Author: JP Weber

New members…

• Vicky Barkley
• Lorne J Bulmer
• Judy A Gage
• Sherrie L Haines

…and transferees from other units

• Judy Gislason
• Roberta R Ireland
• Lynne Upton

Several items have been updated on November 6:

• New Members (see post titled Welcome New Members)
• 2016 Bridge Events Calendar (under Tournaments and Events menu)
• Masterpoint Milestones (under Members menu)
• Masterpoint Statistics for November (see titled post)

The number of Unit members reached the 500 mark earlier this year. Since then,
there has been a steady progression to the current count of 533.

Note: ACBL members who joined before January 2010 need only 300 points to become Life Master. Members who joined subsequently require 500. They become “Advanced NABC Master” upon reaching 300. The “Bronze Life Master” status is only applicable to those in the first category. Of course, any rank also has requirements for pigmented points. Full information is available on the ACBL site.

New members…

• Lorraine G Couzens

…and transferees from other units

• Gayle Paterson
• Shirley C Rainey
• Helen Schmidt
• Elizabeth Thacker

Please note that all D-light games will now be held at Lakehill on the second and fourth Friday of each month.

 D-light — a new game to introduce bridge players to duplicate

If you have friends who might like to try duplicate without having to jump in at the deep end, bring them to our new D-light sessions.  All are welcome who have some knowledge of bridge and who want to find out how duplicate works. The games are held every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at Capital City Bridge Club at the Lakehill Lawn Bowling clubhouse at 9:00 am.

The cost per person is $5 and there will be a director there introducing participants to the way duplicate works while they play 15 or more hands. These will NOT be bridge mentoring sessions — they will just allow newcomers to duplicate to ease in. Ideally people will arrive in pairs but for information about finding a partner, please call the club directors.

The club is located at Lakehill Lawn Bowling Club, 3930 LaSalle Street, Saanich. Parking is at the top of Prestwood Drive.

Club website: Capital City Bridge Club (www.capitalcitybridgeclub.com), Director: Ewa Zwicky, phone: 250-388-7000

Tony Farr’s annual  Bridge Events Calendar is now available for 2016.  See it in our Tournaments and Events section.

You can choose the printable one-page summary or you can use the Interactive Calendar below and select by date and type of event.

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The Ace of Spades Tournament, for players with fewer than 200 masterpoints, was held on October 17, 2015 under the co-directorship of Peggy Peppers and Judy Stewart. The tournament director was Merv Adey.

Detailed results can be found on the FastResults website.

Masterpoint winners in the morning pairs game were:

Winners for the afternoon teams game were
First: Marg Budd-Graham Budd/ Roger Walker-Joan Walker with 1.48 MPs
Second: Brenda Wilson-Madeleine Tremblay/Gail Byers -Pamela Bland with 1.11 MPs
Third: Joanna Daam-Barbara Boisvert/Alec Czap-Frank Thompson with 0.83 MPs

The Unit’s annual Christmas party is at the Monterey Centre on Saturday, December 5. Cost is still only $30 for dinner and bridge. For more information, click on link below.

Flyer Xmas 2015.2

Capital City Bridge Club is sad to have lost Rita Beny as co-owner and director, where she has worked, together with Ewa, for the past 7 years.

Rita has now decided to go back to where she started her bridge career and to do what she likes best, which is working in the rubber bridge environment. She will be running bridge games and teaching rubber bridge together with her husband, Nev Hircock.

Ewa wishes Rita and Nev all the best in their new venture.

Capital City Bridge Club will no longer have the Monday morning rubber bridge game, but Ewa will continue the duplicate bridge games without any changes to the schedule.

For updated information on CCBC please navigate to our Clubs page.

One of the aims of our website is to keep Victoria area players abreast of new developments concerning the local bridge scene. To make it easier, you can now subscribe  to automatic email updates. Whenever a new item is posted in “What’s New”, you will receive it by email. Since we only update the website a couple of times a month, you don’t have to be worried about being swamped.

