Palo Alto Bridge

Find a Partner Game
2026-02-18 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

San Mateo - Redwood City Sectional
2026-02-21 - 2026-02-22, 2026-09-26 - 2026-09-27
The San Mateo / Redwood City Unit Sectional held at our Bridge Center.

Bridge Center Closed for Cleaning
2026-03-07 - 2026-03-08

Pro-Am Pair Game
2026-03-12 11:00 - 15:30
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
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/.

Grand National Team Games
2026-03-21 - 2026-03-22
District 21 Grand National Team Games are again coming to the Palo Alto Bridge Center
Saturday, March 21, 2026, and Sunday, March 22, 2026. Mark your calendar, call your partners, and form a team!
Flight A – No Player Over 6,000 Masterpoints
Round 1 (Saturday 3/21) and Round 2 (Sunday 3/22) 10:00 AM start
Final Round (if necessary) – To Be Determined
Flight B – No Player Over 3,000 Masterpoints
Round 1 (Saturday 3/21) and Final Round (Sunday 3/22) 10:00 AM start
Open Championship Flight – Final Round (Saturday 3/21) 10:00 AM start
Each year the ACBL holds a Grand National Team (GNT) Championship, in which teams who won their flights in their District GNTs compete with other districts in a team game at the Summer North American Bridge Championship (NABC). In 2026, the Summer NABC will be held in July in Minneapolis.
District 21 GNT games will take place on February 7-8 in Oakland and March 21-22 at Palo Alto Bridge.
Team games are great fun, and we encourage you to form a team and participate in this special event! The winning team (and the top two teams in Flights B and C) in each of the four GNT flights will represent District 21 at the Summer NABC. District 21 will provide $2,000 to the winning team in each flight to partially help defray travel costs.
The GNT flights are:

Flight
Masterpoint Limits
Location
Dates

Open Championship Flight
Unlimited

First two rounds in Oakland
Finals at Palo Alto Bridge

Feb. 7-8

March 21

Flight A
No players over 6,000
All rounds – Palo Alto Bridge
March 21-22 & TBD

Flight B
No players over 3,000
All rounds – Palo Alto Bridge
March 21-22

Flight C
NLMs under 750
All rounds – Oakland
February 7-8

Flight A
Round 1 (Saturday) – If more than 4 teams there will be a qualification event, to reduce the field to 4 teams. The game format depends on the number of teams – it could be knockout, round robin, or Swiss Team. The top 4 teams will play on Sunday.
Round 2 (Sunday) – the top four teams from Round 1 will compete in a knockout game to reduce the field to 2 teams.
Final Round (Date to be determined) – the remaining two teams will play in a knockout match with the winner representing District 21 at the GNT Championship at the Summer NABC in Memphis.
Flights B and C
Round 1 (Saturday) – Flights with more than 4 entries will have a qualification event, to reduce the field to 4 teams. The game format depends on the number of teams – it could be knockout, round robin, or Swiss Team. The top 4 teams will play on Sunday.
Final round (Sunday) – the top four teams from Round 1 will compete in a knockout game to determine 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places. The 1st place finisher and 2nd place team in Flight B and Flight C will represent District 21 at the GNT Championship at the Summer NABC in Memphis.
All teams in the final round receive generous masterpoint awards (depending on the number of teams/rounds played) – gold in Open, Flight A, Flight B, and gold/red in Flight C.
In Round 1, red masterpoints are awarded for each match win.
To play in the District 21 Flight A and Flight B GNTs, teams MUST register by March 15, 2026, at 2026 D21 GNT Registration
For more information – the District 21 2026 GNT Conditions of Contest is attached. Still have questions? Please contact Grant Vance (grantvance1@gmail.com).
If you need help to form a team, you can contact Marc Cervellino (marc.cervellino@hotmail.com; phone 650-269-2758).

Silicon Valley Spring Sectional
2026-03-28 - 2026-03-29
The Silicon Valley Unit Spring Sectional will be held at our Bridge Center.

Palo Alto Bridge Silver Sectional
2026-04-23 - 2026-04-26, 2026-10-22 - 2026-10-25
Save the date.

Silicon Valley Youth Bridge Battle of the Bay
2026-06-07 13:00 - 17:00
SiVY Battle of the Bay with San Francisco’s CBE youth.

Silicon Valley Youth Bridge Summer Camp
2026-06-13 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-14 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-20 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-21 13:00 - 17:00
June 13-14: Week 1
June 20-21: Week 2

Firecracker Sectional
2026-06-24 - 2026-06-28
Open Sectional
4 days of Open and 3 days of Mid-Flight Pairs
2 days of A/X Swiss (two sessions)
2 days of Bracketed Teams (two sessions)
100% Silver Points

Non-Life Master Regional
Non-Life Masters with fewer than 750 points
4 days of Gold Rush Pairs
2 days 0-99 Pairs
1 day Gold Rush Bracketed Teams
Double-session games award Gold/Red points
Single-session games award Red points
Due to space limitations pre-registration is required. Information and Registration

Palo Alto Unit Sectional
2026-08-06 - 2026-08-09
Save the date. More information to follow.
