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Let’s celebrate our love for bridge and our bridge partners this month – come and play at our Valentine’s Day game, and also attend our free lectures this month given by two of our fabulous players!
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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Palo Alto Bridge will host the District 21 Grand National Teams (GNTs) Flight A and Flight B Round 1 and Finals games and Open Flight Finals at the Bridge Center in the weekend of March 21-22. It’s a great opportunity to compete against your peers in extended team play – the purest form of the game. Information and register online: D21 website |
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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, February 9 at 11:30AM, where the boards are already shuffled and dealt with hand records. This is a great opportunity to practice for the GNTs in March. |
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At last month’s game on January 19 – congrats to the winning team: Anne Wilson – Ying Liu – Frank Xie – Jim Liu. Honorable mention of the top strat C team (and overall 3rd): Kathy Wheeler – Stephanie Youngquist – Bill Roman – Monica Bacon-Proctor. |
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Come and celebrate your love of bridge at our Valentine’s Day Game on Friday, February 13 at 10:45AM. This popular game at the Bridge Center will have Valentine’s Day decorations and themed goodies galore! Wear some red and get in the mood. |
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Back by popular demand, we are holding another Find-a-Partnerevent on Wednesday, February 18 at 10:30AM (10:00AM for free lecture). One of the many challenges of bridge is finding compatible bridge partners. We believe that many members would play more bridge if they had a regular partner or knew a few compatible players they could play with on different days. |
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Award-winning teacher, Phil Abrahamson, will give a free lecture at 10:00AM on “When NOT to Finesse”. This event is FREE. For planning purposes, please register: Find-a-Partner game |
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World Champion Debbie Rosenberg will give a free lecture on Thursday, February 19 at 10:30AM at Palo Alto Bridge Center on “Defense – When to Lead Trump”. Why not stay on and play in our regular club game at 11:30AM. Advance signups for the game are appreciated: SignUp |
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Highlights: Congrats to the top Palo Alto Bridge masterpoint winners at the recent Monterey Regional (Monterey Regional 2026):
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Celebrity Amber Lin gave a terrific seminar on “How to Defend against 3NT – Taking ALL your Tricks”. If you miss this seminar or any of our other past celebrity online seminars, they are available for purchase Celebrity Seminars. |
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Still looking for a New Year’s resolution? Get involved in your community! 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 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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Newer Players: we have newcomer/0-49 masterpoint games at the Bridge Center on Tuesdays at 10:45AM and Wednesday evenings at 6:45PM. Gain experience and improve your game in a relaxed environment. SignUp |
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Congrats to the following Palo Alto Unit 503 members who achieved a new ACBL Rank in January: Junior Master: Leslie Landers. Club Master: Ignatius Bezzam, Douglas Boyle, Christina Fuhr, Chengjun Mo. Regional Master: Mary Lou Zoback. NABC Master: Kerry Fanwick, Maria Grigorieff, Pearl Renaker. Advanced NABC Master: Kathy Ormseth, David Sweet, Sandhya Vora. Life Master: Shrikant Joshi. Ruby Life Master: Marina Seppius. Sapphire Life Master: Tahir Gokcen. Emerald Life Master: Kevin Rosenberg. 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 |