Palo Alto Bridge

Beginning Bridge
2024-03-12 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-03-26 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-04-09 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-04-23 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-05-07 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-05-21 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-06-04 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Learn Bridge the modern way in this course designed by Pat Harrington! Each class includes both instruction and practice play. Start playing the very first day! Children & teens welcome.
For people who have never played bridge and those people who have played for years but want a refresher course or just to learn the basics.
Notes will be emailed for all classes. No make-up classes are offered for missed classes.
Our course instructor is ABTA Master Teacher Kathy Harper. Kathy and our wonderful volunteers give students individual attention which helps our students learn in a fun environment.
Please contact Kathy Harper for more information.

Board of Directors Meeting
2024-03-12 16:00 - 17:30, 2024-04-09 16:00 - 17:30, 2024-05-14 16:00 - 17:30, 2024-06-11 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.

St. Patricks Day Game
2024-03-18 10:30 - 14:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at our game today.

Palo Alto Open + Non-Life Master Sectional
2024-03-21 - 2024-03-24 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
More information to come.

Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Michael Berkowitz
2024-03-30 09:30 - 11:30 | Online Webinar, Link to be provided to registrants
How to Find Tricks: Card Combinations for Declarer Play
Michael Berkowitz Webinar
Michael Berkowitz is a young bridge professional, son of David Berkowitz, a bridge legend. Michael works with Larry Cohen giving webinars and other forms of instruction. He also has a column in the ACBL Bridge magazine. Michael has a delightful sense of humor as well as insightful instruction.

As a teacher, he models his instruction style after his mother, and takes his humor from his father. The combination has allowed him to teach all levels and pass his love of the game to others.
In addition to directing and teaching, Michael edits for several bridge publications. Larry Cohen recognized Michael’s natural teaching abilities (very similar to his own style) and has added him as a member of the “Bridge with Larry Cohen” travel and teaching team.
Information & Registration

SiVY Pizza Party Tournament
2024-03-31 11:00 - 15:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Individual Game with Beginner and Open Sections, with pizza, prizes & ACBL masterpoints
Information at SiliconValleyYouthBridge.org

District 21 Grand National Teams (GNT)
2024-04-06 - 2024-04-07 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
District 21 will be holding 2024 GNT qualifications at our Bridge Center.

Swiss Team Club Game
2024-04-08 10:30 - 14:00, 2024-05-13 10:30 - 14:00, 2024-06-10 10:30 - 14:00 | 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.
A light lunch will be served.
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.

Swiss Team Club Game
2024-04-08 11:30 - 14:30, 2024-05-13 11:30 - 14:30, 2024-06-10 11:30 - 14:30 | 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.

Silicon Valley Spring Sectional
2024-04-26 - 2024-04-28 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
You are invited to play in Unit 507’s Spring Sectional Tournament. Please see the attached flyer for game schedule and other pertinent details. There is no pre-registration for this event. Participation has been increasing at other tournaments, so we recommend that you arrive early.
Flyer
Lunch will be available for purchase daily.
Covid protocols will follow ACBL guidelines in effect on the dates of play. ACBL protocols can be found at https://www.acbl.org/covid-protocols/. We recommend checking this page on or immediately before the first day you plan to play.
We look forward to seeing you at the tournament!

Royal Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC)
2024-05-06 - 2024-05-10 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
ACBL District 21 is holding face-to-face Royal Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC) games, awarding gold/red/silver/black masterpoints. We are holding STaC games daily at the Bridge Center on Monday, May 6 – Friday, May 10, 2024.
There will be Open and Limited stratified sections.
“Overall” masterpoint awards for these games are based on the total number of players playing those hands in that game that day in all of District 21; District 19; District 22; and District 23. Thus, “overall” masterpoint awards will be significantly larger than usual. These STaC games are F2F only, not online on BBO.
All games that week are held daily at the Bridge Center at their usual times (note that the Monday May 6 game will begin at 11:30 AM).
For planning purposes, we ask that you make a reservation for games at the Bridge Center. If you can’t remember your username and password, just call the director for the day you wish to play.
Check out our feature allowing one to use the reservation system to find a partner. The instructions for doing that are on each reservation page.

Bridge Center Closed for IFES Event
2024-05-11 - 2024-05-12 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The Bridge Center will be closed during the IFES Festa.
STAC games may be held at other clubs. Check other clubs for information.

Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Barbara Seagram
2024-05-11 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Webinar, Link to be provided to registrants
Opening Leads
Barbara Seagram Webinar
Barbara now owns and runs a School of Bridge in Toronto. She teaches tens of thousands of students a year at all levels, mostly in USA and Canada but also travelling all over the world. Barbara and Alex have now visited 171 countries.

Seagram has been the recipient of a number of awards in bridge: The Kate Buckman Award, given to the person who has contributed most to others’ enjoyment of the game and the most recent being the Audrey Grant Award for teaching. She is a Sapphire Life Master and a frequent speaker at NABC’s. She has been named #40 on the list of the top 52 bridge personalities that have most influenced the game.
Seagram was a co-founder (one of two) of the Zero Tolerance program. Barbara is the co-author of 30 published bridge books; the most well-known being “25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know” This is now in its 19th. printing and has been translated into French, German, Japanese, Portuguese and Danish. This book has been named one of the top five best-selling bridge books of the last 60 years. It has just been revised and reprinted.
Information and Registration

Palo Alto Open + Non-Life Master Sectional
2024-05-16 - 2024-05-19 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Four days of stratified pairs games for players of all levels
Separate Non-Life Master sections – NLMs < 750 masterpoints
Bracketed Swiss 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 six Palo Alto Unit Tournaments!
No signup required.
Schedule and more information

Bridge Center Closed for Private Event
2024-05-25 12:00 - 18:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States

John Schwartz' 90th Birthday Celebration
2024-06-13 10:30 - 14:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Mark your calendars Thursday, June 13 at 10:30AM for a special game at the Palo Alto Bridge Center to celebrate the 90th birthday of John Schwartz.
John has been a game director and board member of Palo Alto Bridge Unit for well over a decade and was recognized with the Palo Alto Unit 503 service award and District 21 Goodwill award for his many contributions to the Unit and the bridge community in our area. He has tirelessly worked to attract new and experienced players in our area and his kind, calm and nurturing nature has made the game of bridge an important and enjoyable part of their lives. Additionally, he has provided invaluable legal and financial advice to the Palo Alto Unit Board as well as led negotiations with all the Unit’s contracts.
Let’s all get together and celebrate his milestone birthday and thank him for his many contributions to the bridge community in our area. Sign up online: SignUp
Please contact our event organizer, Stephanie Youngquist, yoyo2000@pacbell.net, if you would like to help make this event special.
Look forward to seeing you all then!

SiVY Parent-Child / Family Tournament
2024-06-16 11:00 - 15:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
This tournament will be a duplicate game with ACBL masterpoints awarded. This special tournament is for family members to play together, regardless of experience or skill level! Intergenerational partnerships and beginners are highly encouraged to attend.
Information at SiliconValleyYouthBridge.org
