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This is your month to earn loads of silver points at the Bridge Center and practice for the September Regional in Santa Clara! Join us at our 4-day August sectional this week, and also STaC week (from 17th) at our regular club games.
Upcoming events for you at Palo Alto Bridge Center:
Attached is a 1-pager current list of planned events – more will be added through the year. |
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For more silver points, a fabulous time, and tournament experience, come to Palo Alto Bridge’s 4-day Sectional from Thursday August 6 to Sunday August 9. August Sectional |
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Call your partners, teammates and friends and come play! If you need a partner(s) or teammates, use our reservations system: Online Partnership/Teams Desk Separate Silver Rush (under 750mps) and Open/Midflight sections. Special 0-99er game with 18 boards on Saturday morning. If you can spare a little time to volunteer/help at the weekend, please sign up: Volunteers SignUp |
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In time for the start of Fall, our wonderful teachers, Kathy Harper and Frank Smoot, will be offering classes at the Bridge Center – please register online: Bridge classes
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Newer Players: Come and join many other newcomer players at our new relaxed and friendly Newcomer EZ 0-49 games on Mondays. This game is a great way to improve your bridge and gain duplicate bridge experience in a welcoming environment! We can help you find a partner. Please encourage your friends or family who could be interested in duplicate and need a little cajoling into the Bridge Center. |
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There will be a short pre-game lecture at 11:00AM by Chris Chung and the duplicate game with 12-14 boards starts at 11:15AM to about 1:15PM. Helpers will be available to answer limited questions during the bidding. SignUp For Limited section games, our games are on Tuesdays at 10:45AM, Wednesday evenings at 6:45PM, Thursdays at 11:30AM and Fridays at 10:45AM. SignUp |
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Palo Alto Bridge offers monthly Swiss team games for you to gain team game experience in a relaxed atmosphere. Next team club game is on Monday, August 10 at 11:30AM, where the boards are already shuffled and dealt with hand records. This is a great opportunity to practice for the Santa Clara Regional next month. If you need a partner, or help to be matched with another pair, let us know. Swiss Team games SignUp |
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At last month’s game on July 20 – congrats to the winning team: Steve Hubbell – Bob Enenstein – Robert Dean – Marcia Dean. Honorable mention of the top strat C team: Debbie Carey – Solveig Kjartansdottir – ilya Sherman – Michael Callahan. |
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What fun! 100 players – Open, 499er and 49er – came to our Hawaiian-themed special club game on July 31. There was so much color in the Bridge Center! Aloha attires, leis, and the Bridge Center was beautifully decorated! Players were encouraged to share an interesting fact about themselves – take a look at the ‘coconut’ notes on the walls in the Bridge Center! 11 prizes were given to those with most interesting facts to share, and lucky players in a drawing. Courtesy of PBEF, Chris Chung gave a free lecture “Count like a Pro” – his handout is on our website: Free Lecture Series Kudos and huge thank-you to Stephanie Youngquist, our Special Events Coordinator Extraordinaire, for creating and organizing this event for us. Many of you expressed your great appreciation for this community event. Also thank-you to other volunteers who made this event fun for all of us: Marc Cervellino, Liz Koh, Debbie Carey, Ying Liu, Kelly Heuschkel, Sandy Nakata, Sandy Lee Chen, David Merenbach, Mary Ziegenfuss. Check out our Facebook page for more photos! Share yours on Facebook too! |
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TGIF Friday Club Game owners/directors Kevin O’Leary and Paul Davies welcome a new co-owner/club director, Chris Chung. In addition to supporting the Monday EZ game, Chris offers a pre-game free mini lecture on Fridays, aimed at intermediate players. |
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Sad news to share: Some of you may remember Beth Cowell – from her son David: “Her Bridge game was vitally important to her rebuilding her life after our dad died. My siblings and I are grateful to the club.” Here’s her online obituary: Beth Cowell Obituary Vandana Vidwans recently passed away on July 27. She was very active at bridge tournaments. |
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We need you! Our events and activities are put together by our volunteers, and we want your help. Any little of your time would be appreciated! We need volunteers for marketing and publicity (photo-takers, storytellers, email blaster) and help organize a bridge tournament. Please let me (lizkoh4bridge@gmail.com) know. |
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Accessorize your outfit at your next club game, tournament or bridge event. You can purchase your own customized name badgewith our colorful Palo Alto Bridge logo – order yours online for $14: PA Name Badge Order |
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Congrats to the following Palo Alto Unit 503 members who achieved a new ACBL Rank in July: Junior Masters: Robert Bell, Suzanne Bell, Donna Finlay, Larry Lowry, Shames Panahi, Vivek Paul,Kevin Zhang Club Masters: Karen Ersted, Justin Turcotte Sectional Master: Rob Boucher NABC Master: Suzy Papazian Advanced NABC Master: Pamela Resser Life Master: Jonathan Yue Silver Life Master: Marjorie Howe Sapphire Life Master: Amber Lin A very warm welcome to our new Palo Alto Unit 503 members: |
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P.S. Feel free to forward this to others who play at Palo Alto Bridge but who are not members of Unit 503. |
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Play, Laugh & Learn!
Liz Koh, lizkoh4bridge@gmail.com
Palo Alto Bridge Center
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