To subscribe to this free and secure service, just navigate to “Email notification”, on any page of the site, and enter your email address.

If you want additional information on this new feature, please click on a “Contact Us” button.

The annual Ace of Spades Tournament offers players with fewer than 200 master points the opportunity to win valuable silver master points. It will be held at St Aidan’s Church on October 17, 2015. Please check out the Ace of Spades Flyer for more information.

New members…

• Michael R Couture
• Esther Laredo
• Gary G Rosa
• Madeleine D Tremblay

…and transferees from other units

• Douglas A Drew
• Jude Macgowan

The number of Unit members reached the 500 mark earlier this year. Since then,
there has been a steady progression to the current count of 531.

Note: ACBL members who joined before January 2010 need only 300 points to become Life Master. Members who joined subsequently require 500. They become “Advanced NABC Master” upon reaching 300. The “Bronze Life Master” status is only applicable to those in the first category. Of course, any rank also has requirements for pigmented points. Full information is available on the ACBL site.

Our Masterpoint Milestones page has been updated on October 1. Check it out in the Members menu, or click here.

Thirty-eight players were treated to the comfort of a game at Shannon Oaks senior residence in Oak Bay on Saturday afternoon, September 19. Debbie Wastle directed the game and fun was had by all even though North-South got more than their fair share of cards. Several new partnerships were created among the solo players, including the overall winners, Mike Couture and Nancy Fauteux who had a 62.7% game. Also placing were Tom Dodge and Lesley Bilsborough (2), Fran Gaudet and Carmel Davies (3/4), Margot Northey and Gina Curran (3/4), and Rose Kwiat-Kowski and Inge Kohl (5). Congratulations to all.

For detailed results click here

Gina Curran supplied a feast of baked goods and Shannon Oaks laid on coffee and tea. The next Rookie-99er Game for all players with fewer than 100 master points will be held on Sunday afternoon, May 22, at 1:00 pm, with the location to be announced on the Unit 431 website (bridgevictoria.ca).

The Unit’s Fall Sectional was held September 10 through Saturday, September 12 at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. Ably chaired by Jill Stainforth, the tournament was very successful, drawing players from up Island, the mainland and Washington State as well as the Victoria area.

Attendance was only four tables short of our all-time record and players loved the bright airiness and modern amenities of the venue.

The Pairs Strat A (Henry Birks&Sons Trophy) was won by Ron Smith and Dick Vission from Victoria.  Pairs Strat B (Yuki Miller Memorial Trophy) and Strat C (Totem Tournament Trophy) were won by Sheila Snider and Carol-Anne Ebbs-Canavan from Sooke.  The Madeline Anderson Trophy for Top Individual Performance in the Sectional was won by Ron Smith.

Tournament memories can be found in the Photo Gallery.

On Saturday, September 19, at 12:45 pm, Unit 431 is offering a game for players with fewer than 100 MPs.

It will be held at Shannon Oaks Senior Home in Oak Bay, downstairs. The address is 2000 Goldsmith Street. Parking is free at the end of the street behind the Oak Bay Rec.

The cost for ACBL members is $2.00 and for non-members is $8.00.

Come alone or with a partner. Free treats and coffee or tea.

For information please contact Jill Stainforth (250-686-4747, jstainforth@yahoo.ca)

Click here for September Rookie Game Flyer.

The September issue of the Bridge Buzz is now online. Access it by clicking on the Bridge Buzz menu item above.

Bridge player extraordinaire Sandra Fraser, along with five other women from around the country, will be representing Team Canada at the Venice Cup — the women’s teams world championships in India in September.

Read full story in the Victoria News

After several years of successfully managing/directing Monterey Bridge Club, Karen Billett is retiring but will be pursuing other bridge-related activities including teaching.

Nicole Dupuis who had been assisting Karen for several months is now the new manager/director.

Best of luck to both!