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We look forward to seeing you at the Robert Todd celebrity workshop (Saturday 10/18) and the Palo Alto Unit’s 4-day sectional (Thursday – Sunday, 10/23 – 10/26) at Palo Alto Bridge Center.
Upcoming events for you at Palo Alto Bridge Center:
Attached is a 1-pager current list of planned events for the year, with more to come. |
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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, October 13 at 11:30AM, where the boards are already shuffled with hand records. If you need a partner, or help to be matched with another pair, let us know. Swiss Team games SignUp At last month’s game on September 8 – congrats to the winning team: Rajeeva Sharma – Eusebio Menezes – Hansa Narasimhan – Bruce Luttrell. Honorable mention of the top strat C team: Liz Koh – Kathy Wheeler – Dana Shelley – Phil Abrahamson. |
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We are excited to offer an all-day LIVE in-person seminar workshop by bridge professional celebrity Robert Todd at the Palo Alto Bridge Center on Compete When They Open, and Defensive Strategies & Tools on Saturday, October 18, 9:30AM to 3:30PM. |
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Palo Alto Bridge’s 4-day Sectional runs from Thursday October 23 to Sunday October 26, where you can earn silver points. Call your partners, teammates and friends! |
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Halloween Spooktacular on Friday, October 31 is our annual popular fun event where we encourage players to wear a costume. There will be prizes for the best costumes! Last year’s costumes pictured! The game starts at 10:45AM. SignUp |
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Thank you to the 176 players for joining us to celebrate our bridge community – 50th anniversary game on September 30! The fabulous turnout reminded many of pre-pandemic club games. It was wonderful to see many familiar faces from past years. World champion Debbie Rosenberg gave a great lecture on cuebidding the opponent’s suit (her slides and notes are posted on our website: PABC Lecture Series). Super volunteer Stephanie Youngquist organized a stellar celebration with speakers (John Schwartz, Bob Enenstein, Paul Davis, Marc Cervellino) telling great stories, recognizing past and current club owners/directors, Unit presidents and Board members, and a special award for Kevin O’Leary for maintaining our Bridge Center. The Bridge Center was aptly decorated: Debbie Carey had some bridge memorabilia; Stephanie created a slide show of photos and anecdotes; a map of the Bridge Center locations (mark where you have played!). 10 lucky winners got prizes from a drawing. Huge thank-you to the game’s directors/owners Prue Saunders and Will Watson for running a great game! Thank-you to Stephanie’s volunteer team: Debbie Carey, Marc Cervellino, Liz Koh, Ken Rosenfeld, Rob Boucher, Paul Davis, Dianne Giancarlo, Alex Narasin, Lucy Ballard, Diana Lloyd, Anne Wilson, John Schwartz, Allen Simon, Mary Steele. Check out our Facebook page for more photos. |
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Congrats to the Palo Alto Bridge top masterpoint winners at Silicon Valley Unit’s Fall Sectional on October 3-5 held at Palo Alto Bridge Center U507 Fall sectional results:
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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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Some very sad news – we lost two long-time active members and volunteers of our community last month:
Many of you will remember Nancy Kehl for her frequent, cheerful participation in 499er games at the Bridge Center and the decorations she created for Unit games and holiday parties. She also led volunteers in providing wonderful themed meals and snacks for Unit games back in the day. She passed away in Austin. Cards can be sent to her family: Courtney Kehl, 15003 Gebron Drive, Austin, Texas 78734.
Josephine Ventura who played at the Bridge Center almost every day, and volunteered at our tournaments and special events, passed away after a long illness. From her nephew Derek Sato: “Bridge was one of her passions and she cherished her many friendships within the bridge community. The in-person visits, phone calls and greeting cards truly kept her spirits up.” During her illness, she was keen to know the daily bridge results and hear about the latest news within the club. Cards can be sent to her family: 1073 The Dalles Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94087. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mission Hospice & Home Care (Mission House) or Peninsula Bridge Education Foundation (PBEF website). A memorial bridge game to remember and celebrate Josephine will be held at Palo Alto Bridge Center on Saturday, November 15 at 11:00am. All are welcome – including young players. SignUp J Ventura obituary |
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Congrats to the following Palo Alto Unit 503 members who achieved a new ACBL Rank in September: Junior Master: Yinzi Cai, Annie Dandavati, Carol Moulton, Kathleen Small, Lorraine Wormald. Club Master: Kent Perkocha, Rachel Perkocha. Sectional Master: Ping Chen, Jennifer Lu. Regional Master: Jo Palermo. NABC Master: Marjory Greenwald. Ruby Life Master: Bill Bushnell, Eva Cheung.
A very warm welcome to our new Palo Alto Unit 503 members:
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 |