-06 - 2022-07-10 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The wait is almost over. We plan to hold our amazing Firecracker Sectional this year for the first time in two years.
Make your plans to attend this year’s Firecracker which will be held again at our Bridge Center and the adjacent IFES Hall.
Information, results, hand records and more

Bridge Center Closed During Santa Clara Regional
2022-08-30 - 2022-09-05 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
There will not be any games at the Bridge Center. Online games will still be held.

Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Adam Parrish
2022-10-01 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Webinar, Link to be provided to registrants
The final Celebrity Bridge Lesson of 2022 will be Adam Parrish who will be covering Preempts.
Adam Parrish literally wrote the book on this subject (the seminar comes with an ebook copy of his newest book, Parrish the Thought Volume 1: Preempts and Overcalls). This 90-minute online seminar will cover these questions and more. If you’ve ever had questions about preempts, you won’t want to miss this one.
Preempts raise so many questions: When do you preempt? How do seat and vulnerability affect preempts? What do you do when partner preempts? How do you handle preempts by your opponents?
Information & Registration

Super Silver Doubleheader Sectional
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-16 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Enjoy Face-to-Face Bridge and win lots of silver points at our Open sectional Friday October 14 through Sunday October 16 and again on November 6-8. Information and Signup
